Well, this is a mess. I watched the whole thing unfold from a safe distance, I didn’t think it was a good time to interfere but now…. everyone is underground.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkRAkHF9ZO
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFKK6yvuL8
I look towards the many pillars in the distance and wonder which one could be hiding the Essence of Zeus. Just to be safe, maybe I should go to the one Caecius is heading. Don’t want him to get his hands on such power.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJ2uuHB3GB
???: “Watch out!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfSLjVk6dr
Moryuu: “What the-”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJHeAiZcC5
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg14SFQhDbR
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LISiqNb3e
The seemingly young boy dusted himself off and rose to meet me face to face. Considering our situation, I’m still surprised he would wear a normal yellow t-shirt and blue jeans like we’re on some vacation. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCj0SRYovLg
???: “Sorry, it was hard forcing my way in here but the portal that girl’s bird made helped a lot. Sad what happened to her.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9KeC160MY
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ435Q76SIRF
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXt1HlhQ6G
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdyP8tlxgH
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7w9GEMj88
Moryuu: “Thanks.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvBJD2xKs8
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDoqMYh7A5
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWeq6ZhUCp
Talon: “I’ll try to find the sleeping bodies of the fallen by teleportation. Their souls should still be in there ready for the next round.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aawMBE2A8
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc2khWEA7H
Talon: “Of course, I can’t wait to actually meet normal people. Well, except maybe Jayden since his organization is similar to mine and I don’t want to be dragged back into that environment.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbE3Lko3fLE
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtB56k4kE3
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQteva2Qx8X
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAKtA79Jgd
Talon: “It’s way easier to open portals inside this place than outside. This should take you to where Caecius is, be careful. Get your powers and leave, I can’t have either of you dying.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1YPJFMdQa
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAvRH11QUq
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRiFzPhhXW
Talon: “You find him interesting?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqr31nDeNX
Moryuu: “I want a rematch with him after I get my powers back….and you’re no match for him. He’d rip you apart.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKFGvsevjp
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0R2FUQkP4
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvz03rTIum
I nod and enter the portal to find myself in a near pitch-black structure. There are glimmers of blue light to the right and left of me. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN34kgH6gHs
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76n8EmzytM
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4La1yjq3lb
I creep through the dark corridor to come across the blue light from earlier that’s coming from a weirdly floating lantern. Suddenly the Flame begins to dance around and playfully flies deeper into the structure. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePh7HqDohj
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8kklpRht3
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyDHAKDwgK
Blue light shines from the top that reveals another sharper pillar in the center of the room with 2 lanterns adorned on 2 of the corners. I guess this little guy is one of them but where’s the last one. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoLETrF2Xl
*Footsteps*906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RHXBUhOGp
I dash to the nearest hiding place within the cracks of the jagged walls. As expected, Caecius comes walking in with the last lantern. I guess they don’t care who comes in.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfNMu9eccY
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrYMEiY4on
He inspects the sharp pillar in the center, searching for a way to unlock the contents of it I gather. I can’t let him get Zeus’s Essence.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPXUHq0AX6
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM8vKkyyvi
Caecius: “Mmmm?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8aJQcw63j
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ4lVMHutY
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYhqEakzpf
Unless I have Zeus’s Essence it will be too risky to fight him. I come out of my hiding spot with my hands up.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI0hsW9EYt
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDr3l2SzQt
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRDv4lHeDZ
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CayFTEucS
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK3lTRYiKy
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJU8hm5OEc
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNODaPsVYJH
This is going smoother than I thought. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjkiKLYVbj
Moryuu: “!!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCEulsOSIr
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hoMQ6QjOV
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWhgmqvUDt
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQSf72vW7T
Caecius: “*Glare*”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZKmcqpvcV
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1Mj6S00Df
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gUnIrojCo
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe6y1TztHB
Caecius: “!!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0FGgq622n
Caecius: “Explain.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwScu7Dj84k
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwcjbPqfUZ
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRxKjDOCfV
Moryuu: “Well, an acquaintance says that the nature of this god is to drag souls from other afterlives into this realm that seems like one but with an added twist. Time loops, every time someone dies and comes back, a part of their soul feeds the god and with enough energy, it will revive and cause massive damage to our universes and much more.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG7YZfwpcX
Caecius: “….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmgkuo7dtu
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm7jYkHdi6
Caecius: “So you’re saying we’ve all died multiple times, came back in the warehouse without much power, and then did the whole thing again but slightly different.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLqezhu0kF
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22Rs3cZDz9
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZwnnh7kDH
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg327fO9hW8
Caecius: “….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAYZdIGP29
Moryuu: “That’s the beast stirring, my job is to keep everyone from dying and maybe work together to do enough damage to it so it loses all the energy it’s been building up. After that, everyone can go back to where they belong.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX0Sd1TBRe
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhjNw0uc21
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoslX62QoDN
Caecius: “….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEAL2adMh2
