Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 119: Final Showdown (13)

In the end, no matter how much Cesar avoided this entity that continued to loom at his back, the twisted strings of fate seemed destined that these two meet directly.

He saw The Mansion at his back finally crashing into the influence of the Void, swallowing everything it passed by, obliterating everything on its path.

He could've gotten out of its influence with Cedeit beside him. They wouldn't have been able to risk themselves and play for the safety measures. Heck, they shouldn't be staring face to face with that abomination that was there to kill them.

But Cesar didn't do anything of it.

He rightfully believed that if just continued following Cedeit forever with his bidding, there would be a time when he might get discarded and find a suitable being to use.

But when that happened, Cesar knew he would be right on death's doorstep.

He didn't want that to happen.

If he wanted to get out of here, Cesar wanted to be himself. Someone who can be considered as him and who managed to pass through the trials of the Mansion. A persistent brat who continued to cling to his way in life while being surrounded by nothing but death.

But if those things weren't happening…

…so be it.

He'll drag Deceit down to hell if that's all it takes to bring down a Nightmare that he considers powerful.

It was just a simple gamble, in exchange for their life that is.

'How… beautiful.'

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Now that he managed to take a full view of the Void instead of merely taking a peek at its dreadful appearance, Cesar's eyes were glistening while witnessing such a picturesque image.

The vast, purplish space itself stretched endlessly across all directions, bathed in an otherworldly hue that seemed to pulse with the rhythm of the cosmos. Stars so far his gaze could see, like prickles of silver and lavender light, were shimmering and casting faint glows that danced and swerved with the purplish expanse.

Cesar couldn't understand how this abomination can be so destructive and breathtaking at the same time.

Of course, someone had to break this moment for him.

"Cesaaaaaar! Stop this ridiculousness at this instant! We're going to die at this rate!"

Floating in the middle of the purplish expanse, Cesar couldn't help but feel that this was freedom.

Surrendering to the currents beneath the watchful gaze of The Void, Cesar remained floating while Cedeit focused intently, resisting the pull of its influence. He completely ignored creating a penetrated reality way out for them.

Instead, Cedeit was covering Cesar with his power, afraid that even if it seeped through him, both of them would instantly die.

If Cedeit wanted to get out, Cesar had to cooperate with him which had a fat chance of not happening at all.

"Cesaaaaar!"

Cesar slowly opened his mouth before he started humming, "I've lost an eye~ What does that matter~ For I am Captain Gin~ Born in the litter~"

He started singing the only childhood song he remembered, annoying the hell out of Cedeit who seemed to snap at his place.

"You brat! Listen here, if you insist on being uncooperative, then that's it! You're on your own! Don't regret it if I didn't give you a chance, okay?! Cesar Sparrow, you hear me?! I'm going to kill you once we're out of here! Damn it, Sparrow!"

Cesar remained letting himself free as he ignored Cedeit altogether, observing and feeling the beauty of the indestructible Void.

"I can't hold on much longer!"

"Roaming the seas, Captain Gin it is~"

Cesar let Cedeit's words pass through one ear after another.

"This is very stupid which is unlike you, Sparrow! Cooperate now, you hear me?!"

"Please, I'm friendly, albeit, not really~ For what you have shall I steal, for what you have shall I kill~"

Cesar outright ignored Cedeit as he hummed his favorite childhood song that stemmed from a dark past full of death and disaster.

"Give up and I might consider to set you free~ Only for that matter, I might be lyinggg~"

Crack—!

For some reason, the defenses that Cedeit had formed himself have slowly corroded with the influence of the Void. The imaginary shield that has enveloped him was slowly being destroyed but Cesar didn't care at all.

It wasn't time yet.

Cedeit, the proud owner of Mansion of Deceit, isn't begging enough for attention.

Craaack—!

Cedeit who was trying hard to reconstruct the shield seemed to solely focus it at this point as his voice became absent. However, even if he had an abysmal amount of essence, even with Cesar's reserves that have been managed by himself when he was experiencing an overload, would not be able to help since The Void probably has more of them combined.

Cedeit was just an eyeball and Cesar was a human.

Contending with an entity that has a sole reason for obliterating its enemy, Cesar didn't have enough strength to do so far now.

Maybe in the far future… but not now.

'Come on, Cedeit. Beg for me…'

And it seemed Cedeit to be reaching that point of realization. No, he had already realized but he continued to neglect this matter, thinking that Cesar would give in at the end to save himself from The Void.

