Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 154

The Player Who Became a Constellation – Episode 154

King Netos shuddered.

“Hahaha!”

He looked down at his palace.

Thousands upon thousands of slaves trembled in fear, building his palace and erecting statues of himself and the constellation of the sea.

‘I am absolute!’

The sea constellation, Calib, had granted him the power to control water.

He, who was once an ordinary human, had not only obtained a [Relic] but also gained command of the sea legion.

‘Even the dreaded Emperor of the Kron Empire cannot touch me!’

The Emperor who fought against the Wight and giants alongside Asgard, destroyed the Holy Order, and seized their territory.

His achievements surpassed even the former Emperor Kashar.

Above all, even the Constellation of Sin, who surpassed the 12 Heroes, was backing him….

No one could ignore Emperor Karma or refuse his orders.

But he was different.

‘Yes, I am different!’

King Netos clenched his fist.

‘I will bring the Kron Empire to its knees and build a second empire!’

He would become an emperor and leave his name in history.

“Your Majesty, the Princess and the High Priestess have arrived.”

At the servant’s words, King Netos looked down from the palace balcony.

A sailing ship was visible at the palace pier.

And two women were being guided ashore.

‘Princess Sharin, and the High Priestess of Asgard.’

King Netos swallowed hard.

How much he had yearned for Princess Sharin when he saw her in the palace before….

Her beautiful appearance, grace, and captivating charisma were enough to fascinate King Netos.

But the High Priestess of Asgard also possessed an extraordinary charm.

‘But it’s a pity. Calib has already set his sights on the Princess.’

He needed that sea constellation to wield his power.

So, it was better to leave Princess Sharin as she was.

However, the High Priestess was different.

She was destined to marry him anyway.

Her arrival in this land was proof that she was already his.

He wanted to possess her.

King Netos’s eyes were filled with greed.

“Invite them to my dinner table—.”

And Netos said, looking at Kudan next to Sharin,

“I will inspect my sacrifices thoroughly.”

King Netos gave Kudan a suggestive smile.

***

King Netos invited Princess Sharin and High Priestess Cancun.

While they trembled with fear and anxiety, he planned to exploit the gaps in their hearts.

He intended to stimulate their anxiety and make them recognize him as their only lifeline.

They were once in positions higher than his.

If they gave him their hearts, he would feel a sense of superiority.

That was his plan, but….

‘The slave ship arrived later than expected. Is this the only time I have to enjoy my amusement?’

He felt it was a loss that he couldn’t enjoy the fun because of an incompetent smuggler.

But….

Crunch! Crunch!

“Hmm….”

King Netos frowned, unable to understand the situation unfolding before his eyes.

Smack-!

Princess Sharin was dining with elegance, while the High Priestess of Asgard was… eating the food ravenously.

She chewed and swallowed a fish known for its large and hard bones, bones and all.

Food splattered around her.

The smacking sounds were even irritating.

‘…Even if the High Priestess of Asgard is a barbarian… how can she be so unrefined.’

King Netos closed his mouth.

She was eating so deliciously that even the lizardmen guarding the walls were drooling.

Could it be that she didn’t receive proper etiquette training because she was a barbarian? Or had she given up on herself?

Was this woman going to be his partner?

‘Well… still, she’s beautiful….’

Netos blatantly scanned Cancun.

‘Aside from her manners, she’s perfect.’

He could teach her etiquette slowly.

Netos was well aware of how to educate slaves.

He planned to slowly tame her to his liking.

‘The wedding is tomorrow morning, but.’

He would have to teach her about her rudeness at this dinner tonight.

Netos’s eyes turned lecherous.

King Netos looked at the food in front of him and picked up a knife.

‘Now, then—.’

He cut a large piece of grilled fish, picked it up with a fork, and put it in his mouth.

Then, he glanced at the High Priestess.

‘How should I cook and eat her?’

King Netos’s eyes were filled with greed.

Kudan paused and stopped eating.

When he shifted his gaze to Netos, their eyes met.

