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