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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAS2NioTxY7g
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.747Please respect copyright.PENANABBAa32CVor
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAZWNvLe22h6
???: “Watch out!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAUTLyLCAoFf
Moryuu: “What the-”747Please respect copyright.PENANAuRqzy4OTjh
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.747Please respect copyright.PENANAaSiN9oVCx9
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA9A5UwQRAY8
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA212yJvm3Lq
???: “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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA5i7aH4ba27
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”747Please respect copyright.PENANADQf2f7bgwc
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAv0k1T1R7Ki
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAoARyXiXaFj
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y1C9Se0SQ
Moryuu: “Thanks.”747Please respect copyright.PENANALfM8BPBzYS
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAgsiEGEn948
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”747Please respect copyright.PENANATv8RXKn5Im
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANACVeiHahmKj
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAy6e4DEcQZI
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAcaWAcWlPWf
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAyY6Hzqkhz0
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAkb4Znec1dc
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.747Please respect copyright.PENANARshXbzaO3q
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA3SfKfAUEvc
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAgo4uxvr6Et
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAmKfggPGrzN
Talon: “You find him interesting?”747Please respect copyright.PENANArc2ryNtFdD
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAvkG8ADSuzT
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA1SlAVHm1w4
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAzQTQOiBimy
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA5704bSD4wj
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.747Please respect copyright.PENANATeRvwM3RjX
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA5JTSSdAnrh
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAaT06ZE2XBc
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAgwKPyNrSn7
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAC4iGZFHdr7
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA452jhSlXb3
*Footsteps*747Please respect copyright.PENANAvMHDR9vGbU
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAzpkrFHUC7o
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAqNRQQJ0dvE
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAmrQVIj1bS5
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAt1yx7MIwIm
Caecius: “Mmmm?”747Please respect copyright.PENANA9N9q0AEqki
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?747Please respect copyright.PENANAN5qXYD1LSW
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAUzYv5KK94m
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANA9W8dMNBGCX
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAX3JofCUhfx
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”747Please respect copyright.PENANARGOkgjAOqK
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”747Please respect copyright.PENANApTrBvDPQRZ
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAc8fEqGM4L3
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA8eM7XwXJ0q
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAxnWDNQbSpz
This is going smoother than I thought. 747Please respect copyright.PENANACY9V8Us8u7
Moryuu: “!!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAafqbvd5gyN
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAQLnPnHAhIK
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAimu80fh5mM
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAybIL7MAvIP
Caecius: “*Glare*”747Please respect copyright.PENANAfZXIYyhUAE
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”747Please respect copyright.PENANATVqCBxCRQU
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAJEr9eTbmBJ
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAzhIpcXizo1
Caecius: “!!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAbW3kAvnKiV
Caecius: “Explain.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA4hkVzWOOTy
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAZdhW39t104
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”747Please respect copyright.PENANABrW6AkdmOa
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANADmbnO0LOXD
Caecius: “….”747Please respect copyright.PENANAk7Aq5uYmR9
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAI1PkYYp8jE
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA3Kh3SzpYXP
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAjX1hkTZyYX
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAP09rBheQjU
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”747Please respect copyright.PENANA5COxTUJ5Bg
Caecius: “….”747Please respect copyright.PENANAyN0Dvb2QLL
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAIhCHDboeH3
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAAU5uoJdzoT
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA8bTGtAkXpx
Caecius: “….”747Please respect copyright.PENANA8C2lFZPt9U
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAlqeyCtHjoi
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.747Please respect copyright.PENANAIZSG9RZQYz
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAQDeSIsNDRK
Caecius: “It can be done!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAbnwPkiz4CO
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAZJSLgc0J35
