Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 616
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EP.616 Episode 616 – The Stolen World (31)
Episode 616 – The Stolen World (31)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 242
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 0”
– Han Ga-in
‘Know that you are the only one under heaven.’
Is the one who just said this the shadow of the unborn one who remained in the book of magic?
I’m not sure about this part.
What’s important is that immediately after these words were said, the surroundings became quiet.
The moon remained silent and focused all its energy.
It seemed like he didn’t want to miss even a single second of this moment.
I will never forget a ten-letter sentence, but the lofty principles contained in the sentence are as vague as a mist.
If you let this moment pass you by, you might miss it forever.
It took about 3 seconds for the kingdom of dreams to unfold and forcibly put my consciousness to sleep with the sacred sun.
There were times when I would have killed the prince if he had wanted to harm me, but nothing happened.
There is also a promise that ‘I will not prevent your master’s escape’, and the moon also does not want to waste the moment of enlightenment!
After being nearly destroyed by the Stone Tablet, the Dream Kingdom is slowly recovering.
Judging by the recovery speed, it seems like it will be usable normally soon, but not yet.
It could not be used for coworker gatherings and could only be used as a conference room.
This is enough.
Because the only way for me and the maze to escape is One More Chance.
*
I met the silent agent in a space filled with gray fog.
“Gain! Everyone was shocked when Eunsol and Ari suddenly died!”
“concentration!”
Stories about the moon and the soul conglomerate, stories about strange phenomena inside the moon, and most importantly, stories about the existence of the crown and securing the Virgin Mary!
He relayed the important message in a hurry.
As I poured out everything that came to mind, it was disorganized and confusing, but my grandfather, like an agent, seemed to understand quickly.
“Is it all done now? Can I turn back time and get the Virgin Mary’s help to claim this thing called the ‘crown’?”
“Probably so.”
“The plunderer?”
“You have a solution too.”
“Then shall we turn back time? There’s still time to spare.”
Final consideration.
The time limit for One More Chance is 30 days and the return point is 226 days.
So 255 days is the limit for regression, and the current point in time is 242 days.
It means there is still some free time.
“… the maze is now inside the moon.”
“yes.”
“Originally, killing someone doesn’t allow you to absorb their soul.”
It’s a story that’s been told many times.
There is a reason why even the moon and I, as well as the ‘state’, go through complicated procedures such as establishing a religious order.
“That’s what you said. For humans, cooking is a process that is necessary to eat.”
“To use that analogy, the labyrinth is now inside a person’s stomach.”
“If you die inside the moon, your soul will be eaten even if you don’t worship it?”
“…”
I don’t know.
Even the owl wasn’t sure about this part.
Just because you’re a higher being doesn’t mean you always have the answers to all your problems.
Maybe it depends on the soul and case by case.
In this case, it is uncertain whether the moon itself will be able to swallow the soul of the labyrinth or not.
I made a decision.
“Let’s go. We’ve already figured out everything we needed to know anyway.”
The last thought that came to mind.
The cost of the one more chance that the hotel warned about, the ‘price of reversal’.
Neither I, Ari, nor my grandfather himself intentionally avoided mentioning the price of reversal.
All I can do is bow my head silently to my grandfather.
Grandfather answered with a light laugh.
“Thank you for your hard work. Tell Miro too.”
“yes.”
Time goes back.
Before the moon wakes, towards the 226th day!
*
– Maze
“How long has it been since you woke up?”
“Maybe 5 minutes? I’m not sure exactly.”
“That means that somewhere along the line, I’m dragging the moon for five whole minutes.”
“uh?”
It took a moment for the summoned Gain to realize that the Gain of this time zone had been dragging its feet against the moon for an incredibly long time, but then the summoned Gain muttered next to it.
“It is now.”
“huh?”
“Time will return soon.”
in the end!
What I feel now is relief.
Since I arrived on the moon with Gain, every moment has been a moment of fear for me.
After I realized how horrible it would be if I were eaten by the moon, the fear grew and threatened to eat away at my soul.
It’s okay now!
Since we’re going back to the time before the moon awakened, Gain, who figured out a great answer, will do well on her own!
The moment I was about to smile happily, I saw Ga-in’s expression.
A look of concern.
A somewhat stuffy expression.
There’s something left, it’s certain that something is left, but I don’t know exactly what it is!
“Cain?”
“…”
His eyes passed over the ‘hourglass’ and ‘camera’ in my hands.
I remembered what Gain had said a little while ago.
‘If it’s going to end like this, why did you bring an hourglass or a camera?’
I’m curious too!
If you can turn back time like this, why did you bring an hourglass and a camera to the moon?
— Boom!
As if waiting for it, a huge signal sound resonates throughout the world!
The ‘soon’ that Gain spoke of really meant immediately.
The earth, the sky – the entire world inside the moon began to shake.
—Whoosh!
“Whoa!”
“Hold my hand tight!”
A giant whirlpool.
A flow of power that cannot be seen with the eyes, but whose existence can definitely be felt!
The power of time suddenly began to engulf the surroundings.
That moment.
— Gooooooo…!
