"Thank you, but it's time for me to leave. My master said that once I complete my mission, I can go to the elves and find my kind. From now on, I have to work hard for my own happiness."

After saying this, the forest fairy flapped its wings and flew towards the door blocked by the ice wall. However, even though the forest fairy pushed the wall while shivering, the ice wall did not move at all.

"We've already locked the door, and wouldn't it be faster to go through the window? There are black predators everywhere outside. If you're going to the elves, you can come with us. We're planning to go there next."

In order to make the forest fairy believe her, Ella pushed Angelina out and lifted up one side of her hair to reveal her pointed ears.

"But the master said that the elves are protected by the World Tree. Those without permission cannot enter. They can only enter through the underground world..."

What the forest fairy said was something she had never heard of before. Ella turned around and looked at Lotte, who understood and stepped forward to explain.

"We have the World Tree's amulet that Captain Kiru gave us before he left. We can pass through the World Tree's barrier under the protection of the amulet, but for ordinary people, only those who have made contributions to the elves can be granted permission."

“Is that so…”

In other words, the forest fairies without the amulet cannot pass through the barrier, Ella asked after hesitating for a moment.

"What is the underground world that Fairy-san mentioned earlier?"

"It's a city hidden beneath this city. A hundred years ago, this was the territory of the goblins. But after the goblins lost a major battle, their national strength declined significantly and eventually collapsed. As a result, this place was occupied by humans. To avoid being enslaved by humans, the goblins fled to the underground world where they had originally lived. Because I had a connection with the Core and helped them, I know the passage to the underground world. We can use it to enter the Elf Territory. Ah, the elf lady over there must not tell anyone, okay?"

"Well, I'll keep it a secret."

Angelique nodded vigorously, and her brown ponytails swayed up and down.

Ella took this opportunity to open the terrain search and convert it to a cross-section view. The forest fairy hadn't lied. There was indeed a vast underground space. Directly below her, there were even gates and guards. A narrow passageway stretched diagonally downward from dozens of meters underground for thousands of meters.

The Forest Fairies' power alone was not enough to dig a pit dozens of meters deep, so Ella naturally proposed to ask the Forest Fairies for help.

"In that case, let us take you back? The underground passage seems to be blocked."

"But……"

"Alright, alright, stop talking so much. I can't just leave Miss Fairy alone."

After walking to the ice wall and placing the Forest Fairy on her shoulders, Ella lowered her head and clasped her hands together, making a gesture of request to Camisia.

"Camisia, I'll leave the Black Predator in my care."

"Please, please don't do this. This is what a subordinate should do."

With an extremely terrified expression on her face, Camisia's outstretched hands stopped in mid-air, but she didn't dare to touch Ella directly. She could only helplessly ask Ella not to help her.

Noticing something strange about Camisia, Ella immediately realized her mistake, stood up, and nodded to Camisia.

"Then I'll leave it to Camisia."

"I will obey your orders, Princess."

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*When chatting in the group, I found that many group members seemed to not understand the meme of Shen Gan's over-the-shoulder throw. At that time, I was not satisfied with my writing, so I replaced the content of the fourth chapter of the fifth volume with something completely new. As a result, new readers did not know about this meme, so I will post the original chapter here today.

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The following is the content of Chapter 4 of Volume 5.

"Hey, little noble girl, are you lost? Do you need your uncle to take you to a good place?"

Perhaps because Ella and Shen Gan had been standing by the stall for a long time, a fat uncle who looked to be in his thirties or forties walked up to Ella. Although he had a smile on his face, his fat face made it clear that he had bad intentions.

"No, we're just waiting for someone."

Although she didn't want to pay attention to this uncle who seemed to want to chat her up, Ella still responded to him with a smile out of politeness.

But the uncle did not walk away. Instead, he turned his gaze to Shen Gan. After seeing that Shen Gan was smaller than Ella and had cat ears on his head, his eyes suddenly burst into a strong light.

"Oh! Isn't this the little girl from the dragon clan? Are you hungry? Do you want some candy from your uncle? You'll definitely be full, okay?"

——Looks like she’s a serious lolita fan…

When Ella labeled this uncle in her mind, Shen Gan beside her curled her lips in impatience.