A chill ran down his spine.

Only for a moment, then Kudan became furious.

He was currently transformed into his nephew’s appearance.

How dare he look at his nephew with such eyes?

Not with affection and respect, but with lust.

It was utterly unpleasant.

‘That bastard.’

Kudan chewed on the fish head.

‘I’ll kill him.’

Hiding his murderous intent, he glared at Netos.

Netos smiled, seemingly liking the provocative look.

‘It will be worth taming the lion.’

“I will inform you of the schedule.”

The two looked at Netos.

“Tonight, Princess Sharin will be sacrificed to Calib.”

Sharin nodded.

No reaction.

Netos was intrigued by her audacity.

‘I thought she would cry and beg… Is she going to face death with dignity as a princess in the end?’

She was strong-willed anyway….

Netos turned his gaze to Kudan.

“And tomorrow morning, the wedding between the High Priestess and me will proceed. Calib, who has consumed the sacrifice, will bless us. So—.”

The lizardmen stood on either side of Sharin.

“Princess Sharin will prepare as a sacrifice… and High Priestess Cancun, please rest in your room.”

A lizardman grabbed Sharin’s hand and forcibly moved her.

Kudan was guided to his room by a maid.

“Have a good night, both of you.”

King Netos smiled as he watched them.

***

King Netos grabbed a lantern and walked down the dark palace corridor.

‘Ah, I’m so excited!’

To be able to possess the High Priestess of Asgard…!

He picked up a trident.

‘I heard the High Priestess of Asgard is quite skilled in martial arts?’

But she was unarmed.

And he had the divine power to control water, granted by the constellation of the sea.

It would be no problem to subdue the High Priestess of Asgard.

He stood tall in front of the room where the High Priestess of Asgard was.

Then, he opened the door.

He had told the maid not to lock the door in advance, so he entered without any hindrance.

As he waved his hand inside the room, water gushed out and enveloped the door.

He stuck the trident there to secure it.

No matter how much she resisted and rampaged, no one would know what happened here.

‘Calib would be furious if he knew I was consummating the marriage before the wedding.’

So, he planned to end things as quietly as possible.

Netos stood in front of the bed.

The High Priestess of Asgard was sleeping defenselessly.

She was even snoring and scratching her stomach, looking like a middle-aged man who had eaten his fill and fallen asleep, only beautiful on the outside.

‘She’s let her guard down.’

She had thrown away her dignity.

Well, it didn’t matter.

‘She’s defenseless as she’s drunk and asleep.’

Netos reached out to her.

He grabbed the High Priestess’s hands, pressed them down with one hand, and pinned them to the bed.

Then, the High Priestess stopped snoring and looked at Netos with drowsy eyes.

After tilting her head for a moment, her face hardened.

Netos, looking down at her, gave a lecherous smile.

“Have you awakened?”

The High Priestess’s eyes widened.

“The night will be very long.”

Netos whispered in the ear of the High Priestess, who was panicking.

“Now, my dear—.”

The High Priestess was sweating profusely.

“Become mine.”

He could feel her shuddering as if she was getting goosebumps.

“W-wait, you, what are you trying to do…? The w-wedding isn’t until tomorrow!?”

Netos burst into laughter.

His thick voice contained fear.

“What am I trying to do? What you’re imagining! So, it’s best to stay still… huh?”

His voice…?

‘Besides, the sensation in my hand is strange.’

Netos felt something strange in the sensation of his hand that was holding the High Priestess’s slender hand.

When he looked up, his hand was twisted as if he was wringing laundry, and thick blood was flowing through the gaps.

A thick, muscular hand was twisting his arm.

“……?”

Netos slowly lowered his gaze.

He followed the owner of the muscular arm, and a thick, well-built man’s arm sprouted from the High Priestess’s small, slender shoulders like a chimera of synthetic creatures.

“……?”

‘What?’

His thought circuits instantly went numb.

‘What happened?’

He tried to think.

