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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAf5OyHI0oIw
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.778Please respect copyright.PENANAlCsQBm16r5
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAKLuOwYkROt
???: “Watch out!”778Please respect copyright.PENANABfFlx65uEP
Moryuu: “What the-”778Please respect copyright.PENANASi7keagcda
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.778Please respect copyright.PENANAM18E9d8zEF
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAjZeN69AUTv
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANA06sc2syPZT
???: “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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAV9BRZwopG7
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAXpJHWxlwoi
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAYbgwLWLmLD
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAwBQlq79DuQ
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAaZVWGHwUx1
Moryuu: “Thanks.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAIhzFUzofTV
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”778Please respect copyright.PENANA460bhkOhkg
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAalU5T9IdNM
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAmO3o0nLAan
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ6OE6bo5W
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANA5q6WrxruvT
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAicQCaJ4lLj
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3a6yXsPy3
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.778Please respect copyright.PENANAAcMbOoIWs5
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANACadWJFHQPi
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAjqHadVbdsO
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAfNs79bxBcx
Talon: “You find him interesting?”778Please respect copyright.PENANATDpVSyMOUF
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANALpAps72HZJ
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAiyPtztqR4b
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAyEC0f6ytVO
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAn7JJI1nRmb
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.778Please respect copyright.PENANA6cnnWyhGV7
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAtcSQ9pl0nk
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAiNLj7uXgMe
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAFANjCWXiBq
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAOcLdfX9tKK
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAb9cGu3thJp
*Footsteps*778Please respect copyright.PENANAz06hEXolSA
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAVtRWfwuERR
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAqgwcq2zy3b
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAK1OCuRYwVf
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAoDmhR3CWCC
Caecius: “Mmmm?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAyJXSdHH2g9
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?778Please respect copyright.PENANAprnda3vIGy
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANA37nblpCHYs
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAyCRw47udM4
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAbHyj13ABfz
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAv8zE9uF5y6
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”778Please respect copyright.PENANA6biz5vlb18
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAoooVcfFu93
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAI4cIjblMPN
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAqGDalWkTxj
This is going smoother than I thought. 778Please respect copyright.PENANArUR1x1nOrK
Moryuu: “!!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAvGQwk42eKF
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAaDJYYekglM
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAyAwMNYBM9X
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAoAbnuKf0s5
Caecius: “*Glare*”778Please respect copyright.PENANAseJY6SArLV
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAYzNZW5Zz4w
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAFT0wlpHMhl
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAsfKldvEPUd
Caecius: “!!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAWxAmleIrot
Caecius: “Explain.”778Please respect copyright.PENANA1ILM5XifFl
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”778Please respect copyright.PENANABJRAshGPim
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”778Please respect copyright.PENANANatMbDS0lX
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAXuJgtoHpZ6
Caecius: “….”778Please respect copyright.PENANADNKMn7qJ6d
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”778Please respect copyright.PENANANOde6p08Wj
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAHh4ecXwxiE
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAPfRPnQdZ3a
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAXqyBYspJea
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAN3nseXIuT5
Caecius: “….”778Please respect copyright.PENANAamsvqxS6d0
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANASZleMfgUC4
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAY9kAHJ64oS
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAgNOHZjq02F
Caecius: “….”778Please respect copyright.PENANAuKTcC1cIiq
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAhMGzNIGjEk
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.778Please respect copyright.PENANAOlDISyhUVt
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAYhmEvlugSc
Caecius: “It can be done!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAxWUDgoEn0D
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”778Please respect copyright.PENANATEQhWXBC42
Caecius: “Silence!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAXN4MDnome6
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-778Please respect copyright.PENANA5dBHvVRjoV
Moryuu: “!!!!”778Please respect copyright.PENANA07AKxGeAZ0
I'm….suffocating!778Please respect copyright.PENANA47Mu20HWnF
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAiGxih38sLi
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAWOsDIndLd7
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”778Please respect copyright.PENANAgoSxgFYA0I
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAJvF8kEA6DY
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAQXdH6IcO8E
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAAEWgmLs354
Caecius: “It’s useless!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAOC3rfL2CbE
Moryuu: “Is it?”778Please respect copyright.PENANALxts8cuweh
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 778Please respect copyright.PENANACpHPbuAt15
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAzzlWwBn3mN
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.778Please respect copyright.PENANAiIJJzbnTXt
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.778Please respect copyright.PENANAo2dc2PWjk3
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.778Please respect copyright.PENANAJLvumTGlKn
…778Please respect copyright.PENANAmfHsRwJw1d
..778Please respect copyright.PENANAHCh5lZLnNt
.778Please respect copyright.PENANAHKXtGOylBp
NOW!778Please respect copyright.PENANAvKP0ZW6hkA
*Slash*778Please respect copyright.PENANAyvm15MgFCq
*Slash*778Please respect copyright.PENANAjJzJP1ClZf
*Slash*778Please respect copyright.PENANAV86ROQbIo2
Caecius: “Wha, how!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAanZDQjBP0y
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAmWPy599LnA
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAx7QvrXLrov
Caecius: “You!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAhaljbgvHbZ
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.778Please respect copyright.PENANAohNKG9dZFv
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAMOpHrxL839
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAJRKzMdcddy
Caecius: “GAH!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAaSTkvVLXS4
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-778Please respect copyright.PENANAjloON9NkDj
Moryuu: “Tch.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAykubVbv9B3
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAGMB2Ql6fZn
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”778Please respect copyright.PENANAu5OV1Q52f9
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAUCl3aybxqV
Moryuu: “What?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAy4sZdvyBNI
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAgT7mJ7udUh
Caecius: “The Eye….”778Please respect copyright.PENANALl30qQ3G78
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAyLzc0RICYl
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAfdwsJ6eGhJ
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAZpO9riFhLg
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAS1Qv8XsMwG
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAMos5Jd0uBl
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAZKrri1JrBf
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”778Please respect copyright.PENANATpW8TOSZ3c
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAAajrARkDhu
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]778Please respect copyright.PENANAZBueeLybFV
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.778Please respect copyright.PENANAAj2AsiJJwV
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANA5RtRYOFAAR
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!778Please respect copyright.PENANAIbFs0WHMow
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAdjChqTB3Hn
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.778Please respect copyright.PENANApfp9vlGx0P
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAM5EoXrJPnL
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAAfDwuQagSk
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”778Please respect copyright.PENANAnpV69Wp99A
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.778Please respect copyright.PENANA3k16rgZfY3
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”778Please respect copyright.PENANARJncvOt7vc
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAvz0Gw46tP8
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 778Please respect copyright.PENANAKVTyZlnsHi
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”778Please respect copyright.PENANAfH9QrQJMc2
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAWcVUuHZQOG
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAIDBjXUXgHc
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAKWvdIjcJOT
Caecius: “Tch….”778Please respect copyright.PENANAwTu6nP7CKU
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAK335TcYUUg
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.”778Please respect copyright.PENANAoxWvtqHlhp
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANAEN67l4FdY5
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAGnGEYCQ5Pv
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. 778Please respect copyright.PENANANHynbbOw6y
Caecius: “Die!!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAN2A7s7VvHM
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.778Please respect copyright.PENANAVqKLjxoJPq
Moryuu: “You Fool!”778Please respect copyright.PENANAiy32qeOFtP
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.778Please respect copyright.PENANAfSv60FYY3g
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 778Please respect copyright.PENANA86tMjS5NV0
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”778Please respect copyright.PENANAi7DDGpg7AF
1 Day Till Shift778Please respect copyright.PENANAcSShf0VZCW