Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 248

The Player Who Became a Constellation – Episode 248

“They’re coming! Oh, my god! They even have shackles that can seal us! Damn it, Canopus, that traitor. He sided with the Apocalypse to save his own skin!”

The Constellation of Sound, with her beautiful appearance and lute, closed her eyes and spoke.

She had overheard the words in the Asgardian camp.

“Therios, prepare yourselves.”

The corrupted Constellations were tense.

The Apocalypse was coming directly.

Now, they had to stop him.

Therios rose from his seat.

He headed to the temple’s balcony.

“The Apocalypse is coming!”

Therios’s voice echoed throughout the Elysion Sanctuary.

Emperor Milanijel raised his head to look up at the temple at the top of the tower.

The priests, tense, clasped their hands together and prayed.

Those destined to be sacrificed were thrown into chaos, running around in confusion.

“We command you! Subjugate the impudent group that dares to invade the sacred sanctuary! Then, we shall create a paradise for you in this sanctuary!”

“By the grace of Emperor Milanijel, answering the call of the great Constellations, we shall subjugate the impudent group!”

With Emperor Milanijel’s cry, the apostles of each nation shouted at the top of their lungs.

The soldiers’ morale soared.

“Everyone, move to your assigned positions!”

The knights shouted.

The soldiers climbed the sanctuary’s walls and took their positions.

Holding crossbows, they leaned against the railings.

The spearmen stood in orderly rows.

“Protect the gates!”

The knights led their warhorses and moved the massive logs to reinforce the gates.

The mages cast barriers, making the gates even stronger.

“Prepare the siege weapons!”

The engineers moved busily.

The ballistae [large, powerful crossbows] and catapults, positioned on the turrets built throughout the walls, were prepared in turn.

Emperor Milanijel stood tall above the gates.

Mana [spiritual energy] emanated from his body.

Accordingly, the soldiers’ cheers, fueled by morale, echoed.

“We shall be victorious! The Constellations’ blessings are with us!”

“Waaaaaah!”

“Come, invaders! You evil forces that will destroy this world!”

“Waaaaaah!”

At that moment, the enemy moved.

“We will cut off your heads and feast on your flesh… what…?”

“…….”

Emperor Milanijel’s voice gradually faded.

The soldiers’ cheers did the same.

The armed angels flying in the sky trembled with wide eyes.

“What… is that…?”

“…A monster legion.”

Thump…! Thump…! Thump…!

Numerous giants advanced.

Each time they stepped on the ground, the earth cracked, and from their feet, things froze, burned, or tree trunks took root in the earth.

Ice giants. Flame giants. Earth giants.

They left traces in their wake, marking where they had passed.

The giants who had seized the Holy Kingdom.

Kwarurururuk-!

Oooooooooh!

The Minotaurs spun dodres [likely a misspelling of ‘dores,’ referring to a type of weapon or shield], moving and carrying massive fortress wheels.

Siege weapons were prepared in each of the fortress’s towers, and mages’ staffs could be seen through the holes in the walls.

The moving fortress that had crushed the wights [undead creatures] and turned the area to scorched earth.

That wasn’t all.

Behind that fortress followed a ghost ship.

Kwarururuk-!

A waterway surged up in the empty plain’s meadow.

The waterway was full of salty seawater, but it was also corrupted, rotten water stained with blood.

“Kkyaaaaaaak!”

Calib, a Constellation who once ruled the sea, now a dead spirit, wailed.

Clang-! Kwakwang-!

Magnificent drum sounds echoed from the ship.

“Kkyaaaaaaak!”

The chilling screams of the wraiths echoed across the earth.

On that deck stood Loki and Helga, and the demon king Calib and the blacksmith Constellation Canopus, who followed him.

Cancun and Kudan stood tall.

“What… is that….”

Emperor Milanijel’s body trembled.

He had rolled around on the battlefield for decades, but this was the first time he had seen such a bizarre and magnificent sight.

Overwhelmed by the oppressive force, Emperor Milanijel felt his whole body grow heavy.

Needless to say, his soldiers felt the same.

“…A, an evil force.”

The soldiers, frightened, stepped back.

“Th, the Apocalypse’s army!”

Loki, aboard the ghost ship Naglfar, smiled.

