Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 194
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Episode 194 – Party Time – Secret of the 2nd floor (3)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 94
Current location: Hanbing Hell – Room of Resurrection
Sage Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
When I brought up the identity of the place and the snow globe, my grandfather and Jincheol looked around in surprise.
“It’s true! I understand after listening to you. Look like this! “We just didn’t notice it because we were inside, but it was a snow globe itself.”
“OMG… . When Ga-in listens to you, he realizes that even this opaque wall is curved. “I was slow to notice because it was so big, but it seemed to cover the entire space like a dome.”
While the two were looking around with confused expressions, Ari asked.
“Do you see the location in the status window?”
“huh.”
“What does it say?”
“Hard Ice Hell – Room of Resurrection.”
“to? What are you talking about? When did you leave that room? Oh no! Could this place be-”
“for a moment! Do not misunderstand. I’ve used the status window for a long time, so I have a rough idea of the principles, but if you thought this place was an extension of the cold ice hell or something like that, you’re mistaken.”
“I was just thinking about that… . “Then what do you think it means?”
“It’s kind of a matter of updating the name.”
“Name update?”
“The location information that appears in the status window is updated when you enter the area corresponding to the name determined within the hotel. What I mean is, if you are at location A and then move to B, but there is no name designated by the hotel for location B, the location information in the status window continues to show A. If we take the first floor as an example, the ‘hallway’ is an example.”
“corridor?”
“If we think of a hallway, we think of the long space in front of the cursed room on the first floor, but based on the status window, it is a hallway even if you leave that and go to the terrace, and even if you go near the front door, it is a hallway. It’s just a hallway. This may be because there is no separate name for the terrace or near the main entrance. “There is a separate name only near the information desk.”
“aha. I know what you mean. “When we stopped by the Resurrection Room to warm up on the way back from the first floor, it changed to that location and wasn’t updated after the change?”
“that’s right. And this has one important meaning.”
After looking at the vast and boundless snowfields around him, he added one word.
“This place does not have a name given by the hotel. So, even if you walk for such a long time, the location information is not updated.”
Ari and I were both locked in silence. My brother and grandfather, who were talking about various things nearby, also became quiet.
okay. Everything is good. The fact that this place is inside a snow globe is quite surprising, and the fact that we entered a place that the hotel didn’t even give a name to was interesting.
But then what? Aren’t we in a situation now where we can just wander around for the sake of curiosity?
If you have found this mysterious place, someone will come forward and congratulate you, dear customer! We will give you such and such a reward! Isn’t that what you have to do?
Colleagues who had similar thoughts started talking again.
“What should I do now? Just wow, it’s mysterious! amazing! And go back to the hotel?”
I think absolutely not.
“Reflect on the situation in which my advice was given. The owl used all of its advice stack to give a hint with the feeling that it should never be missed, and as soon as it was given, the drone even said that it had crossed a line. “This place definitely means something.”
“I think so too. Now that you’ve found some kind of hidden place, a hidden reward must follow… .”
— Boom!
Grandfather hit the wall again.
“Let’s break this.”
“…”
“Is there any other way? And look at the sound I make just by punching my fist. It’s not like an invincible barrier that can never be broken. “It’s worth breaking.”
“I feel uneasy about something… . “I wonder what’s outside the snow globe.”
“I don’t know what there is. But given the circumstances, why would your owl send us away? “Don’t you want me to go out?”
Jincheol also expressed the same opinion.
“Gain, I don’t know if you haven’t played much games, but in the original game, boxes were meant to be opened and walls were meant to be destroyed. As Seungyeop often said, this hotel has a subtle sense of game. “This wall was definitely built to be destroyed.”
I couldn’t think of anything else worth doing. In the end, I decided to break the wall and go outside the snow globe. The moment I made that decision, the word curiosity began to run wild in my mind without me even realizing it.
What on earth is outside the snow globe?
After everyone retreated to Jincheol, he summoned a star fragment. Even though I was wearing a protective suit, I ignored it for a minute and let the incoming waves tickle my skin.
— Boom!
Part of the wall collapsed, opening a door to an unknown world. And then a notification appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.
/warning! Once you go outside, your patron’s blessing will no longer protect you. Do you want to leave?/
“This means… .”
“It’s somewhat of an expected story. “I also vaguely remember seeing this notification while escaping the deep sea in an escape device.”
The only one of us who had ever escaped was not surprised and said that he had seen the notification.
“Did you lose your blessing when you escaped before? “Did you have a miscarriage?”
“The legacy remains.”
“Is only the legacy left after escape? A legacy is something we own that we have acquired, but a blessing is an external force given by a sponsor to help the participant progress through the hotel?”
“I heard that’s not exactly the case.”
“What are you talking about?”
The grandfather continued the next answer.
“Rather, there were cases where the blessing was maintained but there was no legacy. Maybe he’s just someone who didn’t get the inheritance… .”
