I jumped into the hole.

"Idah!

　It wasn't a very deep hole, but I fell off my injured leg and it hurt so badly that I writhed in pain for a while.

　The smell is awful. Nausea sets in. I manage to endure it.

　It's dark and I can't see anything. After a little while, your eyes adjust and you can see, albeit faintly.

　It wasn't a very large space under the hole.
　And since it wasn't deep, could it be that those goblins are coming after you?

　I'm going to look around for a place to start.
　Then.

Wow!

　I yelped in surprise when I found something.

　The thing was a dead body.
　It was a dead and decomposing, huge snake head.

　Probably not only the face, but the body as well, but all I could see was the head.

　Did the carcass of this giant snake give off a stench of decay?

　It's huge, so I try not to get too close to it.

　There was nothing but a dead snake.

　I just hope the goblins don't get in here.

　But if I look overhead, I can see the goblins peering into the hole.

　They may be wondering whether to come down or not, but if they come down, I'm done for the day.

　I'm not coming down! I pray in my mind.

　But my prayers aren't answered, and the goblin drapes some kind of string down the hole and tries to come down through it.

　Shit, what to do!

　... yes!

　I remembered the status I saw earlier here.

　Body Absorption. I'm pretty sure I had such a skill.

　If I used that skill to absorb this snake's corpse, something good might happen.

　Even if nothing happens, the disappearance of the snake's corpse could give me an escape route.

　It could be that I could absorb a little bit of it.
　Besides, it's awkward to absorb such a decomposing corpse, and there's a risk of dying if it's done poorly, but in this situation, we have no choice but to do it.

　I mean, how are we going to absorb it?
　I wonder if I should just remind him to touch it and absorb it.

　I touch the corpse with my right hand.

　As soon as I touch it, I don't remember, but I feel a strange sensation in my brain.

Do you want to absorb the body?

　I heard a mechanical voice say.

　You don't have to remind me.
　I replied in my head, "I'll absorb it.

　Then something like a whirlpool arose from my palm.
　The corpse of the snake is swallowed by that vortex.

　After a few seconds, it was all swallowed up.

　Right after it was swallowed.

You have successfully absorbed the Earth Dragon.
　HP 100 up, MP 50 up, Attack 50 up, Defense 100 up, Speed 30 up. You'll gain 10 skill points.
　Acquire skill [Appraisal Lv1]. Skill【Meteorite (Meteorite) Lv3】acquired.

　A mechanical sound echoed in my head.