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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9PKc79Aim
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRGmd5FVSp
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVAGvElFup
???: “Watch out!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxvYl7xZO4
Moryuu: “What the-”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yET6vUeO7
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HphEp2kFd
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhkBCDnItG
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEnV14oQxb
???: “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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxejsoQFmFp
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoi3swdmLct
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcX13ne9Er
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM3MTSBfu2
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CQMPBJkYe
Moryuu: “Thanks.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHapCoWOlt5
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAXXMBRnAt
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsK74FpXY0D
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfrWDHYCA3
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXHIy8uh09
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYX62sCkG0t
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsICikB82A
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlNqu1zAxV
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4onXNXJfZ
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeIAPL0NM4
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGDqoNIdOZ
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFVDT0FutX
Talon: “You find him interesting?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZG6gYxnUT
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhczAHTcZtG
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1TiJeyUsO
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNlsvNwlo5
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MYARihzAb
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdunIdj3nN
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQy0mx9AKT9
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYy6LTDRCS
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfZuKjAsIe
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwW6luOGex
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8NMPaPj6W
*Footsteps*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JhJijLMrZ
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3bsanlOrF
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos8ZqtqJlX
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1t0vMVIvF
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZPjEvxq0D
Caecius: “Mmmm?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWmsx1xIlz
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcPnuNHU9U
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88c6sFWNsX
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAepkGCcfh
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9i3aXtFER
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0xarogQT7
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7plLF55hb
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkRFddOH53
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjij6ehvoM
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUvx9JrsaP
This is going smoother than I thought. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4zKcdyU7G
Moryuu: “!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ2YnqOwaE
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBGwzGxQmZ
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8np6G6JCYw
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmTZULOHdL
Caecius: “*Glare*”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt9wVBvG56
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfE6OPGLp0
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxoqajV84x
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawWzxWoTXD
Caecius: “!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEnMKTi2tO
Caecius: “Explain.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEusnomgrE
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyH0wLzCWT
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQachKjJam
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil3wAIYQq5
Caecius: “….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxafAcxwyR
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBREDlOVqN1
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS0VPMmrdA
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyI7J56AF7
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy204GkzJM
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hbsC1egvi
Caecius: “….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIE00vBdtv
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohqYnWVMpo
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnQRjN6F4k
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7Sp04cjkJ
Caecius: “….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw9vk6bQgV
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHUf1yao41
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwhwLich95
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNt0Bylam0
Caecius: “It can be done!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeFE3cuhSZ
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS5peeynNC
Caecius: “Silence!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjgC4xWAGC
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxeQ6FdxAr
Moryuu: “!!!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72693m7Ulz
I'm….suffocating!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffnwT3miPk
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8IY6QRU8n
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MRCShe6O8
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMRcvVyRDr
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4cAq7pjYu
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoVHBEHvSN
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nmmtU6DyJ
Caecius: “It’s useless!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7VcrI8mkm
Moryuu: “Is it?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky11Uhnky4
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmYSnabUHD
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAocogfxlbV
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCEuUyRpnV
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv1qm8iS5d
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwvweF3qZI
…876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd4Mq3ZqVz
..876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97hVzCv8S9
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NOW!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGH4DAjbKg
*Slash*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasusZNyL7L
*Slash*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijn5HEEFOV
*Slash*876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9fKmlgYQ1
Caecius: “Wha, how!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkWAL3Q4zS
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAXFx4nLC0
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjSltNVJlo
Caecius: “You!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo0CKAi5Tt
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4lQtUK09x
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgDi8SGv4u
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSbuUrNyr0
Caecius: “GAH!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDfiUPiXOc
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn8drbOUXX
Moryuu: “Tch.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRDd4Qqntg
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZzFjiQ5Kk
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQnSsPRec7
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6P84WmniR
Moryuu: “What?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezbZjCFfGe
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRvypBkg5K
Caecius: “The Eye….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2RqgoqLNq
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpdLiNCdgq
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEIVyLzTwP
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF8S8ErksP
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI400AsJP6p
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu1j5SYprH
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcN6Zve6rG
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1vFM1bjim
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32pGkhGk2d
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eT1IIMUjJ
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dx8siIyy8
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJIiATujl3
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcd46cojsC
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KnyYzDqOR
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSVf5yKP5L
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a51lSXlC0
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiYQREWBFN
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLJ6kk45OO
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rF1rKswyN
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoOJKgMbZ5
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNAqNzr3q5
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8xvlvXZCg
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz38lJyOQi
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAIHHJG63K
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodQpwiaawu
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsENRIhzZG
Caecius: “Tch….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUYZCkXYF7
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD0mODrmIb
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.”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXda5ejI9v
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWnfZQhNw3
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFmPKYzK5p
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. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡges5bLnUWa
Caecius: “Die!!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eMgfmwdXf
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxKQSQv1JJ
Moryuu: “You Fool!”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlIl1Dof8u
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.876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsjGeW8Kqs
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDIPlK0apz
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqR5ZwwCbV
1 Day Till Shift876Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCegBb077f
