Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 661
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EP.661 Episode 661 – Room 301, The Cursed Room – ‘The Origin of Species’ (8)
Episode 661 – Room 301, The Cursed Room – ‘The Origin of the Species’ (8)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 4
Current Location: Level 3, Room 301, Room of the Curse – ‘The Origin of Species’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
After the first battle, the first thing that came out of my mouth was this:
“We need to leave the protected area quickly.”
Some of my colleagues looked puzzled, but there were also those like Agent Mukseong and Sanghyun who nodded as if they understood the situation.
“The reason is simple. First, the Great Race will soon send a punitive force. That means we will have to fight again soon.”
The biggest problem was that it allowed the lower-level entity that had just fought to escape.
Since they were pushed back without much resistance from me, the punitive force of the great race that will arrive soon will be even stronger.
“Second, fighting here itself is disadvantageous to us.”
I thought further explanation would be needed, but as soon as I brought it up, Ari nodded repeatedly and explained instead.
“There are too many people everywhere. Each and every one of them can be used by the Great Race. But, um, it’s hard to clean up the surroundings.”
Cleaning… .
“It’s right for us to leave this place. Let’s go right away.”
After hearing this, Jincheol and Sanghyeon came up with some useful stories.
“I heard while I was walking around the reserve earlier that there was a truck that was in pretty good condition.”
“Civilization has collapsed and 30 years have passed, how can the oil be in good condition?”
“Brother, I heard that you requested it from a great race.”
“That’s another interesting story.”
I thought I knew what Hyung Sang-Hyeon found so fascinating.
A situation where human civilization has already collapsed.
Even though the great race of Iss slaughters and eats all of humanity, they have no ability to rebel against humanity.
But why was it necessary to create a protected area?
To keep the promise before the end?
It’s a wonder that in this universe without faith, that promise is kept.
“…”
At that moment, it occurred to me that what I just realized was quite crucial.
Unfortunately, there is no time to worry any more.
“Let’s go.”
*
When we arrived at the truck, Jincheol naturally tried to sit in the driver’s seat.
“I’ll drive, the rest of you can ride in the trunk -”
“My brother shouldn’t drive.”
“uh?”
“Isn’t it difficult to resist a great race?”
What if Jincheol, who was driving the truck, suddenly turns around and hits the wall?
I’d rather save the person than have the truck break down.
“Oh, that’s right. Then driving… . Uh, isn’t it too much for Agent Mukseong as well?”
“Ari, can you drive a truck?”
“…I’m not confident about the truck.”
No, haven’t you been an agent for tens or hundreds of years?
There are still cars that don’t know how to drive!
Ari, reading the absurdity in my expression, reacted in disbelief this time.
“Gain, you still don’t have a driver’s license, what’s with that expression on your face?”
“…”
Elena sat in the driver’s seat without saying a word, as the car was about to panic at the sharp counterattack.
“Everyone, please get in the back.”
“…”
“Have you all forgotten? I learned how to drive from my father. Also, I have a clear mind, so I can resist the Great Race once.”
Everyone except Elena in the driver’s seat gathered in a circle around the maze.
Since there are many companions with weak mental defense capabilities, there is no choice but to rely on Miro – or more precisely, on Sister Eunsol’s flute that Miro can summon.
“But Mr. Gain, where are you going from now on?”
I shouted without hesitation.
“Just go somewhere where there doesn’t seem to be anyone.”
“yes?”
“There is no specific destination, but the goal is to get away from the protected area. Anyway, the Great Race will send troops soon.”
“Well, then?”
“We need to knock them down and catch one of them for interrogation.”
*
As soon as we stepped outside the protected area, everyone became quiet.
Unlike the protected area, which had a shabby but inhabited city feel, the outside had completely changed to resemble an alien planet.
—Whew!
The surroundings were filled with endless sandstorms, and whenever my vision cleared up for a moment, a scenery that defied common sense would appear.
“What the heck is that?”
Can you imagine a building floating in the air, trapped in a drop of water?
What does it look like when a rainbow wiggles like a living creature?
The truck felt like the only reality that penetrated this twisted world.
Elena, sitting in the driver’s seat, couldn’t hide her bewildered expression, as if she didn’t know where to go from now on.
“Elena.”
“Yes, yes! I’ve been waiting. Where should we go?”
“Just go straight.”
“yes?”
“They’re coming from that direction anyway.”
A dark shape looming beyond the blurry vision.
Soon, his colleagues began to look west with nervous expressions.
“Miro, if you feel it’s dangerous, summon Eunsol immediately.”
