Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 137

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“Karma Emperor? He’s alive?”

I had heard rumors that he had gone missing, but it seemed he was safe.

“Haha! Of course! There’s no way this body would die so easily…! If that happened, I’d have to hand over the Emperor’s seat that I worked so hard to get to my younger sister, and that would be too painful.”

Karma chuckled and sat down at the table.

“Now, since there are some new faces here, let me introduce myself. My name is Karma Crohn. I am the current Emperor of the Crohn Empire.”

Karma spoke with the dignity befitting a ruler, but his actions and tone were anything but serious.

“…….”

Eron looked at Karma and Loki, then at himself sandwiched between them.

One was Karma Crohn, the Emperor of the great Crohn Empire.

The other was Loki, a Constellation who ruled over the strongest tribe of humans.

And in between them was Eron Ronian, the ‘once’ powerful King of Ronia.

“…Don’t I seem a little insignificant?”

“…….”

Pam couldn’t say anything to Eron’s words.

Loki looked at Karma and opened his mouth.

Since the other party had made a polite self-introduction, he had to do the same.

“I am Loki, the ruler of Asgard.”

Following him, Eron also spoke.

“I am Eron Ronian, the King of Ronia. Then… let’s start the meeting again.”

Karma spoke first.

“I’ll speak first. This body moved the army at Asgard’s request and invaded the Holy Order. You may have heard the rumors, but this body’s army was defeated, and Elder Turam went missing. He sacrificed himself to help me escape in haste.”

Karma crossed his arms and continued.

“Having faced them, I know how absurd the things we’re fighting are. Under normal circumstances, we would have refused as well. But the fact that we’re having this meeting and continuing to invade the Holy Order means that there must be a power to eliminate the cause.”

Karma looked at Loki and said,

“Therefore, our Great Crohn Empire hereby expresses its intention to participate in the war once again, and we will draw out approximately 150,000 troops.”

“…….”

At his words, Loki’s eyes widened in surprise, and everyone in the conference room froze.

The number 150,000 was easy to say, but it was an enormous number.

It wouldn’t be a problem if it was just conscription. The problem was the ‘equipment’ to protect them, the ‘food’ to feed them, and other supplies.

Above all, the fact that such a number could be mobilized even after losing hundreds of thousands of troops not long ago was absurd.

Emperor Karma spoke of it as if it were nothing.

“100,000 are combat slaves. They may be inexperienced, but they have received harsher training than the elite troops of most kingdoms. The remaining 50,000 will be filled with mercenaries. There’s no problem. I plan to spread the Empire’s gold around.”

Loki glanced at Aum next to him and wrote small letters on the round table with his hand.

“[What is the military strength of the Crohn Empire?]”

I thought I had seen the Empire, but was what I saw only a part of it?

“…….”

Aum couldn’t say anything either.

He didn’t really know either.

Loki clicked his tongue.

“…That’s a considerable number. I assume you guarantee the quality as well?”

“Of course!”

Karma said, putting strength into his voice.

“Why else would we be called the Great Empire? We were a nation that didn’t even fear the Holy Order. That’s not just because of my father’s prestige. It’s because we have the military and economic power to back it up! Hmm, wasn’t this body cool? Did you not bring Cellut? I want to show off this line once again!”

“…He didn’t come. Then let me ask. Time is of the essence in this matter. Can you prepare as quickly as possible?”

“We’ve been preparing for this for a long time, so there’s no problem. Besides, with you behind this body, it won’t be difficult to move the nobles. However, I must still receive compensation for it.”

“Of course. You can take whatever spoils you obtain from the Holy Order.”

“Thank you!”

Karma spread his hands as if giving a speech in front of the two rulers.

“Right now, the kingdoms are blinded by their own interests and are pointing their swords at each other. This is all because there is no center to control them. Therefore…”

Then, he struck his chest with his fist.

“This body wants to gather the army and assemble the heroes, centered around the Emperor of the Crohn Empire. Just like during the subjugation of the old Demon King!”

Emperor Karma was proposing a second subjugation of the Demon King.

Karma wanted to achieve a great feat as Emperor through this event.

In a way, it was also a struggle to escape his inferiority complex towards his father.

“That’s a good idea. Then the continental allied forces can properly deal with them. The Wight [undead] and the giant legions. Our Asgard side will deal with their leaders, Thrym and Surtr.”

Karma paused.

“…Thrym, Surtr?”

These were names he was hearing for the first time.

Conversely, the name of the Holy Emperor was not even mentioned.

“Who are they?”

“They are the kings of the giants. They possess power that cannot be compared to the giants you have met.”

…Good heavens, there are separate kings of those giants who annihilated hundreds of thousands of soldiers?

