Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 95
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Episode 95 – No. 102, Room of the Curse – ‘Mansion of Horror’ Re (8)
* Fourth attempt
– Eunsol Lee
What time is it? I just kept ringing the bell and waiting for the ‘destruction team’ to come and destroy the altar.
—Taaaang! Taaaang!
It’s really copper. I’ve heard a lot of bells in my life, but this is the first time I’ve heard a bell sound so bad.
At first, I thought Ga-in couldn’t play, but after taking turns to allocate stamina, I realized it was a problem with the bell itself.
Of course, since it is a bell that suppresses evil power, there is no need for the sound to be clear.
Ga-in, who was resting and drinking coffee across from me, looked up.
“Eunsol noona.”
“huh?”
“It’s a late thought, but what did the hint mean?”
Hint [Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go to MㅁMㅁ.]
“So, we haven’t even thought about hints since some time ago?”
“I was worried about it before my second attempt, but when I tried again, the scenario had completely changed.
“After that, everyone was so confused adapting to the changed scenario that they didn’t even pay attention to the hints.”
“What was the candidate we had in mind at that time?”
“The first thing that came to mind was a mansion. Then, my grandfather and Ari said there were many other examples, and the examples they suggested included cathedrals, basements, lakes, and studies.”
“Now that I think about it again, it’s definitely not a mansion. The mansion was a place I absolutely had to go to. Doesn’t it look like a cathedral?
I went there and got quite a bit of information. The lake wasn’t a problem at all after the second attempt. “There wasn’t much reason to go to the study.”
“Was it ‘underground’?”
“Abandon the prejudice that you have to go underground. Certainly, after discovering the grimoire underground, we developed a prejudice that we had to go underground somehow.
“Even in the second attempt, we couldn’t find an easy answer by investigating Lee Se-hyeon, so we went underground without even thinking about it.”
“And then there was the forced escape.”
“If you think about it, Ari, who went underground during the first attempt, died right away. We’ve never gone underground with good results.
On the first attempt, he died immediately, and on the second attempt, he was forced to escape without much success. The third one didn’t go underground at all, so I got quite a bit of information.
“I found out that paper possession can be suppressed and that there is a sanctuary on the mountain behind the mansion related to the birth ceremony of an evil spirit.”
I naturally realized this while talking with Ga-in. Correct interpretation of hints.
[Abandon the prejudice that you have to go underground.]
While we were looking at each other and nodding, Seungyeop, who was listening to us nearby, spoke in a puzzled tone.
“By the way, didn’t the three of you, Jincheol, Ari, and Songi, go to destroy the altar somewhere ‘underground’?”
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“Aaaah!”
I was so shocked that I screamed!
“no! “Is this fucking ruined?”
Ga-in also cursed!
“No no no no! What happened to this? “Are you ruined?”
“Sister, calm down and think about it! The underground altar, no matter how you think about it, shouldn’t it be destroyed? “The name itself is an altar!”
“Wait, wait!”
I recalled the conversation I had with Lee Se-hyeon.
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“After that, I built an underground altar to dedicate back to him the wealth I had saved thanks to him. “I prayed regularly and sincerely -”
“altar?”
“Just because it’s an altar doesn’t mean it’s that grand. only -”
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“under! crazy! okay!”
“Well, what did you know? sister?”
“The ‘Apostle’ never ordered Lee Se-hyeon to build an altar! The altar was created by Lee Se-hyeon out of gratitude. Besides, Lee Se-hyun said it himself. “It’s nothing particularly grand!”
“But, I heard that the ‘Apostle’ told Lee Se-hyeon to ensure thorough security!”
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“uh? It’s a bit difficult to explain the location of the altar in words. When creating it, the apostle put a lot of emphasis on security, so the path to get there is very complicated -”
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“That was just me telling you not to get caught because I was thinking of building a strange altar to worship an evil god in a world monitored by the Vatican!”
I came to a desperate realization.
The ‘underground’ altar is a space created by Lee Se-hyeon for his own faith, and has nothing to do with the ritual of the birth of evil spirits! It’s a place you don’t need to go to.
No, according to the ‘hint’, it’s a ‘place you shouldn’t go’ beyond the point where you don’t need to go!
When Ga-in and I came to a desperate realization and became speechless.
—Kyaaaaaaaaa!
A scream began to echo from the mansion.
* Two hours ago, Destruction Team
– Kim Ari
The road to get there is extremely complicated.
I realized the meaning of the words that Eunsol heard from Lee Sehyun, ‘Security is thorough.’
How on earth did they create such a noisy space underground?
How much money did this person, Lee Se-hyun, make to do something like this?
I thought about it and then stopped.
A businessman who received help from an apostle with the ability to possess.
If you put your mind to it, you could make a lot of money that would surprise even Middle Eastern royalty.
Obviously, the starting point was the mansion.
If you pull down the lever in the study, you can go down to the basement where the grimoire is, but such strange facilities were not limited to the study.
