Player Who Became A Constellation [EN]: Chapter 82

The Player Who Became a Constellation – 82

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“Ah….”

King Pothord watched the prisoner exchange from afar and let out a small sigh.

He saw his son being exchanged.

*It’s done! My son… my son has returned safely!*

*Losing a leg is sad, but it’s a relief that he’s still alive!*

‘You damned bastards. King Nordrian. I will annihilate all of your relatives, and the Nordics and your people will all become slaves!’

It was then.

His son’s figure was shattered into pieces beyond recognition.

“…….”

Holding a sword he must have drawn from somewhere, the crow man grabbed Prince Thorsen by the scruff of the neck, turned around, and leisurely headed towards the outer gate.

“Wow, the prince… ?”

The cavalrymen who were close to King Pothord stammered.

They looked at King Pothord’s expression.

They shut their mouths at the murderous intent emanating from him.

“…Catch him.”

The cavalrymen around King Pothord flinched.

“Catch him. Don’t kill him. Tear him apart limb from limb, but bring him back alive. I will torture him until he cries out for mercy.”

King Pothord’s face flushed red.

“So don’t stand there like fools and catch him quickly!”

As his roar spread, a red aura emanated from his body.

As he swung his halberd [a combined spear and battle-axe], the earth trembled.

“Yes, yes!”

The cavalrymen of the Forman Kingdom hurriedly began to run.

Boo-ooooooo!

The trumpeter blew the horn.

A signal announcing war.

Since Prince Chaser was dead, there was no need to delay any longer.

“I was foolish!”

King Pothord grabbed the reins and released mana from his entire body.

“Nordrian should not be subjugated, but trampled and destroyed!”

His son had died because of his foolish judgment.

“There’s no need to use cockroaches as slaves! Destroy and kill everything in Nordrian-!”

Under King Pothord’s command, an army of 5,000 began to move to trample all life in the Nordrian Kingdom.

***

The outer gate of the Nordrian Kingdom slowly closed.

King Nordrian, who was horrified at Loki’s leisurely entrance, shouted.

“…W, what are you doing?!”

It was good to exchange with Thorsen. But after that, to kill Prince Chaser and his cavalrymen?

This was the same as provoking them.

The enraged King Pothord would not stand still-!

Boo-ooooooo!

In fact, the sound of the trumpet for their advance echoed.

“Ah… Aaaaaaah-!”

He thought he could buy at least a week, or even two weeks.

And he was trying to find a way during that time.

But it was already too late! Chaser was dead, and the prelude to war had officially begun.

“D, did you do that on purpose!?”

Loki threw Thorsen to King Nordrian.

King Nordrian was startled and supported Thorsen.

“Y, you’re crazy!”

The Nords, Asgard, had clearly said it.

To ask for help. In return, they wanted the Nordrian Kingdom.

For that purpose, did you throw away this kind of thing!?

Loki looked at King Nordrian, who was shouting, and said.

“I just kept my word.”

“W, what…?”

“If Prince Thorsen gets hurt, I will tear Prince Chaser apart limb from limb.”

“……!”

“Either way, they were going to attack Nordrian. Even if you try to find a way in a besieged state, the result will be the same. So it’s better to end the battle quickly.”

Loki climbed onto a horse nearby and pulled the reins.

“Our Asgard army will not move. If you need help, come and tell me then.”

Loki headed towards the coast where the Nord warriors were.

“T, that crazy king-!”

King Nordrian pointed his finger at Loki.

He called for help, but only made the situation worse!?

“Nordrian, Your Majesty!”

The soldiers on the outer wall shouted.

“T, they’re coming!”

“Damn it!”

There was no time to stand still like this.

King Nordrian entrusted Thorsen to the soldiers.

“Take Thorsen to the palace! Karen will take good care of him.”

And he put on his helmet and went up to the ramparts [protective barrier].

*I have no choice but to stop them.*

Loki was right.

There was no point in just dragging out time like this.

Also, if the Nords hadn’t come, their kingdom would have been destroyed long ago.

They would have been killed and the kingdom would have been trampled.

*It would be better to hold out and negotiate with King Pothord….*

When King Nordrian reached the outer wall, he could see it.

The beast-like army trampling on the warmth of the day and advancing.

“……!”

Covered in animal skins, clutching rough spears.

The cavalrymen on horseback ran quickly around the outer wall, pacing back and forth.

King Nordrian thought that if it was just them, he could at least hold out by entrenching himself.

