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

"Lotte."

“Hey hey hey!!! Wait! You’ll die if you just go in there!”

Ignoring Ella's screams, Eve explained to Angeline that her purpose was to help Lotte, and then disappeared to the sixth underground floor with the "ghostly" Ella.

Chapter 42: Purifying the Souls of the Dead

"Hey, hey! Is this really okay?!"

"I have enough magic power, no problem."

"That's fine... How long does this magic last? Can't it be transformed back on its own?"

Looking at the stones and clods of earth passing through her body, Ella couldn't help but shrink her neck and hold Eve's hand tighter.

Anyone with a bit of common sense would know that being buried underground was no different from being dead. Whether suffocating to death or being crushed by the enormous pressure, both were ways to fall into the arms of death. Although from the current situation, he could penetrate objects after being transformed into a ghost - although this in itself was already incredible - there would be no problem for the time being, but all magic had its shortcomings. For example, this transformation ability, if it did not consume a lot of magic power, had the defect of being extremely short in duration. In that case, when the "ghost" state ended, he would be crushed by the enormous pressure. Just thinking about it made him tremble all over.

And even if it is not the two disadvantages mentioned above, it is possible that the buff is permanent and irreversible. In other words, I have to spend my whole life in ghost state. Although I think of using magic such as "Archangel's Kiss" that can eliminate all negative effects, no one can be sure whether it will really work. Just like until now, I dare not try to see if I can automatically resurrect after death. There is an irrepressible worry.

"Hold on tight, it's okay."

"...So, if I hold on tight, my 'ghost transformation' won't be canceled?"

"Um."

"So if you let go, it will change back?"

"Um."

"real?"

"Um."

“Haa ...

After receiving a positive answer, Ella couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If possible, she would rather Eve tell her the answer before she "transforms into a ghost". The feeling of dancing on the edge of a knife is so terrifying that it makes her heart feel like it is about to jump out of her chest. Although there are people who like to pursue this kind of excitement, she is not that type.

After calming herself down in silence, Ella looked at her body, which was emitting a faint purple glow. It looked like a ghost no matter how she looked at it. Even if she wanted to reach out and touch it, her hand would just pass through her body. Of course, she couldn't see her internal organs, and her clothes were properly worn. But the strange thing was that although her hand would pass through her body when touching herself, she could feel the touch when touching Eve. This supernatural phenomenon made Ella feel a little curious.

[Um, no, no, now is not the time to play, "Terrain Search."]

In order to test whether she could still use her skills, Ella first called up her most commonly used "Terrain Search" - there was no problem, it could still be used normally. On the "Terrain Search", Angelica and Lucia on the sixth floor were staying in place, while Lotte on the seventh floor had already eliminated a Grim Reaper, a completely crushing situation.

"I wonder why Lotte brought Shizu secretly to the seventh floor... Could it be that she wanted to talk to Shizu about some trivial matters in her life? Well, that's possible. After all, it's not easy to tell Iris and the others. It's better to talk about this kind of thing with someone you don't know that well..."

Ella couldn't help but think of the time when she had poured out her troubles to a colleague she was only half familiar with. She couldn't express it to a friend she was too familiar with, and it would be treated as a joke and ridiculed. And she couldn't have a heart-to-heart talk with someone she had just met, so she was more likely to fall in love with a friend like Hitz, who she had only known for a short time but with whom she could talk very well. After all, from the way to Vita's House, it seemed that Ruti cared very much about her junior Hitz, and Hitz also admired Ruti very much. It was natural that the two of them could chat well with each other.

[It’s nothing to tell me…]

While she was happy that Lotte had her own ideas, Ella felt a sense of loss in her heart.

The journey continues.