But as Cesar quoted, if it was others, they might've already surrendered to it. He wasn't part of 'they', however.

"Fuck you, stupid brat! This will be the end of the two of us, you hear me?! I'll be cutting you off, there will be no us the moment we get out of here! Listen here, if you won't give up, we're fucked! Human! You hear me, we're fucked!"

'Keep whining…'

"Sparrow…! We're going to die!"

'Keep screaming…'

"Cesar… we will be gone in existence if you don't give in now…"

'As long as you aren't begging, I will never give in,'

Seeing that he was on the verge of losing everything he had worked hard for and after relentless convincing for Cesar, Cedeit finally gave in and spoke in a regretful tone.

"Fuck this shit, kid. All right, I'll do whatever you want to do. W-we just need to get out of here, please…"

Cesar loved to hear it.

'That's it, you piece of shitty Nightmare. When you're on my body, you don't get to order me around.' Cesar smirked while musing inwardly before he let himself be silent for a moment.

When he saw that Cedeit's defenses were on the verge of destructing, Cesar then asked.

"I just couldn't get this outside of my head at all. Why does The Void want to kill you? So persistent on even entering inside? Answer this and I'll give you a condition to get out of here. That condition, however, is that you give me ninety-nine percent control over my body. You can have that one percent and stay within my left eye socket,"

Cesar paused, "If you lie through about doing this deal, I don't mind dying honestly. You should be afraid of the man who had nothing to lose at all… except some pretty good artifact that I currently possessed I guess,"

Cedeit who didn't really have time to mingle around and chit-chat, began to give Cesar the control he wanted, leaving a percentage for himself from his left eye socket.

He was done with it, completely telling Cesar that he didn't want to die yet.

While doing so, Cedeit explained hastily, "To really answer your question… I really don't know,"

"All right, the deal's off—"

Afraid that it would come to that point, Cedeit hurriedly added, "No, no! God damn you! When I said that I really don't know, I don't!"

Cedeit then revealed something that he knew he shouldn't be telling, much more to Cesar since it would become part of his weakness. But if he wanted to give a more detailed statement, he had to do so.

He then described, "I-I'm… only part of the real Deceit's consciousness, Sparrow. Anything important or useful information that he stored has been sealed away in various places. The Lineage of the Great Deceitful Origin is scattered around the whole universe. Because of that reason, the amount of power I can only use isn't like The Void who is complete and a real deal,"

'Are you kidding with me? If you aren't powerful enough and merely a part of the real Deceit's consciousness, then we're screwed if one Origin Nightmare Creature landed on Earth. Half of the world might be gone in a day…'

Cesar couldn't help but be enlightened at the strength of these Origin Creatures, especially if the one that was resting at his left eye socket was just part of it.

It could already do wonders just by being a dying eyeball… what if he went to retrieve all of its memories?

'What happened to Deceit though? Is it related to that one thing, about the Akashic Records? Or entirely something else? A being like that dying and disappearing seems impossible to happen…'

Cesar wanted to ponder about his discovery a bit more but his attention couldn't help but be directed at something from the far front.

Slowly, his gaze slowly fell there.

Crack—!

A purplish hand was reaching out to him… and a pair of purplish eyes were staring back at him. As it did, it seemed the whole purplish expanse were following her around.

"Cesar, listen to me! You need to make a penetrated reality fast! Here's how you do it—"

Slowly, it reached him... but Cesar continued his focus on Cedeit's guidance on creating a penetrated reality out of nervousness when that hand didn't stop from creeping forward and how the space itself was bending at her will.

Craaack—!

At last, with Cedeit to assist him, a penetrated reality has manifested at his front at the edge of his reach. He tensed, posied himself up and ready to leap through it when a voice echoed from behind, freezing him in place.

"Master Deceit…"

Cesar shivered.

"It's so lonely in here…"

Every hair on his body stood up.

"Help me…"

Cesar didn't let the temptation of staring back get the best of him and decided what he knew best.

He didn't look back.

'I'm out of here…'

Cesar plunged down inside the penetrated reality, leaving behind the Purplish Emptiness, The Void that seemed to be weirdly pleading for his attention and help.

It was a very terrifying experience.

[End of Volume 1 – Mansion Of Deceit]

Author's Note: I don't really have any idea what to say but I'll just write whatever my mind wanted to put here. Please, help me encourage on continuing this. I'm really enjoying this so far and hope to give more of you readers a good reading experience with this masterpiece in the making *cough

That's all and enjoy the treat.

Raaaaaaaah! Let's move to volume 2!