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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgS8b6hCDB
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Eplmy3wuc
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuHxIgICwi
???: “Watch out!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHoHRKuV06
Moryuu: “What the-”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb285pMDg05
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51qrOivuGe
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGmos82YwV
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgTUULPLDm
???: “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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKU540OrQu
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqsKMx8P7m
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMtQIcLbZT
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInNFtrDApU
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ueLo8NuQz
Moryuu: “Thanks.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4b52D6q77
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAkFmYaa0F
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPmb1iJoPf
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMUKaY0H3Q
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlRBRfTOkA
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZy8Lj79ak
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVZjSwDNay
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql2yOZIvO7
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunwW1yGyun
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuB5xw1EiSy
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgF03kHpp9
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqINFiJjSg
Talon: “You find him interesting?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NvtlxZSQI
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfqbrPx3Kg
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsNqyKnnNm
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnzURknsfe
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECMH0vOuCI
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14c8OPvUyi
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwsyLhaecH
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywmmLTSccv
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaCxQLQA9P
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ3708YoOv
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoSaBQuF1c
*Footsteps*845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBQeyOWYL5
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQlhFALg9c
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWI2mJsWwg
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF1hyRiDWz
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeRyIdwWyU
Caecius: “Mmmm?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAHvFycj8t
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeqNt9D7Uh
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSrcSQFKG1
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZbP9vc3I5
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLFiz5I8BZ
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBE5VB4J41M
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6cBsBONLL
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvxoiREY5B
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnibjgZaj3Y
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqy8wZlx6oe
This is going smoother than I thought. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza8EVXLPUa
Moryuu: “!!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Toao0p5Un
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZAht4xTQv
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpuS6yrtKl
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3yKBnM2G5
Caecius: “*Glare*”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PaZ0wlaM1
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWKQpZta8r
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAmQ76uJsv
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mN4G3MBbN
Caecius: “!!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5I4E6FPQq
Caecius: “Explain.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJViRpPmDo
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7DowbhFub
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcR4Wcud8C
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIqPBmW2eR
Caecius: “….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGMUDYAW4N
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCMGSb5z8b
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFYlwnPaLG
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WhJMhgSwc
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKWQ6Cmi3n
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZ3OSlk9v8
Caecius: “….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50ofzYUxUI
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3dJDuhZTh
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNQAMwmRdd
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs8MugIudR
Caecius: “….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJaeFCy8Bl
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv1xhH8NQn
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeejpqrTn5s
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbE5eOVjsq
Caecius: “It can be done!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybRBlMoaPk
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwuxhe3lmg
Caecius: “Silence!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87UeqK4FNT
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuZjWcNrpl
Moryuu: “!!!!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xB0vaspzs
I'm….suffocating!845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAHQ1RxI8C
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhHaWfnUEW
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurV3jOWAXO
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmpUwv6tGz
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawYop4PMzN
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3DWRzozCA
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsrqf2BwRx
Caecius: “It’s useless!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V7FRUrC0J
Moryuu: “Is it?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdwMfURlSA
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuaEjyubx2
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKv8CyynPfc
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aBqvK5t5Y
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf5Hyw4PN9
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhdJCwvb0g
…845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kCTpwdkRM
..845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbvVpwitgZ
.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCIlHNPvMU
NOW!845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYiGdtxtzP
*Slash*845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42HAMF5Z5g
*Slash*845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9HdqzYHyS
*Slash*845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxrL7WD5oW
Caecius: “Wha, how!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsdi4tYHIQ
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CPmZrTfVc
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXs1LO6iAol
Caecius: “You!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyaGHm0rmB
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsuipA9RJI
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObBITHuUmn
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwQTIHb7zI
Caecius: “GAH!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLlWvyWNE9
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysMDN8jPIi
Moryuu: “Tch.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7s6o7AurF
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskNGBmTES1
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrvQTJJmau
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh357y6x8Ud
Moryuu: “What?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sEnmaO6Ea
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3T0zpBA6s
Caecius: “The Eye….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3CRnqqQBy
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYfcr1riuz
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWzedzbBjx
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb66ykYNwx
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8aAMsWC3U
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zBxHYcTgU
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsvGSfWv7T
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRcxo5Ichz
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0uDqrGXjz
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDM4vTIrXtH
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKb7Hy17op
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujV5zzw0u5
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CS8pnCchN
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5HqUVmi5G
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLm77drc3ha
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVguwVEqoIv
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqEJL13RG4
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUG1WUMxqK
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2TkFGJU9T
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35DFAHO3eB
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq3EOq2Pdx
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI88UZJ01n
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbIlwilBhB
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Rhq5LLTGD
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRiIL77P0n
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEkqiZsla3
Caecius: “Tch….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5QkU9LXdc
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYfRrhprTl
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.”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxzR0lQws8
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAgGDZaAG4
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuxZxN3l9a
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. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmkf6qzX2b
Caecius: “Die!!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNFJB2snAp
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeN5RU0KTuC
Moryuu: “You Fool!”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlje24uopy
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.845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WghONYRqA
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkWR6cM2GP
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52ntdAxylw
1 Day Till Shift845Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNxCskVQta
