Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 209

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“Hah… Hah… Finally found a body!”

Catherine was a woman obsessed with beauty.

But even she couldn’t escape the passage of time. As she aged, wrinkles appeared, and her hair turned white.

‘You are beautiful enough. So… don’t obsess too much over youth.’

Her husband praised her beauty.

But she felt differently.

Looking in the mirror, she felt the aging process advancing day by day.

Conversely, her daughter bloomed with fresh youth.

The more she compared herself to her daughter, the more despair she felt each day.

“Finally, finally obtained it!”

She wasn’t kidnapped while taking a walk.

She herself had contacted the cultists.

The Black Arbiters presented her with a book.

It was an ancient book containing ‘magic that maintains beauty by drinking blood.’

‘Pledge allegiance to His Majesty the Holy Emperor.’

The Black Arbiters knew Catherine’s desires well and exploited them.

‘Then you will have eternal youth.’

‘…Eternal youth?’

‘Yes, this grimoire is unstable. It grants beauty during the day, but at night, you will age or transform into a monster.’

‘…….’

‘But if you rescue His Majesty the Holy Emperor, he will use his power to maintain your beauty day and night.’

‘Is that possible?’

‘He is the one who created an immortal with near-immortal power through the Worm Fest [a ritual involving parasitic worms]. The one who performed that miracle can easily grant eternal beauty.’

In the end, she joined hands with the Black Arbiters.

She was able to gain youth and was fascinated by the new body.

A powerful body, the intense pleasure of sucking blood.

All of it was so attractive.

Catherine recalled her past as she ran through the forest, clutching the cursed grimoire.

Thud-!

Crack-!

Ironically, having the body of a werewolf, she bumped into branches and collided with trees due to the darkness.

Catherine’s body staggered.

Her speed decreased, but she trusted her superhuman body and legs.

She could escape from those monsters.

Behind Catherine, other werewolves followed.

“L, Lord! Monsters-!”

It was ironic that monsters were calling humans monsters.

They were terrified.

Monsters in human skin.

The Nordics.

Before them, they were merely prey.

And those hunters were persistently chasing right behind.

“Kooo-!”

The wraiths charged.

“Chase them!”

Nord warriors with weapons of light.

The wraiths pounced on the werewolves, knocking them down.

The Nord warriors shot the werewolves’ legs with arrows.

“G, Get lost! When you guys stick around, others stick around too!”

A long tail gets caught.

These stupid wolves had no intention of scattering.

Were they too scared, or was it because of their pack mentality?

In any case, her own situation was becoming dangerous because of these stragglers.

Catherine quickly turned her body.

Behind her, the werewolves were hunted down and disappeared.

There were no more chasing her.

Catherine looked ahead with relief.

A small light leaked out beyond the forest.

The sun was rising.

Accordingly, changes occurred in Catherine’s body.

Hair began to fall out, and the volume of her body decreased.

New flesh sprouted, and flawless, clean skin took its place.

Catherine’s pace gradually slowed.

Unlike a werewolf, when she had a human body, her physical abilities were insignificant.

A weakened human body.

Nevertheless, Catherine held the cursed grimoire in her arms and stretched out her other hand into the air.

A young and elastic hand visible through the sunlight.

Yes, I am beautiful!

As she admired her beauty reflected in the sunlight, a spear pierced her back.

“Huh?”

When Catherine turned around, she could see a man wearing jet-black armor.

“…I heard from Clea. That you are the culprit.”

Loki pulled out the spear.

Catherine’s eyes closed, and her body collapsed.

The grimoire she was holding fell to the ground.

Catherine felt her approaching death and reached out her hand towards the sky.

‘Still, I will meet my end in a beautiful form-.’

But her hand began to wrinkle and become shriveled.

“Huh?”

Skin that began to look older than her age.

“Why, why…?!”

The magic emanating from Catherine’s body devoured her life force.

“Wh…y….”

Eventually, Catherine, who had become a withered mummy, closed her eyes.

Loki looked down at Catherine.

The grimoire that had fallen nearby.

He picked it up.

“…I think about it every time, but those Black Arbiters have a lot of unique items.”

From the Worm Fest to the magic that turns humans into demi-humans.

It was truly diverse.

Loki looked at the grimoire and put it in his inventory.

‘It will be useful later.’

Loki looked at the mummified Catherine and simply passed by.

In the place he passed, wild animals came and devoured Catherine’s aged body.

She met her end being eaten by wild animals in the old form she hated the most.

***

As the morning sun rose, the werewolves transformed into human form.

Even though they had turned into humans, their average strength was still strong.

“D, Damn it! Attack!”

As they raised their weapons, the Nord warriors grinned and swung their swords.

“Alright, we are good at hunting beasts, but we are also good at hunting humans.”

The Nord warriors were cleaning up the Kelpel territory.

After finishing a certain amount of monster hunting, the Nord warriors began to gather the territory residents together.

If there were any injured, they gave first aid, and they brought blankets from the destroyed houses and covered them.

“Th, Thank you!”

“It’s nothing. In the first place, we were dispatched to hunt the monsters of this Kelpel.”

The Nord warriors burst into cheerful laughter.

They were lucky.

To think that they would have the opportunity to fight alongside the Constellation [a powerful, god-like being], when they only thought it was a simple monster hunt!

Moreover, they even directly experienced his power!

‘He returned from the Underworld.’

He killed the Constellation of Death and returned with the wraiths of the Nords.

He had not forgotten the dead Nordics!

