Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 271
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Episode 271 – ???Ho, the cursed room – ‘????’ (9)
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“I can’t understand!”
“Oh shit! “The habit of constantly using the chat window – roll to the side!”
— Shhh! bang!
I was so crazy, I literally couldn’t breathe and rolled over and over again! The car was out of breath as it felt a shell flying back to where it had rolled after rolling like that –
— Boom!
A moth flew in from somewhere and literally blocked the cannonball with its body. I couldn’t completely block the impact of the explosion, so my body was thrown around again, but at least it was better than getting hit by that shell!
While everyone was frantically avoiding the cannonballs flying from all directions, Elena, who was floating in the air and offering hundreds of moths as a sacrifice to the cannonballs, looked into space, muttering something incomprehensible.
At that moment, the robot that had been shooting cannonballs a moment ago suddenly exploded inside the robot, as if the ammunition had gotten caught somewhere, and collapsed in an instant.
“run! run!”
ran. I ran so crazy that I wondered if I had ever run like this in my life!
*
After we started climbing back up the mountain range, we were faced with a life-or-death crisis at every moment and every second. Even though they used the tribesmen to disperse the robots and chose a place where there seemed to be few robots and started to break through, there were still a lot of robots.
In addition, once we crossed the ‘boundary’ and began entering the interior of the mountain range in earnest, the robots no longer fired warning shots. They just started firing shells at us.
Would we have even dared to break through this place if hundreds of moths hadn’t died countless times in our place, virtually disposable lives?
Even though I knew I shouldn’t think like this, I regretted it just a little bit. Wouldn’t it have been easier to break through if some of the tribesmen had been turned into moths? .
At one point, there were few people who were in good health. His grandfather’s left arm has disappeared somewhere, but no one asks about its whereabouts. One of Seungyeop’s hands was reduced to dust and scattered, but fortunately, his body was no longer organic, so he didn’t seem to be in much pain.
I also haven’t been able to hear any sound in my right ear for about 10 minutes.
…
What on earth is at the end of this mountain range that we climb through so much effort? Now, I really want to see what lies beyond when I die.
At some point, even the robots seemed to run out of power and stopped appearing. As we gathered together, barely able to catch our breath, we had to realize one unsettling fact.
“female… . Where are we? What is the situation now? “It’s the cursed room, right?”
This is because Elena suddenly began to come to her senses. I’m sorry to say this, but honestly, I was more anxious now that Elena had come to her senses.
Why did she turn in the first place? It is the aftermath of ‘ominous imagination’. Because her ability itself was the force that created madness, she had no choice but to turn away. So, why did my sanity start to come back out of nowhere?
This is because almost all of his abilities have been used, and even the moths he created with his abilities have almost all disappeared. As I squeezed so much strength that there was not even a drop of water left in the jar of ominous imagination, the cause of my madness itself disappeared.
“It’s the cursed room. “I’ll take your questions later.”
“Ahh! “What is this on my back?”
“later. later.”
— Fluffy!
When the soft-furred moth rubbed its tentacles against Elena, she looked like she was about to cry. As she was looking at the scene, her mouth opened without realizing it.
“Elena, please be kind to that kid. Because, no joke, he gave his life to get us to this place.”
I’m serious. The last individual, a moth that had looked like a hideous monster before climbing the mountain, now looked like a cute puppy that loved its owner.
*
it’s tough. I was exhausted both mentally and physically and couldn’t get off my feet easily. How many hours have passed since we started climbing this hellish mountain range? Hasn’t at least 3 hours passed? Shouldn’t something come out now?
By then, the doctor had responded.
“that… . Isn’t it a ‘door’?”
As said, a structure that looked like a huge gate rose through the trees. When everyone was moving to the structure, squeezing out all their stamina, a wind suddenly blew.
The clouds that had blocked even the fainting glow of the sun in the western sky were gradually pushed to one side. Then the sun poured out all its remaining strength and the last rays of early evening rays illuminated beyond the structure. In the center of the mountain range, there was a huge basin that could not be observed from the outside!
Suddenly, I realized. Now we are seeing ‘everything’ of this stage, this ordeal.
There was a great glory of humans overcoming Mother Nature. Its glory eventually succumbed to the passage of time and became covered with weeds. There was prosperity that illuminated the whole world. There was such destruction that it was difficult to find even traces of that prosperity.
All of my colleagues stopped walking and gazed at the traces of civilization as if they were mesmerized. What on earth happened to this world?
“… Let’s just go in now. “I need to find out what happened.”
I took a step into the basin, feeling a little, even just a little, reverent.
The rock boy, whose hands were now gone, seemed unable to contain his curiosity.
“What kind of building is this? “I see something like a sign.”
Surprisingly, the doctor also did not hide his academic curiosity.
“Looking at the traces left in the painting, I think it was some kind of cultural facility. Of course, there is a high possibility that it may have discolored over time.”
“Stop, teacher. “You can speak comfortably.”
“haha! Seungyeop, I am comfortable with this.”
“Brother Sanghyun, what on earth is this? Is it a car?”
“Hmm… . It’s hard to judge because only the skeleton remains. However, it seems that this civilization has developed in a somewhat different direction from the Earth we know in the 21st century.”
While walking through the center of the destroyed city and looking around, my grandfather muttered uneasily.
“Where have all the people who created this city gone?”
Jincheol smiled bitterly.
“Considering that this place is a hotel and the room of curses, doesn’t a scenario come to mind?”
“say it.”
“Well, something like a devil woke up and civilization was ruined. The devil was put to rest by some means, but the descendants fled the prosperous city, lived outside, and civilization regressed to the level of the primitive era?”
“It seems plausible, but there is one strange thing.”
“What is it?”
“Why are we only in these mountains when there are no traces of civilization outside? “Isn’t it possible that humans who have reached a high level of civilization have lived huddled together only within mountain ranges?”
“… okay.”
After hearing it, I found it to be true.
If one had the ability to build a city like this, then of course they must have lived all over the world. In the process, traces of civilization should have been left throughout the world, and even if it collapsed for some reason, traces of these buildings inside the mountain range should still be visible outside.
Little by little, my head started hurting. It was clear that a lot of rice cakes had arrived at the hidden location, but there were still too many things we didn’t know.
and –
“Huh?”
“Seungyeop?”
“Isn’t there someone over there?”
Something in the shape of a human is watching us from across the road.
Is it because I woke up a little while ago? Elena, who was slightly lacking in tension, responded with joy.
“It’s Ari! It’s Ari, right? Could it be that they arrived at the mountain range through a different route?”
When Elena smiled brightly and took a couple of steps forward, waving her arms in the air –
I heard a strange sound.
“The day of judgment is at hand, and the final flash will purify all. “I am now death, the destroyer of worlds.”
I crossed the road with a single flash of light. The blonde girl who was so beautiful a moment ago turned to ashes, leaving no trace behind.
*
『Hostile Object: Elena Ivanova』
『Owner of ‘ominous imagination’. The side effect of losing one’s rationality the more one uses it is severe, but the ability itself has an extremely high degree of freedom, making it difficult to respond to. Once you start using your abilities in earnest, there is no way to win. However, since the person’s reaction speed and physical abilities are beyond the range of an ordinary human, the best response is to snipe from a distance using the final flash. The most threatening entity among the descendants of traitors.』
*
“Eh, Elena!”
“Now is not the time to yell!”
The first person to come to his senses was my grandfather, who was an expert in combat. His grandfather immediately picked up Seung-yeop and threw him with one hand, then took out his gun and aimed. However, the opponent quickly disappeared between the buildings.
“Stay in formation! Stay in formation!”
“What if the same ray that was fired a moment ago is fired again?”
“You idiot wild boar! If you can keep throwing things like that, why hide in the first place? He just shot one after another and killed us all! “I’m hiding because I can’t shoot it now!”
Frantically, we also moved around the building, searching for the other person’s location. Where is it? Obviously shooting a beam of light and into the next building –
I felt something touch my leg. Sharp thread? wire? Some people instinctively removed their legs, but were slow to react.
“Ahh!”
In a moment, the doctor, surprised to see Seung-yeop rolling around with his legs caved in, approached him –
“Sanghyun! Can not be done!”
At that moment, an enemy appeared from the window on the second floor of the building next door, and a frozen feeling split the air. The sharp energy that extended in an instant left a cut deep enough to fit a hand into the doctor’s chest.
“Huh! “Ugh.”
There is no time to do anything other than help. Everyone was busy scattering around the buildings and hiding.
“Hehe… . I didn’t know that I would fall for this obvious ploy targeting people who come to help the injured… .”
The doctor’s last words felt closer to disappointment in himself rather than anger toward the enemy.
*
『Hostile Object: Kim Sang-hyeon』
『The combat power is not high, but it has healing abilities. Additionally, he has special forces experience, making elimination difficult. His weakness is that after joining the party, he is under psychological pressure to contribute to the hotel party as a ‘doctor’ to avoid ‘betrayal’. If someone gets hurt because of this, there is a high possibility that they will instinctively go to the rescue, so eliminating them at that time is an appropriate response. Among descendants of traitors, the level of risk is intermediate.』
*
My heart is beating wildly. Who on earth is this? Of course, that ‘body’ is clearly Ari. However, there is no way Ahri is trying to kill us, so it is clear that some unidentified entity has taken over that body!
“you! Who on earth is this? “Why are you trying to kill us?”
Even though I shouted, I didn’t expect an answer. It was just something I said without realizing it out of frustration, but a surprisingly soft voice cut through the air.
“Why are you alive?”
“What on earth is that -”
“No one will survive on this earth today. Non-human beings do not have the right to life, only the right to die. The same goes for traitors and their descendants. 4,824 objects gathered in this area. “I seek the death penalty for all of them.”
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『Hostile Object: Han Ga-in』
『Owner of the ‘Magic Book’. Although his physical combat power is not that great, he has a variety of abilities, such as stealing or manipulating the bodies of others through possession and incarnation. In some cases, it is difficult to kill because it can escape while ignoring physical death through possession, so it needs to be killed last. The second most threatening entity among the descendants of traitors.』