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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJnmYI4Ffn
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSPMcf1F60
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtwd2rrqqI
???: “Watch out!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvReVTeau5
Moryuu: “What the-”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDhJgNyrUw
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg6Bio7hAC
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH8KIIdhjh
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT3gSLCCDB
???: “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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHUclJ5xp0
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB83ZGZ9ula
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZx3oUAzS5
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AQH7Jg4lT
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hUYK4bO8x
Moryuu: “Thanks.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZiA3gwn5d
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozTKfY6xzA
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv3N2jgpXC
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhBGfcGZSp
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64r8Po6Vmb
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6V9rQa4NI
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mKX0tiFO6
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ad8s5omOD
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEbQl3xDf5
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qiws4E2iq
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqXZFlUE1G
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O5GNhedK2
Talon: “You find him interesting?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0p58Jq9RdV
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtfh3Tz9vJ
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjBNBCyCNX
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzALULj9Uf
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzO9epo8As
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5v4Hx1e4Yq
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt3QKBf3p3
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcNZKyGUYA
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm1w5foxEr
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpipVRmTzjh
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxR8mD3Zkd
*Footsteps*946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAagpJk6bu
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DKfdFLMVa
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFdlCFbSWH
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ypj9pmVei
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0tpUfsr23
Caecius: “Mmmm?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYJPi5P3DW
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFffzMbo26x
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4B8ZPB1uO
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrDsgcWbi2
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhcnDxM1Hm
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcerQR4eb1
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfIUVNBpIj
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLNVFJdvou
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aGfpaWTDM
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU74HoZacH1
This is going smoother than I thought. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSODkGMYBw
Moryuu: “!!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcUhe4MlVk
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQqKNoajqt
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ8YD89r83
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCqfk3J8oV
Caecius: “*Glare*”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeB6QD7p3a
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ08cKd6g1
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaalRcxsKkl
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDQORhdqe6
Caecius: “!!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFejdd5xnS
Caecius: “Explain.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQnGlgzHIg
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN6XZrKFzg
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CLeETL9m7
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdTF6advpC
Caecius: “….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4oa17cZhE
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCbpmqhyUr
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7cwOaLM5f
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMWGfjtBKk
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6rjZwJ3TE
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnXRb1ngvS
Caecius: “….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VUOdQZuy4
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4B6Jbck7ex
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WQeEeEAl3
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnhzpddBZh
Caecius: “….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3XD47hj85
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2gdJOw6Jx
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgByyQDBGv1
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5BSmoemML
Caecius: “It can be done!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXkNtsctBs
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbpXa3ZzBt
Caecius: “Silence!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9msFPElEY
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1i37LrzIW
Moryuu: “!!!!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm7iyPmyvD
I'm….suffocating!946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorBTkowN0G
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp6h7bulzI
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCbbANQ7bF
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Mi1XK4iMp
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2w2afTKLWj
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FX1XUdyOd
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPctm03M5OK
Caecius: “It’s useless!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aS6HYYNSD
Moryuu: “Is it?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rFdaX5lEn
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuH3qOd3lF
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnvUCH9D4K
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBYob0KK9P
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwU8nuA67o
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7oNF4zHEC
…946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1kEBXoF54
..946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTmuRok397
.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gdBONYfuc
NOW!946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2r96GeM9e
*Slash*946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1V9pr7Flz
*Slash*946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHpIB2k6v6
*Slash*946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbndKF9DPL5
Caecius: “Wha, how!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB2lkI5wht
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36RWfCGlS4
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1MOsYiWnm
Caecius: “You!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Equ4VuvNK
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiz9HDM5TN
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6bV0knHlh
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DmwgIl7V1
Caecius: “GAH!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JRJBXTUat
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0RkfyUq4p
Moryuu: “Tch.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasDeETrtnH
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR11jv6K1L2
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4sG0hmaPe
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz2zEDq8KP
Moryuu: “What?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17rP4zGxZQ
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi00X6lPZK
Caecius: “The Eye….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9t7CX064e
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAG13Dy2eW
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y5rvwXC3H
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyKB81bLjv
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnaMbZJ8yp
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcHr4Ivv6z
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsZsFGH53t
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCJ5uGA33t
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbDPcvAQ2r
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1D4s9MGqpB
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2PdZWT4ms
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua0WycXNuJ
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8Dr3zSZvk
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P3AWpQmBg
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1F8m1mbxa
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6jJyNBPfT
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3d1KNtoxQ
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCii58bG2dH
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QPKvLfT9y
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aPmSKpdpM
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuddSJaNgS
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bnz2d6Ki6
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygtchUppZF
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATyvcyoIhX
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07Z2hD991T
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX3I1Wy2EM
Caecius: “Tch….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcx97GH7w3
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ggMVYUo3A
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.”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSKgz11BD8
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CRuuwzR2E
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOhh41DJfr
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. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckgXxGji46
Caecius: “Die!!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2WVAB3xxX
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ArFxGvuAy
Moryuu: “You Fool!”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnishI6ezk1
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.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMkwlsKbM8
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEXQxkPEJ3
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eFs3SvGJi
1 Day Till Shift946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfWCMroD55