Oddly enough, when I touched something in the bedroom, the bed suddenly moved out and a staircase leading to the basement appeared.
This road was different from the road leading from the study to the grimoire.
Even though it was underground, the air was comfortable and it wasn’t dark.
There were quite a few ‘security facilities’ here and there that Se-Hyeon Lee could only pass through by recognizing her fingerprints or iris.
A ‘modern atmosphere’, completely different from the path leading from the study to the grimoire.
If you think about it, Lee Se-hyeon didn’t even know the existence of the grimoire itself.
Apparently, the path from the study to the grimoire and the path from the bedroom to the altar were used by different users.
It seems that the road leading to the Book of Magic was mainly used by the ‘Apostle’ who borrowed Lee Si-woo’s body.
So, was the path leading to the altar mainly used only by Lee Se-hyeon?
After thinking about this and that, it was time again.
“for a moment. “Please stop.”
The group stopped together, and I approached Lee Se-hyeon and made another hint through old blood.
It’s a bit unusual.
My suggestion does not have the power to completely erase one’s self.
So, I expected Lee Se-hyun to rebel in his own way… .
Surprisingly, Lee Se-hyeon followed our orders like a doll.
She was so obedient that she seemed wary of my hints.
No, it’s not that strong! I’m amazed too!
Anyway, after walking for almost 40 minutes, we arrived at the altar.
Jincheol looked around and opened his mouth.
“Well, it seems like a place where you can just meditate?”
“wait a minute. “I’ll take a look.”
I am the only one here with knowledge of evil forces.
I looked around for a while. A stone statue carved with a moth-like creature, and a cushion that appears to have been prepared for bowing.
I looked closely at several other sculptures and paintings.
…
“Ari. “Do you understand now?”
I don’t know. It’s a little embarrassing, isn’t it?
No matter how you looked at it, it was a sculpture, a painting, and just an ordinary object.
According to Jincheol, the sculpture imitating a moth resembles the moth he saw before he died on his third attempt, so it seems like he came to the right place… .
That’s strange.
It only looked like an ordinary sculpture or painting made from knowledge picked up by ordinary people.
I didn’t feel any transcendent power.
Evil rituals are also similar to modern science in some ways.
To do something great, you need great equipment.
If you are going to carry out something as grand as the birth of an evil spirit, you will need huge facilities for it.
As I was confused, Jincheol came next to me.
“I guess you’re not sure, right? Let’s just use stars. “I don’t know what to destroy, but I think I can destroy any star.”
“I agree with that. “The evil god’s wings have also been twisted, and no matter what equipment we use, the equipment created by mortals will not be able to withstand that planet.”
“Then, why don’t you go back with Song?”
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In the end, Songi and I took Sehyeon Lee and retreated far behind, leaving only Jincheol behind.
ah. Something feels strange. Strangely, I felt like I was missing something.
When Jincheol, who received mental protection from Songi, summoned the star while remaining alone in the altar room, a wave that seemed to pierce the skin erupted.
A force so destructive that it gives you goosebumps just by vaguely feeling it from this far away.
It’s surprising, but to put down such an absurd thing. Isn’t the hotel really crazy?
Please think about the position of a management agency like us that protects the fragile Earth!
If Jincheol succeeds in escaping from the hotel in the future, he alone will possess the power of a tactical nuclear weapon.
How on earth should we control it then?
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Let’s stop thinking like this. For now, I am just a participant in this hotel.
As ominous waves began to shake the entire basement, Lee Se-hyeon seemed to stumble backwards, perhaps feeling instinctively afraid – and then suddenly started running like crazy.
???
What is that!
I was so surprised that I ran a few steps and then flew away!
Songi, who noticed the strange incident late, was startled and jumped.
“late!”
A triumphant voice rang out from Lee Se-hyeon’s mouth. He touched something on the wall.
—Wooow!
An extremely eerie sound began to echo throughout the basement.
Not a demonic power, not a divine power – the power of modern science!
As if there was a secret passageway somewhere, Lee Se-hyeon quickly disappeared, and metallic sounds were heard from all directions.
no! It’s really too much!
Lee Se-Hyeon How much money did this bastard have to create this crazy place underground?
When I looked away because I felt like I was going out of my mind, Jincheol, who noticed something strange and came out of the altar room late, looked confused.
Song-i approached Jin-cheol with an expression of determination.
I guess I have to make a decision too.
Considering his physical abilities and legacy, there is only one person who can get out of this place alive.
There is a good thing, though.
In light of the knowledge I gained as an agent, I cannot become a sacrifice for the birth of an evil spirit just by killing a person in any place with any means.
Since ancient times, there is a good reason why humans have performed complex rituals to offer sacrifices to the gods.
If we die in a place like this, not even as an apostle but in a security facility, my soul and that of Songi cannot be offered as a sacrifice.
In other words, there is no way a ‘cocoon’ will be summoned immediately even if I die.
Let’s hope the mansion team does well.
See next episode