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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvdzvITspo
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfF2rz1FdM
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUw2XZZ6xw
???: “Watch out!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DocPdeL5R
Moryuu: “What the-”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmvrwTPByF
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk44AFKhcl
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiku8PRLWh
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRQRRwyiM0
???: “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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBxER6J9Q5
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILfGlQTpGi
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKFrDPjllY
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicR4zcKhGH
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdoynieLWP
Moryuu: “Thanks.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53w2zEwLas
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNzTem2tN8
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lrdgZqCUG
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW8Q6rcKAg
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEhAY6ZhXy
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GeWxc0K0Y
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFbj64dhds
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29Yzp1RkZV
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQfJX7xUmJ
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOmfoUvVc5
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS04eaCHJq
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzue3XNmaI8
Talon: “You find him interesting?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVTTucxTBG
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg9XaLTEIP
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyW7hx6q2p
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSOsbdsL4b
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2uEox8As7
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2bPCkXyoy
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBk5raEPZ0
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsv08QCRuI
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yQ2a6Dky9
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMI1xrITW8
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fj00R4bYm
*Footsteps*779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXxMLBqDys
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TrDWhtCHv
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL33feMham
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8mqn4dLom
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH4uV7NfAH
Caecius: “Mmmm?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvvSWQ0T4G
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeENQOef8kQ
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8G9H6QWVp
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKzsVsavsw
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGSfTxnZ5x
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcz3JMsg8W
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKeTA6o15Q
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteCQKUCB1F
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUlhcZPBE7
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpbNned9Ew
This is going smoother than I thought. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VitFbWNjO
Moryuu: “!!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDvMwsT4eV
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ijGGizJMG
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIoFRaSiiL
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpmkjuHz4W
Caecius: “*Glare*”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3xrlp960v
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NUNgGSnjy
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOx5YRZ7uG
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5j6PbCYAd
Caecius: “!!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yzN1ZuF5e
Caecius: “Explain.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA5mksP685
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9VvDbE10n
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXeYbbkC5H
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDcLkM3SB4
Caecius: “….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzERoJGLKV4
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8Ye5OZyh8
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnncO3feoQ4
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFnsuPaQiW
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGWao1SZz8
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKjhM0Cm0Q
Caecius: “….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzc4RLQLEIs
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SmdF6lxc8
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCzHcRqg6w
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RrOkckM3v
Caecius: “….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Agr0Sbr5l
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRZSI6tmrt
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeslYoy8J9
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiBK53Bv7Q
Caecius: “It can be done!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaTqwsI17T
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjaHDm2v9C
Caecius: “Silence!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrHvrKwmZN
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK8g4qyTBF
Moryuu: “!!!!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo2crqzJVC
I'm….suffocating!779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPCn7Brzb9
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzKPQWolZx
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgUi11mOkA
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyj39vHACUu
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65XBFt27zG
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCpZcGli7k
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYOB1HjnSx
Caecius: “It’s useless!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtrNemxGoQ
Moryuu: “Is it?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsi7GvFqYP
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuQwdy9BCl
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBZvGB5Yzv
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Yts31LGxx
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOAbZXM03j
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xhf3jQEkD
…779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml9Llx9pdA
..779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eOllgXWFk
.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlauGyjpnE
NOW!779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjeCfzquFF
*Slash*779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOfgZIkdPx
*Slash*779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9M7mOK4xx
*Slash*779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRDYGHWUI7
Caecius: “Wha, how!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B2m7uf7fP
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNX7ffxRVvu
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk85Ru2qJH
Caecius: “You!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc44tM83o23
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0u7IVzdV65
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXMD2IFD9h
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8MKxK37Y3
Caecius: “GAH!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tr9PXMdsp
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdLLGUsXtA
Moryuu: “Tch.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedpuDqTaV4
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN9wdOtQvS
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhPmrmosLs
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlisIIo2Zir
Moryuu: “What?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLXhhzoXt2
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipchPrdccb
Caecius: “The Eye….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPdRUzKKMr
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40RkGgG8ys
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTc2tR6pqqm
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgx8mhWn0A9
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiuAruJf6f
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBIRsgW5uq
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQICCu8Hfd
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7TyL1Yqlt
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcYYAEyyzj
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CBiCFtv7d
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9fGrZqYx8
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlKsFlOBBK
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEHX9NluEa
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBgJFAEQPJ
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTwbbsQfdl
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC54sDUNjb
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflMSE3DUMO
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjMUVpYZt9
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9drXxQcvL3
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhTd4JOckJ
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC10PvsC160
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef0Zo8t9Vm
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozBMP8QfR6
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVQfQeP18W
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5OQJveRLk
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2aNmky1VI
Caecius: “Tch….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdDmawBkjK
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFfMtpzWzg
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.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKH24pGGLq
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkFetiWoqc
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcapqVZlsrQ
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. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzdSUVlHHI
Caecius: “Die!!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvj7YOZXFZ
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84XRGZZP9A
Moryuu: “You Fool!”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWFCoZPMRv
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.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaDxaRlwq9
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4ayXv8HLc
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbARGp9UBkw
1 Day Till Shift779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJTylJlLnK
