Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 355
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Episode 355 – Room 205, Room of Curse – ‘□□□□’ (4)
– Kim Sang-hyun
Time passed by incessantly.
I couldn’t relax because the murderous intent of the warriors surrounding me was enough to pierce my skin.
I had clearly seen the person leaving to call Lee Ja-seong earlier, but I couldn’t figure out why he hadn’t come yet.
At that time, I heard a voice that seemed to pierce my ears.
“From what I heard, it is said that Iron Soul Shinchang’s skills improved greatly while he was living in the imperial family.”
“I didn’t play and eat.”
“Can I ask you to teach me?”
At first, I suddenly wondered what this meant.
Because of the death penalty in the setting, Chagunak and I were not on good terms to have a good-natured relationship.
Are you really planning to kill me under the pretext of Bimu?
That said, they couldn’t possibly kill each other in broad daylight in a place like this with so many eyes watching.
Well, let’s say that’s it for now.
Since these people are warriors rather than officials, they might be able to resolve old feelings by competing in martial arts.
If you’re going to apply, you should do it right away. Why wait so long to apply?
As soon as my thoughts reached this point, I naturally realized the answer.
Now Lee Ja-seong has arrived somewhere invisible to my eyes.
Therefore, the meaning of the sudden visa application was simple.
“Did the Lord want to see my skills?”
“…draw your spear.”
*
Just three starts were enough to decide the winner.
My skills are so good that I can defeat Chagunak, who is said to be an expert in all of the Gangho, in 3 seconds?
It can be said that half is true and half is not.
“Yes, yes you bastard! “What kind of magic did you use?”
“…”
“Kim Sang-hyun! “I knew that you were corrupted by the imperial gold, but I had no idea that your martial arts skills were rotten from the very roots!”
To be precise, the form of my spear was completely incomprehensible to the warriors of this world.
Blessings and ‘sincerity’ give commensurate rewards to those who work hard, and the form of that reward is very supernatural.
After training in medicine, I was able to move my hands in and out of the human body.
After working hard to start a fire in the wasteland, he was able to create a flame with just a snap of his fingers.
If the results of medicine and fire-making are like this, can the results of learning how to use cold weapons in primitive times be normal?
The opponent did not understand how the ‘blade’ of the spear flew through the air until the moment my spear gently pierced his shoulder.
Of course, even I, who uses this technology, do not understand it.
“Yes you bastard! If you had a mouth -”
The next moment, a stern voice was heard with a bold spirit that filled the entire space.
“Military music. “It’s ugly, so leave it at that.”
“Master… .”
“If it weren’t for the rain, my head would have fallen off within 3 seconds. “What are you going to do about it because it’s a hex spell, even though you’re just rolling on your head on the floor?”
“… I will work harder.”
With those words, Chagunak left, as if he was planning to practice.
Lee Ja-seong, who finally appeared, did not seem much different from the old men commonly seen on the streets, except that he was somewhat muscular.
“Lord, it’s been a while since I saw you.”
“Go ahead and say what you have to say. “It’s not like we’re comfortable with each other.”
“Of course. Lord Meng, the main force of Baehwagyo will arrive at the capital in three days at the earliest, or next week at the latest.”
“…”
“Then, can you help me?”
“It’s help… . “I never thought the day would come when I would receive a request like this from someone in my royal family.”
There was considerable emotion in the old man’s voice.
Lee Ja-seong, he was a father who lost his daughter and a teacher who lost a student.
Of course, I didn’t think asking for help out of thin air was going to work, so I was able to prepare in my own way.
“Lord, as you know, the emperor who created the trouble is -”
“I fell behind.”
“… That’s right. The current emperor said that if the Lord of the Lord wanted, he could abdicate the throne. “If this is not enough, the emperor said he would apologize for at least a week in front of the Heavenly Justice League.”
It’s all real. In the first place, there is no way we would have any regrets about our positions within the Chamber of Curse.
I’m worried about the aftereffects of stepping down from the emperor’s throne, but it’s better than dying three days later, no matter how you calculate it.
However, the words ‘I will give up the emperor’s position’ itself seemed shocking to those around me, so they began to murmur here and there.
If it’s like this –
“I don’t know what it means.”
“Lord… .”
“Do you mean that my daughter and disciple will rise from the grave?”
With those words, Maengju turned his body halfway and looked around.
…
what?
I felt a strange sensation that I could not explain in words.
This is not the sense of a warrior of Iron Soul Shinchang, nor the sense of Kim Sang-hyeon, a doctor, soldier, and astronaut.
