Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 375
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Episode 375 – No. 205, Room of the Curse – ‘Absolute Master’ (24)
– Kim Sang-hyun
As he landed on the wriggling stingray, Wonhong Cho’s expression became distorted.
I realized that the composure of the religious leader who was looking down at us from the sky had disappeared in an instant.
When I realized that I was truly ‘enjoying’ this very moment.
[‘Enjoyer’ activates!]
Finally I was able to take a step forward.
— Boom!
In response to the leader’s anger, the stingray began to twist its body this way and that, trying to throw me off.
At first, I didn’t realize what kind of ability I had gained, because it wasn’t an intuitive superpower like superstrength or telekinesis.
Next, I thought I had the ability to move my body precisely like Cha Jin-cheol’s ‘Instant’.
This is because I was able to maintain my balance very easily even though the stingray was shaking its whole body.
The leader shouted with an angry expression.
“Hey, I didn’t know you’d come up out of nowhere! “Forget the thought of getting down alive!”
In a narrow space where movement was restricted, such as on the back of a flying creature, the leader rushed forward, swinging both hands.
The moment I could clearly see the movement, as if I could grasp it, I was taken aback again.
Have I gained precise vision?
That doesn’t mean you can see people’s pores like Eunsol did, right?
The cult leader stretched out his right hand and spewed out flames.
He turned his upper body half a turn clockwise and stabbed the spear in his left hand toward the cult leader’s waist.
The opponent defended my attack by hitting the spear with his left hand, and considering his posture, I knew that his next move would be to slash his right hand diagonally.
At the same time as he blocked the attack in advance, he rushed further inward and pushed the head’s upper body with his shoulder.
The leader took a half-turn backwards, and the floor seemed to tremble, and a fireball formed in the priest’s hand.
Intuitively, I realized that the stingray’s movement and the pontoon’s counterattack were linked.
He was going to push the blade backwards and throw a fireball, but because he could read the stingray’s movements, he was able to maintain his balance through strangely precise movements.
to the next –
…
“W-what is it?”
A breathless battle that continued in the blink of an eye.
I blocked the leader’s attack, read his next move, and even read his counterattack to block it in advance.
… different.
It’s so different from when I first touched hands with the leader just 10 minutes ago.
At that time, wasn’t a single move by the religious leader immediately putting us in danger?
If Cha Jin-cheol had not swung the scimitar at the rear of the religious leader, he would not have been able to hold out.
However, now, not only did I engage in an almost equal battle with the leader, but I was even able to read his next move.
The religious leader burst out in pure admiration.
“Disciple Lee Ja-seong, your qualifications are amazing!”
“Now, what are your qualities?”
“Surely it wasn’t like this just a moment ago? “Did you come to enlightenment during that brief fight with me?”
At this moment, Cho Won-hong was like the supreme leader of Baehwagyo and a great senior of Kangho who discovered a talented junior before he was our enemy.
… I finally realized what a ‘person who enjoys’ is.
*
There is a saying in the world like this.
A genius cannot beat someone who works hard, and a person who works hard cannot beat someone who enjoys it.
According to this saying, those who enjoy are something beyond those who are talented and those who work hard.
Why?
I interpret the implications of that sentence this way.
Because they find the process enjoyable, they are able to invest more time than others.
Therefore, those who enjoy are those who work hard.
If there is no achievement despite effort, passion is bound to cool down, so those who enjoy it are those who can achieve.
Therefore, those who enjoy it are also those who have the talent to achieve.
However, when performing any task, there are bound to be stressful moments.
What do you need to overcome stress and enjoy it passionately?
Need motivation.
The best motivation is to imagine a future me who has already achieved something, a successful me.
Therefore, if you can bring your accomplished future self into the present, that is the best motivation.
It is easy to understand if you compare it to a game.
The Blessing of Sincerity is the power to grant skills corresponding to effort. That is, if you primitively light a bonfire tens of thousands of times, you will gain [Samadhi Evolution lv1], and if you train your spear for a long period of time, you will gain [Spear Art lv1] skill.
Those who enjoy it temporarily raise the level of the skill created in this way.
It is about realizing the achievements I will achieve in the future right now.
*
— Ugh!
A loud noise that howls in the air.
My mind, which had been lost in thought for a moment, returned to the battle of reality.
As the cult leader circled his entire body, the vortex of flames seen earlier arose and began to slowly expand its area.
It was only possible to avoid it by taking a few steps back from the ground, but this place is the back of a flying stingray.
There was no place to escape, and if I retreated any further, I would have fallen.
