Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 242

Player as a Constellation – Episode 242

Episode 242

Kudan asked Aum,

“…Are we deploying?”

“In a week, as soon as all military preparations are complete, we will deploy. Of course, the vanguard will be Kudan. You.”

“…I see.”

I should reorganize my stamina for the week.

“Perth, you will have to command the army.”

“Understood.”

Perth nodded.

“Our Asgard army will use the sea route to move to the Kaprik territory, then pass through the Deshar Kingdom and head to Aron territory where Loki is.”

The Asgard army would briefly stay at Ronia’s camp in the Deshar Kingdom territory to rest, and then move again by land.

And they were scheduled to pass through the Deshar capital and reach the Aron territory of the Holy Order.

They would use the road they had passed as a supply route and head to Elysion, where the fallen Constellations were beyond.

“If we arrive in Elysion, our allied countries will attack the kingdoms that cooperate with the fallen Constellations.”

The current Deshar Kingdom was on the verge of destruction by Ronia.

And taking advantage of the shrinking of the fallen Constellation camp watching the scene, Ronia and the Kron Empire were planning to strike the fallen kings.

And besiege the Sanctuary, Elysion.

“That’s our plan.”

Aum shrugged.

“…Honestly, it doesn’t feel real.”

Perth said nervously, and Kudan nodded in agreement.

Kudan recalled the Constellations he had encountered in Aron territory.

‘Elysion, where those monsters gather. To think we would attack that place.’

“Ah, and Kudan.”

“……?”
Aum called Kudan.

“Helga is looking for you.”

“Helga?”

“She said she has something to tell you.”

‘To me?’

As Kudan wondered, Aum said.

“The grimoire of the half-human, half-beast.”

Loki had told Kudan before.

‘To increase his magic power.’

“She said it’s complete.”

And it was time to use it.

***

「…An opportunity?」

Surtr looked at Loki as if afraid.

“Yes.”

「…Don’t lie. Do you think I wouldn’t know? You’re trying to deceive me and kill me when I’m off guard.」

“Do you think I would resort to such cowardly tactics because I can’t kill you alone?”

Loki looked at Surtr.

Surtr stepped back, feeling a chill down his spine.

He felt different from when he had met him before.

He exuded an overwhelming force that could not be compared to that time.

‘If he wanted to, he could easily kill himself in this place.’

More than anything….

Surtr’s gaze turned to Cancun.

“Ugh….”

Cancun was leaning on the holy sword stuck in the ground, resting.

‘That human trash had blocked his full-force attack.’

The mere fact that such a human existed was a great threat to Surtr.

“Choose. Swear allegiance to me, or be sealed or killed here.”

「…What are you going to do with Thrym?」

“The same as you.”

Loki looked at Surtr and said.

“If you accept me, I will give you freedom, or I will kill you.”

It was a statement that he would give Thrym an equal opportunity.

Surtr bowed his head in thought.

He looked at Laksiel.

She was smiling and waiting for Surtr’s choice.

In fact, there was no choice.

If he accepted Loki’s offer, he could go out into the world and see the world Laksiel had talked about.

But if he refused, his life would end here, or he would never be able to leave this cave for the rest of his life.

And in that cycle of time, his only friend, Laksiel, would disappear.

Because she is human and doesn’t have much time left.

That’s why she risked her life to go to Loki and begged so earnestly for him.

“So, what are you going to do?”

「…What exactly do I have to do?」

Loki smiled at Surtr’s words.

***

The capital of the Holy Order.

The ruined place was occupied only by a cold winter without seasonal changes.

A huge giant was kneeling in the place where snowstorms did not disappear.

The giant, bound in golden chains all over his body, looked up at the sky with a futile look.

A giant covered in ice all over.

Thrym, the king of giants.

He was helplessly unable to move from one place.

The chains created to bind the beasts of the end sucked all of Thrym’s power.

「Ah….」

I don’t know how much time has passed.

The loneliness that was incomparable to when he was in the basement of Valhalla Palace gnawed at his mind.

At that time, he was with his comrades.

Urgart, who quietly looked at the world through books.

Surtr, who made a fuss by hitting the sealed door because he was bored.

Although he didn’t like them, it was true that he gained comfort in the feeling that he existed and was alive because of them.

But it was different now.

No one could talk to him.

No one came to this land.

In the end, he would have to stay on this land alone and live.

‘Am I… alive?’

Thrym lowered his gaze and looked at the ground.

The blurry vision obscures the front due to the snowstorm.

‘Is the Ragnarok [the end of the world in Norse mythology] I wanted not going to happen….’

To think that the work of judging God, which he had so desired, would disappear.

‘Loki….’

He recalled the one who had given him this punishment.

「Loki!!」

A contradictory emotion of awe arose along with hatred.

At that time, a black shadow appears in the blurry snowstorm.

Thud… thud…

A small body that can be seen as truly insignificant compared to a giant.

The one wearing jet-black armor and having a goat’s skull appeared before his eyes.

Thrym burst into a hollow laugh as he saw the being that appeared in the snowstorm.

‘Huh, am I even seeing hallucinations now?

I’ve really become weak….’

“Thrym.”

‘Besides, even auditory hallucinations?’

“I will give you freedom.”

