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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAVvYizSSf84
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.924Please respect copyright.PENANAd2YsxLxGYz
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAgHOWnsADdZ
???: “Watch out!”924Please respect copyright.PENANA2hdXh3rMwJ
Moryuu: “What the-”924Please respect copyright.PENANAIuMlaFjSU2
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.924Please respect copyright.PENANADSJbH6hqXI
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAAeBlyNxGVM
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANARt62RCp3ed
???: “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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAwwk9rPzPPZ
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAUmZNbgh1zj
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAD1hTUHnLaX
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAPzZx2nAPOn
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAUMHrVZqf5M
Moryuu: “Thanks.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAZTpg7Ze0k5
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAGEYSgVhyPm
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”924Please respect copyright.PENANA1XTFuNacJf
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAmRVc4dScQq
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”924Please respect copyright.PENANACc1Rm0RKB3
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANACubrI9OuEY
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAxFjzHEUWUD
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAX7POfOyqgO
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.924Please respect copyright.PENANAB5f18NxuxL
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAz9wL1x9AJX
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAjnZRkph8ja
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAGWK5LcDrdo
Talon: “You find him interesting?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAKpJZtjZDtD
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANA6vuHXqmlQW
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 924Please respect copyright.PENANANE77xpERca
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAcUISTZITOS
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA8OuqRmB9DL
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.924Please respect copyright.PENANAXtC4JUjF8q
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA3HSx02eTKr
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAWD1XDjMxom
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAw5U1yEMdIS
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAvZJZOwtjBN
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA6gAErD7lvn
*Footsteps*924Please respect copyright.PENANA81NcFSE6uF
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAAdxYlT15OJ
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAFiyvrgsTrN
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAabJCmpempb
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAuD4cPQ9gUK
Caecius: “Mmmm?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAFUAUuyjx3g
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?924Please respect copyright.PENANAAMmeRMrfQg
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAOGqQ6MBfuD
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAMX3XX1DGr4
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAnGCo3Zc010
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”924Please respect copyright.PENANADwxd813uCC
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”924Please respect copyright.PENANA1AyP74wAhd
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAPGJv5Lsm3c
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAB4VrLZNYfk
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAV6MR7suXgX
This is going smoother than I thought. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA0zyHYRDPo3
Moryuu: “!!”924Please respect copyright.PENANAeJ1dXPaUiu
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAIDC4ebHF9Y
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAVnCEmq0bQM
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAM1VsZJSBj5
Caecius: “*Glare*”924Please respect copyright.PENANA3i2WknTT17
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAnR556IPSsQ
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”924Please respect copyright.PENANA9LVNQV7CBL
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAIgMhxsiOvS
Caecius: “!!”924Please respect copyright.PENANALnanK4lfyu
Caecius: “Explain.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAZAvisFbMAJ
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAsMYksjPrqv
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”924Please respect copyright.PENANA0iyEkhsydU
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANACtXLshU7JT
Caecius: “….”924Please respect copyright.PENANAhx7G1d7byg
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”924Please respect copyright.PENANA1bvgo4BHi9
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANALnryRGmvNF
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”924Please respect copyright.PENANACKUqeVMKbH
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”924Please respect copyright.PENANAy8WSo34FmT
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAnDWlxyWVxF
Caecius: “….”924Please respect copyright.PENANA7mUpn8vRFm
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAqfH3UXK5PF
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”924Please respect copyright.PENANA5BZrFTeZTa
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAgnkCXiAsN5
Caecius: “….”924Please respect copyright.PENANAQNrBAbhwCr
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAvyUht8CN5S
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.924Please respect copyright.PENANA0AV4zduq6I
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”924Please respect copyright.PENANA9BHzmM8XZY