Stingray, like the summoned beast of the Baehwa Cult who throws fireballs, I was fine even when a whirlwind of flames spread out on my back, but if I was engulfed in the flames, I would be reduced to a handful of ash.
A clear and desperate crisis.
However, I was able to smile because I realized what I could and should do.
The people of No. 205 call it Samadhi Evolution.
A superpower that arose from endless bonfires in the primitive environment of room 203, in an ancient era.
At best, I thought it was just the ability to smoke a cigarette.
Even after I learned how to wrap it around a spear blade, I didn’t find it very useful.
I am fundamentally a 21st century person and American.
When doing this kind of nonsense, pulling the trigger of a pistol once was considered to have much more killing power and was devalued.
however… .
This ability had potential beyond imagination.
Without thinking, I jumped into the vortex of flames created by the religious leader.
The moment Jo Won-hong’s eyes widen and he looks like he’s gone crazy –
The vortex of flames, free of Jo Won-hong’s control, opened a path, guided by the gesture of my hand.
“no! “What is this-”
“Taaaat!”
The spear flew like lightning and instantly pierced Cho Won-hong’s head.
No, it felt like it was piercing.
Cho Won-hong’s new model cracked like glass, and before we knew it, it had moved to the back.
When the leader, who had escaped the crisis, put his hands together with a determined expression on his face, the shape of the stingray that was flying with me and the leader on board suddenly collapsed and disappeared!
“This bastard, are you crazy!”
“Observe the minimum courtesy!”
“In the meantime, damn it -”
crash
crash
At this moment, I was very embarrassed.
What did the leader himself think of sending the stingray back out of nowhere and falling together?
As if he had been waiting, the leader’s long guns flapped and his flight noticeably slowed down.
Like Ari, he also had a talent for ‘slow falling.’
Because of the difference in falling speed, the leader above me smiled triumphantly.
If this continues, my death is inevitable, and the leader will end up with minor injuries!
“Sir, let’s go together!”
My spear split the air and flew towards the religious leader.
Jo Won-hong made a mocking expression and radiated tension to hit the spear.
and –
As if someone had controlled the spear with an invisible hand.
The spear was bent in half in the air and pierced through the priest’s upper body.
“Hey, Iki Eochang! does not make sense!”
— Boom!
… If the height was a little lower and I could move at least one arm, I would have been able to test how strong my medical skills have become.
It’s a little disappointing.
Still, I had a good time.
This was my last memory of room 205.
*
– Eunsol Lee
“Keuheook!”
Cho Won-hong’s body, which came down to the ground, was stained with blood.
To be honest, this was a completely unexpected achievement.
This is because I also watched the fight between Jo Won-hong, Cha Jin-cheol, and Kim Sang-hyun.
Although my body could not participate in the fight, my eyes were able to see through it.
At least according to what I felt, it was almost impossible for Sang-hyeon to inflict a fatal blow on Jo Won-hong on his own.
It wasn’t.
Mr. Sang-hyeon died when his head and spine were crushed at the same time as he fell, but Won-hong Cho also suffered fatal injuries.
…
Depending on what you think, you should be impressed by Sang-hyeon’s performance, but unfortunately, it wasn’t a situation where you could take that kind of leisure.
This is because the fight had lasted too long.
It has been a long time since the elites of Baehwagyo around the Sky Tower surrounded us.
“What the hell is this!”
Cho Won-hong suffered a fatal blow, but the damage on our side was significant.
Sang-hyeon collapsed, and Jin-cheol’s hand is still not normal.
Even the Baehwagyo elites surrounding us were glaring at us as if they were going to eat us.
Moreover, Jo Won-hong was already receiving first aid with the help of Bae Hwa-gyo.
Why am I still alive in this unanswerable crisis?
Paradoxically, it was because of Lee Ja-seong, who had been trying to eat me from before.
This is because the Buddhists did not approach me because they were afraid of Lee Ja-seong next to me.
“Huh… .”
At that time, Lee Ja-seong, who recognized the death of his student, showed a sad reaction.
“Johwamunju, what do you think now?”
“…”
What has this person been asking me about since a while ago?
Lee Ja-seong moved towards Jo Won-hong without hiding his sad expression.
Then, the religious leaders who were trying to stop the religious leader’s bleeding gathered courage and stopped Lee Ja-seong.
“Stop!”
“…”
“No matter how great the sword is -”
“stop.”
“Master!”
“Lee Ja-seong is not a great person who would surprise me in this situation.”
“…”
“Jaseong, do you have anything to say?”
“Sanghyeon… . “He died by your hands.”
