Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 438
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EP.438 Episode 438 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (3)
Episode 438 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (3)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 384
Current Location: Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
A dark underground tunnel with no lights.
He walked leisurely and leisurely, leading the miners.
Since everyone has been working here for a long time, no one has ever bumped into a wall in the dark.
Was it because the screams heard here and there in the mine were terrifying?
The miners began to show impatience.
“Huh! Hey, young man! Shouldn’t we run?”
“Me, I think so too!”
“Run straight for about 3 minutes, then turn right and a cart will appear!”
He spoke calmly, as if nothing had happened.
“Aren’t you tired from working in the mine all morning? You’ll be tired if you run.”
At this point, some of the miners were almost crying.
“Ugh… It’s not that it’s hard! I’ve been hearing horrible noises from all around since a while ago -”
“Didn’t you say it would be okay?”
“that!”
“Roy. If you doubt what I’m saying, go alone.”
“…”
The miners became quiet.
“Did I oppress you by force? Did someone put a bomb necklace around your neck?”
“…”
“You can choose. Either go your own way, or take my word for it.”
— Gulp!
At that moment, another loud vibration echoed from somewhere in the mine.
Then the frightened miners cowered like children, but they could not leave me.
Little by little, they began to develop ‘religious beliefs’.
“Believe, and your faith will save you….”
The identity of the periodic ‘gurgling’ sound and vibrations heard separately from the smoke in front of the miners was questionable.
It felt like something huge and powerful was shaking the ground, but there was nothing in the plan that could make that sound.
—Slap!
“…”
“What is it, young man? Why did you stop?”
“What’s the matter? Oh, have you received another revelation?”
“… No. Let’s go.”
As I stepped on the corpse, a puddle of blood soaked my feet.
It’s not like I’m suddenly shocked by the cruelty.
Aren’t hotels the place where you see human meat more often than beef?
I just thought of my colleagues who didn’t hesitate to get their hands wet for the brutal play.
“I can see the cart now. Feel free to relax.”
“Yes, yes! Ho, by any chance, did the Great One say something -”
“Don’t worry. You are safe.”
Let’s throw away unnecessary thoughts.
The goal of this mission is to recruit some miners in order to build up a full-fledged force.
It takes an unforgettable experience to turn people who were ordinary miners until yesterday into fanatics.
For example, what if miners were being killed by an unknown demon and escaped with the help of the Chosen One?
At some point, the miners started speaking to me politely.
“Hey, that’s the cart over there! Light! I can see the way out!”
Finally, a passage leading out of the mine appeared.
The moment they spotted the dim light coming from the passage, hope appeared in the eyes of the terrified people.
and –
— Gulp!
The wall on the left side of the passage collapsed, revealing a monstrous creature that had terrorized the mine.
A huge reinforced suit that was almost red in color, showing how much blood had been spilled on it.
The strong stench of flesh and entrails scattered here and there.
Even the red light emanating from the center of the helmet!
Arida wearing a protective suit.
I must confess, the moment I saw the being before my eyes, I, not to mention the miners, was so shocked that I almost fell backwards.
Even I, who knew the plan in advance, was surprised by Ari’s appearance in a protective suit that looked like it came straight out of hell. How could these people, who were just ordinary miners until yesterday, endure this?
Some people screamed as if they had lost their minds, while others sat on the floor and began to pray without even screaming.
“Kuaaaah! Euaaaah-!”
“Ouch! Pretty much!”
“Almighty Father, forgive me, a sinner -”
Was the ‘Kururung!’ sound we’ve been hearing since a while ago the sound of Ari destroying the tunnel with the weight and strength of her protective suit?
Is it possible that the indomitable reason cannot suppress the protective suit?
Wing boots while holding back?
The current situation is a bit different from the plan we talked about outside, right?
Originally, Ariga brought the Demon King worshippers to the mine –
“…”
I tried to calm down and calm myself down.
Because the terrified eyes of the miners were focused on me.
If you show a flustered attitude now, the charisma you’ve built up so far will collapse in an instant.
Would a prophet sent from God be surprised by such a situation?
I walked out calmly.
This level of variable was as expected, as if a great being had told me everything.
“You… you who were born from the darkness of the city.”
I just randomly threw out words that came to mind.
Born from the darkness of the city, what’s a decent word for what’s next?
“Why do you block my path and show off your crude power?”
Ari’s face is vaguely visible beyond the red-tinted helmet.
“Step back! Faith will save us, for even the most depraved devil cannot harm a sheep that obeys without question.”
With those words, he stretched out both hands.
As if an unidentified wind was coming out of the palm of my hand!
“…”
Ariga has a stupid expression on her face, wondering what the heck is going on.
“Stand back!”
This time he reached out his hand more loudly.
“…”
No, Ari, what is she doing?
Don’t you know Jangpung? Jangpung?
What do you mean, it doesn’t fit here?
