The 5000-year-old Herbivorous Dragon

I woke up at the bottom of the dim ground.

When I fitted into the pit, I was so ready to die, but the more I woke myself up, the less I accidentally had physical pain.

It seemed like a great mental shock to have passed out.

When you look at the holes that have fallen, they are apparently shaped like long slides, not vertical ones. The stone on the slope over the tight slope was mildly polished, and it seemed impossible to climb the twist unless even a suction cup was attached to the hand.

"... it's not good"

The underground space stretching forward is an invisible tunnel (tunnel) ahead.

The walls had moss that emitted light, and that served as natural lighting. Because of the constant dripping of Shizukuishi from the ceiling, it may be a passage utilizing the underground waters from which rain poured into the meadows.

Any leads on the exit - when I thought so and took a step appropriately, I took something "clear".

It was bone.

"... Oops!

I stuck a clumsy scream down my throat and backed off into the wall with fierce momentum.

Seeing the beating heart with a deep breath, it was apparently like the bones of a beast. It is in the form of four-legged beasts such as horses and sheep.

"Did you get lost in this cave and fall...? Poor thing."

It wasn't long ago that the bandits uprooted this cave.

If it had been abandoned all along before, there could have been such a tragedy.

"It's okay... it's okay. Just wait a day and Raeko will come back and find me. At that time, you can deceive me to take a nap in a comfortable place..."

What a pity, but I had already abandoned the option of going behind the cave.

As long as I smell it with my nose, I don't smell dangerous beasts or demons from the end of the cave. It is foolish to advance to the dark clouds without any guarantee whatsoever.

I'm more scared than anything.

But after a sneer and a while, right next to the slipping hole, I noticed a book dropping.

If you come closer and check on your nail tips, you say you're left in a humid cave, but there's absolutely nothing on the paper that hurt you. Looks like it's made of special paper.

That cover, written in glowing ink, so that it can be read even in the dark, says this in a letter that humans used long ago.

"Exploration Notes: Sacrificial Cave of the Hunting God"

I use nerves in particular to turn books that people make to read with my hands.

But what was written there gave me great hope.

Anything. It seems that this book was written by the adventurers before the existence of the Alliance was born, at least to share information.

"- This cave is a temple built by a hunting people who once lived around here to worship their God. They had a custom of bracketing treasures in the bodies of prey they had taken alive and sending them underground to sacrifice to the hunting gods.

But most of the treasure has been lost by the hands of past burglars, and all that remains is the bones of a half-weathered beast.

Due to the complete closure site, the habitat of demons and dangerous organisms has not been confirmed '

Politely, there was even a route map to the burglar's dug exit.

Look at the precautions near the final page, nothing really bothers me

"If it keeps raining heavily, we risk being submerged"

"Pay attention to your feet because they are slippery with moss"

'Sometimes the adventurer's kid makes it a playground because of a dungeon that is less dangerous. refrain from immediate attack, even if something moves.'

It is a smiling precaution to observe the sense of life at the time.

I completely relieved myself of my nervousness and nodded.

"I think I can get out of this long, idle dungeon. I want to avoid making weird excuses for Leiko as much as possible, and I guess I'll try my liver a little harder."

It worked that this book held me back for the absence of the demon I was feeling with my nose.

It's as safe a place as the kid used to be on the playground, so you might want to eliminate the dangers other than slipping and falling. I didn't have to worry about submerging because it was sunny today.

So, as I read the last sentence, I didn't even think deeply about it.

'Be mindful of the adventurers who serve the beast. No harm if you go in with people, but if you let the beast walk into the labyrinth alone, they will return boned without exception'

At this time, I completely forgot because of the relief.

When it comes to human standards, I also fall into the category of "beast".