Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 627
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EP.627 Episode 627 – The Oldest Wish (8)
Episode 627 – The Oldest Wish (8)
– Elena
A quote from a great philosopher.
I think, therefore I am.
According to this, I must now be something that clearly exists… .
I can’t see ahead.
I can’t even hear a sound.
Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch – I felt nothing.
The only normal feeling is pain.
A headache so severe it makes my shivers run away and eats away at my consciousness.
At some point, I saw and heard something like noise.
Incomprehensible noise.
A list of uninterpretable images.
A vague realization that came only at this point.
Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin – the traditional senses are disappearing, and something has appeared in their place, gathering information about the surroundings.
My remaining brain and soul are unable to interpret this information and are only feeling intense pain.
It’s a given.
If we compare the brain to a computer, it would be like suddenly saying ‘Hello?’ to a machine that can only understand language made up of 0s and 1s.
Computers can’t understand this kind of language.
My intellect is unable to interpret this information.
…
Can’t control it.
Can’t control it.
Can’t control it.
The newly born body constantly sends out unknown information, but ‘Elena’ is unable to interpret it at all.
I can’t even give orders.
Funny enough, it seemed like my head and body spoke different languages.
Because so many changes happened so suddenly that there was no time to adapt.
…
Why did this happen? A life-threatening situation?
Life-threatening situations were a daily occurrence in hotels, so this alone cannot explain it.
Virgin Mary.
Because I saw something closer to immortality than any other contestant I’ve ever seen in my life.
Amputation? Decapitation? Full body burns?
To the Virgin Mary, this was nothing more than a scratch that could be laughed off.
An absurd creature that can regenerate as many times as you want even if you grind its entire body into a millstone and scatter it in the Pacific Ocean!
No, minerals.
The Virgin Mary achieved immortality by replacing her entire body with a Clifford Crystal.
Her presence gave me an epiphany.
…
It was a long time ago.
Memories of Beatrix, who killed us repeatedly in Room 201.
Beatrix had long ago lost her body and was now a being with only her brain in a glass case.
The body we saw of her was nothing more than a product of ominous imagination.
Like the Clifford Crystal, sinister imaginations can also replace the physical body.
This is also a way to overcome the difficulty of controlling the demonic hand, which is a weakness of ominous imagination, and the weakness of the main body at the same time.
I will soon become the very embodiment of my sinister imagination, which is truly the ultimate power!
However, there is a problem.
It’s because of a limitation that exists in me, but not in Beatrix, who was the original owner of the ability.
Time limit.
…
Something fell.
Soon, this time, something broke.
None of the creatures I have created can exist forever.
The flesh was no exception.
Even if a creature disappears, it can be recreated by recovering its strength.
But what about my body?
What remains after the body disappears?
…
I gained enlightenment.
I got it, but there’s something missing.
I need something to fill the gap.
I need it… .
I think I’ll die before I find it.
Are you going to die in vain, the vague realization you gained at the very end?
At that very moment.
A helping hand has arrived.
As always, it was ‘we’ who made up for my shortcomings.
“Hey, Sister Elena! Just wait a minute!”
Just before my consciousness faded, my intellect began to interpret strange information for the first time.
Clifford Crystal debris everywhere?
How do those pieces still remain?
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 234
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
“The date has passed.”
“It fell over.”
“…”
“…”
“That was a waste of advice.”
“okay.”
Yesterday, the first advice was spent asking about the ‘plain of sinners’, and the second advice was spent asking about the ‘deepest sea’.
The third one has disappeared as the date passes.
“I left it as an emergency notification.”
“I did the same.”
“If I had known this would happen, I would have written it.”
“I didn’t know the date would pass….”
Have you ever saved the number of advices for crisis notification purposes, only to have them disappear without being used because the date passed?
This happens often in hotels.
The reasons are different every time.
It is most often missed in the midst of a heated fight or deep thought.
Sometimes I don’t know what time it is, so I don’t know the date until just before it changes.
It is not uncommon for the flow of time itself to be distorted.
“There’s nothing I can do.”
“You have to forget what’s gone by.”
As I was nodding, I felt Miro’s bewildered gaze from the side.
If it weren’t for the tense situation, I think I would have said something like, ‘You two really get along!’
“You two get along really well!”
It’s a maze after all.
There’s no way to hold back what I want to say.
“…”
It is true that at some point I started to feel a subtle sense of kinship with my predecessors.
A being that shares the same blessings.
Depending on your perspective, he may be a competitor, but if you think about it differently, he is someone who has had similar concerns to me for a long time.
A person who, if I had the time, I would like to take the time to talk about various things.
At the same time, a cold voice whispered from somewhere in my heart.
‘The previous generation’s only goal is to escape the false world and climb to the third floor. If it’s for that goal, you can betray me at any time.’
Well, it goes without saying that we both have our own calculations, so there’s no need to discuss it again.
There are other pressing issues at hand.
— Gulp!
Miro grabbed my collar with trembling eyes.
“Oh, you still don’t know? Who will show up? I gave you some advice earlier!”
“…Your Majesty, what about you?”
“I’m sorry. I have no idea.”
“Virgin Mary?”
“I don’t see anything wrong with it.”
Who is waiting in the next area, the deepest part of the sea?
No one here has any clue.
Let’s say that I, an outsider, and my ancestors’ wisdom are like that.
Does it make sense that even the Virgin Mary, who has been supporting the moon for eons, cannot guess?
