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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eS3bn0rcK
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90Dv8ZlMcP
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRHdfi1aCN
???: “Watch out!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxBaQokiJC
Moryuu: “What the-”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf9JB5jVSf
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwMObKDbmV
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwoJcY4KI0
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP0lyo0dHY
???: “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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BOZgs8I1U
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eAa7bGXI3
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAx2vjUME3Y
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGBpwsOM2L
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EMNmnSHTG
Moryuu: “Thanks.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZgjlNB6H1
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBfRD0FXtY
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4c4joelx4
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuL3Zgsftr
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMHaRQiS9C
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuENNwSeFV
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ranwBhn6e
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rsV0lOjYg
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjBKXiu2Np
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzs09KxUKJ
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WQmFf3Hp7
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN0MYqFs53
Talon: “You find him interesting?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF9bCT8rYT
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG5XdRVX8b
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOE0azew8L
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepMRCLRU80
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueqw0YHIcq
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXWy1VagSH
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0q5gNB2C1
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMtbKre1RE
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGpOxkxSAf
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvrg7Hs1So
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvESuvJDWt
*Footsteps*749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNmVPfQVOG
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR1qdHddyX
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg91rrK9iXN
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbC4MRnquJM
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYABsB6Ks5
Caecius: “Mmmm?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvAybUpbyu
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR8sWnrAVV
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Xk0Qtl4t9
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58l6cKtkOF
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGRcrzSdAu
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHbgcoRf3A
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlYa8FbKvT
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6QxxEvLMA
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIBeaOGMDB
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHQk2DAIKV
This is going smoother than I thought. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXghjH6eG65
Moryuu: “!!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpntB0yKLgd
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Al9d3moK
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6V07UTO8U
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYlogV3uIz
Caecius: “*Glare*”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDzl6LlTD2
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhEw5oi6l9
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wakfhu9BN
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24dGxiOSvz
Caecius: “!!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsU4XXOFpB
Caecius: “Explain.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdzLOen7ZG
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMMCT4is9x
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26E4bwbpiK
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEC17UFxTA
Caecius: “….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HSQIZWdA4
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBKh6PuKKz
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiYBsenKEI
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhcXzr1NGg
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcFa9z2Vfb
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TEpcY5tHV
Caecius: “….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk2I1hqajP
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn4P51N1e3
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigDYqWovgP
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDIrZxrGQb
Caecius: “….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UzTpWihdU
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl25mwFC43H
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2ygIYrUJv
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i6cBCDekw
Caecius: “It can be done!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAZFaSaE8e
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQ8LehXcJO
Caecius: “Silence!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusElIVDT2s
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhgeKcZHZy
Moryuu: “!!!!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm2dnKbw52
I'm….suffocating!749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1ItVC9QBP
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDydGy7KTz
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KIau7XxJ9
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVDKJ2RHJ8
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrvOroDJQH
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkTX9QiRZK
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHiUdfpE6I
Caecius: “It’s useless!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D840fZ2lO
Moryuu: “Is it?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg6z3tQpr9
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK4xsTZExE
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvAf7nbaRO
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0f6pyeo9z2
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBlVm1LVlz
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqCJtcImpT
…749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFXWhYy6rk
..749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q1C4Hu2fB
.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuERrB2mJN
NOW!749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ga9TRuHTZ
*Slash*749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDukAXcigi
*Slash*749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBf6osDzn7
*Slash*749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqdf8IVHdJ
Caecius: “Wha, how!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZjo9dADfr
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEsnIoO1zy
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NnIRWx2FK
Caecius: “You!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Pm5gNLWXo
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c9cVybIO0
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2urB1NIUXO
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0872SM3E5
Caecius: “GAH!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRIu9Go6aO
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LqPPJ2110
Moryuu: “Tch.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVaGaOQWdR
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnaalGDBBn
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E7jjyeNZB
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngaBGdEKo1
Moryuu: “What?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6MAopbuRo
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO7Tng0Vc0
Caecius: “The Eye….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDZwYrAgoW
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRUlFBzJrn
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarwoALfYLc
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nwZRTlc8z
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG8rgtwHGs
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDV7IHTzzO
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFjm8xjdKh
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbc0ZRsgqP
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrVoZy9cdW
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG6UcrY4Jw
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnBHrdZjT9
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36QN87EIdH
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGg32eaK0j0
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTtEJo9VuB
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjoc5kY0Fj
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo4qQzxqYt
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw12lUMDmd
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulaPZMb6qy
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECEv5updWE
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWXGGFtnlQ
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBULHRAt0u
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9UzRCpQ2w
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaufnjJMwgO
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaf7hq71ld
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvm739Pu5l
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6VVuPXHjE
Caecius: “Tch….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp8FNBpnWV
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsb6wDe8Dl
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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU9jvzRNPf
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpbVogWJ4o
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7MTGByxW8
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. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ut3ReLu2
Caecius: “Die!!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ1GMtbPTl
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VM3lRghww
Moryuu: “You Fool!”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOc1IHbohg
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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q9KVieThw
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c0jW3OzVD
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdFtrEWMGV
1 Day Till Shift749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0wQtFSRdO
