Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 458
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EP.458 Episode 458 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (20)
Episode 458 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (20)
– Kim Sang-hyun
It’s ugly.
Black, red, cloudy, and pungent.
The space itself was ugly, but the presence in the center seemed to humanize the word ominous.
“Sir, would you like a cup of coffee?”
“…”
Like countless fake colleagues I’ve seen so far, the fake singer in front of me was at least similar to the original in appearance and voice.
This advantage made me even more uncomfortable.
“Hey~! You seem so nervous. If you’ve come this far, then your hardships are over.”
“…”
I took a deep breath and assumed a stance ready to fire the final flash at any moment.
“Wow! That’s a bit scary! Sir, please take it easy. If I got hit by that, I’d die instantly.”
In the previous episode, Cain-kun was turned into a half-mad god after losing control of the sacred sun.
The final flash reduced the mad demigod to ash in a single blow.
I was convinced when I saw that sight.
Unless you’re a prisoner, there’s almost no one who can withstand the final flash.
“Okay, okay, relax and see this? This! The people of the church call it the Holy Grail.”
Holy Grail?
It’s not a funny word, but the glass the young man raised certainly gave off that feeling.
Inside, a black liquid like ink sloshed around.
“You can just drink this.”
“If I drink it, will I gain superpowers like the leaders of the religious sect?”
“Yes. The church thinks this is the Demon King’s choice.”
“… Are all the elders people who have gone through trials to get here?”
“I haven’t been through a trial like yours. Theirs is a short trial that lasts at most 4 or 5 days. You’re the Demon King’s special trial!”
“…”
— Ting!
“It’s similar to cola, so drink it.”
“…”
The Holy Grail that grants superpowers.
It’s a pretty great story, but it’s not very meaningful.
Why did I come to this place in the first place?
Want to be chosen by the Demon King and gain great power?
That’s not it.
What can I do with the fake blessings and fake inheritances that the Demon King created inside the room?
I just want to find answers.
What kind of being is the Demon King, and what secrets does the sect hold?
“I think what I want is what you have, not this glass.”
The young man answered with a sly smile.
“Are you curious about the church?”
So I came in.
“It is strange. From my experience of fighting once and my record of determination, the Demon King is clearly a stormy being without any proper reason.”
“…”
“How did a religious sect come into existence for such a being? Why do we worship it in the first place?”
“…”
“Let’s learn the history of the church for understanding. Oh, let’s skip over the organization of the Society of Reason, why did they build paradise, and things like that. Why? You already know!”
“…”
I felt it anew.
The being before our eyes knows us too well.
Because it is a being connected to the Demon King?
Even if the Demon King is like that, what on earth is this ‘guy’?
“Why did the Demon King’s cult come into existence? The Demon King is a being that eats humans. How crazy must a deer be to worship a wolf?”
“… I will listen.”
“One day, a piece of the Demon King suddenly fell from the sky. The peaceful world was destroyed that day.”
“…”
“Before the Demon King fell, the Society of Reason was a secret organization! Ordinary people had no idea how many monsters were lurking on the other side of the world, or who could subdue them.”
“It’s similar to our world.”
“No matter how many times you circle the Earth, it’s still the same.”
“what?”
“Haha! Let’s move on. The unprecedented situation of the Demon King’s fall, the Decision literally gave it its all. Twisted time and consumed human lives like bullets! These guys are really amazing people.”
“…”
“But sir, let’s change our perspective a bit.”
Change your perspective.
“You are already superhumans. I don’t know how you think of it, but you are closer to being a member of a secret society that supports the world than to being an ordinary human being.”
No matter what we think of ourselves, we are more like agents of the Administration than ordinary citizens.
“How would the fierce battle with the Demon King have felt to an ordinary human being?”
“I never thought about that.”
“Try it now.”
“I guess it must have been difficult to understand the situation.”
“What part exactly are you confused about?”
“…”
How did the moment of destruction feel to A, who was going to work normally?
One day, a meteor suddenly fell from the sky, and the world began to change strangely.
Strange people who call themselves ‘resolute’ suddenly appear out of nowhere and bring suffering to the world.
“…”
He kidnaps countless people and sacrifices them.
They forcibly built a city in a harsh environment where humans could not survive, and then forced people into it.
How many people would have died in the process?
“I guess the resolution felt like a villain.”
“Isn’t it funny? To those of you who know everything, the Demon King is the villain and the organization just gritted its teeth and protected humanity, but to the average person living in that era, it’s completely different.”
“…”
To the average person, it is hard to tell how horrible the Demon King is, since he was suppressed by the will anyway.
On the other hand, the villains who sacrificed my family to a strange flame right before my eyes.
“It was then that the first demon king worshippers were born.”
It is not that I worshipped the Demon King because I believed he was a good being.
They worshipped it even though they knew it was an unidentified cosmic disaster and was fundamentally a monster.
Because we are fighting a more hateful organization.
Because he is the enemy of my enemies and an incredibly great being.
“Does this answer the question of why the religious order was formed?”
“… okay.”
I understand.
I found out why the mad deer worshipped the wolf, who was like a natural disaster, as a god.
“The next question is: Why does the Demon King act like a real god?”
My breath was taken away.
This is what I, and we, were most curious about.
Perhaps the biggest secret of Room 206.
There’s nothing more bizarre than a deer worshipping a wolf.
