Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 511
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EP.511 Episode 511 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Third Trial ‘Miskatonic University’ (13)
Episode 511 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Third Trial ‘Miskatonic University’ (13)
‘Son! Shouldn’t you eat?’
‘I’ve put the food on a plate! I’ll leave it in front of the door.’
‘Please come out of the room.’
Sometimes, I dream.
It is a dream about my oldest and first memory.
According to what I asked the Virgin Mary, it was probably a dream about my parents.
It is a precious memory because it means that I also had ordinary parents who loved and cared for me.
…
Little by little, happy memories disperse like dust.
As if a flower that has settled deep in my heart is slowly withering away… .
At some point, I couldn’t remember my mother’s face.
At some point, I couldn’t remember my father’s voice.
…
The place where beautiful memories disappear is filled with nightmares from a bizarre world.
A hellish world filled with monsters that imitate humans.
According to the Virgin Mary, this world was originally a world for humans.
Until monsters from distant lands beyond the void usurped the place of humans.
‘Hey, save me!’
‘Eww! Please, please -‘
‘Hey, you monster! This is just a college. It’s called a college!’
It’s disgusting.
Everything about them is disgusting, but what is most disgusting is their attitude.
This is because they believed that they were human until the moment of their death.
Think about it.
While living peacefully with his family, monsters from the void came and killed all the humans and took their skins.
And then, in order to relieve my conscience, I started to believe that I was human.
Disgust, hatred, anger, malice – every negative emotion I could muster boils over.
That’s why I didn’t pity them.
“Wake up.”
?
“Wake up, warrior.”
iced coffee….
I had been lost in thought for a while, as if floating somewhere, but I realized the current situation belatedly.
I’m dead.
It was a situation where I died once and was resurrected.
It seems that while fighting to reclaim the stolen world, he was ambushed by a wizard who had reached a high level.
Most magic can’t harm me, but I couldn’t help but be affected by the power of the ‘mirror’.
Even so, it’s not a big deal.
Because I have endless opportunities.
…
My vision slowly brightens.
Because the eyes have been regenerated.
In front of me was a shivering old monster.
An excited voice is heard.
Because the ears have been regenerated.
The old monster’s curse was heard.
“You punk! Do you know where this place is? No matter how strong you are, Miskatonic University is my territory! There is no one in this land who can compete with me -”
— Slurp!
If my long life has taught me one thing, it is that in many matters conversation is unnecessary.
If we must have a conversation, a conversation between steels would suffice.
I am Fortuna.
*
– Kim Ari
— Squeak! Clank!
What are you talking about? A surprise attack?
While reading Yumi’s fragments of memory, I was defenseless, so I left the surrounding defenses to Mukseong and Sophia!
“Phew… .”
A moment of preparing for battle amid tension.
— Bam!
“Ariya, are you awake?”
“Mukseong? Where have you been? I thought you’d be here.”
“Ugh…! Come out now! The outside conditions are terrible!”
It was so urgent that Mukseong just said that and ran out onto the road.
So, just before going out, I looked behind me.
“Yumiya.”
Yumi, or rather a piece of Yumi, who had conveyed valuable information to me, was somewhere quiet and had a hazy expression on her face.
As if, with this, he had done all he could do… .
“Yumi, you worked hard. Really.”
“…”
“If you go out, I will treat you as a true colleague from now on.”
There was nothing more to say.
*
According to what Sophia told me, Yumi’s hibernation nest was originally located in the Old Continent.
In the process of moving the base to the New World, the hibernation nest was also moved to the forest near Miskatonic University, which must have been quite a difficult process considering the size of the nest.
As I came out of the nest into the forest, I understood what Mukseong had said.
“What the heck is that Aurora…?”
A pale light mixed with green and blue fills the entire sky!
The surprise was short-lived, as Mukseong shouted in an urgent voice.
“I think Lucas had an accident! Sophia has already left.”
“accident?”
“What, you said you used forbidden magic -”
Forbidden magic.
It seems like he did something similar to summoning Yaldabaoth before turning back time.
In the past, no matter how you looked at it, it must have been doubtful how Lucas, her disciple, could use such a powerful secret technique that even Yumi herself would not have been able to use.
Now I guess what the source of the secret is.
Yumi also obtained some of the mirrors discovered underground in the ancient Iberian Peninsula, and upon studying the mirror fragments, she discovered some kind of absurd magic.
“… There’s no way Lucas would go wild for no reason. He’s a guy who cares about his university.”
Mukseong also nodded, having reached a similar conclusion.
“Fortuna, that guy is clearly burning down the university. Ari, you go first! I’ll follow you!”
“good.”
I immediately used the power of my wing boots to launch myself into the air.
*
As I was flying to Miskatonic University, I spotted Sophia, who was moving at a slower speed than me.
“Sophia!”
“Ari, you’re awake!”
I asked a question quickly.
“As you might have guessed, Fortuna must have appeared at the university.”
“That, that’s also a precognitive ability? Seeing the future -”
“… okay.”
It’s a pain to explain, so let’s call it a prophecy.
“Speak as you move. Fortuna’s abilities, be as specific as possible!”
“Ah, I see. Fortuna is a being that deals with luck, as its name suggests, but when you fight her, she’s strangely -”
“luck?”
“uh?”
“…Tell me more.”
Luck? Is it just me or is it because Seungyeop comes to mind as soon as I hear that?
“You are strangely lucky. And on top of that, you add absurdly bad luck to your enemies -”
— Pretty much!
