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

"Damn it! He's acting recklessly here just because he's the prince of Harry Kingdom. What on earth is Lord Wood doing?"

"I heard that the Earl and Prince Harry have a personal relationship..."

"It must be a simple financial relationship. Prince Harry often brings slave women to the Earl."

"Shh, keep your voice down. It would be terrible if someone heard you."

"I know, but Prince Harry is too arrogant. If someone can teach him a lesson, I'd even give him my entire gambling bankroll for the week."

"Oh, I'm making you give up all your gambling money for the week. You really do hate Prince Harry."

"Hurry up, it's closed. If you don't go now there won't be any seats left."

Listening to the conversation, Ella looked at Prince Harry who had already walked away. She really couldn't have any good feelings towards such people. Not only that, but Earl Wood, who had dealings with him, was also labeled as a villain.

Although passersby cast sympathetic glances at the man lying motionless on the ground, no one stepped forward. Feeling pity, Ella walked straight towards the man.

"It's just a diluted magic potion, but it should be able to help you recover."

Resisting the smell of blood that filled her nose, Ella squatted down, removed the cork, and poured the light blue liquid in the glass bottle into the man's mouth. It was very obvious that the man, who had been motionless, began to cough violently, and a look of pain appeared on his face - this was a reaction of not fully recovering, but what was guaranteed was that the man would not die from severe injuries and blood loss.

"It would be very troublesome for me to let you jump up and down right where you are... I'm sorry, I can only help you up to this point. I think you can stand up on your own after a while."

After checking the man's slowly recovering HP, Ella stood up and clapped her hands.

"Hoo—let's go to the fourth floor. Looks like the show is about to start."

"Um."

"Miss, please wait."

Before Ella left, a soldier standing by the wall suddenly called out to Ella in a low voice. Perhaps because he didn't want to be noticed by others, the soldier didn't even look at Ella when he spoke. If there was no one else at the entrance, Ella would never have thought that it was the soldier who was speaking.

"What's wrong?"

"Thank you very much for your help."

"Eh? Thanks?"

Ella blinked in confusion.

The soldier looked around, confirmed that no one was paying attention to this side, and nodded slightly to Ella.

"Yes, we wanted to help the person you just rescued, but we couldn't due to the Earl's orders. It was a great help to have someone as kind as you show up."

At this point, the other soldiers at the entrance also cast grateful glances at Ella.

"So, you didn't take action because of Earl Wood's orders?"

Ella's words made the soldier lower his head.

"Yes... The Earl and Prince Harry have a good relationship. Plus, Prince Harry's kingdom is an ally of ours, so no one here dares to disrespect him. Even for what happened just now, the Earl just told us to pretend we didn't see it."

“You guys are working hard too…”

"Please don't say that. You should be more careful than us. Your act of helping this man just now may have been seen by passersby. If someone tells Prince Harry about this, even if you are wearing a mask, Prince Harry will definitely find a way to trouble you. Please leave this place immediately after watching the duel."

"Will you be harassed just for saving someone?"

Ella's innocent question made Mitis look at her like she was stupid.

"That's only natural. Prince Harry will definitely be embarrassed by your actions, Ella. With someone like that, if I don't do anything, it'll be unsettling."

"Yes, yes. The reason no one was willing to come up to help was because they were afraid of retaliation from Prince Harry."

Seeing the soldier's gaze, which was a mixture of fear and shame, Ella scratched her head in frustration.

"What a disgusting guy."

"Ahem, uh, water..."

The man lying on the ground coughed a few times, and a hoarse sound came out of his throat.

After glancing at the man, the soldier nodded sincerely to Ella again.

"Leave this one to us. While we can't offer any assistance, it's within our authority to throw him out. If you don't go up, you'll miss the first show."

"Well, I'll leave him in your hands."

"Please rest assured."

Having said this, the other soldiers inside the entrance bowed to Ella.

Ella took a step back embarrassedly.

"Ahahaha...bye."

