Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 376
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Episode 376 – No. 205, Room of the Curse – ‘Absolute Master’ (25)
– Kim Muk-seong
Late at night, the scouts at the guard post made a strange report.
Didn’t they say that Jo Won-hong was leaving the plains with his elite troops out of nowhere?
“what? “Really?”
“Elder, it wasn’t just one or two people who saw it!”
I thought as I hurriedly moved to Eunsol’s residence.
The Sky Tower was destroyed, and Jo Won-hong suffered a serious blow.
I guessed that he would use the last move.
A grand competition in which you and all of the survivors of the 13th Command are on the front lines?
Are they seeking reconciliation with the Avestan Church and summoning forces to counterattack?
Or is it just buying time by proposing a truce to the imperial family?
We discussed various possibilities with Eunsol.
Everything was wrong.
*
– Park Seung-yeop
“hot!”
— Boom!
“damn! Why is it so difficult?”
I don’t know how many times I’ve failed already.
I felt like my heart was slowly breaking, so I sat down on the floor.
“weird… . “Master said it was a martial art that was perfect for me.”
To recharge my motivation, I remembered what my teacher had told me a few days ago about my ‘special qualities’.
*
“Qualities that are unparalleled in all times and eras? “Do I have that kind of talent?”
“…”
“What talent is it?”
“I thought of a martial arts technique that would be perfect for Your Majesty.”
“W-what kind of talent is this!”
“‘The soul of Aksha’. “A profound and pinnacle martial art from across the sea.”
“No, what is talent?”
Lee Ja-seong didn’t tell me what my talent was until the end.
*
The soul of Aksha.
From the first time I heard it, I thought the name was unusual.
This is because it wasn’t some kind of magic, magic, or swordsmanship, and ‘Aksha’ wasn’t a Chinese character no matter how you looked at it.
From what I heard, it turns out that he is a martial artist from a region similar to real-life India.
Lee Ja-seong’s insight was amazing, as he knew enough to teach martial arts from such a far away to others, but I still don’t know why my qualifications match the ‘Soul of Aksha’.
That’s because I couldn’t even properly initiate it for over ten days.
“damn!”
“You talk to yourself a lot.”
At that time, the deep voice of a senior citizen was heard.
Was it Master’s second or third?
Anyway, it is Chagunak, the death penalty sword, who is higher in rank than me.
Of course, aside from the hierarchy in the priestly relationship, Chagunak treated me quite cautiously thanks to my job as ’emperor’.
This was also the case with Master, so engineering and non-technical colleges were often mixed together haphazardly.
The job of emperor is this amazing.
“Are you okay with your life at Cheonuimaeng? It seems like Master brought me here suddenly… .”
“yes.”
Perhaps because he answered too easily, Chagunak looked embarrassed again.
“Do you like the food? Since we are from the martial arts sect, it is impossible to compare it to the food of the imperial family.”
“More than half of the imperial family’s servants have run away, so there’s nothing to worry about.”
And the Chinese-style imperial palace food was not to my taste.
Honestly, seasoned chicken and pork cutlet are more delicious.
“I’m glad you seem to be adjusting well. Your Majesty… .”
“I am?”
“… I was worried that you were holding a grudge against Meng.”
understood.
Master came out of nowhere and brought me to Heavenly Justice, but this kind of ambiguous relationship cannot last long.
The empire was in the middle of a war where its fate was at stake, and Lee Ja-seong was a third-generation ancient and modern master, and he had the justification of taking me, his student, to protect him, so he just ignored it.
However, I was not dissatisfied with the current situation.
Because there was nothing the imperial palace could do.
Could the imperial emperor go to war against Baehwagyo?
It is even more absurd to go to Cheonsan Mountain and dig a hole to wake up Ga-in.
So I was just eating and sleeping, but compared to that, martial arts training was quite exciting.
Chagunak looked relieved and changed the topic of conversation.
“When I heard it, I heard that the teacher passed down the ‘soul of Aksha.’”
“yes.”
“I could hear the frustration even outside the training ground, but it doesn’t seem to be going well.”
