Chapter 22: Room 102, Cursed Room – ‘Mansion of Fear’ (8)

Chapter 22: Room 102, Cursed Room – ‘Mansion of Fear’ (8)

[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)

Date: Day 8

Current Location: Floor 1, Room 102 (Cursed Room Mansion of Fear)

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It was even harder than I thought. I knew hiking in the rain would obviously be difficult but it was seriously no joke.

Although the rain was weaker than before, that was only in comparison to the previous storm. There were still dense drops of rain clouding my vision, and the humid ground was caving in with each step so it was also difficult to even walk forward.

When I stepped on a piece of rock to stop my feet from sinking in, I slipped from the wet rock and landed on the floor.

That butler though; was he using some kind of magic? Sure, he had more hiking experience and knew more about the mountain than me, but was it possible for us to be so different? He did not wobble a single time and continued walking powerfully through the rain.

He even helped me stand back up when I was thrashing my arms around and dusted me off.

My stamina was gone when we were half-way up the mountain, and after hearing me gasp for breath, he opened his mouth.

I believe we should take a quick break.

So, sorry. My stamina is not very good.

Please dont worry about it. It is natural because we are trying to climb the mountain in the rain. Please come over to this tree. It has thick leaves and branches, so there will be less rain here.

With a face that did not seem tired in the slightest, he told me it was natural to be tired and led me to the tree.

I believe you took Ahri to the cathedral yesterday.

Yes, there were things to look for and things to check as well.

Have you finished finding and checking everything?

I found what had to be found, and confirmed what had to be confirmed.

I felt a slight tension rising up.

Have you heard enough stories from Ahri?

Ahri changed after hearing the sound of the bell, and there was a hymn after that was I supposed to tell him everything?

I was silently hesitating to myself when the butler started walking again without asking any more questions.

That child used to be a kind girl ever since she was young. It wouldnt have been strange for her to fall to the wrong path after losing her parents at a young age but she always kept herself on the right path.

Shes very energetic and kind. I could have never expected such a backstory.

Thank you. And, Im not saying this because shes my granddaughter, but she is a very pretty child is she not? But whats more beautiful than her face was her heart. She was an innocent girl who believed everyone would lend her an ear as long as she showed her sincere heart.

Being sincere is definitely the best way to persuade people.

However, there are people in the world who stay unmoved at the face of it.

Sounds like you saw someone like that.

The butler closed his mouth.

We walked and walked again. In around 30 minutes, we would probably arrive at the peak, but we were constantly being slowed down by the rain and it was hard to say how long it would exactly take.

More importantly I was curious. The butler seemed to be wanting to say something about Ahri.

What did I have to do to force it out of him? Did I have to prick deeper in?

Please hold on a bit more. We are close to the peak. If we head to the peak and scan underneath, we should be able to see if there is a safe path.

Thats some good news. Actually, my legs are starting to fail me.

Did you find the bell at the cathedral?

It was a sudden continuation from the previous conversation. This time, I decided to delve deeper in.

Yes. It was at the bell tower looking fine. There is something I noticed, but the cathedral looks quite well-managed even though there is no-one living inside it. The bell was in good shape too

There is no-one living there, but the building itself is still useful. We have our boat docked there as well, after all.

I opened my mouth.

Is that why youve been taking care of the cathedral until now, Mr. Priest?

The priest stumbled when the rotten wood crumbled beneath his feet.

Is it now? I was about to immediately take the dagger out but,

[Step back right now!]

Another alarm popped up in 1 second and I quickly took a step back. That was when something that looked like a pick or a chisel shot out of the priests pocket and grazed past my body.

What was that?

You took a weapon yourself. Did you expect me to come empty-handed?

In less than 5 seconds after the start of the fight, I already used up 2 of my Advices. It was clear and evident that this priest was stronger than me.

However, I knew he was physically stronger than me ever since the first day. Naturally, I had prepared one more thing in secret, but it wasnt something I could use in a heavy rain. I had to move to a different place.

It seemed that I had been thinking for too long the priest quickly stabilised his body and dashed in again.

That priest must have learned some martial art or something. How was he able to run unwaveringly like that in a place filled with rotten logs, slippery rocks and a muddy ground?

Slip

In the end, it was me who slipped first. My body fell to the side and rolled across the floor. When I quickly lifted my upper body back up, I saw the priest running in to make the most out of that opportunity.

[Pull the rock on your right!]

That was the 3rd Advice. This time, I was a little flustered for a split second.

Why was it suddenly telling me to pull a rock out instead of dodging to a side? But even though my head was still pondering on the reason, my arms moved by themselves to pull the rock which led to a shocking turn of events.

The rock I pulled had been supporting the half-rotten tree next to it!

When the rock supporting the tree was pulled out, the tree immediately fell down towards the priest. He quickly turned his feet to avoid the falling tree but in an environment where you could slip simply by walking, his set of steps were too vigorous and he ended up completely falling on the ground.

Should I run in? I pondered but not for long.

It happened before, did it not? Getting too close to him was far too dangerous. He wasnt even critically injured and I had no confidence to beat the priest who was carrying a weapon in a frontal fight.

Looking around, I found a tree which had dense branches and leaves that were blocking the rain.

There, I would be able to use my secret move.

I quickly ran to the tree while grasping on the tool that I had kept hidden in my clothes.

The moment I arrived there, I immediately turned around and saw that the priest was approaching me after quickly standing back up in a brief instant.

CHIIIIIK!

Uaaaaaaaaaahkkk!!!! Uhuuukk!!!!! You son of a bitch, what have you done!

The priest who had stayed firm in the face of the storm, tempest and the rugged mountain was rolling on the ground like a child. The pick made by sharpening a candlestick was thrown away from his hands, and he was busy rubbing his face while mindlessly rolling on the muddy ground.

2 days before entering Room 102, when the monsters came out of the pool to attack us, Eunsol-noona displayed her wondrous wits by buying concentrated capsaicin from the HP market to defeat the monsters.

That was when everyone noticed how incredible of a weapon this was. In a place without guns, concentrated liquid capsaicin was in a way a more remarkable weapon than a knife.

Unfortunately, there was only a small amount left at the bottom of the container after a generous pour at the monsters.

It was barely enough to fill the bottom of the perfume spray container which was at the hotel.

After somehow making two of them, noona handed one of them over to me without any hesitation.

Why did she give it to me? I wasnt sure back then, but looking back, it seemed that she had been somewhat trusting me from then.

In any case, her judgement was not wrong.

At last it was time to end this bloody battle of the rainy mountain.

Clasping on the dagger, I approached the wriggling priest.

Stab!

That was when something stabbed onto my thigh.

Ah, if I had one more Advice left, it would have told me to avoid the attack.

How unfortunate.

My body was already at the limit and it crumbled in an instant.