Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 292
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Episode 292 – Room 204, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Cinema’ (15)
In a strange place filled with floating screens, an elderly man in a suit, a strange being, and a girl with a dumpling head sat around the table in the center.
The first person to speak was a girl.
“Why on earth did that kid get involved now! Of course, in a movie! “What should I do?”
Lee Hyung’s presence was answered in a calm manner.
“Well, you’ve already edited the movie, so isn’t this problem over? The audience did not see the witch intervene.”
The girl responded in bewilderment.
“Are you kidding? You know all the people inside, right? “I’m sure we’ll find out everything during the meeting as soon as we leave!”
“Then edit it one more time. Wouldn’t it be enough to ‘edit’ Cha Jin-cheol’s memories at the end of the movie? Because we have that much authority now. Well, I don’t know what the point is in hiding that the witch has started to wake up.”
“Why is it meaningless? By nature, a witch would lose the basis of her existence and collapse if everyone in her hotel party lost their memories of her?”
A strange being, the merchant snorted.
“I’m not saying whether hiding a witch’s clumsy awakening will help the hotel party or not. Why on earth are you helping them? So do you think they will resurrect you? No matter how you look at it, the next turn has been decided.”
In the merchant’s opinion, this was not a matter worth getting involved in. A being trapped in a gateway room sends a duplicate to the outside through strange magic. Because this is not the first time.
Sponsors who have the power to make decisions have also shown a consistent stance on these types of issues.
‘This is also part of the hotel’s progress. If you overcome it, it will only serve as a foundation for growth.’
Cha Jin-cheol is twisted by the witch’s tricks? Hotel party in danger? The merchant snorted.
‘Alpano?’
On the other hand, the girl thought that the sponsors’ attitude was very plausible and yet irresponsible. Because beings that clumsily escape ‘in this way’ always end up in accidents.
I didn’t want it. She really didn’t want this party to fall apart. I hoped that they would go beyond the second floor and reach the third floor, at the end of which they would meet the Great Hand. therefore… .
For a moment, the girl vaguely remembered the dream she had never given up on, but soon shook her head. The merchant who was observing the girl opened his mouth.
“Do you still have lingering feelings about the outside world? “It’s time to let it all go.”
“Because I’m different from you.”
“Give up your attachment to the outside world. Isn’t the hotel a pretty fun place? ”
“… It kind of sucks to hear that from you.”
“haha! Why are you doing this? aha! No way, you still remember how I killed you when you were alive -”
A pure white sword protruded from the girl’s right arm. The moment the sword, which boasted the beauty of a craft carved from crystal, emitted a blue light, the girl cut her merchant into seven pieces with two slashes.
…
Soon, the flesh stuck together in the air, rendering all collisions useless. The girl sighed as she looked at the scene.
‘I got caught up in this guy’s prank again. ‘I’m going to be playing around with this for months.’
They are not beings who can die if they want to. Because they are beings who promise eternal service instead of falling into hell as a reward for failure.
“ha ha ha! Is this emotional? Ha, this is why I have to explain what your right hand that I ‘ate’ tasted like -”
“Ah, you really are this perverted alien!”
— Tak!
When the being who had never said a word knocked on the table, the eyes of the girl and the merchant simultaneously turned to the ‘guide’.
“You two can both do that. In fact, a much more important problem has arisen than witches and such.”
The merchant nodded.
“You mean the hidden reward?”
“When I defeated Kurta, I met the conditions for the hidden reward, but a strange thing happened where I couldn’t actually give the reward. “I had no idea that the escapee would mutate Cha Jin-cheol’s body ‘in that way.’”
The girl covered her head and muttered.
“how will we do it?”
A small smile appeared on the guide’s lips.
“I have a good idea.”
The girl and the merchant who heard that ‘thought’ thought the same in the space that collapsed as the meeting ended.
‘This theater usher is really the sickest idiot!’
*
– Cha Jin-cheol
“Cut down the tyrant!”
In the midst of a battlefield full of chaos, a siege battle in which thousands of troops attack the outer castle protecting the capital! As I watched the scene from behind and shouted as loud as I could, enthusiastic responses arose from all directions.
“Waaah! Break through!”
OMG… . This is spectacular, isn’t it? The scene where so many armies could not be seen at a glance attacking the capital by building siege weights or huge wooden towers was a spectacle in itself!
As I was admiring the car, the Patriotic General spoke to me.
“General Cha!”
“Please tell me.”
“What do you think about the direction of this war?”
…I don’t know. What would I know if I saw it? At first glance, it seems like we have the advantage, but when you don’t know for sure, a humble answer is better.
“Would you like me to teach you?”
“not good! “Not very good!”
“That means… .”
“General, who do you think will benefit if this war prolongs?”
“I guess it’s the emperor.”
“of course! Troops from the southern and western parts of the empire are still rising. “If they join, we will be under siege.”
“What should I do?”
“We need to win the match as quickly as possible. “We must tear down the walls and occupy the imperial palace!”
I turned my gaze and looked at the battlefield.
At first glance, the capital’s walls are already shaking. Flames burning here and there created acrid smoke, and many of the outer walls had already collapsed. If there are no reinforcements, our army’s victory is already assured.
However, General Hoguk’s words were clear. The emperor’s reinforcements are coming, so we don’t have much time left!
No further conversation is necessary. Now is the time for me to step forward.
*
When I kicked off the ground with my legs strong, my whole body soared as if it was going to fly into the sky.
Just five steps.
This is the number of steps needed to reach the castle wall. My body, which had originally transcended human beings, was now no longer a creature of this world, as the witch had created an unknown harmony.
I think I can do it now.
“Now, general? “What are you trying to do now?”
Ignoring the words of our panicked general, we started climbing up the castle wall.
“Stop, stop!”
A thick liquid covers you. Is it boiling oil? It’s meaningless. This is my body that withstood the thunderbolt of the kurta.
— Ting!
Arrows flew from above and struck my body one after another. It’s also meaningless. My body now boasts the strength of an iron plate wrapped around its entire body.
It grabbed onto the protruding stone beaks and launched itself into the air a couple of times until it reached the top of the castle wall. The soldiers around me began to look at me in complete fascination.
I was worried for a moment. This is because it is a slightly different situation from the battlefield in the grasslands. At that time, it was a battle with foreigners, so we moved by cutting down recklessly, but now it is a kind of civil war.
It is also necessary to consider factors such as public sentiment after the war. Therefore, rather than mass murdering soldiers, it would be necessary to induce them to surrender by showing overwhelming force.
Slowly, slowly, we started to go down the castle wall.
He deflected the flying arrow with his body.
I rolled a huge stone and smashed it with my fist.
The soldier who attacked with a spear lifted the spear and pushed it aside.
Eventually, in the eyes of my enemies, when I began to be seen as something other than a strong general and not a human being, I opened my mouth in front of hundreds of soldiers guarding the castle.
“Is this the best you can do?”
…
“I’ll give you a chance, so try more.”
I walked slowly and leisurely to the castle gate, until the moment it collapsed –
No human on the battlefield could block my path.
*
It’s a new story, but it seems like the genre of the movie changed a lot when the battlefield changed from ‘wall’ to ‘capital’. Of course, if you think about it that way, the first work was the same.
The siege that destroyed the capital was the highlight of the Guardian of the Wall, Cha Jin-cheol episode. This is because there was no particular crisis after the army that had guarded the empire’s defenses entered the capital.
As it was a civil war, the general strictly prohibited looting, and we were soon at the sight of the imperial palace.
“Is this coming to an end soon?”
Even considering the movie’s running time, it’s almost time for it to end. I thought that if there was still a ‘villain’ left in this tired movie, it would be the emperor, but even that prediction was wrong.
Because the hanged body of the emperor was found deep in the imperial palace.
The last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzheng, ended his life as emperor rather than live a miserable life as a prisoner when the empire was about to be destroyed. The Emperor of the Jincheon Empire in the movie also probably tried to protect his last pride by committing suicide.
On one side of the imperial palace, generals were seen discussing the ‘post-war situation’. From now on, they will be fighting among themselves to see who will take over the empire. of course… .
Now that the movie is over, what happens next is none of my business.
“hey.”
“yes? “General?”
“Bring me a drink.”
The taste of drinking alcohol next to the emperor’s body hanging from the ceiling felt quite elegant. I looked at the scenery outside the window and waited for the ending credits to roll.
…
“It’s a little late. I’m sure the boss will appear here again, right? “Hotel, such developments are mind-boggling.”
“Isn’t that right?”
“Oh fuck! What else? crazy!”
The moment I turned around in shock, the hung corpse of the emperor started writhing and talking to me!
No, who really wrote the movie script? Suddenly a zombie movie here? Could it be that the emperor found out that he was a witch doctor?
I picked up the spear lying next to me and straightened my posture. Emperor, if that bastard is a necromancer, then I am a paladin! With my fighting spirit burning, I rotate the spear half a turn –
“no no! Wait!”
The spinning, outstretched spear blade crushed the emperor’s head in one blow. But, that guy just said something strange –
“under!”
Before my eyes, scattered pieces of human flesh flew up, bone fragments scattered everywhere came together, and the emperor’s head was once again completed. Who would have thought that the emperor would wield such evil black magic!
Even so, I am not one to be defeated. Even though I’m not at the level of a warlock, I’m a Lich King or a Demon King, if it’s my power now –
“No, listen to me! “The movie is already over!”
‘movie?’
“What on earth? There is no way a character would bring up the word movie… .”
“now. Actor Cha Jin-cheol, think about it. “Aren’t there essential elements that appear in dramas?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden? And who are you?”
“It’s a part that doesn’t usually exist in Korean movies, but in India and Vietnam, it’s a part that’s included during movie screenings. So I put it in.”
“What bullshit-”
“Now~! Can you see the letters in front? “I kindly put it here for you, so please read it.”
I was mesmerized when I saw the letters that started floating in the air ahead.
“If you read this, you’re done.”
“… This is a really fucking stupid movie!”
“Thank you for the compliment. read.”
I had no choice.
“Mo, mo, mo, mo… .”
“Don’t you know how to read Korean?”
Oh fuck! Let’s read and finish!
“Strengthen hair roots! Hair follicle recovery! Improve hair loss! Scalp recovery! Prevents scalp aging! “Can you believe we captured all these effects?”
“Happy happy headland! The hotel’s specialty, ‘Soaring! Rise!’ Please purchase it. “Shall we read the last word together?”
“Thirty thousand! Nine thousand! Eight hundred won!”
“Thirty thousand! Nine thousand! Eight hundred won!”
As I was about to pass out, I felt a slimy sensation on my head. She lifted her head in a daze, and the corpse of the emperor, who was being controlled by ‘someone’, raised his hand and applied something, whether it was shampoo or medicine, to my head.
“… What are you doing?”
“Haha, do you know how embarrassed I was just now?”
“why?”
“You met the conditions for the hidden reward by hitting the kurta, which is the standard way to avoid it, but now that you are in a body that makes it impossible for you to receive the reward, what should I do?”
“Hidden reward? A body for which it is impossible to receive compensation?”
“Do not worry. You can receive it now.”
My head itches. I felt a strange sensation of something popping out, and the scales on my head began to peel off.
[You have acquired the ‘fighter’s fur that can withstand the force of a wall’!]
In the ending credits that fill my vision… . I was speechless.