Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 227

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“Wow…. He’s really strong. Don’t you think?”

The Cyclopes kept their mouths shut at Karen’s admiring words.

They felt it was a miracle that they had survived, even though they had picked a fight with such beings.

‘…Let’s not pick fights from now on.’

Otherwise, they would surely die.

It seemed better to obediently follow the given orders.

Honestly, life was much more satisfying now than when they were in the Wailing Valley.

It was better to eat freshly slaughtered livestock than to chew on the corpses of dead spirits.

“Huh?”

Karen’s ears perked up.

She turned her head to the side.

The blue earth stretched out in the distance.

The dense thickets began to dry up.

The trees staggered.

The land dried up and cracked.

“Wow….”

As the Constellation of the Earth died, its influence spread throughout the continent.

***

“Hhh-!”

Kudan felt suffocated.

Turning his gaze, he saw a wooden thorn piercing his chest, sticking out like a stake.

A fragment from the exploding World Tree must have pierced him.

‘Damn it, this hurts like hell!’

Kudan raised Mjolnir [Thor’s hammer] and shattered the wooden thorn sticking out of his chest.

His body collapsed to the ground.

The sound of splashing seawater.

The water, which had risen to his knees, splashed and seeped into his wound.

“It hurts…. Ugh.”

Kudan lifted his head.

The ruined Kaprik Territory.

‘This… the goal was to rescue the territory citizens and recapture the territory….’

It seemed this territory was no longer usable.

It would probably take a considerable amount of time to restore it.

Kudan fiddled with his waist.

‘Let’s see, a potion… huh?’

Kudan looked around when he couldn’t find the potion on his waist.

The shattered potion was seeping into the seawater.

“Aaaargh!? The potion is gone?!”

This was truly dangerous.

“Ugh… damn it. I’m not really going to die, am I?”

Even though his life was on the line, Kudan reacted nonchalantly.

He forced his heavy body to rise.

Then, he took a deep breath and shouted at the top of his lungs.

“…Cancun! Where are you?!”

The outskirts of the submerged Kaprik Territory.

Kudan’s cry echoed among the collapsed building debris.

In response, one of the buildings stirred, and Cancun appeared, lifting the debris and throwing it far away.

“Hoo….”

“Oh! You’re alive.”

“Yes… I thought I was going to die… S, Uncle! A wound on your chest!”

Cancun, who had dusted off his dirt-covered clothes, turned pale when he discovered Kudan with a gaping hole in his chest.

“Ah, do you have any potions to spare?”

“How can you be so carefree!?”

“…I’m not dead yet.”

“You’re dying! Both you and Berserker need to take better care of yourselves!”

Cancun quickly approached Kudan and sprayed the potions he had.

Kudan scratched his head, feeling embarrassed for no reason.

“Oh, I will. Sorry.”

Cancun sighed. Even so, he turned his gaze towards Sharin, who was buried under the rubble with him.

Sharin seemed to have lost her strength, as she was sitting in the spot where Cancun had emerged.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes? Ah….”

Sharin looked down at her hands.

Scratched wounds.

Among those wounds, tentacle-like things wriggled and began to fill the wounds.

Sharin froze at the sight.

‘Worm Pest.’

It was returning Sharin’s body to normal.

“Yes….”

…I’m not alright.

Sharin wanted to cry.

It was the same with the Constellation of the Sea, but the battles of the Constellations were different from ordinary wars.

In their battles, they were nothing more than mere insects.

‘I want to go home.’

Let’s just say that the Worm Pest was planted in her heart, and she became an Einherjar [a warrior who has died in battle and been brought to Valhalla as one of Odin’s chosen champions]. Still… an insect is just an insect.

‘Ah… let’s not blame myself too much! I can do it!’

Sharin rose from her seat with tears in her eyes.

Cancun, Kudan, and Sharin moved their steps and soon found Loki.

They knelt and bowed their heads when they saw Loki.

