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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoOGzjscAe
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQrGrVVZGL
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qRhSUNj5l
???: “Watch out!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNoPTrFXbf
Moryuu: “What the-”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSehhVligU
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFDAHL1dRw
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebYN0cqmT4
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTEHzPf5H3
???: “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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1HrY5v3dU
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmUgxEWbYM
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jTlq3A5gA
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYYxc1HoMe
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcy2O2EBaK
Moryuu: “Thanks.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu8UoAMPDO
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyiqSciMAT
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae89OfzDLf
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRIXF7JNSw
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVrXkVI0NF
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOKQnyRPZk
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKytBI8ZMu
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaZQ14Qxyf
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8LmYg1hTw
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn8u5pgyJg
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmfsXTSYpr
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45kXbg69mp
Talon: “You find him interesting?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAn4f6sVnX
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjprrp8wGd
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHXPlaJYa3
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa9iYJlD28
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM48qQBPnt
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5y2xiECgtn
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1QIKMJr21
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TR3KCkGUD
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQho70yWfD
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6bBlqycAs
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BIQRtDcN8
*Footsteps*695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIQbXwA58c
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYzXBLXlMj
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP0UxMzIBj
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdNhg67X2L
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatzobUojho
Caecius: “Mmmm?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhHjlEH7m7
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqOBpOb80Q
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rxFOf8ztI
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TGp55w7fJ
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLRjMd9MTJ
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIcolu0DAX
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvExCAl8Z4u
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMykeWGJtBp
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IMTpCFdQb
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmkq9YyQjp
This is going smoother than I thought. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bbebjRhPH
Moryuu: “!!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP84D6UCYg
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwCLw7ozXt
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIwpvqWJ1t
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35jZwLcERG
Caecius: “*Glare*”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvDCL2Y9RR
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnz08ggItC7
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK39YtpiV6z
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rA5vf7mlO
Caecius: “!!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IRbLXGkVz
Caecius: “Explain.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2x5G6JMqa
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0BugFJfrt
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9JWXH5REp
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kqHaxU8s6
Caecius: “….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK93HyQ7eOB
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYojmhUMfF4
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCurxdlWIDi
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM7zPLZ6Wi
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bNx7UdHn1
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhCY4VDew2
Caecius: “….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGbZbghxqV
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryOdoqAeDR
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C7iUp0g6w
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTui5VQB1G
Caecius: “….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0wIpEufjY
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNa6gOv3drU
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIQt7YmESU
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiKYGOYNYu
Caecius: “It can be done!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVlEeUju4v
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0OLi4a9LV
Caecius: “Silence!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqod6dwjWZ4
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Kqo9XOp6U
Moryuu: “!!!!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZUwR8PFMu
I'm….suffocating!695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdchGPn9EZg
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu80QY8xTp
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HBmEJS0qj
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYl0FIcoqm
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExb8G9yAnj
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45OsjuzS9r
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHEoNPEXfl
Caecius: “It’s useless!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsuF6u0FW3
Moryuu: “Is it?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC2tiqC32h
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppNloR8zDO
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxAuqD4x0h
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhpCIA1v75
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2zCOaIubq
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtBrFiHd7F
…695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkNNsEvwtb
..695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRdUfFdA1b
.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbUY8X12lc
NOW!695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU46wwlreO3
*Slash*695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5ssoHobjh
*Slash*695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkg2IwsalS
*Slash*695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ7rDVVJMc
Caecius: “Wha, how!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfCdgdErM9
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn6QVULJva
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWkxXvdz2s
Caecius: “You!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZFQCboKyu
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NW6ZMQBkd
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZnC0EcSJF
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttucZWHwEl
Caecius: “GAH!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9tcVt7idV
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzmH8MoCyW
Moryuu: “Tch.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlc4IDI8xjN
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFrV4s9ArQ
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWASxnP9y3F
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP7ig4BLXm
Moryuu: “What?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9T836U3yVr
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZu8j9a6Xd
Caecius: “The Eye….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTDweCEO6I
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFw1vfShSK
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXgFef9bHH
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElmtVnx7T9
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcfYi7KX7y
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp86PHdUxf
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzXlVfGodi
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrmG8QhhQq
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwDak4gHts
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkANKUFYaE
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjvOjDZeVM
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM726e1TAEA
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJv8Er7BDb
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDKmWkNgDJ
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBb7nucAerM
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7gAO8XvFf
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEDFrd47Cn
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGVm29NaSr
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQyKjSzcio
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCxWXPEttN
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RhNCK6pkc
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOnUDAca5I
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2e2wKKJCr
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq232gr1hN
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkrOMpJPRn
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDwm6SYlFn
Caecius: “Tch….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF9iAEChou
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusnsUpD1Kx
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.”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClJYrhveNw
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiVKKK86TF
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoQbZIeKqZ
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. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip5S85Duey
Caecius: “Die!!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhULdn6JyU
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2El5CQNJCX
Moryuu: “You Fool!”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMKUtSoVal
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6KR7aVv9e
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcgJe91d31
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4BWk5jmGb
1 Day Till Shift695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n6j96oxK5
