I was accidentally injured by God and I just want to be an ordinary person

This unusual situation made Ella frown.

"This is……?"

"It's probably the item's natural effect. It's just a first-level 'Dispel' spell, which many magic items can do. Ella-chan has already learned how to craft magic weapons, so that should be clear, right? But it can actually be activated without any mana driving it. Could it be directly absorbing the miasma and converting it into mana?... While it's a novel idea, it's unlikely to be very efficient, so it won't have any practical use."

After looking over the pendant that was the incarnation of the Staff of Holy Light, Iris returned it to Ella. Just as she said, magical weapons with the ability to "dispel" magic were not uncommon. In other words, most of the holy seals used by priests had this effect. In Iris's opinion, apart from the magic circuit that could convert miasma into magic power, the other parts were completely things that she was too lazy to even look at.

But this was just Elise's personal opinion. The "Low-level Item Appraisal" clearly showed that the Holy Light Staff did not have the "Dispel" magic circuit engraved on it.

Want to say it here?

Ella was in hesitation. If she told Camisia about this change, she would definitely suggest throwing the pendant away immediately. However, that might cause a conflict between the church and the demons. She certainly didn't want to see such an outcome, so this approach had to be put off until last.

So, what would happen if you kept the pendant?

[It doesn't seem to be a problem... If it's just for purifying the miasma, it's still a useful item. At least when eating in the underground tower, I can cleanse the sour taste without having to use "Dispel" intentionally. And if there really is a problem, I can just present the pendant to the Pope as Entarosphiel.]

Thinking of this, Ella nodded and decided not to tell anyone about this.

Ella took the pendant of the Holy Light Staff from Iris and put it around her neck. Because the pendant was exposed to the outside air, the cold feeling when it was close to her body again made Ella's whole body stiffen.

"Hmm...it should be just as Iris said. Don't worry about it. There's a beehive ahead. Let's hurry over there."

"no problem."

With a casual wave of her hand, Iris returned to the team.

Chapter 31 How to Enter the Hive

After turning a corner, everyone arrived in front of the beehive.

The space where the beehive exists is extremely vast. Half of the area of ​​the fifth floor of the underground tower is occupied by this vast space. If Ella were to describe it, it would be at least as large as hundreds or more football fields combined. The height of the space is also close to one hundred meters. Coming here from the place full of complicated passages before, one can't help but feel like entering another world.

As for the honeycomb itself, it is located in the center of the entire vast space.

Just like its name, the Beehive is a giant building hanging from the ceiling. From a distance, it looks a bit like a pineapple. Although it is unknown why it can remain suspended from the ceiling without falling, since it has always existed there, there must be some reason. For example, there is a large "solidification" magic circle in the Beehive that merges the Beehive and the underground tower into a whole.

Of course, the building is only shaped like a beehive, not all of it is the same as a normal beehive - there are no hexagonal holes on the surface, and no flying monsters will come in or out. From the part that Ella sees now, the way to enter the beehive is to climb several iron chains hanging from above. In fact, there are indeed many adventurers clinging to the iron chains directly below the beehive.

"Wow... I feel like this trip wasn't in vain. It's just as beautiful as the plank road I saw in the underwater ruins."

Looking at the beehive about a thousand meters away in the distance, Ella murmured softly that this kind of fantastical scene was something that would never appear in the original world, at least it did not exist in the time when Ella lived.

"Beautiful? I admit it's an imaginative building, but it's not beautiful no matter how you look at it, is it? This earthy yellow exterior... And if I have to say, the God-Human Tribe's floating island is still better."

Iris frowned slightly and looked at Ella as if she was a fool. Even if she was giving a compliment, she should have used words other than beautiful and cute.

"Well, don't worry about that. Are those adventurers holding onto the chains planning to climb up?"

Pointing at several adventurers holding onto the ends of chains with their arms and legs in the distance, Ella looked behind her at Lucia, who knew the underground tower best.

Lucia narrowed her eyes slightly, trying to see where Ella was pointing, but at this distance Lucia couldn't see very clearly, so she could only judge based on what Ella said.

"Are you talking about the chains, Miss Elelaya? If so, those chains are indeed a way to enter the hive, but adventurers aren't meant to climb up. Adventurers just need to hold on to the chains, and after a while, the puppet ladies in the hive will use a winch to pull the adventurers up. That height is definitely not something ordinary adventurers can climb..."

“Yeah, that’s right…”

Lucia's troubled expression made Ella feel a little embarrassed. Just as Lucia said, it was impossible for ordinary adventurers to climb up a chain with a vertical height of 60 meters. And even if the fact was as Lucia said, someone on the beehive used a winch to pull the adventurers up below, adventurers who could overcome the helplessness of clinging to the chains were worthy of admiration. At least now, the only thought in her mind was asking Camisia to take her up, and she didn't want to do anything stupid like being pulled up by the chains - probably the moment the chains moved, she would let go because of her fear of heights.

