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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qLj1gIVoT
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfwKEqqjBs
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4XUe4Vhyy
???: “Watch out!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmoco6kdVR
Moryuu: “What the-”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXqVpAaQh3
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KP4lqfLAz
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJIwalQS9Z
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMSOIkUE3c
???: “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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnIBDCMrdi
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquF7TOwVcZ
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVGwLsfPpC
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZu3E5vyU7
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYBpyEWY2F
Moryuu: “Thanks.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWw6iub44c
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnprAEt5w63
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C209arpNb
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J1pGVDLTN
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgi6Cd28gk
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpiuKj9HWg
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQqGtUp6sI
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH5dp9PDxP
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdCXsBsIa2
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNGWggXdrB
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobiiiCiyMr
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgmokQaW2Q
Talon: “You find him interesting?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZYI3OPbcD
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHdFmnNmTo
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgL9MMO49E
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm9rlYBtg3
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6ctvc5Nsh
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch4zJqGUYN
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SjlDQ70Eb
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h9iWb9fyN
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxbG5cqxRb
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYtJ2LgY8h
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdaWsV86vt
*Footsteps*808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSuXbqd4Qo
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9WTybRacM
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRdeWu0IFy
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI6EyUUNfq
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNIzmX64YX
Caecius: “Mmmm?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aqrI3WlXD
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO6OzFaJQw
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5ymt4l67m
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlto0idvKT
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDR1HBwaYW
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rrHZVMkCy
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYOnS5FT1V
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2dkrXtmId
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo44voiXNBa
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENz0SsJtNQ
This is going smoother than I thought. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeinqYMIDnn
Moryuu: “!!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8H3CSbYLZ
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡce0gj5m94s
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Lbt0Wka38
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5kebmKhkL
Caecius: “*Glare*”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEIz8dyJPv
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9g6xmG2RK
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NG3Fn6Qt2
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZITxuTVSX
Caecius: “!!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bEE5va3Ii
Caecius: “Explain.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJXF6peukf
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn174KhI07
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFWsAu8THY
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEVNHjVWFf
Caecius: “….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC0CpCWzyj
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTUiz9EbTu
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeV7nvuape
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tg4KLVzgl
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ128wuMmyS
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn97OPGR37
Caecius: “….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZJ58CvXAM
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdgUohqaw0
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBOG8Ev7ch
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThtT7v2fCa
Caecius: “….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveTVuZMFAM
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2b0ELked8
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jecq9Ifmo
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNwMCKwEE3
Caecius: “It can be done!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGC0VTaruj
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum6yKEoIEH
Caecius: “Silence!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdGdjz1rRC
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhsoJEmDzJ
Moryuu: “!!!!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6fCkY8VgR
I'm….suffocating!808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSrgwKYUaS
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUzkyxTBLb
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1gm3mE5CX
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxmnl00vzy
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XIrfnYzre
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNIw6nAFgg
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjVDX3RxOz
Caecius: “It’s useless!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGGctOVcB0
Moryuu: “Is it?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOhrWVXS2h
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjdaKC5pnf
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWKmNnizyL
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGh5TrUiqQ
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSgDNAKNah
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuinBqtZo3v
…808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiNjM2ozRi
..808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugoBMB43e1
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NOW!808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ix8yafbgx
*Slash*808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLUq47WICG
*Slash*808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ951R8MF78j
*Slash*808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kQjAIhshF
Caecius: “Wha, how!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKg9sZpqas
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDeUDPIHP6
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIpFQLLv3G
Caecius: “You!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRK8o6UpvVw
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkfZMdxo27
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhUXQhSaPX
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8MCh1SznG
Caecius: “GAH!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5RuKg5uOy
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qj6iOrcVJ
Moryuu: “Tch.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1wVVT9TJc
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EonLfD5uk
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFdXjWZa0u
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3gzm9Xn98
Moryuu: “What?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpKAEdcbcQ
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeePsZOAer
Caecius: “The Eye….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYdCSbTklR
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNxjxyERn4
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccojOLVdec
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxMHiCXc7d
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZm1cX9KSP
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3NUYc88cd
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E7tOrFmIX
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1QTpjHd3o
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyZS6RvisS
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJueSNtF5ww
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBAEE36Wxx
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnr44IjAXt
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyS3hBZ7eP
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0U3K4pocT
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSb6xn0Pps
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHttpaazRBm
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnWnJASf7c
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAJqHqQSyZ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUVLok558t
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUNLaQsWGd
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLbzUl4TEg
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizOCIMRVnf
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2H2dZUWcm
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA1qg3GWWt
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hQbMOVIHU
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulf4vkVY3l
Caecius: “Tch….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9R2HqPRjh
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w9ojuURo0
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.”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMZonyG1xT
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXXrNKvrnO
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YQIGcb1mV
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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDDBolyy0G
Caecius: “Die!!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9LCQoTnm4
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsdpNS8Mhs
Moryuu: “You Fool!”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzbMyhXWyV
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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkqcwGNR3r
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpRZlMBAhf
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFsT808lFh
1 Day Till Shift808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOC1f50YK7f
