Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 219

Player as a Constellation – Episode 219

Squeak-!

Deep in the forest, a bone-chilling cold permeated the air.

The mutated angels were running for their lives.

‘What kind of mountain is this? It’s so rough!’

The sparse, steep cliffs and the snow piled high on the ground made it impossible to distinguish the precipices. [A precipice is a very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one.]

In a place overflowing with such natural traps, the angels struggled to survive.

「Hoo! Hoo!」

‘I’m getting out of this hell!’

The opponent is a tracker.

But they gave themselves 3 minutes.

3 minutes is enough time for them, with their excellent physique, to shake off the humans.

The destination was now in sight.

The once noble faces were swollen or full of wounds.

The wings, once filled with holiness, were tattered and broken.

‘I can escape!’

Losing their wings was painful.

If they could fly, they could have escaped more surely.

Once they got out of here, they were planning to find a way to restore their bodies to their original state.

‘…But will they really keep their promise?’

Those guys were more than capable of changing their words.

If so.

‘Head towards the sea below the mountain range!’

Even the best trackers wouldn’t be able to handle the sea.

Yes, they could escape by diving!

Squeak-!

At that moment, the mutated angel, who was running away, flinched and stopped.

A chilling sensation ran down their spine.

The mutated angel looked back.

It was a quiet forest.

There was no way a human could have chased them.

That’s how it should be.

Squeak-!

The bushes rustled.

「……!」

Did they catch up so quickly!

The mutated angel hurriedly ran for their life.

-“Chase him!”

-“Don’t miss him!”

The fleeing mutated angel gradually fell into fear.

The signs of those guys are increasing one by one.

It felt like they were not just focused on chasing them, but were keeping pace and chasing them side by side.

‘They are definitely chasing me!’

But their figures, not even their shadows, could be seen.

They were very secretive, and also-

Bang-!

The bushes burst and leaves scattered.

A soldier in silver-white armor covered the mutated angel.

The drawn longsword was emitting a fierce, pure white divine power.

The sword is swung.

The mutated angel reached out to block the sword, but instinctively, the moment they faced the sword, they realized.

‘If I block it, I’ll die.’

They quickly lowered their head.

Swish-!

The longsword brushed over their head.

As a result, dozens of trees behind them were cut down and floated into the air.

‘What power…?!’

Are these guys, monsters!

「Ugh, ughaaaaak!」

The angel ran for their life.

Just a little further.

Freedom is just a matter of jumping into the sea at the end of this forest!

‘Damn it-!’

To suffer such humiliation from humans!

‘Monster bastards!’

Still, physical limitations existed.

It would be different from them, who could last for hours in the sea.

‘Freedom, for freedom-!’

If they get caught, there is no more hope.

Because they will die!

At that moment, light began to appear.

‘Ah…!’

The light of last hope that appears to be the entrance of the mountain!

‘I’m…lucky.’

Just a little further.

Then they can live-.

Thud-!

‘Huh?’

The angel’s gaze turned to their leg.

An arrow was stuck in their leg, and a chain was connected behind it.

They look at the forest.

They see those wearing silver-white armor and helmets.

They are taking a breath and aiming their arrows.

「Hiiiik-!」

That was no ordinary arrow.

The sharp blades created here gently cut the angel’s skin like paper, and the sharp arrowheads pierced and penetrated the fabric as if seeping into half-hardened mud.

And each of the arrows they shot contained heavy power.

“Shoot.”

A cold and emotionless tone.

At that, arrows poured in all at once.

The arrows that flew in like migratory birds pierced through the angel’s entire body.

「Ughaaaaak!」

The angel crawled on the floor.

At that, the presence of people was felt one by one from behind.

Their gazes, their hidden bloodlust and murderous intent, were felt.

‘I have to…escape….’

Towards the light, towards the entrance of the mountain, they reach out their hand.

But, that hope was in vain.

From behind, they pull.

‘No!’

They scratch the floor with their fingernails.

But the force they exert is even stronger.

Even if they endure until their fingernails break, they can only be dragged and cannot escape.

Only finger marks are constantly engraved on the ground.

Silver-white warriors surrounded the angel.

One by one, they draw their longswords.

“For Asgard-.”

The angel felt goosebumps.

The crazy eyes seen between the helmets.

Not normal humans!

They are-.

“For Lord Loki.”

They were berserkers. [Berserkers were Norse warriors who are primarily reported to have fought in a trance-like fury.]

‘Ah, Azelran… Father.’

The angel recited the being they had betrayed.

The longswords soared high into the sky and were thrust down towards the angel.

***

Loki was sitting on a forest dais [A raised platform in a room or hall.] wearing a crow mask.

He leaned on his greatsword and stared at the burning bonfire in front of him.

In the center, the priestess Cancun is facing Loki with a smiling face.

“Hoo….”

A white breath flows out.

His gaze gently turned towards Cancun and the back of the bonfire.

Warriors in silver-white armor walked out of the forest one by one.

In their hands, the angels they had hunted were captured.

Cancun turned around and looked at them.

The warriors lined up.

And the one who appeared to be their leader came forward and took off his helmet.

An imperial with purple hair and eyes.

Sharin Crone.

She made a fist, bumped her chest with her hand, and knelt down.

She lowered her waist and recited.

“Sharin Crone and the Einherjar.”

The warriors of Valhalla [In Norse mythology, Valhalla is a majestic hall in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin.] who move for Odin in mythology.

“Angel Hunt.”

They are now as warriors for Loki.

“Have completed the mission and returned.”

Was established in this world.

***

There was a reason why Loki was in a hurry to train the Einherjar.

Kaprik Territory.

He was planning to rescue Kudan first and then the territory residents.

Accordingly, an army was needed.

It had to be a small elite force, and they also had to have bodies that could withstand the plague to some extent.

‘Einherjar.’

As much as the Worm Pest was planted, they could withstand the plague, and if it were them, they could hold out against the army even in Kaprik Territory.

Loki looked at Cancun and Sharin Crone.

“You will go to the battlefield with me.”

“…….”

“Rescue Kudan Ragnal and rescue the Kaprik territory residents there. Annihilate all remaining enemies.”

Loki stood up from his seat.

“Sprinkled the plague in Asgard-.”

For a year, Asgard was busy blocking it on the front lines.

And by the fall of Kaprik Fortress, they gave the guys a chance to invade.

Now, it was time to start the counterattack.

“I will kill the constellation called Gaia.”

***

The young king of Ronia.

Eron Roni was racking his brains.

Suspicious movements in the Kelpel Territory.

That he didn’t notice it….

Even Loki was the one who first captured and resolved it.

As a believer who decided to serve him, he was only causing trouble instead of helping him.

He should send a suitable price for this Kelpel incident.

‘But now is not the time to worry about that.’

Kaprik Territory, the northwesternmost frontier territory of Ronia, was invaded and occupied by an unidentified group.

What first surrounded Kaprik Territory was a simple ragtag army.

The clothes and weapons were all different.

The soldiers moved separately, surrounding Kaprik Territory, as if there was no discipline and the command system was not clearly established.

It was closer to a mercenary group than an army.

Even though there were quite a few siege weapons and numbers, they were only surrounding it.

At that, Eron requested military force from the lords of each region.

At the same time as dispatching troops to defend Kaprik Territory, he requested support troops from Asgard just in case.

Kudan Ragnal led the Berserker Warriors and entered Kaprik Territory.

At that, Eron was relieved.

‘I’m relieved if it’s Kudan Ragnal.’

The great warrior of Asgard.

He was called a hero among the Norse warriors, and was in fact called the strongest warrior in Asgard.

Loki had even bestowed upon him the divine weapon Mjolnir [In Norse mythology, Mjolnir is the hammer of Thor, the Norse god associated with thunder.], so he thought that Kaprik Territory would be safe if he was there.

But Kaprik Territory was easily captured in an absurd way.

All the soldiers were infected with the plague along with an unidentified pollen.

When they couldn’t even hold a spear, Kudan Ragnal judged that battle was impossible.

While retreating the army, he remained with his subordinates and barricaded himself, becoming trapped in Kaprik Territory.

After that, the unidentified mercenary group began looting.

They broke and burned the houses of those in Kaprik Territory, stole anything that could be money, restricted the freedom of the residents, and even killed them for fun.

Eron, who could no longer stand by, tried to move his troops, but he was unable to do anything about the unidentified plague.

“Damn it.”

Eron, who was sitting on the throne, cursed and called his aide, Palm.

“Palm, when will the attack on Kaprik Territory begin?”

“Before that, there is a report to give you. A letter has just arrived from Asgard.”

“From Asgard?”

“Yes, they have expressed their intention to participate in this Kaprik Territory attack.”

“Is, is that so?”

That’s a relief….

Eron let out a sigh of relief.

“They will infiltrate Kaprik Territory and rescue the territory residents left there.”

“…We’re always in your debt.”

At Eron’s words, Palm sighed inwardly.

“Asgard will move as soon as preparations are complete, rescue the territory residents. After that…. They said they would send a signal.”

“Then at that time?”

“Yes, we will launch a full-scale attack.”

Eron nodded.

All he can do now is watch over the area around Kaprik Territory with his army.

The rest is for Asgard to give a signal, and then launch a full-scale attack in response to that signal.

‘Please, may the people be safe…. Please, protect my people. Lord Loki.’

Eron prayed earnestly to Loki.

***

“It is an honor to be with Lord Loki in this war as well.”

Naval Commander-in-Chief, Thorsen, and Shaman were selected as assistant mages.

They bowed to Loki.

Loki, Cancun, Sharin, and the Einherjar boarded the Asgardian warship.

“We will safely navigate to Kaprik Fortress. But….”

Cold sweat ran down Thorsen’s spine.

He turned his head and pointed to one place in the foggy sea.

The Asgardian warship, only one ship, expressed a bleak atmosphere.

The spirits are standing on the railing, staring intently at the living.

Thorsen swallowed hard.

“Are they joining us too?”

The Einherjar, a small elite force from Asgard, were dispatched for this occupation of Kaprik Fortress.

And the ghostly army brought from the underworld.

“Yes.”

The reason Loki chose them was simple.

“You can’t make the dead sick, right.”

It is immunity to the plague.

The dead would spread the plague, but they would never get it.

In this case, they would be a powerful weapon.

“That’s also true….”

Thorsen turned his head.

“Brother!”

It was Karen, a beastman waving her hands.

His long-lost sister was not a minotaur, but was sitting on the shoulders of one-eyed monsters with red skin, waving her hands.

“…What is that again?”

“Cyclops.” [In Greek mythology, the Cyclopes were a race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of their forehead.]

Their strength was also to be checked.