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

"You can dig well, this!"

Foulet is digging more and more walls with a pickle of hippopotamus.

"Ah, not bad at all."

It feels heavier than mythrill.

It seems to be more resistant to the magic of the Dark Attribute. Perhaps more robust than Mythrill.

But as far as the ease of mining is concerned, I wonder if the light mythrill will lead to an increase in army control.

Nevertheless, thanks to [Cave King] 's abilities, I don't feel that different.

Talan, Ashton, Heinez, and others are helping us, so we're expanding the lounge to the side rather than the road.

Almost there, it will be underground in the temple where the throne was.

Meanwhile, the augusts behind us are bluishing their faces.

"I can't believe it...."

"I believed in magic, but what the hell is this?"

I answer Vanessa's questions.

"Rather, this is my real job... this is the crest I just mentioned.My Sigil [Cave King] exerts his power in the underground space, so he can mine well. "

Carla asks me with a trembling voice.

Well, isn't that magic?

"Yes, I don't use any magic."

"That's right.I said digging, so I thought I'd spend more days digging... "

Vanessa nodded in Carla's voice.

"It's like a mole monster digging dirt... a crest. It's amazing."

"Maybe Vanessa and the others in Alancia.Barris will be able to test everyone's crest, and he'll be able to tell us how to do it. "

"Then we might have some hidden power."

"That's what I'm talking about."

Vanessa and the others look kind of happy.

If there was anything like that, I would have wanted to know sooner.

But as far as I'm concerned, it's a little complicated.

The crest certainly enriches people, but it determines their worth.

People are distinguished by their crest - just like my homeland.

We will need to tell the people of Alancia not to do so.

Especially to warn Princess Alissa of Alancia.

After a while, I stopped waving my hand at the picket.

"... I think it's time to reach the basement behind that temple at a distance."

Ashton nods when I say so.

"From the stride and the number of steps, it's definitely behind that temple."

"Huh? Were you measuring that?"

Heinez said to Hule's voice.

"Aniki is so fine.I remember the direction, and I've never been lost. "

Fufu and Ashton seem a little proud.

"That doesn't sound like a mistake.All right, everybody, I'm the only one digging up from here.Foulet put a shield in front of me and keep everyone else alert.Not without that Golem again. "

Seeing everyone nodding, I decided to dig up in a staircase.

However, there is no magical reaction above.

I'm not worried about being attacked by the Golem.

On the other hand, outside the temple, the magic of people of all sizes was still wandering.

Skeletons and Golems.

But it seems to be moving so fast.....

Besides, I can see the magic moving in the distance.

Maybe something's working again?

I look back at the mapa in the back.

But Mappa stands still asleep.

I wonder...

Snoring is an exaggeration, it's unnatural, and if you're really asleep at Mappa, you won't be able to forge.

Well, Mappa would never do anything to harm us.

Let's look into the back of the temple we're concerned about now.

With that in mind, the light leaks before I dig.

"Ma, dazzling..."

I dig an exit so that people can pass with my eyes closed.

From there, I went up to the golden floor, and finally I got used to seeing the inside.

"This is...."

Golden ceilings and walls are the same everywhere in this city.

But there's one funny thing.

Beyond the back glass wall, I saw a golden statue resembling the head of a giant man.

Surrounded by unfamiliar metal plates, glass plates, and handles on the table.

The surrounding device will probably be empty.I saw something similar in the basement of Sheol.

It's a device that activates something.

But what is that thing in the back... no, what is that?

"Is that face... a little bit like Mappa's old man!?"

Hule was right, the statue of his head resembled Mappa's face.

Long, shrunken hair, mustache.

Well, all dwarfs look like that.....

But Mappa's eyes, which are closed now, are almost the same as those of this statue.

The slight difference is how much wrinkles the statue looks like an old man.

To tell you the truth, this statue...

Ashton reasoned.

"These statues in the back of the temple... probably resembled the king of this city and its equivalent."

"Does that mean that Mappa is the king of this country!?"

Heinez shouted surprisingly and turned to Mappa.

But Mappa turned his face toward the device without opening his eyes.

I don't suppose you mean to play with the device without prying.

When I look at Hynes, I shake my head to the side.

"According to Golem, Mappa was banished from this city, so it's hard to believe that the king was banished.As a child, there may have been a coup d 'état without being qualified to rule. "

"Well, sure, if the ruler is naked, there's going to be a lot of problems...."

Hule said with a subtle face.

Ashton nods.

"The chances of a coup d 'état are low.Rather, it would be more natural to think that the person who became the model of the statue was a relative of Mappa.And... Master Mappa has been banished. "

Earlier, Golem looked at Mappa and said he was an exile.

Was Mappa banished by this statue model?

Maybe he's Mappa's father....

Thinking so, it's kind of complicated to wear it with me.

But I wonder why a man like Mappa was banished.

Mappa must have been very capable.

Where were the dwarves in this city in the first place?

The dwarf itself once existed as a species under Sheol.

We may have been scattered around the world out of this city, but we can't find a reason to abandon it when we look at its robustness.

It's possible that Mappa knows something....

Anyway, I headed for the device.

As far as I can see, the statue was as elaborate as I thought.

It feels sacred... rather creepy, the texture of the skin is reproduced.

"But this device is also complicated... where do I push it?Ciel, do you understand? "

Slime Sierra jumps onto the device in my voice.

Sierra tried pushing a square protrusion, a slightly troubled phrase.

Then suddenly the red light will light up and the alarm will ring suddenly.

I don't know what the word was, but it was a sound that warned me of danger.

As the temple's ceiling opens and the sky becomes visible, the statue gradually rises and eventually reveals its torso and limbs.

"Hey, what is this!?"

What appeared was a giant dwarf statue taller than Sheol's Mappa Golem... properly armored.