Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 237

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Player Who Became a Constellation – Episode 237

Saint Emperor Paldis was placed on the pyre.

“It’s Saint Emperor Paldis!”

“Die! Die!”

Everyone craved his death.

However, Paldis looked down at them with a confident attitude.

‘How foolish these humans are!

I am immortal. Do you think I would be afraid of inferior humans like you?!

Even in the face of death, I am dignified!’

“Execute the burning!”

Lord Arond says.

Beside him stood the Constellation of the End and a witch disguised as a saintess who followed him.

A torch is thrown.

Saint Emperor Paldis’s body bursts into flames.

But—.

“M-My God!”

“He’s not burning!?”

Saint Emperor Paldis was unharmed.

He spread his hands.

“I am immortal. And an absolute being who has risen to the ranks of the Constellations!”

He smiles.

It was then.

Bang-!

The buildings of Arond Territory exploded.

“Rescue His Majesty the Saint Emperor!”

“Your Majesty the Saint Emperor!”

The Black Inquisitors surged forward.

Numerous heretics died.

“Your Majesty the Saint Emperor!”

“Your Majesty the Saint Emperor!”

The Black Inquisitors shouted, raising their weapons.

The Constellation of the End and the witch, frightened, looked up at him.

The Constellation of the End opened his mouth.

“Hey.”

Instantly, cracks began to appear in the background.

“Wake up, Paldis.”

The world crumbled into pieces.

Paldis woke up from his dream.

“Ah… Aah…?”

Paldis stared blankly at the ceiling.

‘Where is this? Until a moment ago, I was… I was… definitely alive…?’

“Looks like you had a sweet dream.”

A weighty voice flowed into his mind, as if imprinted there.

At those words, Paldis felt as if his breath had stopped.

His gaze slowly turned.

The Constellation of the End stood before him.

‘Again, again…! Let me… let me dream!’

It is so painful.

He once again realized the reality.

The Cronian Princess had committed all sorts of tortures.

Not only his limbs, but also his ears, tongue, and eyes were cut out.

Although they slowly regenerated, it was enough to break his will to escape the prison.

Paldis wanted to scream. But he couldn’t.

Because the Cronian Princess would torture him again for making noise.

‘Why aren’t you coming to save me?!’

Paldis fell into despair, staring only at the ceiling.

‘You bastards, how dare you betray me?!’

You damn bastards!

“Ah… Aaaaaah…!”

Loki looked at Paldis and then glanced to the side.

Sharin, who was next to him, flinched in surprise and cowered.

“…You’re in quite a state.”

“W-Well, you see… he was trying to escape. I tried to make it as painless as possible….”

Sharin raised her hand and pointed.

Was it because of that?

Paldis’s eyes turned to her, and he had a fit upon seeing Sharin.

“Ugh! I, I haven’t done anything yet! I didn’t do anything!”

“…Looks like you tortured him more severely than I thought.”

“…I, I really didn’t do it severely….”

“Even like that?”

Paldis foamed at the mouth and retreated, scratching the wall with his fingers.

He scratched so much that there were clear marks on the wall.

Loki looked at Sharin at that sight.

“Is that a little bit of torment?”

“Ha, haha… the Saint Emperor was originally out of his mind anyway.”

Sharin avoided Loki’s gaze.

“Step back.”

“Yes.”

Sharin stepped back and hid her presence.

As Sharin disappeared from his sight, Paldis breathed heavily and closed his mouth.

“Paldis.”

“……”

Loki summoned food from his inventory.

Precious foods appeared in his hand.

Freshly baked, large pieces of meat. Warm soup and sweet-looking bread.

Paldis stared at it with wide eyes.

“Ah… Aah….”

Food.

He had a body that didn’t usually need food, and he had tasted all kinds of sweet foods, so he wouldn’t have even glanced at these foods.

However, after being taken to Asgard, he hadn’t had a proper meal.

Instead, he had only experienced his tongue burning or melting away while drinking Pope Jaus’s drugs.

When he saw the food in front of him, he began to waver.

“You’ll have to act as bait to lure the Black Inquisitors. Then I’ll give you this food. What do you say?”

“……”

Paldis did not answer.

In effect, he had rejected Loki’s request.

The obsession with life allowed him to endure all kinds of torture.

If he abandoned them, it would be the same as denying the years he had endured with humiliation.

“It’s a shame for you, but it seems your followers are going to abandon you.”

“……!”

“Otherwise, there’s no way it would be this quiet, don’t you think?”

Inside the prison.

He doesn’t know how the outside situation is going.

Moreover, he was unable to make proper judgments because his mind had collapsed from prolonged loneliness and pain.

Above all, he was filled with all sorts of negative thoughts about his imminent end.

“You just have to say one word. Just one word.”

“……”

What kind of request is he trying to make?

He felt like he shouldn’t fall for anything.

He still believed in the Black Inquisitors, his only hope.

If they fell into a trap because of his one word, it would be over.

Loki silently stared at Paldis.

And quietly opened his mouth.

“If you say that one word, I might save you.”

“W-What?”

Paldis looked at Loki.

“That’s right.”

Loki’s red eyes smiled.

