Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 272
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Episode 272 – ???Ho, the cursed room – ‘????’ (10)Fin(?)
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– Han Ga-in
Uneasy.
There hasn’t been an easy moment since entering the room, but now the crisis is more profound than ever. Excluding the unidentifiable beam of immense power, Ahri’s combat power is not enough to overpower everyone on her own. There is no one among us who has that kind of combat power other than me ‘when using Advent’.
But now Ari was ready to kill us all by himself. There are two main reasons: the use of the terrain and the penalty imposed by the hotel.
Unlike us, who could not utilize the geographical features of this decaying city at all, Ari was fully aware of them, appearing here and there from time to time. This was a huge advantage to Ari overall, including actual mobility, securing attack opportunities, and location detection.
Also, the penalty given by the hotel created a very favorable situation for Ari.
Cha Jin-cheol, who was considered the strongest physically, had a sharp decrease in combat power due to the weakening of Blessing, and I, who had lost the crisis alert, was unable to make aggressive moves and was relegated to just running around buildings. On the other hand, Ari did not originally rely on blessings in the Curse Room.
In addition, it was a fatal blow that Elena, the most powerful psychic, died at the start of the battle due to a surprise attack.
In the end, if they disperse, they will be hunted one by one by Ahri, and they must somehow come together and not reveal their weaknesses. In that context, his grandfather’s tactical judgment, which called for maintaining formation as soon as the battle began, was accurate.
In fact, when my grandfather, Jincheol, and I somehow got together and started circling around the building, Ari couldn’t easily attack us and a confrontation was formed. Of course, that didn’t mean that the confrontation was necessarily advantageous to us.
— Shhh!
The blade flew through the air and tore off the grandfather’s hand and ‘glove’ that were floating in the air in an instant. In the end, the grandfather’s intention to just raise his hand and shoot with his pistol came to nothing. Although it is doubtful that he could have been hit from this distance in the first place.
“grandfather! “When will Ari run out of blood?”
This too has been a question since a while ago. Wasn’t one of Ahri’s weaknesses her ability to sustain battles? ‘Old blood’ wouldn’t have been able to fight for this long because it actually consumes the user’s blood!
“That damn glass bottle! “I guess it’s because I have extra blood from getting it that I’m like this?”
“Oh shit! “If we go outside, we’ll have to bury Ari in the snow.”
“That’s a good idea, but does anyone know where Seungyeop is?”
I also have doubts. Where the hell did that kid go? At the beginning of the battle, I saw my grandfather roughly throw it somewhere, but after that he got up and ran somewhere, and I haven’t seen him since.
“He’s the type of person who’s usually good at various things when he’s alone, so let’s just take care of him. Does anyone have any good ideas? “Gain, what about your descent?”
When I heard those words, my eyes automatically moved toward the sky.
Whip:
“I can’t write.”
Like the status window, Kanglim’s letters were distorted and an X was written next to it. When there are restrictions on blessings, does Advent also have problems? In fact, even if I had been able to write it, I think I would have worried about it. Because it is the last remaining advent.
A strong intuition struck my mind that if I used this, something irreparable would happen. Of course, if you feel like you’re all going to die, you can still use it.
“The stars are still playing.”
“Wouldn’t it be suicide if you use that again without blessing?”
“If this continues, I’m going to die anyway, so I should at least commit suicide together.”
“Wait a minute, what I said-”
— Shhh!
If I hadn’t reflexively lowered my head a little while ago, I would have had the amazing experience of seeing my back with my own eyes. However, I was confident as I dodged the attack from earlier. In this moment of sharp energy, Ari has no choice but to expose his position.
“fist!”
*
After a while, Cha Jin-cheol and Kim Muk-seong simultaneously stood up from the gap in the building. Ari, who immediately tried to show off his sharp energy, also moved behind the wall to avoid the gun pointed at him.
At that moment – everyone rushed frantically towards ‘the building’ where Ari was hiding!
From earlier, Ari had taken advantage of the city’s buildings by using them as if they were bunkers. On the other hand, since we had no idea about the structure of the city and it was obvious that there would be no light inside the building, we did not even dare to go inside the building.
