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

"I kind of understand what that feeling is, but if he's the Demon King, and he's getting close to Kagamika now, doesn't that mean he has some ulterior motive? I'm not a big fan of politics, but anyone would be able to figure it out, right?"

The flower demon meant that Ella might want to control the Kingdom of Kumheim through Jinghua.

"impossible!"

The voice couldn't help but get louder, Jinghua immediately covered his mouth, looked apologetic to the soldiers around him, and after a pause continued in a low voice.

"Ella saved me without knowing my identity, and she looks so clueless, it's impossible for her to have such thoughts. In the end, Angelina—"

Having said that, Jinghua shut up. Angelica's secret cannot be told to anyone.

The flower demon nodded helplessly.

"Yes, yes, it's my fault. When Kagami-chan mentioned the return gift just now, did you mean this ribbon? It looks similar to the one Kagami-chan is wearing, except that it has an extra white border."

"Hmm... I know it's a cheap gift, but since you're a demon king, you're probably bored with things that can be bought with money, so I thought I'd sew one myself—it's a bit shabby, but if you want to laugh, go ahead, flower demon lady."

"So I really have to laugh?"

"Most people would probably comfort me here!"

“Pfft.”

The flower demon couldn't help laughing out loud, and perhaps tears started to flow as well. She wiped her eyes with vines while covering her stomach with her hands.

"This is the first time I've seen such an interesting human being. Those who came to me before all wanted me to provide services. I never thought I'd meet a child as cute as Kagamika-chan in my lifetime. If I were still pure, I would definitely find a way to spoil Kagamika-chan to the point where she couldn't live without me."

“How disgusting…”

"Oh, you don't like it? I thought girls of this age liked reliable older sisters."

No one would be willing to do that.

Although this thought emerged in his mind, Jinghua forced himself not to say it out loud in order not to hurt Miss Flower Demon's feelings.

Rumble, rumble.

Like the sound of thunder.

The cheerful atmosphere was interrupted by a noise coming from afar. Jinghua and Huayao immediately stopped laughing and looked towards the East City Gate where the sound came from along with the serious-looking soldiers.

"The war has begun. I think that's the sound of troops marching. I wonder if His Majesty Oz, who is guarding the East Gate, can hold it."

However, compared to what the flower demon said, Jinghua was more concerned about the changes in the direction of the castle. The east gate was guarded by the demon army, so there was no need to worry. However, Ella and her group had to use the strength of five people to forcibly break into the castle to rescue Angelica. Even now that most of the troops had been transferred to the front line, in Jinghua's eyes, breaking into the castle by force was an unimaginably difficult task.

Turning his gaze away from the direction of the East City Gate, the flower demon sighed to himself.

"In short, our mission is to defend the west gate. Even if we are worried now, we can only choose to trust His Majesty Oz."

Dang——dang——dang——

As soon as the flower demon finished speaking, the sound of heavy bells echoed throughout the entire west city gate. According to the flower demon's memory, this was the sound of an enemy attack.

"Enemy attack!"

Immediately after the bell rang, the lookout's hoarse voice seemed to be shouting at the top of his lungs and spread throughout the entire city wall.

Almost at the same time, soldiers holding spears stood near the city wall, crossbowmen began to load large crossbows, and soldiers responsible for carrying the necessary supplies for defending the city hurriedly transported hot oil, rolling stones and wooden beams from the inner wall.

But what was strange was that what appeared in everyone's sight was only a team of less than a hundred wolf cavalrymen, and there was no trace of large siege equipment in the team. If such a force was used to attack the city, even Jinghua knew it was a pipe dream.

The general manager standing on the platform began to shout.

"Don't panic, they're just a group of cavalry without siege equipment. Crossbowmen will reload their defensive crossbows, and archers will wait until the cavalry is close before releasing their arrows!"

After the order was given, the soldiers on the city wall immediately started to work like large machines with slow but unstoppable momentum. What surprised Jinghua was that the Kumis' hands were obviously spherical objects, but they could skillfully draw bows. Some of the Kumis were even more dexterous than humans with five fingers. Jinghua couldn't help but sigh again that this was indeed a fantasy world.

