Chapter 448

“As I said, we’ll split up and start attacking.”

Barbagi pointed in the direction of the tomb of darkness where the constellation was resting. Since they had already won a battle, the household members thought there was no reason to wait.

If they all attacked from different directions, the enemies would quickly fall no matter how many of them there were.

“Alright, I’ll go to my designated position.”

“No, Illaphael. You can move with Choi Yeonseung.”

“??”

Illaphael was initially puzzled by Barbagi’s words, but then she was dumbfounded.

“Are you doubting my combat ability?! How dare you, gray elf...”

“No...”

“I shall fight you one-on-one right this second so you can come to your senses!”

“No... Are you out of your mind, you stupid angel? Can’t you see that I’m trying to help you?!”

“Shut up and draw your weapon!”

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ stops the fight!]

[The ‘Six-Winged Angel Who Hunts Dragons’ stops the fight!]

‘Ugh, I hope I’ll never have to see them ever again after this invasion...’

Choi Yeonseung suddenly missed the other human hunters very badly. When they used to do raids together, he would only notice their numerous shortcomings as human hunters.

However, now that he was trying to do a raid with the household members of other constellations, Choi Yeonseung felt like hunters were ten times better.

***

Uranta, the giant, was horrified by the endless waves of undead.

“N-no... S-so many...”

[The ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ empowers your weapon.]

[The world is shaking!]

Bang!

Following a thunderous roar, a bunch of undead were swept away as though an earthquake had struck. Shockwaves from Uranta’s club shook the earth and obliterated the enemies over and over again.

Even if an A-grade hunter put all their strength into a wide-area skill, it wouldn’t be as powerful as Uranta’s catastrophic shockwaves.

Only a household member that directly received help from their constellation could display such frightening power.

However, the army of undead quickly restored its forces.

Dullahans emerged from the shadows on the ground, while the death knights were commanding and strengthening the undead. The draugs’ eyes glowed blue as they roared, and evil spirits and wraiths covered the sky, preventing the sun from shining its light on the battlefield.

“What... Something’s wrong.”

[The ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ is surprised that the household of the black magician constellation is this powerful.]

Neither the warrior constellation nor Uranta suspected that the black magician constellation would descend and fight in person. They just thought that his household members were surprisingly powerful.

The other constellations felt the same way.

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ is amazed at how strong the opponent is!]

“Oh, come on! They’re just a bunch of corpses!”

Barbagi summoned a scimitar of light to slice through the undead.

If Uranta’s attack caused overwhelming destruction akin to a cataclysm, Barbagi’s attack was precise and elegant. Every time he swung his weapon, an undead fell and stayed down.

But even so, numbers were greater than power.

“Come out, you foul-smelling corpses. Where are you hiding? Come out and meet my blade!”

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ orders you to step back.]

“Ugh...!”

Barbagi bit his lip until it bled, and he unwittingly looked over in Illaphael’s direction. He didn’t know about the other household members, but he didn’t want to retreat before Illaphael.

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ is telling you to step back.]

“...I understand, Master.”

***

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ says he has retreated.]

[The ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ says he has retreated.]

[...]

[...]

‘It’s strange.’

Seeing the urgent messages from the other constellations, Choi Yeonseung felt that something was wrong.

Even if the black magician constellation had properly prepared for this invasion, the sheer numbers of his undead warriors was too high.

The city itself, the harbor, the nearby mountains and rivers—the undead had taken all of it. To make matters worse, they weren’t weak either. Among them were death knights and dullahans, as well as draugs and vampires.

Besides that, looking at the sky covered by evil spirits and wraiths, Choi Yeonseung felt like the end of the world was near...

‘Was he always like this? The black magician constellation is much greater than I expected.’

Choi Yeonseung was genuinely impressed.

Having strong household members also represented a constellation’s power. To find such a powerful black magician in the Abyss and make them a household member...

It was hard to believe that the black magician constellation had managed to do something like that after being tossed around by the explosion constellation.

-

Surely the constellation himself isn’t here?

The goddess of sloth made a light joke. She had recently seen quite a few constellations appear themselves in battle, even though it was supposed to be very rare. That was why she had this strange suspicion.

-

How can that be?

-

Right?

Choi Yeonseung amplified his martial arts to the limit and proceeded to erase his energy.

It didn’t matter how many opponents there were. Back in the Abyss, he had always fought alone. The important thing was to kill the strongest enemy first. In other words...

[The ‘Cat of Lava and Magma’ says to hit the opponent quickly and run away.]

‘I think there’s a more dignified term for it.’

...He would carry out an assassination.

This kind of tactic would always be effective when the enemy sent forth thousands of troops. It would be especially effective against the undead, as they would crumble to dust as soon as Choi Yeonseung beheaded their leader.

Choi Yeonseung had vanished before anyone else knew it. The undead turned their heads in bewilderment as they searched for him.

***

The black magician constellation was in the tomb of darkness, sitting on a throne of bones that constantly fueled his death energy and allowed him to process all the information gathered by his undead warriors on the battlefield.

-

Master, the enemy household members are panicking.

