He crouched, staring at the entrance, and shook his head. While the monster was damaged, it was barely, and without some kind of explosive, he couldn't get past it. While this was a rescue mission, needing a rescue was not part of the plan. Better to pull back, get some more equipment, and come back in. He pulled back, and paused in the next room to doddle a quick map on a black page in his notebook with a graphite stick, before heading back to the surface. If nothing else, reporting the slime spawning mounds, this rock creature, the brown mold, and the Skulks while getting more stuff would help ensure future teams didn't run into any issues.<br/><br/>He returned to town, and went looking for the dwarf woman from earlier to file his first report, before doing anything else. If nothing else, she might be able to suggest a local scholar that would be able to identify the rock creature and how to deal with the slime spawning mounds.