Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 263
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Episode 263 – ???Ho, the cursed room – ‘????’ (One)
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– Han Ga-in
At least this room is not a mission room. Not only was there no notification about the first mission, but the last sentence of the notification sent by the hotel a while ago reminded me that my current room was a cursed room.
Usually, when I enter the Cursed Room, I tend to focus on what’s going on inside the room, but this time, the situation right before I entered kept lingering in my mind.
Because it felt unnatural.
Simply difficult? Dangerous? That’s not the problem, something is strange. I felt this level of absurdity only when I first entered the hotel. I specifically looked into which parts were strangely unreasonable.
First, the notification itself that came out at dawn.
What was the reason that the hotel, which usually announced something in the morning or evening, woke everyone up in the early morning to deliver the parcel notification? Because my eyes would have finished recovering by the next morning. In other words, the notification came out at dawn purely to scare us.
Let’s say that’s it for now. What’s really hard to understand is what comes next.
Second, the sponsors are idiots.
Sponsors are basically aware of the hotel’s progress. I know all the hidden elements and the scenario of each cursed room. Otherwise, I cannot explain the advice the owl gives me or the little hints we get when we meet our sponsors in the sanctuary.
So what is happening now is absurd. If the situation we are in now was predetermined from the beginning, if the package was a trap, is the owl a stupid idiot? Why on earth did they make me look for the package even though I was locked in a cage?
The same goes for our lucky sponsors. The blessing will be broken on the first attempt in the next room anyway, so why give it a strong reinforcement now?
…
As I quietly walked inside the tent, two thoughts came to mind.
First, it seems that the current version was not the sponsor’s intention. The owl intervened using force. A lucky benefactor who used up his own power to give Seungyeop powerful reinforcements.
Clearly, the picture they drew was that we were using the hourglass correctly, and Seung-yeop was able to survive in room 203 with his newly acquired reinforcements.
A disturbing hand intervened. Maybe it was the intention of someone who locked the owl in a cage.
Second, the hourglass is not a trap. If it is a trap, it cannot explain the behavior of the owl, which tried to deliver the hourglass to us despite the penalty. It’s definitely an item that has a correct use.
If you think about it, our heritage is also at great risk. If you keep looking at the grimoire without protecting the status window, it’s easy to go crazy and die, the star is nothing but a self-destructor if you summon it all at once, and ominous imagination is an ability that makes you wonder how you can use it without the brightness index.
The hourglass would be similar. There is definitely a suitable way to use it. I have to go out and check it out. Didn’t you say there were numbers on the bottom?
— Shake it off!
“Rookie… . Are you okay?”
“are you okay. I have something to say? I mean, your name is… .”
“They call it the old wolf’s claw.”
“good. Old Wolf Claws. “Do you have anything to say?”
Let’s leave it at this. It’s time to put aside thoughts about the outside world and focus on what’s going on inside the room. I don’t know what issue it is, nor do I know the name of the room or the scenario, but this room is also quite tiring as it spins around.
Old Talon gesticulated with his hands and feet and explained with tears in his eyes how dire the current situation of the tribe was. I know that my condition as a ‘rookie’ is not normal, but I emphasized that if I don’t go around and show that I’m healthy, everyone will feel anxious.
So now I’m asking you to come out of the tent. As I listened, my head started to hurt, so I motioned for them to leave because I understood. Then, I simply put on the fur that was hanging on the wall and went outside the tent.
The fur worn was heavy and had an unpleasant smell. I don’t think people would have worn things like this even if they had reached a medieval level of civilization.
However, as I walked among the tribesmen outside the tent, I felt it naturally. To the people here, the fur and skin I am wearing now resembles the dragon robe worn by the emperor. At least it was neat in its own way!
It seems that the level of civilization in this stage is at most the Stone Age. The reason most people are naked is not only because they are poor, but also because they do not have the ability to make decent clothes in the first place.
As I was walking outside the tent and taking in the fresh air, a half-naked woman came running from somewhere, carrying a child on her back.
“Please, my child has had trouble sleeping since yesterday and his skin is hot. Please-”
I don’t know what to do. Would you feel at ease if you stroked the little boy’s head once?
“Can’t you get out of the way right now!”
Before I could do anything, the old man who was walking on all fours in front of me rolled his eyes and chased the woman away. She was embarrassed and said there was no need for her, but the old man instead pleaded with me.
“It is very dangerous to approach a sick person! If the God-man falls again, we will all die.”
After hearing it, I found it to be true. Even in the Stone Age, there is some knowledge that one should not hastily approach a sick person. As a modern person in the 21st century, I overlooked that fact and almost made a mistake.
As I was walking outside, I seemed to be in good condition, this time a slightly younger man, called ‘Blue Wolf Claw’, approached me. It seems that the word ‘wolf claw’ is a name given to the best warrior in the tribe. ‘Old Wolf Claw’ was probably an outstanding warrior of the previous generation, right?
“Congratulations on waking up.”
