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.601Please respect copyright.PENANAEOXBwfE3NR
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.601Please respect copyright.PENANArqkVYZbbqd
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANAxrkm5M30ne
???: “Watch out!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAvneyZNxIMs
Moryuu: “What the-”601Please respect copyright.PENANAfDlLNlPtn9
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.601Please respect copyright.PENANAL8VoRrrhSv
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”601Please respect copyright.PENANA8e8uCyQhPr
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAOTYv9nL20m
???: “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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAyUAVWYeEQW
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAVMp9gmJKKx
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAPlNdI3DTZK
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”601Please respect copyright.PENANA9wPnCEFoXG
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAmlW99mowGG
Moryuu: “Thanks.”601Please respect copyright.PENANA7bQyCeooYV
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAEkYV2TGqDr
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”601Please respect copyright.PENANARnuAMQ6DAf
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAVnJ6GsJKcJ
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAuvZhEXFmrO
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANABFNnGNqEYs
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAH3L7NcS1cA
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”601Please respect copyright.PENANASiWoKbHSSV
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.601Please respect copyright.PENANA7HKESf2uX0
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5lYayLGRs
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA4h7cSsaisd
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAYHuIPaG4Of
Talon: “You find him interesting?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAccJAXQzmdZ
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAQq9b6M7wUi
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAchYUz0mDGK
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAfBFX4oobV5
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA26jU3WAWMS
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.601Please respect copyright.PENANAVYKBrnKP1F
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAqJipiRmmF8
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAQrKKOzgjwJ
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANABaNcngXl3U
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAvQQWkNgyOT
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA0ir7JCrMRK
*Footsteps*601Please respect copyright.PENANAMuHUB1GP0O
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANAKeSUu7ZIGZ
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”601Please respect copyright.PENANA5q5OjN8ic1
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANANmOrHdnlIm
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAEun0U72pua
Caecius: “Mmmm?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAwA7tLmY49V
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?601Please respect copyright.PENANAoMNqkylnN8
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANA23WRg2MytS
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANA8gj9ceOlaz
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAtu9JQhHoba
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAE2jkdj3RMg
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAKgZKK4Kv7B
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAHDWei7b2On
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAXkpQ3xk1RR
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAw7i4tAzKbe
This is going smoother than I thought. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAIKdUuiFhzL
Moryuu: “!!”601Please respect copyright.PENANA0k2WAVlqIJ
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAJS3ICKclji
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAh3ICqu8jPR
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAQRodmYdJ6b
Caecius: “*Glare*”601Please respect copyright.PENANAJ88HON7I3i
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAteYzYIoaGg
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAcfHYQcidjC
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0YIxCMpJO
Caecius: “!!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAfIcnC1cTuC
Caecius: “Explain.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAYLr10XP2IX
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAsWVlw9bLR2
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAsTdJYt6LUt
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAigM2OHcmXL
Caecius: “….”601Please respect copyright.PENANAxmRvNPWniA
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAoRyM9s3RfV
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANATrVyUGDOle
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”601Please respect copyright.PENANARN2qmH1alI
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAgkIgUI7Xo2
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAxKiUVj5nfJ
Caecius: “….”601Please respect copyright.PENANAFmrRMQhFZg
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAEHCuHyLNrc
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAaA1EptCZpF
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAMpbj0c4ERC
Caecius: “….”601Please respect copyright.PENANANoJUmFvukl
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAiItYkZRJUg
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.601Please respect copyright.PENANALO4pKu9hsh
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAihwbSmiSXR
Caecius: “It can be done!”601Please respect copyright.PENANABw0aZQ8eqS
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAc8dJGotaXN
Caecius: “Silence!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAWPPR1u9e7F
