Chapter 2: [Save & Reset] acquired.

Translator: Soafp

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In the village of Katarov, there is an S-rank dungeon [Katarov Dungeon].

　Therefore, many adventurers come to this village.

　Usually, adventurers enter the dungeon through the entrance at the front of the dungeon.

　However, there is another entrance to the dungeon in the village, the “transfer zone”.

Using the transfer zone, adventurers are forced to go somewhere in the depths of the Katarov dungeon.

Not a single person has ever returned alive after using this transfer zone.

　This dungeon is one of the most unexplored dungeons in the world, and no one has yet conquered it.

　If a non-adventurer were to be abandoned in the depths of such a dungeon, there is no way he or she would be able to return.

I was sent to that dungeon without even holding a single weapon.

Therefore, using this transfer zone was, in effect, a death sentence.

“Ora, get the hell inside!”

　A guard pushed me back and urged me to enter the transition zone.

“Damn it!”

　I said bitterly in my heart.

　I hated everything.

　I hated Darga for killing Namia, and of course, the villagers who had forced me to take the blame for the crime without listening to any of my testimony.

I hated them all so much that I wanted to kill them all.

　But I was so frustrated that there was nothing I could do about it.

“Ora, hurry up!”

　With that, a guard kicked me in the back.

　My body staggered forward, and I found myself stepping on the shifting line.

　And my whole body was enveloped in a blinding light.

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　I opened my eyes, checked my surroundings, and realized that I had arrived.

　This must be the depths of the S-rank dungeon, [Katarov Dungeon].

　There is not a single person who was sent here who has been able to return.

　I had never been an adventurer, so it was impossible for me to make it out of here alive.

“Ggaaaaaaaaaah!”

　I heard a groan.

Ah, here it comes.

　A huge bear-shaped monster. It was over five meters long and covered in skin as tough as steel.

　I had heard its name from an adventurer who came to the village. If you encounter it, you will never get out of there alive.

The rank is A.

It’s name is —-bugbear.

“Ugaaaaaaaaah!”

　When the Bugbear saw me, it rushed at me in the dark.

“Uwaa!”

　I quickly jumped back.

Then, Bugbear, swung its fist down on the spot where I had been just a moment before.

　With that, the ground was gouged out and dust flew. Even though I wasn’t hit directly, the impact alone sent my body staggering.

　I’m going to die.

　If I continue like this, I will surely die.

　I understood this instinctively for the first time.

“Help me…….”

　I knew it was meaningless, but I had no choice but to scream.

“Somebody!　Somebody help me!”

　I found myself running with my back to the demon, screaming like that.

I had been plowing the fields until yesterday, so there was no way I could do anything against the demons.

　So, I only thought about running away, no matter how bad it would be.

“Ugaaaaaaah!”

“Ha?”

　When I turned around, Bugbear, that should have been far away, instantly came in contact with me.

Moving this fast!?

　And then, catching me, the Bugbear swung down his fist.

　Ah, I’m dead.

　I realize that.

　Yes, I am about to die. As I realize this, I wonder if it’s an escape from reality, or if it’s a running memory, as memories of my past run through my mind.

　They are all bad memories.

　My beloved Namia was persecuted and killed because of this hair.

“Damn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!”

　I was so frustrated.

　I was more frustrated than anything else that the people in the village killed her because I couldn’t do anything about it.

　I’m going to die here in the field.

“Do you want me to help you?”

“Eh?”

　There was a shadow.

A shadow in the shape of a human being.

“Who are you?”

[Do you have the luxury of worrying about who I am?]

　That’s true, too.

　I’m about to be killed by a demon.

“Please, help me.”

　I have no idea who the shadow in front of me is.

Nevertheless, I told the shadow, clutching at straws.

[Well, in that case, I’ll give you a skill. The name of the skill is “Save and Reset”.]

　▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽▽

　You have acquired a skill.

　△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△

“Eh?”

　Suddenly, a message window appears, startling me.

“Ooi.”

　Let me hear more details, I thought, and tried to talk to the shadow, but the shadow seemed to have already disappeared and was not present anywhere I looked around.

　No change in my body, but did I really get this thing called skill?

Did it say “save and reset”? I have no idea what kind of skill it is.

“Gauuu!”

　I saw that my body had been brutally crushed by the fist of the Bugbear.

　The next moment, I was dead.

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