A dimly lit, cavernous place surrounded by rocks, the upper levels of the labyrinth.

'Ha, ha,'

In a passage that was clearly narrower than those in the lower levels and the depths within the upper levels, the so-called middle levels, a single male adventurer was running as if he was running away from something.
The thin leather armor-clad adventurer's running speed was far from normal, indicating that he possessed a physical ability enhancement skill that was more than just speed enhancement.
With that adventurer's running speed, it would be easy to wind up a monster beast in the upper levels, or even a mid-tier monster beast for that matter.
Looking at his fatigue, it was obvious that he had been running for a long time, and it wouldn't be surprising to think that he would have wound up at the earliest, even if he was normally being chased by something.

'd*mn! d*mn it!

...... But that didn't stop the adventurer from losing his footing.

That adventurer had a non-fatal wound on his body, but a deep wound on his arm. Every time he ran, new blood would flow from that wound.
At this rate, it would be only a matter of time before this adventurer would be too anemic to run.
As if to show this, the adventurer's face, covered by the stubble, was pale and white.

''Haha, haha.''

But still, the adventurer did not slow down his running speed.
Despite being near the limit, the adventurer still runs.

......... As if trying to escape from an invisible illusion.


'How could this happen?'

The emotion on the desperate adventurer's face was one of fear.

''I'm a mid-level adventurer!

The adventurer shouted loudly as he ran, somehow trying to disguise his fear.
However, such a shout did not have the effect that the adventurer had expected.

'............!'

......... Because at those words, the adventurers were once again reminded of the foreignness of a certain entity that had attacked their party and killed their friends.

At that moment, the adventurers, who had been running away mindlessly until now, lost their tension, and all sorts of emotions and thoughts were jumbled up in their heads.

Sorrow that a fellow adventurer had been killed.

The loss of confidence that he was a middle-class adventurer.

The pain of the wounds that have distracted him until now.


And the fear of the demonic beast that kicked out our middle class party with a single unit.


All of these emotions erupted at once, and the adventurer with his head buried in the ground lacked attention to his surroundings.

''Gah!''

The next moment, the adventurer was caught in the protrusion of the labyrinth and fell down in a grand manner.
The adventurer fell and grunted as his foot hit a hard stone on the ground.
The adventurer's foot was emitting a terrible pain, as if the adventurer's bones had been injured due to the momentum he had fallen from running as fast as he could.

''Huh!''

......... The blood drained from the adventurer's face the moment he realized that he couldn't walk well due to the pain.

The adventurer feels that he can't let this happen, but there's nothing he can do about it.
With the presence of a healer in the party, the adventurer, who was no longer carrying potions with him, had no way to fix his leg at the moment.

At that, the adventurer's face was tinted with despair.

''Ah, that was it!

It was then that I realized that I had a transition camp on my side.
The despair disappears from the adventurer's face, and hope floats in the air.
It might take some time, but I can still return to earth.

Then I can tell the Adventurer's Guild what's happening now.

With that relief in mind, the adventurer crawled towards the transition camp.


''Gigi.''


......... Huh?


......... but in the next moment, the adventurer's actions were interrupted by a green hand reaching from the side.

When he was stopped, the adventurer at first seemed to have no idea what had happened.
But the moment he saw the green hand grabbing him, he understood the identity of the being that held him back and a look of despair appeared on his face.

''Gee, gaga!''

As the adventurer turned around fearfully, what the adventurer saw was a hobgoblin, a demonic beast of the upper levels with its mouth twisted in mockery of him.
Ridicule, an expression of emotion that a demonic beast would never take, and the adventurer finally understands the foreignness of it.

...... hobgoblins grabbing their own shoulders, that it was that abnormal individual who killed his own people.

''Who Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, help me!

At that moment, the adventurer screams in desperation.
Hobgoblins are demonic beasts that normal adventurers should be able to easily defeat.
However, the adventurer understood that the hobgoblin in front of him was an exception.

You will be able to find out what is going on in the world and what is going on in the world.

The adventurers desperately call out for help.

...... but their voices never reach anyone.

''Aaaaah!''

A voice that seemed to call out to someone for help, it grew more and more distant.

...... At the end, it died off with a whimper.