Price for the Truth

Never look at the Nightmare in the eye— that was an ironclad rule of the Nightmare Cycle. Hearsay you would see your worst fears and nightmares unfolding right before your eyes, pushing you to the brink of madness and then… death. 

The number one player, Harbinger of Doom, had inherited only a small fraction of the Nightmare's power but that was already enough to shoot her right to the top of the leaderboard, her position unshakable for years. 

That being said, the Nightmare very seldom appeared inside the Cycles. 

Among the officers in the meeting room right now, only Ying had had the fortune – or maybe misfortune – to see the Nightmare once, and that was in the 'Chrono Junction Express' right before it caused the whole Cycle to fall apart. 

One glance… just one glance was enough for the sheer terror to be engraved in her mind.