在每一个角落都被探索完毕的世界中，唯一残留的秘境——大洞穴“深渊”。不知道延续到何方，深不见底的巨大纵向洞穴，栖息着奇妙奇怪的生物们，沉眠着现在的人类无法制造的贵重遗物。“深渊”那充满了不可思议的姿态吸引了人们，并驱使人们展开冒险。如此，多次挑战大洞穴的冒险者们，陆续得到了“探窟家”的名号。 　　住在建造于深渊边缘的城镇“奥斯”的孤儿莉可，梦想着有朝一日成为母亲那样伟大的探窟家，并解开深渊的谜团。这样的某一天，莉可在探索深渊的途中，捡到了有着少年样貌的机器人…The enormous cave system, known as the Abyss, is the only unexplored place in the world. Nobody knows how deep down goes this titanic pit, inhabited by strange and wondrous creatures and full of mysterious ancient relics which purpose in unknown to modern man. Generations of bold adventurers have been drawn by the cryptic depths of the Abyss. In course of time those bold enough to explore the dangerous pit came to be known as "Cave Raiders." In Orth, the town at the edge of the Abyss, there lives a little orphan named Rico, who dreams of becoming as great a cave raider as her mother was and solving the great mystery of the pit. One day exploring the murky depths she stumbles upon a little boy, who turns out to be a robot.