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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIGf6aTfgs
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiGEQQ5n2N
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCw1IuINIO
???: “Watch out!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZRbZaiDgC
Moryuu: “What the-”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl35tNpCgd
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuVJLumL9q
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LxoRIoDua
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzxpLtPy3S
???: “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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf27ePMAQYD
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLyFn193aY
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6aFfPPstj
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJti3jn3XlJ
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXORWVU8ZkF
Moryuu: “Thanks.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhYh0IOU2v
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8p2ARjrXG
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNETHk9LJwp
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJqezhRXb4
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY38RcET3Dt
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMF6T93g6w
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipkDOeB0ZG
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWtwKoyonQ
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vWOBGEFEp
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp40mYdMxa
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3Xujk4vCL
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GI3NZVTXV
Talon: “You find him interesting?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZHyHE309Y
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoe9W9ZMjK
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN616aw59M
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JqsY3GuT8
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFL9xIY1jw
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CqxBsOuUJ
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU91vE2zkWN
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJieRqFRtcT
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl7L5keUD3
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3QbHrUYz3
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lhfH5cODt
*Footsteps*835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6awRgkdIt
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRieSHuZva
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTgsXHuRyR
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoCxQs1ZVI
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrTpuGMMJe
Caecius: “Mmmm?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrXgKajvdi
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn7U9ZapyP
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGro61kmfT1
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpgD9pzczB
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfJ9DG4y9h
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4uhgVkMgx
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBeRQ8peb9
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdBdIm88MB
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYyRtwxgUs
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38hfFTa8FP
This is going smoother than I thought. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKbrxozDE8
Moryuu: “!!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPKvkBY6AP
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrIFLcjLXK
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVz7gjFT7z
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAfeuodSGG
Caecius: “*Glare*”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2zWYqLKh2
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPUQpAqpBT
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtrCnsUHtu
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVBKmde4EB
Caecius: “!!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96mb8aq5Dg
Caecius: “Explain.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ88KaFjsf
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKL0ncoOhr
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvE4fZVz53
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYefwdVNKp0
Caecius: “….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ174A17ZGuy
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0ubYyncUL
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKipRXpGTvt
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wuCLza7Fb
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgW9XhedO01
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBiOSe7vl7
Caecius: “….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyISNucQKR
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu90Fzs9iw
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pv0xAnowe
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡod7hBptpiK
Caecius: “….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP4K9PlCAc
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvZiWUhDSa
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWtM7Zainc
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOFcOhkW3W
Caecius: “It can be done!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSfFQ0IF9a
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovrps59LUi
Caecius: “Silence!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60Qy9zSxo9
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiiGYL67O7
Moryuu: “!!!!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdk3R1fOkT
I'm….suffocating!835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kWAwiTn3s
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8GT52aSwV
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2U2o0heC0G
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRg5nzmHyb
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OlDFPqYus
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAITkuUEJRt
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXC2lTWcK1
Caecius: “It’s useless!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcSFk2AQXg
Moryuu: “Is it?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfhVLWiTCN
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uL2PAinna
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraIdy2XisK
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK9IATS3mF
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdGeX6WDi4
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWCMqfv7cz
…835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbTZGTYYsg
..835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY2mG3nVw1
.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1KXIA4ycg
NOW!835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRG914qeYp
*Slash*835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2Rq12oBQp
*Slash*835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlYnpty9HN
*Slash*835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ckQ0IlOhO
Caecius: “Wha, how!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4y3kywvk0
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Wg5WFXuUS
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWXpejKq2C
Caecius: “You!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7Gm3fTu9P
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCMnHkW3e6
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENBp4B8vLC
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZZ5BjMC9h
Caecius: “GAH!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8Uew2Wd2Q
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbym65LD2nG
Moryuu: “Tch.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGb02mgfTm
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TWO5dGafr
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wwwankexA
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5yrAQk5nR
Moryuu: “What?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvVrxvf1no
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxpvntaxty
Caecius: “The Eye….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xh8F4qzca
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dolCbQdwR
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLWHthMuWx
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42uuk49pFC
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNzRzVYi7O
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymIpXcJLs8
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro3hp0wres
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3wjMCc4VC
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv0y6e8tUE
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5N16walWf
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yb2yMNJ57
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o2xxXKXoC
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqaiOnsJgY
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1UsAPrslM
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiHQ7VH90L
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8fxQp3QxF
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKMP2WrFC1
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbfJKtqpz1
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDhW3fc81m
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX8FYuRNFL
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweF3AESoRn
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX77DibJDF
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMEqj3G4Fb
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLRSOHD0fJ
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihWERLvZ92
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudhd67tyyl
Caecius: “Tch….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPY3KyStKT
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgE4ip5WPd
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.”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EB8BejhuI
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPfAsSEvdY
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazk5OAjPpP
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. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnBNyK4q7m
Caecius: “Die!!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ypnVSh54u
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAEcaQ3VYx
Moryuu: “You Fool!”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xkDml6sjQ
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.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEn8p9xYlKU
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBQ42V8fWe
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPC4tqkl76
1 Day Till Shift835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERX578ocjO