Of course, Jinghua, who possesses magical powers, was not idle either. She quickly raised the short staff that Angelica gave her, which looked like a magic girl's wand, and began to chant the spell in a low voice.

"Wait until we're three hundred yards away before releasing the crossbows! Archers, listen to my orders!"

No one answered, but everyone kept it in mind.

Recalling the tricks of chanting magic while observing the battlefield, Jinghua stared at the wolf cavalry that were raising billowing smoke and dust in the night.

The distance of two kilometers passed in a flash, and at full speed, the wolf cavalry soon approached the maximum range of the city defense crossbows.

But what was disturbing was that the wolf cavalry, which had been moving quickly, stopped at this point, just outside the attack range of the city defense crossbows.

What are they going to do?

At this moment, this question emerged in everyone's mind.

Very naturally, Jinghua looked at the flower demon, as if the flower demon could tell her the answer, but the flower demon just shook her head.

"It's too dark to see what they're doing. If they encounter danger, Kagami-chan will hide behind me immediately. My abilities are more defensive and lack offensive means, so I need magic casters like Kagami-chan to make up for it."

“Okay, okay!”

Seeing Jinghua's flustered look, the flower demon supported the pistil with both hands and looked into Jinghua's eyes in a half-lying position.

"Also, if I get seriously hurt later, don't hesitate, run away immediately. As a plant-type monster, I can be revived with just water and magic power, so fragile humans should go first, understand?"

"this……"

Perhaps thinking Jinghua wouldn't do as she was told, the flower demon smacked her lips.

"Forget it, if Jinghua doesn't leave, I'll throw you off the wall—here I come."

Ouch.

Along with the howling of the wolves, a commotion suddenly spread on the city wall. Jinghua subconsciously looked at the wolf cavalry about 500 yards away from the city wall.

Under the cover of the dim blue light before dawn, the people riding on the wolf cavalry lit up with ochre light, and there were a total of ten such conspicuous lights on the earth, like torches in the dark night.

"It's a magic caster!"

Someone in the crowd shouted this, and the existing restlessness suddenly became even more intense.

Why were there ten magic casters? Why were they chanting from five hundred yards away? What kind of magic were they chanting?

Everyone was shaken by these questions.

Only third-level magic can fly a distance of 500 yards. This is common sense recognized by the Magicians Association. Therefore, it is understandable that the soldiers would be shaken. Only a fool would think that the enemy's premeditated roundabout attack did not even calculate the attack distance.

But what is disturbing is that the Kingdom of Kumheim has neither magic cannons nor large magic circles that can cover the sky above the city walls to protect the soldiers defending the city. Therefore, these soldiers have no better way to save their lives except to squat down and hide behind the bunkers.

"Is the ground shaking?"

The flower demon's whisper attracted Jinghua's attention, and then Jinghua saw the flower demon open her mouth slightly, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"Those are... golems? Ten of them?"

"You're kidding, right?"

"impossible!"

"How could there be ten golems here? I must be dreaming."

What would normally be considered a joke now sounded like disbelief and fear. When Jinghua saw the five-meter-tall stone statue slowly moving towards him, the hand holding the short staff began to tremble unconsciously.

This is the primitive fear of living things. When facing a huge monster, they will unconsciously feel timid and have the idea that they cannot resist. In fact, this is true. Among all the soldiers present, no one can confront the golem head-on. Even Kumi, who is known for his toughness, will be crushed into pieces by one foot.

"No wonder they didn't bring any siege engines. Golems are the perfect siege engines! Once we break down the gates, ten golems can rampage through the city—"

Before the flower demon could finish his words, the armored Chief of the Mountain Copper Kumi, standing on a high place, began to shout and boost morale.

"Don't worry! With the gates built by the previous Holy Son, even golems will be at our mercy with our defensive crossbows and rolling stones and logs! The survival of the capital is the survival of our homeland, Kumheim. For the sake of the people who live on this land, and for the women and children waiting at home, we warriors must defend this place! The Saint Lady, who sees all this, will grant us victory!"

“““Ohh ...

It took only less than a minute for the soldiers, whose eyes were filled with fear and whose hands were trembling slightly, to muster up the courage to shout. At the same time, many soldiers, knowing that Jinghua was the successor of the Saint, cast burning gazes at her. As if Jinghua had given them courage, they held their weapons tightly and stared at the golem, whose every step made the earth tremble.