During the conversation, a flock of crows suddenly flew in and attacked Sophia and me.
Luckily, Sophia immediately waved her hand and drove it away.
“This is a sign of bad luck! Stay alert. As you go, even stranger things will happen!”
“…Please continue explaining.”
“Next, he’s some kind of knight.”
“A knight? The one wearing armor and swinging a sword?”
“That’s right. The only difference from a normal article is that he runs 100 meters in 3 seconds and splits a building with one swing of his sword.”
To that extent, it is a physical strength comparable to that of Cha Jin-cheol.
“In addition to that, you can do all sorts of strange things, like stepping on the sky and jumping. But the most important power is immortality!”
Immortal.
The Soul Box offered no protection as Yumi was torn apart into hundreds of pieces.
The two disciples who tried to restore Yumi had never even seen the ‘Soul Box’.
If the person currently using the Soul Box is Seungyeop, it can be explained simply.
Following luck, martial arts and immortality!
After hearing this, my doubts turned into certainty.
If only one specific element overlaps, it might be okay, but if three overlap, can they be different entities?
“Park Seung-yeop… .”
“uh?”
Why is Seungyeop on the other side?
Is it related to Yumi’s memory that we checked earlier?
Was exposed to the power of the mirror and twisted while trying to protect Yumi?
As several questions were coming to mind at the same time, the most fundamental question came to mind.
“how.”
“Ariya, did you realize something?”
“How are you writing the blessing?”
“what?”
I couldn’t understand.
Leaving aside the fact that it was distorted, the real Seungyeop in Yumi’s memories couldn’t write a blessing either!
The companions of the first trial had their blessings sealed and could only use the legacy.
Yumi’s very existence is proof.
Therefore, it is not strange that the soul can be used.
But what about the blessings?
I can’t explain this.
“Almost there!”
Finally, let me ask Sophia one question.
“Sophia, do you know what the ‘Sarcophagus of Immortality’ is?”
Her eyes widened.
“How, how did you do that -”
“Okay, I know. Let’s talk about the details later.”
Now is the time to fight rather than to brood.
*
When I arrived at the university sky, there was a huge fight going on on the ground.
Because a strange monster reminiscent of a devil coming out of hell was letting out a terrifying roar.
The being opposing the monster was a pitch-black knight wearing full body armor, and at this moment, he was swinging his red-blazing sword and cutting off the demon’s horns.
Just looking at this scene, it seemed like a righteous temple knight was subduing a corrupt magician who had summoned a demon.
Come to think of it, I wonder if the Vatican actually thinks that way?
“Lucas!”
The dean, who seemed to have aged twenty years in the meantime, turned his head slightly to check on Sophia.
Meanwhile, I approached Fortuna while estimating the maximum range of the isosceles polyhedron.
Ugh -!
I took a deep breath and stretched out my hand. Soon, I felt a heavy weight on my palm.
My heritage, radiating crimson glory, is an isosceles polyhedron.
Seungyeop, I’m sorry, but I’ll only stab you once.
For a moment, the supersensory senses became aware of something beyond human perception: space.
In an instant, a disembodied hand emerged from my spirit and created an invisible wall.
In an instant, a spear that no shield could block cut through the air.
The moment when Fortuna was about to be split in two.
— Whoosh!
A sudden sandstorm obscured my vision and hindered my aim.
“…”
Instead of her body being torn apart, Fortuna’s murderous gaze is turned towards me as the armor covering her right shoulder falls off.
I was strangely unlucky.
“… They say I’m unlucky, and this is how it feels.”
— Kwajik!
Fortuna, feeling threatened, runs towards me like lightning.
The first thought that came to mind was that it would be difficult to fight on the ground.
Because Fortuna overwhelmed me in both speed and strength.
The moment he rose to his feet, Fortuna, just as Sophia had warned, also ‘stepped’ on the air and chased him.
“Step into the void!”
Even by the standards of the 205th absolute master, wasn’t this a legendary level?
Once again, I unleashed a blow at Fortuna that I arbitrarily named Space Slash.
My sword is a severance of space, so there is no such thing as physical reality.
I thought it was a perfect assassination technique that could neither be seen nor heard!
Tilt!
Fortuna, floating in the air, twisted her body like a carp climbing a waterfall, and avoided the space spell with strange movements.
Is this just luck?
Or is it some ridiculous theory that an absolute master can even perceive the distortion of space?
“Eww!”
The important thing is not ‘how’ but that we avoided it somehow!
I hastily retreated, but even with my wing boots I couldn’t shake off Fortuna’s pursuit.
I quickly stretched out both my hands and this time created a horizontal wall, cutting off Fortuna and me who had reached right in front of my nose.
“Ahh! Seungyeop, this close distance between us is a bit -”
As if he couldn’t hear me, the Black Knight suddenly extended his hand.
What the heck? You’re breaking the spatial isolation with a punch?
No, no matter how much of a martial arts master you are, you can’t break it with a punch –
The moment when a hand that slowly approaches taps the disconnected space.
— Boom!
A tremendous shock hit my body, accompanied by a loud noise like the sound of paper ringing.
“…!”
The excruciating pain of having my insides twisted and the foul smell of blood filling my mouth.
This is what it means….
A fight with an ox in the mountains? A hundred-step divine fist?
“Ariya!”
Arriving late – in fact, not that late, since the previous collision had occurred less than ten seconds ago – Sophia caught me.
It seems I still have a chance.
…
Fortuna can never win by fighting ‘this way’.
What should I do?