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

Name: Angelique Malbrune

Age: 15

Race: Elf

Occupation: Warrior

Item: A girlish scythe decorated in gold and pink.

Character Description: A bright, forthright, energetic, and optimistic elf. Unable to use the elves' unique support magic, she became a warrior, ostracized by her fellow elves. She calls herself "a useless elf who knows nothing." She prefers to address younger or same-age people with "Xiao" (Little), but addresses older people as "Senpai" (Senior) and "Mentor."

Because of his innocence, liveliness and considerable strength, he is welcomed by the adventurers of the Holy Academy, but he just wants to find a team he can integrate into.

I like things that are full of girlish style. Although it may seem a bit weird sometimes, that's only because the intelligence of my companions is above average.

The following is the dark sickle version after discussion among group members.

Drawn by Cai Miao_, you can search it on Weibo~

Chapter 47: Forest of Trees

After telling Lotte and Camisia, who wanted to come along, that they didn't need to follow her, Ella arrived at the Forest of Trees, led by two elf maids with short black hair.

As the name suggests, the Forest of Trees is a forest made up of trees - to be more precise, it should be an orchard. However, now that the magic power of the World Tree has been exhausted, these parasitic plants rooted in the roots of the World Tree have also turned into dead branches. Against the backdrop of darkness, they look like demons with bared fangs and claws.

If there weren't two equally timid maids in front of her, Ella would definitely have returned the same way. The deadly dark environment always reminded people of ghosts, and Ella has always been afraid of such things.

Click.

The sound of branches breaking.

"babble!"

"What's wrong?"

Ella, who had been on edge, immediately took out the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment from the storage, and the sacred golden light immediately filled the surroundings.

"I, I think I stepped on a branch..."

"Hmm—Is that so? It would be bad if I tripped over it, so I better light it up with magic."

Making up a random excuse, Ella, walking behind, injected magic into the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment. A powerful white light, illuminating a five-meter radius, caused the elf sisters to reflexively close their eyes. The light clearly reassured them, and after adjusting to the brightness, they subconsciously took a step closer to Ella.

"If you're alright, keep going. Anyway, isn't this a forest tree? Why are we going inside?"

Ella pointed with the Pestle of Heavenly Punishment at a forest tree on the right. This tree, about one meter tall, looked very much like a palm tree, but it only had two or three shriveled and yellowed leaves. The same was true for the other forest trees around it.

The slightly more mature maid first glanced at the bright light in Ella's hand, swallowed her saliva, and then explained.

"There really wasn't a problem before, but lately, only the trees near the World Tree have shown signs of life. The ones here have all withered and died."

"Is injecting magic power having no effect?"

"Well, I think it has something to do with the change in the World Tree—"

“Ahem!”

The younger twin sister coughed deliberately to stop her older sister from making inappropriate remarks.

"Your Majesty, we'll soon reach a usable forest tree."

Ella nodded slightly in response. It seemed that the elf maids also knew that something strange had happened to the World Tree. Although her sister showed obvious distrust, Ella didn't intend to care about it. Kiru had already told her everything before.

The silent advance continued, accompanied by the sound of feet stepping on gravel, which intensified the original feeling of terror. Not only that, Ella, who was standing at the back, also found that whenever the cold wind blew at night, the elf sisters in front would tremble all over and hold each other's hands tightly. At first, Ella thought the elf sisters were trying to keep warm, but later she found that they were just as scared as she was about walking through this ghostly forest.

In order to distract herself and them, Ella tried to find some topics to talk about.

"Do you often come here in the evening?"

"Eh? No... Usually, they're prepared before meals. The fruits of the Mori tree can't be stored for too long, otherwise they'll turn into small, hard pits, and then you won't be able to chew them."

"Really? I thought you guys often come here at night like this. A maid's job isn't easy, after all."

"Compared to the achievements of the Demon King, what we have done is insignificant. The Demon King looks small—very young, yet he is not afraid of this environment at all."

Perhaps she thought that saying she was very young would make herself angry, so her sister's clumsy change of words made Ella smile, and her younger sister beside her immediately added.

"Your Majesty is the Demon King. Even if there are demons, they will definitely call Your Majesty the Demon King master."

It seems that the reputation of the Demon King in the elves is better than that in the human kingdom. Ella nodded repeatedly in her heart. At least he was not regarded as a monster that could spit fire from its mouth and specialized in eating humans and elves alive.

Of course, you have an obligation to correct the other party's mistakes.

"Although I'm called the Demon King, I'm actually just an ordinary person. Besides, demons and demons are two different races. Even if a demon saw me, they would only treat me as food and would not submit to me."

After all, I have never seen a creature like a demon, unless Baphomet and Minotaur can be counted as demons.

"That's right, Elena. It's too much to say that about the Demon King."

"Even my sister thinks so."