An overwhelming presence that shakes the entire dream world inside the moon.
Huge eyes that are so big that you’re afraid to even look them in the eye!
The moment we met, unbearable malice and anger burst out from each other.
?¦????!?
My head feels like it’s going to explode.
There were countless voices heard at once, and then there was no sound at all.
The spirit of revenge was trying to touch my mind at the same time, as if a million writhing tentacles were trying to tear me apart.
Countless fragmented minds.
The only light trying to wake up in it.
A shape that is just beginning to sprout!
A collection of infinite possibilities that overcomes all confusion and pain!
When I was about to stop breathing in fear, someone covered my eyes.
“Don’t look at it. It will soon disappear.”
“Go, Gain!”
“There’s no need to understand. It’s just the last word.”
It’s going to disappear soon?
To my eyes it seems like I’m resisting the power of One More Chance!
Even the Demon King of Room 206 resisted the Time Ruler in his own way, right?
Despite the combined powers of the Indomitable Reason and the Time Lord, the Demon King eventually awoke when the time came.
This means that the Time Ruler alone couldn’t defeat the Demon King!
Could One More Chance even turn back the time of the moon?
A calm voice that seemed to calm my anxiety.
“It’s okay. It’s falling apart. It might be possible after completion, but it’s impossible at the seed stage.”
“Hey, what is that!”
“The ultimate self. The spirit of God.”
“what?”
“I made a very dangerous gamble during this time period. I almost sent a being that had been standing in front of the wall for a long time through the real wall.”
The next moment, I felt a will to swallow up the whole world.
“I have ¦only a little bit of poetry??!”
This time, I felt like I could understand what ‘that thing’ was trying to say.
If only that monster had just a little more time to perfect his ultimate self!
At that time, it may have been truly irreversible.
—Whoosh!
The will of the moon wanes.
The time vortex brought about by One More Chance even swallowed up the moon!
I felt relieved at the thought that it was finally over.
When I was like that, with tears in my eyes and my shoulders drooping.
“Ha! Haha! Was this it?”
I saw Ga-in laughing as if she was speechless.
“what -”
Cain’s hand pointed to the hourglass.
“Turn it back! Now!”
“Oh, the camera is -”
“You’re not writing now. You’re writing ‘here’! Turn the hourglass!”
I thought to myself as I turned the hourglass absentmindedly.
Gain figured out through her insight that she would need to use a camera and an hourglass on the moon, so she took both tools with her.
The timing to use the hourglass is now, and the timing to use the camera is not now, but ‘here’?
My head hurts!
One More Chance uses an hourglass to turn back time?
So what the heck happens then?
Golden dawn.
This was my last memory.
*
– Kim Muk-seong
— Ting!
The whole world stopped with the sound of a coin flipping.
This is like a calm in the midst of a typhoon… .
Sooner or later, the power of time will consume all things.
I remember the scene in the dream kingdom just before where Cain bowed politely to the guy.
It was an attitude that didn’t match his usual confident appearance.
The reason is obvious.
This must be because of the ‘price of reversal’ that everyone has been avoiding to mention.
Some of my colleagues seemed to want to avoid using One More Chance because of this… .
What a stupid idea!
If you can’t use your inheritance because you’re afraid of the price, why get it in the first place?
Once you decide to use it, you have to accept the price.
That’s why there was no hesitation in my hand as I flipped the coin.
— Kookung!
However, I was curious about just one thing.
What is the price of reversing the flow?
When I wrote in issue 207, it was about 30 years old. Is it the same this time?
…
A story I already told Ari when I first wrote it.
The price of reverse aging is 30 years?
This means that people like Ari, who have no biological lifespan limit, can use it indefinitely.
That can’t be true.
If that was the case, the price would have just been ’30 years of aging’, there’s no reason to use the grand expression ‘the price of going against the grain’.
Aging by 30 years may not be a big deal in the cursed room, but in reality, it’s nothing special.
With the help of the Administration, it might be possible to transfer your brain to another body!
I think the key to the price is the number of times it can be done.
The key is to prevent me from writing as many times as I want.
You will pay a heavy price.
Perhaps, this may be the last time we use One More Chance.
When I lowered my gaze, I saw his trembling hands.
Haha, look at this?
You punk, Mukseong, do you plan on being so uncool at such an important moment?
Are you ready to accept your fate?
If that’s the case, then even if the price is instant death, you should accept it with a smile!
Immediately afterwards, a cosmic power reached out from a distant realm and took hold of my soul.
“iced coffee…!”
I found out what the price of going against the grain was.
— Kwajik!
I felt the spiritual pain of my soul being torn apart alive.
I heard the sound of the sturdy vessel of my soul breaking.
I knew that my mortal destiny had returned to me.
I am a regressor.
no.
He is a person who ‘was’ a regressor.
No longer a regressor.
I am mortal.
— Kookung!
As I closed my eyes tightly, feeling the pain of losing eternal life – I heard someone’s voice, even piercing through the vortex of time.
“Participant Kim Muk-seong. With this, all your desires have been fulfilled. However, there is still one step left until ascension.”
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