Chapter 18

After death was Jean,Mary,Ian,John and Hans,Hadrian would slightly distance himself from the Locke's.Hadrian would take missions from Death and Dream to cope with his issues.He

was given detailed description of the Artifacts and who created them.Also Dream had warned not be lulled into using some of these artifact's as they are very dangerous.Hadrian found out of the artifacts the one created by Destruction was the least problematic,the irony.

The Endless created these artifacts when they were bored or they were young in terms of cosmic beings.Each artifact was made either based on their personification or to counter another artifacts power.

The Book of Destiny created by Destiny was a book that used to grant a worthy individual the power to alter reality.Until now their has been none who was chosen or worthy to be it's owner.

Dream Stone was created by Dream himself,while it can give you what you want the most,it comes with a downside as everyone who used this has not had a happy ending.

Book of sins was created by Desire himself It is also known as the Book of the Damned, and that it corrupts everything and everyone that it touches.

The Book of Order created by death to was an ancient book of knowledge and power that could be used by sorcerers. Its capabilities were considered the direct antithesis of the Book Of Sins.

The Blade of Chaos possesses magical properties, able to transform the wielder into all powerful swordsman.This was created by destruction,who practically didn't was to do anything to do with his personification.He often tries to subvert his own nature tried to create instead of destroy.The guy was said to be the most approachable compared to Desire who was pretty dangerous.

Delirium created the Staff was madness touches the Berserker Staff,receives an adrenaline rush and a burst of super-strength fueled by the wielder's inner rage and hatred, often accompanied by particularly hateful and unpleasant memories.

Only one who didn't create an artifact was Despair

A Nightmare named Marius wanted the Dream Stone for it use,it started Cult for this specific purpose by giving a human dreams about certain incidents from accidents to winning prizes,he was able to convince the human that he was gods prophet and started playing the puppeteer,with so called dreams or visions was able to guide the Cult anyway he wanted.

But what he didn't expect was Dream to get an idea about his plans and hired someone to kill him,so in the dead of the night one of the cult member Josh was running through the Alleyway,he was freaking out panicking.Hadrian who was drunk swaying a little behind was just walking humming a tune, as we see Sand of Dream takes the form of a slow brown mist like fog that gradually moves toward Josh.The tendrils of sand moved like snake slithering through the ground,it was terrifying for Josh who soon fell he was paralyzed with fear.

Josh sobbing begged"I didn't do anything,please let me go.I would do anything for you."

Hadrian simply kneeled infront of him and showed him picture of Marius and questioned"Where is he?"

Which brings him to a small shop, Occult a very ominous shop,Hadrian enters the shop turns out true to its namesake; it is full of eclectic mix of goods from floor to ceiling, everything from mummies to animal skins, and every other type of strange antique and other artifacts that could possibly exist in the world, including occult ones.

The store's proprietor, a shady-looking man with fake smile questioned"What can I do for you,sir?"

Hadrian nods before sending the guy against the glass door with a point-blank air blast, shattering it before confronting him as he morphs into Marius.

Marius is shape shifter,while in was one of the weakest nightmare's he made it up with his manipulations.

Hadrian once again takes out his hip flask,which he had enchanted to hold a lot of whiskey.He took a huge gulp of it and looked at Marius,who taking the chance quickly takes knife from nearby table and Hadrian in the heart causing him to fall on the ground.

Marius looked around with sigh muttered"That was close one,I really have move away from this place now."

Hadrian with groan slowly stood up and pulling the knife from his chest,spilling blood all over the floor as the wound fully closed without leaving a scratch as Marius was shocked he didn't know who

this guy was.

Hadrian to drop his hip flask the ground he was angry yelled"You just made me lose some nice whiskey their."

But before he could react,he was tied up by multiple iron chains that came out of nowhere.

Hadrian's eyes where like glowing emeralds as he questioned"Where is the Book of Destiny and Blade of chaos?"