Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 365
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Episode 365 – No. 205, Room of the Curse – ‘Absolute Master’ (14)
– Eunsol Lee
A strange building revealed itself under the blue moonlight.
Even though I knew nothing about architecture, I could tell at a glance that the ‘tower’ was not built for normal residential purposes.
This is because it looked like two snakes with their bodies twisted around each other.
“Stop for a moment.”
It was inconvenient to have to say everything in words one by one because my grandfather couldn’t come with me.
Of course, there was no choice since one person was needed to control the soldiers on the wall and hold weight near the emperor.
The fact that Lee Ja-seong couldn’t see the chat window anyway was another reason why the grandfather remained behind the wall.
Everyone’s eyes were focused on me.
“The Baehwa cultists around the tower haven’t found us yet, but if we move any further from here, we’ll be caught.”
Lee Ja-seong responded with a little admiration.
“It’s dark, can you really see people in the distance so clearly? “Your clairvoyance is truly amazing.”
“…”
“I’m sure you’re not saying we should go back from here, are you?”
“no. I agree with the leader’s opinion that the Sky Tower is in the completion stage. However, from now on, it will be a quick decision.”
“Hmm… .”
“Do you understand the new strategy?”
“Aren’t you saying that I only want to stop Cho Won-hong? “Are you going to destroy the Sky Tower yourself?”
“yes.”
“I feel sorry that my job is the easiest. “Let’s go.”
Anyone can see that the most difficult task is to stop Baehwa cult leader Jo Won-hong, but I was momentarily speechless when Lee Ja-seong said that he was sorry for being entrusted with such an easy task.
At this point, it was difficult to tell whether Lee Ja-seong’s calm and weak attitude was the foolishness of an absolute master or a psychotic bravado.
Whatever the reason, it is time to move on.
Mr. Sang-hyeon slightly raised his arm and tapped the shoulder of his colleague who had been recharging his ‘ominous spirit’ without saying a single word.
“now -”
“Hands off. “Do you think I’m deaf?”
“… sorry.”
A voice so fierce that it feels like a different person.
Elena’s mind is distorted in the process of concentrating to unleash an ominous imagination.
We are used to it now, but Lee Ja-seong, whom we saw for the first time, clicked his tongue and advanced forward without a word.
and –
Elena, fluttering her cloak, spewed out a sentence of curse to the world.
“Darkness is coming… . “Tonight, a nightmare will descend upon everyone.”
Disturbing colors spread everywhere.
The next moment, reality began to be colored at random, as if a child had been randomly swinging a brush.
It was clearly a dark night, but suddenly a blue sun appeared in the sky.
Next, sea water that looked like a mixture of blue paint rushed in from the surface and began to wet my legs.
Even though I had prepared my mind in advance, the feeling of being twisted randomly aroused fear.
When I summoned the flute to escape the hallucinations that were endlessly tormenting my mind, I was filled with admiration.
In a nightmare world where everything is twisted – only the piri ignores all changes and reveals its unique, archaic appearance.
— Laaaa!
The sound of a flute that tickles your ears.
and… .
The sea water disappeared and my feet once again touched solid ground.
The blue sun disappeared, leaving only a hazy moon in the sky again.
Sang-hyeon and Jin-cheol, who were next to him, also shook their heads as if they had just woken up.
“Ugh, as expected, Elena’s power can’t identify enemies… .”
“Where has the leader gone?”
Lee Ja-seong, the lord of the cloth, ran off alone as if he didn’t need the help of the flute.
“I just went alone.”
“Are you going to be okay?”
“He is said to have cut off the power of a grimoire with a sword, so it would be strange for him to suffer hallucinations created by his sinister imagination. let’s go.”
“… I will stay here. Please do it as quickly as possible.”
I nodded, looking at Elena, whose whole body was wet with cold sweat in a moment.
“Go back to the castle as soon as you feel better.”
There was no one to stop us until we reached the Sky Tower.
Instead, screams full of fear and pain were heard from all over the world.
With just one prayer, Elena plunged hundreds of Baekhwa believers guarding the vicinity of the Sky Tower into a nightmare.
“Did you hear what Elena said? “Let’s resolve this as quickly as possible.”
*
A man with a sturdy physique, a warrior from Baehwagyo who would have definitely lunged at me with a spear if he were fine, is rolling around on the floor and screaming.
That wasn’t all.
At a glance, countless Baehwa believers were crying like children, some looking for God, others looking for Jo Won-hong.
The old man thought as he looked at the mysterious sight.
It would have been better for them to bravely attack him with swords.
I remember the strategy meeting from earlier.
It is said that the means to destroy the Sky Tower, which was prepared by the imperial family, disappeared for unknown reasons.
Since there is no way to destroy the tower from a distance, you have to get close to destroy it.
However, as you get closer, the problem is that there are hundreds of Baekhwa believers guarding the tower.
Jo Hwa-mun-ju said that he could not fight these idiots one by one, and ordered what to do to the magician wearing a hood. But, absurdly, the magician’s identity was a traitor to Baehwagyo.
At this point, Lee Ja-seong burst into laughter.
Over there, there is a crazy cult that plans to summon the eldest son of an ominous god because they are not confident that they will win the war with human power.
On this side, there are greedy politicians who are trying to keep their power by attracting traitors from the church and using evil magic with a single wave of their hand.
“iced coffee… .”
In the midst of my sighs, I realized it again.
From the beginning, this war had no future no matter who won.
That’s why Lee Ja-seong made up his mind.
“I will at least stand on people’s side.”
