The other villagers didn't come along. The only one who showed me the way was the old village chief.

"...Here we are. Young man, I still believe it would be better if you left." [Oswald]

In front of me was a cave supported by wooden pillars. Using |Night Vision|, I could see worn out lamps embedded in the walls of the cave.

"...I'm fine. Old man, you should head back. I'll be leaving after I've cleared everything here." [Solace]

"That's..." [Oswald]

I gave the old man a bright smile and headed inside.

"Warning: Hostility detected." [Spirit Guide]

("Already?") [Solace]

It hadn't even been a minute since I stepped in and something already wanted to kill me. It's like one of those video games where I immediately aggro something just by breathing.

("Alright, where is it-") [Solace]

Before I could even finish my thought, I felt an object slam into the back of my head.

"Owwww!!" [Solace]

I quickly turned around to see a goblin looking at its dented mace with a baffled expression.

"You little...! |Wind Edge|!" [Solace]

An invisible blade of wind sliced the goblin in half, splattering the walls with blood.

"You have gained |Experience|." [Spirit Guide]

"Ew..." [Solace]

It smelled horrible. I probably didn't notice it before, but the smell of goblin blood was similar to rotten fish.

("Did it have anything good on it?") [Solace]

Inspecting the corpse, I only took the mace it had. Anything else it had on it was just torn old clothing.

"Let's move on." [Solace]

A few minutes later I encountered three more goblins.

"|Ashen Arrow|!" [Solace]

The arrows melded with the darkness, striking the goblins down without much bloodshed.

("It doesn't smell as bad now.") [Solace]

Picking up their weapons, I acquired two old hatchets and a rusty short sword.

("Meh. I might find a use for these later.") [Solace]

"|Item Box|." [Solace]

I stored away my spoils of war, and moved on.

("...How long have I been here?") [Solace]

I navigated throughout the mines for what felt like ages. I didn't even find any monsters along the way.

("Huh? What's that?") [Solace]

I found what looked like an old elevator within the mines. Unlike the modern day ones, it was composed of rope and metal bars.

("This looks more than just potentially dangerous.") [Solace]

However, I didn't really care and entered.

("Ah.") [Solace]

The moment I set foot was a moment of regret. I heard the metal bars creak, and the rope snap.

"Oh. I've done goofed." [Solace]

I fell along with the elevator. The metal bars broke apart like a bunch of legos, so now I was just someone amidst a bunch of debris.

("How far is this fall?!") [Solace]

I looked down into the darkness, seeing quite the distance before I hit the ground.

("Judging from the speed of my fall, I'll go splat in about thirty seconds.") [Solace]

That thought process was just being generous.

("Well then, how do I get out of this one?") [Solace]

I pretended to sit in the air, sitting in the "thinker" pose.

("Hm. Can't think of anything, so pain it is.") [Solace]

I turned my feet towards the ground and braced myself.

"|Reinforce|!" [Solace]

A blue hue covered me as I hit the ground. I felt the shock enter from my feet and go up my body.

"Urgh...!" [Solace]

My legs shuddered, causing me to drop to the floor.

"Ouch..." [Solace]

Lucky for me, none of my bones broke.

("Did I lose any health?") [Solace]

"|Analyze|" [Solace]

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Name: Solace

Race: Forsaken Spirit

Gender: ???

Age: ???

Level: 24

Health: 3867/4100

Mana: 1943/2050

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

("Huh. Almost three hundred damage. Thank god I learned |Gentleman's Favor|.") [Solace]

As I took a breath of relief, I heard a growl around me.

"Warning: Multiple hostiles have been detected." [Spirit Guide]

I glanced around, my eyes widening by what I saw.

("Well damn.") [Solace]

A sea of goblins covered the floor, each one of them staring at me with bloodthirst.

("Maybe I shouldn't have come down here.") [Solace]

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