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

"Hmph, I just came to see what Mitis was doing. It took so long to kill only two hundred monsters. As a soldier of the Empire, I'm completely embarrassed."

"Um... Sir Gerard, those three rock golems are all monsters over level 30..."

Ella looked up at Gerard with a worried look on her face.

"Level 30? A rock golem can't possibly be that level. Are you sure?"

"Yes, I have a kind of innate magic that can see the opponent's level--"

"What? It's actually innate magic! Even among humans, there might not be one in a hundred years!"

There was a sense of disbelief in his tone. Gerard touched his chin and thought for a moment before nodding.

"Alright, I believe you. We'll discuss the innate magic later. If the opponent is a level 30 rock golem, I have an obligation to fight. This is my dignity as an imperial soldier."

A solemn expression appeared on Gerard's face, and he drew from his waist the heavy sword that even he needed both hands to lift.

"Then please—"

"Master Gerard, please call me Ella."

Ella's unconcerned remarks made Gerard burst into laughter.

"Haha, alright, then, Ella, wait here for a while. Once I've dealt with things here, I'll introduce you to the Magic Chanter Corps. Those old guys will definitely be eager to recruit someone like you. I can already imagine what they'll be like, hahahaha."

"Thank you, Master Gerard."

Ella smiled and waved to Gerard who rushed out of the crowd with a heavy sword in hand. Then she returned to her normal expression and looked at Nanako beside her. The latter was now looking at her with a somewhat worried expression.

"What's wrong?"

"Is Ella going to join the Magic Chanter Corps?"

"That's impossible. It's just that it's hard to refuse given the situation just now."

“Is that so… That’s good then…”

"Let's go check out the front now. With Gerard here, we don't have to worry about Mitis. I'll just try out the close combat techniques I just learned."

Tightening the silver pestle in her hand, Ella couldn't help but feel a little excited. If the situation allowed, she might even take out the "Black and White Wings" in the swordsman state.

A look of hesitation flashed across Nanako's face, but perhaps it was Gerard's attempt to win her over that made her waver, so she did not stop Ella this time.

"Very well, if Lady Ella wishes, but please allow me to accompany you."

"No problem, no problem. Actually, Nanako's presence is a real help."

Nodding excitedly, Ella walked forward under Nanako's leadership and entered the white-hot battlefield.

Chapter 16: Loli girl Elelaya’s first close combat!

After resolving Nanako's obstruction, Ella came to the battlefield where she was fighting monsters. Because the combat effectiveness of the soldiers forming the square formation was amazing, only half of the original 200 monsters were left. Considering that suddenly rushing into the crowd would affect the soldiers' performance, Ella only chose a position in the corner of the battlefield and locked her target on the lone ogre.

Waving the silver pestle in her hand, Ella took a deep breath. Although the shape of this staff was completely unsuitable for combat, it was mixed with mithril, so its hardness was no worse than that of an ordinary standard longsword. It was just right for her who could not stand the sight of blood.

"Then I'll use you as my opponent."

Subconsciously, she raised the silver pestle over her shoulder as she did before - this was the starting move for using the "Holy Pestle Strike" in the past. But thinking of the posture that Mitis taught her in the morning, Ella put it down awkwardly and changed it to holding it in front of her with both hands.

"I remember it like this... It's a little different from 'F.Wing'..."

Because combat relies entirely on skill stacking, the actions of "F.Wing" focus more on appearance, unlike this world which completely pursues practicality.

Nanako, who was standing behind her, asked with concern as she watched Ella get into a fighting stance.

"Lady Aira, don't you enchant yourself with strengthening magic?"

"No need."

If it were an ordinary Templar, they would indeed add strengthening magic to themselves at the beginning of the battle, but for Ella, it would become something beyond the standard, defeating the purpose of practicing.

[I've only learned the basic blocking and slashing moves, but that should be enough. I just don't know if I can use triggering skills...]

Regarding skills, in the pursuit of diversity in "F.Wing", there is no distinction between professions. For example, "Block and Counterattack" seems to be a skill that can only be learned by melee professions, but in fact, magic casters and wizards can also learn it. The profession only has bonuses on special attributes, and there is nothing special about it.

In Ella's case, while she didn't have the skill icons that would appear on the retina like in "F.Wing," the advantage was that she could cast skills simply by relying on her imagination, allowing Ella to use magic in her Loli God state. However, this also presented another problem—

That is, many triggered melee skills are completely unusable, such as "Block Counterattack" and "Pursue", which are skills that require prerequisites to use. If you don't use a specific posture to block or dodge the opponent's attack, it is impossible to release them at all. If you want to recall the feeling of casting the skill at that moment, it is basically impossible to accomplish without sufficient concentration and trigger conditions.

This was one of the purposes of Ella learning melee combat skills. There were some super-level magic in melee combat skills that could be triggered without charging time. In order to be able to face possible changing situations in the future, this was something that must be learned. Moreover, it also felt like unlocking a special achievement in the game.