“that… . Cheer up at the entry level? Strength? I keep failing to blow it in… .”
“Training is inherently difficult to do alone. “Let me deal with you for a moment.”
With those words, Chagunak approached and lightly swung his wooden stick.
— Taaak!
“Ugh! “I’m just like you, Master!”
“…”
“Why does it hurt so much to move slowly?”
“Concentration! Correct your posture… .”
“Fix it?”
“You have to focus on yourself and not be conscious of the bar.”
“Well, isn’t that really strange? “You can’t be hit by a stick and not be conscious of it!”
“The soul of Aksha should be accepted without judging it based on martial arts or common sense that deviates from normal common sense.”
I was beaten senselessly again and again. As I was getting beaten up in my teens and 20s, I started getting irritated.
Even though I knew it couldn’t be so, I was suspicious that Chagunak was bothering me.
When I was hit so hard that I felt like I was losing my mind, I felt a strange sensation for the first time.
Blood starts from the heart and spreads throughout the body through the veins.
At that moment, something else departed along with the blood.
They were like a bunch of tiny insects.
It feels slightly itchy here and there, but it also feels like something is popping.
As my mind was focused on this strange sensation, I naturally forgot about the existence of the stick.
and… .
“uh?”
For the first time, my hand blocked the stick by hitting the arm of Chagunak.
“Well, something was successful! succeded!”
Of course, I am not saying that I inflicted a fatal blow on some kind of Chagunak.
In the first place, he just moved slowly on purpose to teach me.
It’s not a big deal that you just blocked a slow-moving stick once – it’s not a big deal, it’s not a big deal!
“succeded!”
and! Am I really a genius? Already successful?
No, what on earth do you do with this incredible talent?
ha… . Hotel These guys have finally unleashed a monster they can’t handle!
World! Wait, the supreme genius you cannot handle –
“Ji, calm down!”
Chagunak couldn’t hide his embarrassment and even spoke informally to me and grabbed my shoulder to calm me down.
When I came to my senses, I was dancing and yelling like crazy in just a moment.
It was so noisy that everyone outside the training hall started snooping around.
“…”
“your majesty! Please keep your guard up!”
“The words just now sounded like subjects of the imperial palace.”
“How many times did I swing the stick, and how many times did you succeed?”
“uh… . “You swung it hundreds of times and I succeeded once.”
“Doing it dozens of times and succeeding once is not an achievement; it is just luck and not proper skill. “You have to do it 10 times and succeed 9 times before you can use it in practice.”
“…”
Afterwards, Chagunak left the practice hall, saying that sincere training is just the beginning and sincere training is necessary.
Did you go out?
“Aaaah! me! Is! cloth! re! Daaaa! The four great masters of all time and modern times -”
*
As soon as he left the training ground, shouts erupted from behind, and Chagunak walked away with a smile.
At that time, an old man appeared.
“Gunak, what on earth does this mean? “The emperor’s shout is so loud that even Jo Won-hong of the defense wall is surprised.”
“The priest has accomplished something. “I tried to take a quick look at it, but as it happened, it succeeded just while I was looking at it.”
“You watched the training? “You say the emperor is using a plan to put Meng in danger?”
“… I’ve been watching you for a while, and honestly, the emperor is not the kind of person who would scheme.”
“Didn’t you say that from the beginning?”
“As expected, Master’s eyes are unmistakable.”
“Let’s stop kneeling down and bow down.”
“Well, look at this.”
Chagunak rolled up his jacket and showed his wrists to Lee Ja-seong.
A small bruise.
It was embarrassing to even call it a wound, it was closer to being hit on purpose… .
Even if he had been hit, the bruises were clear evidence that his external force had been shaken.
Lee Ja-seong smiled softly.
“The emperor’s qualities are not bad.”
“It’s a strange thing. “To be honest, I don’t think I’m that outstanding in terms of intelligence or brawn.”
“There is a mysterious side to human qualities. “Just because you are good at studying writing doesn’t mean you are good at martial arts, and it is not uncommon for masters who survive Dosan Geomlim to have dark eyes.”
