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

I finished talking about a deal with Balpas, and I was heading to the wharf.

Royal Navy Battleship... to meet my father there to repair the ship.

But by the time I arrived, the battleship was already completely clean.

No hull, no sails, no holes.

Even though the island's people helped us, we could fix it in such a short time....

Then Ashton, who was supposed to be watching my father, comes to me.

"Lord Heel... what about the deal?

"Ah, I've just finished coordinating with my brother. I didn't make an alliance, but I made a war agreement and a trade agreement."

I see. No, that's good.... "

Ashton exhaled with a reassuring face.

"What happened?

"I didn't think it was a good idea to fight your father."

When Ashton answered, he pointed to the ship's sail post.

"Your father took the pillar alone to the ship and rebuilt it...."

"That pillar..."

I suppose he cut out only the parts of the broken pillars that he could use, and connected them together to form a new pillar.

It's shorter than a regular battleship sail post.

Still, it shouldn't be the weight humans can carry. Normally you can't wake up unless it's a machine such as a crane or magic.

Besides, I guess my family and I are close.

"I'd like to take an apprenticeship with Ashton and Heinez. By the way, my father.... ah"

When I followed my father's magic, there was a father who looked at something interesting with the surveillance of Barris and Hynes.

Beyond that line of sight is a mapper that uses a hammer to form a huge chunk of metal. Next door, Phal, the Fire Dragon, is heating up the chunk.

What are you making?

Looks like we've already made what we need, such as an iron ring to reinforce the pillars.

If such a huge mass is made, I wonder if it is even an Ikari.

On the side of the hull, however, the chain fell firmly into the sea. I wonder if the Ikari are ready already.

"Anything else missing from the ship's parts....."

It was me who worried, but I quickly solved my doubts.

"Oh! This is...."

The sailors around shouted.

When I saw Mappa finish making the hair on the head of the lump, everybody brightened their faces.

He must have thought that all of us were making statues that mimicked the King.

I see, the bow statue.

A bow image is a statue attached to the bow as its name suggests.

Great people and gods are often models.

That's why the sailors thought Mappa was making his father's statue.

No, I wonder if that Mappa makes another statue....

The sailors look as suspicious as I suspect, while sending their gaze as expected.

And my expectations came true. The sailors look at the completed statue and tilt their necks.

"... eh?

Mappa stood proudly beside the statue he had raised.

The statue was a statue of Mappa himself.

In addition, his face, like the Mappa Golem standing in the ocean, had his white eyes peeled off.

Everyone looks like they're confused.

But Mappa did not hesitate to look at his father and show him how to carry the statue.

"Hee, Your Majesty, that is... exquisite, but thank you for accepting this, even in the palace's treasure trove. The Hegemon, which bears the name of His Majesty's emblem, um...."

The captain's tone of voice in speaking to my father was somewhat harsh.

I can't complain in front of Mappa who fixed the boat, and overall, good shaping is generating a subtle reaction.

Also, Heinez came out from behind and said to Mappa, "Rebuild it now!" and angry. And I tried to get Mappa's head down against my father.

But when Father magically cooled the statue with the wind, he lifted it up.

"No, thank you. Let's put it on the bow. It's a symbol of the island's famous landmarks. It will be a good souvenir."

It feels like a souvenir... or a sightseeing spot.

Well, the first Mappa to be seen in the architecture of this island is certainly an island attraction.

Hmm... I wish I knew better attractions.

The sailors looked at the Mappa Golem standing in the sea and said, "I see, I see."

Beyond accepting the bow statue, it would still be terrifying if the king lifted up a metal statue as lightly as a man.

I told Mappa to repair the ship using only metals that are common in the continent, such as iron and copper, so I'm sure it's not light mythrills or Orihalcones.

The sailor... or Balpas or Oren didn't seem to know what his father was capable of... but I wonder why he came here to reveal his power.

I finished decorating the statue on the bow and headed back to the wharf to see my father.

"... Father. I have a question."

I thought you said you didn't have time for that, as usual.

But my father speaks of surprises.

"I know what you want to hear. I wonder why I'm here."

"Yes... and is it true that you knew my crest?

"All this is but confirmation of the truth of the ancient prophecy. And so far, the prophecy has been fulfilled."

"... the prophecy?

"Heels. Haven't you felt anything strange since you came to this island?

"Well, that was just amazing... no, speaking of..."

I remember the monsters who came to this island.

Killerbird, Scissor Club, Devil Hopper, Satan Shellfish... plus huge fish gathered on this island.

I thought it had something to do with the world tree.

This is what my father said as he read my mind.

"I'm sure there are already people who have come to make this island mine."

"How do you know?

"This sheol is a place of rest even when the world is over. So everybody comes to save themselves. Some of them carry on the ancient prophecy."

In my father's words, the Scissors Clubs have inherited it in some way. When the end of the world approaches, he wants to aim for this island.

But this was not the only word that surprised the prophecy.

Father speaks.

"And it is the [Cave King] who controls the land. It's just..."

"I knew I'd be the lord of this island... and that's the prophecy?

"I have no doubt that the prophecy is true, since I could not succeed you with my power. Of course, it's true that you, Oren, and Balpas wanted to choose a successor."

In other words, the successor is still likely to be a balpass.

But in terms of that, rather than prophecy, this is the result of your way of raising... but more than that.

"Wait, Father. In the first place, how does the world end?

"I don't know. But since you were born [Cave King] and reigned over this island, tomorrow... no, it's not strange that something happens now. As long as it's as predicted."

My father answered without losing his expression.

The world is over... now that I hear about the meteorite from Sierra, I think it's impossible.

But this island is going to be fine.

No, it's just me and everyone else on the island.

And if the prophecy is right, monsters like Scissor Club and Devil Hopper will come to this island from now on.

Absolutely not like other HR.

"Father... no more monsters in the kingdom... no, there's no reason to fight in the continent in the first place. Why don't you call on everyone to work together?

"Heels. This is an ancient prophecy that even priests do not believe. Do you think the people, the monsters, the monarchs of other countries believe?

"Well... if you look at this island, you'll believe me a little bit."

That said, I felt like my father had laughed a little.

"Then show it to me. Do what you want. You are the monarch of this country."

My father said that he was heading to the warehouse of a new place to stay.