Chapter 73: The DropThe 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]

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    Name: Solace

    Race: Forsaken Spirit

    Gender: ???

    Age: ???

    Level: 24

    Health: 3867/4100

    Mana: 1943/2050

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    ("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] Sёarch* The novёlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.