“Now, let’s begin Ragnarok [the end of the world in Norse mythology]!”

***

“Stop them!”

The soldiers paused.

Even the angels flinched and looked at him at Emperor Milanijel’s cry.

“Stop them! Do not let those incarnations of evil into the sanctuary!”

“……!”

“Protect the Constellations! The glory of the Constellations is with Elysion!”

“Glory to, to Elysion-!”

The soldiers shouted.

“Engineering corps, load!”

The engineering corps on the turrets moved busily, placing boulders into the catapults.

They poured oil and lit it.

“Fire!”

The flaming catapults were launched.

The boulders flew in an arc, falling on the giants.

Kwarururuk-!

But the giants ignored the boulders.

Even when their entire bodies were hit, they suffered no damage.

As they approached, Emperor Milanijel was filled with terror.

“Prepare the ballistae!”

If they can’t inflict damage, then pierce them!

Steel bolts were loaded.

“Fire!”

The bolts surged toward the giants.

But futilely, the bolts hit the giants’ bodies and bounced off.

“Oh, my god!”

Emperor Milanijel, terrified, stepped back.

‘Damn those humans. They’re not helping at all!’

In the end, the angels stepped forward.

They flew high into the sky and then descended.

Holding spears, they thrust them down at the giants.

Clang-!

The giants’ bodies were pushed back.

“Oh, oh, oh! Th, the angels!”

Emperor Milanijel was impressed.

From lower to higher angels.

Thousands of angels were stationed in the sky.

If it was them, they could stop those giants-.

‘Annoying gnats buzzing around!’

The flame giant, Surtr, swung his flame sword in the air.

Flames spewed out, sweeping away the angels.

In an instant, angels turned to charcoal rained down from the sky.

“……!”

“Hahahahaha! Yes, this is it. Loki! I’ve been waiting for this day! There are gods in that giant castle, right?! Can we kill them!?”

Thrym emitted chills from his entire body.

Accordingly, the ice giants around him roared.

“I, Thrym, Loki, will go to the battlefield for you. Watch closely! This Thrym… this king of giants-!”

Thrym lowered his body.

Moving his massive body, he began to run.

“Freezing and killing the gods-!”

“No, no! Stop that giant!”

Emperor Milanijel cried out desperately.

Even so, he questioned himself.

Was there a way to stop that giant?

And the answer to that question flowed out of his mouth without him realizing it.

“…There isn’t.”

Bang-!

The gate, colliding with Thrym’s body, shattered like a cookie.

“Uwaaaagh!”

The knights and mages who had gathered to defend that gate were crushed into minced meat by the gate fragments.

The survivors felt a chill and raised their heads.

“What… is that?”

A massive ice giant raised his head and looked down at them.

“How can we… stop… that….”

The soldier who was speaking froze.

Thrym snorted and moved his feet.

Angels flew in from all directions and stabbed him with spears, but each time he gestured, the angels were knocked away.

“Now, gods! Let’s fight. Hahahaha!”

Thrym’s mad laughter echoed through the sanctuary.

***

“…That’s terrifying.”

Emperor Karma doubted his eyes.

It was hard to realize whether what was happening now was reality.

“It’s even worse than the Holy Order, isn’t it?”

“…That’s what I’m saying.”

King Eron was already beside him.

“Since the gate has been breached, I think we should go too.”

Karma agreed with Eron’s words.

“Everyone, launch a full-scale attack!”

The allied forces moved.

‘…We should step up too.’

Pope Zaus on the carriage.

The paladins and priests behind him also moved.

“Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go to where Hoon is!”

Following Karen’s cry, the Cyclopes advanced.

“We’ll follow behind.”

“Aren’t we taking the lead?”

“Why bother? We have the allied forces. We should use them as shields.”

Aum and Perga led the Nord warriors.

The Asgardian allied forces began their march towards the Elysion Sanctuary.

***

Emperor Milanijel couldn’t come to his senses.

The gate had collapsed with a single blow from the giant, and then… when he came to his senses, he was lying among the frozen, secluded buildings of the sanctuary.

He had lost consciousness as he was thrown out when the gate was smashed.

‘How long have I been unconscious?!’

Oh my god, who is commanding the army instead!?

Emperor Milanijel hurriedly got up.

Just as he was about to leave the alleyway with his sword in hand, he saw a giant.

