Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 459
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EP.459 Episode 459 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (21)
Episode 459 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (21)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 521
Current Location: Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
I realized this when I got the name Gain Kadyrov.
The fact that the job of a ‘dictator’ is incredibly difficult, beyond imagination!
In the first place, what kind of being is a ‘dictator’?
It refers to a greedy politician who completely ignores the separation of powers represented by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and seizes all power.
The story of having all the power means that it is all my business.
The countless documents that appear on the desk every morning, the endless demands that Paradise has made to its ruler!
As soon as I realized this frightening fact, an ingenious idea occurred to me.
“Gain Kadyrov, a little while ago -”
“Don’t come in!”
“… Mr. Kadyrov?”
“Now, a divine revelation is coming to me… The Great Will whispers to me.”
The secretary, who had seen the ‘saint cosplay’ being repeated for the 20th time, continued talking without backing down, unlike usual.
“… This is not a report to the Congress or the Executive Branch, but a report to the Inforce.”
“Hey! You should bring that right away!”
The person who currently controls the information office is Song, who has received a significant amount of power from the mayor, and Grandfather Mukseong is also a member of the information office.
In other words, the report from the informer is soon a report from the hotel colleagues.
“… Are you there?”
“That letter is right here. Give it to me.”
The contents of the letter were somewhat surprising.
“Get ready, we’ll be leaving right away.”
“All right.”
*
– Kadyrov, you sons of bitches!
– Get shot and die!
– This devilish little bastard!
A secret prison inaccessible to ordinary citizens.
As I walk down the hallway, I hear angry voices coming from all directions.
Every time, the guards would beat or shock them, but it wasn’t enough to suppress their anger.
“…”
The reason Paradise operates such a facility is because it must offer sacrifices to the indomitable spirit every day.
Of course, human sacrifice is a secret known only to a very select few, so a secret prison outside of the formal judicial process is necessary.
“…”
It is a necessary facility.
So, even though Songi and I took over the city’s rule, we didn’t abolish it.
“…”
The victims are not good citizens, but vicious criminals.
Considering the strict laws of paradise, people who are not of unyielding reason are condemned to death anyway.
‘The principle’ is yes.
What is it like in reality?
Secret agents assigned to each mission are given a quota.
Does it make sense to catch a set number of vicious criminals on a regular basis?
Even without investigating each and every one of them, some of them must have been arrested unjustly.
I knew it in my head all along, but… .
Seeing it with my own eyes gave me new and complicated feelings.
“Ahem, Mr. Kadyrov. You have to be careful from here on out. This is a quarantined area for cultists.”
“Okay.”
In the city, when we say cult, we mean the Devil’s cult.
— Clang!
When the door opened, I saw my colleague in handcuffs.
“Gain, it’s been a while.”
“Yes, sir! Thank you for your hard work.”
“… mister?”
“yes?”
“no.”
After sending out the nearby informant – which, of course, was not an easy process – the old man and I started talking.
“Mr. Gain, this is like an appetizer before we get into the main topic.”
“Appetizer? What is it?”
“Why didn’t the market purge the Demon King’s cult?”
“yes?”
“Isn’t it strange? The market knows of the existence of the Demon King’s Cult.”
“…”
That’s right.
The city leaders, including the mayor, already know of the existence of the Demon King’s cult.
If they knew from the beginning, wouldn’t they have sent secret agents, including Mr. Sang-Hyeon, to the church?
“Because you don’t have the power? Of course not. Because you don’t know the members of the sect? The secret agents who infiltrated the sect have already reported everything.”
“…”
“I guess you’re guessing.”
Why does the market ignore the existence of the Demon King’s Cult?
The answer is simple and brutal.
“Everything in Paradise is like a gear. Everyone has their own role to play. Interestingly enough, this rule also applies to the Demon King’s cult.”
Everyone in the city has a role to play, and the Demon King’s cult is no exception.
“The market sees the Demon King’s cult as an excellent candidate for sacrifice.”
Leon Kadyrov is truly a man of steel.
Of course, Songi and I are doing similar things, but we are different from Leon.
