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
.744Please respect copyright.PENANAUiXNSGcV9Q
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