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.813Please respect copyright.PENANAk8WhaPpyZh
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.813Please respect copyright.PENANAErt8e8a6mi
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANARu2MB3M6R7
???: “Watch out!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAUe7BUPY09A
Moryuu: “What the-”813Please respect copyright.PENANA9W8k9dxkX6
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.813Please respect copyright.PENANAKT7xOGnf9b
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAjRVn0W19sp
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAUiBwskX39w
???: “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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAJi9XEveGkb
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA4XN90JtnIZ
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAOZoAA7tIQa
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”813Please respect copyright.PENANA3Em0wYJJen
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAWgCwqsKXsA
Moryuu: “Thanks.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAa6NTlguqOj
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAmwPdoaIAjL
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAqF80Radxj6
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA1SA5YJ7xtw
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”813Please respect copyright.PENANArTgbFPdi0v
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAGSVAcCDoCO
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA2aXFgOSogx
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA5pIWw9abmL
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.813Please respect copyright.PENANAwsBpNXFWgz
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAxsRmKYk5Uj
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAWhb7uFHRmS
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAH1PQGvpRSz
Talon: “You find him interesting?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAtYeTj5MrZw
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA1mIIjavxqJ
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAI7xXo9DjB4
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZYGOCKT6p
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAYZKyjAg6S4
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.813Please respect copyright.PENANAbyYRLNbKLV
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 813Please respect copyright.PENANA2JFyqN30sZ
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANATj8C1a6KQt
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAIjuuqDouwq
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAE2bWP46GFL
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANARndmwRvgi6
*Footsteps*813Please respect copyright.PENANAMxwBzlY4yO
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANABbuZb5Jvs7
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA7qkgnFP9LC
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANA3R95BbiKk3
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAcOpDjRfTO5
Caecius: “Mmmm?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAMRApWVgmhW
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?813Please respect copyright.PENANA5DQ6JK47El
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAKx2QjGUk89
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANAu5lSN8n9Ji
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAk6snAWOihK
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAbJn0kIy0mz
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”813Please respect copyright.PENANApy6l2in47M
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAtkxO9kwOJz
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAivmkHnOtdQ
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAYNXvy1ED6Q
This is going smoother than I thought. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAa3RG3bUNaz
Moryuu: “!!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAmjzzaV3bAj
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 813Please respect copyright.PENANA4iGoKDMczl
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”813Please respect copyright.PENANACy3RoHREG7
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”813Please respect copyright.PENANASpXBdOjH3Y
Caecius: “*Glare*”813Please respect copyright.PENANAk998SApiVC
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAsywU0IUPSf
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAF7S97wsiu5
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAhjdynLOf0j
Caecius: “!!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAo78o3dloqH
Caecius: “Explain.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAyBbfXXi63o
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAxnklRgB11K
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAVHn931fMmr
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAFOJerZSSNT
Caecius: “….”813Please respect copyright.PENANA5CobjHOc43
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”813Please respect copyright.PENANACd7qGTa08N
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA5yuzYLqGjb
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAnGVKQBReAk
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAjBeYA72bkh
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAzT0JnRUJXq
Caecius: “….”813Please respect copyright.PENANAD6Zm1N6DKf
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANALNIZzCxvBk
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAPjQWPWSNU8
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAGL7PhAAMX3
Caecius: “….”813Please respect copyright.PENANAGaTgA6cOh9
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAyMnJl2FPAf
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.813Please respect copyright.PENANAtJtya2yr5z
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAFBihVCZLO7
Caecius: “It can be done!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAIh3EfX7eAu
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAgPpbCUQeON
Caecius: “Silence!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAhtLk7oxFMK
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-813Please respect copyright.PENANABtyklNRvU4
Moryuu: “!!!!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAb2lUsxJN0c
I'm….suffocating!813Please respect copyright.PENANAZbRMwYxdhk
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAnsSEOYJNfr
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAU3QaamSgKC
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”813Please respect copyright.PENANApscjx8X7av
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”813Please respect copyright.PENANABF970bJN9f
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAxT9bY8MGtv
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANAN9UAGQqRLA
Caecius: “It’s useless!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAEfgwjXurVQ
Moryuu: “Is it?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAD61DdjRi3m
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAk6jXzJY2CB
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA3NVqzCjRGZ
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.813Please respect copyright.PENANAq31Hg1DKkT
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.813Please respect copyright.PENANAzJI5y38ii1
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.813Please respect copyright.PENANASmzP45OATE
…813Please respect copyright.PENANAvi5apg2fIK
..813Please respect copyright.PENANAQxubY96UOL
.813Please respect copyright.PENANAtu5ZD3vhOv
NOW!813Please respect copyright.PENANAkMemqZ97CP
*Slash*813Please respect copyright.PENANAMKJOc7DiNO
*Slash*813Please respect copyright.PENANARU7wBsvJqQ
*Slash*813Please respect copyright.PENANAZPHGNvKwmE
Caecius: “Wha, how!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAmj2NywQw4U
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAMeVabMyXqu
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAePPR2ZE15R
Caecius: “You!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAkKKze8cAfB
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.813Please respect copyright.PENANADdzEydKC8E
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANAPnwse6AddQ
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANANh7PenExBM
Caecius: “GAH!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAuTXgaaeASB
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-813Please respect copyright.PENANAUXGDxZwLP5
Moryuu: “Tch.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAwU2tc8Mq65
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAHDRfzITjJV
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”813Please respect copyright.PENANAampNZYb9ZV
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA1GyS68oVaR
Moryuu: “What?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAWOyupWFly5
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANA9XLvycKETA
Caecius: “The Eye….”813Please respect copyright.PENANADlkXyM02IJ
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAEZpkZpVyVb
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAknlUnqttUI
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANARJcGygUEMe
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”813Please respect copyright.PENANArpwBB0HSRl
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA9CDWf6wnrf
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAEsmFA5hVkG
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA0U1gdmFdKY
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAjeWJAwXyr2
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]813Please respect copyright.PENANA8NR2ETWQ71
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.813Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3ec7Wvjjt
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANAdyuAvScciS
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!813Please respect copyright.PENANAObPwhUgLbV
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAA38GKWi9DR
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.813Please respect copyright.PENANAxim7vxWQNz
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAMZYwqIflRw
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAvW992tQ1pA
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”813Please respect copyright.PENANAM7KqnXr7iQ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.813Please respect copyright.PENANAmo9snjUj6s
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAr2DWQR6dVe
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 813Please respect copyright.PENANA77dmJhTliz
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 813Please respect copyright.PENANAojWL6bxtSb
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”813Please respect copyright.PENANAI7HEdWtYm7
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAG0mdQh83ez
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAQjBNk6bhZi
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA2SWfSlUiiV
Caecius: “Tch….”813Please respect copyright.PENANAx8Rbz2kajP
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANAiEiNE2HScV
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.”813Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZlBot1hEq
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAB3Jbnmzz3C
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAMe1Lg7Yllp
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. 813Please respect copyright.PENANA6ryfO0pa5C
Caecius: “Die!!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAmx3bUBn8Iw
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.813Please respect copyright.PENANAgsKJLsLrPg
Moryuu: “You Fool!”813Please respect copyright.PENANAE8Uhmhp40E
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.813Please respect copyright.PENANASrsniiI0bE
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 813Please respect copyright.PENANAlpqxqf0hL7
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”813Please respect copyright.PENANAkTlU2XwVRF
1 Day Till Shift813Please respect copyright.PENANAIztOFJNBLG