Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 231

231. Player Who Became a Constellation – Episode 231

Sun? Sky?

Loki looked up at the sky.

The scorching sunlight.

‘This isn’t a normal sun.’

Was this the reason the sun wasn’t setting?

Could a simple possession by an angel prevent the sun from setting?

‘No, a Constellation’s power isn’t that strong.’

Gaia, the goddess of the earth, borrowed the power of the World Tree to spread the plague, but even spreading the pollen of that plague required the power of Mekrius, the Constellation of the Wind.

As there are limits to how a Constellation can wield power, it was clear that he was ‘nearby.’

‘Where could he be?’

Loki stood on the ground and executed a search spell.

「The reason I came here is to establish a truce between Asgard and our Elysion.」

Searching his surroundings, Loki expressed his displeasure.

“A truce? What a load of nonsense.”

They stirred up the continent as they pleased, and now that Constellations are dying off one by one, they want a truce?

The fallen Constellations must be feeling anxious.

To come all the way here to propose a truce like this.

「This is necessary for us and for you as well.」

“What are you talking about?”

「To be honest, we need time. Time to stop you… If we don’t unite, we’ll be killed by you one by one.」

Loki looked surprised at Therios’s words.

This guy was different from the Constellations he had met so far.

If other Constellations had heard Therios’s statement, they would have denied it and lashed out.

「We need to prepare to stop you.」

But he was so openly appealing to their weakness.

“You’re honest.”

Loki smiled slyly.

“That sounds like a good opportunity to hunt you down right now.”

Therios shook his head.

「No, that would be problematic. Especially for you, it would cause even bigger problems.」

Therios looked at Loki and continued.

「Everyone except you will face death.」

“……”

「Clearly, as I said before, we both need time. You need to take care of the humans who follow you, don’t you?」

There was conviction in Therios’s face as he said those words.

「No matter how much power you have to eliminate disasters, that only applies when you directly exercise your authority.」

It was a weapon imbued with the power of a Constellation. Only certain individuals could use it.

Therios took a deep breath and continued.

「If you indiscriminately hunt us down, this world will be so damaged that it cannot be regenerated. Then humans will harbor distrust. The solidarity of your worshipers will also be bound to crack.」

“……”

That was true.

If the continent wasn’t stabilized now, other kingdoms could turn their backs at any moment.

Humans were threatened with survival due to extreme disasters.

The disasters were added too quickly for them to adapt to the environment.

Even if Loki could eliminate the disasters, he had to do it himself.

In the end, the work would increase, and the people who could solve it were limited, so the solution would be delayed, and the more that happened, the more distrust humans would harbor.

Even small noises, when gathered together, become terrible noise.

If things continued like this, the balance of power that had barely been achieved could shift to Elysion’s side.

“Hmm…. A truce.”

「Yes, I propose a 10-year truce.」

“……”

「It’s short, but it should be enough.」

Was it because they were Constellations? They showed differences in their sense of time.

That much time would be enough to stabilize the continent and build the strength to strike down the fallen Constellations.

And… humans would be able to take a very short ‘break’.

‘But the fact that they’re asking for that much time means….’

That much time would be enough to gain the power to kill him.

Loki rested his chin on his hand.

Honestly… he didn’t care about the minor sacrifices of the humans on the continent.

However, if the aftermath affected Asgard, those who followed him would be harmed.

‘…That would be a headache.’

This wasn’t a bad condition for Loki.

He also felt it while facing Gaia and Mekrius.

The more opponents there were, the more difficult it became.

‘But, even if I give them time, can they unite?’

Loki recalled the Constellations he had met so far.

‘Impossible.’

Even if they united, there would only be three or more of them.

Conversely, Loki would be able to hunt them down with Constellation-level monsters.

“I refuse.”

The angel possessed by Therios contorted his face.

The body, unable to withstand the power of the Constellation, began to burn and collapse little by little.

「…Hmph, in the end, you’re just a Constellation. Too arrogant! If you kill the Constellations, this world will be destroyed….」

“The world didn’t collapse during the Holy War with the old Zeus. What do you think the reason is?”

「…That’s because Zeus couldn’t kill us….」

Zeus couldn’t kill them because he was worried that the world would collapse.

But the current Constellation of the End was different.

