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.537Please respect copyright.PENANAMxti12aSGl
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.537Please respect copyright.PENANAcABGp5QfiN
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANA6EYFiuO5Nl
???: “Watch out!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAZZuJgDkusL
Moryuu: “What the-”537Please respect copyright.PENANAEuo0HIMheS
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.537Please respect copyright.PENANATBfXHFxolO
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAWmW5RDTHMJ
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAiXWEumTQiq
???: “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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAyjteWN7woi
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAfT6waGSm4p
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAyEM2963X0E
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAZzPkA6MTOj
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAS2KbG9ZuDZ
Moryuu: “Thanks.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA0jfTTjclCD
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAMhVLZMy87K
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAfkRDOoMRti
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA5kXuvTWD0Q
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAWAVpBiGixK
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANArWpZJUK35o
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAgqNDOWk1Gb
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”537Please respect copyright.PENANADE9GEtiwkP
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.537Please respect copyright.PENANAatGkGR2KbB
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAe5V0hK3WS0
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAoLAF4lKdtH
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”537Please respect copyright.PENANANPlmGKsuyU
Talon: “You find him interesting?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAqw39qW2Itj
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAEo4yjMYyUa
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAKKBtRU17yC
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAaBNMisX9PG
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAFMGft3I7tV
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.537Please respect copyright.PENANAL9XZ1hiSIB
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 537Please respect copyright.PENANADNBI0vViwq
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAjsYNSP8VSl
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA7I1OhJViaD
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 537Please respect copyright.PENANArEMaW7XBw2
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAthguQgqtPt
*Footsteps*537Please respect copyright.PENANAWOuC6CI2X7
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANATwTopb4hK0
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”537Please respect copyright.PENANASrG2DcA88i
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANATFoEK8QG3T
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA8wsECTFt1S
Caecius: “Mmmm?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAWfEzGOAw2j
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?537Please respect copyright.PENANA4GFsvab6WQ
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA39E62blVkT
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANAwplMtCj66E
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAmFt6qraFf1
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAfHadBNwGsV
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAU9VetXKhbX
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAKTBeFgdLQU
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA994PRHnFOH
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAtLGJtmgm9x
This is going smoother than I thought. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAK8Mat7bdn4
Moryuu: “!!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAeY3pwhC7ZE
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6BFeIxBzQ
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAgA0C5gheyz
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAYYYyIU7aef
Caecius: “*Glare*”537Please respect copyright.PENANAm2Ef11nwcN
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA4t8GJGaVB6
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAAp32LUickS
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAZv9GMMybVS
Caecius: “!!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAtfa0bYg3QB
Caecius: “Explain.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAcPHdmIpkV6
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAHgPzZlrHhC
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAFVw8HC4Tbo
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAJGXgZZV777
Caecius: “….”537Please respect copyright.PENANABNa0Awt8uX
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAoyeUiq0kj6
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAEp2HlG3Acp
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAImcNLyrj50
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”537Please respect copyright.PENANABvornyi4yu
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAuwNR1l4VpD
Caecius: “….”537Please respect copyright.PENANA2zfyalTe1p
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAtnuTHedSJd
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ7fFqkbmG
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAoHJNr43dkp
Caecius: “….”537Please respect copyright.PENANAcvsxh8nyqv
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAEpfug9mrzs
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.537Please respect copyright.PENANAIHFSwOMPv7
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”537Please respect copyright.PENANApOlMv8y0pG
Caecius: “It can be done!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAh79w3Tq1SE
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAavNbMXqBK4
Caecius: “Silence!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAX0oQJEFvMu
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-537Please respect copyright.PENANACBXZMg2dGd
Moryuu: “!!!!”537Please respect copyright.PENANADogtJLVXLP
I'm….suffocating!537Please respect copyright.PENANAQLQgbx8fZJ
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAfcYNiw6qgV
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAYOOfhNPCSU
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”537Please respect copyright.PENANAYCQZUd444y
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAS8U0Vy8izD
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAkpoBx0VLlp
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANAdop9KKMwXx
Caecius: “It’s useless!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAmXYkscYG34
Moryuu: “Is it?”537Please respect copyright.PENANAgs9zwJLnuJ
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA70F7BMCBWZ
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”537Please respect copyright.PENANABisfEZ0GuL
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.537Please respect copyright.PENANAX0GuOaRAqi
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.537Please respect copyright.PENANAbQv9ndXtZ4
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.537Please respect copyright.PENANAjDwMRdUius
…537Please respect copyright.PENANA8z3lIslst7
..537Please respect copyright.PENANAOp6MSDq7bm
.537Please respect copyright.PENANAFtHienNM5Y
NOW!537Please respect copyright.PENANAGj7BUhM3m1
*Slash*537Please respect copyright.PENANAizWgHhnj08
*Slash*537Please respect copyright.PENANAnHLOoQCNCl
*Slash*537Please respect copyright.PENANAKEAMbQjqFW
Caecius: “Wha, how!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAdaHxKFiFhY
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAlgwBbEXgI2
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA6UU6yV5Rvs
Caecius: “You!”537Please respect copyright.PENANA0La3NFsywm
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.537Please respect copyright.PENANAK5uJw4hTqb
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANAP1ajxBi5W0
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAeNoXWBar0J
Caecius: “GAH!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAIzQKiWqsI6
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-537Please respect copyright.PENANA1636dQS1RK
Moryuu: “Tch.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAdzcyUrV0Kw
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAndigr7aI0P
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”537Please respect copyright.PENANABCcqqY6iFf
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAQyW3wLx89Q
Moryuu: “What?”537Please respect copyright.PENANA55UCV6iQiw
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANACmIjpsAsLP
Caecius: “The Eye….”537Please respect copyright.PENANAW2erqVaaHI
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA2EDQEQkycR
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAmXUXQ2qRFU
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAsiWOZtbrsG
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAvKGWpAguKn
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAwJJri99MuQ
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAdYt4SxH1BU
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ua4WyGKoc
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA1OsFQ6Ckrh
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]537Please respect copyright.PENANAWNeujMivYk
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.537Please respect copyright.PENANAqnaITBTpBx
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANArU1xU4GNWn
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!537Please respect copyright.PENANA5s0U7H6Vwl
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAVAlGxuJqzI
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.537Please respect copyright.PENANAiyZNj9UB2Q
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 537Please respect copyright.PENANADaJh9ZHdsL
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAg1aktmutBk
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”537Please respect copyright.PENANA0ko5SO8aCA
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.537Please respect copyright.PENANAYgc72T7Qa4
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAxCx6I42TuS
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA2pB3OxeBqs
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 537Please respect copyright.PENANAB3QSNvJlZX
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”537Please respect copyright.PENANASL2paVqHOz
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAnjhM7isn8n
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAMYlQ05GN2d
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA7N8TjNnGdH
Caecius: “Tch….”537Please respect copyright.PENANAgyD9xcr64O
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANAagxSoKlqBU
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.”537Please respect copyright.PENANA844E0euTxJ
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANAKRyhgb12xW
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAUfGhEzYV6F
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. 537Please respect copyright.PENANABq6HCvvXSU
Caecius: “Die!!”537Please respect copyright.PENANApePt67GnLh
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.537Please respect copyright.PENANAXEsyGOhAvS
Moryuu: “You Fool!”537Please respect copyright.PENANAniwLuTN78l
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.537Please respect copyright.PENANApPnTlSmBlH
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 537Please respect copyright.PENANA9qO4ytNMjS
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”537Please respect copyright.PENANAgC2s9uV4z2
1 Day Till Shift537Please respect copyright.PENANA2JJiGOKGCB