Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 94: Immersive Reading

'Wait, wait, wait. How is this happening?! I was supposed to read! I am capable of reading! God damn it!'

Cesar started to become nervous about how this turned into the worst case he had ever imagined.

He had already seen books that came in various sizes, contents where they could be eaten, a ground-breaking power that he could use with a bit of channeling of his essence, and heard how dangerous some were.

Now he was experiencing something phenomenon again, a bit different and new.

The book gave life to the contents inside of it and showed Cesar what an 'immersive reading' is and being inside of the book's world to the next literal level!

Cesar transferred his gaze to the side where the individuals were present and merely waiting in their place, upwards where the spiraling lights are illuminating the table, before ending it in the middle where the delicacies, different variety of utensils, and items were all offered to every individual present at the table.

Seated at the other end of the table, Cesar was now a hundred percent sure the image he was seeing was no other than the previous hallway he had gone through, the cold ancient stone table.

'I couldn't see any of their faces. How fascinating…'

Cesar mused inwardly as no matter how much he tried to squint his eyes to gaze at them, they remained obscured to whatever actions they were doing to hide their identities.

"When are we going to wait… huh?"

Cesar heard an authoritative voice from nearby before he finally noticed something unusual about their appearances.

The voice on his side for example was unsteady, but when he shifted his gaze to the speaker's hands, his eyes slightly widened as he noticed cracks forming on them.

Cesar couldn't help but shiver the moment he felt everyone's gazes fell onto him at the table. It was also at that instant that he realized the uneven voice question was directed at him.

But the owner Cesar was currently inhabiting was calm and unbothered. Looking at each one of them by returning their gazes, a playful smile plastered on his lips as he spoke.

"I want information first."

Out of the twenty-two seats available on the table, the fifth chair located on his left seemed to be struggling before a hoarse voice answered his query after raising a hand.

Cesar saw signaling the person to proceed to talk with a mere nod.

"Time has been corrupted. We won't know what will happen at this point if something of that caliber isn't even safe from corruption." The hoarse voice let out a short cough that went down on his lips before adding, "Decaying Luck was there. As well as Twisted Fate. Some small fries within their outer circle as well. They all ganged up just to defeat Time."

The one Cesar was inhabiting muttered silently as a sigh escaped from his lips, "So Time has been defeated. That's unfortunate. All right, you can proceed, Rash."

Suddenly, everyone watched the obscured figure named Rash picking up a spoon and fork and momentarily stopping at his place. At that moment, the figure surrounding him appears to be weary as his posture alone is all saying about it.

He touched the cup on his side making him all weary before he proceeded to eat the delicacies on his front, still maintaining a dignified mannerism.

He then muttered, his demeanor shifting as he returned to peak condition, "It's true… It can absorb most of your corruption at it." Find your next adventure on m_v l|e-NovelBin.net

This time, everyone's gaze fell on Cesar once more before almost everyone started to desperately raise their hands and wanted to get his attention.

"I told you guys that nurturing yourself isn't just enough. Control is needed to produce certainty. Corruption is not just a small fry, after all,"

Cesar's gaze fell to the side as he demanded, "What do you have, Scorn?"

Finally, the guy who almost seemed to be breaking down finally had the chance to speak as he didn't waste his opportunity to appease Cesar.

"I've found the item that writes the past, present, and future events, The Akashic Records!"

Cesar's eyes seemed to have slightly broadened even more at that information before his playful lips grew wider. The guy, Scorn, then continued.

"I… didn't actually possess it but I caught a glimpse of a future event that relates to you, Deceit! It said… It said that a lowly creature would take over you and the tricks you pulled off wouldn't matter!"

Slightly agitated at that declaration coming from Scorn, the one Cesar was inhabiting, Deceit, seemed to not like that information as if his ego was hurt. He taps his fingertip menacingly at the edges of his seat before answering.

"That's very informative. I liked it. We'll discuss this later on and where these Records are located. Go on, you can proceed,"

Scorn, the same as what Rash had done, grabbed a pair of utensils he could use. Cesar noticed that the cracks appearing on his hands slowly rendering themselves before he proceeded to eat the delicacies on his front.

'So my previous thoughts that this hallway is some sort of assembly or meeting is slightly true. I was even thinking it was some sort of war council but I guess I was wrong. This is just where this body can gather information from the other twenty-one figures,'

Cesar paused, 'so the name of the Architect of this Mansion, the creator of the library, and what that heretic was worshipping was no other than this benevolent being, Deceit. Huh,'

Discovering a clue regarding the entire Mansion itself, Cesar couldn't help but frown as the rest of everything he was hearing was completely huge for someone as lowly as him to understand for now.

Somehow, Cesar considered it as a major clue.

'Man, I guess it is just a title. So, this is a Nightmare Creature. Is it a Higher Nightmare Creature ranked then?'

Cesar's thoughts darted across the room before Deceit's gaze fell on the other side of the table where a composed figure was sitting and also looking at him.

Amongst all the desperate figures that tried to get his attention, this was the only figure that remained calm as it appeared that she didn't need any help from Deceit at all. She was solely there to listen and observe.

"Hypocrisy,"

The obscured figure answered back with a slight nod.

"Deceit,"

Deceit's smile lowered as the tip barely stood up before questioning, "I want to ask what kind of information you have on you even though you appeared to be… okay. Or are you not interested in giving in anything?"

The obscured figure which seemed to be a lady entity, Hypocrisy, answered with a soothing voice, "I'm indeed okay and I'm indeed not interested in anything. Actually, I'm just here to share something with all of you,"

Rash and Scorn appeared to come back to their position ready to hear it while the rest continued to struggle to stop the corruption from getting over them. Eventually, Hypocrisy shared with a delight on her voice.

"Everyone is banding up together after the defeat of Time," Hypocrisy took a moment of break, "They will begin hunting us Origin Entities. I wouldn't be surprised if they started it a few years ago already,"