Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 226

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“…Monster.”

Gaian was inside the roots of the World Tree.

She stared directly at the Constellation of the End through the World Tree’s bark.

He truly was a monster.

Even after becoming one with the World Tree and being strengthened by sacrificing tens of thousands of people, each of his attacks was terrifyingly powerful.

‘I understand why the Constellations were defeated.’

They must have thought they could defeat the Constellation of the End.

But they all lost.

Even in environments and situations advantageous to them.

The Constellation of the Sea was drowned in the sea.

The Constellation of Light was killed even with his followers deployed.

The Constellation of Death met eternal silence in his own domain, the Underworld.

Just looking at this, it was clear he was more than just a monster.

To kill him, humility and cooperation with other Constellations were necessary.

‘Right, if it weren’t for Mekrius, I would be…’

If she hadn’t teamed up with Mekrius, she might have been killed by the Constellation of the End long ago.

But now, she could eliminate the being that threatened her.

‘If the Constellation of the End dies, the war of the Constellations will begin in earnest.’

A war of those who want to possess this world.

Destruction would occur.

‘If Mekrius and I work together, we can win!’

Gaian smiled and launched her final attack at the Constellation of the End.

Now, the Constellation of the End would be buried in the ground, its form disappearing.

Bang!

The hand slammed down.

A sensation was felt at the fingertips.

Squish!

But it was a truly bizarre feeling.

「What?」

Kwaaaaaa!

‘Water?’

Before the World Tree’s fist hit the ground, a large amount of water surged up, cushioning the impact.

‘No, this is…?’

Gaian’s vision spun.

As the water spread in all directions and touched the tree roots, Gaian felt a burning pain.

It wasn’t ordinary water.

Water filled with dense salinity.

Seawater?

Gaian covered her mouth.

A wave of nausea washed over her.

This strange energy.

It was definitely the power of that unlucky Constellation of the Sea, Kalib.

Gaian felt chills.

She didn’t feel ‘his end’ from the descending fist.

‘More strength.’

Tree vines gathered on the descending fist.

Weight and mass were further added, making its power even stronger.

「Die!」

Bang!

The ground split.

The center of the Kaprik Territory collapsed, and the surrounding terrain surged as a reaction.

With this strike, he would die.

‘Huh?’

At that moment, she sensed a strange presence behind the World Tree’s head.

Gaian moved the World Tree.

Slowly lifting its head, she saw the being captured in her vision.

A blue gauntlet.

A cloak with black haze flowing out.

A being holding a shield scattering light dust, emitting wings of light.

‘Constellation of the End.’

The energy of the Constellations felt from him.

The Constellation of the Sea.

The Constellation of Light.

And the Constellation of Death.

The eerie feeling of those energies coalescing. Gaian’s face turned pale.

He was alone, but.

He possessed the ‘Authority’ of the Constellations.

***

This doesn’t make sense.

How could such a thing be possible!

Gaian stared at the artifacts Loki held.

The gauntlet with blue energy flowing in both hands.

The cloak with black haze fluttering on his back.

The shield in his hand and the wings of light extending from his back.

The Constellation of the Sea, Kalib.

The Constellation of Death, Natos.

The Constellation of Light, Mercury.

The energy of these beings was contained in the artifacts.

‘…Artifacts?’

Is that possible?

‘Is Kanus behind this!’

From the moment the Constellation of the End appeared instead of Natos at the place where the boundary of the Underworld was broken, she could tell.

Even the Constellation of Death had met eternal silence.

Kanus must have taken him from the Underworld at that time.

‘But even Kanus shouldn’t be able to put the Authority of the Constellations into them!’

But she didn’t know.

The existence of another being, the giant Urgart.

Gaian felt chills.

Artifacts containing the energy of the Constellations.

It was as if they had created ‘replacements’ for themselves.

As if they were defined as beings no longer needed in the world.

‘Does he have something else we don’t know about!’

Gaian gritted her teeth.

Even though the fallen Constellations were attacking Asgard intensively, it was just individual combat.

But from now on, things would have to change.

The one in front of her was not a simple Constellation.

He was the blade of revenge left by Azelan to kill them.

As the prophecy foretold, he was clearly the Constellation who would destroy the world and create a new one.

He wouldn’t care about the chaos that would occur after they died.

「Mekrius!」

At Gaian’s cry, Mekrius, who had been flying in the sky, blankly staring at Loki, looked at Gaian.

He also seemed unable to believe his eyes.

Well, it must have been shocking. All the dead Constellations had become toys of the Constellation of the End.

「He is dangerous!」

「……!」

「If we leave him alone, we will not simply face death, but become his toys!」

In their eyes, those objects looked like the corpses of the Constellations themselves.

It was truly cruel.

「If we don’t kill him, we will die!」

Death.

That word weighed heavily on the hearts of Mekrius and Gaian.

‘Using the Constellations’ artifacts consumes too much magic power.’

Loki took a deep breath.

‘I’ve taken too much damage.’

Loki felt dizzy.

He had cushioned the impact as much as possible with the Constellations’ artifacts and barely avoided Gaian’s attack.

‘The damage taken is considerable.’

Loki took out a potion from his inventory and threw it. Fenrir and Jormungandr came out of his armor and crushed and absorbed the potion.

