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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAfS8mpkCTOh
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.554Please respect copyright.PENANA8M8hf8mhLO
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANASStuGs0YgK
???: “Watch out!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAf5G9t1SGpj
Moryuu: “What the-”554Please respect copyright.PENANAlaZt6nQSt2
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.554Please respect copyright.PENANAjPh3pBJe4i
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAKs0GqcukcG
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAYEO16OmF2z
???: “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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAH0MSCIDZOf
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAgjuvie7y43
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAnuo9L2m6Hu
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAlhRqduKHns
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”554Please respect copyright.PENANARWtN7X5Jes
Moryuu: “Thanks.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAEr12Z4hUNl
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAGUxN7BVNZR
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAvyZ9zNxVrZ
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAvW3Fep83nO
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAG9z53ZT3WU
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAbbS0JzKb0t
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAVDT1B9GHPj
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAnEK4VB5mi8
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.554Please respect copyright.PENANAyxZpuLW4oN
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA9wGNlLG8t7
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAlaczIKv05V
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”554Please respect copyright.PENANADNx2b3qgu4
Talon: “You find him interesting?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAz5ArhZJqbL
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAJ29RoWqOWu
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAOv3FoHDZeS
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”554Please respect copyright.PENANABNhQ0lRvtZ
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAaVdHWLPoji
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.554Please respect copyright.PENANAiddjhLy7jl
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAaWPfaEGYXs
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAuIp7Q2d2ZY
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA5qsrr4JNiD
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA7IZ3YVOwlf
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANALlBVhBZV5G
*Footsteps*554Please respect copyright.PENANA2wTy1cqEuu
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANARJPZeirPaL
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAoQzntUgh3t
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANA6pPwYgQqlw
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA1976rDNwqO
Caecius: “Mmmm?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAsOLJ2y0Ghe
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?554Please respect copyright.PENANA4tFseBz0qP
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4zSMqqHRX
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAJ51cyQ4KXA
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”554Please respect copyright.PENANA9l6hMTwtP9
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAIGVsDkj5Xb
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA7qPpV5ZLNY
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAaLIps8ph8Y
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAeeRANMD8t8
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAZUgQjBy2ko
This is going smoother than I thought. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAa1iqx1MSYS
Moryuu: “!!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAxfNBGFHHbn
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA89V8i4qHfQ
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAsp4F0kISRP
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAPvrNmk9zlj
Caecius: “*Glare*”554Please respect copyright.PENANAAJqZvDixj4
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA8gN3xHKAnT
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”554Please respect copyright.PENANALpEQ448Fw5
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAHwrZVpgQVF
Caecius: “!!”554Please respect copyright.PENANABSpEOn07oK
Caecius: “Explain.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA96W4AvXfWg
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAYhYtLy8KTv
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAG2SNabxCqq
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAGrElSzaaZK
Caecius: “….”554Please respect copyright.PENANAIQF9SVYHyq
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”554Please respect copyright.PENANApc0u3K4TPC
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAjWhhi6gqhL
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA00SBIAevuM
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAjtopAKh0S7
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAEgr2EwB0CF
Caecius: “….”554Please respect copyright.PENANAfdtPkBQdwF
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA3p9iu0pF7r
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAEANmNHHQZe
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAS1I17Posle
Caecius: “….”554Please respect copyright.PENANA1fwPXkmwzy
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA2M6h9ZRb0X
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.554Please respect copyright.PENANARsIVmBHS3j
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”554Please respect copyright.PENANADIph6FXIfn
Caecius: “It can be done!”554Please respect copyright.PENANA2UxBfhgYVU
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAsmyUELYppN
Caecius: “Silence!”554Please respect copyright.PENANA6ijNdxz6wU
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-554Please respect copyright.PENANAyRBu8um6SM
Moryuu: “!!!!”554Please respect copyright.PENANA5bo9Mog9aU
I'm….suffocating!554Please respect copyright.PENANAaj9ShqxUqS
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”554Please respect copyright.PENANACr3ERlkCXy
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA1l21iJty55
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”554Please respect copyright.PENANAYk64N92i30
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ40wSeXpk
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAIWChXdND2P
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAYlUomjo0KO
Caecius: “It’s useless!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAQoRwgHN2d2
Moryuu: “Is it?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAPll7HONgUv
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA8BNTTrq6BC
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAI0d2ZdJR8m
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.554Please respect copyright.PENANAGjOEM5Nhxk
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.554Please respect copyright.PENANAX3ow531g5A
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.554Please respect copyright.PENANA0r2ZZUmSBj
…554Please respect copyright.PENANA9TyfL4F3zd
..554Please respect copyright.PENANAuKB91SYHVu
.554Please respect copyright.PENANAp3NM6Mf3Wb
NOW!554Please respect copyright.PENANAxXrANQi7uj
*Slash*554Please respect copyright.PENANAV7sNwEgaPJ
*Slash*554Please respect copyright.PENANAMvbc9JIYDF
*Slash*554Please respect copyright.PENANADbLyw3U3Q1
Caecius: “Wha, how!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAb55dnalQmF
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAO3F7YUQ9dS
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAYkYX2owEHj
Caecius: “You!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAvjR2njFRdG
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.554Please respect copyright.PENANALv9mivpdlW
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANA4NV4VmMhId
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAgpuanMli0B
Caecius: “GAH!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAurhypZx8D5
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-554Please respect copyright.PENANAU6iws0kxp8
Moryuu: “Tch.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAFfJlIbm562
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAVqQ0hiSEt3
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”554Please respect copyright.PENANAq9zY1UKHDN
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAIqUMpQOINM
Moryuu: “What?”554Please respect copyright.PENANACl6ybavu75
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANA6gjJDzgBI3
Caecius: “The Eye….”554Please respect copyright.PENANAA1io6mTCZu
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAcWLDPXnVYs
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAnmxyOChkeO
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANACdM7tePQNI
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAJdOt7OMXR2
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAvaUhppPXjf
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”554Please respect copyright.PENANABE6SJjfp48
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA7bnlnWrG8y
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA3uDIs3YCsF
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]554Please respect copyright.PENANAKaWNpZqA6S
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.554Please respect copyright.PENANA1h4DeJqkkx
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANA9qXWwerYw3
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!554Please respect copyright.PENANA3FG1V98pT9
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 554Please respect copyright.PENANALtUUIZcXHp
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.554Please respect copyright.PENANAHeE87uuXVm
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAsS7RUlcMfX
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”554Please respect copyright.PENANANjI9ZSDbIG
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”554Please respect copyright.PENANAEY7yAvjnnp
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.554Please respect copyright.PENANAWu2a5iJOPu
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAI0xZge8CEo
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAZzV0IE3PAo
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAqDBPcwBDZi
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”554Please respect copyright.PENANAhsLWzpfRKi
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAOTEjXbg41A
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAzRp9h0GPvE
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”554Please respect copyright.PENANA2w6sbGjFoH
Caecius: “Tch….”554Please respect copyright.PENANAmdy98yUhXU
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAIMI3PwMtSn
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.”554Please respect copyright.PENANAcmTxbo38tE
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAOwCfViF5Yr
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”554Please respect copyright.PENANAjYNIzXRBmR
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. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAzhzSc9TPMS
Caecius: “Die!!”554Please respect copyright.PENANATr3KiCdNGc
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.554Please respect copyright.PENANAHnfUozZ005
Moryuu: “You Fool!”554Please respect copyright.PENANACi52bA3TgO
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAf8XiFMgwdW
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAYeZFCkomse
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”554Please respect copyright.PENANALtEfgtwGGe
1 Day Till Shift554Please respect copyright.PENANAs7m9noumds