The reason I can act like a mayor is because Room 206 is fundamentally not ‘my reality’.
Will I be able to act like I do now when I get to reality?
If it were necessary for the sake of humanity, would you be able to offer up your family and friends to the devil without even blinking an eye?
I’m not confident.
First of all, unlike the market, I am a person who loves my family.
Not everyone can be as merciless as the market.
This also applies to secret agents who bring in sacrifices at the market’s behest.
“Indomitable Reason demands daily sacrifices. And whenever there are not enough sacrifices, the task of capturing innocent people places extreme stress on the agents in charge of the task.”
“… I know. Not all of the mayor’s subordinates are like the mayor.”
“Well, I think the market is the same. Haven’t you seen Miss Ari or Agent Mukseong? They are not evil people without a conscience.”
“…”
“It was only the sense of duty that suppressed my sympathy. In any case, for this reason, paradise has what it needs, unlike an ordinary city.”
“…”
“So to speak, emergency food or a fish farm.”
Paradise needs a sacrificial offering farm.
Periodically, there must be ‘prey’ that can be caught without feeling guilty.
“That’s why the Demon King’s cult lasted for nearly 200 years. Because they are also necessary to the city.”
“…”
“You knew, didn’t you? You are the ruler now.”
“yes.”
“Before getting into the main topic, the reason I have made this introduction so long is because I wanted to point out the relationship between the city and the church.”
Paradise needs the Demon King’s cult.
You need prey that you can catch and kill whenever necessary without feeling guilty.
So the market did not dry up the seeds of the religious community.
The sect hated the Kadyrov family even more, who had been killing them periodically for nearly 200 years.
After a while, the old man told me in detail what had happened at the ‘sanctuary’.
“Hmm….”
“Do you understand?”
“Yes. I know the history of the church well, and the next part is interesting.”
The Demon King did not act like a god from the beginning.
At first, it was just a natural disaster, a storm, a demonic being, and it was the same feeling I had when I clashed with the Demon King the first time.
Therefore, the sect served the Demon King because they ‘hated the organization.’
The interesting part is this:
After serving him like a god for over 100 years, at some point the Demon King changed.
At least he started to act like a god to the church.
He gives revelations to his followers and grants them supernatural powers through trials and rewards.
Aren’t these stories something that would come out of ancient Greek or Roman mythology?
As soon as I heard it, I had a sudden realization.
“If I think about it, this is a principle I already knew.”
“Is that so?”
“What happened in the latter half of the first round and in the depths of the second round. The Demon King brought out human nightmares or terrible fantasies into reality.”
“The Demon King is originally a mirror-like being?”
The Demon King is originally a being that responds to human imagination.
The power to bring ghost stories to life is proof of that.
“I thought it only reacted to ominous imaginations, but it wasn’t. It reacted to religious beliefs.”
“I think the same. Just as monsters were created in response to human horror stories, miracles were created in response to religious beliefs.”
“And all of these phenomena are fundamentally due to the Master of Time?”
“yes?”
The doctor looked slightly embarrassed.
I guess they didn’t think about this part.
“The principle that imprisons the Demon King is indomitable reason. Isn’t it because indomitable reason is on the same level as the Demon King?”
“That’s right. In terms of pure strength, it’s no different than a child beating a dinosaur – aha!”
The old man nodded, as if he now understood.
“Just as the Indomitable Reason suppressed the Demon King with an output hundreds of times stronger due to time distortion, this phenomenon also occurred in the Demon King’s cult?”
“The Demon King must have explosively accepted the ‘faith’ that the religious order had created over nearly 200 years in a very short period of time. Isn’t that why such a significant change occurred?”
“Okay, okay. Now I feel like something is coming together.”
“Sir, please refrain from saying such things because they are ominous.”
“Haha, I guess so.”
Deep down, I agreed with the old man’s opinion.
Just as the old man had predicted before the third round began, there really was something close to the answer in the Demon King’s cult!
It seems we are finally getting close to solving problem 206.
If the phenomenon caused by the religious order could occur on a wider scale… .
If all of humanity worships the Demon King as their god!
