Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 91: Dots Connecting

Swoosh—!

"Open your eyes now!"

Right after he had fallen from the very bottom of the cone while being completely blind, Cesar finally got to open his eyes.

Once again, probably because it has been a couple of times since he was put in the situation, Cesar didn't seem surprised as he found himself falling once more.

However, he couldn't help but frown as he found himself in the library where he was falling from the 'current roof' of the entirety of the whole place. Turning around mid-air, Cesar is able to spot the whole he went through.

There, a creeping humungous black shadow seemed to be leaking out from the paper floor's surface. It appears to be dripping out of black water that went below slightly away from its place before coming back to the same black floor.

Unfortunately, as he continued to fall down, Cesar wasn't able to see another entity that went down with him there. He was all alone, and that shows that even the same Nightmare, the tenacity of the Guardian Shelves, and the army of Paper Mannequins have fallen short when it comes to battling the Dwellers of the Dark.

He, the sole survivor of the whole ordeal was pretty lucky. A fucked up one, at the very least.

"Focus!"

Cesar finally snapped back to reality after thinking how uncanny and sudden the deaths of those creatures that merely followed him because they just did. Now, only himself is moving forward while the rest are left behind.

Not that it worries him anyway. In fact, he was smiling ear to ear now that he only had to worry about himself.

Whoosh—!

Putting his gaze at the fall, Cesar heard Cedeit started informing him about how he'd take this at this point onwards.

"Do you see that tall shelf tower? You couldn't see it earlier since the shelves are covering it which is why most of the time, you'll only see the current roof while being on the current floor."

Cesar shifted his gaze at the tall shelf that stood amongst the rest of the shelves on the current floor. Looking like a cone tower with its tip at the top, he knew he wasn't mistaking the same building that Cedeit was trying to mention.

And he was falling to it.

"You might not see it now but there's a book at its very tip. All you have to do is grab it," Cedeit paused, "Your ticket on the way down heavily relies on you grabbing that book. Only one chance, Cesar. That's it,"

Fully determined and feeling nervous about how eerie that sounded, Cesar could conclude some of the things that bugged his head. One of them is that the paper floor where it would transform into a cushion only worked if they were in the Dive Period.

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If Cedeit was telling the truth which for most of the time, the voice had been very faithful to his words, Cesar had no choice but to grab the book that was somewhere in the tip of the cone.

Another thing that bugged his head for some time was the voice that talked to his head, Cedeit.

If the voice was this strong that defeating the dreadful Dim Nightmare, Nicotara without even Cesar knowing, adding the fact that it was knowledgeable enough to tell some information that others wouldn't just know, how come Cedeit was still in the same position where he needed help to a puny human like him.

Only one reason came to Cesar's mind which he couldn't help but mused inwardly.

'It's not like he's not weak. In fact, I believe he's the strongest I met even though I don't have any idea how his power worked. It's just that he's trapped in this Mansion, the same as others who were here,' Cesar paused, 'He needed someone to use to escape from something. And the only reason I could think of 'something' was the Purplish Emptiness, The Void,'

Yet another question entered Cesar's mind.

'If that was the case, he could've used other people aside from me. That was one thing that confused me and the only thing I could think of must be because it didn't work. Then, it must be because there are certain 'restrictions' or 'shackles' that made him unable to move freely. That was why, me, a completely amateur of anything related outside, have been picked as a scapegoat,'

Cesar's eyes became unfocused for a second as another notion entered his head.

'Are all of this related to the book located in the middle of the library? The one that Cedeit mentioned which keeps moving? Is that the key to everything? No, wait. I'm still confused. I still couldn't pinpoint where the Penetrated Realities came from or how the Heretic could use them as a way to go in and out with the use of a key he'd stolen from the Librarian…'

Cesar was able to conclude that the key that Cedeit also mentioned one time in the table which the heretic had stolen from the Librarian, was the same item he had used to get in and out of the city to somewhere.

And that somewhere is the Mansion itself.

That's why when Vin's men searched for his whereabouts, the heretic left traces willingly but not be able to follow through because they would never get him while being inside the Mansion.

"Cesar!"

First time hearing Cedeit's even voice changing into a scream, Cesar couldn't help but shudder as he put his attention back to the cone tower. The moment he did, he was able to see that he was close to the tower and finally able to spot the book that Cedeit had strongly mentioned getting, lest he wouldn't survive the fall.

'All these dots connecting wouldn't matter if I don't survive this.'

Ridiculing himself for the mistake he was about to make which has been fixed, Cesar puts his attention at the front and skillfully does as to what he was told.

Probably because he had gone through many ridiculous situations while being inside the mansion, this fall seemed to be slightly underwhelming.

The moment he got near the cone tip, Cesar snatched the eerie black book from the cone's tip and grabbed it as he spun around in the air.

"Open to the first page and read the first line,"

Gradually falling to the floor with no hope of landing aside from the book he wielded, Cesar followed Cedeit's words and opened the book to the first page. At first, it was empty until it started to show something towards Cesar which slightly spooked a bit of him.

Reading the first line, Cesar spoke each word without any hesitation.

"In the name of the Ancient Time of the Past, you are incorruptible, indestructible, and unceasing; let the world freeze,"

As if half of his attained essence he got from somewhere got sucked, Cesar felt the book instantly received it. The aura that the tome surrounded emitted out a very hideous aura that almost made him puke due to how disgusting the stench was.

'Ugh, it stinks!'

Just as the moment his face was about to land on the floor, Cesar found himself frozen in time.