Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 207

The Player Who Became a Constellation – Episode 207

“Aaaaaaaagh!”

A scream echoes.

People in every house cover their ears, hiding under beds or inside wardrobes.

Even with the doors barricaded, they feel uneasy.

The scream reverberated, and Lord Kelpeul, in his mansion, heard it too.

“…It’s happening again.”

He swirled the wine in his glass.

“Darling…”

A werewolf with red fur, standing nearly 2 meters tall, loomed beside Lord Kelpeul.

Lord Kelpeul looked at his ‘wife, Catherine.’

“A subjugation force from Asgard has come to hunt me. Please, hunt them down quickly.”

“…I’ve hired mercenaries and adventurers and ordered them to suppress the threat. Do not worry.”

“The subjugation force was defeated. A fleeing member of our kind reported it.”

“……”

“They won’t stay still after being attacked. They’ve raided the village of our ‘followers.’ All of my kind are gone,” the werewolf whispered to him in a fearful voice.

“They will kill me.”

The pleading voice echoed in Lord Kelpeul’s ear.

“You promised you would protect me.”

“Yes, I did.”

“You were always on my side. When serving His Holiness, you never reprimanded me. You kept it a secret from Clea and protected me.”

“……”

“Protect me this time too. Create an army for me.”

Lord Kelpeul closed his eyes tightly.

“There aren’t many mercenaries, adventurers, or soldiers who pose a threat in this territory. Because you sent them as the subjugation force. It’s the perfect opportunity for my followers to increase our numbers.”

The werewolf grabbed Kelpeul’s shoulders with both hands.

“I can’t take it anymore. Please. This territory, all life in this territory—”

The werewolf whispered in Lord Kelpeul’s ear.

“—Give it to me.”

Lord Kelpeul nodded.

At this, the werewolf’s lips curled upward.

***

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The bell echoed late into the night.

The soldiers in the barracks woke up groggily at the sound of the bell.

“What’s going on?”

“Looks like another evacuation drill?”

It was something the soldiers did regularly.

With chaos descending upon the world, they had been training to move in the darkness in preparation for any potential disaster.

At the sound of the bell, the soldiers in the barracks moved as usual.

They fumbled along the ropes leading to the training grounds, entering the training ground building.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

It was Lord Kelpeul who was ringing the bell.

“Is everyone here?!”

A knight of Kelpeul shouted.

The only way to check the numbers in the darkness of night was by voice.

The soldiers gathered in the barracks spoke their names one by one.

“Guard Kane, reporting for duty.”

“Infantryman Luhan, reporting for duty!”

The soldiers said so.

Some were missing, but it didn’t matter.

“Most are here.”

Soldiers without their gear.

Hearing their voices, Kelpeul muttered softly.

“Everyone is here. Wife. Kill them.”

“……?”

The soldiers turned their heads toward Lord Kelpeul, where the voice had come from.

‘Kill them?’

Werewolves stood tall around the soldiers.

Soon after, screams echoed from the training grounds of the barracks.

***

Helga and Saelut were quietly in the inn.

The two of them held glasses of alcohol, savoring freshly grilled meat.

“Sigh, the world is going crazy.”

“I know. Who would have thought we’d be standing guard in a territory, especially in an inn?”

Mercenaries and adventurers who couldn’t get rooms in the inn were sleeping with their sleeping bags spread out in the dining hall, and some were standing guard.

It was a small number of people who hadn’t participated in the subjugation force.

“Is the world really going to end?”

“…There’s a rumor that the Constellation of the North is the Constellation of the End, so… isn’t that dangerous?”

“No, they say it’s a constellation that kills the corrupted constellations and starts over. So isn’t it okay?”

“What’s okay? The Constellation of the North is ruining this world. Disasters keep happening in the sea, and the light disappears at night. And now, specters are crawling out of the split land. Do you see this as normal?”

Saelut frowned.

She was about to start badmouthing Loki, but Helga grabbed her shoulder and shook her head.

“Ignore them.”

“But…”

Saelut bit her lower lip.

Loki was just trying to protect his followers.

Would they understand that?

The corrupted constellations had appeared in each kingdom and empire, bewitching kings and emperors and turning them into apostles.

