Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 469
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EP.469 Episode 469 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (28)
Episode 469 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (28)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 564
Current Location: Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
I flew through the empty skies of a dark underground city heading towards destruction and observed strange things.
Wiggle wiggle.
Wiggle wiggle.
A white shape that moves incessantly and unpleasantly.
It is said to be a reenactment of the Japanese ghost story ‘Kune Kune’, but to my eyes it looked like a giant caterpillar covered in a pure white cloth.
At that moment, Ari, who was flying next to me, said something.
“Isn’t that too obvious? Are you okay?”
“It seems okay.”
“That’s strange. Eunsol turned around as soon as she saw that with her own eyes.”
“Haha! Rather than saying that Eunsol is weak, isn’t it that Gain is exceptional? Those who are born with a special destiny are blessed with many blessings.”
“…”
“…”
As soon as ‘he’, who had no flying ability and was hanging on my back, intervened, Ari and I became quiet.
This may sound like a new story, but it really makes me uncomfortable to have such a disgusting thing hanging on my back.
I wish Ari, who was flying next to me, was hugging me from behind –
No, no, that’s not it!
Let’s stop with these weird thoughts.
Anyway, Ari and I kept keeping our distance from the Ultimate who acted as if we were colleagues.
How on earth did this happen?
The Ultimate has wanted to meet me since he first met Sang-Hyeon.
Of course, we don’t have to do as he wants.
However, I went to the sanctuary as he wished, passed the trials, and spoke to the Ultimate.
Why?
A reward for the madman who worshipped the Demon King, but found a way to preserve humanity?
Or maybe sympathy for the poor NPC?
Of course not.
Just as the Ultimate One had something to ask of me, we also had something to ask of him.
So Ari and I came down to the depths of paradise with the Ultimate.
“How much time has passed? Of course, it feels like just over an hour to us, but that’s based on outside world standards.”
It would be good to answer questions like this.
“The point of entry into No. 206 is 553 days, the point of entry into the depths is dawn on the 556th day. It is now the 564th day – ”
[Date: 564th day -> 565th day]
“- No, it changed to 565 days.”
Every time I looked at the status window, the date would change so quickly that it was scary.
What would happen if you got lost and wandered around in a place like this?
“I can see the research lab. Haa… It’s a familiar yet nostalgic place.”
“…”
Sometimes I wonder.
What is this guy’s role in the scenario?
Opponent?
To put it that way, this guy never really tried to kill us.
Was there anyone who could be called an opponent in room 206 in the first place?
“…”
The market and poems of paradise.
Director of the Deep Dept.
The ultimate sanctuary.
If they are important NPCs, it would be like this, but it is ambiguous to say that all of them are enemies.
Although there were times when they were hostile to us depending on the situation, in the big picture, they were closer to being allies in dealing with the disaster known as the Demon King.
The same goes for the ultimate.
“…”
I think I heard it a long time ago from someone I don’t remember.
Words like adversary and prisoner are closer to concepts we created for convenience when attacking hotels.
Looking back, the hotel hardly ever used this word.
In many cases, the word ‘enemy’ was not mentioned at all, and prisoners simply used expressions such as ‘slightly dangerous, unclean passenger, truth, guest’.
Hotels use similar expressions for us.
What other secrets are hidden here?
*
After arriving at the lab, no physical conflict occurred until I met the director.
This is because the ultimate master put to sleep the soldiers who were running towards him with guns with just a wave of his hand.
“It’s nothing special. Isn’t it just a ridiculous trick compared to your power?”
“…”
“You, Miss Ari. Please wake up your colleague. It is difficult to directly control the current city control device.”
Ariga glanced at the ultimate with a somewhat uneasy expression.
“Is it because you have now transcended human nature? That is why you cannot directly control the control device?”
“well?”
“…”
Soon, Ari woke up Miro, who was sleeping in the unconscious body of the director.
and.
— Whoosh!
A strong wind like a typhoon blew, slamming Ari into the wall and causing the maze to vibrate at a speed that made its shape blurry.
“Ugh!”
As I woke up and took a deep breath, a strong wind blew up.
I was just sitting there waiting for him to come to me, but with just a little movement, including my heartbeat, my entire body was vibrating at an incredible speed.
Isn’t that like Superman who worried that if he coughed once, the building would collapse?
Even though I already knew it, seeing it in person was incredibly absurd.
For a moment, a childish thought flashed through my mind.
If I were to fight the current ‘Hyper-Acceleration Maze’, who would win?
Let’s throw away useless thoughts.
— Phagec!
Soon, Miro’s body came under my control.
“Wow, what a wonderful power that is.”
“…”
“What was that ‘sizzling’ sound and light just now? Is it a phenomenon created by your mysterious book?”
“…”
After understanding the second sentence, the power of the incarnation became stronger than before, and this phenomenon occurred, but I don’t know why.
“I’m busy, so let’s start. It’s already day 568.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.
*
The city control device was manipulated according to the ultimate’s instructions.