Since there is no clear boundary between the sixth and seventh floors - the number of floors of the underground tower is completely artificially divided, the actual underground tower is not a stacked building, but an underground space similar to a giant spiral staircase. So when Ella and Eve were walking through the underground tower, they often found themselves just passing through one wall and then sinking into another wall. They even met a group of adventurers - after seeing the two ghost bodies, the adventurers all showed panic expressions, but because it was only a flash, it should not cause any big trouble.

"Just cross this wall and we'll be there. Is there only one Shinigami left?... Lotte is really strong. If she were in the military, she'd be at least the leader of a thousand-man force. But if that's all—well, I'll have to be at Camisia's level before I can be at ease."

While muttering to themselves, the two people hit the wall again and bounced out from the other side. Then they saw Lotte replenishing Hela's magic power and Shizu standing there in a daze.

Even in this state, Lotte noticed something behind her and immediately turned around with Hela, whose magic power was not yet fully restored.

"Lotte, it's me."

"Eh, eh? It's Miss Ella! But you..."

Rudy hurriedly put down Hela, who was pointing the weapon at Ella. There was a mixture of nervousness and hesitation in her eyes. The former was because she had pointed the weapon at Ella without authorization, and the latter was because Ella's current appearance was too weird, and anyone would hesitate.

Because she had confirmed with Eve that it would return to its original appearance as long as she let go, Ella quietly let go. Just as Eve said, the originally translucent body emitting a faint purple glow began to gradually become solid.

The solid feel of her feet on the ground reassured Ella. After checking once more that her hand wouldn't pass through her body, she looked up at Lotte.

"Is that all right?"

"Hmm...who is that child?"

The child was of course referring to Eve. Now Eve was focusing her attention entirely on the Grim Reaper at the end of the passage. Although her face still did not change, Ella always had the feeling that Eve was very interested in the Grim Reaper.

"She's a ghost that lives in the Staff of Holy Light. She needs my magic power to survive, so she's not dangerous. I can treat her as a companion."

"yes……"

Since this wasn't a suitable place to talk, Lotte didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she fixed her gaze on Eve on her left and asked in an elegant tone, like a maid.

"What's Miss Ghost's name?"

"Eve."

"Eve?"

Thinking of the previous owner of the Holy Light Staff, Loti frowned in thought, but quickly decided not to ask any further questions. Although there was only one Grim Reaper left on the field, and both she and Ella could easily deal with it, it was not a good thing to be too relaxed.

"Please take care of me, Miss Eve. We'll discuss the pleasantries after we've dealt with this Shinigami."

"Leave it to me."

"Leave it to Miss Eve?"

"Eve?"

Even Ella began to question Eve's idea. Due to the consumption of the previous "ghost transformation", Eve's level has now dropped from level 12 to level 9, and the Grim Reaper is at least level 20. No matter how you look at it, it seems that this battle is a foregone conclusion. An unarmed ghost cannot defeat a high-level undead like the Grim Reaper.

"Don't worry."

"Even if you say you don't have to worry..."

It's impossible not to worry.

"Ms. Lu, Miss Luty, he's coming!"

While everyone was still talking, the Grim Reaper, who had been waiting for an opportunity, charged towards Loti who had her back to him. In his view, Loti was just a human being who was a little more difficult to deal with than ordinary adventurers, and not someone strong enough to be feared by him. The evidence was that Loti had been hiding in a dead end and dared not come out. Now that the other party had stopped attacking, it just proved that she was at the end of her strength and it was the best time for him to launch an attack.

The reason why the Grim Reaper is more difficult to deal with than ordinary undead is not only because of his own great strength, but also because he has a certain amount of intelligence. For example, a Death Knight, who is also at the same level of strength of around 20, despite having tough skin and brute force comparable to that of a wild beast, is actually not difficult to deal with. It only needs to be consumed by a few magic casters from a distance. If such a strategy is used on the Grim Reaper, when he realizes that his opponent is someone he cannot compete with, it is very normal for him to lie in wait and attack when the opponent is relaxed.

This is the difference in wisdom. If you are targeted by a creature like the Death that is as poisonous as a snake, you will probably have trouble sleeping every night if you don’t completely eliminate the other party.

