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

"army?"

Camisia stepped out of the carriage and gazed at the hillside ahead from the driver's seat—she could see two clouds of dust rising, less than two kilometers away from where everyone was.

"Yes, I can see the reflection of armor, but they're actually holding our flag. Linglan's battle line should be further ahead. Wait, are the people being chased ahead civilians?"

Camisia frowned. The demon army would never chase civilians. Considering the recent rebellion in the Kingdom of Untermier, it was probably that the rebels disguised themselves as demons and harmed civilians in an attempt to stir up conflict between the demons and the Kingdom of Untermier.

"I cannot sit idly by while this smears the princess's reputation."

Although her tone was calm, even Ella could tell that Camisia was extremely angry.

"Princess, could you please allow me to pass on ahead? I estimate the number of the enemy to be around thirty, so they shouldn't be a problem."

"Hmm... no problem, I'll leave it to Camisia."

Ella nodded without rejecting Camisia's proposal. She was about two kilometers away from the civilians being chased. If she waited for the civilians to come before offering help, the other party would probably suffer casualties before arriving. No matter what, the physical fitness of civilians could not compare to that of soldiers.

Camisia bowed slightly.

"Yes, I will take care of this matter before the princess arrives."

“Ah… um…”

"I want to go easy on them, but that's probably not possible. No, in the final analysis, there's no need for sympathy for wantonly harming civilians. No matter how they're dealt with, they deserve it."

Just as murderers are hanged, soldiers who harm civilians are no different from criminals themselves.

Accompanied by a loud bang and cracks in the earth, Camisia, relying heavily on the ground for support, rushed towards the opposite hillside. Then, a few seconds later, an even stronger vibration came from afar, as if a huge amount of explosives buried in the soil had been detonated. A huge amount of dust and sand rose into the sky. Even if one only looked at it from a distance, one could feel the power contained therein.

“Gurgle.”

Ella seemed to hear Mitis swallowing as she stuck her head out of the carriage.

"At this level... could anyone really survive? They'd all be wiped out..."

"Shouldn't it be? Will Camisia know how to handle things properly?"

"That kind of question is totally unbelievable!"

Mitis grabbed Ella's shoulders with a frantic look on her face, then let go as if giving up.

"I can't help but feel sorry for the Seal of Wrath fighting Camisia. If it weren't for the Hellfire, that guy would have been killed in a few rounds."

"Besides that, Ella-chan, those people seem to be coming. Do we need to stop them?"

"Well, let's first find out what happened."

And if we leave them alone, they will enter the territory of the demons, and then they will be greeted by the patrol troops and ruthlessly expelled.

Including Iris, everyone got off the carriage. Since they were wearing ordinary clothes, there was no need to worry about alerting the fleeing people.

A few minutes later, the fleeing people came into view.

Probably because they fled in a hurry, few people were carrying any belongings such as bags. Most people had expressions of fear on their faces. Besides the cries for help, there were also the cries of children and the shouts of women. For some reason, there were very few men. The elderly and children accounted for nearly 70% of the people. Everyone's clothes were stained with blood. The way they rushed towards her together made Ella take a step back.

Looking at the oncoming crowd, Elise sighed.

"They won't listen to us properly like this. Let's make them stop first—"Delay"

The white light pattern emitted from the staff immediately enveloped the crowd, and everyone's speed suddenly slowed down by several levels. If they were running fast just a moment ago, now they were like being stuck in a quagmire and unable to move forward.

You know, even the deep-sea octopus would be affected by Iris's slow magic, not to mention these ordinary villagers in front of her who have no magical abilities.

"Ella-chan, I'll leave it to you from now on, right?"

"Um."

After mustering up her courage, Ella prepared to shout at the villagers, but—

"There's a demon army behind us, run!"

A middle-aged man running ahead of all the villagers shouted, ahead of Ella.

Ella replied immediately.

"Don't worry, the soldiers have been dealt with!"

"What?"

Still without stopping his forward momentum, the middle-aged man looked back as he ran - the reflection of the soldiers' armor had disappeared, leaving only a cloud of dust. After a second of hesitation, the middle-aged man turned around and began waving his arms to ask the other villagers to stop.

"Everyone wait! Those bastards are gone!"

"My child!"

"don't want!"

However, the shouting was soon drowned out by crying. If it weren't for Iris's slow magic, these villagers would have run behind Ella by now. Of course, there were also some people in the crowd who still retained their sanity. They also imitated the middle-aged man and looked back, then slowly stopped running and stood still to breathe heavily. Influenced by these people, the crowd's forward momentum finally stopped, turning into a scene of widespread wailing.

The women and children hugged each other and cried loudly, and the elderly wiped their tears with trembling hands. Although the young men did not cry out of courtesy, they also cursed the soldiers angrily and took out their anger on the objects around them.

"Angelina, can you bandage them?"

"Well, leave it to me."

"Let me help too."

Mitis took a step forward with a sympathetic look on her face and took the clean water and gauze for bandaging from Ella.

"Lotte and Fukagan, just check for anyone missing along the way. You don't need to go too far. I'll leave the soldiers in my care as well."

"Okay, Miss Ella."

Without objection, Lotte and Fukagami walked towards Camisia's position.

Of course, Ella herself was not idle either. After searching the crowd for a while, Ella locked her target on the middle-aged man who initially advised her to run away. Among the approximately fifty villagers, he was the only one who was comforting others.

"Um...excuse me, who are you?"

"Are you a demon?!"