The uncle did not notice Shen Gan's little action, but took a step forward and continued to pester Shen Gan.

"I've been waiting for so long and no one's come. They must have gotten lost, right? How about you and uncle rest in the shade over there? That blonde girl can come too. It'll definitely be very comfortable, right?"

“Uh, no—”

"it is good."

It was rare that Shen Gan interrupted Ella and agreed to speak.

After hearing Shen Gan's agreement, Ella could clearly see that the uncle became excited and spoke to Shen Gan with a disgusting smile on his face.

"To prevent getting lost, please hold uncle's hand and walk together."

"My family told me not to hold hands with strangers."

"Hmm... that's not something we can do, but don't get lost, okay? We can rest after we pass that alley over there."

The uncle, with a look of obvious disappointment on his face, began to walk forward, and every few steps he looked back to see if Ella and Shen Gan were following him well.

"Hey, hey, Fukagan, didn't you see what that person was thinking?"

Ella leaned over and whispered in Shen Gan's ear.

It was clearly a trap that even someone as stupid as herself could see through, but Shen Gan agreed without hesitation, which made Ella feel a little strange.

Fukagan answered Ella in a voice that made it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Don't worry, senior."

"I'll take special measures at critical moments, okay?"

"Just watch over me, Senior."

"It's right here. You guys go in first. I'll follow behind to prevent you from getting lost."

The uncle pointed to a dark alley that looked ominous, and kept waving at Ella and Fukagami, asking them to go in.

Opening the terrain search, Ella checked the location of Camisia and the others. They were not very far from here. If she shouted loudly, with Camisia's speed, she would definitely be in front of them in an instant. However, the man in front of her was only level three, so even without calling Camisia, she could easily deal with him with the "Ice Ball".

Want to go in?

Ella cast a puzzled look at Fukagan who was following behind her.

Shen Gan's response was a nod.

Although he thought it would be better for him to walk in the middle, Shen Gan insisted on pushing Ella, who wanted to leave the rear, forward and walked in the middle himself.

——Well, we have the terrain search anyway, so we can find out what's happening right away. But what exactly does Fukagan want to do...

As she thought about this, Ella stepped into the dark alley filled with stinking water. Judging from the sound of their footsteps, Shen Gan and the old man should have also entered the alley. Subconsciously turning back, Ella could even see the evil gaze of the old man that he hadn't had time to conceal.

"Don't look back, there might be a wild cat or something like that up ahead. It would be bad if you get scared."

While comforting him, the uncle who was searching the terrain approached Shen Gan step by step.

One step at a time.

Finally, the two spots of light were only one step away from being completely close.

——I can’t wait calmly at all!

Screaming in her heart, Ella couldn't help but take out the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment from the storage and turned around, then she saw Shen Gan grabbing the uncle's wrist that was about to put it on her shoulder, and using an over-the-shoulder throw that omitted even the action of using her hips to push against the opponent's waist, she swung up the uncle who seemed to weigh four or five times more than Shen Gan.

"Senior, get out of the way."

——No, no, this is definitely not a distance that can be avoided!

The uncle's fat body rapidly enlarged in Ella's eyes. Ella was sure that this speed was definitely not a distance she could dodge, so she subconsciously used magic.

Magic Shield

bang——

Under the terrifying power of the Deep Orange Dragon Clan, the uncle who screamed in fear crashed into the magic shield created by Ella, making a loud noise like hitting a bell.

After staying on the magic shield for a second, the unconscious uncle collapsed in the alley.

As if he had done nothing, Fukagan clapped his hands.

"Senior, let's go."

“Eh? Uh, ah… yes, yes…”

Speechless at Ella's frightened gaze, Shen Gan lightly kicked the uncle lying on the ground who had completely lost consciousness.

"People like that won't learn their lesson unless they're taught a lesson. If we let him go, more people will be harmed. ——Senior, are you afraid of me, are you?"

"Uh, no no, no no, Fukama won't throw me out like that, right? Right? Even if I'm on Fukama's shoulders, it won't be like that, right?!"

After hearing what Ella said, Fukagami sighed in annoyance and reached out his hand to Ella.

"It would be strange to throw the senior out, right? Hurry up and get out! If Camisia-senpai sees this, this person will be in trouble."