And they were constantly starting wars.

Thousands, tens of thousands of people dying every day had become commonplace, and the constellations were devouring countless humans every day.

Not to mention the angels beneath them.

Even though Loki’s killing of the constellations brought chaos to the world, the reason why other kingdoms supported Asgard was that the world was at another crossroads of doom due to the tyranny of those corrupted constellations.

‘Even if the world is falling apart, they are adapting.’

Even though disasters had struck the sea, humans with excellent sailing skills navigated those waters.

Even though the light had disappeared, hunters who developed other senses to hunt prey had appeared.

Humans were adapting.

But if the corrupted constellations were left unchecked, only destruction would remain for humanity’s future due to their gluttony.

Bang-!

“……?!”

Saelut’s ears perked up.

The sound of splintering boards was heard along with a loud noise.

The sound came from nearby.

“Kyaaaa!”

“Sa, save me!”

“Th, they’ve come inside!”

It seemed werewolves had raided a house.

“…Those guys must have been really hungry.”

The mercenaries and adventurers tensed up.

The noise was so loud that even those who were sleeping woke up and buzzed.

But they knew.

Werewolves wouldn’t risk attacking an inn with many adventurers and mercenaries.

But-.

Bang-!

Clang-!

The window blocked with boards shattered.

A large, black beast jumped in, biting off the head of a mercenary who was standing guard.

“……!”

“Su, surprise attack!”

“Everyone, get up!”

The adventurers and mercenaries got up.

But they were sweating as they drew their weapons.

“Where are they?!”

“They’re attacking!”

“I can’t see!”

“Don’t shout! We don’t know where they are!”

The mercenaries and adventurers swung their weapons wildly in fear.

Even injuring their comrades with their weapons.

“Agh! Stop-!”

The werewolf laughed at the sight.

In the werewolf’s red eyes, they could see their body heat in the darkness.

Seeing them excited and shouting, they wanted to play a prank.

They spread their hands and swung them.

Kyaaaa-!

Crack-!

A mercenary was torn apart by the werewolf’s grip, flying and spinning to smash a table.

“Aaaaaaaagh!”

Eventually, other terrified mercenaries and adventurers fumbled along the walls, trying to find the entrance, and those who found the entrance were hunted down by other werewolves outside.

「Don’t kill them all.」

A werewolf opened its mouth and bit the neck of the mercenary who had been thrown at the table earlier.

And threw it on the floor.

The mercenary’s body twitched and convulsed.

“Kuh-erk-!”

The eyes turned red, the skin tore, and fur began to grow from within.

「Turn all life in this territory into our kind.」

The werewolf turned its head.

「Prepare an army to save His Holiness.」

Saelut and Helga could tell by the voices.

The werewolves.

They were the Black Inquisitors.

Followers of His Holiness.

***

Loki held Mercury’s head.

Light emanated from Mercury’s head, driving away the surrounding darkness.

Loki moved forward.

The Asgardian army followed behind him.

As they moved forward, they reached a wide clearing in the forest.

“…Gi, giant?”

Hans raised his head.

A red-skinned, horned old man carrying a giant anvil on his back was visible.

About 3 meters tall. So big that humans would have to crane their necks to see him.

The pressure emanating from him was similar to that of the giants of Asgard.

‘That’s… the Constellation of Fire and Ore!’

Did Loki really bring a constellation?

Before he could admire, Hans felt a chill run down his spine.

Blue eyes could be seen in the darkness.

From translucent ghosts to zombies with decaying skin, all sorts of undead were gathered in the empty clearing.

“…My god.”

Hans took a step back.

Countless specters lined the forest.

‘Specters of the Underworld!’

Did they crawl out of the ground?

Hans, knowing their habit of attacking the living, hurriedly opened his mouth to Loki.

“Loki, th, there are specters here-!”

“Has everyone been well?”

Hans paused.

When he turned his head, the specters were kneeling and bowing their heads.

Hans’ eyes widened.

What, what’s going on?

Could it be…

“There is something I need you to do.”

All of them…

“I want you to hunt down the beasts that oppose me.”

Are they Loki’s army?

