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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcoNeL4kD7
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1iG8a024j
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsmA98SfN7
???: “Watch out!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bAaJ7Vvvg
Moryuu: “What the-”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUJFjsI7bm
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbK85IhjFQ
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiBJxeNj4q
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZWOd00B17
???: “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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUXeFAVDrP
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz3uMkAlOP
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjbiJp9zIw
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc33OAJCHxm
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWT2d84BH2
Moryuu: “Thanks.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjjw7VgiKs
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjns4D7zts
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bZk8UoJhy
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVvsTR6dHm
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKdf5MyuPx
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vl0YAibOm
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqutEIOFuS
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBiP2Oy2sx
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSGHwJHRh1
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWopYYaVUQ
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g6JOvsOUo
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIc2TESj72
Talon: “You find him interesting?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL9llfpJ9w
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBbuw327NP
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx28mxBRVJ
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5TvKSWInF
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvhSKhSDq8
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4tyhkKk2d
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PGYgwfrHt
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ92Zx7rQJd
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z9bSkxEmt
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZUXFJ3m7C
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldbQJNarET
*Footsteps*732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvKoM3uRR8
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXWeO1EMT6
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RvlvRrLtu
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHzj1I441y
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu6MFqRJj7
Caecius: “Mmmm?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXX5F8zFin
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos8sdevnRE
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTupf2Jg2N
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfy4Ru2im5e
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiCFUoKD0Y
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLNOlDa4hw
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVGSzXw7pm
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxSSUZ0Z5h
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZsSi9PanS
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYXJo5JCMn
This is going smoother than I thought. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH32qbBINfO
Moryuu: “!!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmtR2w5mrz
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY41VrUe6NN
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzgGCzl9Hv
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjm8F2sepD
Caecius: “*Glare*”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z5JX6yfeO
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0ew4ln4ST
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jaC4fSeN9
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQfBEUKStw
Caecius: “!!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HLjnMznYj
Caecius: “Explain.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PEvcO9usl
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMg9VcFqN3
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluqiALqU0l
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MuhY7YeYD
Caecius: “….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcitPmYt3M
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfEZ4BWXam
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJqIzhdWCk
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyb8qzvk0v
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fXBxumogy
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8KMmR68I0
Caecius: “….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvhy8PoGnl
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mZOZMAcPg
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcjdD7opmN
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3dCBxCCZh
Caecius: “….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcSVI1VKMh
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66Ty8WrUR9
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfS0emo5Kp
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLKb8pWNKV
Caecius: “It can be done!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIyJrtI2uF
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSe8qhSVg7s
Caecius: “Silence!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxPHUiPJKQ
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzYzueQtUC
Moryuu: “!!!!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeeObqeSWV
I'm….suffocating!732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePEAGR0Hpx
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMInh3U1PU
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8Q1xjKkS3
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PvxNVwiE3
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Hw9Zl1b7Z
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNv2kwzT63
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5zQTDctya
Caecius: “It’s useless!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X0d1ZJSEc
Moryuu: “Is it?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKd2VmyfUc
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfIJa0EHV1
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDGA50VUwL
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAlbKVovEf
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgk9ZE1tzqt
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3AMsXjOhT
…732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquR2CPn9M8
..732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTseeFtgdGC
.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dB5Ha6t13
NOW!732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WM6pB2b8L
*Slash*732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaahow8ZS9e
*Slash*732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zC9oBEfbk
*Slash*732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mUGhqqR4D
Caecius: “Wha, how!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4DHPoCJOv
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxIHYnSRvK
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNct3icO9YA
Caecius: “You!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne3rgdouW6
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn2dfWM3Q2
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ip5ZlFMTO
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YgT3ftE5r
Caecius: “GAH!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtz5TI7d9J
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE6vsl9jvv
Moryuu: “Tch.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb8ea9Kh1g
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64w2eo0Ljx
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSqbjP2Z5F
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzOmJf8Wtc
Moryuu: “What?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnDdQHy6HO
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUN27KdqWI
Caecius: “The Eye….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9z8RvHeHd
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUQ13Gz0M6
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmcyrAITt6
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEXDzO8U4a
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZJPVgBddC
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZDpMD78xF
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kjaAgsyLZ
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZPGfsdRIb
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIntfPMH7h
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKCVDaZVDk
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KhU1vw1nJ
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCa2Yp9cjN
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgLLRuFLOd
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCLreLzs1a
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4HbliAtBO
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGvbYC28R2
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9w8ZgBi2s
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM5n3JPeow
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGLkf759Cs
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY5QcuWoWb
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMdThwmhFC
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc9DEL7QIy
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J3iynZpKS
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOkKq4hJJu
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMlumHiJVl
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xb4am1Jrg
Caecius: “Tch….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9oEiabsOZ
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv5Q9sXQgY
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.”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpqWLfAL6W
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjkSrtuJ5i
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5yOMOpaOV
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. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPaonDjiOQ
Caecius: “Die!!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbfaNgdaLh
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6VtIPtKoa
Moryuu: “You Fool!”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQebrTffE1m
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASemibXt8g
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzbTX6WMQ9
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpcdQs8AhE
1 Day Till Shift732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb6EtXEKtx