At that time, a person I knew well appeared with a furious roar.
“Lee Ja-seong!”
“Sir, it’s been a while.”
“You bastard! What kind of trick did you use? “How did you manage to make more than 600 believers fall into an illusion at once?”
“I don’t know.”
“You mean that?”
“…Cho Won-hong. Do you really think I used this trick? “It’s not the first time we’ve seen each other.”
Baehwa cult leader Cho Won-hong, the older man who came running at lightning speed, frowned and answered those words.
“good night. There’s no way you’re skilled in this kind of art, so you wouldn’t have used it yourself. But, isn’t it lame to make excuses to the people who come with you next to those who use magic?”
The old man, Lee Ja-seong, burst out laughing at those words.
“Huh… . That is correct. “What excuse can I make?”
— Paaaa!
The next moment, a strange, incomprehensible wave swept through the surroundings.
At first glance, it felt like wind, but at another thought, it felt like waves.
A ray of enlightenment that the old man gained in his later years has become known.
An unknown force is twisting the entire world.
The old man felt his heart becoming even heavier and pulled out the sword from his belt.
The cult leader’s eyes were filled with ferocious murderous intent.
Soon, the two absolute masters on the ground collided.
*
– Eunsol Lee
After the final flash disappeared, we began thinking about another means of destroying the Sky Tower.
The conclusion came quickly.
How can you destroy a ‘building’ with a spear and a knife in the first place?
Lee Ja-seong, who is said to have no fear under heaven, also showed a confused attitude when asked if he could cut a tower with a knife.
The answer is an ominous imagination or a star fragment. Elena’s power was used to neutralize the Baehwa cultists guarding the Sky Tower, so what remains is a star fragment.
As soon as Jincheol entered the Sky Tower, passing by the Baehwa cultists lying on the floor, he started looking for something to destroy.
“Did you find something?”
“I do not know! Do you see something?”
“I’m not sure? “There’s no time, so hit some important location with a star piece!”
“Where on earth is this important location?”
“I don’t know.”
“Then how do I know? “This is the first time in my life that I’ve seen a technique for summoning God’s grandson!”
“Should we tear down the tower at all?”
A stupid conversation passed that made each other’s blood pressure rise at the same time just by listening to it.
To begin with, both of them are ignorant of things like ‘jutsu’, so it’s natural that they don’t know how to destroy it either.
I think Lee Ja-seong is starting to think of me as a master of some kind of evil magic.
At that time, I heard Sanghyeon’s voice.
“this way! Come this way!”
As I ran frantically, I came across a place with a glowing blue pattern embossed on the wall.
Also, since there were seven people scattered around the place, I was convinced that it was an important place.
“Is it here?”
“Oh my!”
— Come on!
At that time, Sanghyeon, who came in first, quickly grabbed my shoulder and dragged me back.
Just in the nick of time, a black blade passed in front of me.
“Stop.”
A young man with a cold appearance, a height of around 190cm, and facial features reminiscent of Western blood.
He is one of the 13 commanders of Baehwagyo. The nickname is –
“Even demon spirits!”
“… I am honored that the emperor’s advisor has recognized me. “I’ll cut that pretty face, bury it in the ground, and pour you a drink.”
“You’re pretty good at speaking, aren’t you?”
In a short while, a clanging sound began to be heard from behind.
Jincheol also started to confront someone.
Did Elena’s hallucinations work at all?
That doesn’t seem to be the case, seeing as there was no resistance until we reached the tower.
However, because they are much stronger than ordinary Baekhwa believers, they wake up from their hallucinations faster.
Mr. Sang-hyeon stretched out the iron bar like lightning, as if he had no intention of wasting time.
“Iron marriage! “Your reputation-”
— Bang!
And the demon demon’s head exploded.
I was momentarily speechless.
“… Didn’t you just try to fight with a spear?”
“I saw that friend doing it silently, and it works very well to just pretend to fight with a spear and then pull out a gun and shoot.”
“Did your grandfather lend you the gun?”
“That’s right. “Please wait here.”
Soon, a couple of gunshots rang out from behind, and Jincheol appeared somewhere with a blank expression on his face.
“You work hard and sleep, but you can’t even carry a pistol…” .”
“It won’t work on the cult leader. Self-defense skills? “They said there might be something like that.”
Jincheol shook his head and moved in front of the blue pattern.
“Everyone, please step back.”
— Paaaa!
A wave burst out that felt like it was pressing down on the skin.
The power of the star fragment, which seemed to contain evil intent on the entire world, crushed the Sky Tower’s magic.
…
In the sky, the Holy One, the Prince of the Eternally Burning Blue Flame, cried three times.
The first cry was because he sympathized with the mayfly-like life of humans suffering in the mortal world.
The second cry is because the upright good intentions to save humanity have been frustrated.
The third cry was a foreshadowing of the miserable fate ahead of those who knew nothing.
I saw a vision.
I saw the final mercy shown by the Prince of Blue Flame, whose advent was thwarted.
I see myself.
I see myself dying with my lungs pierced by a sharp knife and my evil eye roughly pulled out lodged in my mouth.
I see myself groaning in pain because I was not even allowed a comfortable death.
…
When I finally came to my senses, I realized that Sanghyeon and Jincheol had the same expression on their faces as me.
I knew it without having to say it.
A little while ago, we saw ‘Each of Us’ Death.
“… if -”
“stop.”
“…”
“I think Cardamos showed us strange illusions to sway us.”
The two didn’t answer.
I also didn’t believe what came out of my mouth.