But that imagination collapsed when he saw the unexpected force.

“M, Minotaurs?”

The pride of the Forman Kingdom.

A unit created by capturing monsters.

It was the Beast Corps.

Chains were tied around the Minotaurs’ bodies.

Grasping huge iron axes in their hands, they advanced forward, whipped by the Forman soldiers.

Dozens of Minotaurs were approaching the Nordrian Kingdom, breathing out angry snorts.

‘D, did they tame such monsters!?

King Nordrian turned pale and drew his sword.

“C, counterattack-!”

The Nordrian soldiers aimed their arrows from the ramparts.

At that moment, the Forman soldiers pulled their bowstrings.

“A, arrows are coming!”

King Nordrian looked up at the sky.

It’s black.

A rain of arrows began to fall, so much so that he thought so.

“Y, Your Majesty!”

The Nordrian soldiers hurriedly raised their shields and protected King Nordrian.

Clang-! Clang-!

Crash-!

The shield broke and the arrow stopped at a position where it seemed to touch King Nordrian’s forehead.

「Kuaaaaaaa-!」

The Minotaur’s roar echoed.

The Minotaur with a massive body bends down.

He put his hands on the ground and pointed his head towards the outer gate.

Rough breaths like steam were spewing out of the Minotaur’s large mouth and nostrils.

Parrrrr-!

The Minotaur’s muscles swelled up, creating the illusion that his body was doubling in size.

“O, oooo-!”

King Nordrian’s eyes also widened twice as much and he stepped back.

「Kuaaaaaaa-!」

The Minotaur roared and his body bounced like a cannonball.

Kukukukukung-!

He is sprinting with that huge body.

“I, it’s coming!”

The soldiers shot arrows at the Minotaur, but there was no way they could penetrate the beast’s tough hide.

The arrows bounced off.

“Stop it-!”

King Nordrian screamed like a scream.

Soon, the Minotaur’s head collided with the outer gate.

Kwaaang-!

At the same time as the Minotaur’s head shattered, the outer gate and outer wall were smashed.

King Nordrian was also thrown out of the outer wall by the impact.

「Kuaooo…!」

The Minotaur’s massive body, with its head shattered, collapsed.

His head was buried in the floor, he stuck out his tongue and died instantly.

The wooden outer wall was shattered, and the thick cloud of dust created by the Minotaur’s collapse filled the streets of the Nordrian Kingdom.

The Nordrian soldiers, whose vision was obscured, retreated and sweated coldly.

Dust got into their eyes and it stung, but they couldn’t even close their eyes.

The outer wall has collapsed!

They couldn’t even last a few minutes after the enemies advanced!?

Beeeep-!

King Nordrian couldn’t come to his senses at the ringing in his ears.

When he shook his head and barely got up and raised his head, he saw-.

Another Minotaur unit standing tall.

“A, aaaa-!”

King Nordrian’s legs gave way and he was about to collapse.

“Y, Your Majesty-!”

A soldier threw himself and the Minotaur’s ax fell on the spot where he pushed King Nordrian.

Crash-!

Blood splattered everywhere.

The soldier who sacrificed his body to prove his loyalty was unrecognizable.

King Nordrian’s eyes shook as he looked at the soldier who had saved him and died.

“P, protect His Majesty!”

The soldiers hurriedly hugged King Nordrian and began to run for their lives.

The soldiers’ shouts were heard from behind.

“F, for Nordrian-!”

But it didn’t take long for their shouts to turn into screams.

「Kuaaaaaaa-!」

The roar of an angry bull.

“Kill them all!”

“Don’t leave a single one alive!”

“Avenge Prince Chaser-!”

The Forman cavalrymen began to rampage as they galloped.

The skilled cavalrymen wielded their spears, throwing and slaughtering the Nordrian soldiers.

That sight was caught in King Nordrian’s vision.

Aaaa-! My people-!

This Nordrian is now over!

Everything he had built would be destroyed!

-King of Nordrian.

At that time, a word flashed through his mind.

-You still don’t know desperation.

King Nordrian muttered with a desperate expression.

“R, retreat-.”

The Nordrian soldiers looked at their lord.

“Y, Your Majesty-!”

Some of the soldiers tried to stop King Nordrian from saying what he was about to say.

Because it was obvious that King Nordrian would utter a word that should not be said in this situation.

“-Run away!”

“……!”

“Retreat! Go to the castle… go to the palace!”

That one word was enough to shake everything.

“Heeek-!”

Some of the soldiers threw away their weapons and began to run away.

