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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lxOagYtYo
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXikREeSQC2
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbocxMKxzv
???: “Watch out!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiEQncLCkv
Moryuu: “What the-”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3jgjVzIpv
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VgqL7CAEa
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOYqxXmDdb
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGegwi8eL9T
???: “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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeGeWUvMSv
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyHQlyhraa
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhZDvWkpZ4
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLF7pKwCxz5
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK1V2rSZjJ
Moryuu: “Thanks.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70GLZ3uEms
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0EwLqzYHQ
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YPWN4en7z
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9frcrT9Z47
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3pACvBwBc
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GJpoZcA3S
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17oOQfry3d
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0OnKapr9Y
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnAdenkjUI
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LioZsj8kp
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyy3eYK6Rdn
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjB7uRjrVtG
Talon: “You find him interesting?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B22TMjAro
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHwaTiBFT2
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mSFBLSTAA
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6QUKTCPLM
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaXviP71jT
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xDt6dRPLS
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST3bpr2vIj
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5g3EIe7J2
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzOx6xUZjk
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKc4E4RSOn
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6Zlo6wJ6E
*Footsteps*928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c0yXjWC7n
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNMguVzPnm
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RaJb7fvXO
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4rpBnY7qu
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQp4zc9RC2
Caecius: “Mmmm?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgX5yAz5DO
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFsEU2F63U
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQS0nOzJPf
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUv44wAekl
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLo7ZNluC6
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjla9fccP6
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofQ0q7ob3v
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OJCkAIC0o
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5evagscjzj
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1uRKJMcG1
This is going smoother than I thought. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXWfswcEj8
Moryuu: “!!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBkAr7w9tu
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1d9tH3Lm7
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtJrlrQhxt
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAz58W2YFa1
Caecius: “*Glare*”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrbUUja198
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmzRhUyHX3
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo8XvAMYGm
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWfTZgb9wE
Caecius: “!!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY7hzIlSMt
Caecius: “Explain.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQuracmjZu
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG2BPqdz4Y
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEMeNLzSW9
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwCaZQV9uJ
Caecius: “….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr0Jz0tlk5
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEwwbOujVQ
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ527RDunGq
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kbhfrd9qg
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOBdf5EGTX
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEE1OpEso11
Caecius: “….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPxQ9avB7T
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymMI7537VD
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWHO1Ql1PN
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYqFponyjt
Caecius: “….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO071273zo
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5eF6ANLkR
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Kf3SKZ93l
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo87pAxTU9W
Caecius: “It can be done!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb7vC23GHr
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSHSW25pgT
Caecius: “Silence!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUC3x4ORct
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tJYJjEh2r
Moryuu: “!!!!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXw1Tpvzaj
I'm….suffocating!928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzR8nZIZ3I
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaMyQdtNqs
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb996pQCvp
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwfZKp40ax
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO8zTR1KFU
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGVX412Ag9
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNDgpYUv78
Caecius: “It’s useless!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vMDIJawMa
Moryuu: “Is it?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAnuRhyihX
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6hCSvB1hq
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtLHot0yLo
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiwpO2ZVVK
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpXLXfCaTq
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqDGBgEnXG
…928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMds9Jp6wW6
..928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWTlRS806U
.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglHj3dSOhf
NOW!928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9jEf6kmV2
*Slash*928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbcZAEbvpw
*Slash*928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7qEJgVGoN
*Slash*928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR14BBLzT1p
Caecius: “Wha, how!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYeLK5zqlE
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Jx3bG9xk9
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HwdF3ePnB
Caecius: “You!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpGCeLytjf
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvGMMeTx5c
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqO0ASFxA9
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlsdAb7y4R
Caecius: “GAH!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxQM3MEYKk
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P1758Q15J
Moryuu: “Tch.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3CL2nCzYm
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG8mE4hVbH
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZuiQpoi3f
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaH5ZFzmyV
Moryuu: “What?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kule088aN
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LgBY8euFR
Caecius: “The Eye….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja6bgkyTwr
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8GdfTC7Y6
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI2Rwo12pg
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13vACMHIgW
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yrHENK3KP
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtlqgZdaDE
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzythzh2QM3
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nIdHKYpsn
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDjzYku108
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw3S1l4Ied
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzGVnPbYbJ
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl3OnRirHC
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuV5sOnt0lo
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJWWB3e8MB
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡord5R47WOi
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWv6GOnr1v
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YuC5APD1A
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY7UKAQB7w
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lBMpx5iOm
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBibY8zzLo
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgTfCUg7Wm
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprBdx9O8Bi
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3NNgcNOKf
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDw0XaJBCx
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPJlt7Sgih
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I5fBRt6aM
Caecius: “Tch….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFLN7Jddmn
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZdOvvSp80
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.”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiZBGgOXbP
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsVotLAS1f
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQREobV2Zo
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. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKkV1ZUSLY
Caecius: “Die!!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyQDt2FjW2
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQvdNNZy0r
Moryuu: “You Fool!”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU0TNvgPgU
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.928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gp6EdK4aO
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0aXZxrXgJ
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20sxsMKpgx
1 Day Till Shift928Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiUuSGUdiZ
