Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 449
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EP.449 Episode 449 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (14)
Episode 449 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (14)
– Yoo Song-i
“Come out to the market!”
“How will Kadyrov handle this situation!”
A screen reflecting paradise, showing a huge crowd of protesters.
This is no longer a situation that can be resolved by informers responding strongly.
To begin with, many of those informers have already joined the protesters.
“This is a big deal… What does Elena think?”
My sister made a bitter expression.
“I don’t think the real problem is those people.”
That’s right.
The protests are just a consequence, the real problem is the supernatural disaster that has begun to upend the entire city.
““Gyaaaah! S-save me!”
“A monster, a monster! A monster on TV -”
A scene from a B-grade horror movie was playing on the screen.
A manhole cover opened and a crocodile the size of a car jumped out and swallowed everyone nearby.
A snake thicker than a log wrapped around the car, crushing it and causing red liquid to spurt out.
“Doesn’t that look like pizza?”
“what?”
“Why, when I roll up the pizza and hold it in my hand, the tomato sauce oozes out -”
“… Don’t say anything weird. Aren’t you too absorbed in your role as mayor?”
‘Aren’t you too absorbed in your role as mayor?’
I flinched without realizing it at my sister’s words.
Come to think of it, wasn’t that pizza story just now a bit too Ari-like?
I didn’t need to be overly sensitive, but I didn’t want to turn into an agent of the Administration either.
“Whew… How did the plan go so wrong?”
“I know.”
What was the original plan?
After those who went down to the depths of paradise obtained information, the people on the surface who received that information escaped.
The plan fell apart when not a single person who had gone deep into the area returned after more than two months.
“A week ago, Mr. Gain also went to the deep-sea.”
“And brother Gain is missing too.”
What happened in the depths of paradise?
If I somehow escape, there are so many things I want to ask.
“Has the doctor not contacted you?”
“We lost contact three days ago.”
The teacher stayed at the podium after Ga-in Oppa left and then lost contact.
The only people left are me and my sister Elena.
““Kadyrov, come out! You irresponsible -””
My sister flinched at the harsh scream coming from afar.
Of course, I have no intention of going down.
“Where is there a ruler as responsible as I? If you feel wronged, come up! The mansion is full of well-maintained turrets -”
— Warm!
At that moment, a girl of light build suddenly appeared in the floating mansion.
I wasn’t surprised since he seemed like someone who would show up at least once.
“May! Why did you come only now?”
“…”
Sijo looks at the screen with a somewhat bewildered expression.
Could it be that the sight of citizens suffering from monsters emerging from all directions touched her sensibilities?
I feel this every time, but Shijo is not a ‘management bureau agent’ type of person.
“…Kadyrov.”
“yes?”
“Just a moment ago, the squad gave me the final order.”
“yes?”
suddenly?
The final command of the decision?
Didn’t you say that contact with the deep forces was lost for over 100 years?
“With that expression, you seem to have a lot of questions. But bear with it for now. I’m in a hurry, so I’ll explain as we go.”
“… yes.”
I endured it as the poet said.
Curiosity can be resolved after survival is secured.
“Most of them have already been selected. Young and tender-hearted, good-natured, and with excellent intelligence. In many ways, they are the children who are suitable to be the next Adam and Eve.”
What did you select?
The next generation Adam and Eve?
Is it so hard to hold back on asking questions?
“You’ve got one thing going for you.”
“yes?”
“I thought your character was too vicious.”
“…”
Is it okay to say something like that while looking at someone’s face?
Are you secretly, or rather openly, upset?
“For a just cause, you will need to be willing to use any means necessary. Let’s go.”
At that moment, Sister Elena couldn’t hold back and asked.
“What have you been saying since a while ago? What did you select -”
“You come too.”
*
After arriving at the shelter that Shijo had prepared for so many years, Elena and I came to understand the situation.
Because the Adam and Eve of the New World was not a metaphorical expression but a literal one.
“So… I don’t know the exact reason, but it has become difficult to prevent the Demon King’s resurrection?”
“okay.”
“So you are offering all the people of paradise as a sacrifice?”
“It’s not just the people of paradise. It’s the entire planet, and even the people of the cities outside of paradise, that are being offered up without reserve.”
Survivors of the entire planet.
I don’t know exactly how many, but I’d say it’s at least a billion.
By dedicating all these people to the indomitable will, we will once again suppress the Demon King whose awakening is imminent.
Elena and I opened our mouths at the same time.
The scale is too big.
It was a story that went beyond the limits of imagination, so it didn’t feel realistic at all.
Elena groaned softly.
“That’s why… That’s why we started in paradise! Here was the means to control the cities of the entire planet!”
“Starting in paradise? What is that -”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Fortunately, there was no need to make excuses for Elena’s slip of the tongue.
— Gulp!
Because the end of everything is near.
…
…
…
“Hey, Elena? Sister!”
This was my last memory of room 206.
*
– Han Ga-in
“We will execute the 2.34 billion people who survived up to this point. We will start all over again… .”
The moment I finished reading the synopsis I had found by searching through the curator’s memories, a flash of light so bright that I couldn’t open my eyes turned my whole world upside down.
This is my last in room 206 –
?
“What’s going on?”
