Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 264
Only Krnovel
Episode 264 – ???Ho, the cursed room – ‘????’ (2)
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– Han Ga-in
He left the tent with his warriors and chased after the ‘wriggling tooth.’ The desolate landscape full of low-growing weeds and crumbling gravel suddenly transformed into a forest full of pitch-black trees that blocked the view.
I could feel fear in the movements of the brave warriors. Why did a forest that should be full of abundant fruit, clean water, and fat game become such a scary place?
The criminal let out a high-pitched note from the west, as if calling us again.
— Oooh!
“You said wriggling teeth can’t fly, right?”
“That’s right. Kicking the ground and moving like the wind -”
“no! “I thought it was climbing a tree, but then I saw it flying?”
“You idiot! “It didn’t fly, it just jumped from the tree with great force.”
“Hey, I definitely saw the fluttering-”
“I’m sorry, but both of you, please shut up.”
What kind of monster is this that makes us confused as to whether it flies in the sky or crawls on the ground?
— Ujikkeun!
At that very moment, a tree collapsed on one side of the forest, and a huge figure vaguely came into view. The warriors who followed me retreated as if frightened and started yelling while holding out their crude spears.
— Squeak!
This time something wriggling moved on the other side. Is the number of objects two? There may be more. The environment was not good. I couldn’t see a specific shape, but finding it in the dark forest at this late hour was a task.
As ‘Old Wolf Claw’ shouted from the side, the warriors formed a camp around me with their spears outstretched. The intention was to protect me and fight, but the raised spear blocked my view, which was a hindrance considering the grimoire.
“Lower the window!”
“yes? “You’re a rookie-”
“Don’t block my view!”
“Ugh!”
There seemed to be a muffled roar coming from behind, and a man who was slightly out of line was grabbed by a lump of flesh extending from the forest. With no time left to do anything other than save the captured man, he began to be eaten alive in an instant. It’s a sorry story, but thanks to that, I was able to clearly see parts of the monster’s body.
If you look at the long tentacles alone, they resemble huge tree branches, but they also had a lot of black, rough hair. It had countless unusual sharp teeth. I now understand why this guy is called ‘Wiggle Tooth’.
Grabbing the grimoire, he focused his mind on the tentacles and snatched the monster’s body.
Indeed, apart from its great power, it may not have been a particularly high-class being, so it could not resist possession. Now if I commit suicide –
…
Nothing was seen or heard.
I realized that the stolen body had no eyes, ears, nose, or any other normal sense organs. I felt endless hunger just inside my writhing skin. At the same time, the endless pain that feels like your soul is being sliced alive –
“Ugh! “What on earth is this?”
“W-what’s going on? “Aren’t you trying to ‘manipulate’ me?”
There is no time to talk. She pushed the old man away and glared at the other side of the forest again. The monster seemed to have taken what happened a moment ago as a ‘threatening attack’ and soon disappeared beyond the forest.
“… That’s not just one.”
“yes?”
“Is each tentacle a separate organism? Then what about the body? No, is that really the relationship between the main body and the parasite?”
A little while ago, I was possessed not by the monster itself, but by a strand of ‘tentacles’ that rose from the monster. Strangely enough, ‘Wiggle Teeth’ was a type of gregarious creature! But through my brief possession, I ended up gaining even stranger knowledge.
“The tentacles are also eating the body? “Is it just a lump of flesh that wants to eat everything that touches it?”
Old Wolf Claw didn’t seem to understand what I was saying. Fortunately, he didn’t bother me with annoying questions and had enough judgment to control the warriors without saying a word.
The fight is not over. There was still a sense of ferocious life in the forest and a ferocious force that made humans cringe. No matter what happens, we have to take the body of one of those monsters. This isn’t something that can be accomplished by controlling just one tentacle.
“If another piece of flesh flies, hit it with the spear and fix it! Do you understand?”
When I saw the eyes of those who had not even a trace of the courage they had when leaving the tent, I was worried about whether they would do as I was told. But this time, these people have to do their part.
Like giant hedgehogs, everyone slowly moved forward with their windows outward. A collapsing tree, a strong stench that stings your nose, and three shadows shaking.
Fortunately, the three monsters are not working together to attack us. According to my memories of being briefly possessed, I don’t know the actual body, but the tentacles that are attacking us right now don’t have that level of intelligence.
— Sigh!
“Ugh!”
“Take a picture! Take a picture!”
Uneasy.
The force of each tentacle with its wriggling teeth was not enough to break a spear made of thick, strong wood like a toothpick and fly towards us inside. Thanks to this, the ranks made of spears were playing their role.
However, stabilizing the tentacle with a spear is another matter. Even those who managed to catch the tentacle with a spear lost the spear as they were dragged away like children.
“If one person takes a picture, another person should take a picture too! “Gather the strength of many people!”
Finally, the noise of something hitting the floor was heard. As I turned my gaze in that direction, I saw a particularly large warrior wrestling with one of the tentacles with his teeth clenched. Other warriors around him also ran towards them, and soon several spears had their tentacles pinned to the ground.
“Get out of the way.”
“uh? yes? suddenly -”
ran. Since the tentacles are fixed, the main body will not be able to move easily now! When I suddenly started running, the warriors’ eyes widened.
