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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleNc8mkog2
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MqbmPgGQz
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFbMkxd5Ti
???: “Watch out!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthUNw3rpwH
Moryuu: “What the-”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUMFExwwux
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOvgz0gO0P
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19RGPZl4a9
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiLGflSHvH
???: “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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCj2LvDywrh
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUGsj019LP
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgN9bZL4TR4
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDK13GYrCi
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvETSgyArqN
Moryuu: “Thanks.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIm2jf3Cip
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQEXcwdi4a
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwjhlpgbfX
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDanvsvYJs
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlPTg3I3bN
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgnWvcYJsj
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNdXe12s1U
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSngluJzel
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxSPOyQJKK
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUEIzhBNgM
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsoLoxAp4x
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8ZYL73GRV
Talon: “You find him interesting?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbA2WqDBAE
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVK5GgqD0C
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTNQd5V4VI
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOuL0LuGLU
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDM2bP5QA7
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe5R8zRKq4
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoT0tmBlXh
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtyCfeGrF4
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq24cT5sJjj
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcxpIcIO2l
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl0GqrAp50
*Footsteps*697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba40THwKkF
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI7boeZI2E
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgnIZZFEFX
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsdB95WZ3b
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ShwiWaCKb
Caecius: “Mmmm?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEDP05Clpn
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT147BNajL
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGVS2KVToi
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sclJfIfqh
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIgNvvla99
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb57lRtRVnP
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35MprsIPsV
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5raeU972Po
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9YRINmzTC
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLRYaV89hz
This is going smoother than I thought. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cgXzu1Vf9
Moryuu: “!!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0kBEiivOr
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOrOeXq2VK
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrEVpdTUWG
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gQz1MRGd9
Caecius: “*Glare*”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKiMDh6O2O
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdZAE433CS
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9plXwSSajY
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmitGpJpc2
Caecius: “!!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtdkZYQMet
Caecius: “Explain.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vuONmXJT5
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv1R9Di3Sh
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Aj3Ytu8dg
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGTfBP6HdU
Caecius: “….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywUOwMHuZH
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt30G7ajlG
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOdU3o1qCk
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhH13Yl5uBa
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcZZMd9OMX
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGxlB2SyLE
Caecius: “….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcD57rauw2
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG7nV2aKk5
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZBXA5onGQ
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSa0m5UeIP
Caecius: “….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNX9q6gAo0
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5Oj0ftFPN
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X4JqmxUyb
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuGY2MUUCT
Caecius: “It can be done!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQmbZzS2Ap
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMg2LJpZ1i
Caecius: “Silence!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6hchhltLf
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVNghCDRCy
Moryuu: “!!!!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58KjYvnQpP
I'm….suffocating!697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKw8gDUrhdQ
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwkox8ldNK
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9BRXjfdMw
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1J6IjRnWN
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJgBB0nXak
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABQSRUBLM6
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwkfezen0K
Caecius: “It’s useless!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxZjzaU795
Moryuu: “Is it?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbRmembDjY
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzfczkaDIf
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMbTmeBHqc
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8CO1ApO1K
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzR4EqJvKC
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwPrWX2EYa
…697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeVHYQefZv
..697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FmrPXoUrH
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NOW!697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhOCyB8c8T
*Slash*697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhaxB3FR99
*Slash*697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdNLIuGMYg
*Slash*697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1E7TJoW3l
Caecius: “Wha, how!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSERGKRR9A
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlkZZpaGD3
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuuIYOiQNB
Caecius: “You!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iPUxlPaaw
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht3hgTmTaC
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss3JTzcuF6
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm4BE2M3sK
Caecius: “GAH!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrmTzwpzsN
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkzV9RO6sx
Moryuu: “Tch.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey8DdqGf6Y
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7F3pX0Kqx
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANYl69Y4Fs
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq6p1MzYRD
Moryuu: “What?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXZsbwuqa1
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OGZghowKD
Caecius: “The Eye….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ1phi5n6h
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcQspjpE7S
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXb7DwWDhj
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIUtZ7oU92
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaBNMMzcgc
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs36lI2v40
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqFAB3CS4m
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE2MGmK9Ui
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3FWqznkK8
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuKqdU0Uu2
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbOLy2FyCo
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJc9Qn91UM
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUqrEHbRBy
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxS5D2iptI
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ794PfTKsTs
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡit99Wz4J0n
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1Z48iJL9P
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T0ah2ztDq
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXmv40Lu3z
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGIX90ejOS
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7QBz2Q3MX
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBvjSGcppL
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMRc8tBjlH
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nPXRL6ItQ
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKah2ou2yH1
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG74myTLlm
Caecius: “Tch….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5EZErzzPX
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tJpjst7fS
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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMqYyWyINp
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCgCsAJBto
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOonXGWBCcD
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. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdXECNNhc8
Caecius: “Die!!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdeIAGM8zl
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY4VFhcbUl
Moryuu: “You Fool!”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRoUJXxjwQ
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LVQn7yEeL
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdgfbOoFmn
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6ZPFTN5vC
1 Day Till Shift697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBo6mAYMok