“huh!”
“Don’t summon them recklessly unless it’s a really dangerous situation.”
“huh?”
“If Eunsol doesn’t come out on time, we’ll be in danger in an instant, so you can’t be late.”
“Uh, yeah!”
“If I summon Eunsol noona too early, it will be a huge waste of time, so it can’t be early. There’s only one hour.”
“…”
Ari, who had been listening, sighed.
“Miro, ignore what Cain says and summon me when I say it.”
“huh!”
— Saaaahhh…!
An ominous atmosphere, as if a dark blue mist was spreading.
In an instant, a dark figure approached within a 30m radius, and I immediately summoned the Grimoire.
The magical power of the unborn took over the area, and a mysterious sight that was not usually seen came into view.
A scene of five or six gray-white tentacles stretching out beyond the fog!
It seemed as if the tentacles themselves were invisible to the eyes of his colleagues.
If it was Eunsol, who had monocular eyes, would she have seen something?
The first place the tentacles headed was, of course, Elena in the driver’s seat.
— Blame!
He immediately moved towards Elena and borrowed her magical power.
“Ahh!”
“Stay still.”
A situation where the dark blue magic extending from me clashes with the power of the great race.
At that moment, I felt the presence of an incomprehensible being beyond the fog.
‘I wonder who you are… .’
I didn’t have the time or the inclination to tell you.
As she was blocking the attack aimed at Elena, more than ten more gray-white tentacles flew in from all directions!
“Oh no! Wasn’t it one? A maze!”
“Maze, summon!”
Eventually, Eunsol showed up and I had to use the flute.
Ari asked with an urgent expression.
“How is it? It seems like there’s a fight going on right now!”
“All the tentacles are broken.”
“Did you manage to block it well once?”
“… Miro, send Eunsol back right now.”
What I felt after one workshop.
It’s not impossible for me to protect my comrades with the power of the Grimoire, but it’s not easy either.
There is no problem with the performance or skill of the heritage, but it is due to a fundamental difference in the tools.
The Grimoire is a sword, and the Flute of Peace is a shield.
Which is easier to block arrows with: a sword or a shield?
A person who is holding a shield for the first time can block an arrow more easily than a master of the possessed sword.
That is, in order to protect my colleagues, I have to repeatedly call out to Eunsol here and there.
“… Summon.”
“recall!”
Eunsol noona popped out again.
But this time, the mind-robbing attempt wasn’t over.
“Advice: 3 -> 2”
“Shots ahead!”
“Stop it!”
He immediately shouted at Ari and unleashed the power of the sacred sun in front of him.
— Kookung! Woorung!
I blocked the first shell, but the truck rocked up and down with a shockwave that shook the ground.
“Ahhh!”
Miro’s scream was short-lived, as Jincheol grabbed Miro and regained his balance.
It was Ari who stopped the second shell.
A much cleaner defense than when I blocked it, as it is an isomorphic polyhedron that separates the space itself!
Even so, it couldn’t stop everyone’s expressions from turning pale.
“… It’s not just about body snatching!”
“As time goes by, they’ll bring more powerful weapons. For now, they’re probably just hastily gathering the weapons they found nearby.”
Only after the second attack did Agent Mukseong cry out in confusion.
“What happened? I can’t see the other person.”
“The other person is avoiding your approach.”
“what?”
I relayed the situation to my colleagues as calmly as possible.
“There are three enemies. Each one is stronger than the one before. All three of them don’t approach and only attack from a distance – ugh!”
—Whoosh!
Kim Muk-seong: What?
Han Ga-in: If you approach them, they will judge that it is dangerous for them too! Summon them!
Because of the continuous explosion of sound, they couldn’t hear each other, and the chat window started to get noisy.
Han Ga-in: Send it back!
Kim Ari: Are you wasting their time? You’re wasting Eunsol’s time!
Kim Muk-seong: How is that judgment possible? You don’t know about the time zone.
Han Ga-in: Summon!
I guessed this part.
I don’t know the specific performance of each of our legacies, but I’m sure our enemies have a sense of it!
Han Ga-in: Send it back!
“Ugh, Eunsol must be having a hard time too!”
Kim Ari: Miro, don’t talk and go to the chat window!
Han Ga-in: It’s not about knowing about the individual legacies of the time zone. It’s about waiting for the defensive measures we use to be exhausted.
Kim Sang-hyun: That’s reasonable. They’ve already conquered the world, and supplies will be plentiful, so time is on the enemy’s side.
In that short period of time, Eunsol came and went several times.