The moment I started questioning the incomprehensible situation, I realized that I already had no body.
Due to hotel regulations, I was no longer a participant after losing my body, so the status screen was not visible.
The human named Han Ga-in has already disappeared from this space.
But isn’t there a famous quote from Descartes?
I know, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am.
I still exist. How is that possible?
It wasn’t a difficult problem.
If something supernatural happened to me, it was either a blessing or a miscarriage, but the blessing is gone, so the miscarriage is the cause.
Also, the grimoire cannot cause the same phenomenon now.
The culprit is the sacred sun.
…
A space filled with light.
I heard a voice that strongly pulled me towards where I was floating.
– Lord… the end is near.
– We pray to our Father in heaven, that He may save us who are weak.
– Please! I’ve lived long enough, but Kevin is now seven years old!
pray.
pray.
pray.
The strong voices of the believers pull me ‘up’.
I must respond to their earnest desires.
Because that is the mission given to me.
“Therefore, neither the most evil demon lord crouching in the abyss, nor the arrogance of a determined man who wants to protect the world with his feeble hands can stop me.”
…
…
…
Consciousness gradually moves ‘upwards’.
*
(1:1) When they got up in the midst of the coming end, there were fifty thousand people crowded in the wilderness.
(1:2) All the innocent lambs knelt down and cried out, and it was not good to hear them.
(1:3) Little children, what are you so afraid of?
(1:4) The sheep answered, ‘What shall we do? There are demons everywhere!’
(1:5) He gave warmth to the poor.
(1:6) Then everyone forgot their fear and praised and sang, and it was good to see them.
(1:7) Now there was a goat living in the midst of the sheep, which did not know obedience.
“Mr. Gain, is that right? Ji, can you understand what I’m saying now?”
(1:8) I want to bring salvation to all who live in the wilderness. Why do you have no faith?
“… I am your colleague, not a believer. I didn’t know things would turn out this way.”
(1:9) When he found that funny and asked what his plan was, the goat looked puzzled.
“I was thinking of arousing the believers’ fears, um, to boost their faith. I thought charging the sacred sun would help you, but this is a bit different from what I expected.”
(1:10) Now I know why this happened.
(1:11) Even though this goat does not know obedience, it is useful.
(1:12) So at the last moment, he announced that he would take you on the ark too.
“Put them on the ark? What does that mean?”
(1:13) And he said again to the sheep gathered in the wilderness, ‘Do not be afraid; you have been saved.’
(1:14) He created a glorious flame to save everyone.
(1:15) Soon, little children cried sadly and threw themselves into the flames, which was truly a sight to behold.
(1:16) Oh, my! This is a chicken plucking its own feathers and jumping into boiling water.
“Eww! What the heck is this! Th, is this how you charge?”
(1:17) Say to the goat, ‘Do not be sorry for flesh, for it is a prison in this futile world.
(1:18) Therefore, today is truly a day of joy.
(1:19) It was quite funny to see the weak man trembling on his knees.
“I… I think I made a mistake. I never thought that Gain-kun would lose his body! Since he lost his body, the protection of the status window disappeared, and because excessive faith gathered in this state, he is unable to control the inheritance!”
(1:20) I sighed, because I had no idea where to start to correct this foolish idea.
(1:21) I have been trying to appease you, but unlike you, I knew this would happen from the beginning.
(1:22) He said not to be afraid, because everything was going according to plan.
(1:23) Then a soul came near, larger and brighter than any of the sheep gathered in the wilderness, one who knew well.
“… Th, this is! Could it be Elena?”
(1:24) Good, good! Really good! This soul is fundamentally different from the small things scattered throughout the heavens and earth, because it has been refined countless times in the furnace called the hotel.
(1:25) I can say with certainty that it is incomparable to the little chickens of the false world.
(1:26) Then the foolish man lamented,
“I’m sorry. Let’s discuss this outside. I am now Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
— Paaaaat!
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 479
Current Location: Tier 2, Hallway
Wise Man’s Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
I woke up.
The familiar second floor of the hotel, colleagues with tired expressions.
“Ugh! My stomach is churning. Is this an escape? Did anyone see the notification?”
Ari is assessing the situation.
“Yeah! I was waiting at the Shijo Shelter when I saw the evacuation notice.”
“Good job everyone!”
Eun-sol and Song-i, the escapee, laughing happily.
and….
“Ugh… My head hurts. You suddenly collapsed at the end. What happened?”
My breath caught in my throat when I saw Elena panicking.
It would have been easier if I had lost my memory too!
It’s clear.
My head was filled with disgusting memories that made me want to vomit at any moment.
I, a little while ago, was looking at Elena… .
I thought, ‘I want to catch it and eat it.’
Because the souls of the participants are of incomparable value to the souls of ordinary humans!
“omg!”
— Bam!
A firm hand grabs my staggering shoulder.
“Ugh… Sir… .”
“It was an accident.”
“Yes? Yes?”
“What happened earlier was an accident. It wasn’t even Ga-in’s mistake, it was mine. Let’s calm down.”
Awkward atmosphere, colleagues who don’t understand the situation.
“What? What happened to you two? This is strange. Ga-in was next to me at the end, wasn’t she?”
“Wow!”
I couldn’t hold it in any longer and vomited.