Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 25

The Player Who Became a Constellation – 25

Chapter 25

Training grounds of Valhalla Palace.

“Ugh!”

A Nord warrior plunged his sword into his comrade’s chest.

Crack-!

A dark aura flowed from the sword, tearing the Nord warrior’s body apart.

“Kuaaak-!”

The Nord warrior, impaled through the chest, groaned.

“Surrender!”

“Like hell I will-!”

The Nord warrior with the sword stuck in him headbutted his comrade, knocking him away.

He staggered but soon regained his balance. With a roar, a red aura burst from the Nord warrior’s body.

Moving his body, he swung his axe.

Clang-!

“Hmm~”

In the midst of such a chaotic battle, a woman was humming a tune.

Cancun Ragnala.

She hummed along, then widened her eyes.

Swoosh-!

A Nord warrior with a severed arm collapsed, and another Nord warrior, having claimed victory, raised his sword and shouted.

“For Valhalla-! I, Razan, son of Noran, have defeated Diana!”

“Ooooooh-!”

Cheers erupted from the surroundings.

The defeated Nord warrior bled profusely from his chest, his vision gradually blurring.

Just before dying, Cancun approached him and sprinkled a potion on him.

“Kuaaaak-! Damn! I thought I was a goner!”

The warrior, revived from the brink of death, gasped for breath and clutched his chest.

The wound had vanished as if it were a lie.

“Haha! You can’t die in Valhalla!”

Cancun couldn’t help but be amazed every time she saw this.

‘The blessing of the Skill Book is truly amazing!’

Loki selected only the most elite of the Nord warriors and ordered them to learn something called ‘Skill Book.’

And they were able to use [Divinity] simply by reading the book.

‘So it was true that only those chosen by the Constellations can use Divinity!’

And perhaps thanks to the potion?

The Nord warriors were able to engage in practical training, fighting each other to the brink of death every day.

The number of Divinity users increased dramatically, and at the same time, they were able to gain practical experience.

The already strong Nord warriors were able to become even stronger.

At that moment, a young man was seen walking down the palace corridor.

“Ah! Aum-nim!”

“Oh? Ah, Cancun-nim.”

Aum bowed to Cancun, showing respect.

At this sight, Cancun awkwardly bowed back.

From Aum’s perspective, Cancun was seen as a shaman chosen by Loki, so he gave her respect and treatment accordingly.

From Cancun’s perspective, being treated so well by someone who used to be a tribal chief was still awkward and burdensome.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to see Loki-nim.”

“Ah! Then I’ll go too.”

She was just about to offer her morning prayers.

***

The number of refugees flowing into the frozen land averaged about 50 per day.

All of them were either fugitives or wanderers with nowhere to go.

Before entering the frozen land, about half of the refugees were hunted down by monsters or other humans, or starved to death.

Loki, feeling sorry for them, decided to accept them.

And as that continued for several years, it had become a daily routine.

This morning also began with accepting refugees as usual.

About 30 refugees gathered in the great hall, and there were gazes watching them.

Loki sat on the throne.

And below him stood Shaman Aum, Per, Kudan, and Cancun.

Cancun looked up at Loki and tilted her head.

“Huh?”

Most of the gazes turned to Cancun at the strange sound, but Aum ignored her and continued speaking.

“These are refugees from the southern continent of Britannia. Constellation, what shall we do with them?”

“…….”

In fact, Hans was in charge of the refugees, but for some reason, he had been missing since last night.

There was no way an accident could happen in Valhalla Palace, and since Loki hadn’t looked for him separately, the vassals just assumed, ‘He must have been given a mission,’ and moved on.

Aum blinked and looked at Loki.

He felt something strange today.

What should he say? He felt a sense of incongruity? Or awkwardness? Anyway, it felt unnatural.

“Loki-nim?”

“Ah… um… take care of it… yourself.”

Loki gestured with his hand, creaking like a broken doll.

“…Understood.”

Aum blinked and glanced at Per, who nodded and disappeared with the refugees.

After the refugees left, they moved on to the process of reviewing letters sent from various regions.

A mountain of letters was placed in front of Loki.

“These are letters from various regions. Please read them and make a decision….”

Loki nodded and reached out his hand.

That gesture was also strangely unnatural.

“…Are you not feeling well?”

Aum approached and asked, and Loki flinched and shook his head.

“No! How… could I be?!”

“…Your voice sounds a bit strange too. You don’t seem to be feeling well after all.”

“Ye, yes! I had a bit of a cold! I’m not feeling very well today….”

A cold?

Aum smiled brightly.

‘It must be an excuse to abandon his work again.’

That’s what she was thinking when.

Cancun tilted her head and opened her mouth.

“Um….”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Cancun.

“Hans-nim, what are you doing?”

At Cancun’s words, everyone’s eyes turned back to Loki.

“…What are you talking about…?”

“No, you’re wearing armor modeled after Loki-nim….”

At Cancun’s words, Loki cleared his throat.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Just as Loki was about to grab the letter in a hurry.

Aum quickly approached Loki and grabbed his hand.

“……!”

Loki paused at that.

He carefully looked at Aum.

His face was definitely smiling, but the veins on his forehead were bulging and wriggling.

“What are you doing sitting on the throne where the Constellation should be? Hans-nim.”

“…What are you talking about? Aum. Hans? How could I be Hans…?”

“Stop with the pathetic acting.”

As Aum erased his smile and scowled, Loki trembled.

“I’m, I’m sorry. Aum-nim.”

Hans, wearing the fake armor made at the request of the dwarf Ruran, lowered his head.

