[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)
Date: Day 21
Current Location: Floor 1, Room 106 (Mission Room Hotel Land of Hope)
Sages Advice: 0]
6. Real Deal! Haunted House.
The mansion was quite literally an old building with a sinister atmosphere, as one would expect from a Haunted House.
Heaving a sigh, I looked at both my and Jinchul-hyungs legs. Ahris blood, which had been the enhanced version of the one that gave us stamina was indeed very effective. It wasnt at the level of a ridiculous elixir, but the bruises and the stinging pain had been reduced by a decent amount and it was enough for us to walk again.
There was no turning back. We had to clear the remaining missions and see this through to the end.
Jinchul-hyung spoke to before entering the mansion.
Kain.
Yes?
Theres sothing you must keep in mind. Its okay for to die for you, but you should never even think about sacrificing yourself for . You must make it to the end even if that ans walking over my dead body.
If need be, you have your Descent to use at the end. Well be able to pass any trial with that ability. Its like us having 3 extra chances as long as we have you pass to the very end.
Ill make a ntal note of that.
And also, let just ntally prepare myself before we go in. Its been way too long since I last went to an amusent park. What are so monsters that might show up in a Haunted House?
Thats the sa for actually, I replied. From what I can think of, maybe ghosts, zombies, werewolves and vampires? Things like that?
I think I can bash most of them up with my hands but the ghost is going to be the biggest problem. Well, lets go in.
*
Creak.
As soon as we walked in after opening the door of the old mansion, a dense odour began to harass our noses. It was like the mixed scent of rotten at, moulds and excrent.
I was tightly holding onto the dagger but I wasnt sure what I could even do with it. Would I even be able to do anything against one of the Hotels monsters?
Before entering the house, I changed my system window to filter-mode and covered my sight, thinking that it would be an effective thod against ghosts.
Clomp Clomp
The footsteps of us two n echoed across the house.
Walking through the house, I suddenly had a feeling that turning on the filter-mode might have been a mistake. I had been using it frequently after knowing about it but there was an inevitable downside to it.
Because the translucent screen was blocking my vision all the ti, I couldnt see properly like a man without glasses, who had been wearing glasses all his life. I had to frown and squint my eyes to barely even notice a human figure.
For a long ti, we just walked across the corridor.
I walked past the blurry paintings, the large full-length mirror, the candlestick hanging on the wall and a strange taxidermied animal, but nothing showed up.
Suddenly, soone grabbed my clothes from behind.
Hyung?
Just go on.
Sorry?
You have your filter-mode turned on, right?
Yeah.
Ill tell you outside so just walk for now. I think this will be easy.
I wonder what he ant.
Why was Jinchul-hyung suddenly doing sothing so unbefitting of him like clenching onto my clothes? I had yet to figure anything out but did he notice sothing?
For almost 30 minutes, we walked and walked and walked. The mansion was already dark and the only sources of light were the occasional candlesticks hanging on the wall. I had my filter-mode activated on top of that, so I was essentially no different from a blind man walking through a house with no aid.
Because of that, I even ended up walking into a wall.
After about 30 to 40 minutes, we finally made our way out of the mansion.
??? What in the world was this about?
What is this? There was nothing. I was just walking forward and we made it out sohow?
Kukukuk. Ahh hahaha! I barely kept myself from laughing towards the end there!
?
Sorry?
Its not that there was nothing; in fact, there were all sorts of things in there. The portraits on the walls were glaring at us the whole ti, and the mirrors had distorted versions of us threatening us with knives like the House of Mirrors we went through just then.
There was even a taxidermied human head on the wall that suddenly turned to us with blinking eyes. I almost scread out loud a minute after we went in.
But because you didnt react in any way, they even sent out a gargoyle to block your path. What the heck did you even think that was?
I couldnt see anything so I thought I walked into the wall.
Its the Haunted House, so I suppose its a pass if the contestants dont shout after seeing the monsters, and I guess they would have run in at us if we shouted or sothing. Im sure thats what would have happened if I scread, so I closed my eyes and walked while holding onto your clothes.
Like, even though we passed, that ones just straight-up ridiculous. It would be free for a blind person right?