As one ran away, two, ten, and many deserters appeared.

King Nordrian shouted at the top of his lungs.

“Run away! Go to the castle! Hold out against them in the castle!”

He was foolish.

He was so stupid to call in the Nords and try to use them.

Even after seeing the overwhelming number of enemies, he thought that he could somehow prevent the invasion by using the pressure of the Nords.

That’s what he thought.

But now he realized what the desperation that the King of Nord had said was.

He realized now that the fantasy in his head and reality are different.

The Forman soldiers quickly infiltrated the Nordrian Kingdom.

As the outer wall collapsed in an instant, the inner wall, the second line of defense, also collapsed easily.

Only the walls of the palace, made with poor architectural skills, remained, resisting alone.

Even in the midst of the pouring arrows, the Minotaur ignored those arrows and slammed his ax down on the gate.

Kung-!

“B, bring wood! We have to repair the gate!”

Behind the gate, the Nordrian soldiers struggled with all their might to block the gate with their bodies.

“It must not be breached!”

In the palace audience hall, most of the Nordrian people were holding their breath.

“…Everything is over.”

King Nordrian looked at the people sobbing in the audience hall.

The women hugged their children and sobbed, and the men, regardless of age, held weapons and braced themselves.

King Nordrian looked at his daughter, Karen, and put a leather coat on her.

“There is only one basement entrance. Even if you go out there, you will surely… be chased by the Forman soldiers.”

He puts sturdy gauntlets on her hands.

Karen looked at her only father.

“Dad?”

“…But if it’s okay, go to the King of Nord [King of the Norse]. Tell him that our Nordrian will serve you. You can take this Nordrian. You can take my life. So please….”

“…….”

“Save this country. Ask him to.”

Karen closed her mouth.

Even if she was a fool, she could tell how the situation was going.

“Your Majesty. I have opened the basement entrance. Princess Karen. This way….”

The soldiers guided Karen to the narrow passage in the basement.

It was a very small entrance, barely enough for one person to pass through. It was a passage created to throw away the palace’s garbage, so it smelled terribly bad.

Karen turned around as she entered there.

“Please… take care of yourself. Karen.”

The door closed, and Karen ran towards the only entrance.

And she saw the stairs leading to the end of the entrance, and when she went up there and opened the door-.

“Huh?”

The Forman soldiers who were looting around the square in the Nordrian city stared at Karen with blank expressions.

“What? A, a beastman?”

“Was she hiding in the sewers?”

“…If she’s a beastman, isn’t she the princess of Nordrian?”

“Then what should we do? Capture her?”

“No.”

Hundreds of soldiers looked at Karen and exuded murderous intent.

“The king has ordered. Kill every last one of them.”

Dozens of spears, swords, and arrows were aimed, and Karen gritted her teeth and jumped up.

A spear pierced her body, and a sword cut her side. Blood spurted out.

She clenched her fist and swung it. She crushed the head of a Forman soldier and grabbed his body and threw it away.

“Shoot-!”

Dozens of arrows were stuck in Karen’s body.

“Kyaaaaaaak-!”

Like a beast with its fur standing on end, Karen ran while being hit by arrows and pushed away the Forman soldiers.

***

In the city, those who had not escaped the ravages of war were slaughtered by the Forman soldiers, screaming.

“…Huh?”

But there was a place that even the Forman soldiers dared not approach.

It was the ruined port.

It was where a warship stood tall on the coast.

Kung-! Kung-! Kung-!

The Nord warriors stand with their backs to the West.

They carry huge steel shields that cover their entire bodies in their hands and slam them down on the ground.

In the center, a small dwarf was wearing plate armor from head to toe, and had a large warhammer slung over his shoulder.

Dwarf Ruran shouted.

“Send everyone who doesn’t have a weapon!”

The giants in white armor, who let out shouts of spirit, stood in a line and pointed long spears forward.

The Nordrian people were frightened when they saw them, but they eventually flocked to the coast to avoid the Forman soldiers coming from behind.

The Nordrians closed their eyes tightly as they headed towards the Nord warriors, but the Nord warriors did not attack the Nordrian people.

Rather, when the Forman soldiers with weapons approached, they stabbed them with their spears to prevent them from approaching.

“T, these guys are the Nords!?”

“…Everyone step back! Don’t approach rashly!”

While the Forman soldiers hesitated, there was someone running through them.

The Myo race [a race of beast-people], Karen.

She reached the coast where the Asgardian warship was.