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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXoIGAKVNv
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkvgIlPOKp
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs02V4JjSkg
???: “Watch out!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekNVm3CLPT
Moryuu: “What the-”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2rVNFBZ1P
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUbj86IhXW
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNuX1B2ZLZ
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk0SNzqMU7
???: “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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpXWvFQ57p
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGgBFYYNR8
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs08w81YCZL
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0bgCVjEm1
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomEVNvUcfD
Moryuu: “Thanks.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPHCdNU16l
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqf5LtwgRJ
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoWTxPC5UY
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATjMriiXhm
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ABSIt3F1D
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE2E81Qs8d
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegL0jfPCy2
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnZgugABCF
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzMS7Cl9rM
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2lOTpRovS
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINtN5HxWWI
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQHs3mBVHp
Talon: “You find him interesting?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9bBlGizzb
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM6IdeR53M
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIJZ4TJe00
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxXlDgX9fC
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9yQZFC27I
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2Q1uAQL3v
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImrn9HjJRk
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrUUKGLpOK
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSXiO0Hyee
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIe5xgDFeC
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXrOJnxlgP
*Footsteps*932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY0DT8tTOO
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1MJR94NQW
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoazgW8tSW2
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprhybVAAPt
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jw16724Un
Caecius: “Mmmm?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gevl3hB41
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWdUx0v2Fh
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQs5kdx9a9
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RBZ4uFc3g
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFguWhl26N
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtc9ACPsl5
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35pi6YncDj
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhTfEGa1Cb
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJ3CoNh3oJ
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4gAClH4Ca
This is going smoother than I thought. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb0QZjh7Cp
Moryuu: “!!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5cepZwjLi
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyXLmxoWVr
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeJtALC7IZ
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUJf1PEG2y
Caecius: “*Glare*”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzhkjM4JNX
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wJmXGrLvi
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnlF5sZchN
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpTOrP5WGB
Caecius: “!!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0GQsMf5aS
Caecius: “Explain.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYadKUaTt5
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDlqGxs8Tk
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRe65xdI5W
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYz34eD5rG
Caecius: “….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqXWpuTxpW
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtGZSJFfpL
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVF0C9MX7c
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNPRNN9cVR
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMjpwasQH1
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCSZnzGTxM
Caecius: “….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AQpNtUtHI
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06HICDN0Ce
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfslaferhKj
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LVSHhKkqG
Caecius: “….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BQktaER5T
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGFRHTpvKK
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdS1R8LlIR5
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzKj8pVJTK
Caecius: “It can be done!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVvKqdruP3
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L7PQNmMc6
Caecius: “Silence!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJTBJL3sN3
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT3AffC9EM
Moryuu: “!!!!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEXBzY6xeS
I'm….suffocating!932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlip8mKtlAv
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnwwdKGUCm
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o3AxZ6KKx
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97w8z54oGV
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzQzImr5a3
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr2YKawiZG
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYaxdOfVHQ
Caecius: “It’s useless!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJk7cqUWVn
Moryuu: “Is it?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MJPvW5B1Q
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnRK2llydA
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqprtZlyXZ
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUkdA6fpEC
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzZqTEhyEO
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaHMNxjx6W
…932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlADLm0TvlV
..932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UbYv1r9UL
.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHauUViXEIj
NOW!932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPIR0989Vq
*Slash*932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgGHqBikpB
*Slash*932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0K381hYrN
*Slash*932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo11RBgs5D
Caecius: “Wha, how!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwlslukRCc
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK4vfA2XzM
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jkpZVajwV
Caecius: “You!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYRq4RR0fz
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH5ohP7fjA
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX11aNLNaEu
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4H1f9k3qw3
Caecius: “GAH!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFFV9VUfPt
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXRZe94PDC
Moryuu: “Tch.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLCwfRuFvx
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfYwVTLYqN
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR371uld3jP
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqlLmt9cTD
Moryuu: “What?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjQz1IpsDp
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4iT1d8hJG
Caecius: “The Eye….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzMdSBk4Gs
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3aUykBYCr
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU341ZNlel
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBZ7DgwWJb
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQvVymK7uq
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7XFnTPpVx
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHDoqzM2dN
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnog1T0AVa
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD2KezzQoY
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMyrNu2IrS
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVsFDyW6EQ
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyOyiF6TVm
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaV6c2P5qy
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9XtJIXfOU
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus4hQOyDHD
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnq6ugx0Kn1
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEFv1bmdFE
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFZLRVRgYy
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AYUSnUBVq
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zs2b3YFLn
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKWqOp97vG
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGP0VYrVEi
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbm1UTHjKuE
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigIP0jcpqG
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCEHstwxVF
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31nIC9nRWG
Caecius: “Tch….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJSOEvnn6d
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvrdSNIsLj
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.”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED3u8La345
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZqfKBZ0OY
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmPZVSGY3n
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. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lhHhhmVpu
Caecius: “Die!!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TteGZikCZ
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecWVUUy9Ea
Moryuu: “You Fool!”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwX3uITrcZ
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.932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUUN60DoO0
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqWUWjbC4G
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFxKrn3fm4
1 Day Till Shift932Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRacLrTAYN
