Nightmare Mythos

With the Nightmare being singlehandedly defeated by 'Cesar', the chaotic situation slowly turns stale. The shadow floor started to vanish from the outside before closing into the inside. The puppets that the Nightmare controlled slowly revealed themselves as corrupted humans also faded.

Even the door that was being covered with a dim shadow was gone.

"Groar…"

However, one slight problem appeared as the corrupted started to come to their senses.

This problem, however, was easily solved by 'Cesar' as paper figurines spawned and tightly hugged these creatures before all melting away through the passage of time.

"All done,"

'Cesar's eyes finally landed at one particular spot and were all aware that a person was able to witness all the deception he had done to execute the plan as if it was in the back of his head.

'Hmm, others will need every strength they'll have to achieve the next challenge. Does this… Jeremiah guy will shut up to what he witnessed now?'

Jeremiah was left shaking at his position as his surprise was apparent due to how he continued moving backward just to get away from the 'Cesar' who didn't act or talk like Cesar at all. Even though it was a struggle, he kept moving backward.

'What in the fucking world was that!? Did the Nightmare just go blind or what? The 'Cesar' was clearly outside of its shadow floor and swiftly burnt something since there was a fire while I was following him. The weird thing about it is that 'Cesar' was not that fast. I could follow him! Yet the Nightmare appeared all blind and was focused on killing the fake Cesars when the real one was outside!'

Jeremiah was left speechless as he concluded, 'It got deceived and tricked!'

Jeremiah still continued sliding back while keeping an eye on 'Cesar' who remained looking in his direction without even moving before someone whispered right beside his ear.

"Where you goin'?"

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Jeremiah knew he was intently looking over Cesar from afar, which is why it was impossible for him to be on his back now, intercepting his fruitless escape.

But then while he was continuing to focus on 'Cesar' in the front, he immediately melted like the paper figurines he saw. He trembled even more as if he was on the verge of having a seizure.

"Don't be afraid, I have no interest in you. Nor, this boy, really," 'Cesar' spoke very unevenly without any malice before continuing, "I just want to get out of here, honestly. Will you help me?"

Jeremiah took a gulp, sensing that it wouldn't matter if he answered him in a good or bad way. Exposed to a great being like him, it looked like the machinations that were already moving weren't stopping any time soon.

With a nervous breath, Jeremiah tried to put on a strong face and replied, "Will you start possessing this boy?"

'Cesar' pondered for a moment before shaking his head, "If I can, I would. That is, after all, the most optimal option to have. However, I'm running out of gas, you see. I'm merely using the 'connection' we have and haven't fully controlled Cesar yet. But again, that's the deal we made with each other.

But if it is too underwhelming, well, I treated one of your members who experienced the surge of essence entering their body,"

Jeremiah ignored the last sentence as he was focused on the former. His eyes widened before he replied, "A deal?"

"Yea. Let's say he took pity on you lots and sold his soul to the devil. Am I right with the saying?" 'Cesar' replied with a chuckle before he turned serious.

"If you want to get out of here alive, don't waste this boy's sacrifice. Let's just get all out of here, all right?" Cesar touched his head, slightly aching, "Ah… I guess this is it. Nice meeting you, Jeremiah,"

'Cesar' suddenly started to shake on his own before he also fell to the ground, losing consciousness.

"What a load of crap…"

Jeremiah couldn't help but curse as he slumped down on the ground, also dead tired just to reach their desired destination.

He finally got some rest after going through all of that.

…

"Ugh…"

Cesar couldn't help but groan, feeling a phantom pain that his head was being drilled by something even though it hadn't apparently happened.

Or it did happen but it wasn't him that experienced it.

"Ugh…"

"Okay, we heard you for the second time,"

Hearing a familiar voice nearby, Cesar's eyelids quivered before he opened them, only to see the group surrounding him in a circle. He looked around and quickly realized that nobody disappeared or died.

Cedeit held the end of his deal very well.

Being bathed with relief that everyone was safe, a tired set escaped Cesar's lips. He tried to stand up and Quentin was about to assist him when Jeremiah beat him up to it and did it instead.

"Oh, thank you…"

Once all of them were seated down, a question was raised amongst them. He was getting antsy to get an answer.

"How the hell are we alive?"

Cesar and the rest were confused since all of them weren't aware of how they survived. Cesar had the gist of it but he is not sure what Cedeit did or how the voice managed to pull it off.

But again, it's not like he will share it with them. Feigning ignorance might be good right now.

"Actually, I was the one who first woke up from the lots of you. As the first, all I saw was dropped artifacts and you guys. Even I don't know what happened,"

"Ah, I see. Well, thank you—"

After seeing the person who answered it, Cesar was astonished when the woman he thought would stay unconscious, replied to him.

"Huh!? Leah!?"

The cyan bob cut woman-haired, let out a cheeky smile and answered back, "Surprised that I survived rookie? Well, me too, I guess. You know, I'm actually thankful to you guys for not leaving me behind. Being near those frozen delicacies… I would not like to experience the same sensation again. Anyways, let me properly introduce myself."

Leah stood up from her place and made herself known since only Jeremiah was aware of her existence.

"My name's Leah, a squad captain before being transferred in here. I have two facets called [Suppress] and [Hex] that heavily target the minds of my opponent. I also have great vision, a technique, and two available artifacts. Whatever happened to me, I'm going to pay you guys back. So, how about getting out of here now?"