The previous two areas were different.
Just hearing the name of the Moon Church and Plain of Sinners, I expected the enemy to be the ‘Virgin Mary’ and ‘a large number of ghosts’.
Let’s consider the worst possibility.
The moon has never used it since its creation, and has now used a secret weapon that has been kept hidden even from its confidant, the Holy Mother?
The muttering voice of the ancestors.
“I thought about this too.”
“…”
“Could it be that the moon is a secret weapon that was recently created?”
Similar thoughts to mine.
“But, it was different when I asked the question yesterday.”
“…”
“When I asked who was the enemy of the deepest sea, the answer I got was ‘the beginning of all problems.’”
“He said to me, ‘I already know you.’”
The beginning of all problems.
A being I already know.
Ah, I feel like I can’t breathe.
Can’t you just speak a little more clearly?
This guy is a real owl!
“This bird has been making my heart sick for over ten thousand years.”
“…”
“Looking at the answer, it seems there’s no use asking any more.”
Suddenly, I felt closer to my ancestors’ wisdom.
At this point, the frustration is getting worse.
— CLANG!
“We will arrive at the next area soon.”
The ‘Deepest Sea’ sign began to flash on the dashboard.
Finally, the old man muttered with a serious expression.
“Unfortunately, there is no perfect plan. Let’s each improvise.”
— CLANG!
Arrived.
*
The first thing I noticed was the pressure I couldn’t resist.
It’s the deep sea water pressure that crushes humans in an instant!
Given that the name is ‘The Deepest Sea’, we expected this to happen and prepared countermeasures.
Immediately, the ancestors summoned something like a transparent, thin film and wrapped it around them.
“I can’t hold out for much longer!”
That barrier is an escape tool that our ancestors acquired long ago from hotels and schools.
Like wing boots or protective clothing, escape tools are primarily intended for one person.
This means that it cannot be used for long-term purposes to protect the majority as it is now!
— Hwarurur…!
I summoned the sacred sun and moved towards the elevator entrance.
When the curtain is torn, it’s my turn to hold on.
Actually, water pressure and such are fine.
The real enemy in the deepest sea must be somewhere else!
“Come out…!”
A moment when everyone looks out across the blue sea with extreme tension.
— Swaaaaat!
Something appeared across the ocean.
An overwhelming size that one cannot even begin to guess at.
“…”
It’s huge.
It’s vast.
It’s overwhelming.
It seemed as if Mother Nature was alive and moving.
— Beep!
My thoughts suddenly stopped as unidentified auditory hallucinations filled my mind.
The feeling of something with overwhelming weight pressing down on my entire body!
A moment when everyone feels dizzy and staggers.
The ‘box’ once again emerged from the hands of the wisdom of the past.
“Open! Pandora’s box!”
Pandora’s box has been opened.
Immediately afterwards, a voice sounds like an order.
“The root of all evil has been released…!”
The hunger of the hungry.
The wrath of the betrayed.
The agony of one hung from a pole.
The despair of those who have lost their fortune.
The obsession of someone who has lost love.
The sorrow of those who have lost their family.
The helplessness of the powerless.
The primordial evil that gave birth to all the evil in the world!
As the terrible evil spread out like fog from Pandora’s box, the huge figure approaching the elevator flinched for the first time.
The next order that comes to mind.
“There is only one thing left in the box, hope….”
In the darkest hell, the brightest star that shines brightest, ‘Hope’, warmly embraces everyone.
It’s incredibly refreshing and cool.
At this moment, I couldn’t feel the oppressive feeling of the monster outside the elevator at all.
“… A truly great legacy! Even though it is a hotel, such a treasure -”
The Virgin Mary’s voice is filled with sincere admiration.
“This is not the time to talk nonsense! I just bought a little time!”
The stern answer to this question comes from the wisdom of our ancestors.
Yes, no matter how strong the power of a single legacy is, it cannot truly threaten such an overwhelming being.
“I, that is… . What the hell is that? It’s not even the moon itself, how can it be like that -”
The wisdom of our ancestors is still in question.
On the other hand, the Virgin Mary and I realized the monster’s true identity.
“That’s the moon too.”
“what?”
I knew it.
I knew there was a guy like that, I’ve even heard his voice.
I just never imagined it would appear in this situation!
The Virgin Mary was often depicted as distinguishing between the moon and the prince.
The records I left in the status window even after disappearing sometimes portrayed the moon and the prince as if they were different beings.
This isn’t just a peculiar idiom.
The identity of the moon is a two-stage soul conglomerate.
This means that he is an imperfect god who has not been able to unite his spirit.
The ancient civilizations spoke of a ‘mentally ill god’.
The prince is never the whole moon.
It simply represents the entire moon through the mysterious power of the crown!
“… is one of the other spirits of the moon.”
It’s dizzying.
Our Lady of the Moon Church was an opponent that could be fought and defeated.
The bait tactic worked because the ghosts of the Plains of Sinners were practically mindless.
Even the last floor, the Prince of the Sanctuary, has an unclear strategy called the ‘Crown’!
How do we deal with that monster, that other spirit of the moon?
You can never win by force.
Since he is so intelligent, bait like that won’t work.
I haven’t even gotten my hands on the crown yet!
I felt breathless because I couldn’t come up with a solution.
At that moment.
“Advice: 3 -> 0”
‘If it was such a perfect pattern, why didn’t the prince use it until it got to this point?’