A message from the suddenly terrified Miro.
Miro: Eunsol, there’s less than 30 minutes left!
Kim Sang-hyun: There’s no answer to holding on. Ga-in, who can fly + defend her own mind, must be pursued and killed by Ari.
I feel it too!
There’s no answer if we hold out, Ari and I have to go and kill those guys!
However, there were only three enemies and they were good at tactical movement.
Besides, Ari and I are in charge of defending the truck.
If Ari and I each chase after one enemy, what will the remaining one of the three enemies do?
If I were you, I’d attack the truck.
If both of the guys in charge of defense are gone, what happens to the truck mates?
Kim Sang-hyun: If you try to protect everyone, everyone dies.
“…”
“Advice: 2 -> 1”
‘Is the decision to attack correct?’
“Why do you want to do everything when you call me your colleague?”
If it were before, I would have trusted my colleagues and left without hesitation, but before I knew it, I was the one who couldn’t trust my colleagues!
I kicked the truck with a sudden feeling of clarity in my head.
Ari was already flying forward.
Yes, my colleagues are also heroes who overcame the hell of the hotel.
It’s time to believe again and leave!
*
A vague shape revealed beyond the sand dust.
The enemy resembled a giant floating jellyfish.
Of course, the essence of the Great Race is a spiritual body that is not bound by the flesh.
I guess I should see that jellyfish-like body as some kind of powerful weapon.
As I approached like lightning, two entities attempted to attack me at the same time.
At that moment, my mind contracted into a single point and an extremely solid absolute self was formed.
“…Serena, even though you are dead, you still live inside me.”
Serena would definitely think so too.
Wouldn’t putting the enlightenment of the dead to good use be the best I can do?
It is unfortunate that due to the nature of power, I can only protect my ego.
— Phagec!
Several tentacles snapped in an instant, and the great race felt itself flinch.
‘That’s why they say you’re like a peacock!’
‘But it’s not a peacock. Saying it looks like a peacock is a mistake by ????.’
In the midst of the mental wave, only the part corresponding to the name felt like a completely alien language.
As if their names could not be expressed in human language.
Soon, one of the entities moved sideways and towards the truck, while the other one ran towards me instead.
As expected, one of them is blocking me, and the other one seems to be attacking my truck mates!
I clenched my teeth and didn’t look back.
“… won’t last long.”
A fact I realized after a couple of power struggles.
The three entities that appeared this time are clearly stronger than the ones that first clashed in the protected area, but that doesn’t mean they’re my opponents!
A spiral of gray-white tentacles approaching, and an explosion bursting from the ground at the same time.
It is a strange skill that allows one to handle magical attacks and firearms simultaneously.
If it had been the first floor, wouldn’t it have been useless to not be able to properly block either of them?
After receiving a magical attack with the power of the Absolute Self, the explosion on the floor was avoided by changing the flight trajectory.
At this moment, the floating great race, despite having no facial features, trembled all over its body, revealing a sense of crisis.
“Hot!”
The long, blue lines overlapped one after another, generating tremendous firepower.
A force that seemed capable of melting a 10-ton ship struck the dark blue jellyfish, and the enemy instantly turned into purple blood.
Of course, the nature of the opponent is not like a wriggling jellyfish!
— Shhh!
A situation where the great race tries to escape from the body with a sound or a tingling wave.
Earlier, I allowed him to escape because it was a strange fight that I had never experienced before.
It was also because there were too many bodies around for a great race to take on – the survivors of the sanctuary.
Not now!
“Yay!”
In an instant, the dark blue magic that extended from the grimoire illuminated the entire area, and the great race found advanced creatures that could be used for escape.
There are only two candidates.
— Kwajik!
After two flying birds were pierced by the heat ray and turned into pieces of meat, the great lost race returned to being a dying jellyfish before my eyes.
“What are you going to do now?”
The moment defeat was confirmed, the words that the great race uttered were truly unexpected.
— Support!
‘… Everything that happens today is the result of the seeds you have sown.’
“what?”
‘We have given you countless chances. It was your choice to kick all negotiations away and start a war you cannot win.’
“Intelligible words -”
‘What would change even if I were to kill myself? Only misery awaits me after a pointless struggle…’
“…”
I feel like something important is being said, but I can’t understand it.
Luckily, I had the ability for moments like this.
“Advice: 1 -> 0”
‘What on earth is this?’
“The title of the room is not given without a reason. Isn’t it the name of a very famous book?”
The origin of species.
“…”
First, let’s go back to our colleagues.
There must have been results on your side as well.