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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjLNlNCOkI
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOIqJeAbjs
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK9dRXGVaW
???: “Watch out!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xNvrAriIb
Moryuu: “What the-”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuZ0llDL83
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCROZNDJ7y
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkRXdsBL4L
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWhIhTXz9K
???: “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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NGWmY2Dy9
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfvTYdxhoN
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ46ASJtJAy
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhev5W5WjiT
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThnJxLbhsv
Moryuu: “Thanks.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK7sApOpV6
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8fj2XVsAf
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcj9GGnLDD
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEv9TXz0ME
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2M8kLCS672
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUFwn35uoZ
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6jf47c0PU
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJzcFRrdZ2
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6yIrnhLch
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEF8GXwaS2
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pIkzfUIbD
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxMocM2z6E
Talon: “You find him interesting?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ykJXZNf5x
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81sTwttF5o
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCWSh9d0CW
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW4v8QfqWw
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasZtpFLn8y
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAFG78MwKX
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7Uhvq4y8I
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGbnii20dC
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1yOnur6iL
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPioOLyJ6m
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN59GD18KmZ
*Footsteps*809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5DGJLcQIy
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCxs0W3l5R
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfhWqYqppv
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRowcubyjr
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOwvq9L6ON
Caecius: “Mmmm?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZwdl92uoK
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZfd5dCWcc
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcu5PGnpmr
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM76FxaIcTr
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyMkinb8jm
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpsh8cpTLQ
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqbcctM9Lw
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqREgkPTUmw
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLLKwVw9AC
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdNTBT2DpY
This is going smoother than I thought. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0cpnuiQCU
Moryuu: “!!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FUwyzbIor
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKQmLvZWjD
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6Vx19EPix
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuPjYWyOz4
Caecius: “*Glare*”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMcoz7T9b4
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYnFJVmBn0
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72LT0BvJ8s
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqtLzNtYTN
Caecius: “!!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwX5RJOMQp
Caecius: “Explain.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7CvKekwnF
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUCn7DXgLh
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCiOPn8CwI
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZESfaThlVt
Caecius: “….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsNsEj3BvC
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil0ykOmQyq
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrQn0vYevR
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQLpXWWV5f
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC1ngPZIH5
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvq8BUrMcq
Caecius: “….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEC323MTih
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAGmhYqpaX
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjsZxWxCPo
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHDAS8bGdd
Caecius: “….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkueG9MTQJ2
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrzcE2nrHB
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXxNxLkIIL
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mLphbqQIz
Caecius: “It can be done!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcJ0nSX8b1
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqNmvigXwS
Caecius: “Silence!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQNZ7df1n4
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡad4Fjga9XV
Moryuu: “!!!!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNCoOLaQ6N
I'm….suffocating!809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgfk3MTvTm
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JEFGdcll2
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo95e6Ojmu
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF6OCsHJdm
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG6HPifFWd
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpY7ku5Xqn
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwidkMekV5
Caecius: “It’s useless!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTqnbkIMMU
Moryuu: “Is it?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNGYsGk5SU
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tqBENPW0X
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dc9VKhtbC
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3YKFw4i8i
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtSN3J4vw2
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPtJeesDdN
…809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ABUCackVn
..809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cwEGB1OBT
.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY7MVdVJjI
NOW!809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjPE7AoQNo
*Slash*809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos7F715ZBV
*Slash*809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXvwoLZTcu
*Slash*809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToq5647EiB
Caecius: “Wha, how!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZkCKWyt7n
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMyQEXVAFu
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbW5r17e8A
Caecius: “You!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4hKR7Lbmp
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhFIqX4rXH
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKiGc7gDQD
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzmKfNpEcy
Caecius: “GAH!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AgHOeMUZ7
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3thHoWzEf7
Moryuu: “Tch.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWH8Hu0QUy
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisjtXZN76t
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfJtdixYfS
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWRUUqFFkl
Moryuu: “What?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLpCvcnfGI
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8885TWtxv
Caecius: “The Eye….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM2ZkHpEiD
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaoB2TKZwa
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnZoRmZAi1
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWL7qOsfJY4
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrGJWenilq
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCbnd9cGwc
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOdkjypmwM
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlifP9KiNX2
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMdgUvpPX8
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgRU9H1wZG
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEHJWpHqi5
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5rLPMsi3P
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05gGHtZcG6
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTNWGfj1CV
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3fwFDE2QX
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwjtrG1KRk
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwStVuDvb1
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILM8zMEk1U
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsALGuH88BX
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAHVu1wYfD
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAb4OfaFEH
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqLfMpWCuN
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G2Uev7K07
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKQ5eC3Ihk
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA21SvuMeFr
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfANSLIROC
Caecius: “Tch….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhN8aacrdc
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdwfsOScZ9
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.”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7cFIE8E8m
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSse1GY5AEw
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54wfKLHmsZ
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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYfZmU5Sqv
Caecius: “Die!!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ79PGuUnt
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ00iMOajP
Moryuu: “You Fool!”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dos7Cupoh
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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67fluR8Oai
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhb3szJn4yL
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaIZMlFYo0
1 Day Till Shift809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwzuxerGJM
