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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKIqhxMCPT
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KDxxigVUR
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunW0kTpPTu
???: “Watch out!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHERYgEkby
Moryuu: “What the-”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pq3UXp9Y6
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkFBtj2tn0
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqjqOY48W6
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrGAoJirfV
???: “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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfisIgPVt5
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzE8hWyLwv
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2U6l39xMOG
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWSyogIZuH
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8k2F3h1iX
Moryuu: “Thanks.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9BQp7fzPY
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQFfJ0PeWJ
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ktTGYwahX
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTy9dzUuBA
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0O2hrLSHFS
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIkuAWh2dU
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjI7ktqdp2c
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyQHNR8Lxt
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3LWJF7e8E
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6NmqsOsks
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RrsA9w84m
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnZzyuRUMy
Talon: “You find him interesting?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeAROTmYZp
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Q9tCTAyki
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgJh792c9w
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFqDj6HoCx
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9auFiPBkzL
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1suXTYq0V
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkorezUA9y
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hJOfXpqui
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xx07YGdEI
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjjOSRTSND
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltMpBfjjV7
*Footsteps*861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJwGiq8wvL
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwz1myT96h
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qz6jsCiAv
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDF8zXOgYO
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKHQIMHzL3
Caecius: “Mmmm?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWtUHeBW2n
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs9j0VDPQC
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxVoEmFvyO
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaV9AjoBPvE
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7UPU1JhJS
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogk6xeGTyZ
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU0qGk1nfL
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQ2QUxCSYf
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a1DU3KmHe
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQlB4QklrF
This is going smoother than I thought. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1higALb4kT
Moryuu: “!!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthsLkQc9Cn
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6b4SKFhT1
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0fFAWfKs2
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCMZBF8AzI
Caecius: “*Glare*”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg7Ffquuw3
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPRYwTClbc
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSFNQ5glif
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ424GP0vEnj
Caecius: “!!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE7mVlBy2W
Caecius: “Explain.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrugKB9uAl
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4dwuSbgy7
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTLU6kfjVd
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma1ll05S3n
Caecius: “….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEZ5IDebjm
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TdU90LM5g
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ5eVERjSo
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDw0kfir6P
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbpzAOaVzW
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo1fOcv6V0
Caecius: “….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlsfDLFEFN
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b2U5ZKeMx
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DSopm65C0
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM2XWcOFUu
Caecius: “….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQvEeRkqlI
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeU5hIZGR6k
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdlTC1IraM
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVJk2xoGvi
Caecius: “It can be done!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgPuZhot96
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQWgoMLcv5
Caecius: “Silence!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY3x5Vc3Nr
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdplsxtsJ12
Moryuu: “!!!!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLOX6DeurD
I'm….suffocating!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCalEtBPRSH
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugzGVok95V
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jdew7SQMG
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn5CxXRLls
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj9Y2d4m7b
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YwP0CMCdq
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd2Oas11in
Caecius: “It’s useless!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGY16aeHzh
Moryuu: “Is it?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkjFfnzjDQ
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5ZJX34fzo
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFKcAUji9f
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiFwPa87X8
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAplrJ2qqZ
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6tm1n6Jrl
…861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8UMyfEqgy
..861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWshAWORjP
.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4awagba0py
NOW!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxISCufx8Ql
*Slash*861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIjkkIsNXw
*Slash*861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK779wGsqSo
*Slash*861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3QyxRttaB
Caecius: “Wha, how!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68lEXQggsH
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac6ryBsgRI
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2OuVWtibj
Caecius: “You!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ix1zdgqm2
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR55Qvgwmz3
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz8FdBBvl4
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vHalzbvcw
Caecius: “GAH!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJbwnCnYRx
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiyW0x9ZTU
Moryuu: “Tch.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN0uzul1ad
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JXMiI75DW
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhpdgfe0Ca
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd835M8E8A
Moryuu: “What?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8xd1SrLNF
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GmNIYYqrY
Caecius: “The Eye….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8kQPWt203
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn0CxbHSEb
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtBDKUbj93
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdZ8NN1A5u
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrupLj6qihj
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3BDYM6MWj
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr8zOb3jlp
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqGGDWel6n
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGFzR9Zz4h
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOQ3OSnwfo
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUqIVamPaq
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKk1BrEqE64
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzaMpUkSkN
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmlWqnbLKM
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqOMMWJyas
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcLWvA7GHy
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ygxzzb5pC
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5sGmzXS4D
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK61S4tqAu
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8Nb5mOMf9
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZOCeKR6Le
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPbEfUnOEx
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4IyJq8Iw3
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWZ4JdIRH6
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8QNmVxkYc
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5opU6jP5A
Caecius: “Tch….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEZGD0ZGi3
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJNx6ozSU7
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.”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Or4h3HJEJ
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2weP5d6wq
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC0cujiKVr
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. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx4JycsCoW
Caecius: “Die!!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c1R2bNkY5
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArPcOjrZ7p
Moryuu: “You Fool!”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNmdSNh4hq
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.861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2yKObFgNR
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUvXarppYQ
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdh1ZR6bRF
1 Day Till Shift861Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6t0vamA3u
