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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjRqyBno3g
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN5lb6lxi5
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLKjcxKjdj
???: “Watch out!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eV9zdasmC
Moryuu: “What the-”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz3CCvGguI
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDsTreWk9N
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxpWeUhrDi
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCY1jtSiDy
???: “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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM9GXxCLh5
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqDiEPihTw
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRS9x7fkGX
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1oNGQLqXN
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E5JaYIp22
Moryuu: “Thanks.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRjfJ6lJcx
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqKWJ11jcn
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXBjSwCJLl
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhTa2kb22Z
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRY2zP6Bac
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreBUbhioTA
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW5aEarvXK
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA58vWVT1PZ
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOu18ne8CF
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtB94Q1fcU
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvjnLtFOFa
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnhf151haW
Talon: “You find him interesting?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELkrm1qOZv
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnSLxyHSP8
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1Fc6pcUlX
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AA7PpIidF
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ9LG7sHRg
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwo845FHxg
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBnlHLYyd2
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkmo9wQQtX
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoSxKIKinn
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET8gJXJDTD
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kK8hhnHV5
*Footsteps*925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj7dCXlZeY
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUDpTG3nkg
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswl1rkrWxQ
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1EAdANAoX
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvmiaFj0jo
Caecius: “Mmmm?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0DjkJKssz
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwlnhMnvW4
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT9dGYLwI7
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyBzy39bin
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgFxrFJH4e
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlo9bHeBdn
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb2bLbF3NH
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO5goim67r
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9lCutchLL
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtD363CIdO
This is going smoother than I thought. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuPcgRtWgm
Moryuu: “!!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyWndid34m
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E4aFpUC7A
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMeutAamjP
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU01AVsNeRp
Caecius: “*Glare*”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wsrb7qu3g
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhzNl9V777
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ldlNs8XAz
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtlkphxnKR
Caecius: “!!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8bTucKFMk
Caecius: “Explain.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbEFxtYek1
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HSLlwCe8N
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifemO1hBMR
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaVkmndOYQ
Caecius: “….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI6Yt2rKmT
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsaIQbzhkp
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZjQrAF0Du
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIBwsixIo2
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26xjc7fjVh
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ8LFkRgWk
Caecius: “….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyU4GRFMYa
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLXpW2uGph
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYmzCj0Ctw
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWnPt44d7y
Caecius: “….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN462c38hY
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eL2r1qyiP
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8thSok1Ws
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5KRex7yl2
Caecius: “It can be done!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFHcE6lSCN
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcwR4nQn42
Caecius: “Silence!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAMkM0n44E
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboq41iutR6
Moryuu: “!!!!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97biWTabyx
I'm….suffocating!925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ4JJWoEbp
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWN7OshFXE
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvhM6H5nmA
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfbu4RwvYP
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TfHirg7Sb
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRORzoZse4Q
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3y4wdxdAd
Caecius: “It’s useless!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48mo0WmApz
Moryuu: “Is it?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqv6fC4WcL
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyndCo6nzrb
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFOu7TgTh1
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTii53iPDd
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPaInEOZIZ
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhomPKk1Agv
…925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbTsqGekMS
..925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVroKW6MLv
.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWsVBDnRCu
NOW!925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ6YP4Bp2g
*Slash*925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLYXasoEoJ
*Slash*925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmXI8a155K
*Slash*925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaZjbuWQ1P
Caecius: “Wha, how!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkCK4flzZR
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3ZqO9jsTt
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmGwTJWrcf
Caecius: “You!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNp7Irs9Yg
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡska72qr2Pi
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VsqN2mXgf
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKWISgVbOy
Caecius: “GAH!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEFIHxUFZh
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfXaQ9CDB2
Moryuu: “Tch.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiGYnobaAz
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntQwRRQenI
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VH20vY9H3
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj296ZQXjx
Moryuu: “What?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQvhyp6KdP
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobKZqEe0Sw
Caecius: “The Eye….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpR6Zjg1Du
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX1hRtEc5U
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp3U1YRD7N
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRM0bTULH2
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqOghu5Nki
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEocAlDAdeV
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgqKFcbXyF
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VrpE91KJ3
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCytd75RgbW
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN7mRdopot
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSCFpsotDV
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡID3D5JhDkZ
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kLEmd7D3t
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzuyWOVj45
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwc3QkFGLk
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbu1N9umZk
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw8oZ6sJFX
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFS7HRwmt0
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnMWuHwVHJ
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbTN8HBaNL
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPOkStbv1B
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CkU6ERqhA
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz7aNXGWn3
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwACLkFWvtp
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs31KtThotv
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4akWTnI3A2
Caecius: “Tch….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4z1878qHB
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgorrIzuYKY
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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38G5ERlth3
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBaYsc9szW
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEJLkgNnGX
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. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh1HUA1uwz
Caecius: “Die!!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEzgoMKRt9
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpKXxufZaP
Moryuu: “You Fool!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aj9g9JSUZ
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkysUw6yCQ1
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDpdwQJhu2
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kVgO5Y2eU
1 Day Till Shift925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAyLiI1EQR
