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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5ndeCop4c
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uwFp4Y0Qj
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWDgZKrq2k
???: “Watch out!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZP7Sst87D
Moryuu: “What the-”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd2cFASa3c
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRqxEzxgpH
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA8xUTYI93
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKeYJreAtp
???: “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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NO4ZNaXi3
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdlEK3Oncs
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVshR8VruGH
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmbGShiFCN
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1enDEbSOc3
Moryuu: “Thanks.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6jgO1SfOm
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PXIfiKAqS
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxX4HX5Nw2
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg6AkCiwAZ
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4vneEartU
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLMONJYDwG
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe2H6gN22I
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZgHbD3ULd
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgVWzEYKRH
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7nxSt4EHN
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJyu0TX7wz
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pHmkiIaBp
Talon: “You find him interesting?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y4TQixv5c
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblgbKLHIsj
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfyhfrBuEV
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1yoREQ3lU
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO6q11UxA9
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyugVXMTb6n
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2qZfWxuhw
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfOX6MaMrc
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCWlDwfi2I
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV303wtSOt
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSM5FcH7Uyr
*Footsteps*751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkMbYr7xfV
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0gDkzJm17
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1upiCZWmTL
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR59GyjgQE
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bzN4azilG
Caecius: “Mmmm?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KfrPHTd5i
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBqBsDpnl3
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgnH33jvoX
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mHsPWPcN7
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6HoJknipj
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXBnuBbwTz
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDE3WSTi1e
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdex0cAAVDu
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGq731iY9i
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8sGfy8ZnY
This is going smoother than I thought. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ7xBowev0
Moryuu: “!!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N5pq7Oc7A
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1Pp1HlNY6
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDwupf1uSv
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWkfObcDUX
Caecius: “*Glare*”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu6f2PboTH
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBZN6HZhDJ
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0vPR5EykR
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwgcuztzTw
Caecius: “!!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvAWAn97fr
Caecius: “Explain.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqhskIZgUV
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDod6wqB1ld
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiGWsNbXWK
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVnzTNhPFR
Caecius: “….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU7pzuYCRw
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHx2h5YJWZ
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z0SS5Clnh
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhNhzEukmq
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqe2w5twuN
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbINQe6Dtj
Caecius: “….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaS47aZPvr
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBq6iph0X4
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyxr2kySGV
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXdirUzd1l
Caecius: “….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnrP6d70nv
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xB37RCl0F
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj15aVaInz
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IvZvKpyYI
Caecius: “It can be done!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF9542uzH5
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhpGFSeE9W
Caecius: “Silence!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPMxcVhkiY
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqK1icez2e
Moryuu: “!!!!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8P1PRCyJ7
I'm….suffocating!751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wPOiwwJT2
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFyJ5GVDOj
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSd1hz7HMy
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsxd5nTcJd
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2hUM6WaZ8
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4T8aa0PWoV
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxnnuykU6k
Caecius: “It’s useless!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffkI3yhbhc
Moryuu: “Is it?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefzV8j2BBY
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgnJDA3MNB
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRguXZG7GY
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrlUspGJGk
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnARJmOkYF
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpTY1B0cfu
…751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkLOQfmnBk
..751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZs2BRgK03
.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzvYeQirrM
NOW!751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntaru7MFwC
*Slash*751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZObCu5zrz2
*Slash*751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyUW5mFT7S
*Slash*751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPkTwsuXNN
Caecius: “Wha, how!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdf7wkiFes5
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY1ahq38U2
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k41PFMIsM
Caecius: “You!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBiYmEM7uO
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuCCDx8AKN
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GLnoTIhre
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiB6YdGCP4a
Caecius: “GAH!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsqhDgAx4d
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTTrl1F3e2
Moryuu: “Tch.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOROEHwaOx1
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaHNcumnDY
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96hWJ2kuVN
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2efhqqCJLM
Moryuu: “What?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJJdXMwdh3
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKjQ3JqmcR
Caecius: “The Eye….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFYnGCaaCZ
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jRyzPOp1A
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBf7K36OdX
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIiVKCUnj4
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpArjlqjoc
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvqWhPw4ND
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTWs4AKiFP
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43R9IxaXUK
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ73CPSi9L
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbgNL0Nl8h
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILBu2q7qr4
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7J2iFfpJN
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2bCF07aBV
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCrlurkqda
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmPatU7XyQ
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ6aHuZXlE
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIGsyeSqvO
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF9tRWoh9h
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWX4Zum5GW
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkq05gBvAtx
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d5dwTXJKd
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XaqIDU7R3
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHudIt4fgZ
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2m3fwm8Ko
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7r10XUKW8R
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sJaJZXHeF
Caecius: “Tch….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFuLoww2Wv
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgED3jTBlrl
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.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgFAFGjanv
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZAkPmo92y
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs5BKpajwP
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. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyJaCg6BTM
Caecius: “Die!!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8VtJsqKBi
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12XwTv289Z
Moryuu: “You Fool!”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tZOugUHr3
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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf7KPZphNo
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOPL9LfJsS
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxheBdEhrVg
1 Day Till Shift751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIRxPI3tQx