“Hoo….”

Loki sat on a nearby rock.

‘I’m tired.’

He had faced two Constellations at the same time.

If it weren’t for the Constellations’ weapons, it would have been quite dangerous.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

It was the first time he had experienced the cooperative attack of Constellations.

Until now, he had thought that even if they formed an alliance, it would only be to unite the human armies.

He never imagined that Constellations would band together and attack.

‘That means they’re just as anxious.’

What will happen next?

Will they unite in threes?

Or fours?

It might be more than that.

Even among the Constellation-level beings in Asgard, there were only himself, Helga, Urgart, and Kanus.

They might not be able to stop the other Constellations.

‘…I need to come up with a way.’

Loki looked at Kudan and his group.

“Is everyone safe?”

“Yes… it’s all thanks to you, Loki.”

Kudan bowed his head even further.

“Thank you for coming in person for the sake of a lowly being, Constellation.”

Loki looked at Kudan with a bitter expression.

The purpose of recapturing Kaprik Territory was nothing but destruction.

Also, with the deaths of the Constellation of the Wind and the Constellation of the Earth, chaos would begin again on the continent.

Loki turned his head and looked at the corpses of the Constellation of the Earth and the Constellation of the Wind.

If he brought those to Kanus and Urgart, they would make weapons out of them.

‘I want to return… but first.’

Loki let out a hollow laugh.

“Let’s rest a bit.”

It was a truly difficult battlefield.

Everyone agreed with Loki’s words.

***

“Ooh!”

One of the Berserker warriors picked up a fruit floating in the floodwaters.

A dried-up fruit.

It was a fruit that had fallen from the World Tree.

“The Drashard Kingdom mercenaries were eating it so deliciously. I wonder what it tastes like?”

“Stop it. That’s made of people as nutrients.”

“Ah… is that so?”

The Berserker warriors threw the fruit away with a disgusted expression.

Then, they moved a rock and placed it on top of the submerged Kaprik Territory.

It was the spot where they would make a bonfire.

“…Kaprik Territory… ?”

“My hometown… ?”

Loki, who was sitting in front of the bonfire, turned his head.

The citizens of Kaprik Territory.

They were the ones who had escaped on the Asgardian warship and returned.

They had expressions of despair.

At that moment, the Shaman approached Loki.

He smacked his lips, feeling disappointed that he had done nothing.

“Master.”

“……?”

“The Ronia army has arrived.”

Loki saw the Ronia army entering through the destroyed buildings of the territory.

They were scanning the surroundings with blank expressions.

“…I knew the battles of the Constellations were no joke….”

“To think that an entire territory would be devastated….”

The commander in charge of the Ronia army approached Loki, knelt, and bowed his head.

“It is an honor to meet the great Constellation. I am….”

“That’s enough.”

“Yes?”

The Ronia general, who was about to introduce himself, paused and looked at Loki.

“If you have time to talk to me, take care of those people. We don’t have any relief supplies.”

Loki pointed to where the Kaprik Territory citizens were.

“There are also territory citizens who couldn’t evacuate in various parts of the city. They must have been seriously injured if they were caught up in the battlefield. Make their rescue your top priority. We want to help too, but….”

Loki shrugged his shoulders.

“I think I need to rest a bit. Besides, it will be difficult to move around when night comes soon.”

When night came, Loki could illuminate the surroundings with Mercury’s weapon.

But Loki, who needed to use his strength, wanted to rest.

“Ah, I understand.”

The Ronia general nodded.

Originally, it was the territory they should have recaptured.

But looking at the state of the ruined Kaprik Territory, it was clear that they would have died like insects even if they were there.

All they could do now was to save and care for the Kaprik Territory citizens as much as possible.

The Ronia army moved busily.

Before long, night came.

Darkness fell, and bonfires were lit around the area.

“Alright, let’s eat!”

The refugees and the Berserker warriors took their food.

Supplies brought by the Ronia army.

The amount was meager, but the Asgardian army filled the 부족한 [insufficient] parts.

The warriors hunted animals in the surrounding forests.

The navy also caught fish with nets and enjoyed freshly caught fish dishes.

The Nord warriors cheered.

They danced and sang in front of the bonfire.

In response, people clapped their hands to the beat.

The Ronia army and the territory citizens looked at them with different eyes.

Some were surprised. Some frowned.

It was natural.

The territory citizens were worried about their future.

The houses were gone, and there were no jobs.

The ordinary life was completely ruined. Now they might have to live as refugees, begging for each day.

Besides, the continent was now… a time of chaos.

You can’t move at night, the sea is a series of disasters, and the land may crack again at any time, and the undead may crawl out.

What’s more? This time, two Constellations have died, so what disaster will strike the continent again?

In such a chaotic time, the biggest question was whether they could survive.

‘But how can those people have such expressions?’

But look at them.

The Nords.

Don’t they seem like they have no worries?

How can they enjoy themselves so much in this ruin?

“Boom! Clap clap! Boom! Clap clap!”

The Nord warriors moved 흥미롭게 [interestingly], making mouth sounds.

Someone had secretly brought a lute and was playing the instrument.

“Come on, eat a lot! If you don’t have enough, you can hunt again!”

They also shared food.

The territory citizens, who had refused the World Tree fruit and had been starving for days, swallowed hard as they received the food.

The eyes of those who had been looking at them unpleasantly gradually softened.

Before they knew it, they were 감화되어 [influenced] by their pleasantness and exhilaration, and they couldn’t help but laugh.

In the end, the Kaprik Territory citizens also forgot their worries for a while, clapped their hands, and enjoyed the little fun of the moment.

“Hoo….”

Cancun was relieved to see those Kaprik Territory citizens.

Until before sunset, everyone had lost hope and showed dead eyes, but now the atmosphere seemed to have regained some hope.

Cancun held the shining holy sword and helped them to rest.

And with one hand, he placed large pieces of meat on a plate and approached Loki.

“Loki. Here….”

Loki was staring blankly at the sky.

“Loki?”

“…Ah, thank you.”

Loki lowered his head and took one of the pieces of meat that Cancun offered.

“What are you looking at so intently?”

“…I was looking at the moon and the stars.”

“Ah, is that so?”

Cancun sat right next to Loki.

Then, he also chewed on a large piece of meat and looked up at the sky.

Shining stars and the moon can be seen.

“Wow! It’s beautiful! How long has it been since I’ve seen the stars…!”

“…….”

“Huh?”

Cancun tilted his head while chewing on the meat and looking at the sky.

He felt awkward about what he had said.

It felt somewhat contradictory.

“Huh?”

But Cancun didn’t realize what was different.

“Cancun.”

“Yes?”

“Turn off the light of the holy sword.”

“……?”

Cancun tilted his head and turned off the light emanating from the holy sword.

Then the surroundings darkened.

Only the bonfire dimly illuminated the surroundings in the deep darkness.

“Huh?”

In an instant, Cancun’s eyes widened.

Not only Cancun.

Not only the Berserker warriors who were enjoying the victory.

The Ronia army and the territory citizens were the same.

They looked at the bonfire with surprised eyes.

Soon, they looked at the sky.

The clouds that had covered the moonlight disappeared, and bright light came down.

The blessing of the moon brightly illuminates the surroundings.

The territory citizens, who were넋이 나간 [넋이 나간 (neoksi nagan) -넋 (neok) means soul and 이 (i) is a particle. 나간 (nagan) means gone. So, 넋이 나간 (neoksi nagan) means someone’s soul is gone. It is used when someone is so shocked or surprised that they are in a daze.] by the sight, opened their mouths.

“At night….”

“The light….”

Cancun shouted in surprise.

“…It’s back!”