I spent a long time typing in complex commands that I couldn’t understand, but it felt like I was fiddling with the ‘developer mode’ of my phone.
For a moment, the ultimate opened his mouth as if he had been waiting for some sort of loading to begin.
“You guys are really great. We couldn’t even think of doing this!”
“It would have been useless to think about it.”
“That’s true. We couldn’t have attempted it with our capabilities at the time. In fact, I think it’s still the same now.”
“…”
A solution that even the leader of an organization that has supported civilization on the back of human history for a long time finds strange.
The first idea came from a sentence that Seungyeop muttered without realizing it.
‘How about turning back time and reviving them after killing all the NPCs?’
“I honestly never thought about it. Killing all 2.34 billion people? Even if you had the means to turn back time, don’t you think that’s too evil?”
“…”
“It’s an idea that’s hard to even come up with unless you think of humans as game characters.”
Ari answered, seeming displeased.
“So? You don’t like it when we treat you like game characters? Like demons?”
“Haha! How can that be? Hey, hey, let’s not be so harsh with each other as business partners.”
“…partners.”
“Isn’t that right? You’re from the Management Bureau? It’s like an organization that goes around a few times and changes its name every now and then -”
“Ahh! There’s someone listening!”
I felt like I was vaguely caught up in a conversation with people in the same industry, so I laughed for a moment.
“Just talk comfortably. I guess I know what’s going on anyway.”
“…”
“…”
As soon as the mat was laid out, both of them became quiet.
So I asked the question.
“I’m curious, since this is my first time trying this method. If I kill all the survivors by means other than my indomitable reason, how will the Demon King react?”
If the Demon King is a beast-like being, a cosmic predator that sucks in human souls.
How would you react if you found out that there was no more game on Earth?
“Maybe we won’t leave Earth because there’s nothing to eat?”
This is the gist of the plan we’ve laid out.
Sister Eunsol gave it a black comedy-like name, ‘Scorched Earth Tactics’.
At that moment, a noise was heard that broke the silence.
— Beep!
As soon as the loading was finished, I got busy again.
I thought about ‘scorched earth tactics’ while controlling the labyrinth’s body following the ultimate’s complex instructions.
Eliminate all prey.
The Demon King leaves, having run out of food.
After the Demon King leaves, he turns back time and revives people.
This simple and clear plan had ‘too’ many loopholes, in addition to the inhumane aspect of seeing NPCs as mere tools.
It’s a problem from number 1.
How do you kill 2.34 billion survivors, let alone a dozen humans?
It should not be devoted to indomitable reason.
Because if the soul itself burns like firewood, it cannot be resurrected.
Most of the survivors of Room 206 must be killed in a manner that is independent of the indomitable will of reason.
Is there such a means?
When the meeting was blocked here and I wrote down my advice, the owl gave me a shocking answer.
[It is possible. Ask the person who designed the board for the answer.]
The one who created the 206th structure, the first Demon King worshiper, and the ultimate one.
He had the means to annihilate humanity regardless of his indomitable reason.
When they learned this, everyone was shocked.
Sacrificing all survivors or brainwashing all of humanity into worshipping the Demon King may be insane, but it is ultimately the path for humanity that the group has created.
But, if it’s not like that, why on earth would they create a means to wipe out humanity?
“No, it’s not. Click on the second panel from the right and then -”
“Did I press the button correctly?”
“You have to press it one more time.”
The truth is always simple.
At first, our thoughts were right.
The organization has never created a meaningless device to annihilate humanity.
However, this control device can precisely control the sophisticated system called ‘city’ that the organization has built.
Among those detailed controls, there was only a ‘temporary water supply cut’.
It was probably originally a temporary measure in case the water became polluted.
What if we took measures to ensure that you could never leave the city?
The maximum time a human can survive without water is three days.
— Woohoo!
The Ultimate smiled broadly amidst the vibrations that reverberated throughout the underground.
“It’s over!”
“…”
“Originally, the pipe could be blocked immediately, but the flow of time is different on the surface and in the depths. The water supply on the surface will likely gradually stop over several days or weeks. Of course, the side route to the outside used by the Demon King’s cult will also be blocked.”
“…”
“Congratulations on your great undertaking. So… .”
The Ultimate, the most bizarre being in Room 206, turned his gleaming eyes toward me.
“Shall we finish the story we told at the sanctuary?”
He granted our request.
Now, it is time for us to answer his request.
“Mr. Gain. You know better than anyone else that there is no point in playing around like this.”
“…”
“Whether we solve Room 206 or not, it means nothing to us.”
“…”
“I desire true salvation. Please, become our salvation.”
A grotesque being that had long since lost its human form knelt down as if worshipping a king.
At the same time, Ari’s gaze filled with complex emotions turned towards me.
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 571
Current Location: Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
“… A lot of time has passed in the meantime. I wonder if my colleagues on the ground are holding up well.”
[Advice: 3 -> 2]