Chapter Pr
Volume 2 – Prologue
AbnormalityA dark, cave-like place surrounded by rocks, the labyrinth’s upper-layer .
「Hahh- hahh-」
In the deep part of the upper-layer before the lower-layer, the so-called middle-layer of the labyrinth, inside one of the narrow passage, a male adventurer was running away from something .
Equipped with thin leather armor, the adventurer’s running speed was far from normal, indicating he had a physical strengthening skill focused on speed .
At that speed, nevermind the monsters at the upper-layer, he could even easily outran the monsters from middle-layer .
Looking at his fatigue, it was clear he had been running for a long time, even if he was chased by something, it was no surprise if he already outran that something .
「Damn! Damn it!」
…Still, the adventurer didn’t slow down his legs .
There was no fatal injury on his body, but he had a deep wound on his arm . Every step he took, fresh blood spilled from his wound .
In this situation, it was just a matter of time until the adventurer couldn’t run anymore due to anemia .
It was showing on his unshaven face that turned pale .
「Hahh- hahh-」
Even so, he didn’t slow down .
Even though he was near his limit, he kept running .
……As if trying to run away from an invisible illusion .
「How… did this happen…」
What was shown on the running adventurer’s face as he desperately running, was fear .
「I’m… a middle-layer adventurer!」
As he ran, like he was trying to distract himself from the fear, he yelled .
However, his yell didn’t produce the effect he wanted .
「………!」
…Because of his own words, the adventurer was reminded once again of the certain abnormal existence that attacked his party and killed his comrades .
At that moment, the mental strain that came from his instinct to run away interrupted, various thoughts and emotions were mixed up in his head .
The sorrow that his comrades were killed .
The loss of confidence as a middle-layer adventurer .
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The pain from his wound that until now had been dulled by his adrenaline .
——— And the fear of the monster who single-handedly trampled over them, middle-layer adventurer party .
Those emotions erupted all at once, and the adventurer whose mind was preoccupied with those thoughts lost his attention to the surrounding .
「Gakh!」
And the next moment, the adventurer tumbled hard after getting his foot caught on a protrusion .
His feet hit the hard stone ground and because of the momentum of his full running speed, he injured his bones and felt intense pain from it .
「Gh!」
……The moment the adventurer realized he couldn’t walk well because of the pain, color drained from his face .
I won’t be able to make it like this, such was the adventurer’s thought, alas, there was nothing he could do .
As an adventurer who didn’t bring magic potion anymore because he had a healer in his party, he didn’t have any way to fix his feet at the moment .
The adventurer’s face was dyed by despair .
「T-That is-!」
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It was then he realized there was a transfer formation near him .
The feeling of despair disappeared from his face, it was replaced by hope .
It may take time, but I can still return to the ground .
Then I can tell the adventurer’s guild what is happening .
The relieved adventurer crawled with such thought to move towards the transfer formation .
「Gigi」
「………Huh?」
………But the next moment, his action was stopped by the green hand that came from his side .
When he was stopped, the adventurer seemed to not know what happened at first .
However, the moment he saw the green hand that grabbed him, he realized the existence of the thing that stopped him, he despaired .
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「Gi, Gag」
As he timidly looked back, what entered his eyes was the sight of an upper-layer monster that twisted its mouth as if scorning him, a hobgoblin .
Scorn, emotional expression that a monster supposed to never do, the adventurer finally understood how abnormal this monster was .
……The hobgoblin that grabbed his shoulder was the same one that killed his comrades .
「Who ar-AAAAAAAAAAA, HELPPPPPPPP!」
At that moment, the adventurer screamed desperately .
Hobgoblin was a monster that could be defeated easily by common adventurers .
However, the adventurer aware that the hobgoblin in front of him was an exception .
———After all, this hobgoblin had the ability to destroy a middle-layer party easily .
The adventurer raised his voice in desperation .
…Unfortunately, his voice didn’t reach anyone .
「Aaaaaaa!」
The voice that asked for help from someone slowly getting farther away .
………And in the end, it suddenly stopped .