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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJyb7xvynz
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUPhI5LtDK
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7Kf2oxsrY
???: “Watch out!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKZKbssUJN
Moryuu: “What the-”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCNgQLvhpc
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt0fCFJCNr
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DlwfgenQd
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJTx5mfkwF
???: “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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8H3vwPh9va
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb0GBXoxw7
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6NGe1DgTk
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8cAvx18sw
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65c1UfviL7
Moryuu: “Thanks.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOWNL2eXjY
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSLDTlBnVS
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjucTcSnET
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAc9rw5ZDL
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4YdrFxOyg
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgjHYofxn5
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgDBQXtRgJ
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RsL7HJRlr
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G7Q1F0ZAE
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud4HfoV7dR
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtJR3IZazm
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCk8yxhP0M
Talon: “You find him interesting?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttRMa1lBo9
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OaFvhvSew
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToZPjfQ70D
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPR05hx88h
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD1Zq7zsdY
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaAGh1CJw6
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrCaHfcNwI
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SSg7Gz6xt
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSBj7C2WFu
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9IGbB2YKn
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LWVU6OY9e
*Footsteps*744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETvIJplOMR
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCrzhZHzk4
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmnHJ9wUaw
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmCgU4jtVz
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N6welKYNP
Caecius: “Mmmm?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KtzzdLE81
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2FHMnMm83
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLpbjfe4ei
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUU35NnAXl
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbkYc4HMLe
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSElF0RYCEH
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza4Dj9vaho
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImr7sPnP3l
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡms7cIbFGK5
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSNwKaCDXA
This is going smoother than I thought. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib03yoi6j5
Moryuu: “!!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBiCV3VU5S
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlECd9yloI
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pwTGaDXgQ
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvhx7fJsVJ
Caecius: “*Glare*”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV60axMeaXB
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFQWQ58INy
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxYKz0NLeh
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCYXILTAlL
Caecius: “!!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSy2LNTBD4
Caecius: “Explain.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr99MycpDDX
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezFLKIG3GI
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy4i4qCToI
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVooEDYbnda
Caecius: “….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mbphufDEB
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QckQKkanN
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifWeWzZcCL
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivpkGdSUbG
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTn1JBSgl3
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa9L6nFRKC
Caecius: “….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn2K2outgQ
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYgdgsdleO
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagTxrsrkH0
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaarjz5byd5
Caecius: “….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkChsLDAjG
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc1sIov4j7
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS5TwYxVZI
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKo4A69ybS
Caecius: “It can be done!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVC2FaBrj1
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOOXjcD9q7
Caecius: “Silence!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoXAnE9bKc
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUFrDfGWHL
Moryuu: “!!!!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj6Wky5PVk
I'm….suffocating!744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqaC9JaPbA
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULqmPMH53l
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuJGKdSIQo
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJVgrg5UsE
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmuc23aEet
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eBRCgsNhq
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq1iZKqEJ4
Caecius: “It’s useless!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfTgbrSfXj
Moryuu: “Is it?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayyptEtzQm
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyW9EzpxvAY
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJej4vmW2Mx
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkW1hDQxwY
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR7O6sx4Oz
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLpsa73XWz
…744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb59MZK7dZ
..744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLJfnNDTmE
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NOW!744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvxz8TMkZV
*Slash*744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTNVZXakIn
*Slash*744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvQhE6ihJz
*Slash*744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKefiXewhs
Caecius: “Wha, how!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3JjLiF7ui
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77eVx97jTm
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryCtHKs9vo
Caecius: “You!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfIEhxs98Z
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzhSAGhAf6
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsYzKfDb2i
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCy6DK6AfV
Caecius: “GAH!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroNxyLWrch
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHN1ZWB2ZJQ
Moryuu: “Tch.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd0BUDE43H
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtrf0sCA0J
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCrZGUkdIb
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRFjJUJgGH
Moryuu: “What?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4NXSiqCUv
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0i2Y8mYjOw
Caecius: “The Eye….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECa6vzqMy0
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZO9Ps5gViG
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImnMRVhDo4
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMYmC4ITcK
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD4yaoF9rk
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVMpy1bfq1
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6PdSTVz1M
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23ZMkVQVcw
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEOaHI0MFn
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSypyA1Q4KY
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGwFxnVjy9
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcq9Zf0aDF
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmftOX2BM1
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j6xJpOvQD
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJPxEAijet
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN8scQV3l7
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAQjgs84tf
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjQ7cRISce
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qjEq1eomt
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG9NiIwVdC
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZX9zrovxe
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LBIPK4ff3
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyyobUOvho
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLvsd6orTW
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozJOz1d7os
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeGFKjUpIV
Caecius: “Tch….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDwUPFRHbh
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lcnM8h4H6
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.”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KpAuJSUWh
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwx3NobW1d7
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdjYxu6TqY
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. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rbs28GvJY
Caecius: “Die!!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcxeGGYYZi
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEk0MhKcQU
Moryuu: “You Fool!”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyjkjV5Ylm
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.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiklP9ydCN
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85o1qKCmRC
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIV8Gv259U
1 Day Till Shift744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCb6UG92MI4
