Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 102: Nearing The Climax

Whoosh—!

While the library was keeping the intruder under control, the residents who were merely under the influence of its abode dived into the second period of the fluctuations. Cesar, Jacqueline, Vin, Jeremiah, The Nightmares, and even the Keeper of the Void weren't exempted from the phase of the diving.

"What…now?"

Gritting his teeth since the dive seemed much more intense than the last one, Cesar asked in a painful tone as the pressure of his fall mounted and continuously persisted.

The painful dive as he gauged his landing spot while staying alert to any threat that might be stupid enough to make a move on him all muddled his mind until Cedeit's voice cut through all the noise.

"You're still in the area at the heart of the library. Just find a way to land a good spot on the ground. The Fabric of the Prison Domain is nestled on this current floor and it isn't the same as a door that will lead you to the other side that had to join the fluctuations. The one thing I mentioned you're going to capture since it is very elusive and had to be very smart about how I'll approach—"

Cesar interjected as he jokingly replied, "No need for lengthy replies for this and that. I remember it like it was yesterday. Just… tell me what that goddamn Fabric is."

Cedeit was dead silent for a brief moment before explaining concisely, "The Fabric is a flesh-made cube item with maws surrounding its wall. It is red and black mixed in color. This piece from the Prison Domain is located just right outside where the Elusive Door has the largest influence in the heart of the library,"

He paused, "You need to be fast. It's a race against the Keeper of the Void and the Librarian, who for some reason, has an unknown location and isn't showing its presence to you yet,"

Cesar gritted his teeth before he shouted painfully, trying to inform the group about what they would have to do once they landed with a struggle. "Find a… flesh-made cube item… with maws surrounding its wall! Bring it to… me after!"

Cesar didn't know if they heard his shout nor was he betting that they did. Whatever the case they landed, he was determined to put this to an end, even if he'd be one of the last ones standing among the rest.

As everyone closes in the library ground, the rest brace for impact.

They successfully landed on its floor.

Soon, the dive phase ended as Cesar landed roughly on the paper floor, which didn't feel as smooth or cushioned as before. Probably because all of the influence that the library once had is being diverted toward the hole which is why the quality of the floor is lessening.

Who knows what might happen at the next dive?

Cesar disregarded it entirely as he quickly shifted into a standing position. Rather than waiting for the library to complete its machinations, which seemed to have no way of stopping due to the hole the Void made, he surged forward, sprinting deeper further in the heart of the library.

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The changes happening in the library wouldn't matter at this point. If he became its enemy, a larger threat was running rampant just outside of its wall that needed immediate attention.

That's why he wasn't even a bit worried that the library would take care of him. Either it had to choose The Void or him, and if he was the library, he'd obviously choose the former.

'Find it!'

Cesar sprinted his way through the center, passing through Maine, Quentin, Leah, and a few soldiers along the way who gave him suspicious looks since he was the only one moving through the last period of the fluctuations, the Fixed Period.

Cesar ignored them.

Finally coming across the border where the Elusive Door was supposedly shifting and moving, Cesar shifted his stance as he started roaming around the area to find the Fabric of the Prison Domain lying somewhere as Cedeit described.

'A cube-like item made of flesh…'

Passing through the countless shelves that contained a few books that all allured Cesar's eyes for a brief moment, he violently shook his head focused on his mission to find the cube.

"Ahh, Cesar,"

Hearing someone calling out his name from somewhere, Cesar gave it a quick glance and noticed the heretic waving its hand at him from the side.

"Where are you running off to? What's with the haste—"

Cesar completely ignored whatever the heretic was yapping about as he had zero interest in communicating with him. Other than finding the cube which is his very objective at this moment, everything else was just a distraction.

Drenched in blood at the side of his shoulder, the heretic let out a deranged laugh before saying, "After you shot me… you're now ignoring me!? Even you… had the guts to ignore me!?"

Whoosh—!

The heretic pursued Cesar, attempting to seize him with his apparitions, but his efforts failed instantly as Cesar dodged each attempt with ease.

Cesar didn't even break a sweat as he continuously made his way towards finding the cube.

"Why… why… why! Why are you ignoring me?!" The heretic shouted as he chased Cesar behind his back, "You are even close to someone like him! Your scent had become stronger than mine! This is impossible! This is heresy!"

At first, he didn't want to even waste a breath on him yet he couldn't help but find his words funny as he glanced sideways

Cesar glanced sideways and chuckled, "Do you even know the name of your God?"

The heretic seemed to have stiffened up when he realized that Cesar, the supposed kin of his and should be someone just under him, seemed to have become more knowledgeable than him when it came to 'their god'

It was blasphemous for someone like the heretic who considered himself as the first devotee.

'He... knew? How come he knew when I don't!?'

The heretic's face became crazed when he realized he was getting left behind. All the work he put for himself, and everything that he needed to sacrifice to reach the end of the library where every answer pertains.

Will Cesar be the first to reach it?

"Impossible! Impossible! God is god! They had no names!"

Cesar seemed to have become amused at that notion but with no time to entertain the heretic, he continued his way forward.

That's when the heretic decided to finally interfere with whatever he was doing.

He brought up a normal-looking key from his pocket and started inserting something mid-air as if there was a door on his side.

Then it seemed he was grabbing something from the inside as he inserted his hand from the different 'space' unrelated to the library.

Cesar's eyes shook.

"I'm not playing games anymore."

Bringing out from the pocket dimension wasn't an artifact, a bizarre object, or a weapon that the heretic might've probably picked out from somewhere throughout the time he was inside the library.

Instead, what he brought out was a hideous-looking creature carrying a small-sized book in its hand while wearing a pair of glasses resting on the long bridge of its deformed nose.

The one he brought out was no other than what seemed to be another Nightmare. Even though Cesar had never met it once, a sense of familiarity washed over him since Cedeit kept describing this creature again and again.

It was the Librarian.