Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 49

49

“…….”

Aum blinked, then stroked his chin as if deep in thought. A few seconds later, he smiled.

“Ah, right. I need to deliver the information…!”

He dramatically touched his forehead and glanced sideways at the spot where the skeleton had disappeared.

“But there’s no one to send!”

“……?”

Everyone was puzzled by Aum’s awkward and artificial behavior. Aum Linia smiled and looked at Kudan.

“Kudan.”

“……?”

“Ready the Berserker Warriors.”

Berserker Warriors.

They were created under Loki’s command when Asgard was first formed.

Aum Linia’s direct unit and the best elite unit created using Loki’s skill book.

It was the strongest unit of mankind, with all 100 members capable of wielding divine artifacts.

“Why them…?”

“We need to go pick him up. Who else can I entrust with this important task? I have to bring the Constellation [a powerful, influential figure] back myself.”

“…Isn’t it just that you want to run away? Brother.”

“Shut up! I’m on the verge of dying from overwork! Besides, if we go to such lengths to find him, the Constellation will have no choice but to return! No matter how capricious he is, wouldn’t he come if the best elite unit is mobilized?”

*Who exactly is capricious here?*

Everyone gathered at the Daejeon [likely a meeting or gathering place] had the same thought.

The Shaman stepped forward and said to Aum.

“What about the work?”

“Hans will wake up soon. He will help us.”

“He can’t handle it alone, can he?”

“The Shaman will have to help.”

The Shaman blinked in embarrassment.

“Me, me? As you know, my eyes….”

“You just need to listen to the story and stamp the seal. Per can’t write, but he can read to some extent.”

“…….”

At those words, the Shaman and Per froze.

Per, realizing that an arrow was suddenly aimed at him, racked his brains and shouted.

“Um… Brother! Didn’t you say that the existence of our Asgard should not be known? But if you move the Berserker Warriors….”

“A group of 100 people is a medium-sized group in the mercenary world. Wouldn’t it be enough to disguise them as mercenaries?”

“…….”

“Besides, there’s no need to hide it. Rather, now is the time to show off our strength. And….”

Aum Linia licked his lips.

“We have grown enough to be able to attack, not just defend.”

The country is slowly stabilizing. Moreover, we are already prepared for invasion. Rather, we have strengthened our power to the point of being able to ‘invade’ the nearest Ronia Kingdom.

“Kudan. What is your opinion…?”

Kudan swallowed hard and looked at the pile of documents.

“…I agree. I’ll prepare right away.”

Kudan nodded, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.

“Good. The composition will be me, Kudan, and Cancun will also go.”

“Your nephew as well?”

“It’s the best way to bring him back.”

Kudan nodded without realizing it.

Aum smiled bitterly and stamped the seal he was holding on the parchment. His eyes were filled with murderous intent.

“Please wait a little longer. I will come to pick you up. Constellation!”

***

“……?”

Loki touched the back of his neck and tilted his head.

‘Is it just my imagination?’

He felt a strange chill and shuddered, then shook his head and looked ahead.

A long road stretches out before him. However, it was not a road made by human hands, but a path created by countless people walking repeatedly.

Along the road, numerous lines of people are waiting to pass through the checkpoint.

Most of them were carrying luggage or pulling carts.

Their appearances were all different, but what they had in common was that they were very dirty and had exhausted faces.

They were refugees affected by the East-West War in Ronia.

Everyone was looking at the checkpoint with anxious and desperate eyes.

“…Is the aftermath of the war reaching even these remote areas?”

Ash, who was next to him, said, covering himself with rags he had obtained from somewhere.

The Harma Territory was a neutral zone, but it was not a safe place. Rather, it was another danger zone that could be targeted by Western Ronia or Eastern Ronia.

The reason it has been safe so far is that it is located at the end of the Celtic Mountains, and even if they occupied it, there was no geographical advantage, so the two forces did not feel the need to occupy the territory.

Knowing this, the refugees gathered here.

