D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 169

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Chapter 169
The entire sequence unfolded with an almost sacred reverence.
As Franson walked through the crowd of humans, golden light swept across the battlefield, reviving Kim Gyuwun from the brink of death.
His modifier updated and his wings reattached in nearly the same instant.
“I’ve heard that with wings, you can do something truly remarkable.”
“Well, I suppose I saw it a thousand years ago.”
Tasha chuckled and gestured with her chin.
A triangular die rolled from Franson’s hand.
It expanded progressively—from a tetrahedron to a cube, then a triacontahedron, then a hectahedron—until it formed a perfect sphere.
It resembled the sun suspended at the center of the heavens.
The golden sun illuminated everyone present and stripped away every debuff and wound from the humans.
“Wait, when did he accumulate that much Karma?”
“Franson hasn’t spent a single point of the Karma he accumulated when he became a Constellation. He’s only been consuming what he gains anew.”
“What?”
Tasha shrugged.
He’d never spent that Karma because it served as a memorial to the lives he’d saved and the ones he’d turned away.
And now he was expending that power for the sake of Earth.
“If you use something you’ve accumulated like that now… isn’t that a bit much? How did you even gather it?”
“You just used your last scraps of Karma to buy time for the kids to drink their potions.”
“No, well, I’m… an exception.”
Bringing that up would be embarrassing, so I’d rather he pretend he didn’t hear it.
Tasha laughed and poked my ribs with a tentacle.
“Isn’t everyone being a bit too showy? I’m the one who started this Competition, and now I look pathetic. Right now.”
As I grumbled pointlessly, the Constellations behind me burst into laughter.
I felt like a grandchild showing off tricks.
“True enough—this is the time when looking impressive matters. It’s always like that when you’re young. But why did you tell them not to step forward?”
“I didn’t really mean I didn’t want to step forward…”
Sellen linked her arm through mine and teased me.
The humans were fighting for their lives in a desperate crisis right now.
I could see Kim Gyuwun, dazed from his sudden awakening, being pulled into tight embraces by both Dan Yibum and Franson simultaneously.
Even humans do foolish things in the face of absolute desperation.
Ji Chae-ah and Ha Gyuhyuk are fighting desperately over there while you two have your tearful reunion.
Get back to the battlefield. Go.
Whether my grumbling got through to them or not, they quickly returned to their positions.
Dan Yibum’s eyes seemed moist, but that’s probably just my imagination. I shouldn’t pretend to notice.
“I’m returning command to you.”
“Thank you for taking command in my place, Guild Master.”
“It was only a few minutes.”
“In those few minutes, dozens could have died.”
Ha Gyuhyuk’s face flushed at Kim Gyuwun’s quiet praise.
So now you’re delighted when others praise you? You’ve changed, truly changed.
At that moment, the Constellations who had been warming up in the back stepped forward.
“It seems the humans have fought enough. Shall we wrap this up now?”
“Yes, it’s not good to drag this out any longer.”
There was a reason the Constellations had waited this long instead of vanishing the Dungeon in an instant with their power.
They needed this moment to witness the Hunters’ strength firsthand and choose those they desired to sponsor.
Unlike typical Competitions with clear Karma rewards, this gathering had assembled out of goodwill for Se-um.
So it was only fair to grant them the reward of selecting a Client they wished to cultivate or found interesting.
“Huh?”
“Oh, no.”
“Ahhhhh!”
Bewildered cries erupted from the Hunters locked in fierce combat.
It was only natural they’d be startled—Constellation Client contract windows had suddenly appeared before everyone.
Except for those already under contract or the rare few who refused, each Hunter now had a Constellation attached to them.
All the Constellations were lending their power so the Hunters could directly resolve this calamity themselves.
I also reached out to Ha Gyuhyuk.
[ Let’s finish this cleanly. You ready? ]
– Whenever you wish. I can do anything if you command it.
A laugh escaped me.
It felt like hearing one more phrase among the thousand ways to express love.
“Don’t be too startled, everyone. This planet is something else—there are those stubborn enough to insist on handling things themselves even when offered help.”
I stretched my arms out languidly.
