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

"Wow, little Ella is such a devil."

"This is the first time I agree so much with what Angelina said..."

Chapter 46: Monster Control

After Ella used magic to thaw the dragon claws, the group re-gripped their weapons. Although the dragon claws were less than level 15, because no one wanted to get their bodies covered in strange liquids, they were actually more difficult to deal with than monsters of the same level. It was like a lion facing a hedgehog.

Looking at the giant dragon vine claws in front of her that were constantly tumbling because of the loss of one of its main trunks, Mitis frowned.

"This is even more troublesome."

"I'm so envious. Mittis can fly with her wings. I wish I had magic that could cover her entire body. That way I could at least resist a bit."

It's true that the "Magic Shield" and the "Shield of Magic" can resist the slime, but they cannot cover the user's entire body, and they will also hinder their own attacks when resisting the entanglement of vine claws. If you don't find the right timing, you will easily be affected by them and have the opposite effect.

"A defensive magic covering the entire body..."

Angelica's words made Mitis look away in embarrassment. Of course, there is magic that covers the whole body, such as the higher-level magic of "Glorious Armguard" "Body of Radiance", which can make the crystal that originally only covered one hand spread all over the body. But even Gerard, who is level 40, can only barely cast "Glorious Armguard". If he wants to use higher-level magic, he must at least reach the heroic realm. Telling Angelica the truth here may sound a bit discouraging.

Mitis changed the subject in another direction.

"Well, there's no point in talking about this now. Let's deal with this thing in front of us. Do we need to wait until it calms down before we start?"

Although it had only lost less than 10% of its health, the dragon claws continued to swing the remaining three trunks as if making its last struggle, slapping the ground with crisp sounds. Judging from the shallow grooves left on the ground, the dragon claws actually possessed considerable strength.

Of course, what Mitis found most difficult was not the strength, but the mucus that the dragon's claws flung out in all directions - it passed by her like a stray bullet, and then formed a pool of sticky secretions on the ground with a plop. It was so disgusting that it was impossible to look at it directly.

"At this rate, it won't stop until noon—[Magic Shield], is Mitis okay?"

While responding to Mitis, Ella used her magic shield to block the flying slime.

"This again... Let's get rid of this quickly."

Once again regretting the settings she had added, Mitis nodded heavily and together with Angelini, she focused her eyes on the dragon's vine claws.

"We don't know the source of the spice yet, so fighting to maintain its integrity is okay, right?"

"No problem~ How about cutting down the remaining three trunks first?"

"Well, that's basically it."

Looking at Angeline's innocent expression, Mitis couldn't help but want to use her. The mucus of the dragon claws is not corrosive except for sticking to the prey, so as long as Angeline is thrown over as bait, the dragon claws may calm down, and then he can cut off the dragon claws from the root in one breath. However, this proposal will definitely not be approved by Angeline, and Mitis can only think about it in his heart.

"Does Mitis need to strengthen her magic?"

"Me? I'll try again during training. I might not be used to the sudden strengthening magic. I don't want to be caught by this guy."

"Is that so... Then just give it to Angelina."

Wielding the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment, Ella began to add various kinds of strengthening magic to Angelini, the number of which was so large that Mitis was stunned.

"I've been wanting to ask, doesn't Ella need to chant when she uses magic?"

“Eh? Uh… this…”

Unable to find any other excuse, Ella could only admit it honestly.

"...Yeah, yes...but I don't know why."

"Perhaps it's because he's the Demon King. Don't worry, Ella."

"How did it become like Mitis comforting me?"

"...For various reasons, I'll tell you later."

"If Mitis says so—wait, come over here!"

Before the conversation was over, the dragon claws in the field of vision rapidly enlarged - it was not that the dragon claws ran in front of the group, but the main trunk, which was originally only seven or eight meters long, grew in an instant and became dozens of meters long. Its flexible appearance like a soft-bodied creature made it impossible to imagine that it was a plant.

"Tsk, it really is a monster."

Mitis immediately spread her wings and flew into the air, while Ella and Lotte also scattered to the sides, and no one was hit by this attack.

But the dragon vine claws are not just for one strike.

The lengthened trunk changed from thrusting to sweeping, chasing Lotte to the side.

“Slash!”

A golden-pink light flashed, and a giant sickle that seemed to be able to cut through everything easily split the tentacle in two.

