Chapter 26: The Return to Nightmare
Chapter 26 – The Return to Nightmare
> [Night Trial: Phase One (Part 2) – Initiated]
Duration: 72 Hours (Nightmare Time) / 8 Hours (Real Time)
The blood-red alert pulsed before Oliver's barely opened eyes.
><"Welcome back, Meat Shield. Your previous performance was... disappointing. Lucky for you, redemption smells like fear.">
Oliver's eyes flew wide open.
Above him—frozen mid-strike—was a massive scorpion, its sharp, serrated leg poised an inch from his skull. The creature's face, if it could be called that, remained a grotesque horror—red, segmented armor slick with ichor, mandibles clicking in eerie rhythm, and eight soulless, glimmering black eyes boring into him.
It was exactly where he'd left off. The nightmare hadn't restarted—it had resumed.
> <"You were about to become meat on a stick. Delicious.">
Before he could scream, a countdown appeared before his eyes.
10... 9... 8...