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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFoMnb8PYQ
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMps5qLMoG3
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZUrD74c2Z
???: “Watch out!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCfcEImpRH
Moryuu: “What the-”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyXIPNYfYt
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygm7HI5hDP
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFzqAsPOjB
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss9Pb3okX5
???: “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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO7r9QwBQv
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPaAt5EPDI
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGokHoUqeuB
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORRoHR1x2C
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuNBDbEKG1
Moryuu: “Thanks.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG66ipI5uM
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1Ad4lwy0W
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwldsRzYgtc
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY3Q15tH2e
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHPC2GU7WG
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbS8UX2Aic
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jw8vEryDb
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3MwNsosaw
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMTEZ0wqaV
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1Jmwl7AXG
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTSIYt6fob
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkIT7voHtK
Talon: “You find him interesting?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSJUWSq052
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkCJOkLW9p
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgCQ2R1bZK
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyr7r2xABU
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRH30yuPBNS
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXQNgpMAWG
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsta4aFTXF
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq7EoeOPdi
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOo44aqJFY
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghTgBRHKwa
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg7FenaNQg
*Footsteps*934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvNSt2WeCC
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc68n7VvjxH
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZzTXYLTUO
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCesNnv9okm
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkVueGfxlw
Caecius: “Mmmm?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcTu27FDDQ
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxlB25pEj4
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYHU8dnrbp
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63HgrirfrI
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y3uGdTE7u
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4SrgdxLya
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPrlE4Dk9m
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec0ASKC3ga
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI09NXiFdUw
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY8MkpeXcu
This is going smoother than I thought. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGGAyPo3Ym
Moryuu: “!!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIPnIPRBx0
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbA7ou1nUfs
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Gd2fZvzDE
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlEKC1FzLb
Caecius: “*Glare*”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwUfHxlLAN
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuChHHVJNr7
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVqeZcQxMK
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbbKIBz31I
Caecius: “!!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ36Ett8rD
Caecius: “Explain.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOAk67Vkk2
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOp8dTkpgy
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT3Y4vLLAn
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ciWgDAMF1
Caecius: “….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy8x5QU5QD
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3J9LnSQPc
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqeRxayUJU
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX22sj8wngc
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uJqK17eN3
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGujVyvjnD2
Caecius: “….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHthq0rEJmk
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWrOwN5H45
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObrITvgCiR
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYZ72ciHsx
Caecius: “….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgNLRjX6Ip
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8cefEDzmT
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrQHo5nSfp
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQPuAi0sSj
Caecius: “It can be done!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISQAskz9ne
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96ieFvGJPu
Caecius: “Silence!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IIKRurGLn
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxyBA7QJ9T
Moryuu: “!!!!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRbUTY15rF
I'm….suffocating!934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n1Hrz6Vya
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2TzFFXpTQ
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwPdoimzZv
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zfUqIVM3I
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eEYd6TQLj
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyyPjscwiQ
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzt91Mx0gs
Caecius: “It’s useless!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVfyFGqtcW
Moryuu: “Is it?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZpdsiwbSy
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaNbH47Dky
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhb6rXjsXD
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZRmBh9exO
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY380nIMu3
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYPA9Fugu6
…934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGxMMph04B
..934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvJu5dJdhM
.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Mr2byv2fn
NOW!934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKr2nJFUhl
*Slash*934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFbRTG1kcd
*Slash*934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCk21qJuuB
*Slash*934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XbvAevSTL
Caecius: “Wha, how!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7zkIaQ0vd
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWrPMqt3MI
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkya4JYPpIQ
Caecius: “You!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvd7ujaqZp
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ce0VGMQAk
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS32trjjNCB
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1f7HhvijC
Caecius: “GAH!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPYAH8bDL5
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe1x3VSa4W
Moryuu: “Tch.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NWshVOCf6
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEMyLTuZGN
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBrtCY5l6t
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3NfjHRM8i
Moryuu: “What?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE41zByO6J
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHw9W1wlJr
Caecius: “The Eye….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmIB9HBRBZ
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1GPI62rO3
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHchotD0hgk
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnbBUa2XZi
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmcsO7JNuT
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSLfBM4lOn
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYKreSeBtD
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuUt39fq6W
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrMKwynyzO
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr8ZHzmeo6
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFdAN5p31y
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluuwPd1HaY
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerOv0MeTiS
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50vPg7WD20
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLbOWm21hJ
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGC9mMixrd
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo40iqnVND
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmizzTmK0V
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9TVWQgpDd
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX2ut7WPtp
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzhtJjYoCE
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8mxPUFSEu
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPxuE4WVdy
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWDcsRpOZo
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IZo2aVoTV
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuCPEMEkyF
Caecius: “Tch….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5v8ixG4Fkf
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3phXeiUXGI
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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaZ8WLkphp
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsKFGnlzGC
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HmX36cCga
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. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNjN0MKtm0
Caecius: “Die!!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwZMXdtry9
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLrTQ2nuXG
Moryuu: “You Fool!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIKP4tqePU
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVY3nHyEFE
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcBSsRMbKI
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSMvmCHEsm
1 Day Till Shift934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvPvBKXfw0
