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.775Please respect copyright.PENANALwFYAt7BM8
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.775Please respect copyright.PENANADskf7i9Wb0
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAkl4AN0XnqH
???: “Watch out!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAhRt15569Ko
Moryuu: “What the-”775Please respect copyright.PENANASej8xAhaoh
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.775Please respect copyright.PENANAKoActUimIb
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”775Please respect copyright.PENANASvkqHVuSg0
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANA9ktegiwIGM
???: “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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAwYUn7t5qms
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAoXTP0BtZOW
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAj3AlcURILT
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAYXdpPyLy1w
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAeLi8WuycAu
Moryuu: “Thanks.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAVQLyVP3yyC
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAXAWNAix06h
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAFmPDnu4bmV
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA2qik6N88u3
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAXw0P723RRr
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANACQEufNJPjK
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA8nnWCl0Jjk
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAJBQ6xxDDEt
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.775Please respect copyright.PENANAYamEQCS9WU
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAxbM5vdDQwK
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 775Please respect copyright.PENANADb2StJXYA3
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAXHTpm7Oxi3
Talon: “You find him interesting?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAthAZ6Yie8K
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAmhhKBVPaFP
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 775Please respect copyright.PENANARwU3h8zmsm
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAqgSbTLJP0A
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAYsrRuxsyOb
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.775Please respect copyright.PENANA2FKN9yX7vC
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAGCM0zq371j
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAFo7jz6H2hQ
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAY0J8W2C1nV
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAOVjPCs925Z
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAzL39Jb1NsE
*Footsteps*775Please respect copyright.PENANAA325jm0cHs
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAUeWXB3EcCd
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAmx9MOVJmI7
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANArS7Vic5d9z
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 775Please respect copyright.PENANArW6TUg82gx
Caecius: “Mmmm?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAuW4wwkVO2x
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?775Please respect copyright.PENANACUZFVNYWTV
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA0vpYSNlJAa
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAEvazLvuwlu
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAwluiDgfU50
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAwslKaGFqtQ
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”775Please respect copyright.PENANATEUpLcfycQ
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAdq2pBqXKM4
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANArXJMKZX4V6
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA8oAJDdQ1y0
This is going smoother than I thought. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAA7SgSrYGJj
Moryuu: “!!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAdZuximJSzf
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAWlPCYr1WAD
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAXUFZv88d4u
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9Kjbmbo3P
Caecius: “*Glare*”775Please respect copyright.PENANAAbtf7oH09O
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”775Please respect copyright.PENANADIYonTm1GY
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAx9ArgRwexB
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAm6RzwfnUhb
Caecius: “!!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAh5k6oRlCBT
Caecius: “Explain.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAWiMBL2vegn
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA7vS1lyYag1
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”775Please respect copyright.PENANA2a9FvSDFZk
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA70bh7lt29T
Caecius: “….”775Please respect copyright.PENANA6QN9cJcIvP
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAWp1EqP2l2U
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA6R5G1i8W67
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA1piX4Z3t0y
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”775Please respect copyright.PENANA8a2u73UOrn
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAuU1N5I2IDQ
Caecius: “….”775Please respect copyright.PENANAZwd2nBEdsM
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAspjDcqdj8N
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAUImfA3pxGH
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAaLIeMEOGOf
Caecius: “….”775Please respect copyright.PENANAewy7cN2nkP
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANACdNYNuHPHO
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.775Please respect copyright.PENANAg9Om4DR6gf
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAkYgpq0H0VB
Caecius: “It can be done!”775Please respect copyright.PENANANyCqGmphNn
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAcPirGG49qJ
