Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 255
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Episode 255 – Party Time – Parcel and Mysterious Artisan (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 108
Current location: Tier 2, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
A ticket that can be used for various purposes, such as acquiring a renounced inheritance or reviving a dead person. Perhaps this hotel’s most valuable treasure?
Next to me, Jincheol grumbled.
“Huh, what do you mean by only giving 0.5 tickets? In the end, it means you should use your courage and get 0.5 more from somewhere else!”
No matter how valuable it is, that’s only when it’s completed in one chapter. As Jincheol said, it would be meaningful to somehow obtain 0.5 more chapters to complete it. Anyway, when I thought about what I had to do in the future, there was a lot.
I have to check the parcel, and I also have to check the mysterious craftsman. I should also go to the Sanctuary of Blessing. Isn’t the probability that Seungyeop will receive reinforcements this time quite high? You should search the hotel whenever you have time and find the mirror room.
“Let’s first check the parcel and craftsman on the second floor.”
Sure enough, some changes occurred in the parcel. The box became translucent and something inside began to be visible!
“What’s inside?”
After looking around, the old man came up with an opinion.
“It looks like a solid piece of glass… . Do it like this – huh!”
A notification went out to everyone.
/3 days left until delivery./
“3 days? “It’s coming soon.”
Song Yi tilted her head.
“It’s an ambiguous time. In 3 days… . Since we solved issue 202, we will be given ‘party time’. Will it be when party time ends?”
“Well… .”
It’s a little strange. Anyway, that delivery thing and all is just an expression that the hotel has added haphazardly, and what is important is that the hotel thinks the appropriate time to pay for the contents of the parcel is three days later.
“Isn’t it strange? If there is something useful in the next room, say room 203, you should give it to them right away so they can get used to it at least a little. On the other hand, if it’s an item that shouldn’t be used in room 203, you can just give it to them later.”
“Let’s think about the parcel after it arrives! Rather, everyone come this way!”
Ari’s excited voice came from across the room and everyone started moving. The ‘mysterious craftsman’ made of Lego has finally begun to move.
“Hello, participants, how are you? We hope you have a great experience at Hotel Pioneer. The mysterious craftsman is in charge of creating flying shoes that can be of great help to participants. If you want an explanation about flying shoes, please press 1.”
“no. 1? “Can I just press this keypad on my chest?”
“If you want an explanation about flying shoes, please press 1.”
“Hey! “Aren’t you intelligent?”
“If you want an explanation about flying shoes, please press 1.”
“What is number 2?”
“If you want an explanation about flying shoes, please press 1.”
“hey! hey! “Stop talking to this stone-headed idiot and just press 1!”
Grandpa was irritated. Since it was an NPC, I naturally thought of something intelligent, but what came out was a robot-like being that only repeated certain words. Is it because it’s Lego?
In the meantime, the doctor next to me opened his mouth.
“Flying shoes? Could this be… . Is it an escape tool?”
Everyone became quiet. I thought it would be ridiculous to lie and say no. The atmosphere was awkward. The doctor must have read the atmosphere and laughed.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? Outside the front door is the sky, so when flying shoes come out, it’s an idea that anyone would do. “Let’s try pressing it.”
“Yeah, right! really! Why is everyone like this all of a sudden? Let’s hear an explanation. From the looks of it, it doesn’t come out just by pressing a button.”
Eunsol noona approached and pressed number 1.
“Flying shoes or wing boots. Since it is a public item, all participants can use it after acquiring it. You can fly when worn. If you train hard enough, you can escape the hotel through the front door. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough materials to craft it. “To proceed with the production request, please press 1.”
Since they told me outright that I could escape, I felt more at ease. There is no need for us to argue among ourselves.
More than that, the words ‘if you train enough’ stuck with me. Ari, who had a similar thought in mind, responded.
“It’s enough training… . “What do you think it means?”
