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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNReJb4vws
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5GIHMzK7a
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIM4q2fCUb
???: “Watch out!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnqtnNUhrd
Moryuu: “What the-”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIEwcyaqIj
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQHBvjkNTS
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSdPHyEF8N
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34rCzHDmhC
???: “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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5RtF8F48q
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2qNuaNm6J
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdsycV77cV
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob9dxlYWwp
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnhY3PEHj8
Moryuu: “Thanks.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGHrsiUpo6
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcql0TOqqgz
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwM9LRZ17eg
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha76vwZVcQ
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8h3lvCQpS
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkDIqeTlaq
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBzWmj272M
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRadG86v06x
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59mbYNOvwk
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuKkuV6Zgj
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoYwxMrslM
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxlAvlJ4RL
Talon: “You find him interesting?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBzhi3S1X7
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJmAEFJx3R
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXYrNyl5GR
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v5p0s8nT8
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8MQRkzrwn
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhHq98ztGA
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqR2rkLBy4
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyYgaZqi8Y
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtFSjnHzaK
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCNKDeKV5n
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvQ9B0nXRx
*Footsteps*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStiIsWl6A9
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOttQrUcr2s
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfrJ3TDHML
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnFtfoTBrF
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXZdUjmxQP
Caecius: “Mmmm?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxbwj6veyg
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfuDUdTWCC
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIiYANGwDC
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEkNDS11FT
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWLQH73GoO
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBybPbGnvH
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduQn9x2jlo
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Oyxoucon
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYjRjaZkmx
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIEKA35Tcg
This is going smoother than I thought. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfHbtRgBy2
Moryuu: “!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRi3xrltsE
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvby6HSTcp
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIleCp50l6
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPKQYnEPR9
Caecius: “*Glare*”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMGAcAJczq
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp7TIHJx9h
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDkSkHOmRH
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGCbWzveMO
Caecius: “!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77wN1NUAiC
Caecius: “Explain.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg3OB6UV8Q
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EE89WsYfi
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOIg6vTxAA
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvWn0ZbBax
Caecius: “….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKrwzErNtw
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh98MyGcba
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCzNxrHVhg
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7HARYY9a2
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXq2CWJBuX
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMXL7AlbXx
Caecius: “….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFLzIAQN1y
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZyP1jnMk3
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0cI4EwE9u
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl9zJd9ttq
Caecius: “….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiW8jbe8ve
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zwuVhS5jw
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY4oxnuGz7
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKxchMqsZX
Caecius: “It can be done!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEG06wM7m5
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByWZcXoNIv
Caecius: “Silence!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgvLplCbV1
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMhkistu9e
Moryuu: “!!!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj6pkRhr97
I'm….suffocating!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSqozjHKw3
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78TpLtN1hh
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjnJ8zN8El
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDBVNvCCAY
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdCSjhCE89
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB13TpiM7Og
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5pJuj8oPl
Caecius: “It’s useless!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW10X4hr23b
Moryuu: “Is it?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfI5AgHhGK
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL6QNXuDCb
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ56hh7mg3Z
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHfspVSySe
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kNPpEg0S2
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ1YCyLO5r
…876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbiYGezh45
..876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdrqPEUBPw
.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1ExILMneP
NOW!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuqoELjvbO
*Slash*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hbY3rFBLQ
*Slash*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65lS7pAaC7
*Slash*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjm9moVOR0
Caecius: “Wha, how!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmoTwFsgNC
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f4hc5ldYU
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQELJ8TzH3E
Caecius: “You!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLTLYg6l8T
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTcVjQAUPY
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAJbigS5nN
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sxKAdn5wX
Caecius: “GAH!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kdJPqz744
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2RS2kuDPc
Moryuu: “Tch.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdBLLOPtSa
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldy9Q9zgok
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrUuAcKLIV
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTw4C7E0b8
Moryuu: “What?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpVkKcpuGV
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqe0Oxa98O
Caecius: “The Eye….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ArEL3avxs
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEs2IRi2lQ
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOg6q610eK
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjm5qhEJqO6
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4evjOIuA8Z
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUqIuSfusc
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm7Ws0xaaF
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3LCNiBkIR
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40mEe8TOHC
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV98TyCKfXr
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5NoSXZmHt
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLUXXWMDQi
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pg36vIEg0
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVC3ZkyCJi
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lO8oT8LFt
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsMVJjpAgc
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLV75e9nwh1
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6p9J1JWR05
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZU99429mw
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRryQnG5khr
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB025AqeUl
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uBy8Qm56t
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUQPq2FHtS
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6Y0alZJkV
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDbpJM8Qha
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8oTtNRLKD
Caecius: “Tch….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnsDYEThah
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5maQJNVrEg
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55Y1WAjZBE
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPkUfdxMNF
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Yzl7uo0x
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTnql7Qm3m
Caecius: “Die!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXT8A79ibl
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTD11zqRv4T
Moryuu: “You Fool!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMsDaWCXIm
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7TNVqmuPo
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQ4xzkp9uA
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H64m6TC45
1 Day Till Shift876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOovTTfO14c
