Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 483
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EP.483 Episode 483 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The First Ordeal – ‘Eternal Life and Resurrection’ (1)
Episode 483 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The First Trial – ‘Eternal Life and Resurrection’ (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 938
Current location: Room 207, Gate Room
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
— Clank! Clank!
“…”
I woke up on the train.
When I turned my gaze, I saw my colleagues with puzzled expressions.
Jincheol muttered, seeming embarrassed.
“What? Weren’t we supposed to split into groups of four, three, two, and one?”
“It looks like it hasn’t really started yet?”
“You have a train ticket in your pocket.”
When I checked my pockets at Sang-Hyeon’s words, sure enough, everyone had been given train tickets.
“Welcome to all participants aboard the Pioneer Gateway Train!
Contestant Han Ga-in, please get off at the fourth station. ”
The content is simple.
“Mr. Seungyeop, at which station should I get off?”
“The first one.”
“What about Ms. Songi?”
“me too.”
“It seems like Song-i, Seung-yeop, Miro, and I are in the same party, just like we experienced at the dinner party. They told me to get off at the first station, too.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Other people are in the same situation.
It was written that Elena, Eunsol, and Jincheol should get off at the second station, and Ari and Grandpa Mukseong should get off at the third station.
Then, Miro asked a question.
“What would happen if I ignored the location I was told to get off at and got off wherever I wanted?”
Eunsol answered immediately.
“Let’s not do that. I don’t think it would be good.”
As if waiting, the train car door opened and a cheerful voice was heard.
“Contestant Lee Eun-sol, that’s correct!”
“…”
A familiar voice, it’s a merchant.
Is this your first time since Hotel Cinema?
Oh, did you see me again in the basement?
“Everyone, before we begin, here are some brief instructions.”
“notification?”
“You’ve probably guessed it already. First, one or more of the blessings and legacies can be sealed.”
Not just one, but more than one?
“Second, you will get off at different stations.”
“If it’s a different station, does that mean it’s a different era?”
“well?”
“…”
Outside the train car window, there was only darkness.
You never know if you’re running in a dark place or if the outside space itself doesn’t exist.
“Haha! Judging from the expressions on their faces, it seems like they’re wondering why I’m telling them something they already know. After all, the first two instructions were information you already obtained at the dinner party.”
Yes, that’s right.
“But number 3 is a bit different, isn’t it? Has anyone seen through this too?”
With those words, the merchant looked at me with an expression of interest, and I quietly averted my gaze.
“… What is the third instruction?”
“Each trial you face has a ‘boss.’”
Four parties, four trials, and four bosses.
The most threatening entity that can block us in the gateway room.
After the third instruction, the merchant did not open his mouth any more.
At that moment, Ari pointed out a sharp point.
“Where did all the tools go?”
My older sister nodded and accepted it.
“Really? I definitely packed everything I needed to pack when I left.”
I wore the protective suit because it was a solo party, Ari wore the wing boots because she could use them properly, and Peroya, as always, was attached to Songi’s shoulder.
It’s all gone.
“Hey, merchant! Where did all our tools go?”
“well?”
“…”
“Isn’t finding a lost tool also a fun experience?”
I also sympathized with my sister’s expression as if she wanted to hit me.
It seems like the hotel has hidden it somewhere suitable inside the ordeal, but I wonder when they’re going to look for it.
— Clank! Clank!
Soon, as the train stopped, people who had to get off at the first station got up.
Sang-Hyeon, who was at the very front, looked back at Miro, Seung-Yeop, and Song-I behind him with a heavy expression.
“…Before we leave, let’s at least have a fighting spirit among ourselves.”
“go for it!”
“go for it!”
The four people stopped in front of the door, shaking hands lightly.
That moment when everyone is waiting for the train doors to open.
The merchant spoke finally.
“Oh, this is just a favor to you all.”
“favor?”
“Why didn’t we start right away, but in a space called ‘train’?”