「…….」

“Instead, give me everything you have.”

It was the illusion and hallucination that Thrym wanted.

“I need your help. Thrym.”

Really, I wanted to hear those words.

To his master, to his creator.

At that time, Thrym always wanted to say this.

「Loki.」

Even if it was an illusion, it was fine.

Even if it took tens, hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years, it was fine.

At that time, if Loki came to him, he wanted to say this in a voice.

「I told you a long time ago. You will want Ragnarok. And you will come back to me.」

“…Ragnarok… I see.”

He was lonely. And he wanted to escape from that loneliness.

So, even though he knew it was an illusion, he was talking like this.

Loki’s punishment was terrible. If things continued like this, he felt like he would just become a simple giant ice block.

「Let’s kill the gods of this world and create a new world! Let’s bring the desire we wanted, Ragnarok, into this world!」

Ragnarok.

He was telling the illusion in front of him about the sacred task of destroying the world and starting anew.

“Ragnarok… I see. Then, you are.”

Loki approached Thrym. And he looked up at Thrym, raising his head.

A small body that seems truly insignificant compared to a giant.

But with that small body, he defeated Thrym, the king of giants, and Surtr.

“Will you serve me?”

Serving him was a very natural thing.

「Thrym, the king of ice giants leading the ice giants, will speak.」

Thrym knelt down.

He dreamed like this every time.

「If you want Ragnarok, I will go to the battlefield and freeze the gods to death, even if it costs me my life.」

He bowed his head and praised the incarnation of evil.

His creator had set it up that way.

But this was also Thrym’s own will.

“Good. Thrym. I will give you freedom.”

Loki snapped his fingers.

Instantly, cracks began to appear in the golden chains that bound Thrym.

Magic power went out of control and eventually exploded, shattering into pieces.

Clang!

Fragments falling like glass.

「……?」

Thrym looked around his body.

He raises his arm.

The chains that had bound him disappeared.

Magic power raged throughout his body, and the surrounding ice storm intensified.

‘The power has returned?!’

It wasn’t an illusion!?

Thrym looked at Loki as if shocked.

Loki is walking with his back turned.

And he speaks without even giving him a glance.

“What are you doing?”

「Ah, no, that’s…」

“Follow me. The Ragnarok you wanted is right in front of you.”

At those words, Thrym closed his mouth. As if possessed, he quietly followed Loki.

***

「Saint King Pallis is dead.」

Terios was stunned to hear the angel’s report in the conference hall at the top of the Tower of Gods, the sanctuary of the fallen Constellations, Elysion.

The other Constellations did not care about the angel’s report and scattered the atmosphere of the meeting by talking about interesting topics.

「Saint King Pallis is dead?」

「Yes, that’s right.」

「When… when did this happen!」

Terios slammed the table with his fist.

The sound was so loud that the Constellations, who were talking loudly, looked at Terios.

The angel was sweating.

「It, it happened a month ago.」

「Then why was the report late?」

Terios exuded murderous intent.

The Constellations laughed at the sight.

「Terios, aren’t you being too depressed for a sun god?」

Laughter erupted here and there at someone’s mocking words.

「Why are you so concerned about the death of such an inferior bug?」

Terios’s face contorted.

And he glared at the Constellation that was mocking him.

The Constellations paused.

「Yes, the existence of the Saint King was clearly just a bug to us.」

But if his death was due to the Constellation of the End, the story is different.

「In a situation where he is constantly aiming for us, he killed Saint King Pallis, who has influence throughout the continent. Don’t you know what that means!?」

「…What are you trying to say?」

「It means that the End, that guy, is going to move in earnest.」

「…….」

The Constellations were silent.

Some were nervous, and some ignored Terios.

One of them opened his mouth.

「What, are you saying that guy is coming here?」

It was a joke.

「Yes.」

Terios’s answer was firm.

「What?」

「The death of the Saint King is not something to be taken lightly. Its influence extends to the apostles who swore allegiance to us.」

And what his death symbolizes is as follows.

「Now, we are his next target.」

At that time, an angel flew in, flapping its wings.

「Greetings to the great Constellations of Elysion!」

The angel hurriedly knelt down and bowed his head.

Even so, he said anxiously, sweating.

「The, the End has moved.」

「…….」

Silence fell in the Elysion conference hall.

「He, he has invaded the Esritan Kingdom, ruled by the Constellation of Rain.」

Esritan was a kingdom located on the way to Elysion.

The king there had considerable military power and military strength, so the Constellations envied and coveted it.

At those words, the Constellations in Elysion became nervous.

‘Is the Constellation of the End really coming to find them!’

It was then.

Drip… drip…!

It was Elysion, ruled by Terios, the sun god and the god of the sky.

There is no night there, and only clear weather and the sun shine.

In such a place… dark clouds began to form.

The Constellations looked up.

Beyond the roofless conference room, black clouds and raindrops were falling one by one in the sky.

At the sight, the Constellations recalled the angel’s report.

「He, he has invaded the Esritan Kingdom, ruled by the Constellation of Rain.」

The fact that it is raining in this sanctuary of Elysion, where it should never rain, meant only one thing.

‘…The Constellation of Rain is dead.’

The faces of the fallen Constellations turned pale.