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-601Please respect copyright.PENANAUPNsCsJ3p9
Moryuu: “!!!!”601Please respect copyright.PENANA83uLgxjXjh
I'm….suffocating!601Please respect copyright.PENANAmvEGDmd9ru
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAagZvU3wwm1
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAzoHpQoUD9C
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”601Please respect copyright.PENANAWHbKijsMJN
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAQNhgMyopDT
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAycMmZQgYhh
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANAuEy6JCG9iG
Caecius: “It’s useless!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAmcOiCheBHn
Moryuu: “Is it?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAokAb2LtMQ0
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAZJq3RP121X
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”601Please respect copyright.PENANARVLKV0Bs7J
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.601Please respect copyright.PENANAjgSqzcAm7h
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.601Please respect copyright.PENANAjSO59MqfHI
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.601Please respect copyright.PENANARmH21Zeyfx
…601Please respect copyright.PENANA9LH7uS93b3
..601Please respect copyright.PENANAFrhVg0H0Cg
.601Please respect copyright.PENANAxMK9wjlWMj
NOW!601Please respect copyright.PENANAarz9eWVWxb
*Slash*601Please respect copyright.PENANAPHpOmhffUn
*Slash*601Please respect copyright.PENANAARGu3sSJ2U
*Slash*601Please respect copyright.PENANAGfjbqVQNbG
Caecius: “Wha, how!”601Please respect copyright.PENANARb8Uv4dl1i
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAaU6JSoyWyC
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAUV3dORIfJU
Caecius: “You!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAtPSVEztVpV
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.601Please respect copyright.PENANAIAW23GM4zn
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANA2ip327Dd2F
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAFm8p2qT1Z4
Caecius: “GAH!”601Please respect copyright.PENANABFNoOktoyi
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-601Please respect copyright.PENANAPqGF2ZNz6l
Moryuu: “Tch.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAdbXC9KNHUE
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAgU1ClrGAja
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”601Please respect copyright.PENANANyTUZYAgke
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”601Please respect copyright.PENANANP395FuZ0p
Moryuu: “What?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAsOuIntJaqo
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANASR5Q2Q2QuN
Caecius: “The Eye….”601Please respect copyright.PENANAwPir2BFAWo
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAFZr0G44d1R
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAXApO14GB9T
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANARXMIFQ7pb0
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAncqEfaB4U4
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAD1er1ZPqNr
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAmPExPfM1E5
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”601Please respect copyright.PENANASGl9dFUXZE
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”601Please respect copyright.PENANApwlAF40TWb
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]601Please respect copyright.PENANAxfFLkFiT1j
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.601Please respect copyright.PENANAvu2NmhAUaa
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANAMGeJSLBAkM
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!601Please respect copyright.PENANAtAVpCijnz9
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA9aZuwD96oy
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.601Please respect copyright.PENANAookSSSg9Ga
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 601Please respect copyright.PENANALJ070COTyB
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”601Please respect copyright.PENANApoWgC3LYC8
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”601Please respect copyright.PENANAlryCzDBdzf
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.601Please respect copyright.PENANA7RdQMhkBRE
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAIJRVTzJuUR
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 601Please respect copyright.PENANA5jpjns7P5K
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 601Please respect copyright.PENANA5e1IropqKA
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”601Please respect copyright.PENANAJVfPst4GbU
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAfrJcArdHTf
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAUvIOEekfwz
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”601Please respect copyright.PENANADlBwtTMOy5
Caecius: “Tch….”601Please respect copyright.PENANAtgnMWfa0ye
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANALXzk5d1YdX
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.”601Please respect copyright.PENANAaRyRve5Jvg
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANASq77wziv7U
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAo8Aeycg66W
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. 601Please respect copyright.PENANAC46Dqq3x8Q
Caecius: “Die!!”601Please respect copyright.PENANA811ESfqMxZ
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.601Please respect copyright.PENANA2eB6RmywlG
Moryuu: “You Fool!”601Please respect copyright.PENANAhqXhFMZK8C
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.601Please respect copyright.PENANAMNTD6nVMai
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 601Please respect copyright.PENANApjEBOnuU5s
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”601Please respect copyright.PENANAjVvJ23wR70
1 Day Till Shift601Please respect copyright.PENANABOwPAwHNrh