“… Are you really going to blame me? “It was a fight for each other’s lives.”
“No. “It was a bloody battle for both of us, and you too lived half-dead, so who can you blame?”
“…”
“What was the child’s last days like? therefore -”
I feel it every time the two talk, the relationship between Lee Ja-seong and Jo Won-hong is like an old friend.
Clearly, it was difficult to say that he was an enemy even though he was the head of a conflicting force in the larger scheme of things.
Is it because it was like that?
Cho Won-hong gave Lee Ja-seong the answer he desperately wanted.
“It was a match made in heaven. He had qualities that could reach the sky. “If he had had a little time, he would have been just as good as you were.”
“… In the end, I finally got back on the right path.”
Lee Ja-seong’s head turned to the sky.
Did you think that the disciple who had fallen into apostleship returned to martial arts at the last moment?
There seemed to be a slight change in Lee Ja-seong’s state of mind.
“Can I take the rest of you with me and leave?”
“… leave.”
We couldn’t fight any more.
For us, there was no way to kill Jo Won-hong through this many Baekhwa believers with our remaining strength.
Jo Won-hong probably thought that Lee Ja-seong would intervene if he tried to kill us here.
Today’s fight is over.
*
As soon as we arrived at the imperial palace, my grandfather and Elena came out with shocked expressions.
“Eunsol! 이자성 그 개새끼가 -”
“sister! Seungyeop-”
“Both of you, be quiet. “It’s a story I know.”
Jincheol, who had already heard about the situation, said with a bitter smile.
“Negotiations with Lee Ja-seong… . “I did.”
“yes?”
I sighed and started telling a ridiculous story.
“Now, let me explain. “What an absurd person Lee Ja-seong is and what he proposed to me.”
I must confess, I thought I was an idiot while talking to Lee Ja-seong.
Even though it was clearly human language, I couldn’t understand it.
If Grandpa Mukseong had been there instead of me, I think he would have easily understood Lee Ja-seong’s way of thinking due to his experience as a lover of martial arts novels.
Lee Ja-seong believed that ‘I’ was the culprit behind the corruption of the imperial family’s ideology.
What that ‘corruption’ meant confused me. It seemed to mean that instead of training in martial arts and studying, they spread evil magic and blasphemous cults.
… I? Did you spread evil witchcraft? Spreading an ungodly cult?
Although it was the first time he had heard this in his life, Lee Ja-seong’s confidence did not waver one bit.
He didn’t even trust the insight that Lee Ja-seong himself had, not anyone else’s.
*
“No, I heard you can see into a person’s heart by making eye contact? “Please see through me too!”
“You little girl! Do you think I don’t know that you have the eyes of a monster? “Don’t try to fool me!”
*
At this point, I gave up on persuasion and just ignored Lee Ja-seong’s criticism.
By the time I had become the evil arch-shaman of the imperial family, the priest of an unholy god, and at the same time a corrupted devil who had ruined the future of the empire and the young emperor.
Lee Ja-seong found ‘last hope’ after seeing Sang-hyeon’s violent end.
“Ma, the last hope?”
“I want Mr. Sanghyun…” . I think I thought I couldn’t completely corrupt it. “Because Sang-hyeon returned to the right path, martial arts, at the last moment.”
“No, ah, I understand! The teacher is dead anyway, right? “She’s dead, so what hope?”
Elena, who was embarrassed, told her the truth she had forgotten.
“Lee Ja-seong realized that he had one more young disciple left.”
“yes?”
“I thought I had to protect the young emperor’s innocence from the evil hands of Eunsol Lee.”
“Evil Lee Eun-sol! Foot!”
“Do not laugh. “Elena, I said you are a prostitute of the Baehua Church and a devil who will surely drag the young emperor into the pit of hell.”
“…”
“Then he offered it to me. We will not break the alliance, and the Cheonyi Alliance will continue to stand on the imperial side for the remainder of the war. but.”
“Da, just?”
“Seungyeop said he will take him with him now.”
Grandfather tapped his forehead.
“Oh my! “So you stormed into the palace out of nowhere and left with Seung-yeop?”
I decided to just think positively.
“What do you think! He is a man who thinks terribly of his students, so he will not let Seung-yeop die somewhere. “Maybe the decision to escape has already been made?”
It occurred to me that the final battle of No. 205 was approaching.
This is because of the situation of Baehwa Bridge, which is in a pinch.
They lost the great battle against the Empire, the Sky Tower for the reversal was destroyed, and the religious leader also suffered injuries that could not be recovered in a short period of time.
If there are any ‘last resorts’ left, now is the time to pop them out.