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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCIHBn4z53
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡughMCGOLu9
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43TW70nWiW
???: “Watch out!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdex2UyKd8A
Moryuu: “What the-”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8z3UX8POG
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKvM2Vo7d1
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjtQtXjUBL
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmKXQd9qk8
???: “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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfhOrfWY21
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uHcO2PZ6W
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH8lx3YaVP
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU0Th6bo03
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpiZi2mp1Y
Moryuu: “Thanks.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJNudRL4t0
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDoTkwS8WH
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktJuVSwhxI
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijBxjuOlXT
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYORigCbS98
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44m0g2kMlD
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvyjmD5hmY
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXLVxFHgmM
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU0pzOyNg8
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34kE4AalfN
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXJHHtNuZC
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMqnWSTjrx
Talon: “You find him interesting?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA8Fz23TLc
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeVRoogVkF
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL10XYztg8
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRNzPbpwDq
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL54HnlZ6g
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGjMH2PWFC
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu9T4Ay20W
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWFGAt4lux
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqI4aohMdd
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1bL6TGlab
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4IDxsjubH
*Footsteps*836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRJS4F2hxU
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMHlqf8u1v
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4uQobGijf
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuCa2LzKmy
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOvisZaYld
Caecius: “Mmmm?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7nFHx1I7r
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM547zZrvP2
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtSaY4xYau
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGiTNxHUVM
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaxbTb9lAP
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeNRrRHJNB
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXt9LtqPKy
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTAbNj34vZ
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvY4TFhsj6
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81AOZiEdop
This is going smoother than I thought. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5nsTCSlEL
Moryuu: “!!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqdB2b2zNr
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuMvH10gQH
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YYiOudunv
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIaMYjsI66
Caecius: “*Glare*”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGjH8DEpP4
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVv5a0QT5q0
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDHuGeawlw
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iOD4vhrNt
Caecius: “!!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEixvV2peY
Caecius: “Explain.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhABA8F0lt
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cH87PajH2
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllBsRGmHqR
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmarCl1dmP
Caecius: “….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mQTP4fASm
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsuoWhTom0
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwaoItgHtn
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPojiXUV8YR
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig9Cd5LmQ7
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0hCSlJZv3
Caecius: “….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVKtG6SM2x
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW586ap9Ac
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7W4rR9DcD
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT0JHcP5j9
Caecius: “….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd0N0kSIdw
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8arGwCvnkg
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CFHvcVeuO
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5DfGo33WX
Caecius: “It can be done!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3WstlxyHY
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcKAbQAM1N
Caecius: “Silence!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aFXejAoWl
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrMZYapM3u
Moryuu: “!!!!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHVc1l7h4o
I'm….suffocating!836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXiAh96khX
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVicLDzTf47
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqRsXgeWKK
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwCaQf0COw
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2V3aYwUyJ
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vNoxTvnnf
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguQMPOroSx
Caecius: “It’s useless!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJM65brzFJk
Moryuu: “Is it?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTgqA1PKzJ
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU27pjkACV
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o60OyGTnd
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfBpoKSN1v
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mGRi4a6pt
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mRdbc302M
…836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoVP9kBm6o
..836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgiYpio9iP
.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARZYgGIqDE
NOW!836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLc1NWjjZN
*Slash*836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVV5DD0Mje
*Slash*836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gfdn7AZ1E
*Slash*836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsEta4VXEA
Caecius: “Wha, how!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5JUYoZAab
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjd1WD3zNo
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0YSHlqukE
Caecius: “You!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuepMYN1m8
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PjlduM7do
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpyamwkYxL
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgyoZCudzm
Caecius: “GAH!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUPNhxRkem
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW6hNTpV6M
Moryuu: “Tch.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj17o7q3k5A
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShCWTKMq53
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvUY9frGMi
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LOH9gwtJX
Moryuu: “What?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyXkMIbhqm
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprAL4d03Nx
Caecius: “The Eye….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZOIHkeGZY
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX5nyuU9sU
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5z8L3DnbA
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5ft59bkId
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs676LYyNEN
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVxsfoPJNy
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNKdHRIjTt
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGToVhoirQ
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmzJ5k25M2
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAUzhFeScz
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq3yOrnqDr
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5rRViq2ld
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nPHewyANH
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hwRo1Lslg
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPIEjlPw1s
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuok9wENQZl
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSH0rErVPD
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aVFCknRhU
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdofa0SkUd
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpfODTQZVu
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYG984zavs
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedEsoSsXQ7
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2kAfJo6Os
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmjEMlke0x
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJIhOYOIin
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMKSpRDMRn
Caecius: “Tch….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVhG6sFdyu
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGNv3N6ozK
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.”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXC2r2nTQw
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GwWMgBcEz
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX7NSEBhNS
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. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypmFQSUFH9
Caecius: “Die!!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdVqgVnFYA
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSu6pBRwcy
Moryuu: “You Fool!”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvCsmbTZbl
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.836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReGuXnwDQp
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDXo7mPhPZ
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlGYYFWhpa
1 Day Till Shift836Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdlPmzWa63