To confirm the feasibility, Ella continued to ask.

"Can I use flying magic to get up there? Would that violate any taboos?"

"It should be fine. I've seen monster users ride beetles before, and the puppet ladies didn't get angry then."

“Is that so… That’s good then…”

She breathed a sigh of relief, and the golden hair behind her softened. Ella adjusted the slightly crooked silver crown, then shifted her gaze to Camisia.

"Camisia, please."

"Thank you for your gift, Princess."

Camisia clenched her right fist and placed it on the chest of her dreamy white dress, bowing slightly in greeting.

Although Ella really wanted to talk about the "gift" here, Angelica's interruption made Ella swallow her words back.

"Wouldn't it be more fun to just climb up? There are lots of chains there, so you don't have to worry about falling anyway."

"Not everyone is like you!"

Not long after, everyone who had changed into their regular clothes in the uninhabited area arrived right below the hive.

Noticing the arrival of new companions, the adventurers on the chain immediately turned their attention to Ella and her group.

"Hey, look over there, are those girls adventurers?"

"No way...they're all underage people in there, and they don't have any equipment. Although their clothes look clean, they have no defense at all."

"They must be some crazy noble who's never experienced the brutality of monsters. They'd even bring a maid into the maze. The maid must have had a hard time. They'll still follow them. At least they can't let that beautiful maid die."

"Huh? Isn't that big sister with red twintails prettier? Look at that part that symbolizes a woman's charm. It's even bigger than the top star in Saimorabi."

There seemed to be a sound of swallowing saliva in the middle.

"Compared to this, I think the small one is better. That blonde girl is pretty good."

"Tsk, Jack, you're so disgusting. Don't tell others that I know you anymore."

"What's wrong? What's wrong? I'm just saying what I like."

"It's okay to say what you like, but you're disgusting. Please stay away from me."

"Stop arguing. Look at that silver-haired girl. She's from the Godman tribe, right? Isn't pure silver hair something only the royal family of the Godman tribe possesses?"

"You're kidding, right? How could the royal family of the God-man tribe be walking together with the demon tribe? Wait, they're starting to move—"

Before he could finish his words, the male adventurer's voice froze instantly like a hen with its throat being strangled, and only an inarticulate "Ahh" could be heard.

"Fly, fly..."

“No one… no one is using chains…”

"Definitely a Mithril Adventurer!"

The adventurers looked up with their mouths wide open in admiration of this scene, not even noticing that the chains they were holding had actually loosened.

Clatter. Clatter.

The sound of chains being retracted.

"Hey! Jack! Chain, grab the chain!"

"Huh? You're the one, I'm the one catching a lot..."

When they came to their senses, the adventurers discovered that the chains had been taken back without their knowledge and they would have to wait until the next shift to enter the hive.

Chapter 32: Vita's Magic Potion

*Genesis 6187 March 8th at 3:24 PM, Vita House on the fifth floor of the underground tower in Morabi City

After entering the hive through the hole directly below it using the "Fly" magic, the view changed from the original dim color to a dreamy blue hue.

Although the walls inside the hive are the same khaki color as the outside world, they are covered with many translucent minerals similar to crystals. Not only that, the entire ceiling and the upper parts of the walls are also covered with numerous luminous plants with intertwined roots. From Ella's perspective, the luminous parts of those plants are mostly roots rather than leaves. If you continue to infer, you will probably come to the conclusion that there are veins of light stone above these plants. After absorbing the magic power of the light stone, the plants have the ability to glow. It sounds incredible, but this scene is indeed unfolding before her eyes.

A faint light sprinkled down from the plants, and was then reflected by the crystals on the wall into colorful brilliance. The fantastical scene, as if falling into a dream world, made Ella stunned for a moment. She tried to fill the blank spaces in her mind with appropriate words, but rejected them one by one. The most appropriate thing to do now was to watch in silence. If someone tried to describe it with words, it would probably only reveal their ignorance.

Not only Ella had this thought, but everyone else also stood there silently until a minute later, when they noticed someone approaching and came to their senses.

Approaching their group was a black-haired "maid" with a very strange appearance.

The reason why it is weird is that the other person's appearance is really unsatisfactory. It is as if the Creator did not pay any attention when creating her, and just casually pressed the facial features on and called it a day. The eyes are crooked and asymmetrical in size. Although the nose is small, the shortcoming is that the entire nose bridge is collapsed. The lips may seem fine at first glance, but if you look closely, you can find that they are actually biased to the left side of the face, as if a normal person's mouth was moved sideways for a distance.

As for why he could tell that the other person was a maid, it was because of the maid's outfit. Of course, it was very different from Lotte's style. The other person was wearing the traditional maid outfit of this world. The color was darker, without bright color changes. The style was also a simple long skirt with long sleeves, with almost no skin exposed. It placed great emphasis on wear resistance and dirt resistance.

