Nightmare Mythos

Chapter 59: Message

"You've known this much in just a span of a small amount of time?"

Jeremiah couldn't help but speak in astonishment as he heard the reports coming from Cesar. The other people who were merely watching couldn't help but be curious as well and give him high praise while evaluating his capability as a rookie.

As for what he informed them, it was all related to the incoming Nightmare they were going to face. The way he delivered his information even though it's only been a day since he had come here didn't sound right at all.

In fact, aside from going on a lookout and joining the meeting from time to time, there's no other situation where Cesar was able to move even deeper and gather this valuable intel.

This is why Cesar was prepared to give an explanation as to how he was able to gather this important intel... even if it all sounded like a bitter lie.

However, looking at their faces didn't exclude any suspicion but an expression of hope that told him they needed this kind of lead, only made Cesar relaxed.

'This is more like it. Interrogate me when we're out of here. We focus on what's important,' Cesar mused inwardly while letting out a soft smile.

"How reliable do you think this is, Sparrow?" Jeremiah asked, out of curiosity that didn't have a tone of maliciousness about it.

After being posed with that kind of question, Cesar remained silent for a brief while contemplating the source of this information which was no other than Cedeit.

Remembering the eerie voice of the entity that continued giving him advice that he heeded and saved his life a few times now, Cesar believed that this was solid proof of information.

After all, Cedeit had been right all this time.

"It's very reliable sir. I'm sure of it,"

As if that was everything he needed to see the value of this information and clear the doubts in his head, Jeremiah let out a chuckle before nodding once.

"Then, I have no words left. Good job gathering this information," Jeremiah then turned solemn as he added, "Now, all that's left is to deal with the Nightmare."

He then shifted to Quentin and ordered amiably, "Rookie, can you call Klaus outside? We'll start on finalizing the strategy on what we have for the upcoming fight,"

No matter how brave or strong they were, the opponent they were going to fight was a Nightmare, something humanity had never defeated with a millennium of history to show how unworthy were humans to stand toe-to-toe with them.

But what choice do they have?

They were in a mysterious place, a bizarre territory, at the wrong time.

Those feelings were only natural to appear.

'Come on now... At least don't show it to me. I was feeling confident for us, you know?' Cesar mused inwardly, his expression appearing twisted and contorting.

His steeled resolve from earlier slightly wavered, but he removed the doubts inside his head right after knowing it would affect his performance if all he thought was negativity.

In this situation, positive thinking might somehow help them.

Once all of them were prepared, Jeremiah suddenly made a weird action by placing a piece of note on the ground that he grabbed from his pocket.

It was a message to tell the newcomers of the table that somebody had already come first, but also to tell them to move forward since that's where their cohort is going.

/We're going first/

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It was such a simple message that didn't contain any positivity or a bit of negativity. It was just there to inform someone, that's all.

Only those who read it can infer what the message is being implied.

Once he was done, Jeremiah stood up before letting out a shaky breath from his mouth. After a few seconds of doing so, he gave a glance at the group before forming a weak smile.

"Let's go..."

With an instruction coming from Jeremiah, the cohort marched towards the old candelabra within their sight.