“Have I been down for a long time?”
“You’ve been down for almost a week.”
That’s good. Let’s go to the amnesia settings.
“good. Blue Wolf Claw, when I woke up, my memories were a little hazy. “Let me ask you a few questions.”
“Ask me anything.”
“Are there any people like me? therefore… . ‘new man’? I think there will be more rookies. Specifically, about 8 people.”
Where on earth are my colleagues? The young warrior seemed to think for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“The beings who lead the tribes of the plains all inherit great lineages. “I’m not sure about their number.”
It’s a great lineage… . It seems that other colleagues have also woken up from their own tribes that they must manage.
Afterwards, I asked various questions about the situation of the tribe. Since they were a Stone Age-level civilization and a very simple group, it didn’t take long to figure out the general information.
The ‘tribe’ resembled a fairly large group of refugees, containing over 2,000 people. I seem to be a chief who inherited the lineage of the god they worship. The issues they are most worried about right now are climate and monsters.
The weather has been getting colder for some time now. It is said that the territory where the tribe had previously endured was devastated by the attack of the ‘Wriggling Teeth.’ Because of this, the food problem has become more serious, and the ‘wriggling teeth’ that attack every night are putting all the tribesmen in fear.
Of course, no one could properly explain what these ‘wriggling teeth’ were. It looks like they want me, who is said to be of godly blood, to fight against monsters and guide them to a safe home… .
What should I do? There’s no map, so where should I go?
As I was in trouble, a bowl of porridge was brought to me as a meal. The unpleasant smell of the fish, the strange sweetness of the tree fruit that mixes awkwardly and makes it even more irritating, and the pungent flavor reminiscent of the fishy smell of the sea.
I can guarantee that by 21st century standards, even Songi’s dog or parrot would not have eaten this type of food. However, when he saw the ‘best warrior of the tribe’ next to him take a sip of his appetite after seeing the porridge, he just ate it.
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As I roughly grasped the tribe’s situation and listened intently to information about the nearby geography that the elders remembered, the sky suddenly turned scarlet. As the sun was slowly setting, a loud murmur was heard from outside the tent.
“what?”
“… I’m sure you’ve been through this for the past few days -”
“You said you don’t remember much about the past.”
“sorry. “It has been a long time since the tribesmen gathered around the tent where the God-man was staying at night.”
I wondered what he meant and soon understood. It is said that after being chased away by monsters called ‘Wriggling Teeth’, the monsters attack people every night and kill people. Because of this situation, when it gets late, everyone gathers near my tent, which is considered safe.
“Let’s take a look.”
“yes?”
“Teeth twitching. “Let’s take a look and see what they are doing.”
I thought they might object, but no. All the people who had been talking to me in the tent followed me with their eyes shining brightly.
What kind of people are worthy of being treated as ‘descendants of God’ in such a Stone Age-level tribe? Most of them are strong warriors or old people who were warriors. Even if they die fighting, they will not be people who are afraid of fighting. When I thought about it that way, I felt a little at ease.
Outside the tent, you can see people with such shabby appearance that they look more like monkeys than people. As I looked at the extremely small physique and the hearts shrunk smaller than the body, I felt frustrated without realizing it.
In front of everyone, he stretched out his hand to the sky and summoned the ‘Book of Magic’. A book that emits ominous energy that appears in the air!
In a turbid and dark world, the only fate left for people is to be crushed in the darkness. In a place like this, a powerful force, even if it is ominous and evil, is something that everyone has no choice but to rely on.
Before starting work in earnest, I briefly opened the grimoire to check what I had missed.
The mental protection of the status window has clearly weakened. It doesn’t feel like it’s 100% gone at all. The hotel’s notification that appeared as soon as I arrived in the room warned that ‘the blessing will not work properly’, which is different from room 107, which said ‘you cannot use the blessing.’
Looking back, even though Cha Jin-cheol may have been weaker than usual before entering, he still had enough strength to compete with the monster. It’s not that the chat window didn’t work at all. At least I was able to send some kind of ‘signal’. Under the circumstances, everyone’s blessings have not completely disappeared. It’s just ridiculously weak and broken.
If mental protection were to be weakened to this degree, there would be restrictions on the use of grimoires. Let’s finish it quickly. If the fight drags on for too long, the problem will likely get worse.
— Crunch! Aww!
An evil sound is heard from the western sky. ‘Wriggling teeth’ appeared. When I heard the monster’s sound, a new question arose.
What on earth is the ‘curse’ of this room? Something that is destroying the world? No matter how you look at it, this world is already ruined? As I glanced at the residents of the ‘already ruined world’ with mixed emotions, I could feel the emotions in their eyes.
Normally, as soon as they felt the murderous intent unleashed by the monster, the people would have trembled and flocked to my tent, but I could see a glimpse of anticipation in their eyes. The belief that maybe I can solve all their problems.
Intoxicated by the atmosphere, my mouth opened.
“Tonight, I’m going hunting.”