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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAwuNduahMx2
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.812Please respect copyright.PENANAM0FSiwwnGD
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAnKDPO0YiPx
???: “Watch out!”812Please respect copyright.PENANA8s3xhmwTpx
Moryuu: “What the-”812Please respect copyright.PENANAE6cWOqzwcj
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.812Please respect copyright.PENANANUAyDlweI3
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAn9YzIMtoNC
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANArY6dYlTLcR
???: “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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAMdXrBsKI5w
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA1AnyU46utI
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAurqqIQnz3a
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAkILe589X4X
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”812Please respect copyright.PENANARlKvERVzIX
Moryuu: “Thanks.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA50lGIhTZlw
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAIYOF5DqbYF
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAJuWoKFLEej
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAOmnl0oagNu
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAFbfSesuEpn
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAo77xggr5vi
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”812Please respect copyright.PENANABhOOdz9Uho
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAhIBijtUrut
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.812Please respect copyright.PENANAqM2IEpKosB
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAZusP8GEBfp
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 812Please respect copyright.PENANA9W04qe6bdo
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAFJAoo2JMfP
Talon: “You find him interesting?”812Please respect copyright.PENANA1bY45rTIQW
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAYDyWF8Z30j
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAFW8fN6B17T
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”812Please respect copyright.PENANABKhuXVa3mJ
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANApTJpRjCWfO
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.812Please respect copyright.PENANAXt9ryneeeZ
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 812Please respect copyright.PENANARLVOLkha0u
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAELAJIc6ejj
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANACcmNpROXZR
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAjtaIAQre4X
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANArvLPRXtlOc
*Footsteps*812Please respect copyright.PENANAEx7oLuRalh
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANA9O0ztURN4v
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAa2lqemnu0f
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAUCrMjEZKUL
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAs3CP2Q5exd
Caecius: “Mmmm?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAL47aJVr9mO
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?812Please respect copyright.PENANAvvwlHcB3Gw
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAs03IrQYxiN
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAc9C7qqPgbA
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAelV6cgoYIB
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAEEzRJnK5XY
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAPJYkrlgNoT
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAVVrMrIBxE2
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANACiYXOEnlsr
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAzoIhqzW4AM
This is going smoother than I thought. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAtdHjU8Ahnb
Moryuu: “!!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAO3eQ06xdoh
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAmWm0Mhch8r
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAiLSiTPE1aS
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAMdX3htPyBE
Caecius: “*Glare*”812Please respect copyright.PENANAkPxfv22mRw
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAl8KPyKzJsR
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAisu08hp7Oi
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAzfNo05OQdI
Caecius: “!!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAxeugEyJqzQ
Caecius: “Explain.”812Please respect copyright.PENANApxZ2oQ9evR
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAsG0OzzdoF4
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”812Please respect copyright.PENANABNB8xmNL1A
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAsLLhiomJmf
Caecius: “….”812Please respect copyright.PENANAwOkh4sZrIq
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”812Please respect copyright.PENANA6B23437ksh
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA9PkKtrMP2A
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAntztkAwUMW
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAkSs4vfCCNs
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAUqbUPUflxL
Caecius: “….”812Please respect copyright.PENANAIrCK0a6MmB
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANABctyZE13Id
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”812Please respect copyright.PENANALDFqCRDCfg
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”812Please respect copyright.PENANALTSL4xE8dt
Caecius: “….”812Please respect copyright.PENANAeBKcoPy4Xq
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA99drdilwOu
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.812Please respect copyright.PENANAzny0GwwhgA
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”812Please respect copyright.PENANARQcNzEYLQv
Caecius: “It can be done!”812Please respect copyright.PENANA2804KFgKPY
