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
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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