“…”
I’ve been wondering this for a while now.
Why did they start on a train, giving meaningless instructions, when they could have just dropped each party into a trial location right from the start?
The merchant turned around and disappeared without further explanation, but there was no one present who did not understand what he was trying to say.
A train that passes through four stations!
This place itself is a kind of hint.
“Let’s get started.”
*
“The First Trial – Eternal Life and Resurrection”
– Yoo Song-i
I woke up in a dark room with a cool temperature.
Soon, a notification blinked for three seconds in a space devoid of any light.
“From now on, we will seal the participants’ blessings. Please be careful.”
Our party is blessed with a seal.
Seungyeop’s luck, Miro’s constancy, the teacher’s sincerity, and my friendliness disappeared.
That is, each person can use their own legacy.
“… Where is this place?”
At the dinner party, we all woke up together near the Nile River, but the actual gate room was different from the start.
— Squeak!
When I opened the heavy wooden door and went outside, it was night.
Near the door, a torch was installed on a sturdy wooden pole, illuminating the surroundings. As soon as I saw the torch, I felt something.
In the past – if it was Songi, a normal high school girl, I would have known nothing and just thought, ‘Oh, it’s a torch,’ but that’s not the case anymore.
From what I’ve learned over the past few days, the fancy stone buildings and oil-covered torches I’ve come across are extremely rare by ancient standards.
That is, my status as someone who woke up in a place like this is not ordinary.
That’s why I was able to respond confidently even when I heard footsteps in the darkness.
“Who is that!”
“I am Bahat, a loyal servant of Malkab. What brings you here at this hour, my lord?”
“…”
I chewed over the information I had heard in a short while until it was killing me.
Bahat is this man’s name and my status is a priest?
Then, according to the setting, Malkab is the god I worship?
“I came out to get some fresh air.”
“Your Majesty, it’s getting late. These days… don’t you know?”
Don’t you know?
Just by looking at it, you can tell that this is some important information!
“What are you talking about?”
“… Heh heh, I almost said something presumptuous. No. It’s late -”
“Stop talking nonsense and tell me. What did you say you didn’t know?”
He bit a little harder, almost as if he was shouting.
Because it seemed like my status was much higher than theirs.
“Oh, no. I -”
A bewildered face visible thanks to the torch, an expression with cold sweat running down it.
Why are you so scared?
Should I coax you a little before you open your mouth?
“Ahem. Bahat, I’m not questioning you. I’ve been so focused on the sutras lately that I haven’t been able to hear much about worldly affairs. Is there some big rumor?”
It’s the first time I’ve heard the name of the god Malkab, let alone the scriptures, but if it’s a religion, there must be scriptures.
“I’m not sure since it’s a story I heard from time to time….”
“Then I’ll consider it something I’ve heard from time to time.”
“… Pharaoh has been suffering from a fever recently.”
With those words, Bahat bowed his head and returned to his original position.
“…”
There is a rumor that Pharaoh is sick and will be out of work tomorrow.
It is a story that is too burdensome for a mere guard in ancient Egypt, where the Pharaoh was worshipped as a god, to carelessly tell.
Conversely, in an age before the internet or cell phones, if even the security guard knows, then everyone who needs to know knows, right?
This was the result of a late night.
As the day dawned, the difficult daily life of Songi, the young priest of Malkab, began in earnest.
“I don’t know why I’m making so many mistakes today. Did you have a nightmare last night?”
“…”
Amira, an older priestess with a gentle expression, had a stuffy expression on her face.
But, I also had a lot to say.
This is my first time embalming a half-rotted corpse!
No, since he’s a priest, I thought he’d stand in front of a stone statue and pray and read scriptures or something, but what is this?
What temple has so many corpses?
“sorry.”
As it turns out, Malkab is the god of the underworld who governs the afterlife of humans.