Having experienced them, Karma thought he knew the enemy best.

But in his conversation with Loki, he realized how arrogant he had been.

“…You speak as if you know them well.”

“I know them much better than you do.”

“…How do you know about them?”

“Because I created them.”

Created them?

Those devils…?

Karma stared blankly at Loki.

It couldn’t be a lie.

There was no reason for him to lie.

Karma felt goosebumps.

The sense of unease he felt when he first saw Loki.

Come to think of it, he had faintly felt it in those giants as well.

Good heavens, to create such beings?

Is he really a Constellation?

Karma felt like he had been caught up in something absurd.

‘…Did I declare my participation for nothing?’

“Perhaps… can I withdraw my participation this time?”

“No.”

“…….”

“You showed off so much and even mentioned the Emperor’s name, you wouldn’t be thinking of withdrawing, would you?”

At Loki’s words, Karma groaned.

“So… who will face the leaders of those monsters? From the looks of it, there’s more than one.”

“Me, and…”

Loki pointed to the side.

“She’s here.”

Helga bowed her head slightly in greeting.

Karma tilted his head, looking at the frail woman.

“She is…?”

“You might have heard rumors on the continent. The Angel of Death. That’s what she was once called, I hear.”

“…Unfortunately, I don’t know about those rumors.”

“Is that so?”

‘Huh? Wait a minute.’

There are beings like Loki, and Loki and that woman are stepping up to eliminate the leaders of those giants?

Then that woman must also be someone with extraordinary power.

At least stronger than the Twelve Heroes.

As that thought crossed his mind, Karma’s face turned pale.

‘…We were about to make those absurd beings our enemies.’

To almost make Asgard our enemy, the thought alone was terrifying.

Loki looked at Karma and thought.

The opponents are the giants with overwhelming force and the Worm Fest [a disease caused by worms].

Even if we take many soldiers, it will only help the enemy in the long run and will not be a fundamental solution.

‘Is it a race against time….’

It means that Loki and Helga must quickly subdue Thrym and Surtr and join them.

‘The results will come out after we try. More than that…’

Loki said to Karma,

“There is something else I would like to request from the Crohn Empire. Can you grant it?”

“What…?”

Karma was nervous.

Because they were beings with great power, they might make an absurd request.

“I need supplies for my 30,000 elite Asgardian troops.”

“…The Great Crohn Empire has even prepared supplies for 150,000. 30,000 is nothing. No problem. Is there anything else?”

That was a cool answer.

Loki pondered for a moment and recalled what he needed.

Then, while we’re at it….

“Then I would like you to dispatch about 100,000 slaves.”

“…….”

This time, Karma was speechless.

“Why, is it an unreasonable request?”

100,000? Is that a number that can be said so easily, like a neighbor’s dog’s name!

“What, what did you say?”

At Karma’s question, Loki shrugged as if it were nothing.

“I asked you to support 100,000 slaves.”

“…That’s impossible.”

“I wish you would do the impossible.”

“Why does this body have to go that far…?”

“The Crohn Empire owed me a debt.”

Using Cellut as bait.

Selling Loki’s name and gaining absolute power.

Remembering that, Karma closed his mouth.

There was no justification for refusing.

‘I was wondering why he didn’t mention the price for that….’

Was he reserving it for this?

Loki looked at Karma and waved his hand.

“Ah, there seems to be a misunderstanding. I just want simple labor. I want to make a ‘device’.”

“Device?”

“Surely you’re not thinking of launching an all-out war against the Wight, are you?”

“…Of course not.”

But there’s no way to stop it….

“There is a metal that is processed in our Valhalla Palace [hall in Norse mythology].”

“……?”

“Karma, your empire also imports it, so you know what it is, right?”

Of course, I know.

I know it as an amazingly superior refining metal.

Even though the dwarves made it, all the empire’s technicians shook their heads and praised its performance.

It is hard yet light, flexible, and resistant to heat.

It is so good that people say it is the metal of God.

“I’m thinking of using that to make equipment.”

“Are you perhaps thinking of making armor and spears?”

That would be impossible. Making weapons using such metal requires skill.

It is too high-level technology for slaves to produce.

“No, what I want to make is-.”

At Loki’s words, Karma’s eyes widened.

***

After the Ronia Conference, the Crohn Empire sent 100,000 slaves to Asgard in the north.

-‘I’m just lending them, so please return them later.’

In addition, a huge amount of supplies that could last for a while came in.

In just one day after the slaves arrived, a medium-sized camp made of barracks was built, and from the next day, full-scale ‘construction’ work began.

“Hoo… hoo….”

I breathe roughly.

Unlike breathing, I moved my body mechanically like a doll, not like a living person.

