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

Carefully, he injected magic power into the staff bit by bit. His natural control over magic power meant that he didn't have to waste any extra energy.

He carefully recalled the pattern of the magic circle that flashed across his body at that moment when he fell.

"It's almost identical to the previous barrier, with only minor differences aside from a few more spells for encryption and concealment. But... this one looks like a completely accidental mistake. Does it have any special purpose...?"

He frowned and began to think about the purpose of this stroke. He had never seen this kind of drawing method in any magic book, so there could only be two possibilities: the first was that the opponent had indeed made a mistake in drawing this stroke, and then used his deep understanding of the magic circle to reverse the mistake; the second was that this was a trap set up intentionally by the opponent to play some special role.

The thinking process lasted for a full minute.

"—It's probably a drawing error. A technique that even I, a princess of the God-man tribe, don't know about shouldn't exist in this academy. I've heard that Lotte-chan has some strange magical technology, but since she's working part-time at a pastry shop, that means it's just a rumor, right? She doesn't have a particularly powerful background."

After figuring out the structure of the barrier except for that one stroke that looked like it was drawn wrong, Iris made up her mind to start cracking it.

"□▼□——『Decipher』『Magic Concealment·Dispel』『Magic Encryption·Dispel』『No-Fly Barrier·Dispel』『No-Body Strengthening Barrier·Dispel』『Curse Nullification·Dispel』『Exorcism Barrier·Dispel, Ding——"

A crisp buzzing sound like hitting a triangle was heard, and then an invisible noose appeared on the support point under Iris's feet, hanging her upside down above the lava sea before she could react.

Immediately afterwards, the exorcism barrier took effect—countless monsters began to pounce on Iris, who had lost her staff.

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*Yomi is a bit embarrassed by all the readers' generous comments before... So today I'll only update twice, and I'll also post a sneak peek of Ella's upper body in her godly state... The full picture is still undergoing final revisions, and should be available within this month (a distant gurgling sound)~

Chapter 49: Encounter Again

"flutter."

The long staff fell into the lava, and only a puff of smoke came out before it became silent.

For a magic caster, losing the long staff that serves as the medium for transmitting magic power is as serious as replacing the long sword that one is familiar with on the battlefield with a round shield that has never been used. Although it is not to the extent that one cannot continue to fight, both the efficiency of using magic power and the power of magic will be reduced to a certain extent. What is even more fatal is that the chanting time of magic will become longer.

In the current situation, even though Iris was caught by the rope and hung upside down, she could clearly see countless fire elements and flaming evil eyes rushing towards her in the red lava ocean.

"Tsk, there's also the Flaming Evil Eye?"

Now it’s the worst possible situation.

Iris slammed her lips in surprise. In her current state, even if she used the magic of "air flow operation" to make air pedals, the remaining magic power would not be able to support her to walk out of the sea of ​​​​lava. What's more serious is that she now has to deal with these magical beasts attracted by the exorcism barrier.

Although the fire element, which is only one meter in size, cannot fly and has a short attack range, posing a limited threat to him, the Flame Evil Eye has only one eyeball as its body and devilish wings that can attack him in mid-air, so it takes a certain amount of time to deal with it.

"Ella-chan, I'm going to pay you back for all of this later, okay?"

As if she saw through something, Iris glanced at the exit at the other end of the lava plank road, and then injected magic power into the storage bracelet on her wrist. In an instant, a gorgeously decorated staff and a small bottle of blue potion appeared on her hands, which were originally empty.

Use your thumb to push the cork out of the bottle and drink it in one gulp.

“○△——[Wind Blade].”

Almost skipping the chanting process, the gorgeous staff just swung lightly to cut the rope around the ankle, but then the whole person fell into the sea of ​​​​lava again.

"□●——『Fly』."

Having temporarily avoided the danger of falling into the lava, Iris breathed a sigh of relief.

This was the first time since he entered the Holy Academy that he fell into traps continuously like today. Fortunately, the exorcism barrier was the last barrier he lifted. If he had lifted the no-fly barrier last, he would have had to use the unique magic technology that symbolized his identity as the creator.

But things are not over yet, the monsters are still rushing towards him. Although the fire element can only swim in the sea of ​​​​lava and is not a big threat to him, the Flame Evil Eye that focuses on mental attacks is a little troublesome. Although he can choose not to deal with it and fly away directly, he has to capture Ella next. If he doesn't destroy it now, it will only cause more trouble when these monsters catch up.

Should I use third-order magic? If I do, my identity might be discovered. After all, there are only a few people in the academy who can use third-order magic. But if I don't use it, although I won't fail, I will waste my time here because the power of the second-order magic is not enough.

Elise accelerated her flight altitude while making a choice between two dilemmas.

Remember the academy's history mentioned the appearance of a "Lava Lord" in the canyon? If we delay this, the disadvantages will only increase. It's better to use third-level magic.

Finally, the choice was made, but at the same time, the Flame Evil Eye began to attack.

