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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0nnsC0Mxk
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJYoA7G9RO
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72KeTZvYA2
???: “Watch out!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJ3b6ppEYE
Moryuu: “What the-”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8GRbrBXQQ
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB21vODvOe
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ilfIXwYJi
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZNzyRwvpT
???: “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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWplIZHUQt
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlblYOQzxa0
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM7RIkWQrD
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vAp64TDtX
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdKfq3VrQp
Moryuu: “Thanks.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbXiW7G5dK
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Kdr7T1q8N
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGts4WQl8ct
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgqLQRwRmj
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcLbfQUtE8
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OBoPOvZex
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVuyHDWSsm
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdONUVcDLS
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorNrUwBfuS
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNSHR5ZpJP
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchffCX9K8C
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OXu2IsJrR
Talon: “You find him interesting?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYdrjbA3Eh
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNgMzi70vo
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3sKJj54rr
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfYN40dhvG
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiKEZQWo9d
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLLvkzJBDG
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmAPdPEmof
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5grQlQJMW
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvVj8LrOD1
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp2PlpHXLy
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gZOUAjFG5
*Footsteps*874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaM1hyTOmgE
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahR1VqIhey
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFGrJRgwxJ
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyvZfcALHO
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHpZwU73ce
Caecius: “Mmmm?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTnZjp6Gd5
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEc20WPW2r
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBgieCqVC9
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXKoCHAsTM
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0alzzImFGx
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEmZWVlvbo
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNtb5RbFBz
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI241LyEOv
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJkOWCIilS
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFZdyud2DW
This is going smoother than I thought. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmt1Dv9NuKf
Moryuu: “!!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmibJpbl5Lw
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR64uF7vYTy
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl1O6P2xbv
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxa8eb0Sms
Caecius: “*Glare*”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20jeanxljB
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnfi7L8fi4
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCe0ezLqDyk
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7VzHmZUTP
Caecius: “!!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjKqDbY4cL
Caecius: “Explain.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ14mlgH5Bq
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdCocezmPG
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmvZjWw7Wx
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXConaFVei
Caecius: “….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqFI95r0dK
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNUXAujY71
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclwoYb3wJx
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVG6UcKcrl
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG740oMePRY
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQlfzufuAm
Caecius: “….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXOhVEVzSk
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim1rE2lH9M
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYNQXRekoO
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPGs4k2FZp
Caecius: “….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVTfOIgciB
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweje0lKIAh
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0N4apdm6N
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzFQ2Wpx7S
Caecius: “It can be done!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmS759QPdI
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4BRvcBTRA
Caecius: “Silence!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCz52VrL0E
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0rFLrhEJX
Moryuu: “!!!!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BWONyGVLK
I'm….suffocating!874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pEvkIDH62
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVBTqwKINO
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaTDEHd1P6
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi59slqQG9
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB81nmRfVi
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPZkeMDJgV
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2PewseLJn
Caecius: “It’s useless!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENxlFEzBQ3
Moryuu: “Is it?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7TcTFnluG
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDsZeCOR8d
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhrwMRj67m
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhT6FnpHG5
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FChaymusx
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PkxQ2sUE6
…874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DYjaOA8jP
..874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulc6WESGwg
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NOW!874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdg8laO0gdt
*Slash*874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaeTVgwS4q
*Slash*874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wbs3LBuJh
*Slash*874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjs0VQ0GS1
Caecius: “Wha, how!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtOjDGCqMp
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAPctBrZMp
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzoFHmc6f4
Caecius: “You!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngf70nkzYS
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSeYec1AzX
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71niEPBCh0
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EHmocOGt4
Caecius: “GAH!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeoetk1XGB
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbhvNCQlFw
Moryuu: “Tch.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR8C3Qd18d
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzFNbf8tjf
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlW4MrvOfM
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkthacD2PF
Moryuu: “What?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPDPQE3bZs
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYVZzEbv6K
Caecius: “The Eye….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKUxlrv9mI
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMZHw2yJ2n
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2w878eQHR
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0eFzBmGGk
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtZniuhujo
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sNl9GVwOW
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodE0C4aeIQ
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVib5d9F7B
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBFalKbBkJ
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GZS0DIHpR
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw5uNi5kAI
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0kcsfb9nR
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfKjqTtKJO
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1Kk8S0QZo
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jluXo8Xb7
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOjmuSskLl
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk22sPWXXbU
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqVY4GKhUP
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCtfRLlt5f
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrZm5ksDfl
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZUxqJ59ca
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQioJ7qQRUn
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6AYNG4DHs
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDobVg7hOmJ
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8Y9hGmYFZ
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPQoDpTlSi
Caecius: “Tch….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5VE5utl8n
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iaekf0BGf
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.”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhZtxvGTQ4
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTVaSt3WVb
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0BDL1b7Tx
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. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HPnM1dZNE
Caecius: “Die!!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrl4Dn0UEB
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKuT5m6bUO
Moryuu: “You Fool!”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64QiR3Tcw8
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.874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ1DgZVBtF
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO2oHRMlWR
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimIT0X1OQT
1 Day Till Shift874Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBcst0Jt9E
