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

Nodding nervously, Hitz looked around for a moment. He was currently at an intersection with very few obstacles. It was almost impossible to find a place to hide. This was the worst possible situation.

[I can't cause trouble for Miss Lotte here, so I can only find a random place.]

After making this plan, Heath squatted at the base of the wall behind Ruthie, pulled out a few vines from the wall, and covered himself with them. Although this seemed like trying to cover up one's own faults, it was the only thing he could do now.

From the gaps between the vines, one could see that Loti was constantly sprinkling a kind of powder into the air, while at the same time injecting magic power into the strange weapon. If he remembered correctly, this was the first time he had seen Loti show such a cautious expression.

Is it a very strong enemy?

As this thought came to mind, beads of sweat began to ooze out of his originally stiff body. He had no way to detect the other party, so he had no idea what the other party was. But the unknown was the most terrifying thing. He could even hear the thumping of his heart.

He quietly pulled out the dagger from his chest, ready to help at any time in an emergency, but stopped before pulling it out completely.

Is there really any point in doing this? If the opponent is a silver wolf known for its speed, he may not have time to react at all. Moreover, even such a powerful Lotte showed a cautious look, so it is even more impossible for him to defeat the opponent. Acting without authorization will only drag down his companions. There is no doubt about that.

For a moment, Xiz could only frown. The lack of a second option made her feel powerless.

"No, I can still help. If Miss Lotte's magic runs out, I can use that magic... No, how can I wait here for Miss Lotte's magic to run out? That's really lame."

If he wasn't worried about making a noise from moving too loudly, Heath would even want to slap himself.

"Hitz, let's go back to Vita's House first. They're most likely an army of undead, and I'm having trouble dealing with them."

"No, the Undead Army!?"

The tone couldn't help but get a little louder.

He had seen the undead army before. The number of them was simply not something that ordinary adventurers could deal with. If he met them, there was no other possibility except being killed.

The survival instinct and Lotte's order made Shiz stand up and shake off the vines on her body. She was sure that now was not the time to look for the silver stone. If she could not survive, she would be nothing. She began to look for traces on the wall. Since her group had no exploration skills and lacked knowledge of the environment of the underground tower, they could only make marks on the wall to ensure their way back.

Since the task of marking was undertaken by Heath, Heath found the mark quickly.

"Miss Lotte, over here!"

"You go ahead, I'll stop them for a while and come back."

pat, pat.

He could faintly hear the sound of wet shoes stepping on the ground. If he was right, it must be the undead. After confirming that the other party was very close to him, anxiety emerged in Hiss's heart.

With Loti's strength, she could definitely get rid of the undead easily. The reason why Loti chose to stop the undead now must be because she considered that her leg strength was too poor and she would be caught up by the undead. This feeling of powerlessness of dragging down the opponent made Shiz feel so guilty that he was about to cry.

"Didn't Miss Lotte say she couldn't handle it alone? Why don't you come with me?"

"Don't worry, I'll catch up with you once I've reduced their numbers enough. If we lead them all to Vita's House, it'll be troublesome for Miss Mafa. It will be easier if we reduce their numbers a little bit."

It was clearly an emergency, but he was still talking about things to reduce trouble for others. While Shiz felt dazzling, his inner anxiety also deepened.

"Don't we have Miss Camisia? Lady Elelaya will help too, right?!"

Lotte frowned, looking troubled.

"...That's true, but I want to take this opportunity to gain experience, otherwise I'll fall behind Ms. Angelica and Ms. Fukagan."

"What are you talking about upgrading now?"

"Don't worry, Shizu. I'll be fine."

Lotte's decisiveness made Hitz pause for a moment, and then, as if he had made some kind of decision in his heart, his golden eyes, which were originally filled with anxiety, gradually became filled with determination.

"I, I want to fight alongside Miss Lotte!"

"The enemy is undead, right? Shizu hasn't learned any close combat magic, right? If Miss Ella and Miss Lucia are not here, it will be difficult to recover if I get hurt."

Stopping what she was doing, Lotte looked up at Shiz.

"I have a way to fight without having to go on the field."

"Is there such a method? Bows and arrows are ineffective against skeletons, you know? And Shizu doesn't have a bow and arrow, does he?"

Lotte tilted her head to observe, causing Shiz to look away in embarrassment.

Just as Lotte had hinted, she didn't have any weapons suitable for fighting the undead, and the reason she had said that was simply because of another special non-combat magic.

"That's not the case. Actually, I know the magic of 'Magic Transfer'. If Miss Lotte runs out of magic, I can use 'Magic Transfer' to transfer my magic to Miss Lotte... although the amount is very small."

At the end of the speech, Shiz's voice couldn't help but become less confident.

As his level was less than 5, the magic power he could provide to Lotte was very limited. Taking into account the loss during the magic power transmission, it was even questionable whether there were actually 10 points of magic power that could reach Lotte. It was not at all helping in the battle.

