Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 267
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Episode 267 – ???Ho, Room of the Curse – ‘????’ (5)
“Hitch!”
In the barren land, a strong wind that made it difficult to stand blew into the cave, bringing in sand dust, and Mukseong coughed and frowned. Of course, the reason why Mukseong frowned was not only because of the sand dust.
“Sanghyun, if what you say is true, Elena will come rushing towards you and me sooner or later.”
“That’s right.”
“There is no answer between us. “I think I need Eunsol’s flute.”
“Judging by the contents of the notification that appeared at the start, the legacy is fine. If it’s Eunsol’s flute, it could bring Elena back. However, there is no way to know where Miss Eunsol is, so we must do the best we can among ourselves.”
“Best course of action? What should I do-”
“Elder, please bite someone else for a moment.”
Mukseong tilted his head, but did as Sanghyeon said and sent all the warriors of the tribe that followed him out of the cave to protect him. After the two were alone, Sanghyun asked a question with a subtle expression.
“Elder, this is a bit far from the current topic, but… . What do those cavemen look like?”
“What do you see? “They’re Stone Age ugaugars.”
“Do you look human?”
“Foot! okay. Is it so dirty and stupid that it looks like a monkey rather than a human? “I’m saying this because I’ve lived longer than you, but when the environment is harsh, people become ignorant and dirty.”
“No, I’m not saying that… .”
Sanghyun pondered whether or not to say his next words. As a doctor, he quickly gained public favor by curing the diseases and injuries of primitive people as soon as he hit the stage.
“little… . “I felt different.”
“hmm. When you saw the fishmen in room 202, didn’t you say they were just humans? “They look no different from humans, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Hmm. That’s enough of this topic. “It may be an illusion.”
Sanghyeon also found it difficult to provide a clear basis. A ‘vague’ sensation felt during the treatment process. It is not easy to express this logically. Therefore, Sang-hyeon thought it would be appropriate to talk about the problem at hand first, so he returned to the topic of conversation.
“You’ve heard about paradise, right?”
“Paradise? “Are you talking about the ‘sweet land’ mentioned in tribal legend?”
“It seems like each tribe has a different name. you’re right.”
“I heard it. “It’s definitely a place you must go to find a room.”
“That’s right. But would the tribesmen try to cross the mountain range?”
Mukseong immediately shook his head. It’s impossible. Primitive people considered mountain ranges to be hell descending on this world. If you ask to go to a place like that, there’s no way you’ll follow it, no matter how much a rookie says. This is because being a primitive person does not mean that one is not intelligent.
“The mountains are a must-go place, but the tribesmen are refusing to go there. It is difficult to respond to the crisis that hits us here. Even if the entire tribe packs up and moves immediately, the movement speed of a large group will be adjusted to the slowest within.”
“… yes. “You will move not at the speed of a warrior, but at the speed of a child, woman, or elderly person.”
Sanghyun, who had been quietly observing the outside of the cave, opened his mouth for the last time.
“When you meet a bear in the mountains, you don’t necessarily have to be faster than the bear to run away. “They say you can survive as long as you move faster than the person next to you.”
“Sanghyun, you… .”
“I made up my mind. “What about the elderly?”
Mukseong was speechless. Now, Sang-hyeon suggested that they ‘abandon the tribe’ and move to the mountains together!
*
– Eunsol Lee
“I’m glad you’re well. I was very worried that I might experience something difficult or difficult. Of course, there would have been no crisis since you had a reliable helper next to you!”
The condition of Songi, a colleague I had a hard time meeting, was better than I expected. The clothes were quite clean and made of white leather, and the entire body was decorated with colorful decorations.
Above all, when I saw the ‘familiar bird’ approaching with Songi on board, a feeling of envy welled up deep in my heart. Pero: Why does he always start next to Songi? Please help someone as weak as me!
“What on earth are those decorations on your body?”
“The tribe members give you gifts every day? “People seem to like me a lot.”
When I heard that, my stomach hurt even more. Why are only the Songi tribe members so nice? Among the people on my side, there were more than one guy who climbed up on me with a look that made me want to ‘dare a woman’, and my job was to suppress them first.
At least, the ‘woman who dared’ was offset by the ‘great god-man’, so I felt like I gained dignity after subduing the bull.
“Hmm. I also suffered in my own way. A monster attacked not long after arriving at the tribe?”
“monster? “I was attacked by a bull the size of a truck, which made me think I was a five-legged bull.”
“I was attacked by a giant mantis-like monster called ‘The Cutter,’ and I defeated it with the help of Bracelet and Pero.”
Songi and I both started out as leaders of a primitive tribe, and soon had to fight monsters that attacked our tribe. This can’t be a coincidence. Perhaps all of your colleagues have gone through the same thing, right? I was worried about other people’s well-being.
The topic of conversation naturally moved to ‘beyond the mountains.’
“I heard the tribal people singing a song. They say that all of our ancestors were children of the sky god and stayed in a sacred land. It is said that one day, they were kicked out of that land.”
“Honestly, it’s a common myth. “Christianity has almost the same content, and there are more than one religion that is similar.”
“Yes, of course. “What’s unique about it is that the location of the ‘sacred land’ is handed down in quite specific detail?”
“They said you have to cross the mountain range. but… . “I thought a little differently.”
“yes?”
“Song, what do you think we should do to escape?”
“First, we need to know what a ‘curse’ is.”
According to past experience, the criteria for determining escape vary from room to room. Simply surviving for a long time does not guarantee escape; you must delay the ‘curse’ itself or escape from it.
“From here on, it’s just my guess, so please give your opinion.”
“yes.”
“Have you never heard from the tribe people? A story about the strange seasons. “They say it’s not time for it to get this cold yet.”
“I’ve heard of it.”
“As soon as I saw that it was from a primitive era, I thought about it. What on earth is a ‘curse’ on a stage like this? To put it a bit sadly, in the eyes of us modern people, this world just has no answers from the beginning. “It’s as if it’s already ruined, right?”
“I felt it was subtly similar to Room 101. “We are all scattered here and there, and the world itself is ruined from the beginning.”
“What is the disaster that can ‘truly’ ruin this ruined world? Something that could once again deal a fatal blow to mankind in the primitive era. As I watched the weather getting so cold that it was hard to understand, there was a word that naturally came to mind. ‘Ice Age’.”
Songi thought for a moment and then answered.
“That’s convincing. The destruction of humanity due to the Ice Age. What is the scenario of this room? So what should we do? “We won’t be able to stop the ice age.”
“It may not be a natural ice age. “Maybe something evil and terrible is creating an ice age.”
“Hmm.”
“Let’s think about the cause of the Ice Age later. “I’m honestly convinced that a solution this time is impossible.”
“…”
“The blessing is broken. Is Elena normal? Maybe Seungyeop is already dead? Jincheol probably isn’t normal either. There is no solution in this situation, and the best thing to do is to survive and then escape. Would you like to hear my own plan for this?”
“Sister, do you have any plans?”
I stood up and looked blankly at the sky. The sacred image of the incomprehensible being I had seen yesterday beyond the sky filled my mind.
“I saw a divine being in the sky.”
“yes?”
“It was a being that resembled a blue seal or whale swimming in the sky like the ocean.”
“that… . “Isn’t it dangerous?”
“Song, what do you think about this place we are in now?”
After hearing what I said, Songi looked around in confusion.
“Uh, uh, isn’t it just grass? “There are soft grass and trees with delicious fruits -”
“Isn’t it a little different?”
“… It’s a rich place compared to other places. “It’s a bit dark.”
“It’s ridiculously rich. You saw it while riding the Faro, right? To begin with, the seasons in this world are slowly getting colder, and it is basically a barren world. “There is no tree full of fruit like this anywhere.”
“…”
“Song, this place is ‘God’s Shadow’.”
The unidentified being in the sky is so huge, and its shadow covers a radius of several kilometers that people on the ground do not even know that it is a ‘shadow’. Even if I suddenly felt that the surroundings had become dark while walking down the street, I would have thought that the sun must have been covered by clouds and passed on.