"Well done, Angelina!"

"certainly."

Angeline answered Ella in a lively voice, and then chased after the rapidly retracting trunk like a fish, as if she regarded the trunk as her target.

"Ella, I'm coming too!"

"Well, I'll assist from a distance with defensive magic. Leave the defense to me."

"Then please help me block the slime as well."

"That's up to Mitis herself."

"Tsk, how stingy."

Pretending to be dissatisfied, Mitis sighed and quickly chased after Angelini.

In fact, Mitis didn't expect Ella to help her resist the slime. First, the two of them had never cooperated with each other, and the sudden appearance of the "magic shield" would distract her attention. Second, the range of the "magic shield" was not that long. Even if Ella had superhuman control, she would not be able to break through the limits of magic itself.

The remaining Ella and Lotte reunited.

"It seems the dragon's vine claws have already discovered us."

"Hmm, its previous actions were probably intended to make us let down our guard. It was quite cunning. It's a pity it didn't expect us to use freezing magic."

"After all, plant-type monsters can't move, so it's difficult to capture them without some special methods. The scent is probably meant to attract monsters."

"Attract monsters?"

Ella couldn't help but think of the plants on Earth, remembering that they used nectar to attract insects for pollination.

"Isn't the fragrance coming from this guy's stomach... I feel a little disgusted."

"If it's in the stomach, we have to clear out the remaining three trunks first."

“It would be nice if there was something else instead.”

“It can’t be helped…”

Putting her hands on her waist, Lotte responded with a wry smile.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"Angeline!"

"I understand!"

Faced with the slime thrown out by the dragon vines, Angelica did not dodge, but just stopped and waited for a counterattack. As for Mitis, she opened her umbrella to block Angelica when the slime was about to touch her.

pat pat pat.

The wet touch immediately passed through the umbrella handle to the palm of Mitis's hand, and the uncomfortable feeling of hair all over her body almost made Mitis throw away the umbrella.

Looking at the slime on the ends of her pink hair and her corset dress, Mitis smacked her lips viciously.

"Damn it! I'm going to roast you over a fire later."

The area of ​​the parasol is not enough to cover the whole body, and the mucus will spread everywhere due to the impact, so it is very normal to get it on the body.

In fact, when dealing with the Dragon Claws, experienced adventurers usually choose an adventurer as bait in order to save time and minimize losses, and launch an attack when the Dragon Claws lose the ability to move due to digesting the adventurer. Since it takes at least three days for the Dragon Claws to digest its prey, it is difficult to harm the adventurer inside in just a few hours, so it is considered a very labor-saving method.

However, Ella and her group did not know this, otherwise they would probably choose a victim by drawing lots.

"Mimitis, it's my turn!"

"give it to you!"

When the dragon's claws gathered mucus again and stopped attacking, Mitis moved the parasol away and took a few steps to the side.

"That's the second one! 'One-hit kill', 'Giant Scythe Dance'!"

Although both are forward-slashing magic, the difference between "Scythe Dance" and "Slash" is that the attack frequency and attack range of "Scythe Dance" far exceed "Slash". Taking Angelini as an example, even if the magic blade - a technique that condenses magic power and increases the length of the weapon on the original basis - is included, the range of "Slash" will not exceed seven meters, while the minimum length of "Scythe Dance" is ten meters. In addition, the latter can be swung three times in a short period of time, which can be said to be a higher-level specialized version of "Slash".

Just like cutting paper with a sharp blade, with a slight sound, the tentacles that were chasing Angelina a second ago were cut off by Angelina in an instant, and the main trunk that was originally dozens of meters long fell to the ground weakly.

"hiss--"

The huge mouth filled with transparent mucus let out a crazy roar, and the remaining two main trunks immediately surrounded Angeline from both sides as if to strangle her, and the mucus poured down at a scale that could be called crazy.

However, this was not a problem for Angelica and Mitis, who were known for their speed. The former used the hair accessory given by Ella, which contained the third-level magic "Shield of Magic", while Mitis directly flew to the other side of the dragon's vine claws with her wings.

"Magic Shield: Five Streaks."

"Ice Wolf Attack."

Ella and Lotte's support arrived almost at the same time, blocking one of the main trunks for Angelini.

clang!