"Ugh, noisy."

"Eve!"

Without any intention of greeting Ella, Eve passed Lotte like a gust of wind and turned into a stream of purple light and pounced on the Grim Reaper.

"Danger!"

As she screamed, Loti pulled the trigger of Hela's gun. The bullet, which contained no magical properties, accurately hit the scythe that the Grim Reaper was swinging towards Eve. After a fierce spark flashed, the scythe rebounded towards the face of the Grim Reaper.

However, there is no such thing as an undead creature that cannot keep up with the muscle strength. The Grim Reaper stopped the scythe that was heading towards him and took a step to the right, trying to avoid Eve's attack. Although he didn't know how powerful Eve's attack was, being hit was never a good thing, and the action of avoiding it was completely instinctive.

If Eve was not a ghost but a physical creature, the Grim Reaper's dodge would have been successful, but unfortunately, Eve was a ghost who could switch between physical and energy bodies at will.

Under the astonished gazes of Ella and the other two, the originally human-shaped Eve instantly turned into a ball of purple light mist in the air, and then wrapped up the Grim Reaper from top to bottom as if to devour him whole. Finally, the purple energy body slowly disappeared, and Eve returned to her original young girl appearance, standing firmly on the ground. As for the Grim Reaper, it was completely invisible and could not be detected even on the "Terrain Search", as if it had been eaten by Eve.

"tasty."

"Ah...ah...wait, wait! Eve, you ate the Grim Reaper?"

Chapter 43: Possible Rulers

Unable to recover for a moment, Ella kept repeating the action of checking back and forth between the "Terrain Search" and Eve. Now Eve had recovered from the original level 9 to level 12, and the light symbolizing the god of death had disappeared, and even the corpse was not left. If you think about it carefully, you can conclude that this should be similar to the ability to restore magic power after purifying the miasma, except that the target has been changed to the undead. But even so, it still cannot erase the sense of incongruity in your heart.

A level 9 ghost actually defeated a level 20 undead with one blow. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would have been laughed at by others.

In fact, even Lotte and Shizu, who had been standing nearby, looked confused as to what was going on.

"Purification."

As if dissatisfied with the word "eat" said by Ella, Eve, who had already walked in front of Ella, deliberately emphasized that it was "purification".

"Even if it's called purification...Eve is undead, right?"

"It's a ghost."

"I know it's a ghost! But can the undead purify the undead? After all, why don't the undead have magic to purify their own kind?!"

Although it sounds like cannibalism, that's only because Ella's classification is too simple. Ghosts and Grim Reapers are two completely different species. If you have to say, Grim Reapers are more like zombies. It feels like putting demons and humans together and forcibly saying that the two races are the same species.

"I, Ghost,"

"How stubborn..."

For a moment, Ella felt speechless and didn't know what to say. Even in "F.Wing", she had never heard of a ghost like Eve who could receive holy healing magic. Thinking about it this way, perhaps Eve should really be separated from the undead category. She felt like a ghost with holy attributes.

Of course, the confirmation of the previous ability has not yet been completed. If the ability to surpass level ten and kill with one blow is not properly explored and restricted, if the target is a human, the ending will not be so interesting.

"Was Eve's ability just now a natural magic?"

"have no idea."

"ha?"

"The body is acting on its own."

"Hmm... So, you subconsciously harbor the thought of defeating the God of Death..."

Ella put her hand to her chin, frowned and fell into thought.

If the truth is indeed as Eve said, and it's a subconscious action, then it's almost certain that this is innate magic. However, that raises a new question - who are the targets of this innate magic? If it targets all living things or even non-living monsters, this innate magic is truly horrifying. At the very least, I need to reconsider whether it is really difficult for me to encounter enemies in this world. After seeing what I just saw, anyone can't help but imagine what they would do if they were the Grim Reaper.