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOoUqPmp6A
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8jwrV2Z0H
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdumtL4luLi
Caecius: “It can be done!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUM0G7MRJb
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wOG1Ri0qa
Caecius: “Silence!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtW02aFROC
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3nwDeYirX
Moryuu: “!!!!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Wg3lNoXV8
I'm….suffocating!906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KhrfbImnJ
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJMlLBlR0K
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AZtdS6qVl
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzsPUTCEHd
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjNz19BWlN
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctulZhK8Ec
He shoots more air blades but I jump high up onto the few bars that line the ceiling corners. I let loose more daggers at him from above but he blocks them again.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWzLd8gqt3
Caecius: “It’s useless!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeY4oZmgZv
Moryuu: “Is it?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a5eRQ3ype
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNX9EtK2KX
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaKTPDBY9N
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX4kH3J7NF
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI70DBzosRb
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt961rsGKdB
…906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG64KGJf2H
..906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5e7HAAv5Lk
.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvsyu8mawj
NOW!906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiB97qFAfb8
*Slash*906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzODpf5DDO
*Slash*906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGqoqTSgih
*Slash*906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumoieFbZOH
Caecius: “Wha, how!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppoftBbzxr
I knocked away all the blades of air, probably causing large gashes in the wall behind me. I was still cut all over but nothing vital has been damaged. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKJaJjwz84
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2enfNkhP3
Caecius: “You!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdm7xbLWWC
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ1f9sw34w
I dash forward and reflect the dangerous ones away right before they touch my body while letting others past my defenses so I can keep going.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNPDLVzvyy
Despite the many injuries, I make it right in front of Caecius and hit him in the gut with my Tonfa bypassing his wind barrier. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdG03hloGD
Caecius: “GAH!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn4mZPqT3w
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTHjl1f0AE
Moryuu: “Tch.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e0WOxd7yd
I’m not that well off either, I’m breathing heavily and I don’t think that finished the job. Damn, I should have attached an Anti-Magic Dagger to my Tonfa. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ730h0dXGpo
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ouomkN2S1
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPoC2nbMHq
Moryuu: “What?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOytdjjLnQM
I look towards what he’s staring at and behold, there’s the flask of Zeus’s Essence and….something else floating in the air. All where the pillar once stood, I guess it was sliced to bits during the fight.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7YqwXOu4N
Caecius: “The Eye….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMcKRNOlHh
He dashes to the object and I jump too, he can’t have either of them. Whatever the eye is it can’t be good if he has it. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGAlO0qjme
He shoots a powerful blunt blast of air towards me which pushes me away but I throw 2 daggers at him and 1 from the blunt side at the flask as I fall. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXchF2rDggo
The flask falls to the ground safely but Caecius grabs the eye. I shake off the pain of the fall and push towards the flash while he’s distracted. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RI5Ll2ACG
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZlexWK89d
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtExD165K1s
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrj0Hxp8mI
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8GxnNz0mi
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAV3bqzDIl
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuzZfF4kPn
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP4iAnHHQZ
I’m lifted into the air, my body is electrocuted from within and I begin to feel the almost unbearable pain battering my bleeding body.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnUPxizlrx
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV3rcuPxUv
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXJm9WFIcv
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0yDs5DTjt
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPrHTwvmXg
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpHMOzL3eA
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrjIhrSTaf
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgpJ6izBPA
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpWQPhGIM2
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKk9fuLxSp
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgpJK8im9Y
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2HH9OCpMd
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFF0Xn9Ed9
Caecius: “Rest? How can she rest?! She was killed before my eyes by the scum of the earth! Even if I have to move heaven and earth, I will give her the life she deserved.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxU3Nvl775
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8vp3XDrM1
Caecius: “Tch….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDBt77N0bO
Moryuu: “There are few things I hate more than Necromancy. That’s why I’m going to kill Shadow for not only betraying me but because he dabbles in such dark arts.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoqAxfmV06
Moryuu: “We’re done here, I don’t want to kill you and you’re no match for me. I’m leaving here with the eye, maybe you should think about what I said.”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErYj9P0nOZ
I turn my back on Caecius and head towards the exit of this place. Now that I have my powers back, I can move around the place a lot faster and help everyone stay alive better. Well, everyone except Gideon and Shadow. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXNro7CaMH
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUggvGUeH8
I turn around to see Caecius conjuring up a large mass of magical wind that would do nothing to me but would probably collapse the place. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCVCeHPOsH
Caecius: “Die!!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bS8gmrLS6
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0Yvfkq9Dm
Moryuu: “You Fool!”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1YZq7zEPg
I shoot a powerful blast of lightning that rips through his wind and then through him causing a massive hole in the wall that leads outside and collapses a couple of buildings too.906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyzqauODhM
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3ZvRb7ZXz
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGTXIKGZD5
1 Day Till Shift906Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pp4jftjp0
