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

"Level 20?!"

This number is unimaginable for Jinghua. You know, in the past year, Jinghua has maintained a level of 9 with no sign of upgrading.

"Well, you'll find out when Jinghua comes over."

Not knowing how to explain to Jinghua, Ella could only smile bitterly and let Jinghua follow her and Mitis.

On the way from the bow to the stern, one can see a team of adventurers sitting on the deck to recover their strength. At the same time, another team of adventurers is fighting against the water lizards in the front. The two teams of adventurers seem to be fighting in a rotating manner, and they seem to have plenty of time. Ella did not interfere.

Not long after, Ella and the other two arrived at the stern of the ship - a place that was not particularly spacious.

There were only five sailors and a team of five adventurers left here.

"Don't get away from me, you monsters."

"Lola!"

boom.

The sound of water bullets hitting the shield was heard. Thanks to Rhine who blocked the water bullets with his round shield in time, Laura was not injured and was simply knocked to the deck by Rhine.

"Tsk."

Laura clicked her tongue and got up from the ground.

"Damn it, ducking underwater as soon as the bow is drawn."

"Just attract their attention and drag them out until Captain Ross comes to reinforce."

“But now it’s completely impossible to delay it—!”

Laura shot the arrow at the water lizard as if to vent her anger, but as expected, the targeted water lizard immediately hid underwater and the arrow lost its power after entering the water.

Because of Laura's words, Rhine looked at the five sailors standing behind the deck railing - all of them looked like they were about to collapse - and couldn't help but frowning heavily, but soon he noticed Ella who had just arrived.

"You are... the girl from before? Did Captain Ross send you here?"

"No, we came here voluntarily."

In order not to hinder Rhine and his group, Ella chose to fight about five meters away from Rhine. However, although it was called a fight, in reality she just raised the magic wand and asked Jinghua to take out the short staff and chant the spells of "Light Arrow" and "Fireball".

"It's too dangerous for you to stay here without the vanguard—uh."

Before he could finish his words, Rhine noticed the presence of Mitis standing next to Ella. Recalling how Mitis had blown him away with just a flap of her wings, Rhine's stern expression suddenly became embarrassed.

"This is……"

Mitis, who was named, raised her eyebrows slightly with both hands.

"You look like the guy we hit on earlier. Forget it, there's no point in discussing this. We're here to help hold the line. Is that okay with you?"

"Of course I have no objection!"

Rhine nodded repeatedly. With the Crimson Gold-level adventurers joining the battlefield, the pressure on his group would definitely be much less. In order to avoid interfering with each other, Rhine also asked his companions to move a distance to the side.

After confirming the water lizards hiding in the water through a terrain search, Ella placed her hand to her lips and lowered her head in thought.

"Seven in total? Well, that's enough, right?"

Jinghua's experience value has reached 90%. According to the data collected in the Demon Labyrinth, one can level up by killing about 30 monsters of the same level. Jinghua should be able to level up by killing these seven water lizards.

Holding the short stick he had just bought tightly, Jinghua said nervously.

"What should we do next?"

"Hmm... Let's freeze them first."

In order to avoid Jinghua's suspicion, Ella moved her lips and pretended to chant magic.

"Ice Wall."

In an instant, the originally floating water lizard was pushed out of the river by the surging ice wall. Just when the water lizard was surprised by the sudden ice layer, the ice walls that appeared from all directions immediately blocked its escape route.

Rather than an "ice wall," it's more accurate to call it an "ice prison."

However, the sealed cage prevented Jinghua from attacking, so Ella controlled the ice prison and melted a small hole on the side facing the hull, allowing magic to pass through while ensuring that the water lizard could not escape from the cage.

"Jinghua, now's the time, eh? Jinghua?"

However, Jinghua just stared at the ice prison in amazement, and didn't even notice that the short staff in his hand was about to fall to the ground.

"Are you okay?"

Ella stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Jinghua's eyes. Jinghua slowly came back to his senses, but did not choose to attack the water lizard. Instead, he turned towards Ella and grabbed Ella's clothes as if he was about to cry.

"That... that's an 'Ice Wall', right? It's an 'Ice Wall', right? Not some weird magic, huh?"

"Rather than asking what kind of magic it is, it's better to attack quickly. Those guys are starting to destroy the ice wall."

Mitis reminded him, and then the sound of water bullets hitting the ice surface was heard in the air, and Jinghua immediately came back to his senses.

"That's right. Then - 'Light Arrow'."

As the chanting continued, golden light gradually condensed at the tip of the short staff. After about ten seconds, it transformed into an arrow and flew towards the lizard trapped by the ice wall.

but.

Keng.

The attack did not successfully pass through the hole left by Ella, but hit the ice next to the small hole.

Jinghua was so nervous that she clasped her hands tightly around her waist and lowered her head guiltily.

"S-Sorry, I lost control..."

"It's okay, it's always like this at the beginning."

"Ella too?"

"Uh...yeah, yes."

Ella gave Jinghua an unquestionable smile—Mitis poked the soft spot on Ella's waist from behind and complained softly.

"fraud."

Although lying is not a good habit, white lies are also very necessary, Ella answered in her heart.

However, if there were a series of failures, Jinghua would inevitably be devastated, so Ella changed her control method, removing the restrictions of the ice wall and using "slowing down" magic to reduce the speed of the water lizards to a level where they could hardly move.

Of course, in theory, Ella could also use "Mental Concentration" and "Attribute Enhancement" to assist Jinghua in the attack at this time, but since Ella's fundamental purpose was to allow Jinghua to have a certain self-protection ability, excessive auxiliary magic was not a good thing, so she did not apply it.