"Ms. Ella, do you understand what Ms. Eve means?"

"Eh? Uh, I can understand a little bit, but we just met."

Seeing Lotte tilting her head in confusion, Ella blinked. It seemed that she was the only one present who understood what Eve meant.

Having discovered a new light spot symbolizing a monster nearby, Ella patted Shiz's shoulder to wake her from her inexplicable depression in order to avoid trouble.

"Well, let's get out of here first. Angeline and Lucia are still waiting for us on the sixth floor. Let's stop here for today's exploration."

"Okay, Miss Ella."

There were very few monsters on the way back, and the four of them took almost no effort to bring Angeline and Lucia from the sixth floor back to Vita's House. When asked by Lucia, Heath revealed the reason why he went deep underground with Lotte - to change his ugly appearance.

It is worth mentioning that after hearing this reply, Lucia, who was originally crying while hugging Shitz, angrily slapped Shitz. However, judging from Shitz who continued to cry while hugging Lucia even so, perhaps Shitz did not care about the slap at all, or felt that this was the punishment he deserved. Perhaps this is the emotion called regret, and if there is no punishment, guilt and shame will become more torturous feelings. In addition, the bond between the two seems to have deepened.

As for the matter of Eve's innate magic, the answer was obtained on the way back. That ability is only useful against miasma and undead, and has no effect on the living and other objects. For this reason, Ella also restricted the use of her innate magic to "when there are no adventurers around." Although this ability is only aimed at undead, if it is seen by someone with ulterior motives, it may be spread and turned into a bad rumor. After all, words can easily deteriorate when they are passed on, and it may even turn into "Demon King Elelia brings a ghost that can eat people regardless of level."

Now it was time for a chat after dinner. Everyone sat around the metal stove provided by the maid, Marfa. Although it didn't have a fireplace, which was more aristocratic, it was still fun to experience the exotic atmosphere. At least Iris didn't object.

After putting the not-so-delicious green tea on the table, Iris raised her head after listening to Lotte's inference.

"So, the undead that have appeared in the underground tower right now are probably being controlled by someone?"

"Well, the undead suddenly appeared in the underground tower, moving in groups, and each group was accompanied by at least one powerful undead. If it's not a 'Grand Mage of the Dead' similar to a summoning magic caster, then there must be something more powerful than the Grand Mage of the Dead."

Lotte carefully chose her words to answer Elise.

"But what good would that do to the Archmage of the Dead? He's already an undead being of immense intelligence, right? It'd be understandable if this happened in the Empire, the Kingdom, or somewhere else that hates the undead, but this is the territory of the Church of Hikalite, you know?"

The implication is that the Church of Hikalite tolerates intelligent undead, so the undead have no reason to attack the few who accept them.

Lucia hesitated to speak, feeling it would be difficult to interrupt a conversation like this.

"Could...could this be a reason to hate the living...?"

"Hmm—indeed, if it's the undead, then this wouldn't be surprising. However, there's another point worth noting. Does Bishop Lucia know why there's so much miasma in the underground tower?"

Camisia pointed to the black marks on the ceiling. Eve, now bored, was using her purification ability to clear out the miasma.

"Well... I'm not sure. I just know that the deeper you go into the underground tower, the thicker the miasma becomes."

Lucia lowered her head and there was a sense of embarrassment in her voice. Others were helping her solve the problem, but she could only be a bystander. This position made her want to escape from the room immediately.

"Well, we'll have to stay in Vita House for a few days, right? We'll investigate further then. By the way, where are Angelica-chan and Fuka-chan?"

Iris nodded her chin at Ella.

"Angeline said she couldn't let Lotte outdo her, so she went searching for nearby monsters. Fukagan is accompanying her."

"Really? Lotte-chan has reached level 21 this time too."

"Well, this is all thanks to Miss Toshiz's help. If it weren't for Miss Shiz's request, I wouldn't have had the chance to destroy the undead alone."