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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2JmkwkV2X
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzH8Ohyub4
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhWwJ1PWF4
???: “Watch out!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPV5Q7yKlA
Moryuu: “What the-”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTu2wl3yHo
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpZlP2EQXe
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHEVhIzc9F
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zfLqU91X5
???: “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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYkSjefwEJ
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgh2lgtWjdi
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVpoOUUhkn
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvawLjqurl
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCfwdsxAyo
Moryuu: “Thanks.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZW5UH3QaQ
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowfnmqNyiU
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QUG5Ijg1e
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVf7h6ersz
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXG2oaa9kH
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnFBQoFDnz
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf2Ew0ZFrg
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjlsZziQWG
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnROYc4RYX0
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX0Q9mOpAI
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAraOa9Skk
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4zytZUS6v
Talon: “You find him interesting?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3b75DvolQ
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZUHYcsnjh
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLzfp7YRba
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzb4cvqjms
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeixnSnu47
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQq9rsGQ9F
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcPOf6cN1q
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp0mPt6izY
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmgk78XyZa
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6I7MlZlwE
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZa7DxBRBB
*Footsteps*843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRdgdD46yH
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J0fkkk6Qr
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfsxuqB42N
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErfpvwuts1
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9vxvpn3C6
Caecius: “Mmmm?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15SmSckoCP
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrynsxpaE5
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1UL5PQ7Kl
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBvaSg8wuq
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp17qpHes4F
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqqkh965zE
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRzaiL5DEV
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPIkEjYxNp
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPSX7uz2Hp
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX3HOZDHf2
This is going smoother than I thought. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXnzLlCvED
Moryuu: “!!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQubN7l194H
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPRgxuJXS9
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxymrhlRLF
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUo4QZQzrq
Caecius: “*Glare*”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqJ4fkKhCs
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoXEcMaYVY
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1xUaUoDKS
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMppX6dQdvB
Caecius: “!!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQjhAouKuY
Caecius: “Explain.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEusnUjYuf
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IQx4bN6YU
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gAzmSHlWH
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiWdPirfrE
Caecius: “….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9JkU2iE2t
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Vur6eUds8
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1waGsEWA5
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCblzBe3U2
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JGgLXlvR3
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBw48bP7Chq
Caecius: “….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKQC9hdXoU
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIZJiv359W
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwoom36mFP
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMiBguK0lc
Caecius: “….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGed2CW77n
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14wluT22dV
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKufKmo06np
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3u8UqLhV0
Caecius: “It can be done!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpes7Ycb0dc
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBm6KQCWfh
Caecius: “Silence!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBWJyaW3zz
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCVYBNjk1V
Moryuu: “!!!!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTGpubm097
I'm….suffocating!843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd5P2eLihv
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUbiWttlxG
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuEKYLRaf8
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQeatfef2D
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oxhQ58HrI
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkbSHIxmld
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r1pXEAmgU
Caecius: “It’s useless!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8eSh3b3aC
Moryuu: “Is it?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U5qvqp3rj
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoI4S0wMuI
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerMeHRRAKB
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoULiItoONE
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hMzbrD78y
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4Ro6vAbh7
…843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Vti26Zk2S
..843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko8qCioEl5
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NOW!843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdzm1N5Q5S
*Slash*843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pNDgrYfXE
*Slash*843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OAskKiYKE
*Slash*843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4i1ivirIYd
Caecius: “Wha, how!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp5Dg15IlJ
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfHeMq0EHB
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CQbftrQh8
Caecius: “You!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqlJGdIHrU
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8mYEWjg2k
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FJrh4tIED
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYunRIOubzZ
Caecius: “GAH!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0rPtMJiYp
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw08JFt81b
Moryuu: “Tch.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgkCvW0bgh
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5QSlV6j0A
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kb9XlGtEj
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJNLEqTSAn
Moryuu: “What?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAzJgjoFBv
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivOFmdKeaO
Caecius: “The Eye….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzsTzpirRF
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBPwpx0uM6
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspPsxqVBhR
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6i8NNtOi9
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfuNHCS4Ky
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUq3qR24WlT
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuolUT2tslB
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl509FPhn9
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5accipL5x
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn71H93ikmi
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8peQ7ORkXy
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4qwIe09KG
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R9Ft7huVE
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KcIpG8usZ
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2Lys6zd6N
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQx6qxHTxj6
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7tmYaP6HK
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucWtfms7fh
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm64zznY8eT
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHaIYi5Ik0
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2u6Cib0RP
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqpjzL0oNA
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeACPje6ZD
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgUBngobZa
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExGrWw9yQj
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8NGwgHYLX
Caecius: “Tch….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF36qKYC5lJ
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zClSuyh8e
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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1SzWoVhj1
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaC1blP1jn
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSboAzqIm0
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. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BslZgtSYn
Caecius: “Die!!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0yzPShWaO
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzwj5fl5Tj
Moryuu: “You Fool!”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrM5pVMWAC
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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CEtl6C3lb
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP59rV9nGsb
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrwA9g6QZC
1 Day Till Shift843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmBZboGQYh
