Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 194

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“Hello.”

Despite the beautiful woman’s kind greeting, Alex could only blink, unsure of what to say.

He had never experienced anything like this in all his years here.

「Hello!」

「Hi!」

The young spirits clinging to Alex waved their hands with bright smiles.

They were just returning the greeting, it seemed.

Alex watched the young spirits, feeling perplexed.

He always told them to return greetings, but he couldn’t help but feel anxious, as if they would follow a stranger offering candy.

“I’d like to ask for directions.”

Could she… could she not be a bad person?

He had that thought, but then.

「Kieeeaaack-…」

Seeing the Constellation of the Sea impaled on the warship’s ram, writhing in agony, he wasn’t so sure.

Was she trying to save him, or was it just a coincidence?

Alex felt confused and hid the young spirits behind him as he spoke.

“D-Directions, you say?”

…But how can someone who isn’t a ferryman navigate the Sea of Blood?

Especially with such a massive warship….

To Alex’s common sense, even maintaining its form was astonishing.

A warship that defies the physical laws of this world.

Either the bones maintaining its form are abnormally sturdy, or it possesses a vast amount of magic to make them so.

“Could you tell me where the Constellation of Death is?”

“…If you mean the city of Akheren, where the Spirit Palace is… just keep heading north along the coast. Akheren is the large city with the tall tower.”

“Thank you.”

The Goddess of Death, Helga, smiled and nodded slightly.

Alex unconsciously bowed his head in return.

The warship’s oars began to move.

The massive warship changed direction.

「Kieee…aaa…ack…!」

Kaliber could only scream, impaled by the warship, unable to resist.

As the warship slowly disappeared, Alex broke out in a cold sweat.

“What… what just happened?”

***

Helga rode Naglfar along the coast.

The water would surely be shallow near the shore, but.

「Kieeeack…! L-Let me go! Please, I beg you!」

Perhaps it was because of the female zombie hanging from the bow, but the Sea of Blood seemed to surge forward, propelling the ship.

‘I almost felt sorry for her and thought about letting her go….’

But she tried to attack the young spirits and the lighthouse keeper spirit who tried to protect them, so she couldn’t be a good spirit.

‘It might be better to keep her, since she’s useful….’

Helga wasn’t one to show sympathy just because a zombie was suffering.

“What’s… that?”

“A ship, a ship?”

“Goodness… I’ve never seen such a large ship in the Underworld!”

The spirits wandering around the coast stared at Naglfar.

There was a limit to building ships with the bones of the dead.

That’s why even the ferrymen of the Underworld only had small boats.

But the ship before them was enormous.

The ship, resembling a warship, carried countless spirits and sailed the Sea of Blood.

The spirits, finding something new in their monotonous Underworld lives, began to gather.

They looked at the ship and noticed the snake and wolf emblems on the fluttering sails.

「Ooooh! This can’t be!」

Some of the spirits rushed forward.

「To see the flag of Asgard here!」

「Ah! Glory to the great Loki!!」

Helga, who was riding the ship, turned her head.

She saw spirits with blue hair and eyes along the coast.

“Norsemen?”

They were Norsemen who had died and come to the Underworld.

Wouldn’t they know where her senior was?

Helga twirled her finger.

The sails changed direction.

Death Knights rowed the oars, stopping at the coast.

“Are you Asgardians?”

「Oh! Isn’t that the goddess the Constellation was looking for?」

「Such vivid vitality! Who would have thought a living being would come here!?」

The spirits were amazed and puzzled.

Even seeing Helga with her vitality, their hatred for the living was not triggered.

Above all, they didn’t feel hunger.

They didn’t know it was because of the subjugation ability of a low-level undead, exerted by the Goddess of Death.

A Norse spirit looked up at Naglfar and shouted.

「I am a Norse warrior who died in the Lonia War!」

Another Norse spirit stepped forward.

「I participated in the war against the Holy Order!」

「I was in the battle against the Constellation of the Sea…!」

The Norse spirits spoke one by one.

“…I see. Have you perhaps seen Hoon, my senior… Loki?”

Since the Constellation of Death was said to have Kanus with him, she thought she could find Loki if she went to the city where he was.

But if the spirits were so lucid and communicative, she could gather information.

Helga tilted her head and asked.

At those words, all the Norse spirits widened their eyes.

「L-Loki?!」

「Could it be that the Constellation has come here!?」

「Goodness, for him to come to this Underworld!」

「He must have come to guide our souls, to save us!」

“……”

In the frozen lands, it was said that the Constellation of Sin absolved all their sins, and their souls were saved.

The Norse spirits, suffering from the rotting flesh in this Underworld, couldn’t help but recall that legend.

「Hey! Tell everyone! The Constellation of Asgard has come! He will save us!」

「He will lead us to the battlefield once more!」

「Haha! To sweep the battlefield with the Constellation even in death, how can I give up this glory!」

“…You all are truly energetic.”

Should she call them cheerful, or just simple-minded….

「Goddess!」

The Norse spirits’ eyes sparkled.

「Are you perhaps going to meet the Constellation?」

“…? Yes, I am, but?”

「Then…」

The number of Norse spirits gradually increased.

「May we come with you?」

***

Yoora felt a throbbing headache.

「What? That damn new spirit demanded that we provide troops to invade the Spirit Palace?」

「That’s ridiculous. They have no authority to do that.」

「That’s right. In my life, I’ve only seen Natos as a Constellation! We can’t lend troops to such a con artist!」

The representatives of the different races all said the same thing.

Having had their bodies crushed by Kashar once, they began to rebel as their bodies somewhat returned.

「Isn’t it suspicious from the start? To subdue Kashar, the noble of Arata, so easily!」

「He might be a spy for the Spirit Palace.」

They must be anxious.

They thought that the leadership of the revolutionary army was in danger of being taken over by Loki, who was the first to subdue the invading noble.

They were afraid of losing their influence even if they regained the Underworld.

「…He has asked everyone to gather in the conference room.」

The representatives of the different races stared at Yoora.

As if looking at a heretic.

Yoora, the only one among them who defended Loki and Saelut, must have looked unpleasant to them.

‘Maybe they think I’ve grabbed onto a lifeline for success.’

But Yoora’s priority was the Demon King Kaliber and Saelut.

However, since this was also Saelut’s will, she would only follow Loki for a while.

「Let’s capture and restrain that human.」

The dwarf said, gathering his subordinates.

「I will cooperate as well.」

The elf did the same.

So did the beastmen and humans.

They summoned their own elite troops.

Yoora shook her head, touching her temples.

They were so well-matched only at times like this.

Having faced Loki in the conference room, she knew that their actions were meaningless.

But it didn’t matter.

They were representatives who would quiet down in front of the strong.

「Yoora, lead us to where that guy is!」

Yoora nodded and guided each representative.

Yoora, standing tall in front of the conference room, opened the door.

Each representative, with the light of the dead gleaming in their eyes, gripped their weapons and entered the conference room.

At that moment, their entire bodies were crushed, and their knees buckled.

‘The air….’

‘…It’s heavy…!’

The representatives barely raised their heads and could see the person inside the conference room.

A man with black and white hair sitting on a simple makeshift chair.

But beside him stood Saelut, and on his left and right stood Turam and Kashar, looking down at them.

「……!」

Two heroes who could turn this place into a wasteland on their own were standing like Loki’s subordinates.

“You’ve come.”

It was the man sitting on the makeshift chair.

But he exuded an aura of authority as if he were sitting on a throne.

“It seems you’ve even prepared for battle.”

Loki smiled as he looked at each representative.

“How about it? Are you ready to invade the Spirit Palace and face the Constellation of Death?”

The representatives couldn’t say anything.

The only thought that came to their minds right now was to flee.

But the moment they gathered here and faced Loki, that opportunity was gone forever.

In the end, they would have to prepare for war.

Silence was consent.

It didn’t matter if they denied it.

Those who opposed would have their bodies broken and hung in the middle of the revolutionary army’s fortress square.

Loki smiled as he looked at the representatives of the different races.

“Thank you for your cooperation.”

It was time to start preparing for war.

***

「We will be summoning the army.」

Yoora began to speak in the conference room.

She felt like she had seen a hope that had never existed before.

The one who was praised as a Constellation in the mortal realm and killed Constellations had come.

The one who could kill Constellations.

The Constellation of the End.

As he joined, Turam, who was a cooperative partner, also began to actively participate.

Above all, an unexpected enemy, Kashar Crohn, even led Arata’s slave soldiers and elite troops to join.

If Kashar pressured the other nobles of the Underworld, they could at least isolate the Spirit Palace and the city of Akheren, where the Spirit Palace was located, for a few days.

They had to take advantage of that opportunity to attack.

「The Spirit Palace where Natos resides is in the city of Akheren.」

Everyone listened to Yoora’s words.

「Akheren’s outer gate is sturdy, and inside the gate is the guardian Cerberus.」

Cerberus spews flames that annihilate souls.

Everyone who knew that fact tensed up.

「If we break through the outer walls surrounding the city, Turam and Kashar will face this Cerberus.」

Turam had an excited expression.

Kashar had an unpleasant expression.

「I would like the representatives of the revolutionary army to take control of the city.」

The representatives of each race nodded.

「And we need a signal flare to start such a revolution. The Spirit Palace’s citadel is too sturdy, and Natos’s barrier surrounds it, making it virtually impossible to attack. So, we need to eliminate the Spirit Palace’s barrier from within. The ones who can do that first are-.」

Yoora cast a worried gaze forward.

「Loki and Saelut. I would like the two of you to do it.」

Infiltrate the Spirit Palace.

They had to break the barrier and induce the door to open from within.

With that as a signal flare, the revolutionary army would begin the attack on Akheren.

「Today, from the time this meeting ends, we will begin the revolution.」

The Underworld’s Natos subjugation war had begun.