After the other party members died, somehow I was able to escape from the labyrinth, and through some series of event, I learned the truth.
That party, they were never a bad party.
They were adventurers that were already accepted by some people in the city, after the death of one of their comrade, they fell into financial difficulty and changed greatly.
Then, they received a piece of advice which told them to use me as a decoy so they could finish a collection quest with a decent reward, which ended up with their quick dead.
The adventurer that gave them that advice was someone who had been using violence on me many times.
That adventurer seemed to be speaking in a high spirit when drunk, giving that advice while thinking that it would kill me, that was what I heard from other adventurers.
…… I was overwhelmed by the truth.
It was my first party, I was joyful and hopeful, that was why when it was gone, the despair hit me much harder.
After hearing the story about the man that crushed that party, I didn’t remember how I acted.
I just knew I mourned for them and ran away from the guild…
「Here…is……」
… By the time I noticed, I was at the meadow which was the hunting ground for beginner adventurers.
However, this was not a place I recognized even though I often came to this hunting ground solo.
Apparently, I had run quite some distance away.
In order to reduce the handicap for not having a skill, I trained my physical strength every day, so I wasn’t too tired.
But, it was obviously dangerous to stay here.
Certainly, the meadow was a hunting ground for beginner, there were no strong monsters show up in this place.
However, that was only at the front, near the back, the magic became stronger and the monsters that came out would be more powerful and numerous.
If you went beyond the meadow, it was said even a hydra that was stronger than monsters from labyrinth’s depth would come out.
Of course, it wasn’t that dangerous here.
However, there was still a risk of dying for someone who was still below the lower-layer adventurers like me.
…… Still, even after knowing that, I didn’t want to leave.
My heart was filled to the brim by regret, I didn’t have the capacity to think about other things.
I knew this place was dangerous, however, somewhere in my mind told me that it was all just a dream.
Perhaps at that time, my head had stopped thinking due to the strong shock.
「Kyaaaaaaaaa!」
「Hah-!」
——— My mind returned when I heard sudden scream echoed from the distance.
「Gob-lin…?」
At that time, I finally realized there was a gathering of goblins in the distance.
There was a girl in the middle of that flock, apparently, the goblins were attacking a noble’s carriage.
For a moment I wondered why a noble’s carriage was in such a place, and who was the little girl inside.
However, I had no time to look for an answer to that question.
Now the goblins were distracted by the carriage and still didn’t notice my presence yet.
Before I got found out, this was the only time I could escape.
Right, that was how I judged the situation.
「———Kh!」
But then, I started to run in the direction of the carriage……
Remove a narration line between these two lines:
Certainly, the meadow was a hunting ground for beginner, there were no strong monsters show up in this place.
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However, that was only at the front, near the back, the magic became stronger and the monsters that came out would be more powerful and numerous.
because it ended with a comma which never happened with this author so far and only give fragmented information that doesn’t connect anywhere except giving a fact that Raust have his weapon with him, I assume it’s either incomplete sentence or the author miss some part of sentence that he wanted to delete