Thump-!

Ice giants were entering through the broken gate.

The angels were flying in to stop them, stabbing them with spears.

The ice giants waved their hands as if chasing away gnats.

‘Wh, what the hell are those monsters?!’

Emperor Milanijel turned his head.

“Let’s go!”

The wall side wasn’t any better.

Before he knew it, Asgard’s moving fortress was facing off against the right wall of Elysion.

Kwakwakwang-!

Magical fireballs poured out of the holes in the Asgardian fortress.

The wall began to be scorched by the continuous bombardment.

Between the fortress and the wall, Nord’s longbowmen and the Empire’s crossbowmen aimed arrows and bolts at each other.

“A, are we somehow holding them back?”

Then, if we can just deal with those giants.

But….

“Oh, it’s coming! The warship is coming!”

The sea water spewed out, and the ghost ship, Naglfar, appeared.

“Uwaaaagh!”

The soldiers on the wall were swept away by the seawater.

The waves raged, and just as Niglfar collided with the sanctuary, it broke through the walls, collapsing buildings and digging in.

Kkiiiiiiik-!

But even that fierce momentum eventually stopped.

“Let’s go!”

The demon king Calib and his subordinates jumped off the ship.

“Stop them!”

The wet imperial soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs.

Holding spears and raising shields, they faced the wraith’s army.

Emperor Milanijel moved quickly.

He climbed onto the nearest building.

He had to watch the situation.

He climbed onto the roof of the building and looked beyond the wall.

“Th, this…!”

The Asgardian allied forces were moving.

It was only natural since the gate was open.

“If we just block the gate, we can somehow stop them.”

But his hope gradually disappeared.

‘I’ll build a bridge for you.’

The magic giant, Urgarth, touched the ground.

Then, the floor surged up, creating stairs.

Stairs leading to the high walls of Elysion were created.

“……!”

Such… an absurd…!

“It’s, it’s a miracle!”

“The Constellation of the Apocalypse has performed a miracle!”

The Asgardian allied forces cheered.

Climbing the stairs, hundreds of thousands of soldiers began to climb the walls.

“…This… we can’t stop this.”

Emperor Milanijel fell into despair.

***

Loki, aboard the Naglfar, turned his gaze.

The giants were smashing buildings and advancing forward.

They spewed out cold and heat.

No matter how hard the angels rushed in, they couldn’t properly hunt the giants.

‘They’re useful.’

There were also those who knocked down those giants in one blow.

Bang-!

Those with three pairs of wings who knocked down the giants with flashes of light.

The Constellations.

They began to step forward.

‘D, damn it!’

‘Where the hell did these monsters come from?!’

‘These are monsters that didn’t even exist in the old Genesis. Don’t let your guard down.’

The Constellations were sweating cold sweat.

At that, the king of ice giants, Thrym, raised his head and glared at the Constellations.

“Gnats?”

“G, gnats! How dare you insult us?!”

“To treat the great Constellations like bugs!”

“Constellations?”

Thrym tilted his head. Then, he spoke in a loud voice towards the direction where Loki was.

“Loki! My master! What are Constellations!”

Loki summoned Gungnir [Odin’s spear in Norse mythology].

Behind him, Helga and Canopus, Cancun and Kudan guarded him.

“They are the gods of this world.”

“Gods? I see.”

Thrym raised his head and smiled.

He bent his legs. And then jumped.

The Constellations raised their heads and looked at Thrym, who jumped.

‘B, big!?’

“Killing the gods. That is my mission!”

Thrym’s fist covered the Constellations.

Surtr also confronted the Constellations.

The flame sword collided with the Constellations’ swords.

Clang-!

The earth shook.

The buildings of the Elysion Sanctuary collapsed due to the shockwave.

“Uwaaaagh!”

“Run away!”

The citizens who had been sacrificed ran away.

“Ah, great Constellations! Save us!”

The corrupted priests were crushed under the rubble of the building while praying.

The sanctuary, once the palace of the gods, had become a battlefield and was collapsing.

Loki moved his feet.

The Constellations and angels rushed at Loki.

“Apocalypse!”

“If only you weren’t here, this fight would be as good as over!”

At that, Helga and Canopus pushed back the Constellations,

Cancun and Kudan faced the angels.