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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl1OhIZNBb
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWnuWrvRhE
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCVAqr7TT4
???: “Watch out!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4xWOq24sV
Moryuu: “What the-”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI4ESKpDwt
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vhHwjIFoC
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMKuLQhWt0
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTkDx25g8H
???: “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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8DiQoGMJa
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZlQzNVQqu
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET6mYdXSD2
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYNbQtzTPc
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZy0fdcYbG
Moryuu: “Thanks.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalT4qxbzwq
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCmMfBzyjQ
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAdy9qYJUm
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zAeFXGjSL
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAosGkQ5vR
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxiDun41IN
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrt95DfqaY
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJO5MNBKk9a
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7REamIREQC
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGV5KQ6XaV
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvabFDZdpX
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY5CNsWEmm
Talon: “You find him interesting?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLmZ2PhHku
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRa3W6JQUN
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oSxNcGICP
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6mC6lndJO
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JBOF6Rrtu
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCh3ji9EMl
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6XduaAxKi
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtqHUDgXrB
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDjuOMRU9a
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZhQzJefxz
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxyyveCsru
*Footsteps*830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMUuBFsUV0
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOymCpZIhu
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡic183Z9GVQ
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtphyWEVVl
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlHmF9x74B
Caecius: “Mmmm?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c5o0ga9G5
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4HUKbMb5h
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWhXU2KrQ8
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqcEdaopQV
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rZvpRnUHB
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKdWG6x9Qo
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC53wTkqAVo
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNpuvQ12Au
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTuQKU0iVg
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wWvdXPy4s
This is going smoother than I thought. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8XsTbyuWJ
Moryuu: “!!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp0t2qMkZm
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQiyuzDoDy
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmUDOrFQbp
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Pl9nCjQ1T
Caecius: “*Glare*”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SnQ7hykRM
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpC4t7FmHH
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzJW2wy7sm
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzBjVZrRaT
Caecius: “!!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DrCN4ZEPC
Caecius: “Explain.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWi6osbAqU
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL486760aVW
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqiCDrkmtQ
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FmKYrbi3z
Caecius: “….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZpw4aSDy7
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi9JiY3D22
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KW8PeUpOq
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZ7RO1Sguq
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg4BRxAAD2
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8vuecJlgf
Caecius: “….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKZCx1Zvo6
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNZIrNaLgD
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStb7bQUTvz
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3oWUpGfis
Caecius: “….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdw0iUi9iM2
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wuTe8b30k
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkxfCMdg84
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdNURkNMDZ
Caecius: “It can be done!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDYg1BQQ2k
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEaHrOTejr
Caecius: “Silence!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnc1W4x7WE
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz7UxkkGCE
Moryuu: “!!!!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrg8vOWU8i
I'm….suffocating!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZDcTIZEsg
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHSNlxonJk
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZKficL40q
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTa3NyeRei
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAH1Vmnpq6
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhgwG6bk6c
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ60uau8P71
Caecius: “It’s useless!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGkMuPNzb3
Moryuu: “Is it?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UQn1MsAyV
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzibUeaVoD
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbzmp6WWOl
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgC7HhKrg1
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM91QfcUzJG
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMNoHe3IwY
…830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwWrBef0wu
..830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qumjeDCgV
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NOW!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqq6ZBN2rF
*Slash*830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kYfkfPzoW
*Slash*830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKiUUrCSZN
*Slash*830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikc99U2SKv
Caecius: “Wha, how!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaUwUb4qiG
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMidsp0Een
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRP5bZpqkC
Caecius: “You!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6CjYmWSl5
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzlSMS0zv3
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNMEqH5Q8f
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxggCo2U8vc
Caecius: “GAH!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUmZjSrCpM
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5z6pM8mpc4
Moryuu: “Tch.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3JJs16mfk
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCTowC5pa8
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GNwmennFl
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2odKlVPtp
Moryuu: “What?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1N8YcAYep
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx1w0FxgHC
Caecius: “The Eye….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFhCOY9jYQ
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGgFE4cKDb
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4U6zw5Im9
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mz5E9FBnz
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5vBtZEbQR
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRJ28l8XMt
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4gRFqT73d
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEthBldNm1
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fpXnaPQeJ
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbY9BGkubg
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZDjeshbcQ
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG8h7vlSY5
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKQH8MvPgt
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbS3Hwd7VMy
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfpZLHaOG2
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjPDiVrZaQ
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8eC6DqWs7
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w7waYpzmy
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwObHircBV
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxlzYC2V12
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAazGtIXxH
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXfbtjy03r
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s1CgQhpbW
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt5smj4g0f
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG99qwfH8xc
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4tjgV7ubK
Caecius: “Tch….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAOrXjS8Hw
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHPiecoXRp
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.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2ovG7GfWv
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZZo51rS5n
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdPcKrpTgo
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. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj70eacLqe
Caecius: “Die!!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3ja4mUV5D
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7WcFpCRnE
Moryuu: “You Fool!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6hJKjA9Z3
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.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7bTAoGoMs
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iqU1Upmj4
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCTkUFI1Jx
1 Day Till Shift830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70gDYqpcfr