"Ella, please hurry to the venue and stop causing trouble for others."

"No, nothing. It's our honor to meet such a kind-hearted lady."

Responding to Mitis's words with a wry smile, the soldiers surrounded the man, pulled him up from the ground as if he were a corpse, and walked step by step towards the path Ella came from.

Watching the soldiers walking away, Ella suddenly felt very light-hearted.

"Not all of these people are bad."

"Senior, you talk too much nonsense."

Chapter 14: The Dark Colosseum

"Now, today's first show is the slave fighter, Axe, who has won two consecutive matches, and the recently captured monster, the Sawtooth Mantis!"

“Ohhhhhhhhhh!!!”

As the host shouted, the atmosphere of the entire Colosseum was instantly ignited, and countless people shouted with all their might to cheer for the fighters they supported.

Ignoring the shouts around her, Mitis tilted her head.

"What are you looking at, Ella?"

"This is today's schedule. Anyone who bets at least one silver coin in the game will receive this card."

Ella showed Mitis a palm-sized piece of paper that the staff had handed her earlier. It contained detailed information scribbled on it.

"Does it even mention the players' physical conditions?"

"Probably because not many people would invest a single silver coin in a gambling game."

"The power is very unbalanced."

Shen Gan frowned after taking the piece of paper and taking a look at it.

"Well, there's a rule that states that if one side is unable to resist, they must stop attacking, so I don't think anything too extreme will happen."

Maybe it's just like the duels of old.

"Nine out of ten shows are duels between humans and monsters, and the people on stage are all slaves. I always feel that the people of the Untermire Kingdom have a bad taste."

Following Mitis's gaze, Ella looked at the back of the paper, which stated that all the duelists were slaves. This was probably a note to prevent anyone from feeling sorry for them. The people in this world believed that slaves were not human, so as long as it was stated that they were slaves, no one would protest to the Colosseum, no matter how miserably they were treated.

"Does Mitis prefer a free-identity duel?"

"Hmm... I guess you could say that. If slaves don't fight, won't their masters just dispose of them or leave them to die? These people aren't fighting voluntarily. It's completely different from the free competition in the Empire."

Ella frowned slightly after realizing this.

"Since they are under the master's orders, won't they die in battle sooner or later?"

Even if there are rules to constrain them, injuries will always accumulate after fighting. As a slave, they will never get a good rest, and their bodies will eventually collapse.

"It says here that if you win ten battles, you will be free."

Fukagan added in a tone without any emotion.

"That gives us a bit of hope, at least... but an average person wouldn't last ten rounds, right? This is probably a rule set by the Colosseum to encourage fighters to fight harder."

"But if the slaves participating in the battle saw this card, they would definitely give up hope."

Not only are the strengths of the two battle parties not at the same level, the Colosseum also doesn't give the slave fighters any time to rest. For example, the fighter Kanzaki Kagawa, who Ella pays special attention to, all of his previous nine victories occurred within a month. In other words, he had to fight a deadly battle with monsters every few days. Judging from the level 9, even some races with outstanding physical fitness must be exhausted after such high-intensity battles.

Thinking of this, Ella subconsciously started a terrain search and began searching for a fighter named Kanzaki Kagawa, but due to the limitations of her current level, she was not found within the search range.

"Senior, the battle is over."

"what……"

Although it was difficult to see clearly due to the distance, the general situation of the battle could still be distinguished. The result of the battle was that the fighter defeated the mantis monster and qualified for the next challenge. It is worth mentioning that the fighter did not abide by the rule of not killing, but directly chopped off the monster's head. But even so, no one in the venue, including the referee, raised any objections. Instead, they burst into thunderous applause, as if this was a routine.

"Didn't you say you can't kill people?"

Ella asked subconsciously.

The person who answered was a woman standing behind Ella. Although the Kingdom of Untermil had a habit of discriminating against women, there was no gender distinction in the Colosseum.

"Is this your first time here, little girl?"

"Um."

