Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 448
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EP.448 Episode 448 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (13)
Episode 448 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (13)
– Kim Ari
According to information obtained from the market and ancestors on the ground, there are two main types of power that have suppressed the Demon King so far.
The first is the human beings themselves inside the city built on top of the Demon King fragments scattered around the world.
The second is the indomitable rationality that the organization has created underground in all those cities.
First of all, since cities cannot be built in a short period of time, they are not the power that initially suppressed the Demon King.
How could the League of Reason subdue the Demon King before building the city?
I entered the depths of paradise to obtain this information, and finally found the answer in the mind of the director.
The true power of a cause that the earthly ancestors or the market did not even know existed.
A great miracle that even the market’s One More Chance, which turned back time and shocked us, is treated as a ‘deteriorated product’.
The Master of Time was the answer.
Modern physics has shown that even the longest-lived black holes in the universe are mortal entities that will eventually evaporate.
The interesting thing is that the lifespan of a black hole is ‘relative’.
A black hole is something that endures for eternity, so much so that even hundreds of billions or trillions of years seem like a moment to an outside observer, but it is a different story from the ‘black hole’s perspective.’
Because black holes are the most extreme time-distorting objects in the universe.
So, from the black hole’s perspective, it could be explosive evaporation in 10 minutes.
The extreme time distortion simply turned ten minutes inside the black hole into an eternity outside.
Ten minutes to a black hole may seem like an eternity to us.
What seems explosive to a black hole may seem like the slowest event in the universe to us.
This is time distortion.
Also, this is the principle by which the Time Lord initially suppressed the Demon King.
Let’s say we sacrifice 100,000 people every day to the indomitable spirit.
It may seem like a huge number, but at its peak, the human population on Earth reached 8 billion, and 300,000 new humans are born every day.
So, from the perspective of an organization like the Management Bureau or the Society of Reason, it is a very possible number.
The problem was that 100,000 human sacrifices per day was not enough to suppress the Demon King.
According to the calculations of the Union of Reason, ‘at least’ 50 million human sacrifices had to be made every day.
50 million people every day?
This is a number that cannot be handled unless humanity conquers the galaxy and reaches a population of 100 trillion.
So the determination of reason distorted the time in the area where the Demon King’s fragment fell.
Just as 10 minutes in a black hole is an eternity to us, if a day in the Demon King’s life could be 10 years to humans.
If the pressure created by 100 million human souls sacrificed over 10 years could be applied to the Demon King for just one day!
The desperate wish to somehow preserve humanity has been fulfilled.
Of course, the Time Lord was not a constantly usable item, so the above method was only a temporary relief.
The Time Lord gave the Alliance enough time to build a city.
*
“Ariya! Please! Did you figure something out?”
“Huh? Huh?”
“Do it now! Right now!”
I realized it as soon as I heard Gain’s urgent voice.
Time in the outside world was passing much faster than I expected.
What day is it now?
There’s no way he’d be this scared after 80 days!
It’s after the 90th day, no, after the 95th day. Maybe –
Suddenly, Ga-in opened her eyes wide and stared into space.
What advice did the owl give?
At that moment, Gain’s body fell to the floor.
“What is this -”
— So touching!
Soft and warm.
It’s a bit disappointing that it smells bloody, but somewhere it smells sweet –
“Eww!”
“Eww!”
“What the heck!”
“Ugh, the sponsor told me to enter the labyrinth right away -”
“Why did you touch it!”
“Hey, I was trying to get up and grabbed something, and it just so happened to be -”
Okay, let’s calm down.
This idiot was just floundering around in a maze, confused by the advice.
“… Let’s go.”
Gain and I, who were in Miro’s body, set out for the ‘city control system’ that the association had created deep in paradise.
Suddenly, I wondered if the embarrassing incident that had happened a little while ago was something that happened between me and Miro, or something that happened between me and Gain.
*
“Kwaaak! In area 17, 17 -”
From all sides, desperate researchers scream.
Meanwhile, Ga-in, who was running down the hallway, opened her mouth wide.
“No… What the heck is this…!”
“Have you already read the director’s memories?”
It seems like about 10 seconds have passed since I possessed the director’s body, but Ga-in is already starting to realize something.
Even though the Grimoire is specialized in this area, the difference in speed and old blood was so great that I felt momentarily jealous.
Gain said in an urgent voice.
“I know how the Demon King was sealed in the first place.”
“That’s fast.”
“After the Time Ruler caused time delay and put the Demon King to sleep, he built a city. After that, the mass of billions of people gathered in the city was enough to suppress the Demon King, so the Time Ruler stopped working.”
“that’s right.”
The Time Master is not an object that can be used continuously.
According to the poem, there was exchange between the deep regions and the city until about 100 years ago based on external standards, so there would have been no time distortion during that time.
Gain continued speaking with an urgent expression.
You may wonder what kind of conversation we have when we are so busy, but there are conversations that absolutely must be had right now.
