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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BY9qM4xCa
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FW5Xap4fp
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIwZwtZHg8
???: “Watch out!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZMy7mv2uN
Moryuu: “What the-”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdPcFydB62
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV8NaLTOWq
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb1JMGLm1R
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7pTvCcIy3
???: “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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBSQk0GI39
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1twumDCoH
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULm08H53Mn
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrFN7Cv3Nu
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU5M6knugF
Moryuu: “Thanks.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvfB9yKPly
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQKcp97m5F
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsy1K5Wk4tL
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ezsANwZUF
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmFuntN7dp
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMRilzMNe2
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXREMGKUo4n
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6F7NNA6fF
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VITQ80oG2
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyxgQXXCRL
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYYhwC0k2H
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYrEV5ptBm
Talon: “You find him interesting?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTQEC0Sa8R
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDV97aUJ9j
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEKMEYzJ80
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq3ClwHVPv
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaxiVxQ8yK
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwntE4zyID
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3WhaMDR62
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9ocCixA3t
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjyUcVrg3U
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo77cXLU93
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TDetstFfG
*Footsteps*810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4efuZZGWGS
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOucEefIuDD
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWlDt2VgPf
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZSqL1gW0k
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFb64d2xf4n
Caecius: “Mmmm?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagoDim3TOp
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2r1xnSRSa
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlhTd4PgFg
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC5rqsm7se
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttYejBrwWB
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDedPdiqfy
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVGqCNoVeZ
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkkYGR4zU8
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UX47m9vcq
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AiLZ1zzJz
This is going smoother than I thought. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkhejltSg6
Moryuu: “!!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CiqWnctDG
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSomhYtlJJ
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJR6XzMne0l
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOi1JqLeKw
Caecius: “*Glare*”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkM3eT81kC
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwFpj2f2Vy
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF55ecALNQ
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JgAQvCTAa
Caecius: “!!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMUYszR3va
Caecius: “Explain.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHuEXR2XDJ
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDedVHOQ7QR
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcrBqEewRs
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZA8Ww6nxwJ
Caecius: “….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqipOSJZa77
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtuDyELeOb
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VryHzrOq1
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiOZMCBfj7
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDdD0khrGV
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYHiqIVqRJ
Caecius: “….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENC6hq2cb1
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ685qfNx8gP
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcP3f6qr4G
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjRGbddLcD
Caecius: “….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiM7KvpRU47
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAwpxl610z
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL9FEoTLRk
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhVWZ2zceR
Caecius: “It can be done!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXLiQTxcQX
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs22GGjvqqk
Caecius: “Silence!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkKo7uxYIH
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldzAfkOvc8
Moryuu: “!!!!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegPu1xzbrT
I'm….suffocating!810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN9eizNOxJ
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTBx2B85bG
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdXgxc71hy
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcyhbCqiPw
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftpSZcW5E7
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VcSnFkGPL
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPlT6mwnui
Caecius: “It’s useless!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S3b4N4I0v
Moryuu: “Is it?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7V3zN7hES
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1UkBXBjyM
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEQr9LjsNx
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkuSpcgDl7
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPpsfHWvLC
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg49EdYoM7f
…810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMPeVmwGgM
..810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6swjiwImW
.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GGqOdB14p
NOW!810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdlMJ47F7u
*Slash*810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwVBrUnOKA
*Slash*810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWefrGxevnn
*Slash*810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2US6IMdvo
Caecius: “Wha, how!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVj1pSTCv2
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1LhbKGSDD
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmv1rEUQ16
Caecius: “You!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfiHAQIY17
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrEvjcRugL
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8dw00WNG4
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0yfd9GXyK
Caecius: “GAH!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDGfGegN2O
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXO0CuES2Du
Moryuu: “Tch.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl7ffcYkWg
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVTfuL0Cqq
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JvhkHr9NO
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAXdT6CSLs
Moryuu: “What?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReM3MUwbMJ
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6OOsNM7EN
Caecius: “The Eye….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9wiLXwfU9
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwriDTMR1q
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6S6ABdovA
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QzN8iV1XG
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTVHkhVZJG
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjfGGWY1Tr
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMog6EWc4w
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T8T4tUUAS
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUR0chDREe
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs3NwCnIpj
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtfIL1AgUT
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8ppt6Mi5d
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hACsyfRSw
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGMoxK4JTd
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTid2f7taHG
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgr2i9ldu4
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MFPcQonTV
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoRYxqeAAm
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVVmPZcE0q
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R3LfsxoUq
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnO23zBgwe
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kEoBDcaOH
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWt2OdS5qa
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpm1ShArUz
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCB5wInEGo
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IRF59gJ9G
Caecius: “Tch….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lAraaryYt
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetkFOQDSiC
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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK06YS4WOg
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHRXN2GytA
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7RFFTT5GT
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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcU8q1jctYH
Caecius: “Die!!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBSJF70h2u
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6to1TlYw5
Moryuu: “You Fool!”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61ngGSUOMQ
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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8aWq09EqD
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj29EyrTpP
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlQZBgecFE
1 Day Till Shift810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLFTblGfGv
