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

A blister hits the shield I deployed.

"Hey, what?!

Surely what is it?

... Huh? Who told you that now?

All of a sudden I hear a loud, wild voice, and I look around.

Neither Ciel nor Lil nor Mel can talk.

or so there is no one in the rear...

Once again I put my gaze back where the flowers were, there were flowers back to their original size and big red eyes that glowed.

Those red eyes, they're staring me in the eye.

""... Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The cry of me and that red-eyed man sounds like a chorus.

When I screamed with one loud mouth, me and the red-eyed closed their mouths.

We were able to recognize each other as creatures.

The red-eyed man had a brown, lizard-like body.

But for a lizard, it's as big as a whale, and it also looks like a scale.

The lizard slowly opened its flowery mouth.

"Hey, what is it, you?! You're a creature you've never seen?!

Don't you know humans?

On the other hand, I've never seen a creature like this before.

"That's our line... why are you in a place like this? I mean, why did you just fit your mouth in?

"Huh? Yeah, that's it! There was no place I could not dig! Yet the walls couldn't be broken now. It was supposed to be just a rock..."

Once again, the lizard tried to dig the cave walls with its giant nails.

but despite its sharp appearance, I can't dig it out at all.

"Why..."

Sure, why can't I dig...

Is this also due to the effects of my [Cave King]?

Yes. Caves dug by [Cave King] will be protected from environmental alterations other than crest owners and servants:

I see... someone other than me will try to destroy this cave, but it will be protected.

However, as it is only a protective feature, it does not guarantee conservation.

If you want to break it, you have to break it.

I guess this lizard was able to destroy the part that could only be mouthed.

Or if I knew that, I wouldn't have been more afraid of falling apart or anything... No, I haven't even said it's complete, so it wouldn't be a waste of caution until now.

Lizard lowered his arm to give up, and he looked at me and said:

"What the hell... and your magic. I'm not the only one. Who is it?"

This guy, you know what magic is?

No, I can detect magic, too, but I found this guy to have quite a bit of magic, too. Then I guess I can detect magic just like I do.

That's not all.

Obviously, when this guy's mouth isn't open, I feel the words ringing.

At the same time, I felt that magic was consumed.

I've heard stories about having magic to translate words, but is this guy using that?

Anyway, I'm pretty sure you're not the kind of guy who attacks me right after you look at me.

You'll be able to talk.

"I am the lord of this island, the heel."

"Heels... I say Lloydon"

Lizard named Lloydon offers vicious nails to discipline.

Are you going to shake hands, or am I going to shake those nails?

"No, but I'm surprised. We talked about the ocean up here, and I can't believe I'm meeting anyone but the same species."

"You've never seen me in the basement with someone who can speak the language too... does Lloydon live in this basement?

"No, no, I... right. It took me about a month from here on the other side of the earth. Almost there, halfway around this star."

"Disagree?... half-circle?

I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I'm pretty sure you're not from anywhere near here.

"... well, no. By the way, you. Don't you have something unusual or something?

"Something rare... well, some things like that on the ground"

"That's good! If you like, why don't we barter?

"Exchange?"

"Oh! I'm a runaway trader. I was just about to go buy some more ground dragons, but if you have any products, let me see!

Trader...... I thought I'd run into you one day, but I can't believe you're coming from the basement, not the ocean.

Lloydon shows me the brown bag on his back.

I don't know what's in there, but a bag that's wider and taller than my back length.

It seems to contain quite a few items.

If you look closely, he also raises various bags on his hips, and he does look like a merchant in his outfit.

This Lloydon said it took him a month to come from somewhere else.

This guy might also have something that Camus can't get.

"Of course, we're welcome. If you don't mind, why don't we have dinner and talk a lot?

"Oh, okay? Then it's a treat!

Thus came the first merchant to Cheol.