Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 626
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EP.626 Episode 626 – The Oldest Wish (7)
Episode 626 – The Oldest Wish (7)
– Lee Eun-sol
The moon calls this place the Plain of Sinners.
That is, the ghosts that fill all around are ‘sinners’ in the eyes of the moon.
“Most of the souls inside the moon are survivors who remained in the world after the ark left, after the end was certain.”
After the ark leaves, there will be at least several billion survivors left in the world.
The history of the moon is one that has swallowed them up without rest.
“They probably aren’t survivors of the recent loop.”
It is unclear exactly when this happened, but the completed Ark began slaughtering survivors on Earth with the ‘Light of Doom’ before being released from the loop.
It’s a little funny to think about now, but didn’t Grandpa Arina come into the hotel thinking he had to stop the ‘light that calls for an end’?
At that time, neither of us were silent, so we didn’t know the truth.
Isn’t it that the management expected that the hotel, whether the agent knew it or not, would understand and provide the appropriate legacy or tool?
“From the perspective of the Moon, most of the survivors are souls abandoned by the Administration. They are both victims and objects of salvation.”
The moon took pity on most of the survivors.
The work of purifying through the dream of eternity and being reborn as a believer of the Church of the Moon.
Although it may seem like hell to us, the Moon sees this process as purification and rebirth, that is, salvation.
Of course, you may also have a desire to grow yourself!
“Then who is the sinner?”
Gain glanced at Ari as he said this, and Ari also sighed as if she had realized something.
“…the abandoned lower-level officials of the administration.”
The Administration is an organization that rules the entire world.
The number of agents is very small, but the number of staff is enormous.
There are also a great number of lower-ranking officials who were part of the Management Bureau but were not considered valuable human resources and thus did not board the ark.
These are sinners in the eyes of the moon.
Ari muttered with a dark expression.
“We are all trapped on the moon, subject to eternal vengeance.”
“It’s not eternal vengeance.”
The voice of the Virgin Mary.
It looks like you’ve come to your senses a little bit thanks to the help you received from the flute a little while ago.
“what?”
“It is not retaliation, but a just punishment, and there is a sentence. If they pay the price for their sins, they too can be saved and become members of the Moon Church.”
As everyone’s eyes turned to the Virgin Mary, she quickly added as if making an excuse.
“… It’s not my opinion, it’s the moon’s opinion.”
Ouch!
I realized the transformation of the Virgin Mary along with the feeling of doing it.
A look that recalls and explains the perspective of the past moon.
Realizing how their explanation might make us feel and making excuses.
At first, he followed our words without resistance, like a child, but now he’s so sane.
I think it may have had some influence from the flute I played a little while ago.
I remember the first thing Ga-in said.
‘Don’t use the flute.’
I never forgot the warning.
But the situation just now was so tense!
Because the Virgin Mary was oppressed by the tidal wave of nightmares that surged in from all directions, she was on the verge of fainting at any moment.
If the Virgin Mary ever collapses, the elevator will be gone forever.
So, Gain must have kept quiet while watching me play the flute.
“…”
It was a repetition of unavoidable choices, but my heart pounded when I saw the Virgin Mary who had become so healthy as a result.
Is it okay?
What is the Virgin Mary thinking now?
— Kirik!
An eerie sound of scratching against an outer wall.
Immediately afterwards, a terrified Miro’s voice was heard.
“That, that explanation is enough! What should I do? The number of ghosts has increased!”
Now, the maze is right.
It is clear how harsh and terrifying a place the Plain of Sinners is.
The important thing is how you respond!
“They are animals with only instinct left, closer to wild beasts. They are more like mad beasts than people.”
I couldn’t hold it in any longer and shouted.
“so!”
— Crunch! Crunch!
“Can I go out now? I’m ready! With the power of the star fragments -”
Cha Jin-cheol, with his eyes wide open, shouted as if he was about to summon a star at any moment.
