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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAuD1pZKaRiT
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.549Please respect copyright.PENANAaKDIhHOymq
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANALUO6pWZbOX
???: “Watch out!”549Please respect copyright.PENANA6Mwy2ljRWu
Moryuu: “What the-”549Please respect copyright.PENANA79DL5pt4Fk
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.549Please respect copyright.PENANAcOwaFpuAkN
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”549Please respect copyright.PENANANBfTMeqDHe
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAs4TnLfgARF
???: “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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANANRD0uTpBY8
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAanBuhlOnpC
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAhB4dFNWd0P
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ5TG9rVO1
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAXaW7gwRsxz
Moryuu: “Thanks.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAz4BBGg9lY3
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAM0fgAXkb7A
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAor0DukkgZo
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANApJqVowzfxt
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA9JiQR5GLfy
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAQSQ3pOC87S
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAEp41qDibSa
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA68HF9BhLgA
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.549Please respect copyright.PENANAu77yP03hC2
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAYGqZKsctvA
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAxcXxZBRseQ
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAgDR5Kmfd5K
Talon: “You find him interesting?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAcaPu9kMOeE
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAsJG3ClVpqb
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAwRBjl7U3mF
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAE4512CWrhN
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAELi8F60L7v
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.549Please respect copyright.PENANAKIUJ6J5nEG
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAuduFnXHEMZ
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANArD9R37Nafq
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANApJj29EVejn
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAMqEnkqq6Qj
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAmhgZSjtcZT
*Footsteps*549Please respect copyright.PENANA6qVcCGY7dd
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAoOGI5WVpuB
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAlgYGbWeytE
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAsfFuUhDUQR
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAbjGUYXeHtz
Caecius: “Mmmm?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAB1ZpRcLR1Z
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?549Please respect copyright.PENANAPozbrnCPRg
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAXsr8MKLoZU
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAZH2tDrB0Hy
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAHsUEdE9ljl
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”549Please respect copyright.PENANANUtGAWns8Z
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA7lnNXcaXTm
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAWZOrbCGaDo
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAOdWsdcH3b4
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAtl4BS2lEvw
This is going smoother than I thought. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAnpRdN1Q3p1
Moryuu: “!!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAEH16vPc22n
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAXdSbyArQ1z
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAd7K3qkrx2b
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAI52BdGSGY8
Caecius: “*Glare*”549Please respect copyright.PENANAFmVHyZHbsn
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAS5K6QwT7mN
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAQyIphBURxw
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAqb35RDXClG
Caecius: “!!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAyaItlMi3Dj
Caecius: “Explain.”549Please respect copyright.PENANACDqShg0RDX
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAk1CGXfnAWC
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAtTv9Wa9JFf
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAOGDC0AFHQm
Caecius: “….”549Please respect copyright.PENANAwcskPDvqeP
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”549Please respect copyright.PENANA3t8mRLgBIu
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA0xhlBDDrz0
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAOYG9iL8iOH
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAP9TaPejt64
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0Z5o8fJy5
Caecius: “….”549Please respect copyright.PENANA5UuUHn1oxW
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAfyGa1D9yXQ
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAagDaxkxOGx
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jbf15TwjQ
Caecius: “….”549Please respect copyright.PENANAqS16gGGOoM
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA6W6SVRwtK3
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.549Please respect copyright.PENANAQIMO2SyRvS
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAU1Gzs7fOE7
Caecius: “It can be done!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAVWKqfcLKYp
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAZmeaIDMSPN
Caecius: “Silence!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAzm1MrXXgUf
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-549Please respect copyright.PENANAAgANrXzAXG
Moryuu: “!!!!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAYXAAaciBuC
I'm….suffocating!549Please respect copyright.PENANAECJjJfN1rc
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAETR9eW8q7c
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 549Please respect copyright.PENANATZZfwOJL58
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”549Please respect copyright.PENANAdtokajbZxX
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAwxF6sMJ3HA
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAfk009vdavD
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAADRbawDvti
Caecius: “It’s useless!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9S4r90jwB
Moryuu: “Is it?”549Please respect copyright.PENANA00x2tRaQ3q
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAebwetPRtoF
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAzk3ZroGpeX
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.549Please respect copyright.PENANAvHS6PG9eWt
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.549Please respect copyright.PENANAdFHulEBvF6
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.549Please respect copyright.PENANABXilX50Rx4
…549Please respect copyright.PENANAP8FDhvYK23
..549Please respect copyright.PENANAN49IkwPbQQ
.549Please respect copyright.PENANACm9Jx5R7O9
NOW!549Please respect copyright.PENANAFHOzTzf90A
*Slash*549Please respect copyright.PENANAWPojHxNcQn
*Slash*549Please respect copyright.PENANAkogiR0NtTs
*Slash*549Please respect copyright.PENANAFFeahPkQA2
Caecius: “Wha, how!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAf1vzR7Vc9F
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANA7lL1imHJEw
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA9pl9eHUzdx
Caecius: “You!”549Please respect copyright.PENANA3L05hKCv42
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.549Please respect copyright.PENANAraUoR4CU2r
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAYFcKvGaPeE
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAjTRUTvG4cL
Caecius: “GAH!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAi9pELjqV5J
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-549Please respect copyright.PENANAimrawCbM60
Moryuu: “Tch.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA14WUvmZS1y
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAvbY3aNlWis
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”549Please respect copyright.PENANAy9ve7txhWQ
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAQiipmwOwgd
Moryuu: “What?”549Please respect copyright.PENANAmmQaxPRikY
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAjT1hsCqORp
Caecius: “The Eye….”549Please respect copyright.PENANAmZngC2TCqx
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAnQRijJ9UUn
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANA8lj3y77IjR
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAAdjxo3p0g6
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAkt8lh7XiC8
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAS4H1SPNq7S
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAYvFKmWE8L0
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAbY0Vv9toRK
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAHGpwXwuv7k
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]549Please respect copyright.PENANAXxjuq4TiDg
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.549Please respect copyright.PENANAysdxDrdqPq
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANAniwH6TU4j4
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!549Please respect copyright.PENANAd8xMN8h9k6
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAWyGajeEqjs
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.549Please respect copyright.PENANAUmKaktRb7w
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAggMzsvhJ56
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6aHWuCzmE
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”549Please respect copyright.PENANA5iQ3LhiylH
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.549Please respect copyright.PENANAWRUkq4IGuV
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAuzi9XZdmlg
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAE4Gh2qUJj4
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 549Please respect copyright.PENANAlK0eO7ydaB
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”549Please respect copyright.PENANAgxMPO5VG7K
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”549Please respect copyright.PENANA9jcYQiiS2A
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAXRFzIueiuO
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAVoz2VCk2yJ
Caecius: “Tch….”549Please respect copyright.PENANAEgOtY1IljT
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAlHB3u80Nx6
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.”549Please respect copyright.PENANAIHHRGh4DHR
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAMrNgXMtRAD
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAZK9daeMehx
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. 549Please respect copyright.PENANA8tJtbhvuUV
Caecius: “Die!!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAp5OAPoc0xC
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.549Please respect copyright.PENANAihHNnYW3DT
Moryuu: “You Fool!”549Please respect copyright.PENANAHGkO5O21RB
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.549Please respect copyright.PENANARPSq7adH8W
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAy4KTmRIOzj
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”549Please respect copyright.PENANAjUfyiqR1ED
1 Day Till Shift549Please respect copyright.PENANADzAxdHnaVQ