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.740Please respect copyright.PENANA80VzaFhfJo
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.740Please respect copyright.PENANAH4DQ7nrWmh
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAMCWzVLosSj
???: “Watch out!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAXp0JWoyyv2
Moryuu: “What the-”740Please respect copyright.PENANANdUi7gCDng
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.740Please respect copyright.PENANAJQu4nqJuvZ
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA2R8A7PbIOi
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAloDoZ0XSL5
???: “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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAy4hW3tjRx0
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA3WOZ4zD9FE
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAn8H6blzUJE
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAfedpIIAg94
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA27nZLpT6F6
Moryuu: “Thanks.”740Please respect copyright.PENANARhr56TaLd2
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”740Please respect copyright.PENANApNqDPdBq4K
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAfQtnmHjE1s
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA5rrrJrKX0k
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAzIweShhOQE
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA4VFtAh1Cl0
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAN1Zd6o6SUN
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAjd80L90UpY
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.740Please respect copyright.PENANAvG3hsKQ3ru
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANATs68pzKlln
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAope95LCVFQ
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAPV1IC40tNJ
Talon: “You find him interesting?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAtTF0rPolCz
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAtSg4Olhvvk
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA4PsR1CyzQD
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA8mEO7sl8XM
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAwbdd1JyBgO
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.740Please respect copyright.PENANAnaU8imnrKc
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAPPjGjrXYkR
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAKG0lmbt7dQ
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAvK2cnCA0eJ
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 740Please respect copyright.PENANACXfKfy09O3
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAFuZoRUaeZf
*Footsteps*740Please respect copyright.PENANAY6EBKwoRJD
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAUGAZN4IAfd
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAdczAo2UlXm
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAOEetK26t1f
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA0UXc6FnVdw
Caecius: “Mmmm?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAZX1Xa1EhnO
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?740Please respect copyright.PENANAgWHsUfPxol
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAMxhaXBXcbb
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAG3NGSmNa3G
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAgFszJasKqw
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA9OUXC3do7o
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAjeV1PxXqfl
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAn7JsIq4tdE
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAfTS0FnY4Ri
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA6oHRG6i3HT
This is going smoother than I thought. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAU7ciq8rnUM
Moryuu: “!!”740Please respect copyright.PENANALxlJZT4pwQ
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAzLQ7Rc7Yfn
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAcnOAbqWuEA
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”740Please respect copyright.PENANANthRZwvtU9
Caecius: “*Glare*”740Please respect copyright.PENANA5yRpL51ySy
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”740Please respect copyright.PENANALBlBHRO1qU
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”740Please respect copyright.PENANABvgccYpcrM
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAveIxWN38B8
Caecius: “!!”740Please respect copyright.PENANA8j2EpZuRS8
Caecius: “Explain.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA7f4lFqQ9r9
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAcRjobEY99C
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAsQqrv29JZe
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA5wfF2Sp2aE
Caecius: “….”740Please respect copyright.PENANAOWdKVCUefx
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAtxl2STEuqX
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAb1riV1D6Yk
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA2vtIIUdv9u
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”740Please respect copyright.PENANA4TU8pDqlms
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAy1kxkNCSJw
Caecius: “….”740Please respect copyright.PENANAZvoAmnqysu
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA3amUvtp2Lu
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”740Please respect copyright.PENANAQxegBhKtXE
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ntq1mf0Aa
Caecius: “….”740Please respect copyright.PENANA9Jv5q2JX10
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAVVI9TjRgZY
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.740Please respect copyright.PENANAfIdBvjGhHK
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAQYIRYlqOme
Caecius: “It can be done!”740Please respect copyright.PENANANvMAMfc81H
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAGzk3cBsPz4