"With a round shield, it should be easy to trigger 'Block Counterattack', but the staff is considered a two-handed weapon, so there's really no room for using a round shield."

"Lady Ella, the ogre is coming!"

"Yes, thank you."

No longer thinking about anything else, Ella focused all her attention on the ogre rushing towards her.

Ogres appear at the same level as slimes and goblins in terms of frequency. Although their individual strength is stronger than the latter two, they also have the disadvantages of being slow and stupid. If you have to say, they are somewhat similar to rock golems, both of which are huge creatures lacking intelligence.

Even though the two sides were at least ten meters apart, Ella could still smell the stench emanating from the three-meter-tall ogre. Judging from the blood-stained tree trunk in its hand, it must have fought with humans or other monsters on its way here.

"If possible, I'd rather not fight something like that... But compared to the agile wolf monsters, ogres are more friendly to beginners."

"Don't worry, Lady Ella. I will help you if you can't hold on any longer."

Nanako, who was standing behind him, condensed a spear with dragon language magic. Normally, an ogre is a monster that requires two or more silver wolves to deal with. Even a white iron-level adventurer needs to use the method of kite flying to consume the enemy in order to win, so it is natural for Nanako to say this.

“Mmmmm—Ah!”

As Nanako finished her words, the ogre came to Ella with a strong wind and swung the tree stump in his hand.

Ella poured strength into her feet and jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack. Without the usual "acceleration" enhancement, Ella was a little unable to adapt to the movement.

【But now is the chance! 】

If it were F.Wing, she would have clicked the skill icon for Pursuit. The triggering condition was to dodge the opponent's swing and stay within a certain distance of the opponent. However, there was no such simple skill icon at the moment, so Ella could only imagine the feeling of Pursuit.

It was as if the flow of time had slowed down, the voices of the people around her began to distort, the scenery became blurred, and the stiff body of the ogre, which was about to turn around, stopped motionless as if frozen. However, the sweat flowing into her eyes and the various displays blocking her vision made Ella unable to concentrate. Then, the feeling of time slowing down receded like a tide, and Ella fell back to the ground, and the surrounding sounds once again flooded into her cochlea.

There was no doubt that the triggering conditions for "pursuit" had been met just now, but she just lacked the concentration to swing the weapon in her hand. The feeling of time slowing down was a precursor to the completion of "pursuit", and Ella was very clear about this.

[Tsk, if I had the swordsman class's five senses enhancements, I wouldn't have been distracted just now.]

There was no point in saying this now. Ella quickly dismissed the random thoughts from her mind, then turned off the "Terrain Search" in front of her and the "Low-Level Appraisal" that appeared directly in her mind. These numerical values ​​were displayed - although in a translucent color, they greatly affected the battle.

The huge ogre turned around. In its impression, a smaller "monster" like Ella would become weak and powerless with just one blow. But when it turned around to check the results of the battle, it couldn't help but feel puzzled. Ella was standing right in front of it and was not killed by the previous blow.

It took the ogre about a second to comprehend what had happened with its tiny brain capacity—Ella had dodged the attack.

“Hoooooooooooooo!”

"That's really noisy..."

Under normal circumstances, Ella would have covered her ears long ago, but now was obviously not the time.

[Although I want to try 'Block Counterattack', the Ogre is an opponent that focuses on strength, so I'd better not try it without 'Miracle of Healing' and the additional 'Strength Boost'.]

Although he had a strength bonus of level 22, it was unable to make up for the difference in talent. More importantly, he didn't want to try at all. This was particularly important. Even if it was just a minor abrasion, the pain would have a great impact on his concentration.

Holding the staff in one hand, Ella held it diagonally and began to run around the ogre, waiting for the moment when the ogre could not help but attack. In "F.Wing", this was presented as a mechanism to attract the monster's hatred. In this world, it was just as Mitis said before in the carriage, using small actions to wear down the enemy's patience and wait for the enemy to use its full strength attack.

Of course, it would be better if the ogre's sight did not follow Ella's movement, so that Ella could attack directly from behind. As long as it was controlled properly, the holy pestle attack cast by the silver pestle should not cause much damage.

But unfortunately, the ogre knew by instinct that it could not take its eyes off its prey. Its huge body kept turning as Ella ran. After a moment, it lost its patience, opened its arms, roared, and hugged Ella.

【Have you taken the bait?!】

Jumping backwards to avoid the terrifying blow that could have collapsed a giant tree, Ella couldn't help but smack her lips. If she hadn't simply jumped backwards but had jumped 360 degrees on the spot, she could have triggered the "pursuit" that slowed down the flow of time again. However, she had never tried it with her physical body since coming to this world, so she had no choice but to give up. If she were in "F.Wing", she would have jumped without hesitation.

[Is this the difference between games and reality? Even if you die in the game, you can still be resurrected.]

"Lady Ella, be careful!"

"knew!"

