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.530Please respect copyright.PENANAYQpXdcdFJW
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.530Please respect copyright.PENANAG23O0yLO6J
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANADuL3j3t6ou
???: “Watch out!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAEimnUNZqGH
Moryuu: “What the-”530Please respect copyright.PENANAXOtsh7cdce
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.530Please respect copyright.PENANAIr0Pd7kYi2
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAFGavWML66c
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAZrqLrpFPLR
???: “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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAqJsH1kszar
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA9dLSoh1hvE
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAQWfRyZl0Qb
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAzKrcBLfJot
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZFUX1GUpq
Moryuu: “Thanks.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAwzlHl3guwh
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAANl4QirhRm
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAUQOT8jsMTh
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAQnWdfNRYcr
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAuz5wm6Ciz0
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAwhppgYXH7E
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAz1exAkzxxO
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA0MSmrgaeTy
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.530Please respect copyright.PENANAJn7Gk1ErHj
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAm7fS5Q0dGq
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 530Please respect copyright.PENANATBJfKsNvcV
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAmYL89zcTx5
Talon: “You find him interesting?”530Please respect copyright.PENANA5ajouL7wkT
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAMd5lNEYkQS
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAj2MPTKiR5W
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA9l3BtXij5v
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANADHJapdd6bz
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.530Please respect copyright.PENANAYFHu1bcfJE
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAhjsHFRstIB
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAUaitKefgTF
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAHH2Vgae6bB
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAgccDpHjMDd
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANATdhlVL39a1
*Footsteps*530Please respect copyright.PENANAB0TaiTGiCf
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANATVL3z06ZhN
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAZtpdapsJ1B
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANAHjcEGQTv6A
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAOnxUfuvhWF
Caecius: “Mmmm?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAgjJK473kKh
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?530Please respect copyright.PENANAK5WCzXGGlS
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAaZc3xPSYwj
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANAq064UuWhar
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAkBAKXm3z8S
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAYygJdKv2TA
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAsz0LBEJFbp
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAgYU1lvwHbK
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANABDpLkQ9t3I
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAwR04mvSyFf
This is going smoother than I thought. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAuJuVwS9MMj
Moryuu: “!!”530Please respect copyright.PENANA2oRyr7VXTb
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAS1YDeNIz6d
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAujQcySQYEA
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAox9iRBS3jk
Caecius: “*Glare*”530Please respect copyright.PENANAF7DD5NLJIP
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAoeZNHMrFLQ
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAnfhJdTRL7W
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAmY5I1VTKK7
Caecius: “!!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAgBMf0vBUWK
Caecius: “Explain.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA44yJabt87S
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAzcnDrnExQR
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAmsUP24IIGE
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAM3yCwSyvEU
Caecius: “….”530Please respect copyright.PENANAxrio6MCQe5
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAKIPCsmUUZx
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANArXtbOLq3h9
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”530Please respect copyright.PENANACHHCGE8Gkm
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAI6gcGwYvBY
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”530Please respect copyright.PENANApUqBiu904r
Caecius: “….”530Please respect copyright.PENANAfzd5Jzux6j
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAhhGGtxPpm3
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAMTmlaMxm6R
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”530Please respect copyright.PENANArIfvBifYeN
Caecius: “….”530Please respect copyright.PENANA1oAkiJxIHA
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAzJY6egziTI
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.530Please respect copyright.PENANAtqnASEmTSs
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA1L5lTwFMvg
Caecius: “It can be done!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAGKEs9jMzLX
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA7iKddbU1DF
Caecius: “Silence!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAeIaqwOILjT
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-530Please respect copyright.PENANAG6Xr6HYrVF
Moryuu: “!!!!”530Please respect copyright.PENANATHhedYUHeJ
I'm….suffocating!530Please respect copyright.PENANAdpcq7T0hMX
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAVSpXEHFcxT
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAMd34He5k1H
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”530Please respect copyright.PENANAaBV8lYaBCh
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAyOxGrP1W8d
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANArJLF8uJskk
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANAGfnt13TjEs
Caecius: “It’s useless!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAMzrnvwSZGe
Moryuu: “Is it?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAhDT2UBEm6d
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 530Please respect copyright.PENANApWX8LOn8aB
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAERXCWLZjCk
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.530Please respect copyright.PENANAiwVyFxQ9bO
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.530Please respect copyright.PENANA7GVgx4t7DK
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.530Please respect copyright.PENANAQbztf8wmuE
…530Please respect copyright.PENANApRcKEP6F4T
..530Please respect copyright.PENANAPOciZq0zU6
.530Please respect copyright.PENANA6uUqNmLQOS
NOW!530Please respect copyright.PENANAZatAdO9fcQ
*Slash*530Please respect copyright.PENANAoQnKUfE9ha
*Slash*530Please respect copyright.PENANAMgYScpDopD
*Slash*530Please respect copyright.PENANAwziX0ik0GU
Caecius: “Wha, how!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAps7T3iBtUC
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAVkcOFpZ1jg
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”530Please respect copyright.PENANATmF6b74rWz
Caecius: “You!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAXOUsTQNpEm
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.530Please respect copyright.PENANA4OjbVVgMdn
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4idPujMZw
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANANn6dAHgDMu
Caecius: “GAH!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAhz850hFS6B
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-530Please respect copyright.PENANAxhkdZhSQQ4
Moryuu: “Tch.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA7EPxJaKzCM
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAlPvhI1CFmk
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”530Please respect copyright.PENANANEpm9EVtaZ
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAiNk8rWtyQ5
Moryuu: “What?”530Please respect copyright.PENANAucRxobsHoG
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANA6abWCq1SrK
Caecius: “The Eye….”530Please respect copyright.PENANA4FumhGy26J
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAyWpvIrXHxL
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAEKICvVf9G6
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAyVqrgZhvGY
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAuBwSBjdOuy
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANA271skWM1Ye
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”530Please respect copyright.PENANASkVlvcm7rF
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAsK6wmYNYTc
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”530Please respect copyright.PENANABwUjmOh63q
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]530Please respect copyright.PENANAS1oXETNqTJ
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.530Please respect copyright.PENANAnRnSKAQH1S
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANALpUwOhuVj1
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!530Please respect copyright.PENANA8ImDcsEIdd
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 530Please respect copyright.PENANA2nLYiaP3qQ
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.530Please respect copyright.PENANAyLVPMt1XPy
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 530Please respect copyright.PENANA3pIB8g4trF
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAmjWw6G0p7v
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”530Please respect copyright.PENANA72ZNJM0nlQ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.530Please respect copyright.PENANARjZkmtKPCM
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”530Please respect copyright.PENANArR6eZZEDJY
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAA5T6enYWLx
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 530Please respect copyright.PENANAXxGRDoh9M6
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”530Please respect copyright.PENANAHLuLwu94Mz
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAJhN4uCRsjM
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANACC5wRjvgKT
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAeFOLqg64es
Caecius: “Tch….”530Please respect copyright.PENANABjnmHv7mE9
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAOwJSD0IkJk
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.”530Please respect copyright.PENANAixOWX8dPeq
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAXpdvxGFHBW
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAoN2AfHYq5z
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. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAT69lEcEB1P
Caecius: “Die!!”530Please respect copyright.PENANAJO8b6UwbXX
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.530Please respect copyright.PENANARDtZHjoAkS
Moryuu: “You Fool!”530Please respect copyright.PENANA30NdWoO6Ep
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.530Please respect copyright.PENANAHUhoIU8TXr
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 530Please respect copyright.PENANAldpKQSQQzo
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”530Please respect copyright.PENANALU21LwM53r
1 Day Till Shift530Please respect copyright.PENANA0D0DgWiz6q