“Don’t even think about fighting! If you do, you’ll be a much tougher opponent than the Virgin Mary.”
I understand what you mean.
The Virgin Mary may be powerful, but she is ultimately only one person, and sinners are colossal phantoms whose numbers are too numerous to count.
“You have to seduce her using the flute!”
Use the flute to seduce her.
The moment I heard those words, I understood Gain’s plan.
Soon, Cain’s eyes turned to ‘me’.
iced coffee….
I see
Now it was my turn.
“Sister.”
“Gain, do your best!”
He smiled brightly and headed towards the elevator doors that were about to disappear.
“Let’s go together.”
Opaque steps suddenly appeared outside the door.
Looking back, Ari was following me.
“We have to do it together. Eunsol, can you fly?”
“None.”
A space where imagination becomes reality.
A dream world created by the moon.
No matter what anyone says, the one who handles dreams the best as an individual is the Virgin Mary.
But it is the law of the world that one hand cannot fight ten hands.
Even the Virgin Mary’s dream collapsed in front of countless nightmares, barely able to last a few seconds.
If Ari doesn’t create a stable area with an isosceles polyhedron, I won’t be able to survive outside the elevator.
*
It is so difficult for the Virgin Mary to restore the elevator in a place full of dreams of hell!
So someone has to get the sinner’s attention outside the elevator.
Who can attract the attention of sinners?
It’s me!
Sinners are just ghosts who have lost their senses and are in endless pain.
There is only one thing they long for: rest.
Unfortunately, even the power of the flute cannot return them to their former sane state.
Because the plate was more than just broken; it was burned, crushed, melted, and mixed until it became a mud paste.
It is a being that has come too far to be restored.
However, it was possible to at least temporarily stop the pain.
There can be no greater temptation for sinners than this.
Sinner’s Plain, Stage 1 of the Strategy.
“Canary in a cage.”
“What is that?”
“The name of the operation I gave it.”
A hell filled with nightmares boiling like bubbles.
I held the flute in a tiny cage made of isosceles polyhedrons.
— Roo!
The sound of the flute was quite elegant compared to before.
“Your flute skills have improved considerably. Have you been practicing? Oh, no need to answer.”
Yeah. I practiced while watching YouTube videos.
“When you play the flute of rest, you don’t need any playing skills, right?”
That’s true, but it’s so boring if all you hear is the sound of the wind blowing all the time.
The flute of rest is an ancient treasure that contains the power of the sea god.
“… the souls of sinners are increasing in number.”
The number of spectres flocking in is growing.
The landscape of the plain gradually changed into a hellish sight that the human mind could not endure.
— Squeak!
Nightmares come in waves, engulfing the world.
A whirlwind of pain that will never end!
Countless figures that have lost even their human form cry out in sorrow.
iced coffee…!
I saw it.
I finally saw it.
He who brings about all suffering!
Should we stop such a being?
Who? Us? Cain?
“Calm down! Calm down and focus on your flute.”
“… thank you.”
I thought I had become quite courageous after going through all sorts of things at the hotel, but I guess I still lack the skills.
If Ari hadn’t cut me off in the middle, I would have been in big trouble.
— Roo-o… !
I tried to focus on playing and force myself to think of other things.
Memories of the past flash through my mind.
I have been in the public eye since childhood.
It is only natural, since he is the heir to the blood of the chairman of Daeyang Group, one of the largest conglomerates in South Korea.
As soon as I entered middle school, an article came out about the relationship between the school’s private foundation and the Daeyang Group.
It was common for people to change their fashion just for a change, only to have it featured in a magazine as a “chaebol fashion trend.”
At the time, I felt uncomfortable seeing the media focusing on my every action… .
Let’s admit it.
I felt a bit of a sense of superiority.
Am I this great?
I was born into a really great family!
…
Gaze.
Gaze.
Gaze.
It is still receiving a lot of attention.
The ghosts of eons, whose number I dare not even count, look at me.
