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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAy162lkL0D6
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.602Please respect copyright.PENANA4YoexucQ76
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAu0IMMOgCUE
???: “Watch out!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAzH9IBDGJVs
Moryuu: “What the-”602Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ7CdOWkmg
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.602Please respect copyright.PENANAejAF8uSGzr
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA8JHn38aGpP
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAhQl2upnBA5
???: “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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAP36ZieLtxQ
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAd3n9ilbgbc
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAstgPSgH9FU
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAZxk6ZHI4Ah
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAi3gE7IzW3O
Moryuu: “Thanks.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAUK41x9fXub
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAZHbvUWIhD8
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”602Please respect copyright.PENANATFUROU873E
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANADtvHRXwvnZ
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAcHNYjHpvf3
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA0kapJpP7Qh
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAGep9xWXQk7
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAkwWwhtmWO7
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.602Please respect copyright.PENANAvgqHl41nMR
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAVBcJXKnCTL
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAMZ3OJQ8E9G
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAU4Gf3h3kWO
Talon: “You find him interesting?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAYJfIF9Aab8
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAGMnkAW2TA0
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 602Please respect copyright.PENANA39J0nFmFSB
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAgChzISYWoj
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAwC93eP1A0D
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.602Please respect copyright.PENANAgTCeFk9CL2
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 602Please respect copyright.PENANALeT6TYRiXB
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAm6tFnFnoFg
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAuUI595Us48
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAR56g9dFTGi
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAUa9Fdmk28w
*Footsteps*602Please respect copyright.PENANArvGX3TOIdm
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAO5FBpZOeRK
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA3XyUI4f1SP
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAFnxTJoVfOL
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAQFjp4D5huz
Caecius: “Mmmm?”602Please respect copyright.PENANASDeMa8sftv
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?602Please respect copyright.PENANA1wVPvQMPSy
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAiWYwg5BDBg
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANArdXTP40mdN
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAVbDsiIPp5r
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAjwBpEGHwJd
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAXgYJxKjj7T
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAAS3ybcbQgT
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAKeeK4bmXFp
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAkxoQYgUpFI
This is going smoother than I thought. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAxd27j4uUkn
Moryuu: “!!”602Please respect copyright.PENANARXD50UUnLX
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAp8TuxP95dv
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”602Please respect copyright.PENANABGHHubryr3
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAo9dmnfJcUq
Caecius: “*Glare*”602Please respect copyright.PENANAdkaybY7EOV
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAUbMnFFmIl4
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAD4RtyUWUh0
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAvHRIgfWE2h
Caecius: “!!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAy90Yv9YH9d
Caecius: “Explain.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA6etn5yFmoH
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAdd2jvTbe20
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAgLetSCjVL4
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAGk2Bhnby9C
Caecius: “….”602Please respect copyright.PENANAqKnWuqLFlr
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAgPkreGbZ4I
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAnMH1XxCCxP
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA63aTxfpkvT
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAbJ8EJlXRiA
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAjjVVILsBVs
Caecius: “….”602Please respect copyright.PENANATc1LgGXEvA
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANASW4i2SZKNn
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAPn5y6czHbl
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAm9ohhcu9VI
Caecius: “….”602Please respect copyright.PENANAMJ5PuNIPiW
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA0LdwGUhgX4
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.602Please respect copyright.PENANAMwOUf174ZU
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”602Please respect copyright.PENANApZqiNYjpE1
Caecius: “It can be done!”602Please respect copyright.PENANANTwWuHx5cT
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA99iKQchEOi
Caecius: “Silence!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAMv77t7RmTh
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-602Please respect copyright.PENANAzuUajhpndy
Moryuu: “!!!!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAo30MNEbT7s
I'm….suffocating!602Please respect copyright.PENANAGkCl3jySzk
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”602Please respect copyright.PENANARcFQcv1rFz
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 602Please respect copyright.PENANA9FJ3JYSKOT
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”602Please respect copyright.PENANAiwoScZwm6g
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAKifbKzZAcn
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAvJuox7OjMy
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAzVjH0MCbNi
Caecius: “It’s useless!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAdennToCcm8
Moryuu: “Is it?”602Please respect copyright.PENANAIHhjJVeDAT
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAdZQjlezmxX
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAmiYyJp9u18
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.602Please respect copyright.PENANA5nWP00iaue
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.602Please respect copyright.PENANAissBhwRFK4
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.602Please respect copyright.PENANAv1sqxOJW8q
…602Please respect copyright.PENANAzTG0Lvzk1m
..602Please respect copyright.PENANACVlcCbI9C4
.602Please respect copyright.PENANAYzA1oRknb7
NOW!602Please respect copyright.PENANAvHnoZAIuwz
*Slash*602Please respect copyright.PENANAVPKc11Ymjy
*Slash*602Please respect copyright.PENANASYiBtrLMtj
*Slash*602Please respect copyright.PENANAGAmUzTlJTZ
Caecius: “Wha, how!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAk7OZuo5m9W
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANA2fLABkOu1C
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAkuwog8Pqmk
Caecius: “You!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAtg6mJJJULt
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.602Please respect copyright.PENANAVBua7siTkB
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAaBUYu40W7M
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAfzSLjrFQ5j
Caecius: “GAH!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAcCUMUhlnL2
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-602Please respect copyright.PENANAxzj4nV3pSX
Moryuu: “Tch.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAZD4WD5E1Kg
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAMZBbWPCCsr
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”602Please respect copyright.PENANAOSjWVnNoKG
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAU0sPJ63dkY
Moryuu: “What?”602Please respect copyright.PENANACaN71YnU3c
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAaHUXoTohVe
Caecius: “The Eye….”602Please respect copyright.PENANAjgoohIbWP1
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANACOvbi4WEgu
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAzE74icEGdr
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAJSFX80uaYs
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAKTdOdXYxJi
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAfq5pnATBc2
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAWCe8M3Lhuy
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA7Hfetjvt80
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAcAc87wazxn
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]602Please respect copyright.PENANAmYshRJVPAI
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.602Please respect copyright.PENANAHXKogvxOO7
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAnG0HT4vKFb
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!602Please respect copyright.PENANAqwt3hpjKAU
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAD3cRPRQ694
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.602Please respect copyright.PENANAofLbK32CiK
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 602Please respect copyright.PENANADJ75O3Ri57
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAVSnifFCLcB
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”602Please respect copyright.PENANA7k0dNFWgEQ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.602Please respect copyright.PENANAoJy5gjs6qq
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAgneqiC1Yk7
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 602Please respect copyright.PENANA0LLb1jOAHa
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 602Please respect copyright.PENANASzOP3UOZla
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”602Please respect copyright.PENANAPiyw7gEExE
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAQKOEg8i9mq
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANA11JFgjbqGg
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”602Please respect copyright.PENANAvNKkfqAzgH
Caecius: “Tch….”602Please respect copyright.PENANAnUPvdufBsT
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANACqcsCTlC9j
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.”602Please respect copyright.PENANATXjxgrUZml
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAcDssCH23B9
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAgbYuKTABTR
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. 602Please respect copyright.PENANADOoHZo5Kwh
Caecius: “Die!!”602Please respect copyright.PENANA2l0ik7uhuC
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.602Please respect copyright.PENANA1zheMeIVTc
Moryuu: “You Fool!”602Please respect copyright.PENANAnKK0lJM9xw
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.602Please respect copyright.PENANAFYGw2o0W06
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 602Please respect copyright.PENANAIRBxgah1Cd
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”602Please respect copyright.PENANArV7cDAekvl
1 Day Till Shift602Please respect copyright.PENANA7K8dnuHw7E