The wolf started acting like a deer god.
The Demon King ‘really’ granted supernatural powers to his worshippers, and awakened them when false prophets appeared.
His followers wanted to create a similar curse room, and even created a structure of trials and rewards.
This is god-like behavior.
At least in the eyes of the Demon King’s cult, the Demon King is truly a god-like being.
When you treat him like a god, he really starts acting like one.
Why did this phenomenon occur?
Couldn’t this phenomenon be expanded more widely?
Couldn’t the Demon King make ordinary humans ‘act like gods’?
“Remember.”
“What do you want me to remember -”
“It is not that the Demon King was worshipped because he was a god. Worship came first, and then God. Think about what this means.”
Suddenly, I realized that the other person’s tone of speech had changed.
The tone was good, but it was difficult to understand exactly what he was saying.
Didn’t they worship him because they acted like a god, or did they act like a god because they worshipped him?
When I turned my head to ask for more details –
“Ugh! This kid -”
You don’t deserve to hear any more.
Qualification? I don’t have it?
The moment the incomprehensible pressure engulfed me, I realized.
The being that ‘this’ wanted was not me!
Your colleagues already know the answer.
Even though I know it, I just don’t know that it’s the answer.
Do you already know the answer to the Demon King’s secret?
“You son of a bitch! Even if you kill me, tell me what you want to say -”
No, you will not die.
*
– Kim Ari
— Whoosh!
The surrounding scenery changes rapidly with the sound of the wind cutting through it.
“Eww!”
“Quiet! If you make any strange noises, he’ll get startled!”
“Hold on tight!”
Seungyeop’s screams can be heard from afar, Elena trying to calm him down, and Jincheol holding on to the living cloud while trembling.
Everyone is suffering from the violent flight of the monster created by Elena.
Of course, this has nothing to do with me wearing wing boots.
— Beep!
“…”
This story doesn’t concern this ill-mannered parrot that’s been sitting on my shoulder like a ghost.
It’s basically a single-person wing boot, but it seems like it’s okay for a parrot or something.
“How much time has passed since then in paradise…?”
According to information obtained from the director, the time distortion created by the Time Lord is irregular.
There is no clear ratio, such as 1 hour in the depths is 300 hours in paradise.
It varies depending on the location and time.
Therefore, there is no way to know exactly how many days old paradise it is now.
It would have been different if Gain had come down.
But one thing is certain.
It’s much, much faster than the previous episodes, incomparably faster.
Because I can already see the lab!
“Over there!”
Others also discovered the lab, stood up, and prepared to fight if necessary.
and.
— Bang! That’s right!
“Stop! Argh! If you come near, I’ll shoot!”
When the monster appeared, the soldiers looked fearful and aimed their guns.
A situation where some people couldn’t stand it and pulled the trigger.
Wait, I thought about it for a moment.
If one of us gets shot here, wouldn’t Elena be able to do justice?
For example, if Seungyeop gets shot and dies –
“…”
As we’ve seen in previous episodes, there’s no need to take the painful path.
Because they understand the words Airavata and Kadyrov.
“I come from paradise! I am the successor of Airavata!”
“… Airavata’s successor?”
*
By the time they entered the lab, the monster Elena had created had disappeared without a trace.
But the soldiers still looked fearful and surrounded us, taking us inside the laboratory.
A tense atmosphere where it feels like something could break out at any moment.
The reaction was different from when I came alone the second time.
There are a lot of people and they came riding on monsters from the sky, so it must be scary.
Anyway, the director soon appeared.
“Hmm… Are you really Airavata’s successor? You came earlier than I expected.”
Glance at it.
The colleagues looked at each other and exchanged opinions with their eyes about ‘when to start.’
You’ve already experienced it, right?
There’s no need for the director to babble on and on with this human being.
— Mate!
I immediately gave the signal by clapping my hands.
— Piyooooo!
As if he had been waiting, the grotesque roared, confusing the soldiers, and Cha Jin-cheol rushed at the general like lightning.
“Eww! What the heck is this -”
The clock blinked on the body of the greatly embarrassed director –
“I knew it! Take it!”
As soon as the watch appeared, Cha Jin-cheol grabbed it and threw it at me!
Wow~! I think this is the greatest scam legacy, but it was so easily neutralized.
Even if the equipment is great, is it because the user is a general with no athletic ability?
“Hey, stay behind me, sister!”
“Huh? That, Seungyeop. It’s okay, I’d rather have Yumi-”
Elena was embarrassed when Seungyeop said something unbecomingly brave.
Well, there’s no way a guy like Seungyeop could protect Elena in a melee –
“I, I’ll get shot first!”
“???”
“Well, I guess you can write justice -”
…
If I die, Elena can write justice!
This sounded a little cool.
Am I weird for finding such crazy stuff cool?
Meanwhile, Cha Jin-cheol subdued the general in the blink of an eye.
“Okay. Ariya!”
“Hold on!”
He quickly takes out the syringe, draws some blood, and pours it into the patient’s mouth.
“Ugh! This, ugh! Disgusting! You little bastards! I must-”
“Don’t say bad words.”
“You disgusting bitches!”
This guy has a secretly foul mouth.
I look into his eyes, trembling with anger, and dig into his mind.
…
It’s time to wake up the maze.
If you think about the significance of the seal on the second floor, then waking up the maze would certainly have some significance as well.
There’s more to this lab.