Thinking of this, Xiz began to regret the big words he had said before - they were too embarrassing.

"Hmm... I get it, but Shizu has to follow my lead. Once I tell you to run away with all your might, you can't question me anymore, okay?"

Perhaps understanding what Shiz meant, Lotte put a small blue bottle into her dimensional backpack and asked Shiz to lean against the wall.

He had never expected that Lotte would agree to his request, and the surprise made Hiss' voice rise a few notches.

"I, I will!"

"Well then—let's get ready. Let's retreat first."

"yes!"

Facing the direction from which the undead's voice had come, the two retreated to the corner at the end of the passage—about ten meters away from their previous position.

Then a skeleton undead appeared in the field of vision. A second later, more undead - mainly skeletons and zombies - emerged from the corner.

These undead were surrounded by a black ominous aura, and some of them even had fresh bloodstains on their bodies. They were like the embodiment of death, forcing Shiz, who was far away, to cover his mouth, for fear of screaming out in shock.

As if they smelled something, the leading undead stopped and began to look around. Hitz, who had heard a little about the abilities of the undead, knew that this was the other party's reaction after smelling the breath of life. In other words, they had been discovered.

Sure enough, after one undead locked his gaze in his direction, the other undead also looked in this direction. Fear made Shiz take a small step back, but since this place was right at the corner of the passage, one step back would only hit the wall.

Gradually, the undead began to surge towards the two of them, and later they were almost running wildly. A rough estimate showed that there were at least fifteen undead in sight.

“Gahhhhh!!!”

The apocalyptic scene finally made Xizi scream out in shock.

"Ah! Lu, Luti-san, they're coming!"

"Yes, I see. Most undead are restrained by fire. If we've already laid out the flint powder, this one strike should be enough to destroy them all—"Fire Direct Attack"."

After Lotte finished speaking, Hela suddenly released a crimson light that illuminated the entire passage. The flames did not directly strike the undead, but fell obliquely onto the floor covered with fine flint powder. Of course, there was also a lot of white flint powder in the air.

"Ice Wall, hurry up!"

“Puff—boom!”

First, there was the sound of flint powder on the ground being ignited, followed by the explosion of the ignited powder in the narrow space. There was no time to confirm the effect. After deploying the "Ice Wall" in the passage, Loti immediately rushed back the way they came with Shitz. Although with Loti's current strength, she could annihilate all the undead even without using magical consumables, that was under the premise of unlimited use of magic potions. If possible, it would be better to use less magic potions. This was Loti's idea.

However, as far as Loti is concerned, there is a way to deal with most of the undead without using magic potions. That is what she is doing now, using cheap props to trap and kill them in the form of kites. Low-level undead do not have intelligence, and they will not hesitate to repeat the same trap many times. Therefore, as long as the opponent does not have an individual like the god of death or she leaves the opponent too far away so that the undead cannot catch up, there is no need to worry about the possibility of losing experience.

Even if I was very concerned about the fact that I was currently lagging behind my friends in level, if I didn't make good use of the opportunity, I would break my promise - well, no, rather than breaking my promise, it would be more terrifying to be useless. However, as long as I had a high enough level, neither of these two situations would happen.

"Ms. Luti! In front!"

"Tsk, another Shinigami! As expected, each team has a powerful leader. Surely there's a reason why the undead gather together—"

Chapter 41: Ghostly

*Genesis 6187 March 8th at 18:59 PM, Morabi City Underground Tower 3th Floor

Ella, Angelina, and Lucia were speeding through the underground maze.

The reason was simple. According to the "Terrain Search", Loti and Shiz were trapped in a narrow passage by three level 20 Grim Reapers. In addition, there were nearly fifty ordinary undead. If they were placed in an open area, Loti could easily deal with these undead. However, this was not the case now. There was no open space available in the underground tower, so Loti had an inherent disadvantage.

Of course, if it were just this, there would be ways to deal with it. Whether it was using the magical consumables she gave that were equivalent to fifth-level magic, or simply escaping with melee ability, Lotte could do it. However, she also had to protect Shitz, so both methods were not advisable. The latter was because Shitz's physical strength could not keep up with Lotte, and the former was because magical weapons could not distinguish between friend and foe. Even if Lotte, wearing "Hymn of the Elves", could withstand it, Shitz, who was unprotected, would not be able to survive.

So, judging from the 『Terrain Search』, the two were currently huddled in a dead end surrounded by walls on three sides. Although ordinary undead and shinigami had tried to approach them several times, they were each repelled by Lotte's Hila—judging from the magic power consumption, it should be Hila.

"Is Lucia okay?"

"No, don't worry about me. Huh, you guys go first, I'll follow."

As if she could no longer bear this long-distance run, Lucia's speed gradually slowed down, and finally she stopped completely, panting and letting Ella go first. According to Ella's original plan, as long as she and Angeline went, there would be no problem, but Lucia insisted on going with her no matter what. For no other reason, she took Lucia with her, and thanks to this, the team's marching speed was deliberately reduced a bit.

