Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 50
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Episode 50 – The One Who Came Down from Heaven
Episode 50 – The One Who Came Down from Heaven
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 19
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 (Room of Rest)
Sage Advice: 2]
“Previous hotel——”
“Mother is—–”
“You grabbed my neck—-”
I can vaguely hear people muttering.
Everyone is talking about something. I can’t hear it. It’s not even visible.
In a far away place… . A hymn is heard.
In order to survive somehow, I covered myself with a status window filter, closed my eyes, and blocked my ears. The sound of the hymns became a little quieter.
It’s stupid. My body is here, but it feels like my soul is being taken to a far away place.
I hear something – a voice. There is someone trying to communicate with me. But it didn’t sound right. There is a crackling feeling as if white noise has intervened, and the voice and noise are mixed together and cannot be distinguished.
A lot of information seeps in in a blur. I knew even though no one told me.
Some kind of ‘negotiation’ took place at the heavenly table.
Negotiations are over.
ㅁㅁ : ㅁ
Klitschko: Klitschko
Advent: ㅁ
Advent: 3
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 19
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105 (Room of Rest)
Sage Advice: 2
Advent: 3]
let there be light
And there was light.
*
A whirlpool of light pouring down like a storm.
In Elena’s opinion, the scene she is seeing now is more unrealistic than any moment she has ever seen in her life.
‘Are we now seeing people become angels?’
An inexplicable wave emanated from Ga-in’s entire body.
I can’t possibly see his face with the naked eye. A halo that literally came down from heaven. Beyond being beautiful and handsome, he is ‘divine.’ A person who had fallen from the sky, who could not be judged by human aesthetic standards, stood before my eyes.
Tears come out. The countless pains she has experienced in her life fill Elena’s head. She had a prosperous and happy childhood. However, when the Tsar came to her country, the family had no choice but to flee. Poverty and threats were with me wherever I went, and I had no choice but to wander from country to country like a grasshopper once I became close to someone.
aha. All that pain was the process of meeting this person.
All the suffering I experienced at the hotel was just a thorn on the road to salvation.
The long-standing sadness and despair in my heart became blurred and tears poured down my face.
So she knelt down and prayed.
*
I regained consciousness and opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was my colleagues.
Everyone’s posture collapsed. Some people rolled around on the floor, while others knelt down and prayed to me.
Only then did I realize it. Now I am out of the human realm.
How can I go back to being human again? I don’t know, but I’m certain that I need to get away from my colleagues first.
I stood up frantically and opened the door to room 105.
The door burst open.
I ran without any time to be surprised.
With each step, the hallway burst open, and my head hit the ceiling with the incredible force of my leap, and the ceiling was shattered without my head being hit. The wall was torn apart as he waved his arm in panic.
Only then did I relax as much as I could and start moving.
What on earth should I do? Will it continue to be like this?
I see colors that I couldn’t see before. I hear sounds that I couldn’t hear. I felt dust floating in the air. I felt the flow of stone fragments protruding from the crumbling wall.
A chandelier falling from afar. I heard the movement of the air created by that chandelier, and the variations of the world created by the movement of the air.
iced coffee. How small of a world are humans trapped in? What a tragedy it is to not be able to recognize so many changes taking place in the world.
Only today did I realize that all humans are blind and deaf.
Nevertheless, I desperately wished to return to being human.
At that time, a notification popped up with ‘kinder advice than usual’.
[Stay still. Once all of the power is absorbed, the person returns to being human again.]
different. ‘Advice from a wise man’ is clearly different from usual. In the past, the word was ‘advice from a wise man’ and was only given out in a crisis right before death, but now it seems like real ‘advice’.
I stayed still as I was told. In the first place, I was afraid to move because every time I moved, I destroyed everything around me.
To put it childishly, I was scared of myself.
Has about 10 minutes passed? The light around my body subsided, and the infinite power that had been rising like an active volcano dimmed like a slowly drying stream of water.
Only then did I relax and look around, and I saw a landscape that looked like the middle of a battlefield.
A hole exploded in the hallway as if a landmine had exploded with each step I took, and a chandelier 20 meters away fell from the ceiling with a single headbutt. All the decorations on the walls were trashed, and the wells and trees around the front desk were all shapeless, as if they had been hit by missiles.
Purely because I was surprised, I ran and bumped into various places, completely destroying the surrounding area.
And then – the final ‘friendly advice’ of the day appeared.
[Now you can descend only 3 times. But keep in mind. There is no free lunch in this world… .]
*
When I returned to room 105, where the door had now disappeared, fortunately my colleagues had all come to their senses.
And everyone looked at me with mesmerized expressions.
“…”
“…”
“that… . Gain. “Would you mind explaining what it is?”
Where should I start explaining? Of course, I should start with what I experienced at the old school building on my last day at school.
I slowly explained it to everyone. I infiltrated the old school building alone. Seeing an opportunity, he attacked Aurelia and was taken away by the Lord. After receiving something from the state, the status window was distorted.
And – what just happened. ‘Advent’ appears in the status window
There was silence in the hall.
The first to speak was Grandfather Kim Muk-seong, the agent most familiar with this type of work.