“Hmph, too slow, □○○,◆▼——”

"△■▼——『Magic Shield』."

Just as Iris was chanting the spell to prepare for the third-level magic, a transparent magic shield suddenly appeared in front of her.

The unexpected development made Iris stop chanting immediately, change the direction of flight directly, and fly to the other end of the plank road at the fastest speed.

"Who?"

He scanned the lava cave vigilantly and soon found a group of people standing at the entrance of the plank road. They were wearing black smocks and masks like him.

The man who should be the leader waved to Iris and spoke, as if to express that he had no ill intentions.

"It looks like you've run into some trouble."

"That's not necessary. I can handle it myself."

Although from the current situation, the other party helped her at the first moment, but no matter how she looked at their attire, she couldn't feel trust in them - but in the eyes of the other party, she would also be the one who couldn't be trusted. Glancing at her own attire, Iris smiled bitterly.

However, the voice of their leader always makes him feel familiar, but he can't remember what is familiar about it for a moment - maybe it is because the other party is wearing a mask that conceals the effect of cognition, so the voice sounds familiar to him. After all, the effects of most masks that conceal cognition are the same, so it is not impossible for the voice to be exactly the same.

"Alright, I have a lot to ask you, but let's get rid of these monsters first, right?"

"No objection."

The suggestion made by the other party was completely consistent with the action he was about to take. Instead of wasting his magic power to clean up alone, it would be better to agree to the other party directly - even if they were here, he would not be able to use third-level magic and magic technology.

Flying to a position close to the top of the cave, Iris pointed to the fire elements under the lava to the man in black on the other side.

"I'll leave these to you. Be careful, they can use ranged attacks that can reach the height of the plank road."

"No problem, but you need to answer a question for me later."

"it is good."

Iris answered the other party loudly, and then added in a low voice that only she could hear clearly.

"That depends on what you're asking."

Without responding to Iris, the leader directly took out a bow and arrow from the storage of magic props. Then the man in black carrying a bow and arrow behind him also squatted like the leader, added magic to the arrow, and aimed at the fire element swimming in the sea of ​​​​lava.

"●○——Ice Blade."

After the leader released the arrows with ice blade magic attached to them, the rest of his men also shot out ice-blue arrows. The air that seemed to be cooking their lungs suddenly became a little cooler.

All the arrows hit the target without a single one deviating from their trajectory.

After confirming that the opponent's attack had no effect on her, Iris paused the gorgeous staff in her hand heavily in the air, as if to vent her dissatisfaction with being chased by the monster. Iris's voice through the mask sounded unusually low.

"It's my turn now."

……

Without any surprise, all the monsters that appeared were swept away and returned to the lava ocean and disappeared, while Iris and the group of men in black did not seem to be exhausted at all.

Adjusting the flight altitude, Iris descended to the same level as the leader of the men in black, while keeping a distance of at least three meters from the other party and spoke first.

"Although I can handle these monsters by myself, I still want to say thank you for your help."

"We, the demons, are the ones who help those in trouble—"

The leader of the men in black suddenly stopped talking as if he had said something wrong, and then quickly added.

"Helping those in need is our principle as magic casters."

Hmm? Do magic casters have this cumbersome pact of "helping those in need"? And that forced change of phrase just now—these people must have other motives, and if I'm not mistaken, that motive must be the question I mentioned earlier.

After preparing herself mentally, Iris clenched the staff in her hand, ready to fight at any time.

Sure enough, the leader of the men in black in front of him said what he expected.

"Excuse me, what are you doing dressed like this, tracking down our great princess?"

Chapter 50: The Final Alliance of the "Hunters"

Huh? Princess?

Shocked by the words of the black-clad leader, Iris's first reaction was that the princess he was referring to was referring to herself. However, she had absolutely no one accompanying her this time. Furthermore, he had been referring to "tracking down our great princess." She could guarantee that no one in the entire Divine Race would address the princess in that way. If she thought so, the princess must be referring to someone else.

Moreover, judging from the other party's attitude of making their purpose known right away and without any caution, they should be demons. After all, only demons would be so stupid. It is not unreasonable that they have been bullied on the mainland for more than 6,000 years.

After guessing the other party's identity, Iris sighed as if feeling helpless.

"Are you from the demon tribe? Didn't the demon princess disappear since the Demon God Era?"

"How did you know?"

His words made the other side collectively take a step back. Some of them even drew their weapons, ready to start a fight.

Sighing again, Iris took a step forward, but the other party took a step back collectively as if they were afraid.

——He actually admitted directly that he was a demon, and put on such a comedic performance. If it wasn't intentional, only demons would do that, uh no, and his own group of subordinates...

"First, I don't know who the princess you're talking about is. Second, I have no ill will towards you. Finally, could you please tell me who the princess you're talking about is? I guarantee I won't tell anyone."

She showed the other party the magnificent staff that symbolized her identity, then took off the mask that concealed her identity, revealing her true identity.