"It's too dangerous to be alone in the labyrinth, and Lucia lacks offensive magic."

Ella shifted her gaze to Angeline. As if she understood what Ella meant, Angeline handed the scythe to Ella, then walked to Lucia and half-knelt down.

"I'll take Miss Lucia with me."

"But this—"

"No problem, I'm a level 21 warrior."

"But Miss Angeline is the main force against the undead, right? If you deplete your energy here, it will affect the battle later."

Lucia placed her hands on her knees to support her body due to excessive physical exertion, raised her sweat-covered face and looked at Angeline, who just waved her hand casually.

"Don't worry, Ella-chan is stronger than me, okay? I'm here just in case. Even if Ella-chan is alone, she can handle those skeletons. That's why Teacher Camisia and Senior Iris didn't come along. Just trust us. With Lotte-chan here, Shizu-chan won't be a problem either."

Angelica's words made Lucia turn her attention back to Shiz. She turned her gaze to Ella and asked anxiously - this confirmation had been done no less than five times.

"Lady Elelaya, how is Shizu now? Three Shinigami have appeared simultaneously. Should we send someone to report to the garrison first?"

"She must be using the magic potion. Lotte's magic power has been restored, and the only undead left are those three Shinigami."

"As expected, the Death God is the most difficult to deal with..."

Lucia lowered her head with a look of pain on her face. Under normal circumstances, her reaction at this moment would definitely be "How could he face three Death Gods at the same time and annihilate all the ordinary undead?" But now Lucia was completely unable to think about it. The only thing in her heart was the urgent thought of rescuing Shizu and Lotte.

Of course, for Ella, who had been observing the battle, the current situation was not that urgent at all. Although she was initially worried when she saw Lotte surrounded by a large number of undead, she no longer had any worries.

The Grim Reaper is a melee type specializing in stealth. In a frontal battlefield, with both sides at a sufficient distance, there is no way for him to get close to Lotte. Not only that, the Grim Reaper needs to constantly worry about being blown apart by a "explosive bomb". It is more like a dog playing with the grass and a bear suddenly jumps out. If the Grim Reaper has the same intelligence as humans, he might curse at this time.

Just as Ella was about to walk over to Lucia to comfort her, the pendant around her neck began to emit a faint grayish-white light. Not long after, a girl in a red and white priestess uniform appeared in front of everyone.

"Eve?"

"Yes."

"Eh? Eh? Lady Elelaya, who is this child?"

The sudden voice made Lucia look up, and when she found that the other party was someone she didn't know, she couldn't help but cry out in surprise. Although Lucia had never practiced detection magic, she could still clearly tell that the other party was not human. At least the skin that was so pale that it was almost dead, and even had a hint of purple, was definitely not human.

"Her name is Eve. She is a ghost that lives in the staff and will not harm anyone."

Because she didn't know whether she should tell Lucia about the Holy Staff, Ella chose a relatively vague explanation. As for Eve's name, if asked, she could explain it as a coincidence. After all, it would be too embarrassing to say that her naming skills were too poor and she had to use other people's names as reference.

"Is that so... Ah, right, I should hurry over to Shizu's place now. I've recovered."

"calm."

Eve slowly floated up from the ground and placed her hand on Lucia. Although her tone was still emotionless, her words were indeed comforting. As for the fact that she could float despite having a physical body, it should be one of the characteristics of ghosts.

When Lucia was stunned by her own actions, Eve turned her head to look at Ella.

"hand."

"hand?"

Seeing Eve extending her hand towards her, Ella tilted her head in confusion. Eve must have meant for her to extend her hand, but she really couldn't understand what the meaning of doing so was.

"hand."

While emphasizing it again, Eve stretched her hand closer to Ella, as if asking Ella to hurry up.

Thinking that Eve must have some purpose in doing this, Ella switched the Arrow of Fire to her left hand and placed her right hand on Eve's outstretched hand. The cold, soft and slightly elastic touch instantly spread to her palm. Then Eve turned her head to look at Lucia and Angeline.

"Peace of mind."

After saying this, Eve's whole body began to fade gradually, and together with Ella who was holding her hand, both of them turned almost transparent at the same time. In addition, Ella also floated up from the ground.

"Wait, wait, what is this?"

A little panicked, Ella began to twist her body, trying to fall back to the ground.

"Ghostly."

"No, no way."

She immediately switched her gaze to the status bar in her mind. The race column still clearly stated Demon, but there was an additional "ghost" status in the status bar. Ella couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew—I thought it turned into a ghost. It scared me to death."

"pay close attention."

"Where is little Eve taking little Ella?"

After Ella's introduction, Angeline had a preliminary understanding of Eve. Although she didn't think Eve would hurt Ella, it would be better to at least ask Eve where she was going to take Ella. At least from the fact that half of Eve's body was now submerged in the ground, she might be casting a magic that could penetrate objects.