The slaves, who were given only one piece of underwear like rags and one piece of fur to cover their bodies, sweated even in the extreme cold and worked without rest.

If they were injured, they would take a short break, and if it was judged that it would not interfere with the work, they would start working again.

Their eyes were fixed and did not move.

Whether it was night or day, the sound of hammering echoed in Asgard, and the sound of dwarves refining metal in Valhalla Palace never stopped.

“…This is terrifying.”

These were the words that came out of Loki’s mouth when he came out to see the situation.

The labor of the ‘slaves’ in front of me was truly terrifying.

They were like machines that only worked without resting except for sleeping and the injured.

‘How on earth does Karma make these slaves?’

“I thought it would take at least 3 months….”

Overwhelming expectations, it seemed that the goal would be achieved within a month.

‘Well, it’s good if it’s fast….’

The Crohn Empire also has to draw out 150,000 troops, make full-body armor made of monster leather to prevent Worm Fest infection, and train to form a formation to fight the Wight.

The faster the better.

The faster Loki kills Thrym, the less sacrifice Asgard will have to make.

“To do that, we need overwhelming power.”

More powerful than it is now.

‘We need to further strengthen the skills I learned from Urgart.’

***

The Holy Order, under the command of the Holy Emperor Palis, recovered its territory and forcibly invaded other countries.

His speed had to be very fast.

Because there would be no one to stop the advance of the Wight and the giants.

However, except for the few who followed Palis, all the other members of the Order left.

“Reporting!”

The Black Judge, the Holy Emperor’s direct unit, approached.

They carefully whispered to Palis, watching Thrym, who was standing tall.

“…The Wight were annihilated?”

At that time, Thrym turned his gaze.

Palis swallowed dryly at the cold gaze.

“What do you mean!”

Even though he was achieving successive victories, he suddenly said that his legion had been defeated.

“…That is, a group of heretics seems to have risen up.”

“Heretics?”

“Barbarians in the northern lands. They are now forming alliances with other countries and crossing the border.”

Palis recalled the northern lands.

Barbarians like beasts who dared to show their fangs to them.

He knew that they had been plotting all sorts of schemes to destroy the Holy Order.

But after all, they are human.

They were destined to disappear to the Wight and the giants.

But they not only stopped the Wight Legion but also annihilated it?

“Tell me in detail.”

“That is….”

The Holy Knight of the Black Judge seemed reluctant to say something and quietly opened his mouth.

“They used the fortress.”

Fortress?

If so, it is understandable.

The Wight has no wisdom. They are stupid and instinct-driven fools.

They were also the ones who drew human models on stones, applied blood to them, and ran until their heads broke.

For such guys, the castle walls were the worst weakness.

But even if they used the fortress, they annihilated them while advancing?

That doesn’t make sense.

Isn’t a fortress originally a base with castle walls?

“You mean they are occupying our Order’s territory and coming in. Foolish things… Huh, in the end, they will be annihilated by the Wight’s attack…!”

“That’s not using the fortresses in our territory… The fortress is….”

The Holy Knight swallowed dryly and said.

“…It’s moving.”

“…What?”

Palis blinked and tilted his head.

The Holy Knight opened his mouth as if to confirm once again.

“The fortress… is moving and heading here.”

***

Boom boom boom-!

The sound of drums and horns echoed loudly.

The sound of soldiers marching and their energetic singing echoed.

-Ummooooo!

Dozens of minotaurs roared, and hundreds of warhorses snorted and pushed the huge ‘castle walls’.

The wheels rolled and countless soldiers pushed behind them.

In time with the sound of drums and trumpets, they pushed the castle walls all at once without gaps and without cracks with the side unit.

20m high castle walls and moving siege towers, the outside is covered with iron plates and sharp awls protrude, and cold crimson blood and flesh are묻어 있다 [covered].

The material is metal processed in Valhalla.

It was a light and hard alloy metal that even the dwarves admired.

And on top of such castle walls, the magic corps supported by the Crohn Empire cast spells to make the castle walls even lighter, and the siege ballista made by Aum aimed sharp bolts at the enemy who might appear at any time.

It is a shield and a moving fortress that surrounds 30,000 elite Asgardian troops.

The sight of the huge castle walls moving was truly bizarre and mysterious, and those who saw it were overwhelmed and thrilled.

Above all, the one who commanded them was sitting on the throne of the siege tower and enjoying the sight.

If the kings of other countries saw it, it was a person who exuded a dignity that would give them goosebumps.

Loki.

The ruler of Asgard and the worshiped Constellation of Sin.

“Now….”

Under the cloudy sky, he sat arrogantly and crookedly, wearing a goat bone helmet, and shone red eyes.

“Let’s start the war.”