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.843Please respect copyright.PENANAC2JmkwkV2X
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.843Please respect copyright.PENANAMzH8Ohyub4
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANAyhWwJ1PWF4
???: “Watch out!”843Please respect copyright.PENANALPV5Q7yKlA
Moryuu: “What the-”843Please respect copyright.PENANAgTu2wl3yHo
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.843Please respect copyright.PENANAxpZlP2EQXe
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAwHEVhIzc9F
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANA1zfLqU91X5
???: “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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANACYkSjefwEJ
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAgh2lgtWjdi
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAVVpoOUUhkn
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAPvawLjqurl
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAiCfwdsxAyo
Moryuu: “Thanks.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAZZW5UH3QaQ
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAowfnmqNyiU
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”843Please respect copyright.PENANA1QUG5Ijg1e
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAGVf7h6ersz
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAsXG2oaa9kH
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAJnFBQoFDnz
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAHf2Ew0ZFrg
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”843Please respect copyright.PENANACjlsZziQWG
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.843Please respect copyright.PENANAnROYc4RYX0
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAZX0Q9mOpAI
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 843Please respect copyright.PENANANAraOa9Skk
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAD4zytZUS6v
Talon: “You find him interesting?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAC3b75DvolQ
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAjZUHYcsnjh
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAwLzfp7YRba
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAPzb4cvqjms
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAFeixnSnu47
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.843Please respect copyright.PENANAbQq9rsGQ9F
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 843Please respect copyright.PENANApcPOf6cN1q
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAQp0mPt6izY
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAHmgk78XyZa
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAX6I7MlZlwE
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAKZa7DxBRBB
*Footsteps*843Please respect copyright.PENANAMRdgdD46yH
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANA1J0fkkk6Qr
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAnfsxuqB42N
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANAErfpvwuts1
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAF9vxvpn3C6
Caecius: “Mmmm?”843Please respect copyright.PENANA15SmSckoCP
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?843Please respect copyright.PENANAIrynsxpaE5
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAL1UL5PQ7Kl
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANAoBvaSg8wuq
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAp17qpHes4F
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAsqqkh965zE
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAbRzaiL5DEV
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAiPIkEjYxNp
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAPPSX7uz2Hp
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAGX3HOZDHf2
This is going smoother than I thought. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAxXnzLlCvED
Moryuu: “!!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAQubN7l194H
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAjPRgxuJXS9
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”843Please respect copyright.PENANABxymrhlRLF
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAXUo4QZQzrq
Caecius: “*Glare*”843Please respect copyright.PENANAnqJ4fkKhCs
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”843Please respect copyright.PENANANoXEcMaYVY
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAk1xUaUoDKS
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAMppX6dQdvB
Caecius: “!!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAQQjhAouKuY
Caecius: “Explain.”843Please respect copyright.PENANANEusnUjYuf
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”843Please respect copyright.PENANA4IQx4bN6YU
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”843Please respect copyright.PENANA1gAzmSHlWH
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAsiWdPirfrE
Caecius: “….”843Please respect copyright.PENANAe9JkU2iE2t
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”843Please respect copyright.PENANA3Vur6eUds8
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAj1waGsEWA5
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAWCblzBe3U2
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”843Please respect copyright.PENANA2JGgLXlvR3
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”843Please respect copyright.PENANABw48bP7Chq
Caecius: “….”843Please respect copyright.PENANApKQC9hdXoU
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAMIZJiv359W
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAtwoom36mFP
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAtMiBguK0lc
Caecius: “….”843Please respect copyright.PENANAzGed2CW77n
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANA14wluT22dV
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.843Please respect copyright.PENANAKufKmo06np
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAv3u8UqLhV0
Caecius: “It can be done!”843Please respect copyright.PENANApes7Ycb0dc
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAeBm6KQCWfh