At Loki’s words, the specters rose from their seats and drew their weapons.

「Following the orders of the Constellation of the End.」

The Demon King Kalib stood tall in front.

「We will hunt the beasts!」

“Good.”

Loki spat out a word.

“Go.”

「Kkyaaaaaaak!」

The specters passed Loki and began running into the forest.

Loki also turned around.

Jet-black armor covered his entire body.

Wearing a goat skull helmet, armored in the form of the Constellation of the End.

Kelpeul Territory.

He moved towards the nest of the werewolves.

***

“Kkaaaaaaak!”

Screams echoed in Kelpeul.

“Hi, hide here!”

Werewolves broke down doors and windows, entering every house.

“Ugh! Ru, run away! Honey!”

The man raised a torch and swung it. In the man’s hand was a silver candlestick.

The werewolf flinched at the sight of the torch.

Instinctively keeping its distance, fearing fire and silver.

The man shouted to his wife and young son behind him.

“Everyone, run away!”

“Bu, but I can’t see!”

The woman holding the lantern shouted.

As the light of the night faded, they couldn’t see anything beyond what was right in front of them.

In comparison, the werewolves’ movements were unhindered.

Even if they ran, they would surely be caught.

“Shut up and run!”

But the man knew very well that if they stayed still, they would all be done for.

He wanted at least one member of his family to survive.

Eventually, the mother and son slipped out the back door.

“Di, did they leave?!”

When the man turned around, the werewolf pounced on him, knocking him down.

The mother and son ran away with the lantern.

But because they couldn’t see, they reached a dead end in the alley.

From behind, they could hear the eerie howling of beasts.

Eventually, the woman hid her son in a pile of trash.

“Mo, Mom…?”

“It’s, it’s okay. I’ll be back to get you soon-.”

「Yo, you.」

The woman turned her head at the familiar voice.

She hurriedly raised the lantern.

Then, in front of the faint light, a werewolf was standing close enough to touch.

The woman felt breathless.

Sensing death, she closed her eyes.

「Honey….」

But the closed eyes slowly opened.

Because of the all too familiar voice.

From the mouth of the half-human, half-beast monster in front of her, she heard her husband’s voice.

“I, is that you?!”

Su, surely… in that short time, her husband had turned into a monster!

「Hey, you, newbie.」

The woman paused.

She quickly turned the lantern to the side.

There, another werewolf was standing.

That werewolf was grabbing the monster husband by the scruff of the neck and shaking him.

「Turn your family into our kind.」

“……!”

「N, no. Honey, run away!」

The husband resisted.

The werewolf curled up its lips.

「Huh, newbie, your words and actions are different?」

The woman felt it.

His words and actions were truly different.

The monster husband was grabbing the woman’s body.

Sharp claws dug into her back, preventing her from escaping.

And it opened its large maw.

As if to swallow his wife whole.

Tears welled up in the woman’s eyes.

Terror washed over her.

The werewolf watching the scene from the side bitterly raised the corners of its mouth.

‘Good.’

They had been satisfying a long-starved hunger.

All thanks to Lord Kelpeul’s wife.

‘Yes, thanks to her, we can devour.’

They chewed on meat and drank blood.

But only to the extent that the opponent didn’t die. After that, they tore at their necks and injected their blood into their necks.

The moment the werewolf’s teeth and blood mixed and penetrated the human body, the human body underwent mutation.

The body tore, fur grew, and the shape of the skull changed.

That’s how they became the same kind.

‘Once you become a werewolf, it’s hard to stop the thirst.’

The newbie in front of them would eventually shed tears of blood and harm his family.

No, it wasn’t harming them.

This was salvation.

Salvation to abandon the weak body and gain a new body!

If they had the ability to see through this night, what would there be to fear!

「Now, hurry up and make our kind!」

「Sorry, honey. I’m….」

The werewolf’s teeth headed for the woman’s neck.

「Hungry.」

At that moment, its head was pierced by a golden spear.

「What?」

The werewolf, who had been looking at the newbie, raised its head.

Looking up at the sky, but there was nothing there.

On the contrary, there was a being wearing jet-black armor sitting on the descending spear shaft.