If I have to say what the other person's advantages are, it would probably be that he or she can make a deep impression on people and is hard to forget.

The maid, whose appearance was not very satisfactory, folded her hands at her waist and slowly saluted Ella and her group.

"Welcome to Vita House, guests from afar. I'm Marfa, the maid in charge of reception. Is this your first time at Vita House?"

What is completely inconsistent with his appearance is that he has a very pleasant voice.

If I become a singer, I'll probably be very popular.

Ella couldn't help but have such thoughts, but when she looked at the other person's face again, she had to retract the thought. Trying hard not to show an impolite look of sympathy, Ella answered with a dry laugh.

"Vita House? Is that the official name of the Hive? This is indeed our first time here. Is Miss Marfa the Puppet Lady the adventurers were talking about?"

"Well, the outside world calls the castle built by the master 'Beehive', but if possible, I would like you to call me by my formal name. As for Miss Puppet, it is not a name that belongs to me alone. The master created a total of 434 puppets with different tasks, and I am just one of them."

As the maid Marfa spoke, she took a step to the side and stretched out her hand in a gesture of invitation. Looking in the direction Marfa pointed, at the entrance separated by a fence, in addition to several puppet maids who looked like Marfa, there were dozens of people dressed as adventurers queuing up.

Terrain Search

[Are they really all puppets? The highest level is 20, and the others are generally around level 10?]

"Does the customer have any questions?"

"Eh, eh? No more. Before I came here, I heard there was a magic potion that could turn a man into a woman in a short period of time. Could I take a look at it?"

As she spoke, Ella tilted her head to look at the adventurers queuing not far away. All of them were men, while their female companions were waiting inside the fence. It was also worth mentioning that the male adventurers were now slowly moving forward with deathly pale expressions.

Marfa nodded slightly with a fluid movement that was completely un-puppet-like.

"Of course, no problem. Although the rules prohibit women from entering Vita's House without using magic potions, the magic potions made by the master are not ineffective on women. If you wish, I can take you to try it."

After a pause, Mafa looked behind Ella.

"Excuse me, sir, does your friend need one too?"

"Wait, wait, I didn't say I wanted to try it. Just watch from a distance."

"Okay, then please follow me."

After bowing again, Mafa turned around and led Ella to the adventurers who were queuing up.

"Is that maid really a doll? She looks just like a human."

Since Mafa was a little ahead, Loti had the opportunity to confirm quietly with Ella. In Loti's impression, dolls were all magical props similar to puppets, with stiff movements and no independent consciousness. But now the maid walking in front, although her appearance was not satisfactory, was very fluent in both speech and movement. Not only that, in the previous conversation, she had obvious thinking movements, which was beyond the scope of traditional dolls.

Lotte's words made Ella smile bitterly.

"They're real doll ladies, huh? The people who created them must be very powerful people."

After all, even the robots in the original world couldn't do this.

"In terms of their thinking and movements, they're certainly impressive, but isn't it true that the person who created them lacks taste? They look no different from a novice sculptor."

"Only you would say something like that in front of others, Iris-senpai."

"The guests have arrived."

Mafa led Ella to the front of the team. There were many purple bottles on the wooden table. According to the "Low-level Item Identification", it was a potion called "Vita's Magic Potion". Now, a male adventurer drank the magic potion with a look of being on his way to the execution ground.

Ignoring the pointing gazes directed at her, Ella looked at Mafa.

"Is this the magic potion that can change gender?"

"Well, yes, but it will take some formalities to completely change it."

"The procedures...won't be very painful, right?"

Ella looked at the adventurers queuing with some concern. After seeing the horrified expressions on the adventurers' faces when they mentioned the hive, she really didn't think the process of sex change was a happy thing.

"Pain? I'm not sure what you mean by pain, but it shouldn't cause any harm to the body. You can use detection magic to observe this guest, Lily."

Marfa looked at the other maid sitting behind the table. It was this maid who had previously instructed the adventurer to drink "Vita's Magic Potion".

"Yes."

After answering, the maid who looked exactly like Mafa began to manipulate the metal plate in her hand. A faint blue light could be seen emitting from the metal plate. If Ella remembered correctly, that was the color that symbolized magic.

"Magic item?"

"Yes, the magic potion created by the master requires Vita's magic board to be used. The process of transforming male guests into females is actually achieved by using the magic board to control the appearance of the guests who drink the magic potion. The magic potion can change sexual characteristics, while the magic board is responsible for changing facial features."

Just as Mafa said, every time the maid named Lily performed an operation on the magic board, the appearance of the adventurer at the front of the team who had just drunk the magic potion would change. Ella was very familiar with this process of change - it was more like she had done it many times herself.

As if she had seen something incredible, Ella was stunned and opened her mouth slightly.