A blind person wouldnt be able to find their way though, so I suppose squinting your eyes and barely keeping them open could have helped. It is quite ridiculous though, you are right.
Its over now, right? Is there going to be an announcent soon?
This looks like the backyard of the house to , replied Jinchul-hyung. Theres an exit there. I think itll be over if we go past that.
It was a bit dumbfounding but I was still very happy. The filter-mode had always been useful until now, but it was the first ti it had been absolutely crucial like this.
That was when a large and handso Siberian Husky walked up to us from a distance while wagging its tail.
In a bright mood, Jinchul-hyung reached his hand out at the dogs head with a smile
Wait. What was he doing? Wasnt he way too relaxed? Theres no way there would be a normal dog here, is there?!
When the dog opened its mouth after walking up to us, a human skull popped out from inside.
WHAT THE FUCKKK! WHAT IS THIS SHIT!
It was over. We were so close to being finished and yet he ssed it up.
Suddenly the dog swelled up like an exploding bomb before turning to a large figure that resembled a werewolf. A fight was already inevitable. Getting rid of the aningless filter-mode, I dashed towards the monster.
But that was when Jinchul-hyung shouted with a loud voice.
GO! JUST GO! Kain! You idiot! Dont you see the fucking door!? Just run to the door!
He was right. The werewolf had already caught us off guard.
Even though Jinchul-hyung was strong, I could see his body was already drenched in blood after allowing a preemptive attack from the werewolf. From the look of things, it didnt seem like he could proceed even if he were to sohow co out on top of the fight.
I had to do this alone.
Closing my eyes, I dashed towards the exit like crazy.
An alarm showed up the mont I passed the door.
/Congratulations on completing Mission 6: Real Deal: Haunted House! Would you like to proceed to your next mission?/
For the first ti after coming to this Hotel, I beca a bit mad at Jinchul-hyung.
He wasnt pushed back by a ridiculous monster or anything; we already knew what the risk was and were almost close to being finished after passing through the majority of it and yet he beca careless and got disqualified just like that!
No.
It wasnt the ti to bla others for it. It was normal for people to make mistakes.
The fact that he was able to rationally think of a counterasure without the help of the filter-mode despite seeing those monsters from the very start of the mansion already proved his insane ntality.
Its just that this crazy place, that stole peoples lives from one single mont of carelessness and one mistake, was the cause of all problems.
But everything would be fine as long as I passed the last mission. I steeled my heart and readied myself.
Now, I was the only one left.
*
/Final Mission. Ferris Wheel of mories!
We will begin in 30 seconds. Please read through the Guidelines.
1. You cannot fall asleep inside the Ferris Wheel.
2. Please focus on the scenery outside the Ferris Wheel.
3. Going outside the Ferris Wheel is extrely dangerous./
Through those 30 seconds, I racked my brain as hard as I could and interpreted those sentences into what the Hotel would probably do.
You cannot sleep: We will make you sleepy and you will die upon sleeping.
Focus on the scenery outside: You will die if you look inside.
Going outside is dangerous: We will try to make you go outside.
I etched the guidelines into my head.
Soon, the dinsions turned and I was inside the Ferris Wheel by the ti I ca to myself.
*
Jisoo told yesterday. Apparently this is the trend
The weather is getting colder and colder. Kain, make sure you wear thick clothes
Are you upset or sothing? Why are you looking out the window the whole ti? We are having a family discussion here
Chattering voices reached my ears from the side. Judging from their voices, it seed that they were mimicking my family.
Pretending like I couldnt hear them, I brought my face ever so closer to the window. We might co across more monsters like this in the future that try to grab our attention, so maybe I should talk to Eunsol-noona about buying earplugs or sothing.
My sisters voice echoed from the side as sothing touched my clothes. It was a trick trying to make look inside.
I flicked it away with my hand. Unlike the hand of my sister, it had the tough and slimy texture of a scale, which made feel all the more certain that I should never turn my head to them.
Chiiik.
Did they light it up on fire or sothing? The Ferris Wheel suddenly turned warm and the previously tough chairs of the Ferris Wheel suddenly turned soft like a bed.
