Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 249

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Is this what a Great Cataclysm is like?

Burning rocks fell endlessly from the sky, destroying buildings, while Cyclopes rampaged through the city.

Giants of fire, ice, and earth advanced, collapsing the Sanctuary’s buildings.

Angels flying in the sky were hacked to pieces, dragged to the ground by the chains thrown by barbarian warriors.

The legions of specters roamed the land,

and the Sanctuary’s followers scattered in terror amidst the debris of collapsing buildings.

Thump-! Thump-!

“Eat them all! Hahaha!”

Emperor Milanijel watched as a one-eyed giant grabbed followers and devoured them alive.

Above, a beastman emitted a mad laughter.

On one side, a giant World Tree moved its roots, waddling like a human.

Elves shot arrows from above, while Death Knights roared and overwhelmed the Imperial Army below.

“How dare… how dare…!”

Milanijel was about to charge at them with his sword when he felt a chill down his spine.

He quickly turned and swung his sword.

Clang-!

A freezing explosion erupted, and Milanijel’s body froze.

‘What…?!’

The cry he wanted to utter was blocked by the cold that constricted his muscles.

“Kuh-ugh….”

Emperor Milanijel raised his head.

An old man with white hair and closed eyes.

Holding a staff, he looked like a mage.

“Who are you?!”

“I am a shaman who serves the Constellation of the End. You little brat.”

“Li, little brat?”

How dare he call the Emperor that!

His anger flared for a moment, but Milanijel swallowed his words as he examined the shaman’s appearance.

‘Surely, this is the mage who wiped out Marquis Rohan’s cavalry….’

Milanijel recalled the news of the defeat of Marquis Rohan’s cavalry, which he had sent as the vanguard.

Then this old man before him must be the Mage Fist.

“I am Milanijel-”

“Shut up and come at me, brat.”

As the shaman flicked his fingers, Milanijel’s eye muscles twitched.

He had tried to show some respect, but… he seemed to have eaten manners with his meal, like a barbarian.

Milanijel, enraged, charged at him.

***

Clang-!

Cancun widened her eyes and raised her shield to block the incoming spear.

Her body was thrown backward.

Spreading her wings of light, she barely managed to support herself and looked at the one who had struck her.

A Constellation with three pairs of holy wings.

A goddess wearing black wings and armor.

「I am Lilic, the Constellation of Night and the Constellation of Dreams. Woman who insults Mercury! I will take your head.」

“Huh…?”

Sh, she had to fight a Constellation?!?!

Cancun quickly shouted to Kudan on the ground.

“U, Uncle! Please help me!”

“…That’s impossible.”

Kudan gripped Mjolnir [Thor’s hammer] and looked ahead.

Around a man with a frail body wearing a toga, swarms of gnats buzzed.

A centipede tens of meters long sprang from the ground and stared at Kudan.

“So you’re the bug Constellation or whatever that disturbed our army’s rest.”

Kudan paused.

He lowered his gaze.

Numerous ant swarms crawled up from under Kudan’s feet.

The gnats entered Kudan’s ears and bit at his flesh.

Some of them were venomous, causing his skin to darken and his entire body to become paralyzed.

「Inferior human, become my prey-」

Sparks flew from Kudan’s body, burning the small insects around him.

The Constellation paused.

Kudan’s body began to change.

His skin cracked, and shaggy fur grew.

The insect Constellation stared up at Kudan, frozen.

Kudan gripped Mjolnir and glared at the insect Constellation.

“Cancun. Capture the Constellations. It’s Loki’s order.”

“Re, really…? I, I don’t think that’s possible!”

“Just do it with spirit.”

“……!”

Kudan and Cancun charged at the Constellations.

***

Loki moved forward.

His armor was crushed.

Blood dripped from the cracks in his armor.

“Hoo….”

Around him were Constellations bound by chains and screaming, and the corpses of dead angels.

Loki summoned potions from his inventory and tossed them into the air, and each time, Fenrir and Jormungandr [Loki’s monstrous children] emerged from his armor, crushed the potions, and healed his body.

“…Tired.”

Gripping Gungnir [Odin’s spear, now wielded by Loki], he began to climb the tower step by step.

And at some point, no Constellations charged at him.

The angels also only watched.

“……?”

Reaching the top of the tower, he could see the Elysion Temple.

The angels who had come to greet Loki bowed their heads to him.

「We greet the great Constellation of the End.」

“You’re not going to attack?”

「Lord Therios has ordered us to escort you respectfully.」

“Then get out of the way.”

At Loki’s words, the angels stepped aside to the left and right.

Arriving at the entrance, Loki opened the door with both hands.

Creak-!

The door opened, and Therios was visible on the temple’s balcony.

Also visible to his left and right were a Constellation wearing black armor and a Constellation wielding a massive mace.

‘Three Constellations, huh.’

This is going to be… tiring again.

“Are there no other Constellations?”

「…Brothers and sisters are dying.」

“…….”

Therios looked down from the balcony at Elysion, which was being destroyed in real-time.

「A great calamity will engulf this continent.」

“That’s why I’m trying to capture them alive as much as possible. Well, I plan to quickly turn the dead ones into artifacts to deal with it.”

「…If this continues, both you and we will suffer immense damage.」

Therios turned around and looked at Loki.

「I request a truce agreement once again. No, it would be better to have a cessation of hostilities agreement.」

“……”

「I stake the names of our Constellations. We will never touch your Asgard [Home of the Norse Gods] again. No, we promise not to invade any country other than those that serve us.」

It was a tremendous concession for a Constellation with such an arrogant nature.

「It wouldn’t be bad for you either. It would take a long time to fix the chaos caused by our deaths. So…」

“No, it doesn’t take that long.”

Loki smiled.

“Because I can make replacements with your corpses and distribute them to those who follow me.”

He had already confirmed that Helga and Cancun were using that power to ward off the disaster.

If the Constellations died, there would definitely be a dark age.

But that would only be for a moment.

Humans would be able to endure it.

At least… it would be better than all of humanity living as food for the Constellations.

「You care so much for humans.」

“I just don’t like you guys who bothered me.”

At Loki’s words, Therios waved his hand in the air. A spear was summoned from his hand.

A crimson aura surrounded the pure white spear.

A brilliant golden light burst forth from behind Therios like the sun.

「Then we have no choice but to fight.」

Therios and the Constellations to his left and right took up their weapons.

A mace and a black greatsword.

“Can you guys even beat me?”

「Who do you think stabbed Constellation Azelan in the back? It was me.」

Therios took a step forward.

Instantly, Loki’s back was pierced.

「As long as there is the sun, I can appear anywhere.」

Loki swung Gungnir behind him, but Therios disappeared without a trace.

No sound, no presence.

Instantly, Loki reflexively twisted his body to the side.

A spear that was slammed down from the sky barely grazed Loki’s shoulder.

A dazzling light like the sun dwelled within the small wound and exploded.

Bang-!

“……!”

Loki staggered.

At that moment, someone charged at Loki.

A Constellation slammed down with a mace, accompanied by a sound like thunder.

Loki tried to deflect the mace with Gungnir, but Loki’s movements stopped.

A Constellation wearing different black armor was stepping on Loki’s shadow.

「End!」

「Meet your death at our hands!」

‘…The power to control thunder and shadows?’

More troublesome guys….

The mace struck Loki’s head.

Therios, who had distanced himself from Loki, whose movements were restricted by the shadow being stepped on, said.

「The sun is my domain.」

Loki blinked.

There were two Therioses in front of him.

“Are you a twin?”

Blinking once more, they increased to four.

‘Division?’

Therioses, who had increased to dozens, hundreds, thrust their spears at Loki.

Hundreds of spears broke through his armor and pierced his flesh.

The spear that had killed Constellation Azelan riddled Loki like a honeycomb.

Therios used his clones to pressure Loki.

Therios, the Constellation of Thunder, and the Constellation of Shadows were genuinely impressed as they watched Loki.

‘Amazing.’

It was a fatal wound that would have already killed any other Constellation.

But he was enduring.

As expected of the last Constellation that Azelan had left behind.

But that was the end.

‘This Therios will eliminate his father’s last hope!’

Under the sun, and under this Sanctuary, he cannot surpass me.

‘This place is the Sanctuary closest to the sun on the continent.’

I will kill him here and eliminate Azelan’s arrangement!

Loki’s eyes flashed.

The armor on Loki’s back surged.

The Constellation who was holding Loki’s shadow widened his eyes at the sight.

“Devour the shadows.”

At Loki’s words, beasts that brought about the end sprang from his armor.

They tore at the head and body of the Shadow Constellation, who was right behind Loki.

Loki’s body was freed.

Loki bounced back.

He stabbed Gungnir into the Thunder Constellation’s solar plexus.

Crack-!

「Kuh-ugh-!」

Pulling out the spear, he kicked the Thunder Constellation and sent him flying out of the temple.

「Damn it! How dare the End, that bastard, kick me!?」

The Thunder Constellation fell below the tower and spread his wings.

「I’ll, I’ll crush his head-!」

At that moment, the Thunder Constellation paused.

Looking down, a giant ice hand was rising.

「I will destroy the gods!」

Thrym [A giant from Norse Mythology] gripped the Thunder Constellation.

***

“The interlopers have disappeared to some extent.”

Loki glared at the divided Therioses.

「…Even so, you are fatally wounded.」

Therios, who was charging at Loki with his spear, felt a chill.

‘It’s okay. I can win.’

He had faced countless angels and Constellations to reach the top of this tower.

He must be exhausted.

‘I just need to not give him a chance to recover.’

Loki’s Gungnir and Therios’s spear collided.

Sparks flew, and a roar erupted.

The power of the two men expanded as if splitting space.

Soon, Gungnir shattered Therios’s spear.

Black flames burned Therios’s clones.

「Kuaaaaaaaack!」

The Therioses screamed and burned.

The other Therioses watched Loki warily.

“…Not a fake.”

Loki bled and took out a potion from his inventory.

But the Therioses did not give Loki a chance to recover.

They swung their spears at the potion and shattered it.

Even when a beast emerged from the black armor to drink the broken potion, they swung their spears and cut down the beast.

「You left behind the artifacts with the powers of Mercury and Natos. How arrogant!」

“I do have the powers of the Constellation of the Sea and the Constellation of Rain.”

Loki gripped his gauntlet.

Seawater poured around him.

But the Therioses spread their wings and floated up.

「I just need to avoid the sea.」

Loki snapped his fingers.

Dark clouds gathered under the sunlight.

“Didn’t you say you were immortal under the sun? Then what happens if I block the sun?”

「That’s also impossible.」

The dark clouds gradually disappeared in the sunlight.

「Don’t compare me to the Constellation of Rain.」

Is this also impossible?

The moment the Therioses thrust their spears at Loki, an explosion occurred from Loki’s body.

「……!」

Half of the Therioses burned to death.

The area around the temple melted and began to burn.

“Excellent.”

Therios looked at Loki and sweated coldly.

What? What happened?

“You’re the first to create a 2nd phase after Thrym.”

「It’s no use. Constellation of the End! No matter how much you struggle, as long as there is the sun, you cannot defeat this Therios-.」

“Fenrir.”

Loki’s armor surged.

Loki glared at Therios.

“Devour the sun.”