As time passed and it was Loki’s turn, the soldiers guarding the gate glared at Loki with wary expressions.

A man wearing a crow mask and rags, and a girl wearing a hood….

It was a truly strange combination.

The soldiers did not have much wariness towards the girl, but they had no choice but to stop Loki and Ash.

“What… brings you here?”

Loki was surprised to see the soldier asking the question with a very nervous face.

‘He’s young?’

He was a boy soldier who looked to be 16 or 17 years old at best.

Nevertheless, he was wearing a green surcoat over his regular army leather armor.

The boy pressed his leather helmet down deeply and reached for the longsword on his waist.

Most of the other soldiers around him were burly adult men, but they were watching Loki as closely as the boy.

Unlike other refugees, Loki’s appearance looked really suspicious.

“I’m a herbalist. I came to the territory to rest and sell medicine.”

It wasn’t a lie.

Loki didn’t need to sleep, but he wanted to avoid camping out. The weather in the forest is unpredictable, so you never know when it will rain.

“Hey, a herbalist?”

The soldiers looked at each other.

“He says he’s a herbalist?”

“Then. Should we let him through…?”

“No, we can’t trust just anyone, even if it’s an urgent situation now. Do you know how many people died yesterday because of a scammer?”

Loki chuckled at the soldiers’ reaction.

Judging from their reaction, it seemed that a scammer pretending to be a herbalist had caused quite a stir.

“Do you have a pass to prove your identity?”

“A pass to prove my identity?”

There was no way he would have such a thing.

He wondered if he should give a bribe….

“…It’s no use giving bribes.”

…The soldier gave him a look.

Loki licked his lips.

‘What should I do?’

Loki looked at Ash next to him, but he didn’t seem to have a clear solution either.

It was when Loki was worried.

A middle-aged man and a child who looked rich were moving to receive an inspection.

At that time, the child, exhausted from the difficult journey, stumbled and fell.

With a thud, the child’s pants tore and his knees turned red.

“Waaaaah!”

Salad was startled by the child’s cry and approached the child. Then, he took out an herb from his pocket and applied it to the child’s leg, and the child’s father next to him was startled and wrapped his arms around the child and shouted.

“Wh, what are you doing!”

Salad shrank back as the child’s father shouted.

It was just a good deed to help the injured, but the other person didn’t know it and was just glaring at Salad.

“No, I’m just….”

As Salad stepped back, the sniffling child tilted his head and looked at the medicine applied to his knee.

The pain in the injured area slowly began to subside.

Feeling it, the child looked at Salad, and seeing the long ears in her hood, the child’s eyes sparkled as if he was amazed.

“…Fairy?”

“……?”

“Dad! My leg doesn’t hurt! It’s amazing! Fairy! The fairy healed me!”

As the child pointed at Salad, Salad pulled the hood even deeper.

This is because he knows very well how ordinary humans react when they see him.

The child’s father didn’t see it, but he could see the green medicine applied to his knee at the child’s words.

“This is….”

“…It’s an herb. It soothes the pain and removes scars.”

At Salad’s words, the child’s father realized his mistake. Then his face turned pale.

Medicine is precious.

In particular, if it is a medicine that takes effect immediately like now, it was obvious that it would be a precious medicine that nobles would use.

There was no way that refugees who had abandoned their homes in this time of war would have the money to buy such precious medicine.

“I, I don’t have any money! Who asked you to treat me? Huh!”

Salad frowned when he got angry even after receiving help.

‘That’s why humans are like this!’

Even if you help them, they are like this.

Who wanted money or anything? He just helped because he felt sorry for the little child crying! Instead of saying thank you, he gets angry!

Salad was about to use divine power when….

Someone pressed down on Salad’s head.

“……?”

“What did this kid do wrong?”

It was Loki.

The child’s father flinched at the sight of his crow mask.

“No, that’s….”

“He helped, but you’re getting angry instead.”

“I, I didn’t ask for help….”

Loki raised his head.