The current state of the Kaprik Territory was also a mess.

Most of the ground in the center of the Kaprik Territory was crushed by Gaian’s attack, and the surrounding streets had long been devastated.

What happened to Kudan and Cancun, Sharin and the Berserker warriors?

He didn’t know.

They weren’t the type to die so easily, so they would try to leave the Kaprik Territory somehow.

Loki’s gaze turned.

Asgard’s warships could be seen moving from the harbor.

Judging from the sound of the horn, they must have already evacuated those who could be evacuated from the Kaprik Territory.

There might be some left, but it couldn’t be helped.

If luck was on their side, they would survive, or they would be killed by Gaian or himself.

His gaze turned towards the outer wall.

The Cyclops were sitting blankly on the outer wall.

Above the heads of those Cyclops, Karen was swinging her legs and watching.

Huh, is she observing?

Well, at that distance, the Cyclops could protect Karen properly.

‘I have to end this before my stamina runs out.’

Dark red energy emanated from Loki’s body.

He raised the fist gripping the gauntlet.

Accordingly, the sea near the harbor surged.

“You.”

Loki looked at Gaian and sneered.

“Take a bath. You smell musty.”

Gaian stared blankly at him, distorting the bark of the World Tree.

「Die!」

Just as Gaian’s fist was about to unfold and cover Loki again, an anomaly occurred in the sea.

Gaian stopped in surprise and looked back, watching a huge tsunami approaching.

「Is that Kalib’s Authority!」

「I will help! Sister!」

Gaian retracted the fist she had extended towards Loki and swung it towards the tsunami.

Bang!

The tsunami split to the left and right by Gaian’s fist.

Mekrius swung his twin swords.

The blades of wind struck the tsunami, shattering it into small pieces and dispersing its power.

The tsunami collided with Gaian, but it had already collapsed, so it didn’t cause much damage.

But-.

「Kaaaaa!」

The seawater that had already entered spread throughout the Kaprik Territory, beginning to flood it.

Each time, Gaian felt her roots shriveling and crumbling.

「Sister!」

It was when Mekrius looked at Gaian.

He felt an eerie presence from behind.

Glittering eyes.

Loki, clad in jet-black armor, swung Gungnir [Odin’s spear].

「……!」

Mekrius quickly turned around and blocked the spear with his twin swords.

He spread his wings and used the wind to fly quickly, escaping from Loki.

Loki spread his wings of light.

In an instant, the atmosphere split, and Loki’s figure reached right in front of Mekrius.

「What… are you….」

Faster than… me?

It was bound to be shocking for Mekrius.

“Mercury was even faster than you.”

Gungnir pierced Mekrius’s lower abdomen.

「Cough!」

Loki’s figure disappeared. It flashed and cut Mekrius’s back.

His figure disappeared and reappeared, cutting off Mekrius’s arms and legs.

“Compared to him, you don’t even reach his toes.”

Loki soared.

He rotated his body and fell towards Mekrius, plunging Gungnir into the crown of his head.

Thud!

「Me, Mekrius!」

Gaian screamed at the sight of her brother being skewered.

Loki swung Gungnir, and Mekrius, whose crown had been pierced, fell from the sky.

The wind raged around him, and a powerful gale began to blow in the sky.

The chaos occurring throughout the continent.

It was a signal that the Constellation of Wind had died.

「Th, this monster.」

Gaian stepped back, lost her balance, and fell backward.

Bang!

The Kaprik Territory shattered, unable to withstand her weight.

「……!」

It was the Kaprik Territory flooded with seawater full of salinity.

The roots of the World Tree, which had a great appetite and absorbed everything it touched, sucked in that seawater, and the roots quickly withered and died.

In the end, the roots of the World Tree could not withstand the huge body.

Loki looked down at such Gaian.

Loki swung Gungnir.

Jet-black flames struck the head of the World Tree.

The bark of the World Tree split.

The flames spread through the gap.

「Kaaaaa!」

Branches and leaves burned, pollen combusted, scattering embers everywhere.

The giant humanoid tree blazed.

***

Crack!

The area near the roots of the World Tree split.

「Cough!」

A wrinkled old woman fell from there.

Splash!

Her body was soaked in the flooded seawater.

‘Ah….’

She staggered and struggled to stand up.

She looked at her hands.

Wrinkled hands.

‘My, beautiful appearance…!’

The old woman, Gaian, gritted her teeth.

It was a side effect of linking and supplying all the power and nutrients from the World Tree.

But it didn’t matter.

As long as she could get out alive, she could regain her youth by using humans as nutrients and even grow the World Tree again.

Gaian extended both hands to the roots of the World Tree.

In response to her touch, tree vines extended tree trunks and roots to her.

The sapling of the World Tree.

With this, she could accept the energy of the earth.

It was when Gaian was about to receive the sapling.

Swoosh!

Her neck flew off and fell to the ground.

The headless body staggered and fell forward, floating on the flooded seawater.

Loki looked down at such Gaian and turned his gaze.

He tilted his head, looking at the sapling extended by the roots of the World Tree.

“What is this?”

Loki grabbed the sapling.

Accordingly, the earth trembled.