The younger sister, known as Elena, grimaced, and the tension faded considerably. Ella couldn't help but recall the way the two sisters had swallowed as they arranged their dishes. Naturally, she pulled two chocolate cookies from the storage. Concerned that they might refuse to accept them if she simply handed them to them, Ella opted to eat one first. The sweet aroma of chocolate and flour spread instantly on the evening breeze, and the elf maid's nose twitched constantly, capturing the aroma of food in the air.

It was not until the two maids could not help but look back at the half-eaten cookies in their hands that Ella wiped the corners of her mouth and handed over the extra untouched cookies in her hand.

"Do you need it? I might not be able to finish it. There's a lot left over from the trip."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Demon King."

Compared to her older sister's reserve, the younger sister was obviously much more straightforward. She took the chocolate cookie from Ella, bowed slightly, then cut the cookie into two halves and handed one to her older sister.

The dazzling light made Ella squint slightly. She had originally planned to wait for one of them to get it before taking out a portion from the warehouse for the rest of the people, but now it seemed a bit redundant.

“Ugh! What is this!?”

After taking a bite, Elena's face suddenly showed a shocked expression. She stuffed the whole cookie into her mouth in just a few bites, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it away.

"The inside is just a regular cookie, but the dark stuff on the outside is a dessert I discovered during my travels, a chocolate dessert."

"Chocolate...it tastes amazing."

Compared to her younger sister's lack of manners and wolfing down the food, the elder sister just took small bites and savored them slowly, looking at the chocolate cookies with a complicated look in her eyes.

“This is the best food I’ve eaten in six months.”

"Don't worry, I have plenty here."

As she spoke, Ella took out two more crepes and gave them to her sister who accepted them all.

"Well, I know chocolate is delicious, but as a castle maid, you should be able to eat good food on a regular basis."

"That was true before, but ever since the World Tree's power weakened, there's been less and less food to eat. At first, it was just hard to catch prey, but then even vegetables had to rely on nature magic to grow. Now, even the forest trees that everyone relies on are..."

Having said that, the two sisters lowered their heads, their eyes full of helplessness.

"Having come to this, why don't you choose to leave the royal city and develop elsewhere?"

The strange changes that happened to their group when they came here must have been seen by the elf sisters. If it were me, I would have fled this dangerous place early and made a living elsewhere.

"Although we are only maids, it is the honor of our lives to serve Queen Hilti. Queen Hilti treats us like her own family. How could we leave when she needs us most? Everyone who remains here believes that Queen Hilti, who was able to quell the rebellion, will also be able to calm the volcano."

“Is that so…?”

Her sister's resolute gaze prevented Ella from asking further questions. At this moment, even if they said that the barrier of the World Tree was about to collapse, the other party would not leave. The eyes of the two maids were no different from those of the demons when they swore an oath in front of her.

"Ah, we're here."

Elena pointed to a forest in front of her. Perhaps because it was close to the World Tree, the trees here were obviously thicker than the ones she had seen before, but they still looked miserable with only a few leaves left.

"This is the last of the trees in the forest. It was still bearing fruit at noon, but after the volcano erupted again in the afternoon, it became what it is now."

The two maids bit their lips, anxiety, worry and helplessness flashing across their faces. If even this forest that provided 70% of the city's food supply lost its function, people in Hamil City would probably starve to death within a few days. Not only that, the soldiers fighting underground would also lose their morale and eventually be forced to leave Hamil City due to lack of food.

Now that the granaries have been emptied, the forests are everyone's last hope.

Elena, unwilling to give up, placed her hand on the trunk of the nearest forest tree, and a faint green light appeared in her hand. Ella's "Terrain Search" showed that the two maids were both level 7 elves who had learned nature magic.

Elena's magic power of less than 30 points was quickly exhausted. Just as they said in the restaurant, Senshu did not react at all, but Ella made a new discovery during this waiting time.

From the display of the terrain search, it can be found that the roots of the forest tree are like a coiled snake, twisting and turning on the large roots extending from the world tree. And therein lies the problem. The roots of the world tree on which they are parasitic have hardened and become brittle, and are completely broken into several pieces like a cut glass rod.

Without the nutrients provided by the World Tree, the forest trees naturally ceased to bear fruit and even gradually withered. The reason the entire forest gradually died from the outside inward was entirely because the World Tree's roots were gradually breaking off from the distant tip. Ella speculated that this was caused by the World Tree's roots becoming brittle due to some unexpected event, coupled with the effects of prolonged earthquakes.

Now that the possible cause has been found, a solution naturally follows - all that is needed is to re-enter the roots of the forest tree onto the roots that have not yet been severed from the main body of the world tree. However, even in a magical world, this is incredible, and even if people can be sent to drill underground, the workload will be astonishingly large. For this reason, Ella came up with a new solution, which is to restore the broken roots of the world tree.

This is my area of ​​expertise. Healing has never been a problem for me, it’s just a matter of choosing the right solution.

Switching to using the Heart of Balder... with these sisters around, it definitely won't work. Using low-level magic... Plant restoration is the realm of natural magic. If someone skilled in natural magic were to try, maybe it would work?