How do I appear to them?
A fatty steak that appears before the eyes of a demon that has been starving for 1,000 years?
“…”
Yeah, look at me.
What’s over there? Nothing?
I am your fattening meat and your sweet wine.
So don’t look at the elevator, look at me!
— Roo-o… !
What pitiful souls.
Abandoned by the administration while alive, and subject to the moon’s vengeance after death.
A fate even more miserable than that of the believers of the Moon Church.
The canary’s song spreads to the ends of Hell.
I hoped that the souls exposed to the power of the flute would be able to forget their pain, even if only for a moment.
…
How much time had passed? Five minutes? Ten minutes?
My head has been pounding for a while now and my sense of time is weird.
Huh? Time?
I think I just had a good idea….
At that moment, a faint sound was heard from afar.
— CLANG!
“Now, the elevator has disappeared from this space.”
While I was paying attention, the Virgin Mary seemed to have restored the elevator and set off.
“Okay, okay. Eunsol, you did well.”
“…”
Ari’s voice is extremely tired.
Is it because we’ve been together for a long time?
Just by listening to Ari’s voice, I can get a general idea of ??what she’s thinking.
Aside from our success in sending the elevator, I think it’s unlikely we’ll survive.
why?
Because no power we possess is infinite.
A birdcage made of isosceles polyhedrons.
The surrounding ghosts were calmed by the power of the flute.
The small miracle created by the two legacies will end when the time comes.
— Bam!
“Are you done?”
“Yeah. Even if I blow more, there’s no more strength left in the flute.”
“Okay? What do you want to do now?”
“… Ari, what do you think?”
“Nothing much. Should I commit suicide?”
A blade of cold air appeared at the tip of Ari’s smiling finger.
The power of old blood?
It feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.
“If I commit suicide here, won’t the moon swallow me up?”
“Okay. What should I do…?”
He said this while looking at Ari who was smiling bitterly.
“I have a plan.”
“what?”
“I don’t think Gain even thought of this. I just thought of it a little while ago. Isn’t it great?”
“…What are your plans?”
“It’s very dangerous. There are many variables.”
“It’s dangerous anyway. Any variables can only lead to hell.”
“Then first.”
“first?”
“Ari, you should write ‘The Girl Without Presence’ and run right now.”
“…”
“I told you to run?”
Will a girl with no presence be able to fight against ghosts?
Ari wouldn’t know either.
I just do the best I can.
Ari seemed to have realized something and started running out of the cage without saying a word.
Soon, the cage made by the isosceles polyhedron began to blur.
Once the minimal safety net that protected me from the dreams of hell is gone, there is no obstacle between me and the spectres of hell.
Gaze.
Gaze.
Gaze.
Madness comes in waves.
In front of him I… .
— Click!
I used the precious brooch that always protected one side of my head, ‘Hojopmong’!
Five, ten, twenty, thirty – dozens of ‘nightmare butterflies’ began to flutter mysteriously.
This number is woefully inadequate.
therefore….
[Hand of Greed: 1 -> 0]
“Maximum output of wish! Even if it’s just once, please make the power of Hojopmong much stronger! And -”
Hey, this kind of wish may seem a bit tame, but it might be possible!
“If possible, could you please make the moon disappear?”
—Whoosh!
I made a wish.
and.
[The latter is too unscrupulous. He was greedy. The former was accomplished.]
Suddenly, the blue brooch began to tremble, and a huge swarm of butterflies began to pour out from within it!
“Ha, haha! Thank you!”
My skills in dealing with dreams are incomparable to the Virgin Mary’s, but sometimes quantity overwhelms quality.
I think in the midst of a storm of swirling nightmare butterflies.
Another nightmare I’m trying to implement.
A soul that has lost its intelligence is like a beast, and must be disciplined with a whip.
I will show you the nightmares that ghosts fear the most.
A dream so scary that no one can come near me!
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