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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAao3XKGdUCC
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.542Please respect copyright.PENANASDrsR7jMCl
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAMPAnvGK6sZ
???: “Watch out!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAEOB94nkRr2
Moryuu: “What the-”542Please respect copyright.PENANAp7EO869Jsf
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.542Please respect copyright.PENANAEMFBW6U3XX
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”542Please respect copyright.PENANACmphzjdzhM
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAUsXzM355Fm
???: “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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAVU4lfQrAeQ
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA5QLJPnqGRC
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAIlndLafThh
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”542Please respect copyright.PENANA8iT9CrtjTA
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAvBf12luS8m
Moryuu: “Thanks.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAGSVoZP6ZnN
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAzWJndlUSo5
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAdPAJQm02o1
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANACTr3MjvzHg
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA5UklrUoMH5
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAInSpzAA773
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAHJhpFFgJQc
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”542Please respect copyright.PENANATERBNOnObX
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.542Please respect copyright.PENANA1zVOjcXzsG
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA7e7iAqMt44
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAcupcSDFfFC
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA1FEuKjDEW5
Talon: “You find him interesting?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAApZIy5GN79
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAJvHXnolnCf
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAOCn8CtVqwK
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAsnIYHTq9Lg
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANA3lIfrvS4Wo
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.542Please respect copyright.PENANAueGc6cmU1P
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAfOfd72w7KL
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAicHtqLEXSC
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAC8XmNJUs5H
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAO0qFWCK02p
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAT6oKfxNs49
*Footsteps*542Please respect copyright.PENANAiiYjfKIk9J
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAlUDS0puNxK
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”542Please respect copyright.PENANABdkz2FfFgi
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAsVr7kEbhFz
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 542Please respect copyright.PENANASpadqKzri5
Caecius: “Mmmm?”542Please respect copyright.PENANACUsJhTtkL0
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?542Please respect copyright.PENANAOQa2YIwh0J
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANADkjvby0MeF
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAG5rwuuh39q
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAeXFs9u3CyF
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAMFnJdtuy6W
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”542Please respect copyright.PENANASx2nlc0bjO
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”542Please respect copyright.PENANApefImhGeVX
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAYPSU9jDCYf
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”542Please respect copyright.PENANADvSEc54fft
This is going smoother than I thought. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAcwkPFHQgeP
Moryuu: “!!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAU9qV3UmzCn
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 542Please respect copyright.PENANARgF6gAEoAE
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAFkAxlK20Mb
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAZRXoTJE0ye
Caecius: “*Glare*”542Please respect copyright.PENANAI4Vdl05xjN
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”542Please respect copyright.PENANACpWIbZIAcx
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAwj3Ip8j4UM
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAWNI01DJmt3
Caecius: “!!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAdDaz0hhHZm
Caecius: “Explain.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAdWA2aWzK5m
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAgSimP70B74
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAyZNKbRmWPW
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA7cqVYAQ6u4
Caecius: “….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAOPDCH1zAo9
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAFYtMXzlAYu
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAImQd3Vqy0y
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAh1b7xcCQOf
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”542Please respect copyright.PENANANq9aeeWZvh
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAcWRDq2YwP3
Caecius: “….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAi34omxzsBA
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA26R7ZJJ75U
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”542Please respect copyright.PENANA5v0NiO4YYd
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAKMVQNUZHub
Caecius: “….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAvayXQWlotV
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAcqFFegQPUS
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.542Please respect copyright.PENANAbVmBUBPPEZ
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAtvwskaYG1Z
Caecius: “It can be done!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAZg58p4G253
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAMChT0tgkVp
Caecius: “Silence!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAu2P6G2JyYZ
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-542Please respect copyright.PENANAoGffw8JKak
Moryuu: “!!!!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAbx06OSKfMI
I'm….suffocating!542Please respect copyright.PENANA4PvMtrR3P0
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAglYvBXmLOy
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 542Please respect copyright.PENANA1CwQ07iAXr
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”542Please respect copyright.PENANAkGceZ3F5Cf
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAjMiebPAENV
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAc5dLWKq7v3
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANA43zI4Ta6U8
Caecius: “It’s useless!”542Please respect copyright.PENANA6sMr7VpjNe
Moryuu: “Is it?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAIPWdbw1hfi
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAHBqKrz4GKZ
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA42TZFgIWdM
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.542Please respect copyright.PENANAs7v7iBZGTK
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.542Please respect copyright.PENANAqjrEXxCkhm
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.542Please respect copyright.PENANArLAvEdScOG
…542Please respect copyright.PENANA20IWtttHEo
..542Please respect copyright.PENANA6bMZqrM1lk
.542Please respect copyright.PENANA9woK5uip6x
NOW!542Please respect copyright.PENANAv9AIZhgoMm
*Slash*542Please respect copyright.PENANARDrX3QIsH0
*Slash*542Please respect copyright.PENANAqLlJfHyzR0
*Slash*542Please respect copyright.PENANA8QlczEnTaL
Caecius: “Wha, how!”542Please respect copyright.PENANA3UafKERoiK
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAO2xpjGDedx
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAfxu1OUV1go
Caecius: “You!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8HagkSRdz
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.542Please respect copyright.PENANAFzgwmbiUEs
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAaX38VUyOsa
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANApxlAGQXdte
Caecius: “GAH!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAvduTWZ4hlx
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-542Please respect copyright.PENANAuUfeUZWjlT
Moryuu: “Tch.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAjKmGAf5K02
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANA34DyOoZ3Hv
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”542Please respect copyright.PENANAMSqTgMrgrI
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA936avUDFhD
Moryuu: “What?”542Please respect copyright.PENANAUp4bcliKes
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAP5bGMuBfib
Caecius: “The Eye….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAHpI0lZsRoe
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAOKBzGoRO4A
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANADTMMzKExL3
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANA68axjRQRM9
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAJB8KZlDROM
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA7SpdZ2JjjK
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA7qbzOWJAvE
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAKt0gE6HAJc
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAJUsR23nbgI
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]542Please respect copyright.PENANAqzh9J5qRVo
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.542Please respect copyright.PENANArBzvZIlVhQ
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAOElgNNAvye
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!542Please respect copyright.PENANAv1s3mOtXGq
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAKoqnSpPMO0
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.542Please respect copyright.PENANAbOFTKGuIce
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAJv278JixyI
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAWjzf42qyuy
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”542Please respect copyright.PENANA0Smd5cQwRr
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.542Please respect copyright.PENANAPsS59RHLMq
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Q4WOQeuS
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAMlkaIX63E9
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 542Please respect copyright.PENANAIB5rrxkwa1
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAtqqIrEIOHJ
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAwdqGi9g5yI
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAW7q74nZxTB
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAAbISag7WnS
Caecius: “Tch….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAAoColOPbSc
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANA6mzUuAQo8h
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.”542Please respect copyright.PENANAhzOLc3VIYI
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANA9gMR2h1jKB
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAwzPo646cHl
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. 542Please respect copyright.PENANA61UYFd0rkF
Caecius: “Die!!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAvXydmWKDzt
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.542Please respect copyright.PENANAwEm0NvnoZZ
Moryuu: “You Fool!”542Please respect copyright.PENANAYytuOuEqmX
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.542Please respect copyright.PENANAkpoR4nw4jJ
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 542Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Rk7It3M9
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”542Please respect copyright.PENANAmFe7bplsyP
1 Day Till Shift542Please respect copyright.PENANAKjy9tjwglG