“It seems that the being called ‘Lord’ who was trapped in the cursed room made some kind of investment in you.”
“Can the being trapped inside have an effect outside?”
“I don’t know either. However, hasn’t it already been confirmed by ‘The Devourer’ that the absolute being trapped in the cursed room understands the hotel’s principles to some extent? ‘The Swallower’ also understands the logic of the hotel and creates a minion on stage who directly controls his ego.”
“Why did you invest in me?”
“Maybe they didn’t just invest in you.”
“Have you invested in someone before?”
“Just a guess.”
“Let’s stop talking about ‘Lord’. I don’t really understand the hotel anyway, so there’s no point in trying to understand the intentions of the transcendent being trapped inside. Rather, even at a glance, it feels like I’ve gained absurdly powerful strength and incredibly surreal charisma… . “Are there any ‘conditions’?”
“The status window says 3 times. “It looks like you can only use it three times.”
And the first ‘sage-like advice’ I received.
‘There is no free lunch.’
As the hall became quiet again, Eunsol continued speaking.
“I’m sure Mr. Mukseong and Ms. Ari have more experience with this type of work than us, so what should Gain do?”
“As an agent of the Management Bureau, of course I should live my life thinking that there is no such unknown power. Is there anything free in the world? That’s why I said ‘investment’. “The Lord will definitely demand payment from you someday.”
“‘As a Bureau agent’? “Do you have another position?”
“Speaking as someone who fell into the hotel, it is actually extremely foolish to seal it away because you are afraid of the consequences of the power given to you by the hotel. They are afraid of the cost of the power they have anyway, so they can’t use it, and if they all ultimately fail, won’t they all become resources for the hotel? In that case, just use what is given to you when you need it, and think about the cost later.”
“no… . Elderly. “These are two completely different pieces of advice.”
“It’s up to you to choose.”
“Then do it like this.”
“Ari, what do you think?”
“Never use it normally, but save it again and again. And then, at the very last moment. “It would be right to use it only when everyone but you is dead, or when you feel like if you lose, everyone will be annihilated.”
A special move for the last moment.
That’s how much I thought about how to use the power I gained today.
As I walked around while thinking about it, I saw Elena or Songi retreating or avoiding me in embarrassment every time my gaze landed on them. Now that I think about it, they both prayed in front of me… .
It is awkward.
In the end, I left the room and headed to a remote place under the pretense of gathering my thoughts alone, leaving my colleagues alone. It looks like I will have to worry about a lot of things today.
*
“…”
“… I’m talking about Ga-in leaving… . “What did you think when you saw Cain earlier?”
“Sacred? “Like an angel?”
“Incredibly handsome? Do you think it will save the whole world? “I thought this was ridiculous.”
“Songi and Elena felt the same way as I did.”
“I think it will be very awkward to see Ga-in oppa starting tomorrow.”
“Me too.”
“so do i. “It was only for a moment, but it seemed like they were so different from ‘us.’”
“First of all, I’m not in the mood to eat any more… . There are less than 10 minutes left to eat. Let’s all take it easy. “Anyway, after 10 minutes, everyone will disappear into their own space.”
“Will it be like that today too?”
“What do you mean, Ari?”
After pointing towards the door with his chin, Ari continued.
“I wonder if the system in room 105 will work normally even if the door to room 105 is broken.”
Ari’s doubts became reality.
That day, all functions in room 105 stopped, and even after meal time, everyone remained blankly in a space that looked like a post-war ruin.
In the end, everyone had no choice but to pack up their few belongings and head to somewhere they could sleep.
*
“Ari.”
“sister? “Didn’t you say you would sleep at the refreshment table?”
“I will, but I have something to tell you.”
“What to say? “You didn’t do it earlier.”
“I wanted to do it together.”
“…”
“I’ll be honest. What is your past, where were you born, what is your purpose, etc. It’s all good.
I grew up working at a company since I was young. Normally, when you work on a huge project, all sorts of people get involved. There are a lot of people who have other thoughts in their heads, and it is the role of a leader to force those people to grit their teeth and get results.
However, there is one premise for that.
At the very least, everyone must cooperate in the progress of the ‘project’. “Even if we all have different plans in our heads and do different things, no matter what, as long as we all cooperate on the ‘project’, things will get going.”
“You mean to cooperate with the grand goal of ‘escaping from the hotel’? “I plan on doing that anyway.”
“I think so too, so I’m just trying to cover it up rather than interrogate you. Anyway, I don’t think any of us would want to be trapped in this strange hotel for a thousand years. “I believe you understand this much.”
*
next day.
As soon as morning came, the hotel’s display made a fuss.
/Great Duke!
All of Hotel Pioneer’s executives and staff would like to deliver disappointing news today.
The night before, the hotel’s facilities were devastated due to a riot by a violent black customer, causing customers to have an uncomfortable time.
Regardless of who is responsible, as executives and employees of the hotel, we would like to offer our deepest apologies to you.
The hotel is closed today. All hotel facilities are closed and guests are asked to use the underground campsite.
The hotel will be closing within an hour from now. Everyone, please move to the campsite./