At that moment, another tentacle split the air between the swaying trees. Strangely enough, I ‘felt’ the trajectory.
Even though I couldn’t see it with my eyes because only traces of the sun were already in the sky, I felt like I could sense the strange movement of tentacles flying in. The trajectory drawn in the dark and the location of the main body wrestling with the warriors were clearly visible.
As I lightly lowered my upper body once, the monotonous trajectory of the flesh passed me by. This time I jumped slightly upward. Since the retarded tentacles weren’t flying at any complicated angles and weren’t making any feint motions, there wasn’t a need for any loud movements.
Turn to the side again to avoid it, then take five steps forward. It is now. With the feeling of my belly button being pulled, my body crossed the forest in an instant.
The ‘main body’ I finally encountered was a mysterious being. The head of an animal, a bizarre body with tentacles like tree branches sprouting out. It looks like a clumsy mix of animals and plants and then randomly inserting tree branches.
“Give me that body.”
Slowly, the wave of ‘Han Ga-in’ engulfs the monster’s body. Before long I found myself looking down at everything in the forest.
As soon as the monster’s body was stolen, the first thing he did was to protect Han Ga-in’s human body. As we confirmed earlier, this monster is a colony creature. Just as you cannot control the body by controlling the tentacles, you cannot control the tentacles by controlling the body.
The branch-like tentacles extending from the body stopped it from eating the ‘human body’ that had fallen unconscious in the forest. Next, he bit into his mouth a strand of the giant tentacle that was wrestling with the warriors and ripped it off.
An unbearable, hideous nature boils over. Was this trace left behind when control of the body was taken from me? The urge to chew and swallow all the ‘flesh’ around me immediately filled my head.
impulse. impulse. impulse.
An incomprehensible appetite, ferocity, and violence that could not exist in a natural creature surged like a tidal wave. Fortunately, there were more beings in this forest who could tolerate the violence.
Senses far beyond human senses detected another shape lurking on the other side of the forest. As I kicked the ground without hesitation and rushed towards the tree, breaking the tree, the other two ‘Wiggle Teeth’ that had been targeting humans a moment ago seemed embarrassed and distanced themselves from me.
Unfortunately, the enemy’s escape failed. It wasn’t because I was too fast, or because my opponent was slow.
This is because there were beings who did not want to avoid battle. The tentacles that sprouted from the bodies of the two wriggling teeth began to tangle indiscriminately, ignoring the will of the main body.
Soon, the two beasts craved each other’s flesh. Since it wasn’t my body anyway, I ignored defense and stretched out my mouth to rip out the opponent’s belly fat. While I was biting something, I couldn’t tell if it was the nape of the other person’s neck or the body, with both front paws, I realized that the other person was also eating my hind legs.
I tore, swallowed, tore and bit.
Suddenly, a bright moon was shining in the sky. Eventually, a fitting end came for the two beasts who were suffering from an uncontrollable urge of appetite.
*
“Uhm… . “My head hurts a bit.”
“Are you awake?”
When I came to my senses, I was surrounded by warriors who looked worried. It seems that I was protecting my defenseless body well during the bloody battle between the beasts.
“okay. “I think I took care of two of them, but what happened to the other one?”
“It felt like I was running away.”
It’s a bit disappointing that I couldn’t kill all three, but there’s nothing I can do about it. After all, they can’t be the only monsters in this terrible world, so I need to recover my stamina.
“Let’s look at the monster’s corpse for a moment. “No matter how much I think about it, it’s so strange.”
It’s really strange. The doubts I felt when I was possessed by the tentacle became worse after I became possessed by the main body. At first she thought it was a giant monster with tentacles. Then I realized that the tentacles were separate creatures and thought it was some kind of colony creature.
And it was only after possessing both sides that I vaguely realized its true nature.
A similar concept that could be compared to a wriggling tooth was none other than ‘Cordyceps sinensis’. A foreign creature, tentacled, was parasitic on the body of a huge beast, endlessly pouring into the beast unbearable appetite, thirst, and violence.
What on earth are those tentacles? I can bet you all that it is not the result of natural evolution!
It is clear that it is a creation created by someone, an extremely evil being. Someone created tentacles and scattered them across this primordial world. As a result, the world was filled with horrible monsters that could not exist naturally.
With the help of the warrior next to me, I got up and started walking through the forest. Suddenly, the warrior’s body felt trembled.
“what? Come on?”
“All of you!”
“hmm?”
“It is truly God! You are not human. God-man is indeed an absolutely invincible being.”
Everyone turned their gaze once and immediately fell to their knees and fell to the floor. Tears started flowing from someone’s eyes. Some even started crawling on the floor.
… To be honest, I didn’t feel that good. I felt very strange. I also thought it was a bit unpleasant.
Old Wolf Tooth gently grabbed my arm from behind.
“Didn’t you say you were going to examine the body of ‘Wiggle Tooth’? “Please go.”
“ah. It did.”
“… Congratulations. Today’s feat will be remembered and sung by the entire tribe for generations to come.”
“sing?”
“sure. Tomorrow we will have a small party. Didn’t the rookie originally enjoy ‘singing’? “They enjoyed it because it contained the history of the tribe.”
‘A song full of history’. This is ‘rice cake’.