But his instincts seemed to refuse to understand, and his mind turned blank.

‘Ah! I see. Is this a dream? Did I get drunk and fall asleep too?’

He eventually resorted to escapism.

But that was only for a moment.

Netos gradually began to sweat as he felt the pain in his arm.

A burning pain.

Soon, his face turned blue, and he grabbed his shoulder and screamed.

“Aaaaaaah!”

He screamed with a terrified expression.

“W-what is this—!”

A thick hand flew at his neck.

Thwack-!

His neck was grabbed.

“Cough-!”

Netos’s eyes widened.

The High Priestess’s gorgeous dress was torn off, and he could see a muscular man lying on the bed.

“Aaaaaaaaaaah?!”

What!? A monster like a bear…!

Netos tensed his entire body.

But he could not resist the power of the man in front of him.

Rather, the unidentified man laid Netos down on the bed and pinned him down.

“You dare try to do this to my niece…?!”

Kudan clenched his fist.

His skin was red with anger.

His veins bulged and wriggled.

“W-wait a minute. You, what are you trying to do!?”

“What you’re imagining.”

Kudan’s fist swelled up.

A huge shadow covered Netos’s entire body.

“……!”

Kudan slammed his fist down on Netos’s head.

***

At the top of the Kratian Palace, there was an altar for sacrifices, and a pillar was erected in the center.

When the constellation of the sea sent waves to those with noble blood tied there, the sacrifice’s entire body would be torn to shreds by the waves.

And when the flesh and blood that fell from the sacrifice spread into the seawater, the constellation of the sea would consume that ‘nutrient.’

The pain of flesh being torn by the sea.

The sacrifices who were about to face such a terrible torture trembled in fear.

Sharin looked at those tied to the pillars as she was dragged away by the lizardmen.

“P-Princess!”

“Good heavens… how could the great bloodline of Kron be here…?”

“Don’t tell me Emperor Karma has succumbed!?”

“Damn it, does that mean there’s no one to punish Netos!”

Perhaps, they were his relatives whom Netos had captured.

They seemed to think that Karma had succumbed to King Netos and offered Sharin as a sacrifice.

To offer family to receive power from a god, it was truly barbaric.

“Now, stand on this pillar.”

The lizardmen tied Sharin’s body to the pillar.

A lizardman priest wearing a cassock and holding incense sprinkled incense powder on Sharin.

Then, everyone bowed and stepped back.

“Karakun, Maya, Rudel….”

The lizardman priest muttered incomprehensible words and waved his staff around.

“That damn Netos! I will curse you even in death!”

“To stab his father in the back and offer even his own flesh and blood as sacrifices! Are you even human!?”

The Kratian survivors shouted at the top of their lungs.

“Please save me!”

“Someone, please save me!”

“Ah, please save us. Oh, Azelan!”

“Please, punish those evil beings who call themselves constellations!”

“Please, constellation of the sea. Have mercy!”

The Kratian territory residents and slaves who were being sacrificed also shouted.

But their prayers did not reach the heavens.

A bridge made of water was created from the huge sea that surrounded and rotated around the Kratian Palace.

Sharin’s eyes widened.

A beautiful woman wearing blue-scaled armor and holding a trident crossed the bridge.

She had six pairs of wings on her back.

The sea constellation, Calib.

She slowly walked onto the altar.

Calib’s wings spread out.

She flew up and spread her hands.

Accordingly, pillars of water soared.

She was preparing the ‘Wave Strike’ to use for the sacrificial ritual.

Sharin lamented at the sight.

‘Ah, this is really the end.’

Damn it, brother. Because of you, I’m going to die being hit by waves!

It was when Sharin was in despair.

Thwack-!

Something popped out of the swirling sea of cliffs.

A monster covered in huge tentacles.

The Kraken.

And the being on its head, wearing a ram skull helmet and jet-black armor.

Sharin stared at the figure with wide eyes.

“Loki.”

The constellation of the north.

He thrust his golden spear down at Calib.