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.540Please respect copyright.PENANAzU6fTvBgrS
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.540Please respect copyright.PENANApEAiKpVopL
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANA2DXmwNXbjg
???: “Watch out!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAY2C4KmLeVR
Moryuu: “What the-”540Please respect copyright.PENANAPLGg3N4wgo
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.540Please respect copyright.PENANAwoKPDe8cV9
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA1YhdTFTsF9
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAQoHgL3Upv4
???: “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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAMx7AIU4moC
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA6el5SgQgYj
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”540Please respect copyright.PENANApBfx63UapG
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAcMBvRF0vDF
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAMFgTcql4Uz
Moryuu: “Thanks.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAKpkAmRJP7V
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAIKz0GyAzG5
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”540Please respect copyright.PENANA63NyF16e9Q
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAgLJcRIJjMX
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA7ECFGvUKYb
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA218yVg1gth
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA2WEE3fNXxm
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAf7Hl8Pjdsw
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.540Please respect copyright.PENANAGlKfYYyaQK
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAi76qgXPJQv
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 540Please respect copyright.PENANArXWciRegj3
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA8BXUlfTfyO
Talon: “You find him interesting?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAOv5GvNSS3O
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA7gNLp0Wf5S
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAe3NDP5cqOH
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA2ecqIQESOE
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANArOhV64xC7l
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.540Please respect copyright.PENANA8wbd1AAI0l
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAyK3DNGHRDw
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAONH9WAKsQl
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAvVHiV8eYWv
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAyMgAfglTfp
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAfq8jnuEGEl
*Footsteps*540Please respect copyright.PENANAs7fBC7OKfv
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANAUovxMkoOAr
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAb0idAEXjrN
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANA4lISqll0p3
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 540Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ul06uRZYE
Caecius: “Mmmm?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAZIncfTKjQb
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?540Please respect copyright.PENANAVjcjNUIPDA
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANATJVyxTrgNR
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANAZIhEM2AiJZ
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAbMbFRGlFUY
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAPFy5viccxo
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8DvCn0k0k
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA8o615rZM2z
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANACdghOsT6Uu
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAd6RFcnl3Le
This is going smoother than I thought. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAMEZrxdW3yJ
Moryuu: “!!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAL8KoRyB0hJ
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAtpBsgtcb6n
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAkErzeObPVY
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAAddlWIDUGr
Caecius: “*Glare*”540Please respect copyright.PENANADPH2SXpvDC
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAHh0FZ4JjpY
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”540Please respect copyright.PENANACuyl7gSNVy
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”540Please respect copyright.PENANANL9b1tZJdR
Caecius: “!!”540Please respect copyright.PENANA9hLfg6fOL5
Caecius: “Explain.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAuwFgvmSH87
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAix4Q4SUb9H
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAB5nWJFKOUi
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANArIGQVhnr6s
Caecius: “….”540Please respect copyright.PENANAr7OUAr6FhT
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAaF0VYKVrkI
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAYEDRheJXkV
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAox4nNbPPSO
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAZEseDZj1n1
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAblXdpepUjI
Caecius: “….”540Please respect copyright.PENANApM5n22OZ3g
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAaGFbtsBnZp
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAVc0T2ExEyQ
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAwDK1pcM8mn
Caecius: “….”540Please respect copyright.PENANAiurT3auRg1
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAsiM5SiqPR9
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.540Please respect copyright.PENANAkAjFu3cLaa
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAxzfQ8ik1VF
Caecius: “It can be done!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAfmILGfr35o
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”540Please respect copyright.PENANANbAPaHf8yD
Caecius: “Silence!”540Please respect copyright.PENANALRsPKpFTdW
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-540Please respect copyright.PENANA2wqGfMsPhj
Moryuu: “!!!!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAFdpqc662mY
I'm….suffocating!540Please respect copyright.PENANA0IvkF5H2dW
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA4K7alx3StF
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAqXW1IQJWgc
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”540Please respect copyright.PENANAekeGqo8QO8
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAXSkMcMSaEr
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA3GCG1i9Wzf
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANAKahJATn3ph
Caecius: “It’s useless!”540Please respect copyright.PENANA5zbZGCb4Je
Moryuu: “Is it?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAyi7lH8881j
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAjbwOxf8PbM
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAXIOCtzD4C8
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.540Please respect copyright.PENANAxO1yG0EnCI
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.540Please respect copyright.PENANAY80VI8ekmk
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.540Please respect copyright.PENANAI41TE1wRsH
…540Please respect copyright.PENANA1NStaiC56e
..540Please respect copyright.PENANAza8XD3pXGL
.540Please respect copyright.PENANABB6RCFJXAF
NOW!540Please respect copyright.PENANAP9PfqHHIej
*Slash*540Please respect copyright.PENANAY3Im7tjhWB
*Slash*540Please respect copyright.PENANAefGHN9uvuT
*Slash*540Please respect copyright.PENANASv2toPdymA
Caecius: “Wha, how!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAKHDhK9FQv8
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANATEf00grfcB
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAg2EYTTAxog
Caecius: “You!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAlnlcU2v8mS
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.540Please respect copyright.PENANAi3KUAs7g6F
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANALe8t0gz1CM
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANA9vGyxkcdaW
Caecius: “GAH!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAB5aLx4nmst
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-540Please respect copyright.PENANAEDJI0iaN6i
Moryuu: “Tch.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAgDJL4s0rOj
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAi4gHCoHMMW
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”540Please respect copyright.PENANAyqinnkStCH
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAP9eeQlWLlh
Moryuu: “What?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Cv16RFvZ
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYdsmzMn4zy
Caecius: “The Eye….”540Please respect copyright.PENANArmL3G46Jyw
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAy0nZ6jtW81
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANA6n7NH3rgh4
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAkPwUoiBFAk
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA7CNjVV3XLe
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA7SFxNUBmpz
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”540Please respect copyright.PENANA1u3VzatIsn
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAp20G2cQBqm
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAza1KUxcwRq
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]540Please respect copyright.PENANAg3ZuKwEKJa
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.540Please respect copyright.PENANAPjTocUMrDP
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANA1QOo2kQ4Dn
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!540Please respect copyright.PENANAKAgFeOPe6N
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 540Please respect copyright.PENANArbOlNtKWoH
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.540Please respect copyright.PENANAQhLskLfrUx
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAvflRCO8AuS
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAfEwG8KeA1A
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”540Please respect copyright.PENANAYaLAs2DOLy
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.540Please respect copyright.PENANAgREfB0pSWs
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAUOJ7xhUXWc
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAN1k3QAivsp
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 540Please respect copyright.PENANAQhzCkTn6Om
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”540Please respect copyright.PENANAN1RWPpo4w4
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAdw47WdYUDQ
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANALOt3JVPSOV
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAiZSAHuUuRI
Caecius: “Tch….”540Please respect copyright.PENANAUScYrNryPV
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAaDMNO2dNch
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.”540Please respect copyright.PENANAn2GCglwVNE
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAwXABPFD9En
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAiksSQlp3sE
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. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAvfji49zk4X
Caecius: “Die!!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAqHPfpd6wgl
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.540Please respect copyright.PENANAV21UDXuWo8
Moryuu: “You Fool!”540Please respect copyright.PENANAvjXzOIInxl
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANABwR2dPQQBJ
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 540Please respect copyright.PENANA3ViRf4leGA
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”540Please respect copyright.PENANANm0HpqxIl6
1 Day Till Shift540Please respect copyright.PENANAqG6xs8l9oO