As a result, Ari is using the safe bunker and looking for opportunities to attack us. If this takes too long and the ‘ray’ from before is recharged, there will be no next opportunity.
Ultimately, you have to make an aggressive move at least once. You need to risk your life to enter the building where Ari is hiding!
Indeed, there was not a single ray of light inside the building. I could feel Jincheol and my grandfather, who bravely rushed in, flinching at the same time. Of course, we didn’t come in without faith either.
“I’m going first. “Good luck to everyone.”
As if it was no big deal, the ‘star of another world’ appeared in the hand of the older brother with a cheerful smile. At the same time, the entire air around him vibrated and waves began to spread out in all directions.
The outer wall of the building, hit by a direct hit from close range with the star wave, began to twist in an instant, and Cha Jin-cheol simply swung the star piece like a blunt weapon and began to hit the outer wall senselessly.
“Come out! Don’t you think you’re hiding in the corner of this fucking building – Cough! “What the fuck already?”
There is no time to waste time. My brother, who doesn’t have a blessing, only has a moment to use stars!
My grandfather and I quickly moved upstairs, relying on the light coming through the gap in the collapsed wall, toward the spot where Ari had shot us. The sound of Ari moving around as he sensed the approach could be heard up to here. Finally we got close enough that we could feel each other’s breathing.
At most, one wall or two walls. Everyone realized that they were across that distance from each other. A determined tension fills the air. My grandfather and I made eye contact once and then immediately moved on.
I took the lead. If everything goes according to plan, I don’t care if my body dies.
Ari’s hand, which had been hiding behind the huge sofa, traced the air. When I felt an eerie force coming upon me, instead of avoiding it, I ‘skipped’ it.
“Gotcha!”
In just one moment, the teleportation tattoo I had cherished until now began to shine and my body appeared right in front of Ahri through the air. The moment Ari immediately grabbed me by the neck with his arms, a book appeared in my hands.
My consciousness feels rich.
*
Falling endlessly into the vast darkness.
It’s a strange thing. I’ve possessed countless people before, but has something like this ever happened? Usually, I feel like I lose consciousness for a moment and then find myself naturally taking over that body.
But now… .
I couldn’t see anything. I just felt like I had jumped off a cliff so deep that I couldn’t see the bottom and was in a free fall.
Looking back, the first time I possessed Ari, it was subtly different from when I possessed someone else. I had control of the body itself, but Ari kicked me out in just a few seconds. At that time, I thought it was because Ari could do anything.
How did they defend such a legacy and the power of the grimoire so easily? Is it the power of old blood? If so, you can understand. No matter how great the power of the legacy is, it is natural that it can be prevented if it is defended with the power of the same legacy.
Is Grandpa doing well outside?
Actually, the plan I made ends here. This is because the goal was not to do something while possessing me, but to possess myself was the goal. Even if I were possessed in the first place, I already know from experience that Ari can use some means to chase me away. Therefore, possession itself cannot be a ‘last hit’.
However, it takes ‘a few seconds’ for Ari to kick me out, and those few seconds are more than enough time for the old man who approached right next to me to explode Ari’s head. This was the gist of our plan.
Jincheol destroys the building to gain access, and while I briefly control Ari’s body through possession, my grandfather kills Ari.
“You made a decision faster than I thought. “It’s annoying.”
When I heard an icy voice from behind me, I realized that the fall had stopped naturally and that someone had appeared from behind me.
“Who are you? “Where is Ari?”
“The ‘Final Flash’ will have finished charging in just a little while, but I never thought they would attack you in the meantime. Did I put too much pressure on you? “I may have made a mistake.”
“Are you not planning on answering?”
The being that appeared took the form of a lump of dark blue jelly writhing in the air. I wondered how on earth they could ‘speak’ in this form, but since the space I was in was not real in the first place, there was no point in considering this.
“Descendants of traitors. Your judgment was not bad, but it was a foolish choice for you to burrow into this body. Don’t think you’ve caught me. “I caught you.”
I saw the eyes. I saw snow sprouting all over the place. As I felt myself being immersed in the vast mental world of Ari, the gaze of eyes sprouting from all directions –
Realized.
Ari learned how to defend against my possession with the power of old blood. I also knew why that being could confidently say, ‘I caught you.’
you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything you can’t do anything
Countless sentences were engraved in my mind over and over again. I thought before I lost consciousness.
This place is a hell of suggestion.
Therefore, within Ari’s mental world, there is no being that can defeat Ari. However, since I knew from the beginning that I couldn’t win through possession, realizing the specific reason why I couldn’t win didn’t mean that much of a change occurred.
The reason for our defeat lies elsewhere.
why.
Why hasn’t Grandpa killed Ari yet? Why is Ari still alive?
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– ???
— Snap!
A small puddle of blood that you can only dip your foot in. After one light step, the girl thought. These results are not desirable. It’s a bit of a disappointing record. She certainly felt that way.
Descendants of traitors who bravely entered ‘Paradise’ on their own feet.
If the plan was to simply tear them to death, there was no need to go out in person. All he needs to do is hide himself in a safe place and call the security units scattered throughout the mountain range to paradise.
This is because the descendants of traitors have absolutely no ability to stand up to the security units of the entire mountain range. The only one with the ability to stand against him left behind only ashes in his final flash.
I wanted to collect samples. It’s strange. How long has it been since the blood of traitors was shed in this era of the end of the law? Didn’t 2,000 years pass by? It has been over 500 years since their bloodline deteriorated badly.
But strangely, in just a few years, ridiculously powerful descendants appeared. Strange beings who seem to have not only taken the strength of their ancestors who betrayed humanity, but have even become stronger.
What happened?
It is absolutely necessary to secure the bodies of many of the descendants and conduct research. I did… .
“I did, but it was vague and ended up like this.”
At the last moment, the enemy’s tactics were so incomprehensible that I couldn’t even think about them. The tactic itself is nothing special. The owner of the ‘Star of the Other World’ destroyed the building, and the owner of the ‘Book of Magic’ killed Mook-Seong Kim while he was stopping me.
This simple tactic seemed quite creepy to her.
Cha Jin-cheol has no way to survive at the point where he summoned the ‘Star of Another World’. There is no way for Han Ga-in to live after she came into my mind through ‘The Book of Magic’.
In the first place, the operation itself was a special operation premised on the death of two people! It’s not some kind of hive creature, we’re both going to die so you can finish it off? How does this come out as naturally as breathing?
It was an extremely unpredictable tactic, so she had to enlist the help of a security unit on standby. Unfortunately, her security unit had no concept of fire control, so Kim Muk-seong disappeared, leaving behind only a puddle of her blood in one of her shells.
『Because they believe there is a ‘next’.』
A strange text passed before my eyes. She felt a headache for a moment and held her head.
“What on earth… .”
『Is this attempt a failure? However, we managed to get two people to escape. Let’s wait for the next opportunity. by the way… . ‘That kid’ is surprisingly variable. Since I saw something important, I can look forward to the next opportunity.』
The vision of a blue creature imbued with starlight flashed before my eyes. And even when she woke up, an incomprehensible reminder appeared before her eyes: she was dead, for her part.
/All participants escape or die, so there are no more participants inside the cursed room! After 3 seconds, the curse room is reset./
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[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 131
Current Location: Tier 2, Snowfield
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
I fainted until the last moment, anxious about whether I would wake up this time, but fortunately, someone escaped and came out safely. While everyone was happy to be reunited for a moment, there was something that had to be done before everything else. Her grandfather, Jincheol, and Elena, who heard the explanation, also agreed, so the work proceeded without difficulty.
“… Do I have to keep doing this?”
“Quiet!”
The atmosphere of the vast snowy field outside the second floor, filling the entire field of view, was quite believable. The atmosphere felt even more realistic as I looked at the girl with her whole body buried in the snow, with only her head sticking out.
“… No, I really don’t remember anything.”
Ari’s truly aggrieved face disappeared as it was covered by the last scoop of snow that the grandfather scooped up.