Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 88: Nonstop Action

Halfway through the shadowy depths of the bottomless cone, Cesar's gaze shifted to the front, where countless paper mannequins began to swarm together, relentlessly advancing toward him and the rest of the group. It continued and still continuously reaching onto Cesar, trying to get a hold of him.

The mannequins moved like a brewing storm, but it quickly became clear what they were doing. It began at the lower part, where a pair of legs emerged, followed by the formation of a torso. They continued to assemble, merging into something larger, until they had formed two pairs of long arms and two elongated heads.

In just a span of a dozen seconds, a much larger, fiercer, and deadlier version of the paper mannequin transformed right before Cesar's eyes.

It was even larger than the Guardian Shelves who were also struggling with the mini paper mannequins surrounding them.

The image of this abomination that created itself slightly shook his mental fortitude.

Right after, Cesar sprinted forward and eliminated five paper mannequins before he shuddered as the Big Paper Mannequin was nearing right in front of him.

Whoosh—!

It suddenly leaped through the air swiftly, something supposed to be unbelievable from its normal size before it jumped down, aiming at Cesar with its raw power alone.

Thud—!

Narrowingly escaping from the mannequin that tried to use its foot to squish him into the floor, Cesar was too late to react as a second later, two mannequins stabbed their paper blades that were almost as durable as normal blades right in the shoulder and knee.

Not reacting at how painful their attack was, Cesar channeled a bit of essence to the Mouthpiece on his mouth and spewed it towards the two random mannequins that immediately melted into the air. Discover stories with m,v l'e-NovelBin.net

Whoosh—!

This time, Cesar was able to sense the incoming danger from the side as the two huge elongated hands of the Big Paper Mannequin targeted him.

But because evading was deemed impossible, Cesar decided to meet it and used his Dark Spike as a way to stop it from coming to him directly.

Crack—!

The main spike blocked one hand while the roots itself blocked the other.

Whoosh—!

Strongly clenching the handle of the spike as he continued to get pushed back resulted in the other paper mannequins to unable stop the force, Cesar gritted his teeth while watching the Big Mannequin having no mercy for a small bug like him.

'Fight someone of your own size for fuck's sake!'

Cesar's eyes dangerously took a glance above, only to see another incoming one hand darting its way towards him. It seemed pushing its enemies to oblivion wasn't enough as it wanted to destroy a small bug first before moving to the next one.

Unless the bug is squashed, it will never move to the next target.

However, the bug was no other than Cesar. He had always found ways no matter what.

'Okay, if that's what you want!'

Cesar had to make a painful choice as he loosened the grip of the spike and pushed himself away from the hands that continued to press him, at the same time, evading the hand coming from above.

However, he loses possession of the Dark Spike.

Thud—!

With a grimace, while losing his balance since the desperate measure he took was to remove himself from that tight spot, Cesar found himself on his way to plunging towards the countless paper mannequins, at the same time, the last hand of the Big Mannequin went in his way to crush him while in that mid-air position.

If he wanted to regain his balance, he'd have to drop down on the floor but there were already a lot of paper mannequins intercepting his way. If he stayed mid-course, it wouldn't be too soon to be caught by the same hand and get crushed with it.

He looked like he was spinning mid-air after all.

Swoosh—!

"Damn it…! Damn it all!"

Cesar swiftly went into his pocket and went to grab a disgustingly looking tiara with a red bloodshot eye in the middle of it.

Wearing it above his head while staying afloat mid-air, negative thoughts entered his mind, and he almost went crazy just by how forceful these bad emotions got through his head. He wasn't even channeling its mana yet.

It was, after all, an artifact that came from the Nightmare Dim, Nicotara.

Bearing the effects of what once belonged to the Nightmare, Cesar gritted his teeth as he started to channel half of his essence to it.

The elongated hand started to get close. The mannequins waiting and the position he was about to land, throwing whatever they had in their arsenal just to produce a bit of damage had some successful hits while mostly fruitless ones as Cesar continued spinning mid-air.

"Hahh…"

Before Cesar could even land on the paper floor where mannequins were waiting for him and the hand almost grasping his well-being, something started to appear beneath his feet that immediately extended almost twenty meters from his position.

It was a floor made out of shadow.

Whoosh—!

The moment Cesar landed, the shadow floor followed his way. The mannequins that were waiting for him to the ground to overpower him with numbers melted once they touched the floor.

Whoosh—!

The hand that almost made contact with Cesar was instantly blocked by a huge shadow hand that sprung out from the Floor of Darkness.

It got easily deflected before completely ignoring it to continue his way forward.

Whoosh—!

In an instant the smaller paper mannequins vanished from sight once the shadow floor appeared, hundreds more of them instantly lunged towards him, not giving him a single break.

But merely activating the power of the artifact, Cesar willed the Floor of Darkness to kill anyone who stepped on his domain.

The bloodshot eyes in the middle of the tiara reddened even further before dark lines protruded out from the floor, striking the paper mannequins right into their hearts without any mercy.

Swash—!

The ones that continued to step at the Floor of Darkness were being devoured, destroyed, and lastly, vanished from the library. The last thing they knew was a man controlling it looking left and right to see the situation around him.

The picturesque pure carnage continues as the paper mannequins are torn to pieces before their presence starts to disappear once they step into the lower half of the bottomless pit.

It was Cesar who went through first before the Paper Mannequins came next. Next, unable to accept the fact to squashed the little bug so easily, the Big Paper Mannequin followed through the darkness.

The Nightmare who was observing and struggling on its own as it appeared all bloody around its body followed suit as there was nothing to stop them from entering the darkness. Instead of struggling, it let itself fall into the abyss.

Finally, the Three Guardian Shelves appeared healthy on the outside and even though they didn't tire, appeared to have gone through countless battles and had no way but to push through.

They appeared almost broken but also had no choice but to chase the perpetrators, they followed them as well.

Soon, their presence disappeared as they entered the darkness that took the lower part floor of the bottomless cone.