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 tis 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 seed 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 sa 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 sa Nightmare, the tenacity of the Guardian Shelves, and the army of Paper Mannequins have fallen short when it cos 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 rely 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 ti, 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 sa building that Cedeit was trying to ntion.

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 so 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.

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

Another thing that bugged his head for so ti 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 so information that others wouldn't just know, how co Cedeit was still in the sa position where he needed help to a puny human like him.

Only one reason ca 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 t even though I don't have any idea how his power worked. It's just that he's trapped in this Mansion, the sa as others who were here,' Cesar paused, 'He needed soone to use to escape from sothing. And the only reason I could think of 'sothing' 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 . That was one thing that confused 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, , a completely amateur of anything related outside, have been picked as a scapegoat,'

Cesar's eyes beca 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 ntioned which keeps moving? Is that the key to everything? No, wait. I'm still confused. I still couldn't pinpoint where the Penetrated Realities ca 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 ntioned one ti in the table which the heretic had stolen from the Librarian, was the sa item he had used to get in and out of the city to sowhere.

And that sowhere is the Mansion itself.

That's why when Vin's n 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 ti 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 mont 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 ntioned 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 seed to be slightly underwhelming.

The mont 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 sothing towards Cesar which slightly spooked a bit of him.

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

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

As if half of his attained essence he got from sowhere got sucked, Cesar felt the book instantly received it. The aura that the to 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 mont his face was about to land on the floor, Cesar found himself frozen in ti.