Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 12

The Player Who Became a Constellation – Episode 12

Kudan Raguna.

To the world, he was a parricide who killed his brother and even tried to kill his nephew, a traitor who instigated a rebellion. But the hidden truth was the opposite.

He killed Karan, Cancun’s father, and tried to kill the elders to save his precious nephew, Cancun.

“I have nothing to say. A father who tries to kill his own daughter, and an uncle who risks his life to start a rebellion to save such a nephew….”

At Loki’s words, Aum smiled and continued,

“So I gave him subordinates to help. Well, in fact… he could have destroyed the Raguna tribe on his own without my help… but I wanted to protect Cancun in case something happened.”

Aum looked at Loki.

‘However, I didn’t expect that the result would lead to the worst possible situation.’

Aum swallowed the last words.

Loki nodded as if he understood.

Aum’s words seemed truthful. If he asked the elders of the Raguna tribe about this, he would be able to get the truth.

“I see.”

“May I ask you a question again?”

“Ask away.”

“You said you are not a Constellation. Then….”

‘Do they refer to gods as Constellations here?’

Loki pondered Aum’s words.

If so, he might belong to the ‘Constellation.’

The ‘god’ named ‘Loki’ in the game had become a reality.

That meant that the Nord’s words about the advent of a god were not entirely wrong.

“If you are not the Constellation of Sin, then what are you?”

However, what Aum was asking about was the ‘Constellation of Sin.’

Loki only had to give an answer accordingly.

“I don’t know.”

“……?”

Loki tilted his head slightly and said,

“I don’t know about my existence. I lived in another world, and when I woke up, I was here. And I was asleep for over 300 years.”

“…….”

“I know nothing about my existence itself.”

There was no sign of falsehood.

‘…Did he lose his memory or something?’

But 300 years of sleep? That was definitely a lie.

He didn’t call himself the Constellation of Sin, but he claimed to be the demon in the sanctuary.

In the end, it was the same as showing his will to continue to play the role of ‘Ruler of the Nords.’

Then, Loki asked the next question.

“Now, let me ask.”

Loki pointed to the chessboard and the tteokbokki [Korean spicy rice cakes].

“Where did you get these?”

“The Southern Continent. I met a woman.”

Loki’s eyes widened.

“What was your relationship with that woman?”

“She saved my life, taught me this board game, and also taught me this dish.”

“Then she is….”

“I don’t know more than that.”

“…….”

“She disappeared a day after I met her.”

An uninformative answer.

Loki became uncomfortable.

“However, I’m not the only one who knows about her.”

“……?”

“Kudan. That guy has met her.”

“…….”

“Kudan was hired by that woman and worked as a mercenary escorting her for a few days.”

Kudan Raguna.

Cancun’s uncle knows the answer Loki wants.

“Here is my next question. Is Cancun okay now? Kudan wants to know if Cancun is safe-.”

Aum was speechless. He looked at Loki, feeling his shoulders being pressed down.

A black aura rose as Loki raised his head.

Red eyes stared directly at Aum.

Aum stopped asking the next question.

‘Dangerous!’

Dangerous! Really dangerous!

His survival instinct sounded an alarm.

The atmosphere of the opponent had changed.

He wanted to ask about Cancun’s safety, but now he had to put that aside.

He changed the question.

“…Next question.”

Aum said, sweating coldly.

“…Don’t you have any intention of just letting us go?”

“Of course.”

Aum and Fer’s faces hardened.

“Lord Loki, we are guests and exchangers who have come to this city to travel….”

“Don’t be arrogant. You guys are intruders who have invaded my territory without permission. The reason I talked to you was because I was interested, nothing more, nothing less.”

And that interest has now disappeared.

“…Then, what do we have to do to just let us go?”

“Isn’t the question over?”

“…….”

“It’s my question. I will ask. No, I will demand. You guys bring Kudan Raguna to me.”

It’s not a question. It’s an order and a threat.

“If you promise to bring him to me, I might just let you go.”

“…Are you telling me to hand over Kudan?”

Sacrifice Kudan and pledge your lives.

It was as if Loki was saying that.

Why did the topic suddenly go to Kudan?

‘Why is he interested in Kudan? Is it because of that woman?’

A woman related to the object Loki was interested in. He must be curious about the whereabouts of that woman.

The opponent in front of him seemed to have lost interest in him now. It meant that he had no more business with him.

That’s why he was going to exclude him as an intruder, or use him as bait to bring Kudan.

“What are you going to do with Kudan…?”

“There is something I want to ask him.”

“…It will be difficult to talk to Kudan. He thinks of you as an enemy, so he will try to kill you as soon as he sees you.”

“I’ll know when I meet him.”

Damn it, he’s not listening!

Aum gritted his teeth. He opened his mouth to persuade him not to antagonize the opponent.

“Why don’t you mediate between the two of you… or if you hand over Cancun, Kudan will open his heart.”

“I can’t confirm yet whether what you said is true or not. I don’t know if Kudan is really a threat to Cancun, so I will secure Cancun’s safety.”

It sounded like he was protecting Cancun.

“Safety, you said?”

Aum let out a hollow laugh.

He’s just a con man pretending to be a Constellation. There is a girl who is fascinated by him and thinks that she has brought disaster.

Such a kind-hearted girl couldn’t be okay being with such an evil being.

“You don’t believe me.”

“…….”

“I can’t talk to you guys after all.”