There was only one root of the World Tree extending into this forest, and while it was at least several dozen meters in diameter, there was still hope. To be on the safe side, Ella chose to try it herself first. Simply put, all she had to do was let the magic power flow through the forest tree and act on the World Tree root it was wrapped around. Using natural magic, she could revitalize the World Tree root and connect it to the original broken point. Ella had seen Lute do this before when she was in the Demon Clan.

Of course, Ella was not completely confident. The object used by Lotte was a very simple potted plant, while she was facing the World Tree whose height had broken through the atmosphere.

Asking the two sisters of the elf maid to step aside, Ella took a step forward, placed her hands on the rough trunk of the forest tree, took a deep breath, and injected magic power into the forest tree.

Growth

While watching the terrain search, Ella continuously injected magic power into the forest tree. At first, just in case, the magic power output was very small, but after the roots of the world tree did react, Ella gradually increased the magic power output.

With Ella's current strength of level 32, she has 320 points of magic power, but until she consumed 300 points of magic power, the roots of the World Tree were still only gradually changing from necrotic and brittle roots to active ones. Although due to Ella's extremely fast magic power recovery speed, there is still nearly half of the magic power left, but if she continues, her magic power will definitely be exhausted. In desperation, Ella can only take out the magic potion from the warehouse and drink it.

As for the two elf maids standing by, their eyes almost fell to the ground. It was the first time for them to see someone who could continuously output magic power to Sen Shu for such a long time.

After five minutes, Ella quickly felt that this job was too mechanical and very boring. She injected magic power while chatting with the two elves on her left and right. At the current recovery speed, she would probably have to stand for at least half an hour to connect the broken branch.

"I heard you mention hunting earlier. Do you mean hunting plants that can run?"

"While it's true that there are plants that can escape very quickly, Your Majesty, we are referring to hunting animals in the mountains."

"Do elves eat meat?"

This time it was Ella's turn to open her mouth in surprise. In her understanding, elves should be a race that does not eat meat and is close to nature. To be honest, when she saw the steak in the restaurant before, Ella felt a little guilty - because her arrival caused the elves to kill.

The older maid blinked and tilted her head, a puzzled look on her face.

"Is there anything wrong?"

"No, no...there's nothing wrong."

Ella laughed dryly and quickly changed the subject.

"Kiru said that the underground was where the elven soldiers were fighting the fire elves, but I can't feel any ground shaking at all. Is it somewhere very deep underground?"

"It's a two-hour walk, and I've only been there once, when I was delivering food to the soldiers."

"Elena? When did that happen? Didn't I tell you not to participate in something so dangerous?"

"Sister, you're worrying too much. I'm living perfectly fine."

Elena stuck out her tongue at her sister.

While Ella was amused by the sisters' contradictory personalities, she asked her older sister, who had an angry expression on her face.

"Can I go in too? I'm curious about the underground world."

The maid, who was the elder sister, immediately put away her unhappiness and became respectful.

"I believe that as long as Your Majesty brings his guards and obtains Her Majesty's approval, no one will stop you. However, the fire elves underground are extremely dangerous. Even a well-trained knight would find it difficult to defeat them in a one-on-one fight. I hope Your Majesty will reconsider."

"No problem. I'll be ready to go deeper underground."

"Your Majesty, are you still outputting magic power?"

Compared to her elder sister's extra concern, Elena, as the younger sister, was more concerned about Ella's action of keeping her hands on the forest tree. When Ella outputs magic power, there will be no leakage of magic power, and naturally there will be no light symbolizing magic power. Therefore, it looks like she is just putting her hands on the tree and not outputting magic power. In addition, Ella has been standing here for more than half an hour. In Elena's impression, even the Elf Queen could not hold on for so long.

"Hmm? Ahh, it looks like it's almost over."

The broken roots of the World Tree have completely recovered their vitality. Like wriggling buds, tiny roots extend out in all directions and connect with the original intact roots of the World Tree. It will probably take a few minutes for them to fit together again. However, due to time constraints, I only repaired one of the roots. After confirming the feasibility, the rest can be handed over to the elves' own people to deal with.

"Ah, the forest tree is bearing fruit!"

"Really! And there's more than one!"

It was visible to the naked eye that with the fitting of the roots of the World Tree, the forest near Ella suddenly came alive. It was covered with smooth fruits that were about the size of coconuts and had green skin. It took less than a few minutes from the appearance to the maturity. The growth rate made Ella sigh. If people on Earth knew that there was such a species in the world that could serve as food, it would definitely cause a global sensation. At least the fruits that could mature in a few minutes were unmatched by other plants.

However, what made the elf maids so happy that they jumped up and hugged each other was that after the fruits of the forest tree were hanging on the branches, they did not stop growing, but fell to the ground by themselves, and then a steady stream of green fruits grew.

"There's more! Elena, did you see that? There's more!"

"And Moriki has revived, so we don't have to worry about how to spend tomorrow!"

"We need to tell the Prime Minister and the Queen quickly. If we don't process all these fruits quickly, they'll go bad by tomorrow."