Caecius: “Silence!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAHBWJyaW3zz
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-843Please respect copyright.PENANAsCVYBNjk1V
Moryuu: “!!!!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAqTGpubm097
I'm….suffocating!843Please respect copyright.PENANAtd5P2eLihv
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”843Please respect copyright.PENANACUbiWttlxG
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAzuEKYLRaf8
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”843Please respect copyright.PENANAfQeatfef2D
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”843Please respect copyright.PENANA8oxhQ58HrI
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAQkbSHIxmld
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANA3r1pXEAmgU
Caecius: “It’s useless!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8eSh3b3aC
Moryuu: “Is it?”843Please respect copyright.PENANA8U5qvqp3rj
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAYoI4S0wMuI
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAerMeHRRAKB
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.843Please respect copyright.PENANAoULiItoONE
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.843Please respect copyright.PENANA5hMzbrD78y
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.843Please respect copyright.PENANAy4Ro6vAbh7
…843Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vti26Zk2S
..843Please respect copyright.PENANAko8qCioEl5
.843Please respect copyright.PENANAHwTdLzyrdg
NOW!843Please respect copyright.PENANAfdzm1N5Q5S
*Slash*843Please respect copyright.PENANA2pNDgrYfXE
*Slash*843Please respect copyright.PENANA7OAskKiYKE
*Slash*843Please respect copyright.PENANA4i1ivirIYd
Caecius: “Wha, how!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAEp5Dg15IlJ
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANABfHeMq0EHB
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”843Please respect copyright.PENANA9CQbftrQh8
Caecius: “You!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAJqlJGdIHrU
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.843Please respect copyright.PENANAW8mYEWjg2k
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANA8FJrh4tIED
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAYunRIOubzZ
Caecius: “GAH!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAr0rPtMJiYp
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-843Please respect copyright.PENANAGw08JFt81b
Moryuu: “Tch.”843Please respect copyright.PENANACgkCvW0bgh
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5QSlV6j0A
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”843Please respect copyright.PENANA8kb9XlGtEj
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAUJNLEqTSAn
Moryuu: “What?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAfAzJgjoFBv
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANAivOFmdKeaO
Caecius: “The Eye….”843Please respect copyright.PENANANzsTzpirRF
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAcBPwpx0uM6
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAspPsxqVBhR
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAB6i8NNtOi9
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAbfuNHCS4Ky
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAUq3qR24WlT
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAuolUT2tslB
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAgl509FPhn9
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAB5accipL5x
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]843Please respect copyright.PENANAn71H93ikmi
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.843Please respect copyright.PENANA8peQ7ORkXy
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANAk4qwIe09KG
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!843Please respect copyright.PENANA9R9Ft7huVE
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 843Please respect copyright.PENANA3KcIpG8usZ
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.843Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Lys6zd6N
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAQx6qxHTxj6
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAf7tmYaP6HK
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”843Please respect copyright.PENANAucWtfms7fh
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.843Please respect copyright.PENANAm64zznY8eT
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAyHaIYi5Ik0
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAe2u6Cib0RP
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 843Please respect copyright.PENANAwqpjzL0oNA
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”843Please respect copyright.PENANAFeACPje6ZD
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAvgUBngobZa
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAExGrWw9yQj
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAF8NGwgHYLX
Caecius: “Tch….”843Please respect copyright.PENANAF36qKYC5lJ
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANA6zClSuyh8e
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.”843Please respect copyright.PENANAz1SzWoVhj1
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAPaC1blP1jn
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAlSboAzqIm0
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. 843Please respect copyright.PENANA2BslZgtSYn
Caecius: “Die!!”843Please respect copyright.PENANAY0yzPShWaO
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.843Please respect copyright.PENANAGzwj5fl5Tj
Moryuu: “You Fool!”843Please respect copyright.PENANADrM5pVMWAC
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.843Please respect copyright.PENANA0CEtl6C3lb
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 843Please respect copyright.PENANAP59rV9nGsb
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”843Please respect copyright.PENANAKrwA9g6QZC
1 Day Till Shift843Please respect copyright.PENANAJmBZboGQYh