Of course. There’s no way I can believe it.

A monster that suddenly appeared without any warning is acting like a god and manipulating the Nords, there’s no way I can believe it.

“What happens if I don’t hand over Kudan?”

“I will imprison you in the underground prison of Valhalla Palace. I will also go to the Linia tribe myself to find Kudan.”

“…….”

If Aum is detained, the Linia tribe will lose its center.

And among those who learn that the chief has been captured, the greedy ones will aim for the throne.

The power that Aum has built up for a long time may collapse in an instant.

‘…And the Linia tribe will invade this city of Valhalla to get Aum back.’

There will also be warriors who want to get Aum back.

And the con man in front of him will slaughter such an army in an instant.

If even the Linia tribe is eaten, there will be no more Nords to stop this unidentified being.

‘Then….’

“I will… hand over Kudan.”

“Brother!”

Fer, who was holding his severed arm, cried out in a painful voice. Aum sweated coldly and left a sneer inside.

There’s no choice now. He had no choice but to pretend to be cornered and make the other person think that he had accepted his opinion.

“Okay, then… you can go.”

As Loki got up from his seat and stepped back, the skeletons also moved out of the way and opened the way.

Aum and Fer’s eyes widened.

The opponent opened the way too easily.

At least he thought he would take one of Aum or Fer hostage and send only one person, but that wasn’t the case.

‘…What is it?’

Aum looked at Loki.

‘What the hell are you up to?’

Was he pretending to let them go and then chasing after them to enjoy hunting?

Or was he going to use it as an excuse for invasion if they didn’t bring Kudan?

He couldn’t figure out the reason.

The question ‘Are you just letting us go?’ echoed in his throat.

But if he asked that question, he didn’t know how the other person would react.

“…Then… we’ll be going now….”

“Bring Kudan.”

“O-Of course.”

Aum was walking with Fer with a fake smile when.

“Oh, and the question you wanted to ask.”

Aum stopped walking.

At the same time, the moment he turned around-.

A hook-like finger was touching Aum’s forehead.

“I’ll give you the answer to that.”

Loki tilted his head with his finger on Aum’s forehead.

“You asked about what Cancun is like?”

Aum was startled and tried to step back, but it was already too late.

A strange current flowed from the tip of Loki’s finger.

The black current flowed through Loki’s finger and penetrated Aum’s forehead.

“Huh?”

An unknown energy penetrated deep into his body and stirred….

“Aaaaaaaaaaaack-!”

Terrible pain came late.

Aum grabbed his head. No, he struggled all over his body and screamed.

“B-Brother!?”

His brother Fer called him from the side, but he couldn’t even react.

‘It hurts! It hurts! Stop… stop…! Just… kill me!’

All his organs were as painful as if they were burning. A headache that felt like his head was melting came over him.

Loki looked down at Aum.

“[Mark of Tracking] was engraved on your soul.”

“Aaaaaaaack-!”

When Loki flicked his finger, the pain disappeared as if it were a lie.

“Ugh…uh…ugh….”

But Aum, who had not recovered from the shock of the pain, drooled and lay on the floor.

And he looked up at the person who made him like this.

“I can know where you are going-.”

Loki. He sneered at Aum, as if looking down at a struggling bug.

“I can make you feel the pain of floundering in the flames of hell every 3 days.”

“……!”

“If I don’t undo it within a month, even your soul will burn and disappear. So it’s an order.”

“…Ugh…A…Ack-!”

“Bring Kudan to me. If he refuses, tell him.”

Loki said, turning his back.

“I’m taming Cancun well.”

“…Ugh.”

“If you don’t come.”

Loki laughed.

“Then I will go to invade your tribe myself.”

Invasion.

The opponent declared that he would attack with an army.

At that point… Aum had nowhere to run.

He said he could know his location.

“Then… I’ll wait.”

Loki left the scene.

After that, the skeletons followed.

People began to walk around the quiet market street.

The commotion a while ago seemed like a lie.

“…B-Brother…!”

Fer hurriedly supported Aum. He bit his severed arm with his mouth.

“F-Fer….”

“Kudan, what… are you going to do with him?”

Fer’s tone was suppressed, perhaps because of the arm in his mouth.

Aum’s legs lost strength, and he walked with difficulty, supported by Fer.

The people around the market made way for the two of them in their disheveled state, but no one cared.

“…Are you going to hand over Kudan… to that demon?”

“…….”

“He is a demon we cannot deal with. He really is….”

Fer’s face turned pale.

“…He might be the Constellation of Sin.”

“…I know. But… he said he wasn’t a Constellation.”

He must be human.

So-.

“There must be a way to kill him.”

“…! Are you trying to fight him? Didn’t you see the opponent? He is too strong. F-First, through negotiations-!”

“That monster is aiming for Kudan, and Kudan will be aiming for that monster too. I don’t think the two will talk. More than anything-.”

“…….”

“I don’t know what kind of guy he is. The fact that such a human came out without any warning is a strange thing. It can’t be.”

Aum gritted his teeth.

‘The third force of the continent might be backing him.’

Among the empires of the continent, there may be an existence that has raised such a monster.

A force that dominates the north, this frozen land, and wants to enslave the Nords.

If that force exists….

“…It’s dangerous to leave him alone.”

If he reigns as a Constellation in the north, a great disaster will come as the shaman prophesied!

“Then….”

“War.”

Fer closed his mouth.

“Prepare for war.”