The frozen trunk slammed heavily onto the magic shield due to inertia, making a dull sound like a bell, and then fell to the ground helplessly. The remaining trunk, along with the mucus all over the sky, was blocked by the "Shield of Magic" unfolded by Angelini.

While Angelica was attracting the hatred of the dragon's vine claws, Mitis, who flew to the other side, was also not idle.

"That's the third one! 'Vampire Kiss'."

Unlike the "Light Blade" and "Wind Blade" in chant magic, "Vampire's Kiss" is very similar to the former two in appearance, but it is actually completely different. First of all, "Vampire's Kiss" is a magic exclusive to vampires. It does not require chanting or charging, and it does not even consume magic power. It can be used twice a day at no cost. If you don't worry about the thirst for blood after the battle, it is completely fine even if this magic has no limit on the number of times it can be used.

Not only that, the power and range of "Vampire Kiss" are far greater than those of "Wind Blade". Splitting the trunk of the dragon's vine claw into two parts with one strike like this is something that "Wind Blade" can never do no matter what.

As Mitis swung her umbrella, a blade of light so dazzling that it almost made people look away flew out quickly and separated the frozen trunk without any delay.

But Mitis was not complacent about this, as she was now distracted by another thing.

"That Ella, she's at least fifty yards away, right? It's incredible she's using defensive magic from such a distance... And what was that just now? A magic shield? But can it be cast continuously? If I'm not mistaken, there are at least five layers, right? Is she using all her might? But why is she using all her might...?"

If Ella was a man, Mitis could understand that this was a way to show off his strength in front of the opposite sex, but this was obviously not the case.

Was it an emergency, and did they want to protect Angeline? Mitis immediately dismissed the idea. Even she, who had only known Angeline for less than a month, knew it was impossible for her to be injured by that kind of attack. There was no reason for Ella, who had always cooperated with Angeline, not to know.

[…Could it be that Ella’s claim of level 23 was also a lie? No way…]

Mitis shook her head, driving the thought out of her mind, then looked up at Ella.

"Wait—what is that?"

In his field of vision, a giant python at least ten meters long was raising its huge head, ready to bite off Ella who was facing away from it. If he had not been in the air, he would not have noticed this scene at all due to the bushes blocking his view.

Giving up the pursuit of the dragon's vine claws, Mitis shouted to Ella.

"Ella, watch out!"

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine!"

With Lotte present, Ella, who had already noticed the giant python through "terrain search", of course didn't care about these things. But what Ella overlooked was that Mitis had no idea of ​​her strength. Coupled with an emotion called confusion caused by concern, Mitis fell into a vortex of anxiety and panic for a while.

In Mitis's opinion, Ella said it was okay because she didn't notice the "danger" behind her.

"Tsk, Lotte——what the hell is that maid doing!?"

It was almost impossible to fly over the fifty yards distance immediately. Mitis didn't think she could reach Ella before the giant python bit her.

Should I use Gungnir? A sure-hit spear was certainly an option, but that required speed. Gungnir needed time to condense blood, and Mitis was certain the condensation speed would definitely not be as fast as the giant python's bite.

What if he used the more powerful melee, no-chant magic "Vermillion Nova"? Vermillion Nova would certainly be fast enough, and could even blast the python to pieces. However, that would also affect Ella, and the outcome would remain the same.

What about Blood Control or Blood Binding? Even Gungnir couldn't catch up in time, let alone skills like these that required magic power to spread to the opponent before taking effect. It was too slow.

What to do? What to do? What to do?

As if she had missed a step, Mitis's heart skipped a beat. Countless question marks filled her heart after being catalyzed by anxiety. As if being burned by flames, Mitis felt an unprecedented crisis.

The horrifying image of Ella, bitten through by the giant python, her limbs drooping limply, flashed through her mind. Mitis even began to feel that Ella's gaze was blaming her. Why hadn't she tried her best to save her? She could have done it, but she gave up because she wanted to keep the secret. The colorless purple eyes felt like needles piercing her, making Mitis grit her teeth.

Caught between losing Ella and keeping the secret, Mitis's hands turned blue from exertion, and her eyes gradually turned the dazzling red that symbolizes vampires.

“Ahhh! Damn it!”

Finally, Mitis raised the closed parasol and threw it like a spear, pouring all her resentment into it.

"Die!"

The light turned into a meteor and rushed towards the giant python in an instant.