If only the apostle of God could stretch out his hand!
I have to roll backwards as if I was swept away by an invisible wind!
“… ah.”
— Boom! Clank!
“Ah, ah, ah, ah!”
Ari rolled backwards, making a strange noise.
The way out of the mine was opened.
“The way is open!”
“Oh! What kind of miracle was that just now -”
“Let’s go outside and talk. Everyone, follow me!”
I thought to myself as I watched the miners, half-conscious and rejoicing at being alive now.
Fortunately, no one seemed to notice anything unusual about our poor acting.
This is because they are gradually changing into ‘lambs that obey without question.’
*
There was already chaos outside the mine.
Fortunately, the miners who happened to be near the escape hatch made the events underground widely known.
Mine managers and informers questioned the miners who escaped from underground, but to no avail.
Because in the first place, I was the only one among the miners who knew the truth.
The other miners were terrified and chattered about the demons underground, further confusing the warden and enforcer.
And then, in a matter of hours, I was approached by faithful people who had transformed into completely different people.
“Cain, what should we do now?”
“Don’t worry, everyone. You have shown faithful faith, and the Lord will guide you soon.”
Confusion, curiosity, fear and anticipation.
I look into the eyes of the believers, filled with complex emotions.
One of them took Robert’s hand.
“Why, why all of a sudden -”
“Robert. How has your life been so far?”
“Huh? Sa, life? I’m like -”
He said, looking into Robert’s eyes as if he was piercing through them.
“You don’t know who your parents are, and you grew up in the District 7 Orphanage until you were 11. Your first job wasn’t in a mine, but in a cannery, right? You made a couple of mistakes there, and were sent to a more difficult mine.”
As I recited details about Robert’s past that he had never mentioned, he opened his mouth halfway and started drooling.
“Oh, how on earth did you do that!”
How is what how?
Last time, you had a drink and talked loudly.
“It was a worthless life.”
Robert’s expression hardened at the sudden insult.
“A typical 4th-class life, just like a cog in a factory. I never decided on the direction I wanted to live. I just wasted my life like an animal, doing whatever was told to me from above.”
“Hey, hey! I know you’re special somewhere -”
He raised his head and made eye contact with the other miners.
“The lowest status in paradise. Endless, harsh labor. Every day, you work yourself to death for more than ten hours, never eating a single piece of good meat, never sleeping in a soft bed. This is your life.”
There are many people living this kind of life outside of the room of curses.
The world I live in is the same.
“This was all a story about ‘you until yesterday.’”
The first glimmer of light appears in the eyes of the naked and hungry.
“Yesterday the Lord gave me a revelation. Did you see it? Did you see the power to save you from the devil’s hand?”
People nodded their heads repeatedly with blank expressions.
A life of endless suffering every day, yet without any reward.
The pain of being mercilessly torn apart for the well-being of the upper class in developed countries.
Born into the lowest class, it may be an unavoidable fate… .
These people also have dreams in their hearts.
There is a longing for a miracle to happen someday and for the endless suffering to end.
“Obey, and your faith will save you.”
That’s why humans believe in religion.
*
Late at night, with the help of the ‘Faithful Lambs’, I sneaked out of the dorm.
When we arrived at the agreed upon location, there was Ari leaning against a crack in the concrete.
“You’re late.”
Just like in the previous episode, in this episode too, Ari roamed around the mine area as if she could teleport.
“You can’t use your superpowers right now?”
“huh.”
“How come they come out all over the place like this?”
“The Demon King’s Cult knows the geography of the underworld of Paradise better than the Enforcers.”
“Does that passage lead to the mine as well?”
“I’ll just say it roughly like that.”
It’s a complicated shape to explain in detail.
“Okay. Arya, what’s next?”
“Hey. What the hell was that?”
Suddenly Ari cut me off and waved both her hands in the air.
This is what I did when I was performing my ‘miracle show’ in the underground mine.
“Don’t you know this? It’s a strong wind, a strong wind!”
“… Jangpung?”
“Just stretch your hand into the air! An invisible wind will blow away the evil beings -”
“No, why are you doing such a weird thing?”
“You think it’s weird?”
“Don’t you usually like some kind of spell? I was waiting for a line along the lines of ‘The Lord said, Return to darkness, you fallen ones!’”
“That’s so childish.”
Ari reacted in disbelief to those words.
“Isn’t Jangpung childish?”
“From now on, let’s be precise about our actions.”
“…”
“Stretch both arms forward and roll backwards!”
“…”
“The order is fine. Fallen one who rose from the darkness! Return to the pit of hell immediately! When I say that, you will fall to the floor and faint.”
“…”
“Oh, that’s okay too. If you turn around and say, ‘Father in heaven!’ -”
“I do all the hard work, so why do you get to play all the cool roles?”
“…”
Ari and I’s meeting continued late into the night.