“Yes… yes!”

Ella reached out her hand timidly. Because he felt that Ella's movements were too slow, Shen Gan grabbed Ella's wrist and quickly walked back to the stall in front of the people at the alley who had witnessed Shen Gan's violence.

Chapter 35: Heading to the Underground World

*January 22, 6188, 8:07 AM, Uriel Kingdom, City of Death

Although the temperature had risen a lot since arriving in the City of Death, wearing only a single layer of clothing still made people shiver. Berg, who was taking off his coat and preparing to put on armor, sneezed. He was on duty in the second half of the night, and the cold wind at dawn made him catch a cold.

Looking up at the City of Death two kilometers away, Berg couldn't help but sigh.

"I can't believe there's a volcanic world beneath this city."

Just as Berg had predicted, when Ella completed her exploration of the City of the Dead and returned to camp yesterday, Berg learned of the existence of the Underworld and the fact that the Seal of Envy wasn't within the City of the Dead. Although Berg was initially skeptical, wondering if Ella had missed some areas during her exploration, after seeing the recording crystal Ella produced—which contained an image of the tainted core—he came to believe Ella's claims and came to believe that the Seal of Envy lurked in the Underworld.

Since Ella also wanted to visit the underground world, they both decided to go to the elves through the underground.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."

Ella replied with a smile.

Thanks to Camisia's help, it only took a few hours to send the forest fairy underground yesterday. Although they did not enter the city gate guarded by the goblins, according to the "Topography Search", there is indeed a volcanic world below.

After putting the horse's saddle and reins into the dimensional backpack, Lotte looked up and explained to Berg and his group, who were fully armed and holding weapons in their hands.

"The remaining undead in the city will not attack us, so I ask everyone in Azure Flame to allow them to leave in the form of purification at the temple."

"It seems strange, but since the maid said so, as long as they don't attack us, we will ignore them. However, that black substance..."

Berger said this with a worried look on his face. The Black Predator was so famous in the Land of the Dead that Berger considered it a very difficult thing to deal with.

"We tried it yesterday, and the black predator was destroyed by our magic, so there's no need to worry."

Originally, he had wanted to quietly use other states to purge the city of black predators, but that would be too conspicuous. Moreover, now that the core had been eliminated, even if the black predators were left alone, they would die out on their own due to their lifespan over time. When the next time the church organized priests to clean up, the entire city would probably be left with only the undead who still retained their previous living habits.

"But, Your Majesty, what should we do with the carriage?"

Since they were going underground to the elves, they naturally couldn't just leave the carriage here. In the Kingdom of Uriel, the carriage alone could be sold for several gold coins, not to mention the horses pulling the carriage. For Berg and his party, it was a considerable fortune.

"If you don't mind, I can keep the carriage. However, Berg will need to take the horses and the contents to the underground world himself."

"Carriage? This..."

"Well, my magic can cover the carriage, so Berg can drive it directly into the city without any problem."

"But the storage fees..."

"ha?"

Ella let out a light exclamation. She had originally thought that Berg felt it was not safe enough to hand over the carriage to others. Now it seemed that she was thinking too much. Ella waved her hands quickly.

"No, no, there's no need to pay for storage. If Berg feels bad about it, please help us tie up the horses when we get to the underground passage. The passage to the underground world is too steep, so we have to tie up the horses and slowly lower them down."

"If Your Majesty deems this sufficient, then I understand. My companions and I are willing to assist Your Majesty."

After giving Ella a look of gratitude, Berg turned around and began to ask his companions to put the small items in the carriage into their backpacks. Of course, this was not because he was afraid that Ella would take their things, but because he thought that the small items might add burden to Ella.

It took less than half an hour to clean up the camp. After Berg covered the still hot embers with the shoveled sand, everyone led their horses towards the City of Death.

Because the city gate was destroyed by Ella's "Breaking Pestle", some black undead flowed out of the city.

"Is that the Black Predator?... This feels ominous. Ina, try using light magic."

"Hmm—Light Arrow."

To be on the safe side, Berg asked Ina to try whether the magic attack would work first. The "light arrow" easily pierced the black predator, but it only made the hit part disappear. In terms of efficiency, it would take half a day just to clean up an area the size of a washbasin.

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