Facing the ogre's downward swing with the tree trunk, Ella jumped to the side again, but unlike the initial sideways swing, this dodge was not completely successful. The aftermath of the swing affected Ella, who had not yet stood firm.

"Eh?"

The feeling of the ground shaking disrupted Ella's balance, and she tilted to one side.

but--

Mud Swamp

Similarly, the ogre also lost his balance and immediately dropped the tree trunk, starting to struggle by flapping his hands.

"Mud Swamp" is a simple magic that can be used by magic beginners. Its function is only to soften the land gradually. However, it is just right here. Most of the ogre's body sank into the ground, and he also got enough time to rest.

[Remember earlier, Mitis mentioned using a mixture of real and fake attacks to lure the enemy in?... This would be perfect for monsters like ogres, which lack intelligence. However, with their current strength, it probably wouldn't be very effective. Even if it's just enough to cause them to faint, I'd still need to add some strengthening magic.]

『Strength Enhancement』

Golden light emerged from the Silver Pestle and then flowed into Ella's entire body. Unlike when casting skills with the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment, the "Power Boost" cast with the Silver Pestle was much weaker. The Pestle of Heavenly Punishment had the effect of increasing Holy/Light attribute damage by 300%, which was unmatched by any other weapon. If this matter were to become known to the outside world, it would surely arouse the envy of countless people, and it was not impossible to attract those in the Hero Realm or even stronger creatures.

"But that's enough!"

In order to avoid the ogre's thick arms that were instinctively waving around, Ella stepped hard on the ground and jumped nearly two meters high in the air.

Obviously, this height is not enough.

[Tsk, it would be nice if I could do a 『Double Jump』, right? In 『F.Wing』, I should be able to move forward by stepping on my arms.]

Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, and soon fell back to the ground. She could only choose to pass through the gap between the ogre's hands. This feeling made Ella feel like she was challenging a giant boss - most boss rooms have no-fly barriers.

"That's it! 『Holy Pestle Strike』!"

Since the ogre is already in a desperate situation, there is no need to try the unprecedented mixed attack of real and fake. Now is the best opportunity.

Rushing to the front of the ogre from the oblique rear where she couldn't see him, Ella held the silver pestle in both hands and assumed the most basic downward chopping posture. She put all her strength into her hands, and used her wrists to drive the strength of her arms to strike the ogre's head. Compared to the ogre's body, the ogre's head was the hardest part of the body, so there was no need to worry about it being torn into pieces like a watermelon.

"Lady Ella, be careful behind you!"

"What?"

Nanako's anxious voice came from a distance, but Ella, who had already mobilized all her strength, had no way to stop what she was doing. She could only retract her strength and look back.

In his field of vision, a wolf-like monster with dark hair was rushing towards him. Judging from the close distance between the two, when the silver pestle in his hand hit the ogre in front of him, the wolf would definitely bite his neck.

[Tsk, is it too late?]

In an instant, he understood what Mitis meant about not using all his strength in the attack, but now there was no time to regret it, because all his focus was on the Silver Pestle, so he could not turn around and could only use something else instead.

If he had used the "Wings of Hermes", he could have taken off into the air or moved to the side by using its ability to stop suddenly, but since he obviously didn't use it, there was only one thing he could use to move.

That's magic.

Instead of choosing "Magic Shield", he used "Majesty".

With Ella's feet as the center, a pillar of light with a diameter of one meter and a height of about three meters rose from the ground. The golden light, like a solid substance, instantly enveloped Ella.

boom--

clang--

Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously. The former was the sound of the silver pestle hitting the ogre's shoulder, and the latter was the sound of the demon wolf slamming into the "Wei Guang".

“Haaaa!”

puff.

Immediately afterwards, a spear flew from a distance and pierced the fallen demon wolf.

"Lady Ella, are you alright?"

Nanako's worried voice appeared beside the ogre.

Standing in the beam of light, Ella waved her hand, dispelling the "awesomeness."

"I'm fine, luckily there's—"

"You're truly chosen by Mitis-sama. Mitis-sama only taught you close combat techniques this morning, and now you've mastered them so perfectly. And that last one must be the deceptive attack Mitis-sama mentioned in the carriage, right? You pretended to use your full strength, tricking the wolf waiting nearby into thinking you were off guard. Then, the moment the wolf appeared, you cast the spell you'd prepared long ago. Mitis-sama's foresight is truly correct!"

"……ha?"

Nanako's eyes were shining with excitement, but she didn't react at all.

Nanako stretched out her hands and grabbed Ella's hands, which were trembling slightly with nervousness.

"That's got to be it, right? That's got to be it? You didn't cast any strengthening spells on yourself earlier, so you were saving your mana, saving it for use here, right? Whether it's an ogre or a demon wolf, they're not opponents a level 8 warrior can defeat one-on-one. If you hadn't considered all that, you wouldn't have been able to fight them alone, right?"

"Ah—wait a minute, Nanako."