However, when I recognized the presence floating in the sky, I could clearly sense that there was a slow-moving ‘shadow of God’ on the ground. In addition, we were also able to find the abundance that had unnaturally flourished along the shadows.
2 hours.
This is how long it took for Songi to understand what I was saying. Songi returned after riding the Grotesque for a while, following the ‘shadow’, and said with an ecstatic expression.
“The ecosystem is completely different along the path of the shadow. Even though it is a barren area full of gravel, a forest full of cherries has formed out of nowhere. It is a forest full of trees with only bare branches left due to the cold weather, but only the trees along the path where the shadow passed are bearing fruit like trees in spring or summer. .”
“You feel it now too. I don’t know what kind of being that is in the sky is. but… .”
“but?”
“I feel like they are not evil. Maybe he’s a prisoner, but just because he’s a prisoner doesn’t mean he’s always evil.”
Prisoners such as ‘Sea God’ in Room 202 and ‘Teacher’ in Room 103 are not necessarily evil beings.
“So what are your plans?”
“Let’s follow the shadow. “A heavenly being, it made eye contact with me yesterday, and after that, it started moving slowly, as if telling me to follow.”
“…”
“It can’t be a coincidence. “If the other person is a prisoner, they will know that we are ‘hotel participants.’”
“The prisoner is leading us somewhere?”
“After all, we have a lot of mouths to fill. You and my people. Where will this many people find something to eat and drink? If you follow the shadow, that problem will be solved.”
Songi leaned against the tree with a somewhat worried expression on her face.
“It seems like something is too groundless. A mysterious being in the sky, a holy power like the god of life who returns life to the earth. “I understand everything, but is there any reason to follow that?”
“That’s a good point.”
“Of course, if we were truly primitive people, we would have followed that shadow just because it would lead to food. However, what we have to do is not simple survival. Above all, the direction of movement of that shadow is opposite to that of the mountain range.”
“Okay, I understand what you’re saying. However, I will ask the opposite question. “Have you found a reason to go to the mountains?”
Songi also closed her mouth at those words.
“Anyway, it’s just a legend passed down to the tribe. There’s even a story going around that those mountains are full of ridiculous monsters. Do I really need to go to that place ‘right now’?”
“now?”
“I think I too must go to the sacred land beyond the mountains someday. We have to go there to resolve the issue, but this episode is not the right time. If we go to the mountain range by ourselves without being able to join properly like now, we will be annihilated. So, in this episode, let’s follow a safe location and try to escape.”
After talking about this, Songi and I were unable to make an easy decision and were in trouble.
There are two choices before us: one is the ‘sacred land’ beyond a mountain range full of monsters, and the other is a path full of milk and honey led by a great being floating in the sky.
Where should I go?
*
The boy thought as he looked down at the meadow where the strong wind blew. How on earth did this happen!
The boy’s body floated into the vast sky. He did not suddenly gain wings, so it is clear that another being lifted him into the air.
And it was clear who was holding the boy and flying. That being resembled an angel who came down from heaven.
The blonde hair that flowed below the waist seemed to capture the brilliance of the sun, and looking at the eyes that contained the green of the forest naturally made my heart feel warm. The transformation of the body, such as opaque dragonfly wings protruding from the back, was honestly creepy, but it looked believable thanks to the angelic atmosphere.
If the grasslands on earth weren’t full of ‘cocoons’ covered with fluttering threads, if I didn’t know that those ‘cocoons’ were people just recently… .
Of course, Seung-yeop felt like he was going out of his mind when he saw with his own eyes hundreds of people becoming cocoons.
“thank god.”
“Sister Elena… .”
“thank god. I found it before you got hurt. “I was really worried.”
“sister… .”
“It’s a strange place. yes? “As soon as I woke up, the whole place was full of monsters.”
“…”
“Seungyeop, don’t worry, your sister will protect you now. “Where are the other people?”
There were moths behind Elena. Right now, even at this moment, an army of monsters could be seen flying everywhere, ‘harvesting’ the fleeing humans. Seungyeop seemed to know what would emerge from the cocoons that filled the grassland.