''Whew~, that was hard work~.'' Lyn laid down and felt tired, as he felt the fatigue all around his body. But other than feeling tired, he felt happy that he was able to kill so many monsters.
After a couple of minutes of rest.
Lyn stood up and wiped his forehead; simultaneously he looked around at the several corpses of kobolds lying around on the ground. The place reeked of blood stench, but Lyn didn't mind it, rather he was proud that he was able to kill so many monsters, even though they were low level.
He thought:
'If it were anyone else other than me, they would have been shot to death, sliced to death, cut to death, and hacked to death, before they rest in pieces.' Lyn nodded to himself and smiled, feeling that he was extremely right with his judgment.
After saying that, he patted his clothes and tidied them.
''Now then, it's time for me to collect my spoils of war~!'' Lyn's eyes shined brightly as he looked at the corpses in anticipation.
''Hum~ hum~''
Lyn was humming as he picked up the multiple items that were scattered all over the kobolds' corpses until he suddenly remembered the reason why he killed the kobolds, other than the reason they left him no choice.
''Wait a minute… aren't I forgetting something?'' Lyn caressed his chin.
''Ah right!'' Lyn tapped his fist in his palm.
''Aiya, how could I forget that?!'' Lyn slapped his forehead.
He suddenly remembered why he fought the kobolds to death一It was all due to that terrifying roar that scared the heck out of him.
''sigh~ I'm so careless, I better hurry up.'' Lyn slap his forehead again
He hurriedly looted all the corpses not leaving even a single scrap behind.
While he was picking up the loot, he looked at the path going forward to the lower level of the mining site.
"Yup, I totally ain't gonna go there alright," Lyn said firmly.
But inside Lyn's heart. There was an urge一an irresistible urge一this was one of Lyn's 'diseases'. Not literally a disease; but one that is enough to kill a person—a death-seeking disease.
He didn't know when this 'disease' started, but the next thing he knew, it just happened.
Maybe it happened in his teenage years? But who knows? Only God knows what happened.
Welp.
Let's continue with the story.
I don't need to explain what happened next, do I?
It's just like what you were thinking.
Correct!
Curiosity killed the cat—or to be exact; his death-seeking disease flared up.
Before Lyn knew it he was already in the deeper level of the abandoned mining site.
''Ugh, damn this urge.'' Lyn couldn't help but lament himself. He wanted to leave but couldn't because of his 'disease'.
He had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and reluctantly continued forward.
After walking for a couple of moments…
He recalled the items he looted from the kobolds' corpses earlier and remembered that he didn't check the loot he collected yet.
After recalling that; He called out his inventory and checked the loot he acquired earlier.
The items he got were common items that you can get on a kobold like kobold fangs, kobold eyes, arrows, etc. But among the items he got, an eye-catching key was among them.
[Kobold boss's Gate key]
-Using the key will open the gate to the boss' lair.
"So this is used for the gate to the boss' lair. I thought it was a treasure key, what a disappointment." Lyn shook his head.
As he was checking for some loot he hadn't checked yet. He suddenly fell into a trap.