A Cave King's Road to Paradise by Hajime Naehara

Author:Hajime Naehara [NAEHARA, HAJIME]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2023-04-24T00:00:00+00:00

Arcanestone: May be infused with a spell. Suitable material for Automaton Creation.

Ah, these must have been embedded inside the golems that could use magic. Which means someone deliberately crafted them that way...

“Hmm... Doesn’t look like it.” I gave her an apologetic look.

“Darn it...” Her shoulders slumped.

Not a moment later, color drained from her face as she let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Alarmed, I followed her gaze. “Wh-What’s wrong? Another gol— Ahhh!” I yelped, eyes wide. But soon, I let out a breath of relief. “Oh, it’s just you, Starkers.”

What I saw was a bearded man who was only wearing a loincloth—our good old Starkers. Seeing him around here wasn’t that unusual. He had a habit of wandering around the underground shafts without bringing any light with him, and he was the culprit behind the countless screams of goblins and cave spiders that echoed inside the cave. When in the world did he come in?

Starkers hoisted up one of the golem’s gold-colored swords effortlessly. It looked to be around three meters long, and he seemed overjoyed.

I blinked. “What’s that dude doing?”

Though the squat man offered no words as usual, joy was practically radiating across his face. In fact, it had escalated to the point that he was rubbing his cheeks against the sword and kissing it. He seemed to be interested in the armor as well, giving the plates a lick and knocking on them to hear what they sounded like.

Furay watched the guy with an appalled expression on her face. Then, under our gazes, Starkers left the stone chamber with one of the swords.

After a moment of silence, Furay muttered, “When’ll that guy put on some clothes for once? Are all humans like that?”

“No, he’s in the minority. But, well...it’s probably the most comfortable attire for him.” I paused. “That aside, why was he so excited?”

I had often seen Starkers grabbing ores in the mining shafts without asking first and leaving with them. However, I had never seen him this worked up before. Perhaps there was something special about the swords and armor.

Turning my attention to the remaining swords, I gripped the handle of one and tried lifting it. Despite my best efforts...

“Wh-What the...” My eyes widened. “I can’t even lift it!”

With a grunt of effort, I tried to hoist it up with both hands, using everything I had, but it wouldn’t budge.

“I’ll help!” Furay exclaimed as she joined me, but that didn’t make a difference.

The sword was roughly three-meters long, as I had estimated earlier. However, the blade was paper-thin in comparison, and I had thought it wouldn’t be that bulky.

“Ugh, guess I’ll store it for now.” I sighed.

That, unfortunately, also ended in failure.

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