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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfyhF5OyIL
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4zAXS5aib
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62z89I7efq
???: “Watch out!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXny6wlFjMU
Moryuu: “What the-”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZap0bkRKVQ
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4dvPq1rxK
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ311kVQo9eg
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfbqRe9HVg
???: “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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisD6APNhk0
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HBcT6VNNU
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFeCEqlh88
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jizFliQiE
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ep5rYuMSH
Moryuu: “Thanks.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXwwVZGInF
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLGy3WrS6b
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCYtEtgUcZ
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOGsKxhmR2
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtD8PtbhJi
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSRlQ3wbEY
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxOi1dB1Cv
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGMK3VGAHG
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW8j1NwaRk
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzowDrquted
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCU699qEP7
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflVuEWvs3w
Talon: “You find him interesting?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCANbvO077
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRxyyXmfNP
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KTyrrXQ7s
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAL6CTetL9q
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9TbPLik85
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W98rWPg0a
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtti9C5EkpG
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JwVZwKNF8
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BjSHXKo1y
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7mHNhxvF7
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLclykhZo1
*Footsteps*952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJCb32GCrP
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVFSGmNHPU
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl8rjE9ABE
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuwW5SDClU
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8bjKow27p
Caecius: “Mmmm?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BEhCPROfU
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7oFj2Uj8L
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXSa13XWKu
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTLiKsc6WJ
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzntjkB7Tl
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqm1j7s9s6
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SOQUGOvkB
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTcXj9CwHx
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5S8SD2qfq
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1flamMx7s
This is going smoother than I thought. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpC8RHEove
Moryuu: “!!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBGq4l2e3J
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDQT70eYr8
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv3lG7mtXI
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzpEW6a1FF
Caecius: “*Glare*”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZODRwAQq5p
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjslYVRxTxc
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PMSbUZepR
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxCCkdCHFf
Caecius: “!!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7kVvFzWeX
Caecius: “Explain.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlWGxQJLEK
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mx5o6vjzg
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGc93qDHVH
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSuzFlmX5I
Caecius: “….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfLugLjnzH
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOtnUWiSYM
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe68T7AWyy
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnYGPA5MTU
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYEPeXAETT
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHrLAfUH5A
Caecius: “….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDmDnqttU6
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcNzuwnbvv
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF8B3Gr01W
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgET9FUyEH8
Caecius: “….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdMJUwInv3
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VTlceyreW
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NBaK2xmGw
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgi2lI51OW
Caecius: “It can be done!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQ4ca8lDUL
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YhoTRbHSK
Caecius: “Silence!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ1oWEutVn
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeRcOQORSk
Moryuu: “!!!!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmNofJIyIr
I'm….suffocating!952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTJ9Kvu2eo
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKDFNKerHh
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdMgADOAj3
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycZYmhXeLM
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiLrH8r6J9
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN4j5PNgKM
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwXnTUykoF
Caecius: “It’s useless!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8v74gtqmo
Moryuu: “Is it?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbGZyYsLta
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtZmT2B0Pv
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPtEtYKdIj
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknjmIRTma7
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88R9BWi2YY
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dvc6Byf8z
…952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWTVwFfvZi
..952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVawXl1l7w
.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtnuP0e1Ir
NOW!952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDW3OjTkQa
*Slash*952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34OHSIfcXM
*Slash*952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVCWIMA9pE
*Slash*952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhC7qMC659
Caecius: “Wha, how!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vzIfVlT19
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqdSgCvhKT
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyNXnUC45v
Caecius: “You!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6azOcHYz6f
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsau3dpLb2
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1avLsP2I2
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjQQXan1cD
Caecius: “GAH!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EfLtw8SGN
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eBJtgI9Cr
Moryuu: “Tch.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjJ9W7SeFp
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGgJtEwDUf
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvrlWwWIph
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2s7sDqg0z
Moryuu: “What?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LoPnYjQbd
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLE09SVQf6
Caecius: “The Eye….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOGAFROUD1
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkfXu9R8Lh
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurGkqGuQpG
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvRWdbUZXa
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfQ8H41yQ9
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdT8SwZ4IL
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtdSf7HjFw
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrHztB9sSb
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I3QvGAZqf
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ciGN2c0CY
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bbILmqkUj
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn1tShraFg
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNSdDIGvlC
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFhGR9WIq7
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXCb40gAvZ
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKakbmd6Dx
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSLP6TyAcv
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGlO9YO2tQ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfOsqDmYSK
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFhqlVvfSO
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZz4K2W0Tf
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmmnpKKXYl
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNBmdUuwGj
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh1IkZW2C5
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCCHk7Sofz
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtCk3GxYoe
Caecius: “Tch….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WX5KGr2OZ
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FbEMWngwP
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.”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOJZYBbBXd
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZLQs2Ucso
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LU45ee6au
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. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2Q0MiDnjq
Caecius: “Die!!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIcX2GhSsq
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPboxYNH5VA
Moryuu: “You Fool!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BiFUJfZxZ
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.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVutJzoFAn
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgAZmKLxBN
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SZuPeJhQH
1 Day Till Shift952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeABGdilwvd
