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

The sun isn't out, but green is still a good thing.

I was having lunch at the Alanberg cafeteria.

Located just around the corner from the world's trees, you can see the fields and orchards you just made.

I can only see green now, but I'm looking forward to seeing the flowers and fruits.

I've spent the last few days digging underground in Alanberg.

All you can dig for are rocks, ore, and Sheol.

There was sap near the world tree, but nothing special was found.

... well, we've gathered a lot of the rocks and iron we need most.

You don't have to dig for anything unusual.

Still, Alyssa arrived thinking that one day she might want to dig up Mappa's homeworld.

Hey, heels.

Alyssa, you've been doing a lot of training today.

"Ah. My sigil was [Sword God] after all." After all, I have to fight on the front line. "

The day after the world tree came back to life, the Arancians were taught how to appraise the sigil by Barris.

As soon as Alyssa appraised her sigil, Alyssa had the [Sword God] sigil.

I became very good at handling swords.

Well-known in my homeland, it was primarily a rare coat of arms that the aristocrats envied.

In addition, the Guardian's sigil was excellent.

I was particularly surprised that Augus was the same [Warrior] as Yerevan.

But I was a little worried.

"So, Alyssa, is there any particular confusion?"

"No, the sigil is true, but I'm not going to make you quit your job or force you to do anything else. I've been told it's kind of awesome."

"I see..."

Like Sanfares, I didn't want him to become a society where his life would be determined by his sigil.

I told Alyssa about it, but she empathized with me.

When Alyssa sits across from me, she takes a cup of tea from the leaves of the world's trees.

"It's delicious... I didn't know this kind of thing could be drunk in Alancia." Everything is going well with Lord Heel.

But Alyssa puts the cup back on the plate.

"There's still one obstacle."

"You mean the sanctuary?"

"Yeah, I thought I'd turn up the sound."

"It might be hard to forgive pride..."

"However, I think it's okay to negotiate the release of Lurat....."

Lurat is the son of the Grand Duke of Billine, who holds real power over the sanctuary.

I was a prisoner of war when I attacked Alanberg. We are now at the forefront of mushroom cultivation.

Is it possible that such a powerful man is silent when his son is taken away from him?

Or maybe I missed Lurat... but Lurat wasn't very clever.

Sure, but we're negotiating.

"Yes. The people of Alanberg won't allow us to negotiate."

Alyssa is right, Alancia's grudges against the sanctuary are considerable.

That said, it's not good to stay in this relationship the whole time Alan Belk is trying to rebuild.

"Alyssa... let's solve the problem here at once." I'll take Rurat to the sanctuary. I'm taking Lurat as a prisoner of Sheol, not Arancia. "

Is that okay?

"Yeah, at least we don't want to be hostile to each other." Leave it to me to negotiate. "

"Thank you, Lord Heel... I'm sorry I can't count on you anymore." But they're more than you think. "

"I've seen many arrogant nobles. It's okay."

So I decided to accompany Lurat to the sanctuary.

They were accompanied by Ciel, Talan, and Hoole.

Above the nearby walls stood Ashton and Heinez as if they were weeping over the sanctuary. If anything abnormal happens to the two of them, they are supposed to deal with it.

Lurat's arms were tied with a rope, and he was moving ahead of me.

”Hey, hey... hey, don't eat me”

”Taran doesn't even want to eat you... so it looks like it's a mistake”

Taran shook his body vertically just to be rude, Furet said.

Lurat said, shaking his voice.

"Hey, who the hell are you guys?" Overwhelming strength, mass, and skill... plus humans and monsters are joining forces. "

"That's normal in Sheol. What's wrong with you?"

"... well, anyway, on the day of the prophecy, you will return to nothingness."

Lurat spoke with a prophecy.

I asked Lurat if she was worried about Furet.

"Prophecy?"

"When darkness covers the world one day, the world will perish." However, those who gather under the king of the underground will live forever..... "

Close to the prophecy I heard from my father.

Except for [Cave King] 's me and his ruling island, the world ends.

Hoole murmured.

"Hmm. But it seemed like Alyssa and Alansia didn't know the prophecy."

“It's what the king of Arancia was taught when he inherited the throne from generation to generation. Well, I....."

Hoole tilts her head, but I understand.

I heard that Grand Duke Billine, Lurat's father, was in charge of the sanctuary.

Alansia knows everything about the Holy Land.

I'll tell Hoole.

They know the king's secrets, too.

"Yes! Anyway, you guys are the only ones who can make a big difference now!?" You who treated me like a bug will be swallowed up in darkness like a bug! ”

"Isn't that the same for you?"

"We are swallowed by darkness... we are sacred." We are the ones gathered under the "King of the Underworld". "

Having said that, Lurat gave a creepy smile.

Do they think that they shall live forever under the king of the earth?

Hoole smiles bitterly.

No, you didn't even call yourself the king of the underworld, did you?

"Oh... if you say so, surely"

As Fourer said, Elto, who was trapped underneath Sheol, also called himself the King of the Underworld.

"Once upon a time, it was popular to call yourself the King of the Underworld, wasn't it?" I am the king who will survive the prophecy! "

"There's a possibility... maybe it was for the sake of authority."

When I answered Hoole, Lurat muttered a little anxiously, “We are the ones who wear the real king.”

In this way, we arrive at the fence gate of the sanctuary.

However, the sanctuary was unusually quiet.

I can't even see the guards behind the fence in front of me.

"Somebody! Anybody there!?"

Even if I say so, the sanctuary won't respond.

In addition, Lurat leaned his head.

"... why? Why is no one here?"

"Is there any way to open the gate?"

"...... cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhuu

Having said that, Rurat cast something like a spell.

But it won't open no matter how many times I say it.

Well, why?

Lurat murmured with a blue face.

I'll say it with my hand.

I don't want to force you to open it.

"No, no, no, no, no! You're just making the king of the underworld angry!" The fence had the power to absorb magic. They're going to fight back. "

I've seen that with my heels. There were some defensive mechanisms in the sanctuary.

Even if you try to cross the fence and break into the sanctuary, you will be attacked by something like rays.

I'll ask Rurat.

"I can't open the gate, I can't break the fence, I can't get in through the sky... So I'll just have to wait here?"

Well, that's all.

"It's obviously abnormal, isn't it?" Then we'll have to get inside somehow. "

You can break it with magic.

But this is still the place.

I put out a pickle.

Let's go underground.

Hoole and the others nodded in my voice.