“Recently – it seems like 120 years ago by Paradise standards, but recently by Depth standards, the Director used the Time Ruler again. Why?”
“The Demon King must have started to run wild again. That’s why I used the same method I used the first time.”
There’s no need to overthink it.
As before, he made the decades of paradise into one day for the Demon King, exerting the restraint that his indomitable reason had created over the decades for just one day.
Gain spoke more urgently and faster.
“Fuck! I don’t know!”
“Don’t swear with your mouth – what do you mean you don’t know?”
“Why is it failing? I still can’t figure it out even after I wiped out all of the director’s memories!”
Gain says that even though she has retrieved all of the curator’s memories, she still doesn’t know the reason for the failure.
If you think about it, it’s an obvious story.
This is because the director originally believed that he could put the Demon King to sleep like an ironclad.
I thought I would succeed, but would I be able to find out reasons I didn’t know by searching through the director’s memories?
So we have to remember.
The plan to suppress the Demon King through time delay was successful the first time, but why did it fail this time?
How would real history have unfolded without our intervention?
Variables that had already occurred but that the decision had not taken into account flashed through my mind.
Mayor Leon Kadyrov, who didn’t even know he had a terminal illness.
If this were the original history, the indomitable reason would have stopped due to a sudden death.
This is no longer a problem.
Songi will take over the mayoral position and will do a good job.
So what’s the problem –
“Kkiyaaaaah!!”
As if waiting, a shrill scream that seemed to rip my eardrums erupted right next to me!
“Eww! Me, Miro?! No, Hanga-in!”
Suddenly, Ga-in collapses on the floor, rolls her eyes over, and lets out a scream!
Memories of the first episode of No. 206 that came to mind late.
Gain and Elena saw Miro, who had become the Demon King’s servant, in the underground.
Could it be that Miro is turning into the Demon King’s servant because of this phenomenon?
So this is the process by which the Demon King rules the maze –
A dark grimoire like tar appeared out of nowhere.
Gain holds the magic book with her eyes wide open and exudes an ominous aura.
In a split second, an invisible fight broke out that no one could intervene in.
The match was decided when foam began to flow from the mouth of the labyrinth, which had become the battlefield of an incomprehensible fight.
“Phew… Okay.”
“Hey, are you okay? Are you Han Ga-in?”
“Right. Let’s start again.”
The power of the Grimoire drove away the power of the Demon King who was trying to take over Miro’s body!
… black blood pours out ceaselessly from Miro’s eyes, nose, and mouth.
I’m sure I won’t be able to live long.
At this point, it’s just a story that has nothing to do with anything.
Just a moment ago, the director almost had his body taken over by the Demon King.
If this were the original history, the runaway general would have destroyed everything with his own hands.
This was also the ‘second’ variable that the director was unaware of.
But even this is not the fundamental cause of failure.
*
Finally, we reached the depths of paradise, a place where we could control the entire city.
“…”
“…”
Because I read the director’s memories, I knew what to do.
I came fully prepared.
But when we actually stood in front of the control device, Gain and I stopped walking.
“…Ariya. I think I’ll have a lot to say when I go out this time.”
“I see. That’s good, because I heard you got a lot of information.”
“yes.”
Now that everything is over for the second attempt, I can assure you that:
We learned so much in this episode.
Except for one thing.
“There’s just one thing I just can’t figure out.”
Gain also nodded.
“How on earth do I solve this room?”
“… I know.”
The paradise control device in front of you is the last resort prepared by the company.
The last hope for when even the Time Lords fail to suppress the Demon King.
It’s also our only way out of this horrible room 206.
but.
“This is absolutely not the solution to Room 206.”
In this way, escape is possible, but it is never a solution. Never!
Gain approaches the control device with an expression that says she doesn’t know what she’s doing.
A gloomy voice soon leaked out from Miro’s bloody body.
“I, a member of the Order of Reason and Rank 2=9, command with the authority of a high-ranking officer.”
— Woohoo!
The ‘final resort’ begins to work in response to the voice of the director, the final decision maker of the institute.
“There will certainly be painful sacrifices. But the price is the survival of humanity… For this, no matter how many people die, it is by no means an excessive sacrifice.”
It doesn’t seem like something Ga-in would have said spontaneously.
Perhaps, it was a kind of ceremonial oath that the curator had prepared for the dire future that might come one day.
— Gulp!
The last resort that the organization had prepared was nothing special.
How could a third, unimaginable method emerge?
If there was such a thing, I would have written it a long time ago.
If you have amplified your indomitable reason as the Ruler of Time but still cannot suppress the Demon King, then there is only one way left.
‘More offerings.’
And then – a cursed word leaked out.
“We will execute the 2.34 billion people who survived up to this point. We will start all over again… .”
It’s all over.
However, some of us will be given a little bit of an ending.
Because they were chosen to be the Adam and Eve of the new world.
A bright flash of light engulfed Gain, making it impossible for her to open her eyes.
This was my last memory of room 206.
… But, how do I solve this room?