Before I’d even finished speaking, I could hear disappointed voices from the Constellations who’d been rejected.
What kind of world had this become, anyway.
With a roaring cry, one of the Constellations swung a massive axe down upon the earth.
A tremendous hole tore through the Golem’s chest with a sickening crack.
Black smoke and tens of millions of monsters poured from the gap.
They were the souls Landquake had relentlessly consumed for three hundred years while lying dormant.
That became the signal—the Hunters charged at the Golem with all their might.
“Let’s go!”
The delighted Constellations stomped their feet, and radiant light blazed from the Hunters’ bodies in response.
The World Tree’s branches rooted in the Golem’s body, lives imprisoned within dozens of magical circles.
Humans clambering up the crumbling Golem as if it were a staircase, clinging to its head and unleashing skills relentlessly.
And brilliant healing light in five colors enveloped them all, shielding every soul.
Humans empowered by starlight now faced the final calamity.
“I should show some style too.”
“Got any Karma left?”
I watched my friends joking around before drawing my blade.
“No Karma, but this body still has twelve swords.”
They seemed not to understand what I meant, but let it be.
Do you think they would know of Yi Sun-sin?
As if responding to the violet sword energy that erupted from my blade’s edge, a brilliantly white sword energy overlapped and surged toward the golem.
It was an unwavering trajectory, as if declaring it would follow wherever I aimed.
The enemies crumbled beneath the onslaught of attacks.
The battle that seemed destined to continue forever finally showed signs of ending. The golem, already nearly collapsed, scraped desperately against the floor.
As if desperately trying to escape this Dungeon.
While the Hunters caught their breath, Ha Gyuhyuk stepped forward to block the golem.
Yes, you should land the finishing blow.
“There.”
Kim Gyuwun, who had been giving unwavering commands, hesitated at Ha Gyuhyuk’s sudden words.
Ha Gyuhyuk glanced at me once, then amplified his voice with a skill.
“More than 300 years ago, there was a hero who saved countless lives that might have been lost and defended this Dungeon. So, would you be willing to yield the final blow to that person?”
His voice rang out clearly to everyone within.
I found myself frozen.
What did he just say?
The Constellations wore delighted expressions as if they’d found entertainment in the human’s sudden confession, but the humans looked bewildered.
“A hero?”
“Where? Who exactly?”
“What?”
But Ha Gyuhyuk’s gaze remained fixed on me, as if completely indifferent to their questions.
My chest stirred again.
I’m happy, and it irritates me.
As if entranced, I stepped forward one pace at a time, now gazing at the golem that could no longer even writhe.
“Yes….”
I lowered my head and stared for a long moment at the small fragments crawling across the floor.
Is this truly the end?
Without hesitation, I drove my blade through.
The calamity, unable to make even a final struggle, turned to ash and vanished.
[ The Dungeon has been cleared. ]
My 300 years disappeared like this.
“It’s over.”
“Congratulations, Se-um.”
Two friends standing beside me. And one love behind me.
“So, Constellation Ulrim, what—no, explain this to me.”
The atmosphere split between those celebrating the Dungeon’s clearance and those bewildered trying to comprehend the situation.
I would have to speak for myself.
【 This moment you have saved shall become the history of this world, so savor it. 】
I turned my body to face the humans.
Speaking softly, as if I were human, I changed my voice.
“I’ve stopped the Landquake twice. The first time alone, this time with you all.”
“….”
I released all the memories and records I had sealed away regarding Se-um.
Even so, there would be few who would immediately recall me.
I burst into laughter.
“So from now on, remember me together in that history.”
That I was there at the beginning and the end of that calamity.
And that I was lonely for such a very long time.
Ha Gyuhyuk rushed over as if he had been waiting and embraced me.
It was warm and tender.
Then the Constellation System’s notification window appeared.
[ There is an update. ]
[ The modifier for ‘Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer’ has been changed. ]
[ From now on, this Constellation is ‘the Apocalypse’s Finalizer Inscribed in History’. ]
“Se-um.”
“Yes, I am Se-um.”
Along with a whispered voice, another window visible only to me appeared.
[ The condition for dissolution has been achieved. ]
Ah.
I am no longer lonely.

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