Caecius: “Silence!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAjIANw0VW1f
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-747Please respect copyright.PENANAc4ax0MhAQh
Moryuu: “!!!!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAEgqW492QHL
I'm….suffocating!747Please respect copyright.PENANAUvgtrLrVq4
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAAjn3BQXjqa
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA0k55GmeVZ7
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”747Please respect copyright.PENANAZFMwglfzEJ
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAtcAhdbzIjL
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA9mR5BiVRN9
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAblgAHeq9Ue
Caecius: “It’s useless!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAysZfXUOH55
Moryuu: “Is it?”747Please respect copyright.PENANA17wBrK5XaO
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAT4ua7UBRID
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAgZx5MwP3Wd
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.747Please respect copyright.PENANALQHIARp2YL
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.747Please respect copyright.PENANAiFirv1v5bj
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.747Please respect copyright.PENANA9QUVN4O7AZ
…747Please respect copyright.PENANAxPGPpcZNbU
..747Please respect copyright.PENANAPkDr5cwcap
.747Please respect copyright.PENANAdbuwmXy01d
NOW!747Please respect copyright.PENANAQyItQzfkUW
*Slash*747Please respect copyright.PENANAlPeplOCuU3
*Slash*747Please respect copyright.PENANA3a7fiAcleU
*Slash*747Please respect copyright.PENANA4VGeixYqOT
Caecius: “Wha, how!”747Please respect copyright.PENANA6pKq1NtzaD
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAZZWZjvUQwA
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAQMO4Ixl6ND
Caecius: “You!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAmQfJupL8Ds
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.747Please respect copyright.PENANAfuDxsL2QNx
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAtN9SOcuRmM
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAFfbE731Nkl
Caecius: “GAH!”747Please respect copyright.PENANADpANWGmjE6
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-747Please respect copyright.PENANAyEHIsQcf1H
Moryuu: “Tch.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAQfrAzj73bA
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA3PfpeojWks
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”747Please respect copyright.PENANACr38MYvkp9
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAiM9zB8Zoys
Moryuu: “What?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAGeVIvDjOFr
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANALtAq4BNFTR
Caecius: “The Eye….”747Please respect copyright.PENANAIIbxaa5KYh
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANACN6i40Awpp
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANA2c47vc63WR
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAcOGoDEJVa6
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”747Please respect copyright.PENANANzJ5iLAAVA
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA2hrTWceCPT
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”747Please respect copyright.PENANARvacKLo8p0
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAlHe7Tuq4Wn
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAwUOCbuXEOe
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]747Please respect copyright.PENANAvBdDrRLUho
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.747Please respect copyright.PENANACB1eZSNWhc
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAjGAAK0tpKR
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!747Please respect copyright.PENANABehxVCktou
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAlFBdmcrgBY
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.747Please respect copyright.PENANAtQsDRodyrU
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAzdckqFYGJU
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA3OUrTCPoZC
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”747Please respect copyright.PENANAfSQQpb9W0f
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.747Please respect copyright.PENANAqqk4JLeqEQ
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA9QvgV82L7E
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAHVHtFZZdld
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 747Please respect copyright.PENANANKJrNY3JMw
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”747Please respect copyright.PENANAVf0ILrsmXH
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”747Please respect copyright.PENANA5XvYYsKP6T
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANACO4JFHLKJV
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”747Please respect copyright.PENANALglQOlg4J4
Caecius: “Tch….”747Please respect copyright.PENANAXOtZAE6qVD
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANAXLPpLjoy3F
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.”747Please respect copyright.PENANALxFAMSOH6Y
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAM793g4H5Tk
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”747Please respect copyright.PENANAsKVfkmSqZq
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. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAAUJYMDVXOo
Caecius: “Die!!”747Please respect copyright.PENANA1hiqdqmgTO
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.747Please respect copyright.PENANAfz83lMrLKS
Moryuu: “You Fool!”747Please respect copyright.PENANArQ796PFGYC
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.747Please respect copyright.PENANAMw4cXQz52M
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 747Please respect copyright.PENANAXLu9BXPtKe
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”747Please respect copyright.PENANAFyB0FBYNoF
1 Day Till Shift747Please respect copyright.PENANAj4vgevQyRN