“I guess it’s harder to use than I thought. “It must be quite difficult since it is something that can only fly in the first place.”
“No, Eunsol. I’m not talking about the difficulty of using the shoes. “Even if you can fly, escaping through the front door seems quite risky.”
In the past, when I asked if I could use the advice to make a ‘parachute’ and escape through the front door, the owl responded that if it wasn’t worth my life, I should try it. Simply falling slowly is not enough to get out the front door.
“Is there even a human-eating bird flying around outside? What about production requests? I think I once heard that in order to get wing boots, you have to complete a quest from a mysterious craftsman… .”
“I heard this from a merchant. “I’ll press 1.”
“Production request. To make flying shoes, you need a total of 3 materials. First, the wings of a bird flying through a typhoon. Second, a fighter’s fur that can withstand even the force of a wall. Third, the eyeball of someone who contemplates all things from the apex. All ingredients are available inside the hotel. If the ingredients are in the Curse Room, you can take them out.”
Once again everyone became quiet.
The wings of a bird soaring through a typhoon.
A fighter’s fur that can withstand even the force of a wall.
The eyeball of someone who contemplates all things from the peak.
As I was reading the words blankly, I burst into laughter.
“I’ll just write some advice. “These are such abstract words that I don’t think we can come up with an answer just thinking about them among ourselves.”
‘Give me advice on this material.’
[Questions related to the Mysterious Artisan require all advice. Would you like to ask a question?]
“Ah, here we go again.”
“Do you want to write down all three pieces of advice?”
“This is what happens when you try to ask something plausible.”
“Just write it. Anyway, today is not party time, so I can’t explore, and the package hasn’t arrived. “There really isn’t much to ask.”
[Advice: 3 -> 0]
[It cannot be completed now, and all materials can be obtained on the 2nd floor.]
It was a useful answer in its own way. At least, thanks to the ‘I can’t complete it now’ part, I didn’t have to struggle in vain in advance.
When we returned to room 105, a notification immediately appeared, congratulating us and informing us that party time would be held for 3 days starting tomorrow. As always, during party time, there was also a notification that the hotel’s hidden secret would be revealed.
*
“Good job everyone!”
“Thanks for your efforts!”
After saying goodbye to each other, everyone ate happily and started talking about what they should do during this break.
“Day 1, so tomorrow we have to go to the Sanctuary of Blessing. “I think quite a few people will receive reinforcements.”
“The rest of us, let’s search the hotel. I need to find the room of mirrors. Well, there is something we all must not forget.”
With those words, Ari scribbled something on the whiteboard.
Hidden NPC on the 2nd floor: Mysterious Artisan, ???.
Hidden rooms on the second floor: Resurrection Room, Mirror Room.
“See? I found the mysterious craftsman and learned the details of the request to collect materials. I’ve already used the Resurrection Room once, and I know the Mirror Room also exists. But, other than this, there is one more hidden NPC on the second floor.”
It really is a second floor that has no end no matter how much you dig. One of the still hidden NPCs didn’t even have a clue as to its identity.
“Let’s search whenever we can. “It could be on the second floor or it could be in the basement.”
“On the last day, I have to think about what room to go to next. Of course, I think it’s room 203.”
Songi added one more thing.
“I have to check the parcel too. “Looking at the date, it says it appears on the last day.”
OMG… .
I feel like I’m going to get sick while eating. Why is there so much work to do? Next to me, Seungyeop muttered as if he was shocked.
“There are a lot of games in the world that have nothing to do even if you only play them for 3 days, but this hotel’s content is truly amazing. It’s a God Game with full content! Even the rabbit princesses will faint from exhaustion!”
Grandpa sighed.
“Well, isn’t it all about the things we will get in the end? Let’s think positively. Come to reality! “The monsters in real life are the ones who kill people without giving anything in return, but here, they just give you treasure, so how good is it?”
Although I thought it was absurd, there was nothing wrong with what my grandfather said, so I just laughed.