Compared to his own special hobby, the "Princess" mentioned by these demons in front of him is more important, because if he doesn't handle it well, the next demon king who provokes war may come again. For the sake of peace in the future, even if he reveals his true identity now, it is just a trivial matter. As long as the other party is a student of the Holy Academy, there is no reason why they won't recognize him.

"Iris? Why is the princess of the Godman tribe here?"

Sure enough, the other party was also a student in the academy as he had guessed. This made the conversation more convenient.

Iris put the magnificent staff back into the storage bracelet to show that she had no ill intentions.

"I'm here for other matters. Could you please tell me who the princess you were talking about is? You should also know that this matter concerns more people than just you demons, right?"

"..."

The other party seemed to be weighing the pros and cons and had no intention of speaking.

"Hmm—well, since the academy will announce this later anyway, it doesn't matter if we tell Her Highness Elise now. The princess we follow is Elelaya-sama, a first-year student at the Sacred Academy."

"ha?"

Completely losing her usual elegant demeanor, Iris exclaimed in surprise.

"Are you saying that Aira-chan, who looks like a fool and has no money, is your demon princess? Are you mistaken?"

"If anyone insults our princess, even if it's Her Highness Iris of the God-man Clan, we will retaliate."

Just as he had revealed his identity, the other leader also took off the mask covering his face, placed his hands on his waist, clenched the dagger, and stared at him with his purple eyes, as if declaring that he would launch an attack at any time.

Iris twitched the corners of her mouth with a very subtle movement. The name of the demon in front of her was Ai Si, and he was in the same third-year sword class as her. In terms of level alone, she was only 4 levels higher than him, and his best skill was using two daggers to attack. If she thought about it this way, could it be that the group of black-clothed men she met when she ambushed Ella in the alley with Shiz were also Ai Si?

But I should first make it clear that I have no ill intentions. Pulling my thoughts back to the conversation, Iris responded to Ai Si.

"Alright, alright, I take that back. I did think that Ella-chan, despite being a demon and a healer, might be someone of high status within the demon tribe, but I never imagined it would be the princess herself... Anyway, for Ella-chan, Aisi, you guys really did go all out."

Pointing at the group of demons opposite, Iris continued.

"Could it be that the entire clan has been mobilized?"

Seeing that Iris had no intention of taking action, the demon called Aisi by Iris lowered his hand from the dagger at his waist and waved to the people behind him, indicating that the combat state should be lifted.

"Is that even necessary? This is the princess who disappeared for six thousand years, the future Demon King of the Demon Tribe. Both Camisia-sama, the acting Demon King of the West, and the rest of us Demon Tribes have made the same decision, so even if the entire tribe mobilizes, it's no big deal, right?"

"Ah, if it's you demons, you can certainly do it. After all, it's that demon... Wait, could they have brought 'that' with them?"

Thinking of her former rival, Ai Si, who is now the leader of the demon clan, saying "the whole clan should be mobilized", Iris opened her mouth slightly, looking surprised.

"Yes, Lady Camisia has entrusted us with the 'One-Strike Secret Treasure' this time."

“That’s really…”

He frowned. The "Secret Treasure of One Strike" is one of the most powerful magic items known to the demons. Although the demons have entered a period of depression and poverty since the Demon God War, various top items have been preserved, and the "Secret Treasure of One Strike" is one of them.

It's said that when this item was used by the previous Demon King, a single strike shattered the World Tree barrier, the foundation of the elves. While this powerful item carries the side effect of only having one strike, draining the user of all magic power, considering the effect, this total mana drain hardly warrants the term.

After thinking for a while, Iris chose the question that she thought was more appropriate.

"You're well aware of the damage this powerful item would cause if used in the academy, Ace. I'm not threatening you. It's clear that Aira-chan is very important to you demons, but if using this item causes damage to the academy, or if it accidentally injures a royal from another nation in the academy, things would be very difficult, right?"

"I know this, but I won't use it unless it's absolutely necessary. Hmm—let's get back to the original question. Why is Lady Iris following Lady Elelaya?"

Tsk, I've finally asked this question. Do I need a true answer? If it's Ai Si, even if I come up with another excuse, it'll be discovered, right? My habit of capturing cute girls as toys is well known to all the top students at the Sacred Academy. Rather than trying to hide it and being mistaken for malicious intent, which could lead to unnecessary fighting, it's better to speak the truth. Hopefully, they won't react too strongly.

"My target is Ella-chan. As for why, Aisi, you should know, right? Anyway, I don't have any bad intentions. Also, does Ella-chan know that she is the Demon Princess?"

Sure enough, after hearing that he wanted to catch Ella, Ai Si's expression became strange, but he did not do any other dangerous actions.

"When I discovered it was Elise-sama just now, I was wondering if it was because of this. Now it seems to be the case. Well, since they don't intend to harm Elelaya-sama, then there's no problem. As for this arrest, Elelaya-sama is not aware of it."