“What do you mean?”
“Aksha’s soul was originally created in the harsh environment of the rainforest.”
“I heard it was made in Heaven.”
“If you cut the grass, there is nothing to eat. Toads exude poison from their skin, and even insects crawling on the floor exude enough poison to kill fifteen people. “It’s full of wild beasts that will swallow people up in one bite if you look away.”
“It’s terrible.”
“Some call it green hell. The warriors who survive in places like this are closer to beasts than people. “Who will survive?”
“There are a lot of dangerous substances everywhere, so you have to have a good sense of place.”
“Running into a horse cave to get food is not something you should do with a clear mind. Therefore, I need strong confidence that I will not die, and I need excellent sense to avoid any significant danger. And above all.”
“More than anything?”
“First of all, you have to be lucky.”
“Well, I see. But, what does that aspect have to do with the emperor?”
Chagunak truly could not understand.
What do a beastly warrior who survived a green hell full of danger and an emperor born with the world’s most noble status have in common?
“Let’s end this story. “I didn’t even tell the emperor.”
“yes?”
The old man raised his hand and pointed to the training hall where cheers were still heard.
“With a personality like that, I’m scared to tell you that you have any talent.”
“… I understand.”
“Dangerous news has arrived.”
“yes?”
Lee Ja-seong’s expression darkened.
“Cheon Yi-maeng’s eyes are spread across the continent. “An ominous report came in a little while ago.”
“Are you saying it’s a sinister report?”
“Cho Won-hong, that friend is trying to cross a line that should not be crossed.”
*
– maze
“Ugh!”
“…”
“Ugh!”
“…”
“How many days has it been already? “Hasn’t it been more than ten days?”
Ari’s white and pretty face was no longer visible.
This is because they were covered in mud and digging holes with me for several days, so they were stained black.
There was no public bathhouse nearby, so there was no way to wash properly.
“I see.”
“It will end with ‘I see’!”
“I see.”
At least ten days. It’s even longer if you include the preparation period.
To top it all off, Songi ran out of food and water that she initially prepared, so Songi had to go get them several times.
During that long period of adversity, all I did was dig.
If it had been like before, I would have called my colleagues at a reasonable point in digging and destroyed the ground with the final flash or the power of the stars.
This time, Ari was vehemently opposed.
This is because it was revealed that when Ga-in’s body is destroyed while using the inheritance carelessly to destroy a wide area, only the phantom demon will awaken.
“No, anyway, isn’t this stupid?”
“…”
“please think about it! “Some idiot in the world is passing by by destroying a mountain with his fist!”
“It’s not a fist, it’s a protective suit. And I broke it more than you did.”
“Eight! I would have destroyed the sky tower or something by now. Just call the teacher and -”
“uh?”
“Don’t stop talking! With a laser -”
“quiet!”
“…”
“Sound, what is this sound?”
Ari opened his eyes wide as he entered a narrow cave filled with dirt and stones.
When I shined the headlights on the hazmat suit, I could see what Ari had seen.
It’s a hole, a small hole.
Wide – A hole leading into a very large space.
“Isn’t that it?”
“I can’t reach! How to?”
I had to hit the hole with a protective suit, but at that moment I was embarrassed because it was out of reach.
Pero, a miner parrot who had been working as hard as us by frantically breaking stones and dirt with his beak, crawled into the gap and blocked the hole with his body.
“What is he doing?”
“Ugh! Pero, pero! stop!”
The moment Ari opens his mouth and tries to stop him –
Perot, tired of working as a miner for a long time, made a decisive decision.
After pushing his body into a fist-sized hole, he was transformed into a grotesque.
— Rumbling!
“Is that really crazy!”
A thick fog appeared.
We finally arrived at the place where Ga-in was sealed.
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[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 206
Current location: Room 205, Room of Curse – ‘Absolute Master’
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
— Slosh!
I woke up in an abyss where I couldn’t see an inch ahead.
and… .
An incomprehensible strange being appeared before me.