Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 662
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EP.662 Episode 662 – Room 301, The Cursed Room – ‘The Origin of Species’ (9)
Episode 662 – Room 301, The Cursed Room – ‘The Origin of the Species’ (9)
– Kim Ari
— Kookung!
The moment the monster that had been emitting such vicious power finally fell to the ground as a lump of flesh, a sense of joy and relief came over me at the same time.
“after!”
It was a really fierce battle before we could destroy this guy.
One thing is for sure, it wasn’t an easy opponent for me to face alone.
I was able to win because my colleague, who saw me struggling, joined me in time.
“Seungyeop, you did well.”
“…”
“Are you still not in your right mind?”
“…”
“When the hell are you going to come to your senses? Gain’s side – Oh, I think it’s okay there. Let’s go back to the truck.”
Seungyeop followed my words as if he were a controlled doll.
*
The truck situation was also over.
Fortunately, there were no deaths, but there were several injuries.
The person who was most seriously injured was Cha Jin-cheol, but since it was Cha Jin-cheol, it didn’t seem to be a serious problem.
The wound on my right arm, which was half-amputated, is trying to wiggle and stick itself back together.
Honestly, even trolls would be surprised by this!
On the other hand, Mukseong and Elena were in poor condition even though they were injured much less.
Luckily, trucks have some of the best names in the world.
“Elena, are you sick?”
“Oh, it hurts!”
“Please be patient.”
At the same time, Sang-Hyeon’s hand entered Elena’s stomach.
It really went in like that, didn’t it?
A human hand penetrates the skin and enters the body!
Blessing – I know that Sang-Hyeon’s healing ability is supernatural due to his sincerity, but it’s honestly strange to see him after such a long time.
“Eww!”
“Please be patient a little longer.”
“Gyaaaah!”
It’s almost like a field hospital on a war zone.
At that moment, Cain appeared from behind.
“Thank goodness, no one died.”
“Yeah. Gain, have you seen how they fight on the truck side?”
I didn’t see it at all because I didn’t have time to check the truck.
“After using the maze as bait to lure the enemy -”
“Who are you baiting? Maze?”
“It couldn’t be helped. The labyrinth can withstand mental attacks because of its immutability.”
“…”
“Many people were injured while fighting the lured enemy. Jincheol hyung was able to block the attacks one after another. Elena used self-defense and destroyed it.”
The idea of ??using a maze as bait was a bit jarring at first, but the plan itself seemed plausible.
Wouldn’t I have planned a similar operation?
This time, Gain asked me.
“You were fighting alongside Seungyeop, what happened? It must have been difficult for Seungyeop to resist his opponent’s physical transfer ability.”
“… You thought so too? I thought so too.”
“what?”
Some of the powers that the companions gain at the hotel can only be used for very special purposes.
This ability is rarely used in daily life, so everyone tends to half-forget it.
“The first human.”
“ah?”
“When I use that, the other person’s manipulation doesn’t work.”
Even Gain didn’t know, and she opened her eyes wide and couldn’t hide her surprise.
“Is it the concept that the self created as the primordial human being has priority over physical control?”
“It’s hard to understand when you say it like that.”
“I just guessed.”
By the time we were talking about this, there was no more screaming coming from the truck.
It looks like the first aid is roughly finished.
“let’s go.”
*
As we gathered and exchanged opinions, we realized one unfortunate fact.
The fact that even though they fought quite fiercely, Gain was the only one who obtained any meaningful information!
To begin with, neither Seungyeop nor the truck party were able to kill the enemy.
Because although the physical body could be destroyed, the mental body could not be prevented from escaping.
Gain muttered with a somewhat dark expression.
“They say that what is happening now is the seed we planted. We gave them several opportunities and even tried to negotiate, but we kicked them all away.”
“When you say ‘we’, do you mean humanity? Or the Administration?”
“It certainly is. And….”
“and?”
“According to the advice, it has to do with the ‘Origin of Species’.”
I feel like my head is getting more and more complicated.
I really don’t know the story behind the origin of the species.
At that time, Sang-Hyeon showed a slightly cynical reaction.
“Again, again, again the Administration? It looks like the Administration is up to something strange again.”
“…”
Mukseong and I had nothing to say so we just smiled awkwardly, and Sanghyeon added later as if making an excuse.
“I mean, the management office in room 301. Not the real management office -”
Mukseong chuckled.
“Again, again, again, you say it’s the management office?”
“That, that -”
“Okay. It’s true that the Administration does a lot of weird things. Honestly, I think so too. They’re a bunch of idiots.”
“Ahem!”
At that time, Cha Jin-cheol carefully opened his mouth.
“I’m saying this because I’ve worked as an agent myself… .”
Oh, really?
Unlike his other colleagues who only received agent badges in name, Jincheol has been working as a real agent for several months!
I feel a strange sense of satisfaction at the fact that there seems to be one more member of the pro-management faction within the hotel party.
“It’s true that the management is a bit of a pushover, but they do have sincerity.”
“sincerity?”
“It is true that it is an organization that works for humanity. It is not for individuals, but there is a definite sense of mission to work for all of humanity.”
Sang-Hyeon made a slightly complicated expression.
“If you think about it, regressors are people who can enjoy pleasure without any responsibility if they want. And yet, don’t the regressors belonging to the Management Bureau grit their teeth and go looking for monsters and demons?”
“…”
“The sense of chosen people is the basics, they don’t even treat civilians as people, and they are the ones who have erased words like basic rights from their dictionary… .”
“…”
“I have a sense of mission to protect humanity.”
As I listened, I found myself blushing slightly.
Honestly, I don’t think that’s wrong.