If we look back at the Egyptian mythology we learned before entering Room 207, it seems like a being similar to ‘Anubis’.
“It’s the fifth time. Recite chapters 1 to 4 of the Book of the Dead.”
“…”
Hotel, why are you doing this to me?
It’s unfair that I’m being punished for not being able to embalm a corpse, but the punishment is to recite a scripture I’ve never seen before?
“sorry.”
“No! Father Songi!”
It’s unfair.
“You wouldn’t have forgotten Chapter 1, would you? Even the children in the classroom memorize it!”
It’s unfair.
“… sorry.”
“Go in now. Be prepared for a severe punishment.”
It’s really so unfair!
…
I thought, suppressing my irritation.
Where are other people and what are they doing?
I wish there was someone who had a little more freedom of movement.
“If you don’t memorize the sutras by this evening, you won’t be able to walk on your own two legs tomorrow!”
“… yes.”
First, let’s memorize the scriptures diligently.
Or maybe you’d rather cheat with a bracelet?
*
– Park Seung-yeop
— Clunk! Clunk!
I woke up on a cart.
Soon, an alarm will go off to seal the blessing.
“Eww!”
“Ugh!”
“Mom… Mom… .”
What is this…?
“Oh, mister! I want to go home… home -”
A naked little boy, sobbing, grabbed the collar of a black, snake-like man.
If there had been even a little bit of human heart left, surely there would have been at least a hint of sympathy.
The viper-like man acted viciously, as if he was trying to show off his face.
“You stupid kid, can you shut your filthy mouth right now?”
“Ugh!”
“Home? You punk, aren’t we the ones who’ll find your home? You’re about to arrive at a house where you’ll rot and decay for the rest of your life. What’s so scary about that?”
“Haha! Dotian, all the kids are going to cry. Stop scaring them.”
“Brother, I wasn’t trying to scare you, I was just telling you the truth.”
Rough people laughing and giggling.
At this point, I think I know what’s going on.
So, these kids and I are now being held as slaves by those men?
It seems like home is just a place to sell us.
“…”
I wasn’t scared.
Saying that the blessing has been sealed means that the inheritance can be used.
It’s obvious that these ordinary people would all roll around on the floor if Yumi just snapped her fingers a few times.
but….
The summoning time of Soul’s Implication is not infinite.
So wouldn’t it be better to wait and see how things turn out?
Or should I just call Yumi right away before she gets dragged to a more troublesome place?
“Oh, that’s difficult!”
I don’t know.
It was up to the teacher to think like this, so why did I fail?
“…”
A good idea occurred to me.
— Boom!
“What are you doing?”
“Little boy, this isn’t a cart that can be broken with just one hand.”
— Boom!
“That guy, he seems to have low IQ?”
“Leave it alone. It will collapse soon when it gets tired.”
— Boom!
“Don’t your hands hurt? Dude, if that guy hurts his hands, the price will go down.”
“Just leave it. Looking at the way he’s doing, he’s a guy who won’t get paid much even if he’s healthy.”
Once, twice, three times.
When five failures piled up like that.
— Kwajik!
Finally, as if a hot heat was rising from my heart, the wooden bars that had been imprisoning us burst open!
The moment when everyone, from slaves to slave hunters, gaped in shock at the unbelievable reality that a cart had been destroyed by a child’s fist.
I immediately threw myself outside.
I didn’t forget to throw in a word.
“Kids, jump out!”
I don’t know if the kids will get mad if I say this, but it’s better than not saying it at all.
“Ugh! What, what is this!”
“That guy, that kid is gone!”
While I was running hard, I heard a rough sound coming from behind me and thought to myself.
“Huh! Is this a meaningful action?”
If I jump in alone, I’ll get caught anyway, so wouldn’t it be better to just summon Yumi from the beginning and kill those guys?
“… I don’t know!”
I don’t know!
Just thinking while running –
— Ting! Ting!
Huh? Is that the sound of metal hitting something?