Caecius: “Silence!”740Please respect copyright.PENANACa00Jn8fLX
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-740Please respect copyright.PENANAQmhkUCQ4IN
Moryuu: “!!!!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAU90QpQz8C5
I'm….suffocating!740Please respect copyright.PENANApauT6azOh6
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA93qkOtIIU7
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAPMJ9EhuOJi
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”740Please respect copyright.PENANAHO9cGgOmhH
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”740Please respect copyright.PENANARWmKh8RxLt
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAjIrhODPDe2
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANArdbddN3A8O
Caecius: “It’s useless!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAc2sj56C46G
Moryuu: “Is it?”740Please respect copyright.PENANA3SUqd1pyRY
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAJLIib1EveM
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA7QFkR7OBR2
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.740Please respect copyright.PENANAgObTxrAAPO
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.740Please respect copyright.PENANAm0jGH4r9nl
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.740Please respect copyright.PENANAzXZByYfjRj
…740Please respect copyright.PENANA5Iriw5yATi
..740Please respect copyright.PENANA4U7vgfD6KI
.740Please respect copyright.PENANAGdS0IV9Qh7
NOW!740Please respect copyright.PENANACL892nmGsa
*Slash*740Please respect copyright.PENANAPhdWY0eJTX
*Slash*740Please respect copyright.PENANAWKrNdJ6T1C
*Slash*740Please respect copyright.PENANAOrPewGUzjP
Caecius: “Wha, how!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAjuK2lYFWWK
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA5UGqntJiK0
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAtPkIQhsYrF
Caecius: “You!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAC7WaeOnMxF
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.740Please respect copyright.PENANAoioy8aAWLe
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAngNbQlI6Pd
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAgk213yq63f
Caecius: “GAH!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAqsu6JqqTL9
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-740Please respect copyright.PENANA23yBb2Ak19
Moryuu: “Tch.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA6zihFFiZ29
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAKnaKXuNv7m
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”740Please respect copyright.PENANAM0KIRKY4YO
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAfjEdneoKzU
Moryuu: “What?”740Please respect copyright.PENANA5pkZAvQHep
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAKgNcoA9kdx
Caecius: “The Eye….”740Please respect copyright.PENANAa6zSeAs39V
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAEOnHYEytA8
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA3j6rpIlIVK
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAntWzPe5xNi
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAIkmSKzDU3L
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAvMNUa1HHTv
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”740Please respect copyright.PENANARtYrcpERJh
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAI41dbpy6Ic
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAaUSsiBvUDZ
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]740Please respect copyright.PENANADW8iiHs9Dy
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.740Please respect copyright.PENANAUrpcljHSTb
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANACbGRJVfcVn
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!740Please respect copyright.PENANAuk6pPfzB0j
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAMDn1uGwPPS
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.740Please respect copyright.PENANAZwte39gvTO
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 740Please respect copyright.PENANASAGdTzETpF
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA7NvUdPILLP
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”740Please respect copyright.PENANA5v3Kv1WGpo
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.740Please respect copyright.PENANAo1bHkX52OU
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAPOouBhZuqG
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 740Please respect copyright.PENANABL98fhulco
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 740Please respect copyright.PENANASrFGA9Srk9
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”740Please respect copyright.PENANAODEUMXulBa
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAxXC0FpnX1a
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA1og4kuNaBM
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA3TX7gSowc6
Caecius: “Tch….”740Please respect copyright.PENANAer57trMDuq
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANAtQhjkWBJGJ
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.”740Please respect copyright.PENANA7U579H5iop
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ5B9g4rcT
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAA4tGIiV75w
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAjruJs4V1pC
Caecius: “Die!!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAJBqN7yboT2
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.740Please respect copyright.PENANAGJzxFlgDQx
Moryuu: “You Fool!”740Please respect copyright.PENANAC1rS1yoXNr
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.740Please respect copyright.PENANAuv6LV7Lg9p
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAaVgD7HxDbw
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”740Please respect copyright.PENANAUSG3xUNhWP
1 Day Till Shift740Please respect copyright.PENANAKMsr7dGeFs