Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 69: On The Run

"Go, now!" Calintz shouted at them, blocking up Claudius' path.

"But, Appa-"

"GO!! I'll be right behind you. Follow the light." Calintz shouted at them. With a heavy heart JiU turned around and pushed all of her sisters forward.

"You better be coming! I'll wait for you on the other side!"

"Sorry, my love.... For lying to you..." Calintz whispered to himself, taking one last look at his children.

"You're a bad liar, you know?" Claudius smirked.

"Including this, that's two lies that I've told during my period of living." Calintz raised his eyebrow, dashing forward to start his attack. He lashed his leg, aiming for Claudius' head. Claudius blocked it with his arms, wincing at the pain it caused him.

Calintz didn't stop there, springing his body midair for an elbow drop, aiming at Claudius' crown. He dashed backward, evading but couldn't forsee the heel drop aiming at the same place. With a crushing force, Claudius was slammed on the ground, while Calintz recovered his footing.

He did not take any chance here, as he already separated the key from Minzy's soul. He need to keep Claudius here until the planetary alignment ends to lock his soul here.

The planetary alignment weakened the barrier between the Afterlife and the realm of the living, making the supernatural transition between the two realms easier. It only happened once every 250 years and lasted for about 8 minutes. Calintz knew that Claudius would take this chance to enter the Afterlife and destroy the key that locked his prison.

His plan is two tiered; stopping Claudius at his weakest, and reviving all of his daughters and Minzy by trading his soul to The One Himself. He was resurrected by Him to protect the world from evil. Even if he did not completed his duty, at least he hope The One would take all of the deeds he had done into account for this barter. And he was in luck. The One agreed and let one of His light to guide them out from this realm.

One would imagine why The One allowed Claudius to live, but Calintz knew everything that happens in this world were never by mere chances. That was His business, not his.

Calintz continued to pummel Claudius endlessly, not giving him a chance to counterattack. Until Claudius caught his punch, evil grin formed on his face. He grabbed Calintz's throat, choking him with his grip. As Claudius was far larger than him, he dangled helplessly in the air.

"Don't bother to use your power. We don't carry that in our spirit form." Claudius tightening his grip.

Calintz gasped for air, his eyes bulging. He used all of his strength to escape from Claudius' grip but futile.

"He-He-help.... P-p-please...." Calintz croaked.

"You think that foolish being will interfere with the matter of us men? Do you think you gave your soul to him, just now? Why do you think I'm still alive despite what I had done?" Claudius laughed manically.

"Spoiler alert; I destroyed Him hundreds of years ago. Why the hell would you think the world is so fucked up? Because no one is answering their fucking prayers anymore. Like this retarded generation coined nowadays; God is dead." He shoved his free hand to Calintz's chest, rummaging the cavity. Calintz let out a soundless scream, thrashing violently against him. With a tug, he pulled the key from Claudius' chest.

"At last... I AM FREE!!" Claudius crushed the key with his hand. Calintz can only observe as the last resort of his failed right in front of him. He let go of Calintz and stomped him. Weakened, Calintz could not even move his finger.