It is the sense of a priest of the City of Light, a ruler who has observed over countless people for hundreds of years.
Now, I found out that Lee Ja-seong was ‘acting’.
If someone asks me how I knew, I don’t have the confidence to explain, but I am confident.
The next moment, Lee Ja-seong’s expression became somewhat mysterious.
I contemplated Lee Ja-seong.
Lee Ja-seong had insight into me.
So we knew at the same time.
I realized Lee Ja-seong’s acting, Lee Ja-seong knew that I realized his acting, and I also realized Lee Ja-seong’s ‘knowledge’.
A strange communication that only I and Lee Ja-seong could understand took place among dozens of people.
“Since letters are not needed for enlightenment, these are called non-literate letters… .”
“…”
“Iron Soul Shinchang, my answer is enough. “I’m sorry, so please take a rest for the night.”
At the same time, a completely different sentence was heard in my ears.
– Come to the training center at dawn.
*
When we arrived at the training center in the early morning, Lee Ja-seong had already arrived.
“I guess I’m late.”
Instead of answering, the old man looked at me blankly.
“That’s fascinating.”
“…”
“I thought I would ‘watch’ you forever, but now you’re looking right through me.”
different. This old man now… . It was different somewhere.
“I was lucky.”
“Is that possible? “I guess it’s because your cultivation of ‘view’ has deepened.”
“‘Guan (觀)’ seems to refer to a type of martial arts, but that is not the case. Simply meeting a lot of people -”
“What’s different?”
“yes?”
“What is the difference between the principle of ‘view’ in martial arts and the way we see people in the world?”
As the old man’s eyes focused on me, an indescribable pressure seemed to be oppressing my soul.
As if in protest, he spat out his previous sentiments.
“What are your true intentions?”
“It’s my true intention.”
The Lord of Heavenly Arms walked half way around the training ground at a slow pace and slowly drew out a sword.
I flinched the moment I saw it, but it wasn’t in the mood to cut me.
“What is the pinnacle of nothingness? What do you think?”
“…”
What kind of trend is this all of a sudden?
I asked Lee Ja-seong about his true intentions, and out of nowhere, talk about martial arts began to emerge.
“Before I was 20, I thought it was a lightning strike. A fast and strong sword can cut through anything. “When I competed with the southern warriors, no one was able to strike my sword more than three times.”
The next moment, the old man’s hand seemed to move, and a bolt of lightning split the air.
“I realized the art of precision before I was 30. To put it a little more simply, it could be said to be an appropriate distribution of power. I knew that if my sword arrived at the right location with the right speed, it could easily deflect even a force like Mount Tai. After reaching this stage and walking through the world, there were not many enemies under the sky.”
This time it was different from before.
Instead of moving like a thunderbolt, the sword in the old man’s hand moved slowly through the air, drawing complex shapes.
“But… . I knew this wasn’t the end. “I felt like I knew there was something next.”
“What is?”
Suddenly, I found myself extremely interested in this conversation with the leader.
At this moment, the goals of Unit 205 and the support of the Cheonui Alliance were pushed to one side of my head.
I really wanted to know.
I wanted to know what the next possibility was that this superhuman, who would be considered second best under the sky, had discovered.
Couldn’t I gain at least some of this person’s enlightenment?
It would be nice to learn martial arts, and it would be nice to be able to share some enlightenment that goes beyond the boundaries of such knowledge.
“In Buddhism, it is said that mastering without hesitation and advancing without hindrance is called non-ae.”
“To master without hesitation and move forward without hindrance? Lord, no, master. It is difficult to understand what is being said due to the disciple’s lack of ability. “Could you speak a little more simply?”
“In order to move forward without obstruction, I must break free of the shackles that bind me. But what are my shackles?”
“…”
“I cut it off again and again. One by one, I scattered the 24 basic principles that I had learned throughout my life, and eventually even forgot about them. Even so, the shackles remained.”
“What was it?”
“I didn’t notice for a long time. I knew something was binding me, but I had no way of knowing what my shackles were. And 30 years ago, I found the answer I had been looking for for a long time.”
30 years ago?
“He was truly loveless. He mastered the law of all things and had no hesitation in doing what he wanted.”
“Could it be that the ‘loveless one’ was an illusion?”
“He ridiculed the laws of heaven and considered human duties to be toys to be played with.”
“No, what is that-”
What kind of great enlightenment is that? You’re just crazy!