If there was no sense of mission, what kind of crazy person would go around looking for demons and monsters hiding all over the world?
At that time, Ga-in, who had been listening to Jin-cheol’s words, answered.
“That’s the summary. It’s the great race of Ys’s perspective to blame all problems on the Administration. The Administration must have their own reasons, and those reasons must be for the good of humanity.”
“Oh, right.”
“That makes sense. Let’s go out and talk about it in detail. For now….”
Cain looked up at the sky with an extremely dark expression.
“Let’s focus on the situation right now. The situation is very ominous.”
Everyone looked at Ga-in with anxious expressions.
“We still have a hard time gauging our opponent’s power, but they have obtained quite a bit of information about us.”
“…”
“Not only did we have a noisy fight, but two of the three opponents escaped. At this point, I think they’ve learned quite a bit about our individual abilities.”
“… That’s right.”
“Honestly, isn’t it a miracle that we’re still alive?”
I can’t breathe.
“Let’s say the enemy is the Administration. It seems like dozens or hundreds of missiles flew in from somewhere we couldn’t even see and hit us.”
“… I know.”
“Even the opponent is an alien race that has subdued that administration. Of course, due to the nature of the psychic race, they may lack physical weapons -”
This is the moment when Gain explains how dangerous the current situation is.
“- what!”
Gain instinctively summoned the sacred sun.
As if he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis!
A mass of pure white light that heats up the area as soon as it is summoned, the sacred sun.
Isn’t this the pinnacle of strength among all the legacies that Hotel Party has acquired?
But no matter how powerful a legacy is, it is ultimately just a tool.
It is a star that cannot shine on its own, so it will only fade away in vain once its user is crushed.
Just like right now!
A powerful blow that flies from the sky at a speed that leaves you unable to even react!
The sound came a moment later.
—Whoosh!
The defense that Gain attempted with the sacred sun was only half effective.
Although he was able to protect his comrades by reducing the power of the blow that came flying from the sky, he was unable to prevent his own head from disappearing.
“Ah, uh…!”
The urgency is such that even screaming is a luxury!
I used the isomorphic polyhedron like crazy without taking a breath.
Build, build, build a wall – bang!
The moment the blow flew in again and pierced through my best defense, I felt a burning sensation in my right arm.
Your arm is gone.
It felt like it took exactly 1.5 seconds to get here.
— Saaaah…!
A distant whisper from beyond the sky.
A voice that doesn’t contain any clear intentions, but at the same time makes you feel a lot.
A very old longing.
An eon of time that could not be achieved.
The pain of being interrupted just before achieving a goal.
Irreversible failure.
Inevitable destruction.
A ray of hope!
…
I closed my eyes once, and before I could open them, the sky had turned dark red.
The opponent was a sophisticated being that treated all creatures on earth as coarse lumps of flesh.
It was as if – we had reached the end of evolution.
“…”
Not a single hair on my body moved.
The overwhelming force seemed to have turned everyone in the area into stone.
An unbelievable moment when the world seems to stop.
The writhing figure stops for a moment near Cain.
The waste of time was not long.
Because the opponent immediately ignored me as I collapsed on the ground and headed towards my colleagues at the rear.
The first one was a maze.
Since the time machine can be used by will alone, Miro was able to successfully summon Eunsol.
However, Eunsol, who appeared, was frozen like a stone and couldn’t do anything.
It didn’t take long for Miro’s body to split in two.
Seungyeop’s situation was slightly better.
The soul ship appeared as the body was destroyed, but the opponent ignored it because it was difficult to destroy the soul ship on the spot.
Of course, it would only be to the extent of leaving solid food aside.
I think Jincheol rebelled to some extent.
Although it is not something that can be moved, the other world’s star fragment is a relic that exerts its power simply by summoning it.
Unfortunately, Mukseong couldn’t make a sound even once.
One More Chance is inevitable because it requires a ‘bounce’ action.
I realized this as I watched half of my colleagues being annihilated in less than 10 seconds.
iced coffee….
This guy, this monster, this great man is none other than the ‘Duke’.
different.
It’s so different from the ones I’ve fought so far.
To put it bluntly, I couldn’t believe that they were the same species.
The gap was so big that it was laughable, so I didn’t even feel angry, let alone resentful.
If I felt gratitude for the sight of someone killing me instantly without much pain, would that explain how I feel right now?
If there’s one thing I regret, it’s that the fight started off with the strongest one among us being ambushed and dying in vain.
At that moment when I was about to lose my mind.
“Uh, uh… huh?”
Did you hear a voice?
My body, my body moves!
The reaction of my colleagues, who realized that the bonds had been released, was swift.
In the first place, how could we afford to see a monster like this?
“I am now death -”
Just then the final flash is fired, and ominous visions spew forth malevolence that shakes the horizon.
Of course, I also concentrated my consciousness to the point where my eyes became bloodshot and split the space repeatedly!
— Thud thud!
Tentacles dripping down, purple liquid wetting the floor!
Are our attacks working?
Even the final flash is unmanageable, so look at the way he dodges and soaks the floor with sticky liquid!
Although he is incredibly strong, he is not at the level of a prisoner.
At that very moment, I heard the other person’s voice for the first time.
‘…isn’t he dead yet?’
You’re not dead yet?
Who are you talking about –
— Snap!
Someone’s hand grabbed my ankle.
Now I know why everyone’s bonds were released!
“…”
I was afraid to look down at the floor.
A man without a head should die.
Even if you are a regressor, it’s the same!
You just wake up in the next loop, you’re not alive and moving without a head.
So then, what is that ‘figure’ with its head missing and its hand outstretched, holding an open book of grimoire?
“Cain….”
And then – the small tool that was in Cain’s arms came into my hands.