I tried to utter a scream but my body was frozen. The crack has enlarged as the portal completely formed, a nightmarish figure crawled out. It was a monster with a head of a woman, long jet black hair drape over its head, dark holes where its eyes should be gaze upon me like the darkest abyss it had no nose making its face a little flat, other than its hollow eyes what remained was a wide smile creepily out of proportions, the lack of teeth or lips could be seen clearly on the monster's features, instead a singular large eye crimson in color could be seen inside its everlasting smiling mouth. It slowly crawled out of the portal, my eyes went wide when I saw the body of the monster. Its torso was long, longer than my room, its hair grew on its back like a mane of some animal, it spiraled inside my room using its multiple hands as a means to move, four of its limbs nearest to the head was longer
"Hey, Phil! Are you okay?" I froze as I felt Dave's hand on my shoulder. "Yeah, I'm okay." "Need me to bring you to the clinic?" "
"So um Eclaireuse Ma'am, can I ask you a question?" "What do you want to know kid?" "Can you transform into a soul form? I once met an artifact that can transform into a soul form and I'm just curious if you can transform into one."&n
"Phil I think we have gone deep" I was looking at my surroundings when I heard Eclaireuse's voice echo inside my mind. The golden bubble that once surrounded me by 10 meters has now shrunk to 5 meters, the visibility inside the abyss had gotten worse, the miasma was thicker and the creatures roaming inside of it were getting more significant. Instead of being scared by the golden bubble, some of the nightmare origins were actively trying to weaken it while some were a distance away ready to pounce at me at the time the bubble wears off. We have gotten to the point where we can see walls heading down towards
I woke up and returned to the real world. I remembered I had a collection of glass marbles when I was young and mom should have kept it along with all the toys I own. I head towards the basement, I know that mom kept all kinds of things in there if they are not needed immediately. I arrived in front of the door to the basement. It was painted black with no ornaments on it. The strange thing about our basement door is that it had no handle, no knob, only a flat black door with a noticeable Y shape keyhole on the center of it. I didn't know why mom and dad opt for this design, it may be they don't want anything stolen inside the basement since burglars will have a hard time noticing it when the lights are off, and if they do it would take a long time to open it. Whatever the case may be, I don't kno
After I was taught by En how to store my energy into the marbles, I proceeded to fill every marble with my energy, and every time my energy got low, I would eat something in the pantry. Of the 25 marbles that I had successfully brought inside my domain, 5 of them disintegrated due to various imperfections. Thankfully En had already warned me that not all marbles would survive and turn into a battery, he also told me that more than 60 percent of the marbles would disintegrate after being used once, while the remaining 40 percent would be able to handle multiple times of storage. Furthermore, En said that if I'm lucky enough, one of the marbles would develop a soul and be considered as an artifact that has a high affinity with me since it was used to store my energy, I wanted him to elaborate further but was unable to gather more explanation since he said that it was a rather rare occurrence, li
I agreed with En's suggestion. My sense of danger was blaring even looking at the dark void heading towards the lowest point of the abyss, the abyssal floor. While I was searching the ceiling of the abyssal trench, I tried to peek inside various holes that nightmare origins had turned into a home to look for Eric's mother, I could not help but ask En about the abyss. "Hey En, why is the abyss too deep? And I noticed it's larger than the whole plains of sleep, from shallows till the deep." 
The shoggoth carried me towards the trench. I tried struggling but to no avail, it only made my situation worse as the shoggoth tightened its hold of me. I planned to use a grenade to at least loosen or destroy the tentacle that was binding me but En told me not to do it since it would only bring me harm than good if I try to blow the tentacle off, he even said that it might aggravate the shoggoth and consume me instead. Eclaireuse even tried to overuse her soul force to strengthen the barrier but it did not work, the shoggoth’s tentacle still pass through her barrier. Looking around me, I saw other shoggoths still hunting, purging all remaining nightmare origin that had failed to run away.&
The multiple eyes on the giant abomination started to open and move erratically. The prisoner tried to defy the force that was making it kneel down, the mouth that was located near its abdomen started to take in air, large amounts of goo started to seep out of its body. En shouted inside my head to take shelter and cover my ears. The prisoner with all its might yanked the chains that bind it and screamed on the top of its lungs. Its deep below shook the surroundings, my ears started to bleed while my head started to fill up with malicious thoughts. En tried with all his best to keep me sane while Eclaireuse although a little exhausted used her remaining soul force to create a barrier.&nb
"Look for another cave boy. I do not trust that cave anymore, the prisoner might have planted a trap for you inside the black goo." Phil nodded upon hearing what Ferox has to offer. He swam inside the walls of the prison and decided to head towards the opposite side from where the past cave was located. It took Phil almost all of his current energy to arrive in a habitable cavern. Before he entered he stared at the prisoner that was lying with its head down inside the black goo, bubbles of air could be seen popping up near its mouth located in its belly. Phil could not believe how a crazed being could be cu
After overcoming his dejection, Phil attentively listens to Ferox's explanation of how to properly control his violent urges. "Okay boy, first things first. Do not be overwhelmed by your cruel urges. No matter what the voices inside your head whisper, do not do it. Even if the sigil is not activated, the urge to do violent things is magnified because of its presence. One more thing, this does not apply just to those that are around you, but to you as well, your body to be specific. For example, if you are in a situation where you want to scratch yourself because of a minor inconvenience and the sigil activates, you might end up with heavy injuries due to not being able to control yourself and scratch yo
The feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed Phil, the biting cold of the dark embraced his bloody body. He lays unconscious in the ever-expanding darkness. But suddenly a bright red glow tore the peace that was brought by the endless dark. "AHHHGGGG!!" Phil clutched his left eye which was throbbing in pain. "AHH!! Why is this happening, I...I thought I was dead."&
Disclaimer: This chapter has blood, gore and violence in it. Please read in your own discretion. "Hmmm...Hmmm...Hmmm." I hummed sitting on a dining chair reading the newspaper. Still, the headline was about a serial mass murdered on the loose, the newest victim was a boy found dead inside a bathroom in a convenience store. I flipped the page as I grew tired of waiting. I looked to my left and right and saw both my parents and Eric, sitting perfectly still on their seats. Thankfully my parents were not trying to dirty the floor anymore, must have used up al
Disclaimer: This chapter has blood and violence. Viewer discretion is advised. You have been warned. "Good you are successful in calling me I see. Now let me look at you clearly first since I could not see you clearly when I was in my domain." My body started to glow a red hue but it only lasted for a moment. "Hmmm, 25 points of energy. This is worse than a chick that had not grown its feathers, this is a chick that has just hatched out of its egg and is still wet. Ugh, you could not even kill a nightmare origin swi
"Ferox? Who are you? I don't know you. Where did En go?" Confusion painted my face, hearing the deep and brutish voice that had replaced En's calm and gentle voice. "I'm here Phil. Sorry for leaving you like that. The being tasked me with contacting Ferox to try and teach you to use your energy more efficiently." I sighed in relief after hearing En's voice. Although mere minutes ago I resented him for leaving and not
The sky was crimson on an eternal afternoon, the sun was halfway set beyond the horizon. A red haze filled the air as the smell of blood filled my nostrils. The caw of legions of crows is the only sound that could be heard. Dry bones of various creatures lay strewn all over the floor as the crow themselves help pick whatever flesh remains on them. The sound of cracking was audible as I walked towards a spire of blood and gore, watched by the crows with their dark black eyes. Countless lifeless bodies piled up in large numbers slowly decaying, from the most recent kill at the top to the dry bones at the bottom. A figure sat on a throne of bone, adorned only with the beings that were adequate to enterta
I woke and saw that my energy bar was almost full. I stared at the ceiling of the cave, thinking how far I will go in the next attempt and how long would I be trapped inside this prison. I wondered if ever I will be successful in leaving this place or be like Eric’s mother, forever trapped inside the abyss of dreams. Although I have been trapped here for almost a day now, the lack of sunlight or any light for that matter makes you confused of what time of day it was now. The only source of luminous light I could see was Eclaireuse’s barrier. Although I was given the power to see in the darkness which I only noticed after being trapped inside this dark abyss and since I could not freely use my power in the real world, for that I was thankful or I would be utterly blind navigating inside this prison with a dangerous guard just outside the confines of the cave.&
The multiple eyes on the giant abomination started to open and move erratically. The prisoner tried to defy the force that was making it kneel down, the mouth that was located near its abdomen started to take in air, large amounts of goo started to seep out of its body. En shouted inside my head to take shelter and cover my ears. The prisoner with all its might yanked the chains that bind it and screamed on the top of its lungs. Its deep below shook the surroundings, my ears started to bleed while my head started to fill up with malicious thoughts. En tried with all his best to keep me sane while Eclaireuse although a little exhausted used her remaining soul force to create a barrier.&nb