Nightmare Mythos

Rumble—!

As the library began to tremble intensely, its tremor could be slightly felt by the occupants, the situation was escalating, turning to a point of no return. With everyone bringing out all their cards, there was no time to waste on lingering doubts that clouded their heads.

If they got to attack, they'll have to do it that way.

"Null!"

Completely rendering the Nightmare incapable of using its ability, The Keeper of the Void slightly moved its head below to gaze at the same human that tried to annoy him earlier up above the air.

"Purge!"

But before it could even move, The Keeper felt something within itself had been taken away without its consent. As it tried to use its ability, even though already knew that it couldn't use an ability for a brief moment, the creature's gaze remained focused on Jeremiah and witnessed something that produced a flicker in its eyes.

Underneath Jeremiah was a plated void. Seamless and as if he had already trained enough to be able to use something the powers of his enemies just after watching them how they were doing it, Jeremiah stared eye to eye with the Keeper of the Void before he vanished at his spot.

Being able to use the twenty-fifth in a second, an ability called [Astral Step], Jeremiah right reappeared near beside the Keeper's vertical eyes.

Whoosh—!

Attempting to strike one of the Keeper's eyes with the use of his spear, Jeremiah used his new but temporary strength in a profound way that exceeded even Cesar and the rest expectations.

Slash—!

But what they were facing was a Nightmare, an entity that is far stronger than the Nightmares found outside.

Merely avoiding the strike with a movement of its neck, the Keeper was able to avoid its eyes by jerking backward.

Whoosh—!

Yet instead of simply avoiding it, The Keeper rotated the motion of its neck with the intent to kill Jeremiah who was currently staying in his position.

The problem was that he was staying mid-air and he wasn't like the Nightmare who could do the astral steps as they hover without a landing spot to gain momentum from the speedy sprinting that looked like teleportation in the outsider's eyes.

"Shit—!"

The cheek of the Keeper was coming to hit Jeremiah when the view of his front cracked, breaking into a cluster of mirror shards.

Instead of hitting the real Jeremiah, the head of the Keeper passed through the mirror shard as its one eye peeked through the mirror window.

There, she met a woman cloaked in a red suit made of flames.

"Hellfire,"

Waiting for it on the other side was Maine whose eyes burned fiery red and used her scorching flames to hurt the cheek of the Nightmare.

Fizzle—!

Feeling the burn of those flames at its face, The Keeper of the Void tried to forcefully make its way out but the hole consisting of mirror shards closed, looking like becoming to strangle the Keeper at his neck.

Whoosh—!

At its body, Jeremiah landed on the ground with difficulty but still manageable before swiftly making its way around the Keeper's body. He struck the Nightmare's nerves and weak points while avoiding the wands that tried to keep him away.

Teleporting from various places just to exert the insane movement was very hard to pull off.

Feeling dizzy and uncomfortable about using the Keeper's powers, Jeremiah felt like he was about to puke due to how taxing it was.

Still, the only thing he could do was to keep cutting and proceed persistently.

Swoosh—!

Sprinkling the cheek of the Nightmare with fire, Maine intensified the output of her flames as she tripled the force that started piercing through the blood-wrenching flesh of the monster.

Seeing that the Keeper of the Void could only remain motionless in its place while being cornered so easily by the people he considered the best, Cesar assisted them with Floor of Darkness.

The lunging shadow envelops the whole body of the Nightmare and makes it incapable of moving until he completely stops due to them.

Without any delay, Cesar began to recite the activation sequence of the Fabric of the Prison Domain that Cedeit had given to him as they made their way here.

Stretching his one hand at the front where the cube is being held, Cesar recited, "Hear me. By the ancient binding laws and the forbidden realm of the forgotten chains, I call forth the shackles that can bind even the unknown! Let none escape!"

Cesar quickly smeared a drop of his own blood onto the cube during the final incantation. The maws along the walls emitted slurping sounds, eagerly drooling and savoring the blood that had been offered to them.

Then the cube started convulsing.

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Due to the aggressiveness of those maws and the continuous mounting of the weight of the cube, Cesar had no choice but to release it from his hand.

The moment it touched the ground, the floor dented due to how heavy it became right in just an instant.

Then those maws shifted their focus to the motionless Keeper. The cube's violent shaking abruptly ceased, replaced by a chilling phenomenon that drew everyone's attention and sent shivers down their spines.

Vin, Maine, and Jeremiah got distracted by it. The Librarian, and even the people trying to fend off the same Nightmare, got all their attention captivated by the same phenomenon that was happening in the cube.

Even the Keeper who appears to be in a tight spot, had its eyes wavered when it witnessed the cube changing.

The maws surrounding the cube's walls started to tighten their lips. In just an instant, one might even make the wrong observation when they realize the lips are gone, leaving only the flesh-made cube in its position.

Creak—!

Then it began to twist, the upper half of the cube goes left while the lower half goes right. The moment it stopped rotating in both ways, it wriggled before metallic, black chains stretched forward trying to bind the Keeper at its place to get ready.

Just as they were thinking that everything was supposed to be that easy, only Jeremiah who was doing his best to prevent the Nightmare to continue being useless was the only one to see the situation in his spot.

There he saw the right wand, the sleek purplish staff glimmered. One of the many Keeper's bracelets kept at its wrist exploded, making the same wand shimmer even brighter.

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"It's going to do that again!"

Leah, who was already at the back, and the rest of the group managed to come swiftly and came in handy in their situation, all stretched their hands wide to stop the Keeper's attempt to escape.

"Suppress!"

"Invalidate!"

"Subdue!"

Anything to help the chains from enveloping Keeper was there to assist but upon witnessing the staff getting brighter each time, Cesar had no choice but to back down.

"Damn it!"

He knew what was going to happen.

"Get away from any abilities thrown!"

Even though his warning was faster, it wasn't wide enough to produce a huge gap between him and the Keeper.

The moment the purplish staff had brightened enough, to the point that it almost appeared white, the Keeper finally decided to move.

"Void Erasure…!"