Written by Yu Okano This is a story of Rentt Faina, a 25 year-old bronze-class adventurer who has been at his job since 15. One day, he ends up being killed and subsequently swallowed whole by a dragon in a dungeon. Reasons unknown to him and everyone else, he manages to wake up and finds...
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