“Ahem, hm. Mr. Gain, this is nothing special.”
“yes?”
“Well, how about teacher rather than uncle?”
“…”
Suddenly, I wondered what the people who went down to the depths were doing.
Shouldn’t Miro have woken up by now?
*
– Maze
…
…
…
“The seal has been released!”
I woke up with a notification.
I first opened my eyes in room 206.
and….
I felt like the world had stopped.
“… Hey, Ariya?”
— Kugu Palace!
I lightly, very lightly tapped Ari’s shoulder with my hand.
Then Ari’s entire body began to fly.
“Huh? Eww!”
Slowly, as if swimming through the air, I fly towards the wall –
“Eww!”
The moment he hurriedly approached and grabbed Ari’s arm, trying to put her down on the floor.
— Again!
Ari’s arm is broken!
“Whoa!”
— Whoosh!
This time, Seungyeop is blown away by the ‘shock wave’ created by my scream.
I’m scared that Seungyeop’s arm might break if I touch it for no reason!
Anyway, at this point I knew for sure.
—Kongdak!
My blessing, strengthened to the second level, is resisting the time delay in the depths of paradise.
In a world where everyone has slowed down, I’m the only one moving at normal speed?
If I change my perspective, it’s like I’ve now gained super acceleration!
— Knock knock!
Incredible omnipotence!
I was shivering with a sense of ‘overwhelming’ that I couldn’t express in words.
Miro ‘nim’ finally became a god?
Hey, hotel, you guys really made a mistake, didn’t you?
First of all, it’s dangerous, so let’s get away from our colleagues.
— Boom!
As I lightly jumped to get away, the floor of the lab cracked and my body slowly flew up.
“Whew… .”
I took a deep breath and collected my actions.
Of course, the shockwave created by that deep breath knocked Pero over.
When you were meeting outside, what did the people going deep talk about?
We have to move as quickly as possible, because time flows differently on the ground, so even if we’re delayed by just 10 minutes, a whole day might pass up there, that’s what I was saying.
This has nothing to do with me.
On the contrary, I have to move as slowly as possible.
“First of all… . Uh! Quiet!”
Looking around, I saw that there were many enemies inside the lab.
To the soldiers, it would seem like an outside intruder had kidnapped the director.
Should we start by organizing the research lab?
As we moved towards the passage, we saw Jincheol with a tense expression and soldiers facing off.
If they keep fighting like this, Jincheol will not be able to avoid serious injuries.
I’ll solve it!
The world, which had become endlessly slow, stood before the soldiers.
He shouted proudly.
“go away!”
That ‘shout’ and a light stomp were enough.
— Quagmire!
Because the shockwave created by my mouth and the vibrations created by my stomping blew the soldiers away in an instant!
“Hehehe! Jincheol, you should go outside and thank me – woof!”
Oh, it was a mistake to say that while looking at Jincheol.
Thanks to that, Jincheol started flying backwards.
are you okay.
Jincheol’s advantage is that he is physically fit.
anyway!
I organized the lab with this feeling.
When I open my mouth, people fly, and when I stomp my feet, concrete crumbles.
A flick of the finger punctured the bulletproof vest and shattered bones.
The problem isn’t that the enemy is strong, but that ‘I’m so strong’ that it’s tiring to control my strength.
I can’t believe it.
Seriously, I’m so great I can’t stand it!
I cried.
I cried at my greatness.
All Mighty God – The maze was so awesome I cried!
I am God.
I’m a new maze!
“Rabbit Princess Maze, you become a superhero starting today!”
I am –
“uh?”
I knew it instinctively.
Just a moment ago, the ‘immutability’ gained by strengthening the blessing completely disappeared.
“…”
Father, constancy is the power that is consumed on my behalf when I get hurt.
You must not have been hurt, so why did you disappear?
“…”
I realized.
The blessing only protected me from time dilation, it didn’t make me hard as a stone!
It was constancy that protected my body, which had become hundreds of times faster.
Have you used up all your strength now?
I became unable to move any further.
“…”
Hey guys, Ariya.
I’m in big trouble.