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.544Please respect copyright.PENANAapC0cwiD1y
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.544Please respect copyright.PENANAqtNESoNvyo
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANAXdvFinYyOO
???: “Watch out!”544Please respect copyright.PENANA7mFwucDi2X
Moryuu: “What the-”544Please respect copyright.PENANALsXwEbkLQC
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.544Please respect copyright.PENANAbugTDUN9lv
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAXt0EaP6abo
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA9pzcfLoZc2
???: “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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAchuEEnOnE4
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAUjN6IkXN0i
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAZXFM6409kR
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAPiWPTXEVjl
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZjfaNgB2I
Moryuu: “Thanks.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAyrzMrygQLe
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAI6vMVV4aTx
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAWmBfFkHSjE
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ikz8kqSOx
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAHAVX9ToEkG
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAIIB2uWEhmN
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAvLQOHJeT1I
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAvAY1ke26Ac
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.544Please respect copyright.PENANArLth35bDbx
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAVkQQwOdnfF
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAVbxu65buPn
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAw1VT4RGM91
Talon: “You find him interesting?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAGybhIcMJa9
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAQyaz8juToc
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAjovwx4DeGW
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAXHic1Z9fls
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAcubk8TgwzX
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.544Please respect copyright.PENANAsmBxwwPzlP
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA17ftnEetqx
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAh77ItTVeoy
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAfzoE9kLUJJ
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAC0Cw6R7Lko
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAOG4JKzAfBc
*Footsteps*544Please respect copyright.PENANA6aroFI5LWE
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANA3dQVhczUW2
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAD8GPFYzvv0
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANAAmKprakb7a
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAHbUia0ZY0I
Caecius: “Mmmm?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAX0DeFF6c2W
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?544Please respect copyright.PENANAsqEB8hO5pH
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAbyjnWqWBzv
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANARzTOryb81S
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAsuHma7ptYK
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAJMwoFjq6Fk
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA2QH9eyfQEf
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAv2mJWxlkgC
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAH0fXsifpCs
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAFuUcAzcwQc
This is going smoother than I thought. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAU3FmbaNMI3
Moryuu: “!!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAEk4W59VOzw
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAtakuV55sdp
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAd2cz9NNkUV
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAv78mp4TBuk
Caecius: “*Glare*”544Please respect copyright.PENANAEZCaAM8aIp
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”544Please respect copyright.PENANArVEMaq0AJh
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAL9j7A1WifN
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAnV2PTvsM1v
Caecius: “!!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAkWsaSvc3dp
Caecius: “Explain.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAMvfUoTnSl0
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAJeGvHoLlNh
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAgArjhKEEX0
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAi5Fpf7hcDK
Caecius: “….”544Please respect copyright.PENANAz2YiOXawP0
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAYX1wBXm79R
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAfTIKWP1fJK
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAvjW6VYcw99
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”544Please respect copyright.PENANANEQmRH6rXr
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”544Please respect copyright.PENANARcbxjqFIeh
Caecius: “….”544Please respect copyright.PENANATUvato6laA
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA05gWVQXSnu
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAglkiOZD8ZN
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAGOTwmrYFni
Caecius: “….”544Please respect copyright.PENANAcK4kacLcfr
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAI99P0Lj0ml
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.544Please respect copyright.PENANA0B9hSCJO9U
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA4YwGukqjk6
Caecius: “It can be done!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAtSuLVoSowT
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA3EoKBWtwxM
Caecius: “Silence!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAGfMtld4IGb
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-544Please respect copyright.PENANAbERxawn2xG
Moryuu: “!!!!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAB3l3KzQpzM
I'm….suffocating!544Please respect copyright.PENANAIFsb7FFOYf
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”544Please respect copyright.PENANASRzqxmJrKV
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA6Smw4R4wpC
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”544Please respect copyright.PENANAz1RTACfSoe
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”544Please respect copyright.PENANAwYS6ajwdtw
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAcAiC0csmc9
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANA6LQY93H4g8
Caecius: “It’s useless!”544Please respect copyright.PENANA8xXQa04xJ3
Moryuu: “Is it?”544Please respect copyright.PENANA0r0tcMeN5A
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAJVRNIjJu4G
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAkPceWVYx9E
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.544Please respect copyright.PENANADIs1Btd2sn
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.544Please respect copyright.PENANAYaC0Uc95TI
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.544Please respect copyright.PENANAb7rpaBbbRI
…544Please respect copyright.PENANAIPxLyNAURJ
..544Please respect copyright.PENANA09OTcjQqc0
.544Please respect copyright.PENANAL3ZHtMG8yg
NOW!544Please respect copyright.PENANAeLM9NtAaVM
*Slash*544Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6yzE6Yi7L
*Slash*544Please respect copyright.PENANACpFy2HlvR4
*Slash*544Please respect copyright.PENANAcCZhUeYdxG
Caecius: “Wha, how!”544Please respect copyright.PENANA1GI5bqfQRc
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAiORCQnO4XS
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAjaQzvhxWa8
Caecius: “You!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAFr4nzRVwDD
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.544Please respect copyright.PENANAoA0FDMZuiJ
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANAwraxeESVK7
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAnoVy7hzHX4
Caecius: “GAH!”544Please respect copyright.PENANA83TP8mQxdp
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-544Please respect copyright.PENANAt6A9Fk4v5E
Moryuu: “Tch.”544Please respect copyright.PENANARlqMKGVTFD
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAieaShiuNFY
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”544Please respect copyright.PENANAgpnLpFYG2h
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA0Yinytc74z
Moryuu: “What?”544Please respect copyright.PENANADmoyS23MPw
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANAxOvfTVzUVM
Caecius: “The Eye….”544Please respect copyright.PENANAOOWACTNXlW
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAEMujL0JYMx
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANANzmREamWjU
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA2wgEHRQnOE
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAWXTKEhEuGf
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANA0xgwXk0xCc
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”544Please respect copyright.PENANANV7PVLhnRY
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAQ416BEdczM
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”544Please respect copyright.PENANABh1C4XTydT
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]544Please respect copyright.PENANAF7OYB1GqsB
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.544Please respect copyright.PENANACu56HBtMgc
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANAiVHjzniOL1
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!544Please respect copyright.PENANAKirWrYl31L
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAdhDBKlbEy4
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.544Please respect copyright.PENANApJ6xfdWhCX
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA4whmB1I5ED
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAYfs3l0a0Gh
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”544Please respect copyright.PENANANReP8Fv5UP
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.544Please respect copyright.PENANAtGTNW8Y2jq
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAtA8Rko9QQZ
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 544Please respect copyright.PENANA9qBzCr0F12
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 544Please respect copyright.PENANALTpzR2JxOx
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”544Please respect copyright.PENANA3fTaHnjuBx
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAMQtw2uH5q5
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAaeDbskDfJj
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAV1Cmi5E2w3
Caecius: “Tch….”544Please respect copyright.PENANA6qQo3ioYdH
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAOuuBCRXdSg
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.”544Please respect copyright.PENANAkWO1vhdwAl
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAbiNvVvYo2U
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAkYFspRLYi1
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. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAX8o4rDCsRB
Caecius: “Die!!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAqoBwTqs01v
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.544Please respect copyright.PENANAo4uqwAvcEz
Moryuu: “You Fool!”544Please respect copyright.PENANAm2YvIQtyHA
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.544Please respect copyright.PENANA8MARvDiXLc
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 544Please respect copyright.PENANAvtUHbgPIAI
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”544Please respect copyright.PENANAsK5A9C9sKS
1 Day Till Shift544Please respect copyright.PENANAhLuyFjC6Tg