“Therefore he was free from love and the freest in heaven and earth -”
“Aren’t you just saying he’s crazy?”
I couldn’t stand it.
It may be because he was deeply immersed in the ‘teachings’ that the Lord of Heavenly Arms had been talking about earlier.
I could not accept that the great realization that the Absolute had no enemy under heaven was the mindset of a madman who ignored all the laws of the world.
The old man answered with a somewhat empty smile.
“Disciple. “Let’s go back to the beginning.”
“first?”
“Didn’t you tell me earlier during the day? “The Emperor will apologize for the deaths of my daughter and her student?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“What do you mean you’re apologizing for?”
It was not until this moment that I vaguely understood the concept of ‘non-love’ that the old man was talking about.
He is talking to me.
You freed me from my ‘shackles’ by killing my daughter and disciple, so why should I blame you?
“But there are still so many shackles that bind me.”
“Those are not shackles, they are proof of the life you have lived!”
“You might think so. Rather, an uninvited guest has entered the capital.”
“yes?”
“Sanghyun, I’ll give you a chance, so show me what you can do.”
“…”
“Shouldn’t we leave behind no regrets before we die?”
*
– Kim Ari
“Also~ the food was really hard to eat -”
“for a moment.”
“uh?”
I quieted Miro and concentrated my mind.
I definitely think I heard a strange sound a little while ago… .
Is it an illusion?
At that time, Eunsol, who had been listening to Miro’s complaints in front of her, stood up and looked around.
“Something flashed in the distance?”
“Flashing?”
“Uhm. I’m not sure. “It felt like lightning struck the ground, but it passed so quickly.”
Eunsol sat back on the chair with a somewhat confused expression.
At that time, Jincheol responded with an anxious expression.
“A sound like a building collapsing, a flash like a lightning strike. “Isn’t this what Brother Sanghyun used as the final flash?”
“…”
The surroundings became quiet for a moment. Soon, Eunsol hardened her expression and opened her mouth.
“Let’s go out and check what’s going on and finish what we’re talking about quickly.”
In room 205, Miro and I started out in the absurd position of ‘followers of the phantom demon.’
It was a bit unpleasant because I felt like a follower of Ga-in, but regardless, it was a great achievement for the continent.
Moreover, since both Miro and I were very striking in appearance, our range of maneuver was limited.
The good news is that the world is a mess and public order has collapsed.
The collapsed public order was a pain for the good civilians, but it was a blessing for the martial arts public.
Somehow, after much hardship, we arrived at the capital. Not long after, Eunsol sent someone and we were able to meet everyone.
As soon as we got together, Eunsol told an interesting story.
“Let’s call Ga-in here for a time slot?”
“That’s it!”
Eunsol’s idea was clear.
The person who was sealed in room 205 was Ga-in.
The fact that ‘Hwanma’ is a being that even absolute experts like him are afraid of.
Combining these two pieces of information, we conclude that the power of the ‘Magic Book’ is very useful in Room 205.
“The Baehwa Bridge will enter the capital within the next three to five days.”
“Did the wall collapse that quickly?”
“We can hold out longer if we want to hold out, but it means that we will save our strength by not holding out on the wall.”
How will Baehwagyo react after quickly entering the capital?
Since I had achieved my lifelong dream, I felt like I could at least hold an improvement event.
In other words, there was a high possibility that Jo Won-hong, the Baehwa cult leader, would reveal himself to the front.
“At that time, everyone’s efforts are put into action at once. “Including Ga-in!”
It didn’t look bad. I was especially confident in Ga-in’s ability to be summoned to Time Rental.
“I have another idea.”
“Any other thoughts?”
“Did you find out the location of the phantom seal?”
Instantly, my mouth was half-open. Miro said what I was trying to say instead.
“Eh? “Ari and I have been looking for it for 20 years and haven’t found any trace of it?”
“… According to the setting, it is absurd that I, the actual ruler of the imperial family, am talking to you, so what can I do with that?”
That is correct.
No matter how much time has come for the country to fall, the emperor’s guardian, Jo Hwa-mun, gathers with the followers of the Hwanma and holds a secret meeting?
In a martial arts novel, it is more than just a situation where a Shaolin temple master is meeting with a demonic elder for a meeting.
“I wrote it down here on a piece of paper. The specific location is -”
“My child, that is enough.”
The world is splitting apart.
A ray of light fell from the sky and split the space.
Eunsol didn’t realize what happened until the moment her head fell.
An old man appeared.
He was the greatest sword in the world.