Ahah. Were they trying to make fall asleep now?
I imdiately bit my tongue. Making the chairs warr and softer was probably not the only trick up their sleeves; they were obviously going to use more supernatural asures to force into falling asleep.
Lets hang in there. All I had to do was withstand this. It didnt look like a physically taxing mission either.
Kain? Whats wrong with your tongue? Can I have a
They started swinging back and forth after grabbing my shoulders.
I pushed them away as hard as I could with my arms.
All I had to do was not look at them right?
Should I close my eyes? No; sleeping was also a risk factor so closing my eyes was probably not a safe option.
An imnse desire to fall asleep ca rushing in like a flood. Even though I wasnt lacking any sleep, an evidently abnormal desire to go to sleep was intoxicating my brain.
Thus, I bit my tongue as hard as I could with my fangs, to the point that it started to bleed heavily. Feeling the sharp stinging pain and the taste of blood, my mind imdiately ca back to .
It didnt last long though. As if I was under anaesthesia, the pain vanished as sothing threatened to pull my consciousness into the deep ocean of oblivion.
What else could I do? Pain alone wasnt going to be enough.
Putting my hand into my pocket, I took out my dagger. Should I cut myself? No; there was sothing better I could do.
Without any hesitation, I reached my hand back and swung the dagger around everywhere while still facing the window.
Kyaaaahk! Oppaaa! What are you
Uahkk! Kain! What are
Those despicable voices. Even though it was as clear as day that they were monsters just by touching their scales, they were still using the voices of my family.
As expected, they couldnt cause any physical harm to without looking at them. In the first place, if that was possible, they would have forcibly grabbed my head to turn it towards them.
All they could do was grab onto my clothes and shake it a little.
Screams filled the Ferris Wheel. I could feel my dagger stabbing through sothing as it was then pushed away by that sa thing. I repeated that horrendous process by stabbing again and again with the dagger.
While going through that horrible experience, my nervousness sharpened my senses like a spearhead and my mind woke back up again.
Everything turned quiet.
By the ti I realised it, the scenery outside turned into that of a warm spring.
The Ferris Wheel travelled slowly as mories of my youth vaguely flowed back up to the surface.
Everyone has a first love.
When was mine? I think it was during my middle school years.
It was probably at the English cram school. At the start, I grumbled on and on to my mum that I didnt want to go to cram school.
I was forced into going there,
But after seeing the girl whose long, brown hair fluttered at her waist on the first day, I no longer hated cram school.
What happened after that? Theres probably no need to expand too much on sothing so boring.
Long story short, we t quite frequently, and I think we were quite close.
Whenever I had to go to cram school, I went there 30 minutes before the lesson and stayed on the seat.
I even rember pondering about the miraculous position that would allow Kayoung to sit near as naturally as possible.
And when Kayoung sat far away with her close female friends, I would ponder for an hour by myself, wondering if I made her angry in any way.
Obviously, my English skills never got any better. But aside from English, my ability to read the mood beca better by at least 3 tis so it probably wasnt a bad investnt for my parents either, right?
I also rember consulting my friends on how to make the best confession.
At the start, they laughed like crazy and bashed around but suddenly beca the most serious people on the planet as we then discussed the best confession thod.
Of course, there was a limit to how smart middle school kids could be in terms of confession thods.
In the end, I ended up confessing using one of the top three worst confession thods, which was by a ssage along with an April Fools joke as an escape route, which might be saved on other peoples phones as the Number 1 Worst Confession.jpg.
And after that
After that
Wait ffuuuuckkk! How dare you ss around with the mories of my first love?
By the ti I ca to myself, I was almost about to jump out of the window while looking at the faint glimr of Kayoungs face on the clouds outside!
Wasnt this way too much? Just send a monster instead!
How I woke up from that was a mystery.
It had made extrely upset for a mont and it was thanks to that anger that I could stay awake for a long period of ti.
After a long and patient wait, by the ti my anger was about to subside
I finally reached the long-awaited end of that arduous wait.
*
/Congratulations on completing the Final Mission: Ferris Wheel of mories!/
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