"T-Then——"Light Arrow"

Just like before, a golden arrow shot out, but unlike before, although this time the attack still had some deviation, it still hit the water lizard's tail, reducing the water lizard's HP by 10%. If it happens a few more times, the water lizard will be turned into experience points.

“Hit…hit?”

"Yeah, just a few more times."

Ella's words made Jinghua feel relieved. Although she didn't understand why Ella didn't kill the water lizard herself, she couldn't say something like "Ella, you come and kill the water lizard" at this time. What she heard on the deck before had already made it clear that Ella and her group would charge ten gold coins for each attack, so fighting monsters for free like this was an exception.

Maybe he wanted to kill the water lizard with his own hands so as not to put the Captain in trouble.

Jinghua thought so.

"What a gentle person..."

"What did Jinghua say?"

"Eh? Wha-nothing."

"If you don't keep attacking, that guy's going to dive underwater, okay?"

"I see!"

The white hair tied with ribbons behind him also rose and fell. Jinghua took a deep breath, raised his staff with both hands, and concentrated all his attention on the struggling water lizard.

“—Light Arrow!”

Chapter 43: The Monsters' Sudden Escape

Under the continuous attack of "light arrows", the slow-moving water lizard was finally knocked down by Jinghua. Correspondingly, Jinghua's experience value also increased by about 5%. However, because his magic power was exhausted, he could no longer attack the remaining water lizards.

Of course, this situation had already been anticipated by Ella. When Jinghua's magic power was almost gone, Ella handed Jinghua a bottle of diluted lower-level magic potion. At Jinghua's current level, one bottle should be enough to restore his magic power to full value.

"What's this?"

"This is a low-level magic potion. With this, Jinghua will be able to deal with the next water lizard."

"Is it really okay to use it here?"

Magic potions were previously sold over the counter at the Adventurer's Guild, but even the cheapest ones were so expensive that Jinghua couldn't afford them.

Ella uncorked the magic bottle.

"It's okay. These were originally meant for Jinghua."

Although it is slightly different from the truth, it is not wrong to say so. The reason why I diluted the originally high-purity magic potion was to prevent the other party from feeling that it was too expensive when giving it to him.

"Somehow... I feel like this won't be strange anymore..."

While muttering to himself, Jinghua drank the magic potion at Ella's urging. It was so bitter that it made his facial features wrinkle, but the effect was also very obvious. The originally exhausted magic power recovered rapidly at a speed that could be clearly felt. The magic potion he drank seemed to be integrated into his flesh and blood. The feeling of fullness and comfort almost made Jinghua moan.

"Continue with the next one."

"yes!"

Under Ella's command, Jinghua shifted the target to another water lizard, raised his short staff and began to chant magic.

"Hey, is the water lizard suddenly unable to move?"

"It's still moving, but it's so slow it looks like it can't move, idiot."

"You're the idiot! I mean, why are they like this?"

"Be quiet and look over there."

After telling his noisy companions to stop, Rhine pointed at Ella, who was about ten meters away from the others, swallowed his saliva, and his shock was evident on his face.

"So that's the strength of the Crimson Gold level..."

There is no doubt that the previous ice prison and the current inability of the water lizard to move were all caused by Ella.

"What are they doing? Since they've restrained the water lizard, why don't they kill it all at once? Does that vampire have that kind of power?"

An adventurer, sweating profusely, clicked his tongue, his words expressing both his amazement at the Crimson Gold level's strength and his dissatisfaction with Ella and the other two for not killing the water lizard immediately.

The one who answered was Laura, who put the arrow on the longbow.

"They must have reached an agreement with the captain to charge a hefty commission for any action. If Captain Ross doesn't pay, they have no obligation to kill the water lizard. Helping us contain the monster now is already considered a charity."

Having said that, Laura pulled the bowstring to its full extent and aimed at the water lizard closest to her. Since the lizards were unable to move, Laura was sure that she could shoot through their heads in one shot.

However, Rhine reached out and pressed down Laura's bow, signaling Laura to wait.

Laura frowned immediately.

"What's wrong?"

"Wait, I think their goal is to help that white-haired girl level up. If Laura kills the water lizard like this, it will definitely make them angry."

In response to Rhine's words, another male adventurer standing nearby suddenly clapped his fist with a look of realization.

"Yes, I've heard in taverns before that nobles from powerful nations would order their families to capture monsters and give them to their lower-ranked descendants to level up. I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes today. It's truly a luxurious leveling method."

"But even if we do that, it'll be hard to upgrade, right? With so many people participating."

Anyone who damages a monster is considered a participant in the attack and counted towards experience points. While adventurers may not be able to explain this with the concept of "experience points," the fact that "leveling up slower when more people participate in a battle" is common knowledge.

"Just catch a few more and it'll be fine. Ultimately, this leveling method is only accessible to a small number of people. Without combat skills, levels alone are worthless. The heirs of the great families probably do this for the sake of prestige and to toughen their bodies. I don't understand the nobles' thinking."

"Anyway, just don't try to steal their water lizards."

Putting down the metal shield in his hand, Rhine sighed helplessly. Now that the water lizard had lost its threat, he and his group had a moment to rest.

Of course, not everyone was as relaxed as Rhine. One adventurer bit his handkerchief tightly as he looked at the water lizard that tried to struggle but was unable to move due to the "slow down" magic.

"Damn it, I want to join in too."

The defenseless water lizard is right in front of you, but you can't attack it. It feels like there is a gold coin in front of you, but you can only watch it being picked up by others.

"Well, it's better not to think too much about it. Maybe when they get tired of playing, they'll leave the rest for us."

"How could there be any left?! I'd kill myself to eliminate them all. They'd be a real pain in the ass under normal circumstances. Damn it, damn it, damn it, why did you let me see this?"