"Well, I can't be discouraged either."

After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, Jinghua took out a thumb-sized vermilion crystal from his backpack with extreme solemnity, and then handed it to the flower demon with a serious expression beside him.

"Miss Flower Fairy, when the golem gets closer, could you please throw this at it?"

This wasn't because he didn't trust the power of "Kuro's Tears" given by Ella, but Jinghua didn't trust the hit rate of his own throwing.

Catching Kuro's tears with her vines, the flower demon frowned and asked in confusion.

"This is?"

"This is something Ella gave me before I left. She said it would explode if I threw it."

"What about its power?"

"It's equivalent to third-level magic."

"Third-level magic?... It should be able to destroy a golem directly. Such a precious thing, won't Jinghua use it himself?"

"No, I still have some."

"Is that so? I'll use it at the critical moment."

Carefully putting Kro's tears into her mouth and swallowing them, the flower fairy pointed to the open space below the city with her vines.

"Into attack range."

The seemingly slow-moving golem had already walked to a distance of only a hundred meters from the city gate during the conversation. At this time, the giant crossbow that had been waiting for a long time finally took action.

"put!"

Bang bang bang.

It was not the sound of a bowstring vibrating the air, but the sound of wood hitting wood, like a mechanism. Jinghua could only see a gray object flash by, and then a crackling sound erupted on the ground, like the sound of wood breaking.

——Everyone's attention was drawn away by the strange sound.

The seven giant crossbows defending the city did not search for targets individually, but, under the order of the commander, fired at the one closest to the city gate. As a result, the khaki golem was immediately covered in yellow sand due to the impact of the arrows, and its entire body was cut in half by the giant arrow that was as thick as an adult's forearm and two meters long. If compared with a human, the golem would probably only have the part below the navel left.

Summoned creatures are different from monsters with magic cores. When most of their bodies disappear, the magic power stored in them will leak out uncontrollably. Soon, the golem with only its legs left will turn into a handful of dust and disappear into the earth.

"Success!"

"There's hope!"

"Come a few more times!"

The success of the first counterattack undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, especially the crossbowmen. Anyone could see the excitement on their faces.

"Don't be careless! Keep reloading! Prioritize destroying the golems near the city gate!"

The commander-in-chief shouted out orders again, but this still did not quell the soldiers' ecstasy.

——Until ten ochre-colored lights flashed again in the dark blue night sky.

Like a rooster with its neck strangled, the cheers stopped abruptly. Despair gradually appeared on the faces of the soldiers, whose eyes reflected the bright ochre light, and a hint of bitterness welled up in their throats.

The scene fell into deathly silence.

I don’t know who said it.

"Why... can you still summon?"

And just as this person said, after the soldiers destroyed one golem, the coalition forces summoned ten more golems.

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Chapter 69: Time Travel

“This is bad…”

Staring at the numerous ochre-colored stone statues slowly approaching, even the flower demon, who had always been at ease, couldn't help but feel timid at this moment. Jinghua, who was standing beside him, felt a dry mouth. Can this battle really be won? Jinghua couldn't help but think so.

But the reality no longer allowed them to calm down and adjust their emotions. The first batch of summoned golems had already reached a position only fifty meters away from the city wall. Although the golems moved slowly, because of their five-meter-tall bodies, each step was extremely far.

The rattling sound of hinges could be heard behind him; the city defense crossbow had completed its second reload.

"put!"

呲——

With the sound of bangs, another stone statue was destroyed by the barrage of bullets, but this time no one cheered. The soldiers just held their weapons tightly with their hands that were so nervous that they were sweating.

"Archers, take your positions—fire!"

At a distance of fifty meters, even bows and arrows can cause some damage. Given the strength of the bows and arrows of the Kingdom of Kumheim, the maximum range is about one hundred meters, and full damage can be manifested at fifty meters.

Arrows shot by about thirty archers filled the sky in an instant, drawing shallow parabolas and shooting towards the golem closest to the city gate below. Although nearly half of the arrows missed the target, the remaining arrows were enough to cause damage.