The red eyes in the crow mask looked down at him. The child’s father was frightened by the murderous eyes and lowered his head.

“I, I’m sorry!”

And he ran away with the child.

Salad closed his mouth as he watched the child and his father walking away. Then, he suddenly realized that he had used the medicine recklessly and looked at Loki.

“Um… I’m sorry. I used the medicine recklessly….”

“That medicine is yours. I’m in a position to borrow, so I have no right to tell you what to do.”

“…….”

“And you did well.”

“……?”

Was he praising him now?

Salad looked at him with a strange expression.

“What are you going to do?”

Ash had already approached and asked Loki.

Ash didn’t want to stay here for a long time either, but he couldn’t help but feel the mental fatigue that was coming over him.

Now, he just wished he could sleep properly, regardless of reality or anything else.

“There’s no choice. We’ll camp out and go straight to the Roden Territory.”

He was planning to camp out without rest and go to the Roden Territory.

At that time, the soldier who was guarding the gate approached.

“Um….”

“……?”

“I just saw it… but it seems you really are a herbalist.”

“Yes, I am.”

Actually, he wasn’t.

“Then, can I ask you a favor?”

“……?”

The soldier looked at Loki and spoke cautiously.

“Please sell the herbs to our territory.”

***

Loki was allowed to enter the Harma Territory. Of course, he was searched to see if there were any suspicious items in the process, but the soldiers who found the sign of conversion that Alex had given him were surprised and sent him away without searching.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t know you had been converted by a paladin of the Holy Order! Please forgive this rudeness!”

It was also a very polite attitude.

‘They let me go easily?’

Loki looked at the sign of conversion that Alex had given him.

A wooden piece with a [木] pattern.

Ash, who was walking next to him, swallowed hard and looked at the sign of conversion that Loki was holding.

“It’s a sign of the Holy Order. And it’s a sign of a paladin belonging to the Black Inquisitors!”

“Is it a big deal?”

Loki didn’t know how much influence it had.

Ash, who heard those words, pointed at the sign with an absurd expression.

“Don’t tell me you don’t know? It’s a pass that allows you to go to any country without having to prove your identity. If you want, you can even enter the royal palace.”

Not only that, but you can also be treated like a paladin in the name of the Holy Order.

Ash said with a meaningful face when he noticed that Loki didn’t know that fact.

“Don’t tell me… did you steal it?”

Loki put it in his arms and said.

“An acquaintance gave it to me.”

“An acquaintance? Then are you also a member of the Holy Order?”

“I’m an atheist.”

“…….”

Ash was speechless at Loki’s confident appearance.

If a member of the Holy Order heard those words, he could be branded as a heretic and burned at the stake immediately.

Loki observed the Harma Territory, the first continental city he had ever encountered.

The houses built by stacking stones are densely packed and narrow.

The streets were dirty with muddy water and unknown vomit, and thin people were crouching or lying down in the alleys.

The city’s scenery is lifeless, with a strong stench like rottenness.

‘Is what Paul said not true?’

According to Paul and his group, the city was being managed by the lord. He heard that the streets were clean and tidy, and that there were even people in charge of managing the streets.

But seeing this….

‘Is it the aftermath of the war?’

It must have been devastated by the war.

Loki turned his gaze elsewhere.

“Hoo… Hoo….”

A person wearing a bird beak mask is breathing heavily. He seems to be examining patients, diagnosing people who have fallen on the street and handing them medicine.

Other people gathered at the sight, but the pharmacist shook his head as if he had no more medicine.

The people who flocked to the pharmacist coughed and returned with desperate expressions, or just grabbed the pharmacist’s collar as if begging.

In the process, soldiers patrolling the streets approached and dissuaded them.

‘Even if there is no Worm Pest, diseases seem to be spreading.’

Loki looked at Salad.

“I have a favor to ask.”

“……!”

A favor?!

Salad’s ears perked up.

This was the first time he had asked him for a ‘favor’.

“Teach me pharmacy.”