Caecius: “Silence!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAYiPdRVWHeJ
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-775Please respect copyright.PENANAwv3HlTUNhi
Moryuu: “!!!!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAysHjGMbq3f
I'm….suffocating!775Please respect copyright.PENANATHm36zmQ4T
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAd1vZvTQ4kE
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAs0KbLXFKOH
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”775Please respect copyright.PENANAVqQl6gHfns
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAaa44VNEqSR
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA3ScaaDPXPM
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAWlqfVbhXzO
Caecius: “It’s useless!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAhcOwK7n3xv
Moryuu: “Is it?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAp6asxzyDcP
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 775Please respect copyright.PENANADfFxE1wVeT
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAcTYhqSCmrq
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.775Please respect copyright.PENANAFnmEszgsmB
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.775Please respect copyright.PENANAzjLFAQavy3
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.775Please respect copyright.PENANAmhy0rFTa3P
…775Please respect copyright.PENANAtdYReKscKE
..775Please respect copyright.PENANA7TAEPGwNJR
.775Please respect copyright.PENANA8mllJSNpHb
NOW!775Please respect copyright.PENANAIqmEBtN9vR
*Slash*775Please respect copyright.PENANAdYVvvb3n2j
*Slash*775Please respect copyright.PENANAhiosNqlp0H
*Slash*775Please respect copyright.PENANAG5cegop5u9
Caecius: “Wha, how!”775Please respect copyright.PENANACGCPBooSmZ
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAneCUkRSHit
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAKU5eNHccsE
Caecius: “You!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAqHNW4CuYAv
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.775Please respect copyright.PENANATKGWVw4ci8
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANATabg9W6w8h
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAeSioZmVdby
Caecius: “GAH!”775Please respect copyright.PENANA0e4tYo9kLq
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-775Please respect copyright.PENANApdosrTd3mi
Moryuu: “Tch.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAeyPJhoHMr6
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAx03hEddju8
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”775Please respect copyright.PENANACFFmdqYZoY
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAY74FBR70mt
Moryuu: “What?”775Please respect copyright.PENANAYne6ey7TrX
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAgUAqqxeFaX
Caecius: “The Eye….”775Please respect copyright.PENANAhXHlp2TLmU
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANATleZ7zXnw7
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAqhbKRLcgX5
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAglN4rw9gC7
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAgWELKYKIs8
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAFK3aTmYdTb
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAZH8Uko0FTg
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA47QssFYpX2
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”775Please respect copyright.PENANApDPAxl3ZhB
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]775Please respect copyright.PENANAfu79mRAKyv
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.775Please respect copyright.PENANAhrQGKY7Hxv
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAhKbgIHY259
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!775Please respect copyright.PENANApTQViHeu0E
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAyA7cZQhSU4
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.775Please respect copyright.PENANAH4eoZWFFha
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAdRLEfn1oth
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAg2RXdR8OdR
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”775Please respect copyright.PENANA2KLWKPCYIa
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.775Please respect copyright.PENANAWr11kHFuX9
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”775Please respect copyright.PENANATqdZfZ5Izg
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 775Please respect copyright.PENANAGPdDLUM8Pc
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 775Please respect copyright.PENANAnX7nFkhHzY
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”775Please respect copyright.PENANArdowPgtflr
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZqVnhacCb
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA736oM6ZneG
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAtSdu2OMfmu
Caecius: “Tch….”775Please respect copyright.PENANAn0YQGMTjPP
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANA9tFLpDcxeO
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.”775Please respect copyright.PENANAxJuOiX1iew
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANANwlHMIBHxk
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAUMgHgjtKoS
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. 775Please respect copyright.PENANA2zIiyhEyh2
Caecius: “Die!!”775Please respect copyright.PENANA2E9wYNXnWc
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.775Please respect copyright.PENANA6QJGeVRLYz
Moryuu: “You Fool!”775Please respect copyright.PENANAMgSx4X3fwe
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.775Please respect copyright.PENANAcxlknaeIgf
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 775Please respect copyright.PENANA507WrS81cm
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”775Please respect copyright.PENANAassVuFcPR3
1 Day Till Shift775Please respect copyright.PENANAOCZb5wRm2e