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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPCyApkJAU
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizwmdlBC54
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYZVlqqj7x
???: “Watch out!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f4ins9NNY
Moryuu: “What the-”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNf0LBW3WL
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR19UYXDLm6
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12M1PkmHCw
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3HainLCX6
???: “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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatSjknqeYw
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJwE0IWcml
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LcT9RknpP
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6kKU3mRxS
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmsbu13HXU
Moryuu: “Thanks.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstI5LghvJt
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbVy4k7tsn
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIpQiDBgVh
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXStxDfLbri
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUO6uvxnwa
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI0dpRvKvD
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnLMLvgDtY
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT7nxF77hT
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkae9S7uwu
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEUTfxKjQs
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFCcsD1vbZ
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxcyR81Bxk
Talon: “You find him interesting?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnxLefW3Ka
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96I41i0rCl
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ljM5W5l3n
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4pfbqHEbL
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICQgWXoVQf
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjFuvngXkk
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmEbZkJCCd
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgZsgbe6Pg
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X3qILqTOf
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3QowdIXwQ
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhla3zq7hdZ
*Footsteps*627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ppXIw5GPb
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuaB8iCSRy
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGAYTiVXiq
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAk38djCpi
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTK9qtsavR
Caecius: “Mmmm?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6IS77MVVm
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZZUmxyjA1
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzb92otLoX
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NzfJ1iW7T
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh3GVj17mC
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iQtN5vX3U
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFezLvY558r
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsBomNScWq
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB6Jqk7xoO
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVM1ZGYZiX
This is going smoother than I thought. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWq9Jyziuy
Moryuu: “!!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpjdJtlxzB
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzpSPStx5Q
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAcFapMqse
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMucAaQoyE
Caecius: “*Glare*”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoyEG3i8xj
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEH8uO8fU4E
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkwGHvR3dm
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxYH3CaJMV
Caecius: “!!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmim86xexr
Caecius: “Explain.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsXDBJGiBy
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP53KLYGwI
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW2RIE3DgB
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIl5kqTW2q
Caecius: “….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPnrsybBFF
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdPzGe9XYS
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UKM0sA2jk
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24owfSBARS
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Cnito1JRB
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKGRsmXZEh
Caecius: “….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1cXLOXJWz
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cLhm8pkXl
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoAc3vDdgK
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc8EumhGAW
Caecius: “….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAw9Lpv0x1
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ78wbF7lhP
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkRNq8aI1h
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdkaqEaIcB
Caecius: “It can be done!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dH9NVPPEV
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq7gw5RQdi
Caecius: “Silence!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXAu8s5YaN
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQYTUegbcK
Moryuu: “!!!!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpANrKuMCt
I'm….suffocating!627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjGJejOwin
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpvPcwIIEk
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEZ3PwTubw
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdVRGETgoL
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7M19X4Oprk
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqkksohYwJ
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj6TXtTBEg
Caecius: “It’s useless!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gMsexY5Vw
Moryuu: “Is it?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDZhC2NNys
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWzOu9lXMd
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDRndBgq2H
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ak4vMo75J
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2gkwXhmhS
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLQ4u2bTuq
…627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgPhkBmlIm
..627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr632dDOTj
.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBlqJ0ARC5
NOW!627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9WBopOpx1
*Slash*627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIfkOvNYnb
*Slash*627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1nu0GgB88
*Slash*627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYCin9BxgC
Caecius: “Wha, how!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv9vT1PFBB
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpPTgjrxFb
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVewVbff8M
Caecius: “You!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5mSLrwN3J
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxO7HuNwfQF
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnyyAxoys2
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmakzsERPh
Caecius: “GAH!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ052S2t4z8k
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqjAUHKJ9y
Moryuu: “Tch.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGjBIvFUjv
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwchhagIl4
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxABdBZoB6k
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhE4AiuiMDK
Moryuu: “What?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrKS0eHSic
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfpZLrjEg8
Caecius: “The Eye….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSKhkYeqVi
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvF1A5kWoN
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4KpMCr5Qu
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTeG23NTqk
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vw7UuocuO
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNEa4NdkAY
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB9MHPqJn7
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1i9hNsuWx
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKbmnsuJAx
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z3Mdok4lc
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7TAwuUHg5
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54ZoKqP3Qw
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy01LlSP8WU
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SBD0k6NFd
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvePsvt3h0
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSJ9f8YrNH
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagqJhpUmgH
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTXO4HXPsy
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVdZKHehCZ
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCJdLez1gg
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfaHLXOtiE
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MzPXX6Y9w
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHBnwU3fEn
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeHm3riwK3
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFAxasJWsM
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwExAOvGv8T
Caecius: “Tch….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsdAruCwkm
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRB26jKRZo
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.”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DSRUMKq4E
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9nNU4hwex
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMeqDNy237
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. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOtd4D2SUI
Caecius: “Die!!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFUZtk0aJ4
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMCI5MKc55
Moryuu: “You Fool!”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuAzzJm17f
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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLlg8yw1vU
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6GNZ1D9bj
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWlVmJY2Ey
1 Day Till Shift627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugJvWdrm9R