“We would like to know… where our master, Loki-nim, is right now…?”

Hans forced his heavy armor to move and barely handed over a note from his chest.

Aum took it and read it aloud.

“I found the whereabouts of my comrade. I will also take the lead myself… so you should also find her quickly… and… take good care of Asgard…?”

Those who heard that thought the same thing at the same time.

‘He ran away-?!’

At that, Aum gritted his teeth and pressed his temples.

His eyes were filled with murderous intent, as if the trauma he had in the frozen land had returned.

“To trouble me in the same way not once… but twice, you are truly a great Constellation!”

Loki, in Norse mythology, was a god who liked to play tricks.

* * *

“…Achoo!”

Loki, walking across the frozen lake, a bridge connecting the frozen land of the north and the continent of Britannia in the south, fiddled with the tip of his nose.

“A cold…? Ha, that can’t be! Anyway… how much further do I have to go?”

Loki frowned as he looked at the wide-open field. It was so vast.

He heard that if he walked on this icy road, he would barely see land in two days, so this road was so long and arduous.

“Should I summon ‘Sleipnir’ [Odin’s eight-legged horse]?”

The famous horse ridden by Odin, the king of the gods in Norse mythology.

A monster horse with 8 legs; its speed and power were mid-boss level.

It was also one of the summoning option skills of the spear called Gungnir that Loki possessed.

‘No, I might stand out unnecessarily if I do that.’

He put Hans out as a substitute, but he will soon be discovered, and Aum will send pursuers.

Since the ruler of a country has left his post, he will not stand still.

Especially in times like these, there are many important issues, and Loki’s decision is the most important in dealing with them.

‘In fact, they are things that I don’t even need to do.’

Originally, Aum Linia and Hans alone could handle it.

‘When I get back, he will definitely nag me for several hours.’

“The Britannia continent… what kind of place is it?”

A strange curiosity stimulated him.

In fact, the goal is to find an old junior named ‘Yoon Si-rin,’ but he also felt a strange excitement about traveling to an unknown world.

If the ‘Angel of Death’ he is looking for is Yoon Si-rin… that means she has been traveling around the continent for about 300 years longer than Loki.

‘What kind of world have you seen? Sirin.’

“…Stop right there!”

At that moment, someone’s shout and the sound of hooves were heard.

Loki stopped walking and turned around.

Soldiers were running from afar.

They were warriors of the Nord tribe.

No, they were now elite soldiers belonging to the country of Asgard.

They skillfully handled their horses and surrounded Loki.

“Who are you! Who is it that is on the path to this frozen land… huh?”

The soldier at the head examined Loki’s appearance.

Loki’s current appearance was wearing a raven mask, a leather travel outfit, and a robe decorated with fur.

If he were a Nord, he would have seen him as a ‘hunter’ from the moment he wore an animal mask, but from the moment the mask was a ‘raven’, they had no choice but to freeze.

That’s because there was only one person wearing a raven mask in the frozen land.

“Cu, Cure-nim?! [Cure-nim is a term of respect]”

“It’s Hoon-nim!? [Hoon-nim is a term of respect]”

The soldiers were startled and quickly got off their horses. They knelt down and bowed their heads.

It was only natural since the second-in-command of Asgard was in front of them.

“Ah, are you the soldiers in charge of guarding this place?”

Loki vaguely remembered that there were many refugees coming to the frozen land with hope, so he had deployed soldiers to the frozen lake to protect them.

“Ye, yes. Please forgive our rudeness just now…!”

“No, it’s great. It’s better than neglecting the guard. But if you do this, those who come here will be scared, so please treat them gently.”

“Ah, I understand.”

“Then I’ll be on my way….”

Loki waved his hand and moved quickly.

He was worried that the soldiers running might be those sent by Aum.

At that moment, the soldier who was kneeling shouted in embarrassment.

“Um… Hoon-nim!”

Loki stopped awkwardly.

“Wh, where are you going? That’s where you leave Asgard.”

“Uh, that’s… I’m thinking of going to the continent for a while because I have something to do.”

“To the continent… you say?”

Loki nodded.

Anyway, it was obvious that he would be caught soon. Loki thought it would be okay if he didn’t say the exact destination.

“What business do you have there…?”

Rather than answering the soldier’s question, Loki asked a question instead.

“Are there any of you who have been to the continent?”

At that, the soldiers looked at each other and looked at Loki with embarrassed expressions.

“It’s all of us…”.

“All of you?”

“Yes. After Asgard was founded, most of the Nord people on the continent returned here….”

The Nord people had ‘tribes’ but no ‘country’. That’s why they had no choice but to return when they heard the news that a country had been created in their hometown.

It was also because of curiosity about what kind of place their country belonged to.

“Is that so? Then let me ask you one thing.”

“……?”

“To be honest, I’m planning to go to the continent without any preparation. Are there any precautions I should take?”

“…If it’s Hoon-nim, I think you can solve most conflicts yourself. You are stronger than anyone else in the frozen land in terms of strength. However….”

“However?”

“To avoid troublesome things, you must avoid the nobles.”

“Nobles?”

The soldiers all nodded.

“Yes, they are guys who think they are great and tend to ignore all lower classes other than themselves. There are those with high positions and those with low positions… but anyway, once you touch them, it will become troublesome. I don’t know what your purpose is in going… but there’s no good reason to get involved with them.”

“I see. That was helpful.”

Loki was about to walk away as it was.

“Ah, and one more thing!”

When he turned his head to look at the soldier, the soldiers had embarrassed expressions.

“The Order…. Never touch those belonging to the Holy Order.”