Caecius: “It can be done!”924Please respect copyright.PENANAcLgTtVX4DA
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAKJjLlRSJ1D
Caecius: “Silence!”924Please respect copyright.PENANA2wWnj7QQro
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-924Please respect copyright.PENANAvj1NQrsi3b
Moryuu: “!!!!”924Please respect copyright.PENANAt0JwAWYrxa
I'm….suffocating!924Please respect copyright.PENANAkrnLA7IU6B
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAFq8nJJFvie
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAZCScvaY4mU
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”924Please respect copyright.PENANANAMlZsSXNn
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAVXkFisRUTp
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAXVAmHyHo8j
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAHIKFNjLZuT
Caecius: “It’s useless!”924Please respect copyright.PENANAuLwoaIGaUc
Moryuu: “Is it?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAsBpZ9u1mHN
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAVBPQ2iEqPw
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAwhTcSKhAFS
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.924Please respect copyright.PENANApLVMZdbbh1
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.924Please respect copyright.PENANAWUinerSMAt
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.924Please respect copyright.PENANAnFesl3hKXU
…924Please respect copyright.PENANAxvvdeZNoKD
..924Please respect copyright.PENANAh3GhxpriFp
.924Please respect copyright.PENANACoaGi9LqDf
NOW!924Please respect copyright.PENANAED4vIMETFp
*Slash*924Please respect copyright.PENANAMIBzXzXFKi
*Slash*924Please respect copyright.PENANA6T0r9hwA8l
*Slash*924Please respect copyright.PENANAgQrxOh2kjz
Caecius: “Wha, how!”924Please respect copyright.PENANA80xBcRbUGN
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAJvhUboIvFU
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAJaOqum0BLS
Caecius: “You!”924Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZUQDo9nuC
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.924Please respect copyright.PENANAHEwb9PS4N3
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAhMfi6TC9NV
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAyVQ2EsoQMV
Caecius: “GAH!”924Please respect copyright.PENANAysfpzhjvR0
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-924Please respect copyright.PENANA0ixyAMXJAV
Moryuu: “Tch.”924Please respect copyright.PENANADcHYGcoX1F
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA2KF8hGreyx
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”924Please respect copyright.PENANAp04XsSwVT9
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”924Please respect copyright.PENANA7GXjTOUpzn
Moryuu: “What?”924Please respect copyright.PENANA7SLIqD3foO
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANA9vjiOjlIMf
Caecius: “The Eye….”924Please respect copyright.PENANAPizrDMflBk
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAqCrQtYEEIs
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAxbkEKBJAGt
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA75fhsySKZq
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAsrv0uttjd5
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAwfbO2P2w5L
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAENa6VK0m31
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAuHyuBGYcdK
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAmCkCErdFzC
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]924Please respect copyright.PENANAgpEZxtuUgm
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.924Please respect copyright.PENANA59Dt9UpfeF
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAyhaD0BnFjP
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!924Please respect copyright.PENANAglFqeN6FMp
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAumheAO4ffr
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.924Please respect copyright.PENANAdMKgsA1qI0
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAhW0bcYf4NJ
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAXd34gZhoPU
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”924Please respect copyright.PENANAlBjQACEKh7
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.924Please respect copyright.PENANAKbIya7LSOe
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAykmoekWJGs
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAme9yqnnpwy
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 924Please respect copyright.PENANA6VBQNBwxw8
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”924Please respect copyright.PENANA4z9UKdb2CY
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAisgKVnc2c0
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAEBASnzMjnV
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAb7q56Fbu5c
Caecius: “Tch….”924Please respect copyright.PENANAxvrR9zo34f
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANASws9bBjW2u
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.”924Please respect copyright.PENANAKyjbosmLNT
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAZWDC52nBS1
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”924Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zu4NK9j22
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. 924Please respect copyright.PENANA8DmCZbTSof
Caecius: “Die!!”924Please respect copyright.PENANA4zWnYi5lW0
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.924Please respect copyright.PENANAmKMTLHQKzt
Moryuu: “You Fool!”924Please respect copyright.PENANACbaRrcGIfJ
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.924Please respect copyright.PENANAGxPg2Cip5G
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 924Please respect copyright.PENANAMRqB5tqxjN
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”924Please respect copyright.PENANAtgp8mQIaW6
1 Day Till Shift924Please respect copyright.PENANAz3tTBMBl50