He had the power to kill his opponents, and he didn’t hesitate.

“Then I can just capture you without killing you.”

Therios’s clone stopped, surprised, and froze.

「…Do you think that’s possible?」

“It’s not impossible.”

Loki curled up the corners of his lips.

The angels flinched and stepped back at that eerie smile.

“We have Kanus. You guys captured him and threw him into the underworld, chaining him up.”

「You, don’t tell me….」

“If Kanus can be sealed because he can’t move, then the same goes for other Constellations.”

「Do you think that seal will last forever? We can break free at any time!」

“You will break free. But you can be captured temporarily.”

There’s no need to kill all the Constellations.

“I’ll capture and collect them one by one.”

Therios trembled with a creepy feeling.

“Every time I restore stability to the world, I’ll kill one of you, taking away its power to restore stability.”

He wasn’t just arrogant.

It wasn’t just bluff or bluster.

He was confident that he could win against the Constellations.

The fact that he had killed five Constellations proved that power.

More than anything….

“I will hunt you down and take away your authorities.”

He was treating the existence of Constellations as mere prey.

「Think again! You and we…!」

Loki swung his spear, and the head of the angel possessed by Therios was cut off.

“Tell the Constellations.”

Loki’s expression turned cold.

And he turned his head, looked across the forest, and pulled his spear.

The expression of the beheaded angel also hardened at the sight.

“Preserve that body well and wait. Before that-.”

Loki pierced through the forest.

“Let’s see how much power you have.”

Loki threw his spear.

With an explosive sound, the spear pierced through the atmosphere.

***

「Damn it!」

Asgard’s beach.

Therios, who was sitting on a rock, released his possession and looked up.

He felt something huge flying from the direction he was looking at.

Therios reached out into the air.

Burning heat and light were contained in his grasp, creating a shield.

「Protect me!」

The angels guarding him nearby raised their heads at Therios’s words and lined up in front of him.

One of the angels looked at Therios and said.

「Great Constellation, what’s going on…?」

The angel, who hadn’t grasped the situation, tilted his head and belatedly felt a huge power.

By the time they each held up their shields and weapons-.

Bang-!

The bodies of dozens of angels had been pierced through.

Those in the front couldn’t even leave their shape.

Those who were at a distance to the left and right had their limbs torn off by the aftermath that burst out around them.

The golden spear collided with the shield held by Therios.

Clang-!

Therios raised his shield with both hands to block the rotating spear.

Clang-!

Soon, the spear bounced off, disappeared with a flash of light, and was reverse summoned.

Therios hurriedly stretched out his wings and flew up.

He looked at his hands as if shocked.

Shaking hands.

He didn’t expect that one blow from the Constellation of the End would be this powerful!

‘…He’s not someone who can be handled by one or two Constellations.’

He understood at once how the Constellation of the Earth and the Constellation of the Wind had been defeated.

‘Even I wouldn’t be able to do it right now.’

But…. If it was in Elysion’s sanctuary… in that place closest to the sun, things would be different.

If that was all his power, he wouldn’t be able to kill him, but he would be able to stop him.

‘I need to prepare to stop the Constellation of the End.’

He had to strengthen the solidarity of the Constellations at all costs.

‘…I’m retreating.’

Therios left the island of Asgard.

When he came, he was accompanied by many angels, but when he returned, he was alone.

Loki stood tall in the place where he had left.

He was just looking at the bodies of the angels, then looking at where Therios had disappeared.

***

Loki returned to Valhalla Palace.

Aum, who had sensed that Loki’s atmosphere was unusual, came out to greet him.

“Have you arrived?”

“Yes.”

“The sun is starting to set now.”

The sun set in the sky, quickly turning into twilight, and night came.

Although the pitch-black darkness had come, Valhalla Palace was not as dark as before.

Using Mercury’s weapon, the area around Asgard’s capital had just regained its light.

“What happened?”

“I just hunted down a swarm of flies that came looking for me.”

“I see.”

Aum didn’t take it seriously. Instead, he politely spoke to Loki.

“Constellation-nim.”

“……?”

“We have a guest.”

“A guest?”

“Do you know the 12 Heroes?”

Loki recalled a story he had heard before.

The father of Serrot, the heroes who destroyed the Demon King Kalib and the Hannes Empire. Wasn’t that what they were called?