The Nord warriors’ faith grew even stronger.

Thud-.

The Nord warriors turned their heads at the familiar sound of footsteps.

The Constellation of the End, who had disappeared.

He had descended into the mortal world again.

The Nord warriors’ hearts were boiling.

They knelt down and bowed their heads.

At that, the territory residents also knelt down towards Loki and praised him.

“The great Constellation of the End-”

The Constellation of the End disappeared, met death in the Underworld.

The words of the kingdoms that were at odds with Asgard were all lies.

And that Asgard would once again reign over the world.

“We see Loki-nim!”

It was proven by his descent in this place.

***

“…He has finally returned.”

Aum looked ahead.

A skeleton wearing rags.

It was the skeleton that Loki used when sending letters.

If only the letter had come, he would have dismissed it as fake, but the skeleton made it clear who sent it.

“Besides, it seems like you caused a big incident in Lonia too.”

Kelpel was where Hans had gone.

This was something Hans had directly supported.

Lonia was also his old homeland, and he often imitated Loki, so he intended to use this to solidify Asgard’s influence again.

But the real person appeared and exuded his presence….

This news will reach the countries ruled by the corrupted Constellations and the other kingdoms and empires that maintain neutrality between Asgard.

“By the way-. Did you catch them? The Priestess?”

Aum turned his head.

Cancun was standing at the entrance of the office.

She flinched at Aum’s question and fidgeted with her fingers.

She rolled her eyes and smiled awkwardly.

“H, Haha… Well… I’m doing my best. However… they are hiding with all their might, and an unknown disease is suddenly spreading in the capital… so I’m taking care of that first… I’m sorry.”

“…Is that so?”

Aum sighed.

After Loki left his position, a small problem occurred in Asgard.

The Angels and the Black Arbiters.

The ‘variants’ who had undergone Worm Fest clinical trials had escaped.

As a result of the tracking, it seemed that they had hidden in the land that Lonia had given to Asgard after the civil war, at the bottom of Asgard Island.

“I, I know what’s important! I will fix the anomaly in the capital as soon as possible and resolve the variants…!”

Cancun was embarrassed.

The anomaly that occurred in the capital.

No, to be exact, it is an anomaly spreading in Asgard territory.

An unknown greenish-yellow powder spread in the sky above Asgard, and gradually they came down and covered the Asgard territory.

It looked like pollen, or just shining dust, but it didn’t seem like ordinary powder.

At the same time, an unknown disease spread, but it could not be seen as an epidemic, but a type of disease that had not been discovered before.

Cancun, who was in charge of guarding the capital, was tied up in the investigation of the anomaly, which took longer than expected.

‘Kudan and the Berserker Warriors are perfect for this kind of thing….’

But Kudan was now in Capric, a territory in the northwest of Lonia.

This was because an unidentified army was besieging the Capric territory.

‘There are too many incidents and accidents these days….’

Aum sighed.

“The Ner Territory is our first continental territory to be annexed. If there is a problem with the security there, our achievements will be questioned by other kingdoms.”

At Aum’s words, Cancun nodded repeatedly.

It was a territory developed mainly for agriculture, so the land was vast.

Because of the forests surrounding the land and the crops larger than the people growing in the vast land, it was not easy to maintain security.

The Einherjar [elite warriors] trainees are struggling to find them,

Since the variant angels are also a matter of life and death, they only attacked passing travelers or merchants hiding in nearby forests or mountains.

‘Even those dangerous angels or Black Arbiters are reduced to thieves or bandits in this Asgard.’

“It would be better to catch them as soon as possible. Well, if it’s not the Priestess, Hans-nim will take care of it.”

If those guys are released and spread false rumors on the continent, it could lead to distrust of Asgard.

Variant Angels and Black Arbiters.

There was nothing good about missing them.

***

Loki compressed and told Hans what he had experienced.

Hans could not hide his surprise at those words.

“…It’s hard to believe.”

But Hans thought that Loki would have done it because it was such a thing.

Going to the Underworld, meeting the dead, and making the Constellation of Death silent forever, breaking the boundary between the Underworld and the mortal world…?

In addition, even Kali, the Demon King, and his subordinates, who had caused chaos on the continent in the past, were planning to join the Asgard army following Loki.

With this, the Asgard army will become even stronger.

‘Will Aum-nim like this? Or will he hate it?’

Aum would agree to the increase in the army, but would oppose it considering the backlash from the continent.

As he was thinking that, Loki restricted Hans.

“Hans, I want you to take them.”

“…Me?”

Hans looked at the wraith army as if surprised.

No, not only wraiths, but also dark elves, cyclops, and the Canus Constellation were also visible.

To think that he, who only brought a part of the Nord warriors, would lead this army back.

“Hmm… I understand.”

But there was nothing to worry about.

Even though they were scary because they were wraiths, strangely, they didn’t seem like they would attack the living.

Also, it would be much faster for Loki to return to Asgard alone than to lead them.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

Hans nodded at Loki’s request.

And he said as if he had thought of something.

“Ah, Loki-nim.”

“……?”

“It was originally my job… but if Loki-nim arrives first, could you possibly solve this problem?”

“What’s wrong?”

“The Ner Territory.”

It was a familiar territory name to Loki.

It was the territory that King Eron gave to Asgard after the end of the Lonia civil war, and it was also the territory where Asgard first cultivated on a large scale.

“It seems that the ‘variant angels’ we experimented on have escaped and are hiding there.”