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.738Please respect copyright.PENANAcprx6v3s1A
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.738Please respect copyright.PENANAUSXWM58lEh
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANACbm3PJd0yn
???: “Watch out!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAlynuLoXSpb
Moryuu: “What the-”738Please respect copyright.PENANAAJL469z2sC
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.738Please respect copyright.PENANARgbtltpFCF
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAlwogGGq9b2
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAt6e9gfOoej
???: “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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAy4pr8lPiPk
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAn1KxPcZ1A7
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAeyD5VvgJZe
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAJeMotvS243
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAuKCZAj5M96
Moryuu: “Thanks.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAMJVxi21ERB
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAS4IteQrFIP
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”738Please respect copyright.PENANA9JMn5L0RHv
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAuLQ3vSdtUz
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”738Please respect copyright.PENANA2XyXWBfn0J
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANApGbQgGoCqq
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAtnlUqZaTsx
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAkWti4839iX
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.738Please respect copyright.PENANABpkHeBN23G
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANACGHH09byls
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAtltFOZEDH9
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”738Please respect copyright.PENANA2ARRo7EQYj
Talon: “You find him interesting?”738Please respect copyright.PENANANsQsFmK5pk
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAjNRvvC9RI8
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAxFmpSfDm0R
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAUAEMKFukoX
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAIXf2j6MEUE
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.738Please respect copyright.PENANArqLb5XK8OS
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAlAU2JnKGZh
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANA1atHyi1IJY
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAiEcwLAAMgB
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAqM09xvbpwp
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAAiVY49xIPX
*Footsteps*738Please respect copyright.PENANAfFZ0E6vJ7k
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANApe7flEgQ4I
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”738Please respect copyright.PENANA7rAyrrXenJ
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANAhbJssRrjYg
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAbAy7DMNAF6
Caecius: “Mmmm?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAAKfeuPOmxP
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?738Please respect copyright.PENANAXJch6FgKom
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAPybZtzvv2s
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0crLd1mUl
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”738Please respect copyright.PENANA3S08V1CSSq
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAjFSMtrxLiD
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAw7do0xuLXW
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAXxmVYQShyg
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAWmcdgtlA3u
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAunUIKBc0Si
This is going smoother than I thought. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAZUBK4gREdE
Moryuu: “!!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAvBjnOlwtzk
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAHxnIELrkss
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAI6tNCmhBhv
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAz0c4C7Fet2
Caecius: “*Glare*”738Please respect copyright.PENANA7GILmeIDuZ
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAAiTOU6hur6
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAggJguoUxGO
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAplo5oLz9Vn
Caecius: “!!”738Please respect copyright.PENANADiTdEx7Pbd
Caecius: “Explain.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAvvg9yyAloQ
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAj44JAnGTPb
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAAvuNhTkKFe
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAEze7adtLU3
Caecius: “….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAxQr5jffrkJ
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAHijQKLZJ3b
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAiu0rZM8rF5
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAnfJetpwoi8
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAMHYiqX4qpz
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAHCBz4530co
Caecius: “….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAgw9bTN9CPV
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANA2gvMucqopr
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAJR7nfPJJIG
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAFZNZoC1W9P
Caecius: “….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAD2UZWs0bVB
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAwryK7aRxh6
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.738Please respect copyright.PENANALNKUmhKpWk
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAECz5VfYbHT
Caecius: “It can be done!”738Please respect copyright.PENANABjf6Z5aYKs
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAwFlPb3jdhC
Caecius: “Silence!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAGeAORE73uh
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-738Please respect copyright.PENANAleA1kNN1yp
Moryuu: “!!!!”738Please respect copyright.PENANA5zqC1PnLl9
I'm….suffocating!738Please respect copyright.PENANAM3kxjc6qXj
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAWq6YlagPSq
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAsMSQt9IimI
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”738Please respect copyright.PENANACYYB46USMi
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”738Please respect copyright.PENANA3dzVz1NU0i
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAdtxZAi9NQZ
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANAJKxBux3WCA
Caecius: “It’s useless!”738Please respect copyright.PENANATbtyl21upD
Moryuu: “Is it?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAowCFWH5kFI
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAgOwlVIVpBo
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAoDCIVB6BRs
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.738Please respect copyright.PENANAITAEja7hIq
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.738Please respect copyright.PENANAQJC3NG1oOL
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.738Please respect copyright.PENANA2NLzERN5Ko
…738Please respect copyright.PENANAsAuIfdKml8
..738Please respect copyright.PENANA36aIpCUKPp
.738Please respect copyright.PENANA1E6WBITtyN
NOW!738Please respect copyright.PENANAQP9nQsEXkf
*Slash*738Please respect copyright.PENANA5RkEjTrqKy
*Slash*738Please respect copyright.PENANAcaVvoWOIFU
*Slash*738Please respect copyright.PENANAJzbfTHWSHH
Caecius: “Wha, how!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAIDFeU7oSZu
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAAROdwB3kC4
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAOwCyKRommk
Caecius: “You!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAEZfnp7iDDb
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.738Please respect copyright.PENANAoIQzPuCZNx
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANA7UG6wcpRlx
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAhOAvUZRH6v
Caecius: “GAH!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAt9zD9DApbN
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-738Please respect copyright.PENANA3Heb2lejNA
Moryuu: “Tch.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAFHXNAenSn8
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAX5NLykczlG
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”738Please respect copyright.PENANA5UYvrfXSZ3
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAC0KFY83Uvp
Moryuu: “What?”738Please respect copyright.PENANA0ncbyGGPLI
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANA0b6E4Xu6Ma
Caecius: “The Eye….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAP5Nnz2J9uq
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAXS4W48ALJE
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANA9HejYA6AOl
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAeE0YdTdJLe
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAeaOJ4WEd2B
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAYnIAGUCvNh
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”738Please respect copyright.PENANASLBN2kZ3EJ
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAwCghbPaJk9
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAYRnDfHpEZA
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]738Please respect copyright.PENANAJKH7FSRLaV
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.738Please respect copyright.PENANAjvGzcKGoY5
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANAIM46YliirP
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!738Please respect copyright.PENANATRilV209Ar
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 738Please respect copyright.PENANA4uDIXO6ZBq
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.738Please respect copyright.PENANAUuoYSL7oBy
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 738Please respect copyright.PENANA8v5mu48txH
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAmMWwlvuJcU
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”738Please respect copyright.PENANAL3twTjOCPp
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.738Please respect copyright.PENANAAiEKkOvICM
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAvbomvplCry
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAZXcssfg7aU
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 738Please respect copyright.PENANAQdCpsg1UXI
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAZSTD3iodHX
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAZy6wgHdVrg
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANA3FO0mXX6ES
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”738Please respect copyright.PENANA8EW5rLozM5
Caecius: “Tch….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAD9GZtPUmTR
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAR23qf0t4ly
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.”738Please respect copyright.PENANAYJbhod0b17
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANALChx2Z1k6j
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAjffId0fmop
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. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAb83CSiGm82
Caecius: “Die!!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAs0qdJNi88I
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.738Please respect copyright.PENANAbIGKfeOZxl
Moryuu: “You Fool!”738Please respect copyright.PENANAwW81LUp7Yc
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.738Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZG9sHlZL2
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 738Please respect copyright.PENANAMyjHerX2Db
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”738Please respect copyright.PENANAVqVpFbuUYZ
1 Day Till Shift738Please respect copyright.PENANAbxuC5grh04