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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVwQSHHisq
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOTGhBL8g2
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssLt4TSj2v
???: “Watch out!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zp2oPEuhz
Moryuu: “What the-”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7bRxXeea6
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUB9gcQFnG
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPmJMzKRAq
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8VKM02uLK
???: “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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWgKwf3s3r
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBaRVy5WYe
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzqvnVPV2E
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAwsPR5ZiQ
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrGgD1JFgh
Moryuu: “Thanks.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP9cWTOPaf
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulwD7w1zYN
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqx6pYa91w
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRm3DOXTI8
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4KHz80Bj2
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeNNUtjPy4
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lrFeq8vvP
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9bownimxo
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQdi1CrJV2
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQUUc5DOeL
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL0dGUuHJo
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1hH2ZnG1l
Talon: “You find him interesting?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ9cv285xZ
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxwiR7q5aj
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ckrHRht9b
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMwaWXcMqj
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLwyZDQmJg
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzRG9q3erm
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnde4vevuo
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh62oBSXNIM
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZPqJHum2O
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu7IXB3e9u
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnO1IMRtZj
*Footsteps*757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3UGAQMRXO
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pcRf4TCnz
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchUVjVj9R0
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7zSQMTE7F
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSaS2mp1e8
Caecius: “Mmmm?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cMkjnntFi
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFapGQZXbc
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe0wUqnzpO
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpEXFRLYT8
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDQQYoPw9D
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSXf5LfnWh
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqer3u0yIm
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0kDUu8L2M
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiqgnP33Z5
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5La4Ypmzqg
This is going smoother than I thought. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRFRggNqeE
Moryuu: “!!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBbo1zS6Bx
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Za844bx6i
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7UL687lEU
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ5op6TzWd
Caecius: “*Glare*”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUrkQ86Q69
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBADam7pcz7
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESMX5Y2zRZ
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8hgpz5q11
Caecius: “!!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVmtK4JZfn
Caecius: “Explain.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡti4cJNujJz
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmbBaXyDgQ
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7EETtGxPs
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvQZATVfLe
Caecius: “….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfkqweesfF
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPKOp5ryLj
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcusEKWFsqV
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp476J3YKAl
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRTtODvUaC
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm8bee2Tlv
Caecius: “….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4PGPD6PLM
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOWaAekMpV
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwRJMDc8Jj
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpYDgHj8Jh
Caecius: “….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6rFraFZRL
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqOL3Q1AzI
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpMCmIGfmy
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98iLAkgNhq
Caecius: “It can be done!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg98kL5au6R
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQl8TXvWa7
Caecius: “Silence!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAybOJ1Pby
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2H2ejtr5y
Moryuu: “!!!!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8dpsFo3iT
I'm….suffocating!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRATZb3gRIT
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbZWacBLXP
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjl6fk2eGZ
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R0NVSIxvg
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaXuAu76Vw
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pRz5L9p1C
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNSRMyJR2T
Caecius: “It’s useless!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp7lU9vH5H
Moryuu: “Is it?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhpfEj67vP
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4zJjGrbJY
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd6se8t32J
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwsMwf7Fai
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxuVOHBwZ7
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EUz6oWIUE
…757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ofStEjdxa
..757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBQbETSFbn
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NOW!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXqzF8lu0P
*Slash*757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WHB41eVE4
*Slash*757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr910yliZ9
*Slash*757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtW2Goh0tZ
Caecius: “Wha, how!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FPYHtAbBj
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl90FvwVnNl
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhB42ycwdHj
Caecius: “You!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAv825yBCn
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmsYS1MPPj
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8SOMT7WTV
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkORTGl1S0b
Caecius: “GAH!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1EqYNFKYl
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZBUD9DfXM
Moryuu: “Tch.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOKm6ygkBJ
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HQ8DxOQhI
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemBcQLCA6g
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjzf1vbCbU
Moryuu: “What?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uCKWLlqNM
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJhVQpmysw
Caecius: “The Eye….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FcFruARNP
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntBRNggHzg
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagUXm2R1f4
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCd3OgFTvu
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VRjclLc5m
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2NS2LGh4o
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV0z2DSPR9
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6uaU1aTzd
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaSzPx0Nam
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN5IUklxgg
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiITr1dZOXN
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6ozpyIDKf
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnD1QINzju
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlE3AfNhoo
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkR8WfMmQK
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu080yYUoS
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLX4DIm3D8
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdYs2FCUY8
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MHJhtdK6f
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVXvkBsmpN
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJiNMXBPFT
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcoaDuRx4l
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz3WWuaEsu
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErUvnG4m0N
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC1X7oeBJF
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcHJ4QHj5Z
Caecius: “Tch….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunPIIDvUM0
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf5IHcPkDW
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.”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwG4t6Wvve
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IhlRsBwcE
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKRCGVJmGi
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. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqT10HNY2f
Caecius: “Die!!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DvUiBizca
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaYn1Vi4RQ
Moryuu: “You Fool!”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfygzwWwGRZ
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.757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJvaHwpPa9
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0WwnsiUPW
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66yV3Sj2ka
1 Day Till Shift757Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvOiGlezPK
