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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqEFJcKRLm
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLr8s0AopS
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uifsek6Jg
???: “Watch out!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsA6TVFWxth
Moryuu: “What the-”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdg46PBbHO
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WYRvfkDcN
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ08X5gHE3s
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK4B5OMW0E
???: “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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AGRAQzmCS
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDDrkd1PLa
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbqo81Bpcc
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6Mb1HV6mE
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPNKtuhnSe
Moryuu: “Thanks.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumJCSibgcg
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAxZxaA6YB
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eeGsnnRAf
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZwPm7toOz
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Do6cEZsW3
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkwieOyEvm
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cVvOFa87z
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCUkQesGL9
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CHE5fOjo0
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk73zlwhaRJ
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnPBAjy5rW
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQrTXc2DB9
Talon: “You find him interesting?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAJ3yj5mwd
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjJ4GgeoqC
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZGZx1xuH4
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJJSPG9IWt
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIZOqcYPcf
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h1uEbJvhB
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNXx7P76ed
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNlBwnALbx
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1VxrSE1TZ
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNBbdqbDtk
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2mcBcWOoo
*Footsteps*737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3tZPYcBRu
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppkmZWVmFY
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyV1SwhJRBx
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyVeayiGeK
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTYia61Tsv
Caecius: “Mmmm?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFCJPwc7Qy
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWesxFZnJCT
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkF3s9U97l
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDS7rpOpfW
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbMrsRTnPt
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlYApWb3np
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RPY9vJ7Iv
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BDX9u7393
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa88UE1Wvyz
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tGiwe1CDR
This is going smoother than I thought. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sJXvDWjmB
Moryuu: “!!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91RFPrqoa7
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhtnTdOjn8
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFV8JAj3Fdm
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGQPDaihxo
Caecius: “*Glare*”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5WSISuvcX
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnwYpIrNS9
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14JXpaYR26
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPRtixFwAd
Caecius: “!!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWi2XpDVHk
Caecius: “Explain.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrANuHI6JaC
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq8EW8VD0L
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjtmOpkeUW
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz6n8LQ0Xv
Caecius: “….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFGIZ6lDaV
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46QItqfQbB
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNxHuTS2bn
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkqgr819ku
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDcvuqWqNx
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXyGoFalbF
Caecius: “….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5gecgmKeg
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhIhAmfVI2
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7L3B7ZaRa
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcorBkYGkjL
Caecius: “….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYP09gdnsU
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpYqrTaZoz
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XTooh657Y
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauIW3YAzV8
Caecius: “It can be done!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrpJR1zMJU
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CVk5BGmQo
Caecius: “Silence!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFm0zxPMrRD
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXomWEcNzHf
Moryuu: “!!!!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8zvc77eBi
I'm….suffocating!737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Yv6eCMX1d
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bY1UXfuDJ
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEd5OUKalm
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPw0nVXIGt
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aD5zKXDqx
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAXPGZN5NP
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegGgxWnAKu
Caecius: “It’s useless!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtp2jo0QZJ
Moryuu: “Is it?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuAgyfqLeA
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv4bK3Z2tq
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o4ZHQqTr4
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRzc5N3UoV
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAvrnn0KA2
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47A74D4xhG
…737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYFLwfbwmG
..737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dmD9bnmKk
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NOW!737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjHqWBbcKT
*Slash*737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FUkofckWP
*Slash*737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11sap8P3wu
*Slash*737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9fr0PWcqh
Caecius: “Wha, how!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcZjkLPJrm
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUTRfQLjmN
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1h79UpFJ7
Caecius: “You!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz23PPwcPA
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj99n82QRp
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYKcyGICrG
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqdC81P3LG
Caecius: “GAH!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkRwb4F1yb
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScR0AqbvG8
Moryuu: “Tch.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWlz1CmSGE
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCL8hV21C3
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccDd3d86M1
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBZdZ7bndJ
Moryuu: “What?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1WVLhsNAn
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPjtqBFDhk
Caecius: “The Eye….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVIrNdxXxM
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54NL89wjSL
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SRGv75tZk
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnlpuDp6eS
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QVV0EWHsC
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9huaikVNnR
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5qfVQGeha
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZVHtXKkfz
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlPw2BVdqF
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJbqg60KPT
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzhS8rerXK
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c6NJbxK0X
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcdrQ9Bgj3
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExNnBKXBHk
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG9L5yUvtj
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmkVVE1wwz
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKYLGgqeZQ
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlwS1TAzjh
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6xMdx0y4h
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQenegHLf1
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDokurKoOG
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hGuTcsFhB
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURwcJdArbX
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmQBvaRq1J
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dhu76YKq8
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7djNH2GQD
Caecius: “Tch….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wdRF3MwbZ
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0PJ5GEcxA
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.”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF9lzM0Bcs
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewQHs2if66
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UToppetru
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. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9fHl03g7L
Caecius: “Die!!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ581R4BYNeL
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBNraNp9h4
Moryuu: “You Fool!”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAY5059o1t
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.737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9igq8H9co
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZLDuxoCqu
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NtkOiHjjW
1 Day Till Shift737Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdXFb3ysh8