Is it because I’m tired thinking about what’s left to do?
Naturally, stories about Room 202, which had already been resolved, began to emerge.
“I’m thinking about solving issue 202, but everyone, please think about it seriously. “It’s a story connected to future progress.”
“Sister, what are you trying to say by holding your weight like this?”
“The way we solved it. Is this really the ‘hotel’s intended solution’?”
The solution we ultimately chose in No. 202 was none other than resolving the Sea God’s resentment and punishing the management bureau.
“You seem to think no.”
“that’s right. I think we resolved the issue in a completely different way than the hotel intended. “There’s quite a bit of evidence for this.”
With that said, my sister pointed out a few facts.
“First of all, Elena was sealed. Elena was the second daughter purged by her eldest daughter, right? Also, as soon as he woke up, he informed us that the resurrection of the sea god was imminent and that Lee Su-ho was the culprit. “What does this mean?”
Ari answered.
“Elena’s role at the hotel is to ‘provide information to prevent the resurrection of the Sea God’, right?”
“that’s right. Elena’s position itself is to prevent the resurrection of the Sea God. Also, Ga-in’s understanding of the scenario is also good evidence.”
Because I understood what my sister was trying to say, I answered for her.
“Understanding the scenario led us to Sea God Island in the first attempt and led us to search for the secrets hidden within the island. In other words, no information was given that would cause the management to be suspected.”
Ari, who was listening, asked.
“For the third attempt, when we attacked the Management Bureau in earnest, what information did you give us?”
This question can be answered very easily.
“nothing. “After ‘Go to Sea God Island’ that pops up as soon as you enter, I didn’t follow the instructions, so the content wasn’t updated at all.”
“It’s like…” .”
“I feel like I haven’t prepared anything. “Because it’s so different.”
When my older sister pointed out something I vaguely felt, I realized it clearly. Room 202, the way we solved it was completely different from the hotel’s intentions.
This fact is proven by the fact that I was completely unable to understand Elena’s role, location, and the scenario that provided guidelines for progress arranged by the hotel.
As everyone nodded, my sister continued speaking with a confident expression.
“We found an answer that completely deviated from the hotel’s guidelines, but instead of being scolded, they even gave us additional compensation for solving it well. “What does this mean?”
I feel it vaguely.
For every cursed room, there is an ‘appropriate answer’ that the hotel thinks of. If you carefully examine the roles of NPCs, the information revealed when sealed participants are released, and my scenario, you can roughly predict the answers prepared by the hotel.
The answer prepared by the hotel in room 202. Wasn’t this clearly a way to quickly deal with Lee Soo-ho and Riringanor and stop the sea god’s descent?
We are way off the mark with this answer. However, the hotel said it was very good and even gave it extra points.
In other words.
“There is no need to go as the hotel intended in the first place. Even the hotel itself estimates that if the problem is solved as intended, it will be around 50 points at most. They’re talking to us. “Find a better answer.”
An apocalyptic crisis was approaching, and some worlds were unable to overcome the crisis and collapsed. Another world withstood the crisis by providing an incomplete answer, but had to make immeasurable sacrifices or leave behind fearful consequences.
Some people may have doubts. Was there no better answer?
It is not an answer that God or Buddha can come up with with a single stretch of his hand and crush the devil, but an answer that people can come up with.
I felt like I knew something, but it was difficult.
According to this reasoning, there are limits to creating solutions based on the placement of NPCs, information provided by sealed participants, and information provided by ‘scenario understanding’.
If you carefully analyze the information provided by the hotel and come up with an answer, the hotel will say ‘Yes, 50 points!’ This would mean that a similar level of response could be obtained.
Let’s take it easy. Basically, try your best to write a 50-point answer based on the given information, but depending on the situation, if you realize ‘No!’ and come up with an amazing solution, it would be reasonable to give it a try.
The next day, we headed to the Sanctuary of Blessing.