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAAwjfeOGPvE
Caecius: “Silence!”812Please respect copyright.PENANA7Yvu0rL8d6
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-812Please respect copyright.PENANAEF9CqI3Qa8
Moryuu: “!!!!”812Please respect copyright.PENANA7RifYSCyeZ
I'm….suffocating!812Please respect copyright.PENANAUaq0kkinN7
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”812Please respect copyright.PENANANVsqhlHPaw
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAdeqw8ab1YC
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”812Please respect copyright.PENANAPbSMncS0Hj
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAVqqFDkCpeM
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAzhLCSPANKw
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAdchf2IbhR4
Caecius: “It’s useless!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAyfmzXQibUQ
Moryuu: “Is it?”812Please respect copyright.PENANALwhWUbngEY
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAB6JRjl1esQ
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAEv6vXbpDHK
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.812Please respect copyright.PENANAITiHKVklrJ
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.812Please respect copyright.PENANAeKAgI2hRHi
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.812Please respect copyright.PENANAsEbZ3mPnzq
…812Please respect copyright.PENANAwC1RNYMwKX
..812Please respect copyright.PENANATCwWyAqivo
.812Please respect copyright.PENANAnflY2788PU
NOW!812Please respect copyright.PENANAQLVUMZQqT0
*Slash*812Please respect copyright.PENANA8TAjgJoZhH
*Slash*812Please respect copyright.PENANAwAyjTLykAN
*Slash*812Please respect copyright.PENANAIkm91WYtbt
Caecius: “Wha, how!”812Please respect copyright.PENANABR7fMHc3Kn
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAVLux6OygJs
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA9nXjSFEykU
Caecius: “You!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAJMF9kTN3Hz
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.812Please respect copyright.PENANAlilV2slksR
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANApS0U4qyB3a
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAzc8MtfIAkW
Caecius: “GAH!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAJG3OEbUzmv
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-812Please respect copyright.PENANAHgbkzGwns1
Moryuu: “Tch.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA4RNVLQdhJD
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAyPtglnHtA8
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”812Please respect copyright.PENANA6hB7fn3cpe
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAC9ZZY9lKw0
Moryuu: “What?”812Please respect copyright.PENANASbu5VoTiGP
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANALjI90c31wG
Caecius: “The Eye….”812Please respect copyright.PENANArWzchg4RTx
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANARSYzAriL2l
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAIj15FYANkS
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAPRC8B2Ynst
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAMNp9EOuA58
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAFctu9c75SJ
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”812Please respect copyright.PENANACdvH8JLX7U
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA0PLmj0isFm
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAYpqnfxuKmq
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]812Please respect copyright.PENANAIZvKGkxPvV
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.812Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gr8uadTU8
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAC1ZOBQTmyd
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!812Please respect copyright.PENANAE3NPv08NxR
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAPYGw8XXQGz
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.812Please respect copyright.PENANAymPIK46WUi
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 812Please respect copyright.PENANA4g5RRzPrkA
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAa454Byrdsq
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”812Please respect copyright.PENANAx86jFtZgu7
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.812Please respect copyright.PENANAgEeDTeVEN2
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAD0l1hRbMh5
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAQCv0HKBQjb
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 812Please respect copyright.PENANA48YRL0YwqD
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”812Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZI9M39eCS
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAayW0LDE1Eg
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA4B1XA1C0Yy
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAoyyMDTYo82
Caecius: “Tch….”812Please respect copyright.PENANAIxsSIBKBBM
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y4LhnhjV4
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.”812Please respect copyright.PENANAexbWknGf9i
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAxPgq3nzURx
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAf9d4XQuet5
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. 812Please respect copyright.PENANAPx5ONxgsC9
Caecius: “Die!!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAJvAwsV2D1X
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.812Please respect copyright.PENANAMt3PFdLTlN
Moryuu: “You Fool!”812Please respect copyright.PENANAW9ijgpk8ZA
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.812Please respect copyright.PENANAlqK5Rndveo
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 812Please respect copyright.PENANA1fHHDXbUNV
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”812Please respect copyright.PENANAYtazGYR9FQ
1 Day Till Shift812Please respect copyright.PENANAJz0oRK3rwa