The Cave King will live a Paradise Life -Becoming the strongest with the mining skill?-

"Ghhh!"

Lopez was blown away by my pickel.

─ ─ Attacks can be made on the back.

But Lopez quickly got back on his feet, turned his hand to us, and threw away a ball of darkness.

I blocked it with a shield and shot the metallurgical stone around Lopez again.

Once again, they move behind Lopez and launch an attack.

Again and again, Lopez weakened to see.

Eventually, Lopez was unable to fix the situation and lay there.

"Damn it....."

It just made me sad.

I hurt a friend I couldn't protect once with my own hands.

I deployed my shields to cover Lopez's body. To stop shooting magic.

"Dear Heel! We're done!!

"Riena....."

Riena and Yerevan were approaching from the barrier. Elt is coming from the air.

Apparently the other undead have been defeated.

But it's not safe yet. Oren's Death Spirit can revive you many times. Oren herself should be able to handle powerful magic.

But I didn't need to worry about it.

Oren was crushed to the ground by the magic of Barris.

"All right, brother! Secure! Secure!

Ashton and Heinez rushed to Oren, restraining their hands and feet and biting a monkey in their mouth.

You can't use magic unless you speak.

Barris and the others brought Oren and Balpas towards us.

That's reassuring ─ ─ you'd always think so.

But now Oren couldn't forgive me for causing this. Because I killed my own people and forced my friend, who was already in eternal sleep, to wake up.

... and that's all because you want to see my reaction?

I don't understand at all. I didn't think I should send him back to the kingdom. When he returns to the kingdom, he will take the lives of innocent people safely.

But now it's more important what we do with Lopez.

No, there's only one thing I can do.

I saw Lopez with a complicated look.

That's when Yerevan comes next to me.

"General, you're safe. This guy... should I do it?

Yerevan told me in a gentle tone.

Did you notice my expression and hesitate to kill me?

Next to that, Liena opens her mouth.

"It'll be dangerous if we get close. I'm magical here."

Then Elt says, "Wait."

"It's a rather unusual race... a demonic race. Undead and weak, it once destroyed the ground and created a powerful species. Hello, do you know your husband?

I nod and answer.

"I didn't know the race... but it was my friend."

"Really... how sad."

"Hey, Elt. Can't you... help him?

I thought about killing it once and keeping it somewhere until I could dig up a dragonball that would revive the creature.

But I don't know if I can get the dragonball again. According to Siel, there were only seven found in the world, and only one was found underground that Mappa used.

The remaining six will need to dig farther. And I'm sure that's not a realistic thing.

Elt murmured with a difficult face.

"Hmm... I see. There's only one thing."

"Just one?

"Hmm. The rest is the Devil King. Return him to the demonic world as the rest of his family, and we will be able to restore him to his former self."

Oren said that a while ago. The Demon King can summon his family at the cost of his life.

"I mean...."

"Mm-hmm. It comes at a cost. People's lives aren't the best place to trade."

Then Yerevan said.

"Can't it be fish or something?

"The god of the magic world is not the one to dedicate. In other words, it is a gift. For the god of magic, life is a treat."

"I see... I don't really know, but I have just the right one."

Yerevan's gaze was directed at Oren, who was brought here today.

"Ugh! Ugh!"

Oren trembled his shoulders as if he had perceived something.

"I can't forgive you for defying the general, but killing my people is outrageous. All the sailors made a fuss about suing you when we got back to the mainland."

Yerevan points his thumb at the sailors looking at us near the barrier.

Ashton nodded.

"When we arrived on this island, it seemed that Oren had done it arbitrarily to deceive us. That's why I lost my limbs... right, Balpas?

Balpas nodded silently, holding his hand next to Oren.

If I see a scratchy sailor, I'll get him. I wonder if that's what I thought.

But if I do, where do I have to cut off my limbs?

Ashton looked at Oren and looked pitiful.

"This is royalty... I can't imagine anyone standing on top of people. No, I don't want to."

"My personality is completely different from my brother's, but I don't think he's Heel's brother..."

Heinez murmured with amazement.

Barris says calmly.

"I heard what this man did from Lord Balpas and other sailors. Everyone supports Lord Heel in any disposition. The king will report as is, including the sins he has committed."

Then Yerevan grabbed Oren's neck.

"It's settled. Elt, let's do this and save the general's friend."

"Ugh!!! Ugh!!!

Oren resists.

Only Riena worried that killing would deepen the conflict with my father.

Indeed, Liena is right, and my father may be angry at Oren's death. Even if you heard the sailor here.

But it's about Oren. If you give it back alive, you'll come back to the island trying to hurt me again.

Of course, I don't like paying for people's lives.

But Oren took Lopez's life. I've killed a lot of others. When we get back to the continent, we don't know what to do again.

That's why I couldn't stop it.

But Elt stared at Oren and said.

Looks like you've noticed something.

"Hmm. Your magic... Hello, do you have the [Sage] crest?

Oren nodded well. I want to claim that I am a worthy person.

"Huh. Ashton, it's Heinez. Just in case, I'd like to check the crest. Let me take his shirt off."

In Elt's words, they took off Oren's clothes.

Then there was a glowing geometric crest on Oren's chest.

I'll ask Elt, who sees it interesting.

"Is there something about the [sage] crest?

"Mm-hmm. Depending on what, the crest is worth more than the life of the living. In this case, the emblem is worth many times more than his life."

"So it's possible to pay for the emblem?

"Exactly. Instead, the change will come. What do we do?"

Losing the [Sage] crest prevents Oren from using powerful magic. Then it won't be a big threat.

Losing the emblem is unprecedented in the kingdom. I can assure you that it is impossible for a man without a sigil to be king of that kingdom, whose superiority and inferiority dictate everything.

"Some sins were committed on the ship. And he must have killed a lot of people in King's Landing. It's not a matter for us to judge alone... brother."

I turned my face to Balpas.

"Would you mind exposing Oren's sins?

"... am I?

"I want you to identify the people who have suffered. If anyone is alive, so is their salvation."

With Ariel's poison, Oren should be able to confess his guilt.

"Okay... I can make you throw up easily. I think this guy has something to do with it, and I'll leave it to him."

"Please, brother. Bye."

When I turned my face, Elt nodded.

Then Oren shook his neck and suddenly burst out.

"Ugh!! Ugh!! Uhhh!!!

Oren flies around the ground like a potato worm.

Ashton and Heinez tried to stop it, but Elt reached out to me saying, "Never mind."

As Elt chanted something, Oren knocked herself on the ground many times and shouted that she would remove the monkey.

"I hate it!!!! This is my power!!!! I won't let you take it, I'll kill you all!! Flame!!"

Looks like he cast a magic spell. But nothing happens around here.

Looking closely, there was a [Sage] crest on Oren's head. It gradually lost the light, and eventually it bounced and disappeared.

"... Flame!! Flame!!... Hellstorm!!

Only Oren's screams echo on the island. All high magic names. If I was shot, I'd be in trouble.

"Thunder!! Thunder!! I'm lying... I'm lying!! Somebody untie me!!

But no one can help Oren. Of course. I killed my own men.

Everyone's gaze was on Lopez, wrapped in darkness. Nobody cares about Oren.

"I am the king!! I am the king!!... I am king of the kingdom of San Fares!!

Thus Oren lost her emblem forever.