The middle-aged man turned around with a look of fear and anger on his face, and because of his shouting, the other villagers sitting on the ground also looked at him with vigilance.

It was an expected reaction, so Ella wasn't too panicked.

"Yes, but I have no intention of harming you. My partner and I are merchants from the demon tribe."

As she spoke, Ella pointed to Angelica and Mitis who were helping the villagers to prove that she had no ill intentions.

After the explanation, Ella could clearly feel that the malicious gazes had been withdrawn a lot.

"...I'm very sorry for mistaking you for a demon chasing us. Thank you for your help, young lady. My name is Mars, and I'm a hunter living in this village."

After Mars' introduction, Ella took a closer look at the middle-aged man in front of her - his skin, which was exposed through his short shirt, was extremely dark. He was definitely someone who often did heavy physical work.

"Well, I'm Ella Enstanit. I'm a healer and a traveling merchant."

"So it's the healer!"

The hunter's uncontrolled shouting eased everyone's vigilance. As always, the healer's identity was always admired.

"I'm just an ordinary healer, Mr. Mars, don't worry about it. Besides, what are you doing now...?"

Ella looked at the bloodstains on Mars' body.

Marston gritted his teeth.

"This was all done by those damned demon soldiers. Before the sun came up, they suddenly broke into the village and slaughtered everyone in it. Only we who reacted in time were able to escape. The rest of us are probably..."

"Mr. Mars, do you recognize the demon flag?"

"I don't know them, but they said they were demons before they attacked, and their eyes were the same purple color as yours. Of course, I didn't mean to insult you, young lady."

“Is that so…”

In this way, it can be basically confirmed that someone is deliberately discrediting the demons and attempting to destroy the relationship between the Kingdom of Untermil and the demons.

Although she wanted to state it directly, due to lack of evidence, Ella could only swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"If I say it directly like that, it'll probably offend them. It's better to wait until they're calmer."

Ella nodded thoughtfully.

"I understand. I can provide you with some necessary food and medicine."

"But, but, miss, we don't have any copper coins to pay you. As you can see, we fled without any money..."

Chapter 7: Kingdoms Full of Conflict

"But, but, miss, we don't have any copper coins to pay you. As you can see, we fled without any money..."

Mars looked at the villagers sitting on the ground with embarrassment. Although he knew that the food and medicine were very important, without money to pay, everything would be out of the question.

Ella turned her palm towards Mars, indicating that Mars should listen to her first.

"No, I don't mean to ask you to pay with copper coins."

“That’s…?”

"In return, I need a few of you to come with me to the hill ahead—the one covered in sand."

Ella pointed to Camisia's location. From the terrain search display, the light spots of the soldiers on the hillside did not decrease. They were all at the point where they would go to another world with just one more blow. As for why Ella asked the villagers to go to the hillside ahead with her, it was to clarify that the incident was not caused by the demons.

A look of hesitation appeared on Mars's rough face.

"Miss, if you go further, you'll encounter soldiers..."

"But behind us is the demon clan's territory. This is already the border."

"You, you mean if we go any further we'll reach the demon clan's territory?"

"Well, we just got out of the demon tribe."

For a moment, not only Mars, but also the other villagers showed an expression of wanting to leave quickly. Many people even stood up from the ground, ready to find an opportunity to escape.

Seeing this scene, Ella pointed at Iris and immediately added.

"But don't worry. My partner is a very strong magic caster. Even if we encounter soldiers, we can handle them all."

Like the villagers, Mars turned his attention to Iris. They still remembered how Iris had cast a spell that made it impossible for everyone to move.

"In that case... Fine, I'll agree. But how many people do you need? I need to discuss the selection with everyone."

"About five people, preferably not just men."

It would be easier to convince people if people of different age groups testified together - although considering that Camisia did not kill the soldiers, this was a bit unnecessary.

"Okay, please wait a moment, sir."

"Take this ointment first. Apply it directly to the wound to help it heal."

"Thank you, sir!"

With gratitude in his eyes, Mars bent down respectfully and accepted the large box of ointment handed to him by Ella. The address he gave her changed from "Miss" to "Sir" without him noticing.

While the villagers were discussing, Angelica and Mitis finished the simple bandaging and returned to Ella.

"Most of them had injuries from falls, and only a few had knife wounds, but they are not life-threatening."

After wiping her hands with a towel, Mitis shrugged at Ella.

"Well, I see. Does Mitis know how to tie a knot that ties everyone together?"

"Of course I will, but what is Ella going to do?"

"Those soldiers are still breathing, so I want to tie them up and send them to the Kingdom of Untermil."

As she spoke, Ella took out the Fire Arrow from the storage and used it to search the terrain.

"The nearest town is less than ten kilometers away, so transporting it there shouldn't be too much trouble."

"Ugh... You didn't die even after a blow like that from Camisia. What an amazing vitality! Well, leave the task of tying up the soldiers to me. I'm also eager to see what the towns of the kingdoms are like. I've been avoiding them and camping lately, and I almost forgot what it's like to live in a room with a ceiling."

"I'm sorry, but living in a crowded place can be very troublesome."

Ella gave an apologetic smile in response. For some unknown reason, no matter how hard she tried to hide the information, the demons always managed to guess that she was the Demon King, and then the atmosphere would turn into a lively concert, which was really unbearable.

"Ah~ah, I understand, but even I can't handle that."

Mitis sighed.

"Senior, I'm back."

"Fukan? Where's Lotte?"