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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe57H8K78rT
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGUWC2X9kc
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6NMDwMSck
???: “Watch out!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKYiotrqak
Moryuu: “What the-”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qHM660t0z
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpAW2rLgIW
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLVgEyiDYX
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv0mQE7Pre
???: “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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB78oPDwkTX
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbJjM5ntLV
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJEyyOfDOG
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk02uoE87AY
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPUkUd6RWX
Moryuu: “Thanks.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z0HmMtmTy
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIP4ht0pFg
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLjWi80B0Y
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQKKxmT85y
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbARcBC611T
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx2CfOMNAO
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUFWFFafe4
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lzD0YZj4m
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7vkXnVLIK
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IwWL7AXxY
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnpsolZZdq
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumXwteIhDH
Talon: “You find him interesting?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4IhyEPdcX
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iBFLzxbJG
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8Unv6Bgnb
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOetv3TK33
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYHsaZTZRQ
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdUW2f3wR0
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCEpDxFupq
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxsQILrsTv
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS8eA8S1TO
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjWBTJ5yhA
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfAIplvqzH
*Footsteps*759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWhkwbyAEJ
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡods3NhGef3
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMxhDudBvF
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlBnw790u7
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtEuzhmpG2
Caecius: “Mmmm?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaymwKir2VW
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhmsPAjtjV
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkwdR6c3A3
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50agCJf1uk
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2p47UgwpE
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ltHVREpxK
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC8Ry7r7Oj
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2Rlt2Kaha
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1tNcFtaFM
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm17QbUUmML
This is going smoother than I thought. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeaxhDaGTf
Moryuu: “!!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF28vSp2qRc
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gEL0KsvrL
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGWFU0gIG9
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhdvzrWetw
Caecius: “*Glare*”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8GyI33fpr
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjuVyzdiFu
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EBnWzGHsB
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpUFr79vbv
Caecius: “!!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIhtAyw1Eo
Caecius: “Explain.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHNu5xzos3
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXM6DqJ5qc
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv7hFq94nI
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiXAWDJ0FE
Caecius: “….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLci5VJuax
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJYngtphm7
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfE1r4S2ij
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYb6c0uKjV
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMmMl5EpO1
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe606OlNwP
Caecius: “….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08ybIUFI4F
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD05cihbgc
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLgzKLkHcA
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvO09ScBfa
Caecius: “….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpxcT3qi0y
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9ZrFHfr1h
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw9KBvhiS2
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsST7kojcTz
Caecius: “It can be done!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZhU3D47jj
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ82T3NYG6
Caecius: “Silence!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuJ6ms9XmW
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKwlQW9KJv
Moryuu: “!!!!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs694gf18m
I'm….suffocating!759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRnhPFt5NK
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN7tspb1BV
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcTXtxHcbI
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs23vydN3L
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfHgygqG8L
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyh5bHbNsv2
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBofOCugHv
Caecius: “It’s useless!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6cMl6Bads
Moryuu: “Is it?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFY67fuY2t
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8S1eN3c5n
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtwfldktkV
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxznfHTKSfq
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCOV3S54H1
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IgCCmnnG9
…759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvXAp12wli
..759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsyzqJrAso
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NOW!759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4GjVw78qd
*Slash*759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbZqwrHsMU
*Slash*759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSGD7hD4g3
*Slash*759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz2QDOXMRi
Caecius: “Wha, how!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPbExiRbcA
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1djmFRG9z4
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsQm306exk
Caecius: “You!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUJ8cPVEwd
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBapG3gA7m
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQwt6RiIVM
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90E5uZokH3
Caecius: “GAH!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopCrEuxw0e
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqD7c1Nc4L
Moryuu: “Tch.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1D3q4lvjC
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ngCOyI44U
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rXI6xd9i8
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUhZVbaufl
Moryuu: “What?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaCk3v0mG6
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cZOHzM0US
Caecius: “The Eye….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1yQa1Wict
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfveA9WkcUm
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NxEkMbV9K
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxv6mBgTJ6
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWONb8kUII
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OtkfIyGJY
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKf61PAEit9
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZZ5QS1gxG
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mHv3WgTdf
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeYwVXp8b0
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9SNRqI8fJ
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpupBwXEv6Z
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6mwcEsz6J
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUvehuFjYq
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8IvCTbg61
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqtUc2ppy3
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgoA9eczCV
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMagyMyy88B
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfVYm0iOrP
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeD20ehtCC
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2IByspvwa
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZO2sFIAe6A
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYMhgG9i21
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOxF48IbYd
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0QqNK8cqm
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCghCpJZvEC
Caecius: “Tch….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaCjpHgrCu
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyei37CglV
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.”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yaOZac4qx
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC3B13DKdE
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQv59tm84T
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. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFqobkNKJB
Caecius: “Die!!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8kZF85t9w
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWzyY3YSem
Moryuu: “You Fool!”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC95ZhDi08w
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.759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c1hNQh9F4
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVUemGjyNK
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpBGgyIrhs
1 Day Till Shift759Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A2PKylouS