Aum stepped back and pointed to the entrance of Valhalla Palace.

There was an old woman holding a staff.

A wrinkled face, a magician with blonde hair and blue eyes.

“One of the survivors is Raksiel.”

Loki tilted his head as if surprised.

He wondered why the hero who killed the Demon King had come to him.

The old woman, Raksiel, approached Loki, gently knelt down, and bowed her head.

“I greet the great Constellation-nim.”

“What business does one of the 12 Heroes have with me?”

“I have come to introduce my friend to the Constellation of the End-nim.”

“……?”

Raksiel took out an illustration from her bosom and held it out.

“This is the appearance of my friend that I have drawn.”

Loki’s eyes narrowed as he received the illustration.

The figure of a giant holding a burning sword in a huge cave.

“…This is?”

“Surtr.”

“……”

Raksiel smiled and said.

“Please forgive my friend’s sins.”

***

Raksiel was a magician who lived in the Gargoyle Mountains in the Arond Territory of the Holy Kingdom.

A few years ago, she made a friend, and he was not a human being.

A giant of flames that burns everything around him.

Surtr.

He was her friend.

In Valhalla Palace, Raksiel gently knelt down and bowed her head.

Loki, who was on the throne, stroked his chin as he looked at Raksiel.

“Surtr sent you?”

“No. I came myself.”

“The reason?”

“To give him freedom.”

“……”

“He is afraid of the Constellation of the End-nim. So he lives hidden in a cave. I feel so sorry for him, and I hope that the Constellation of the End-nim will have mercy on him.”

“…A friend… You know that I’m looking for Surtr to hunt him down?”

“Of course.”

Raksiel gently raised her head and looked at Loki with a kind smile.

“It’s contradictory that you’re telling me his location, isn’t it?”

“Normally, I would have hidden him very carefully. But I thought there would be no chance unless it was now.”

“A chance?”

“A chance for him to be forgiven.”

“…What do you mean?”

“I heard that Asgard is preparing for a holy war with the fallen Constellations.”

“……”

“I apologize for saying this, but it will be too much for the Constellation of the End to face them all.”

That was true. But it wasn’t impossible.

“If it’s a giant who can fight on equal terms with those fallen Constellations, it will be a great help to the Constellation-nim.”

“I see. A chance….”

He’s saying that he’ll participate in the subjugation of the fallen Constellations, so forgive Surtr.

“Can’t I abandon Surtr after I subjugate the fallen Constellations?”

Betrayal is common on the continent.

The more powerful a person is, the more rulers try to suppress or eliminate them.

Even loyal subjects are treated that way, so it was obvious what would happen to traitors.

Raksiel smiled at those words.

“I don’t think the Constellation-nim would do that.”

“The reason?”

“You actually cherish them, don’t you?”

“……”

“I know that one ice giant was also captured in the capital of the Holy Kingdom. If it was the Constellation-nim, you could have purged all those giants, but you didn’t.”

“I gave them a punishment.”

“I think that they are receiving that punishment, and there is also a chance to forgive them.”

Trimm was sealed on the mountain range, and Surtr was hiding in a cave.

He was saying to give them another chance.

“I don’t have much life left.”

Raksiel knew that her life was coming to an end.

It wasn’t that someone was after her life or that she had contracted a disease.

It was a matter of lifespan.

“This old woman has no family or disciples. Therefore, my only friend has become my precious family. For me, if there is any regret, it is only one-.”

Raksiel bowed her head and said to Loki as if wishing.

“That my friend goes out into the world. Please forgive and take in that foolish friend.”

Raksiel bowed her head and earnestly asked.

Loki looked down at Raksiel and opened his mouth.

“Surtr. Where is he?”

“He is in the Gargoyle Mountains in the Arond Territory of the Holy Kingdom.”

“…Go back. I’ll think about it.”

At Loki’s words, Raksiel smiled and stood up.

She bowed her head once and stepped back.

‘Surtr….’

It was when Loki was pondering.

The door to the Great Hall opened, and an uninvited guest arrived.

“Wait a minute, please!”

“Even if it’s His Majesty the Emperor, this is rude!”

A man being stopped by Nord warriors.

“It’s been a while! My friend!”

An unexpected guest.

Karma Crohn.

It was him.