“Are you saying it’s case by case?”
“okay. You will understand what I am saying now. In the first place, the number of escapees from the hotel secured by the management bureau was small, and in many cases, they did not escape because they knew the hotel very well. There were many cases where we were lucky and escaped with only a small part of the hotel identified. “Thanks to this, the information about the hotel that they provided to the management office is messy and full of contradictory information.”
I think the strength you have when going out of the hotel depends on the escape method.
One thing is certain: if you go outside the snow globe, the ‘blessing’ disappears. If I were to interpret it the other way, I understood it to mean that separate powers such as inheritance, my teleportation, and grandfather’s gloves remain.
There’s no way I can get out of here. With determination on everyone’s faces, we went out of the snow globe without hesitation.
…
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 94
Current location: Hanbing Hell – Room of Resurrection
Sage Advice: 0]
The status window slowly began to blur.
[Ended.]
Since I entered the hotel with the notification that seemed to come out when a program was turned off, the power that had been with me in most places disappeared.
Next to me, Jincheol murmured.
“I… . I became weak. It’s a really strange feeling. “In the meantime, I always felt like I could fly in the sky if I just put some strength into my legs.”
Ari answered lightly.
“It’s not that I’ve become weaker, I’ve just become ordinary. Even now, I’m stronger than an average person. Fortunately, the protective clothing that Ga-in was wearing is still the same. By the way, look at that. I guessed it, but it’s a real snow globe. “It’s even really pretty.”
After increasing the distance a bit, we looked again at the place we had come from and realized that it was indeed a snow globe. A snow globe so large that it feels like a small world compared to our size. Because it was the only object that glowed in the dark, a vague shape could be felt.
Jincheol looked around and said.
“Where on earth is this place? It’s really dark around here? “What do you see?”
“The only glowing object around is this snow globe. Even when I turn around, there is no light source. “Is there no sun or moon?”
Grandfather muttered nervously.
“If this place were, say, an alien world, it wouldn’t be surprising if there was no sun!”
“Gain, take a look at the floor. “What does this material look like?”
After squatting down for a moment and feeling the material of the floor, I slightly tore it open, thinking it would be okay.
“This looks like a tree. Is the tree even coated with oil? “It’s sparkling.”
“omg!”
When I turned my head in surprise at the groan I heard coming from across the street, my grandfather pointed somewhere without even opening his mouth.
“Why are you doing this? What’s over there – ugh!”
When I looked around earlier, it was clearly a dark space with nothing in it. Before we knew it, a huge, heart-stopping eye light appeared and watched us. The eye light did not blink even once.
In extreme tension, everyone was as stiff as a stone. I mustered up as much courage as I could and moved in front of everyone. No matter what happens, it has to happen to me. Now that my brother has lost his blessing, I am the strongest person in terms of physical strength.
Slowly, the eye light began to approach us. Should I back off? What kind of creature is that?
…
As I got closer, I just started laughing.
big. It’s so big. It’s really so big that it makes you laugh beyond fear. elephant? Even a single hair of that creature would not be able to do that. dinosaur? At most, it would be the size of a toenail.
It’s no joke, the dark shape softly emerging from the darkness was almost as big as a mountain. Even if we all dance on top of the eyeball, wouldn’t there still be space?
“Gain, are you okay in the magic book?”
“I’ve already summoned you.”
“Do you think you can take that monster’s body too?”
As soon as I said that, my breath caught in my throat.
Is it possible? Since obtaining the grimoire, I have never failed to possess someone unless the opponent was a being comparable to a god.
Grandfather’s irritated voice was heard from afar.
“Sure! If you can take away the body of a guy like that, you can probably take away the body of a prisoner. It looks like it’s going to be difficult, so come here quickly! Stick it with a snow globe!”
“Cain, Ari! “Both of you, get back towards the snow globe!”
Following what my brother and grandfather said, I also went back and thought.
The place we thought was a frigid world was actually just the inside of a snow globe. So, what is the identity of that creature?
Devil in the dark? A monster that brings about the end of the world? A beast that slaughtered 10 million humans?
…I don’t think so. For some reason, I began to guess the identity of that being. According to my guess, it would be very easy to take that creature’s mind.
Ignoring everyone’s anxious calls, I headed towards the eye light in the darkness. The eye light did not respond to my movements at all. If the identity of that creature is as I expected, it is not strange. Because they probably aren’t very intelligent beings. At best, we’ll look like nothing more than wriggling insects.
My mind is racing. A strange sound was heard from the mouth of the monster who felt something strange for a moment, along with the feeling that his mind was floating like a balloon and flying somewhere.
— Meow!!! Meow!!!
When I came to, I found myself like a house cat.
“Coco~! What are you talking about? Also, you didn’t touch the snow globe your dad gave you as a gift, right?”
… When I heard the voice of a person, probably a teenager, an indescribable evil thought began to stir deep within my mind.
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