That’s to be expected.

Liches assisting the black magician constellation were scattered throughout the tomb. Generally speaking, liches were very strong creatures that could be in charge of dungeons. However, these ones were just doing errands for their constellation.

They are still drunk on the fake sense of accomplishment I have given them, so they will keep coming at me.

They won’t dare to back off.

They don’t even know it’s a trap.

The black magician constellation was confident.

Household members were generally arrogant and cocky mortals. That was especially true when their constellations directly offered them support.

At first, the black magician constellation was flustered when he heard that household members sent by various good god constellations had arrived to fight him, but he quickly regained his confidence.

Wasn’t it actually more advantageous for him this way?

He had first settled down and built a huge tomb of darkness. Then he had descended into the human realm to directly command his undead.

No matter how much help those household members received from their constellations, all he had to do was exhaust them and knock them down before they could reach him.

Next time they charge, back off. If we do that over and over again, they will get deeper and deeper into our camp. We will surround them before they know it!

-

Yes!

-

Indeed, your wisdom is unmatched, Master!

As the black magician constellation was leisurely assuring his servants of their victory, something else was going on outside the massive tomb of darkness.

The huge tomb looked similar to a large temple.

A low-grade lich standing guard outside crossed his arms and yawned as if bored.

-Is the summoning of the bone dragon coming to an end?

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Yes, lich.

-

Hurry up and get on with it.

Master is waiting.

A constellation could rule the world with a single finger, but there would always be subordinates below them who acted as middle managers, commanding those at the very bottom.

Without such subordinates, the world wouldn’t work.

The low-grade lich was such a subordinate. Of course, this was still quite a high position in the army of a black magician. Knowing this, the low-grade lich’s voice was full of arrogance.

-

Lich, I have something to report to you.

We have lost contact with the death knight outside.

-

That insolent death knight!

He’s still pretending he’s a knight!

I need to teach him a lesson and remind him that he’s merely a minion!

-Could it be that the enemy has invaded?

-What nonsense are you saying?

The low-grade lich thought it was ridiculous.

Of course, those enemies had managed to reclaim a large territory and were currently attacking using that momentum. However, that had all been part of the plan of the black magician constellation.

A large number of defensive and guarding spells had been prepared here on the outskirts of a large city in Shizuoka, where the tomb of the black magician constellation was located.

Those spells would stop any household member in their tracks, no matter what constellation they served.

The lich himself had cast those spells. He was quite proud of his magic prowess, so he was confident that no enemy would break through those spells.

Before the lich managed to say anything else, there was a flash of light, and he collapsed. The undead next to him fell shortly after.

‘They’re all here.’

Choi Yeonseung shook his head as he stared at the tomb of darkness.

The fallen lich and undead had seemed overconfident in their magic, thinking that they would instantly notice if an enemy used magic at the boundary.

However, Choi Yeonseung didn’t have to worry about that. He had simply erased his energy with martial arts to conceal his presence and walked inside as though entering his house through the front door.

He had also taken out a few death knights blocking the way, but there were so many of them that it hadn’t been obvious from a distance.

“!”

Choi Yeonseung was stunned as he entered the tomb, but not because of the intense magic power or the death energy he felt.

He had seen a few constructions and places like this in the Abyss, so even though he was surprised, he wasn’t alarmed by this.

The reason he was astonished was the figure sitting in the middle of the tomb.

No matter how he looked at it... He almost couldn’t believe his eyes...

‘A constellation?’

-...

The goddess of sloth was also speechless. Was the current trend for young constellations to descend in disguise as some kind of mortal?

-

What is this...?

Choi Yeonseung immediately sprung into action. He couldn’t tell what would happen if he gave this constellation any more time to act.

He unleashed a top-speed attack in a straight line!

Along with Origin of the Celestial Step, the bolt of white concentrated energy exploded on impact. He had defeated many powerful enemies in the Abyss with this skill.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

[The power of the ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ strengthens ‘Dignity of Light.’]

[The power received from the ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ empowers the tip of your attack.]

[...]

[...]

Thanks to the powers of the constellations, Choi Yeonseung’s attack wasn’t merely a martial arts attack, but one imbued with power of existence!

The black magician constellation, who had been sitting on his throne, sensed Choi Yeonseung’s presence only when he was hit and overcome by tremendous pain.

The constellation had descended in a mortal form, so this kind of pain was unimaginable for him. He had never felt any kind of pain in his thousands of years of life, so this ordeal was unbearable!

!!!!!!!!!

Following the scream of the black magician constellation, the undead forces inside and outside the tomb lost control and went berserk.

The other constellations, who realized what was happening because of the commotion, rebuked the black magician constellation.

[The ‘Arrogant Light Elf’ despises the despicable and pathetic tactics of the black magician constellation.]

[The ‘Warrior With a Hammer’ cries out that it is shameful.]

[The ‘Observer Who Returned From a Cold Place’ says that not even the most evil constellations would stoop so low. She says that only a foul maggot would do something like that.]

‘...No, observer constellation.’

Choi Yeonseung was dumbfounded. She was in the same boat...!