"No wonder you ask such a question. If you were a local, you'd be laughed at for the rest of your life. A fight in the Colosseum won't end until the dead are sorted out."

"Eh? But the card says that if one side is unable to resist, they must stop attacking."

Ella's words brought a gentle smile to the woman's face.

"Even the chief referee can't be sure if the opponent is feigning death. If you get too close, you could be stabbed to death at any moment. I've seen this happen before. After all, fighting a monster is inherently a fight to the death."

"So it's just a dead letter... The rule that grants freedom after ten victories is also a lie?"

Mitis asked, turning around.

"No, I don't know if it will work. I've never heard of a fighter being able to walk out of the Colosseum. The reason so many people gathered here today is because they want to witness the miracle of the Colosseum."

The so-called miracle should refer to Kagamika Kanzaki, Ella thought so. After winning nine games, as long as she wins again today, the Colosseum will fulfill its promise.

"But even if she's free, how does she break the slave contract? Besides Mitis, there's no one else in this world who can break the contract. Well, maybe she can just register a random master, and then the master can order her to be free from all restrictions."

"So, everyone here today wants Kanzaki Kagamika to win the match?"

"No, everyone wants her to lose."

Perhaps because she also wanted Kanzaki Kagamika to lose, a glimmer of anticipation flashed in the woman's eyes.

Mitsis asked.

"why?"

"Why? Don't people come here to see slaves struggling to die? The look of despair on their faces, watching themselves being devoured by monsters right before their very eyes, just as they're about to be freed? That's what you came for, little girls, right? Only the Colosseum in the Kingdom can offer such scenes."

Although she was saying cruel words, the woman winked at Mitis with a seductive look. Then Mitis noticed that the woman was dressed extremely revealingly, with her chest exposed without any concealment. Coupled with the smell of cheap perfume wafting from time to time, Mitis immediately identified her as a prostitute.

Feeling a chill, Mitis pushed Ella and Shen Gan away from the woman. Noticing Mitis's little action, the woman's kind expression instantly collapsed. She smacked her lips unkindly and turned away.

but.

boom.

"How do you walk?"

“S-Sorry…”

"whispering sound."

It was obviously the man who hit the woman, but the woman took the initiative to apologize. However, Mitis did not show any sympathy. If Ella was said to be generally kind, then Mitis was definitely evil. Not to mention her past as the Mark of Original Sin, she had participated in many wars when she was still a soldier, and killing was just a casual thing. Take the example of Ella being almost hit by a carriage. If Ella's feelings had not been taken into consideration, the matter would never have let it go. Of course, if it were Camisia, perhaps even the Colosseum would have disappeared from the kingdom's territory by now.

With the audience's flushed shouts, the duels passed quickly, and soon it was time for the final main course, Kanzaki Kagamika Fighter, to appear.

"Then, next is the battle you've all been waiting for: the duel between Kanzaki Kagamika, who has won nine consecutive matches, and Ligermon! For this duel, Prince Edward Jean Harry, the third prince of the Harry Kingdom, has also visited the Colosseum today. Prince Harry has asked us to convey that if Kanzaki Kagamika wins this tenth fight, he will make her a member of his guard!"

"What a lucky guy."

"Tsk, a mere slave can actually stand with Prince Harry."

The referee's announcement caused many of the women in the audience to express their anger. Ella's impression was that the women had been flirting with Prince Harry since he entered the arena. Of course, the fact that Prince Harry, sitting on the ground floor, couldn't possibly see them was another matter.

"These people have no idea of ​​Prince Harry's true nature. He's so cruel."

"Maybe it's because I'm used to it."

Looking at Prince Harry on the first floor, who kept waving to the audience above, Shen Gan frowned in disgust. Because of Prince Harry's waving behavior, countless women, including the nobles on the second floor, exclaimed.

"In the eyes of these people, as long as they can live a noble life, even if the opponent is a monster, it doesn't matter."

Feeling more and more that coming here was a wrong decision, Mitis turned around.