“I will not kill you. I will set you free.”

That was the devil’s smile.

“In exchange, offer up your followers.”

It was the devil’s temptation.

***

Loki came out of the prison.

In his hand was a piece of parchment.

It was a contract stating that Paldis would follow Loki.

In fact, it was just a piece of paper with no effect.

As he moved, Sharin followed behind him.

Loki handed the contract to Sharin.

“Keep this safe. It will be useful later.”

“Yes? Ah, yes….”

“Contact Asgard. Tell them to gather the army and converge on Arond.”

Sharin asked, as if curious, as she heard those words.

“Paldis surprisingly agreed.”

“That guy was cornered too. Now that only death remains, he has to struggle to live.”

“That’s true…. But, Loki-nim.”

“What is it?”

“Are you really going to save Paldis?”

The deal with Paldis.

It was obvious that the cult group would collapse with Paldis’s death.

But another cult would replace that position.

It was a realistic story, no matter how long it took.

So, if Loki could control the cult by ‘saving’ him, the deal with Paldis would be a profitable one.

Of course, there were various ways to save Paldis.

For example, building a tower and tying his limbs to live on it for the rest of his life, or, conversely, burying him completely in the ground and sealing him.

Since his mind had already collapsed, he would no longer be a dangerous being as long as he was careful of his Worm Pest.

Sharin told Loki what she was thinking.

“That’s not bad either. Imprisoning him for life.”

“Wasn’t it?”

“Yes. I guaranteed freedom.”

“Then….”

Loki said in a regretful tone.

“I have to keep my promise. Ah! That’s too bad. What can I do? I have to release him as promised.”

Loki really intended to keep his promise.

“B-But…!”

Just releasing Paldis like that?!

Sharin knew very well how hard Asgard had worked to catch him.

“However.”

“……?”

“I have no intention of stopping others from trying to kill him.”

Sharin froze.

‘He’s thinking of something again.’

Loki let out a sinister smile and walked away, and Sharin silently followed Loki.

***

A barracks in the capital of Asgard.

It was full of noise from joint training.

The vanguard was the Nord warriors, and the rear was supported by the clergy of the Holy Order.

Weapons clash.

The Nord warriors, who received treatment with prayers, attacked each other.

Amidst such chaos, Aum, who was organizing the military’s supplies, looked up at the sky.

A hawk is visible.

It was a messenger hawk.

“Hey, don’t you have anything to eat?”

At Aum’s words, a Nord warrior brought a freshly caught rabbit.

Only then did the hawk come down, and Aum reached out and received the hawk.

As he took out the letter tied to the hawk’s leg, the hawk took off.

When he threw the rabbit, it snatched it and disappeared.

“What is that?”

Per, who was accompanying Aum, asked.

“…The Constellation-nim [referring to Loki]. Looks like he’s thinking of something strange again.”

“So, he’s planning something grand again.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Aum smiled at Per and shook the letter.

“It’s a military summons. We’re going to wipe out the bugs.”

“Oho!”

“Per, form an expedition. Take Kudan with you too.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“We must also use the Nord warriors and clergy units. They will be enough force.”

Above all, Asgard has the Water of the Holy Sea, which instantly restores not only the body but also divine power.

In addition, weapons made from ore obtained from the underworld will be able to strike the Black Inquisitors with almost no damage.

“The remaining execution date is in 2 weeks. Move the expedition as much as possible until then and arrive at Arond Territory.”

***

Karma of the Cronian Empire was spaced out [distracted or lost in thought].

He had heard that Loki could eliminate the great disaster that had struck the continent.

But Karma thought that only Loki could do that.

But that was a misjudgment.

He now realized that the woman in front of him also had the same power as Loki.

“T-That’s amazing.”

The black haze that Helga wore emitted a cloak.

The magic power emanating from that cloak spread in all directions.

The spirits wandering the desert were drawn to that magic power and entered the boundary between the present world and the underworld.

The land where gold was buried, but closed off due to the spirits.

The cracked dimensional hole slowly began to close.

Karma, who was watching the scene, was impressed.

Indeed, a constellation-level monster.

No, at this point, you can just call it a constellation.

Because he has the power to control death.

‘But….’

Karma turned his head back.

Even so, he was shocked and slightly opened his mouth.

“Salad….”

Karma was jokingly showing interest in her.

But maybe he should stop playing those jokes now.

The scene unfolded before his eyes.

The land where only the sandstorms of the wasteland blew.

Green roots were growing on that land.

A blue color bloomed, and a fresh breeze carried pollen.

A prairie unfolded around a giant tree tens of meters tall.

Karma looked up at the tree that had grown to tens of meters in just a few weeks and looked at the dark elf riding on it.

‘…To create a prairie in this desert.’

The ability to turn a barren land of death into a land of abundant life.

“Sa, Salad. You are amazing! To have this kind of power!”

At Karma’s words, Salad stared blankly at Karma.

“…It’s not my ability.”

Her gaze turned, and she looked at the fresh tree she was riding on.

“It’s the ability of this tree.”

The World Tree, which had taken root while drinking the Water of the Holy Sea, was scattering the energy of life into the world.