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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh5HGlZuFg
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEzMKtR8WQ
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JNhjSSl4Z
???: “Watch out!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4KhCOfS2y
Moryuu: “What the-”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJzWPXcQ87
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP14yi4QJj
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0luL4SvPe
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLMP2ERy4q
???: “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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopZMr5ew2m
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmKGO5C3fy
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaQg6hnoa7
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe7odTO2hi
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDG4D2O55x
Moryuu: “Thanks.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQD0D4fyED
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9LsZpZcvz
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs390baPehY
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUpyBxlL4p
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWJ9jdZWTs
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneYkCGKOTx
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgToXAHnpXI
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzgsZbCsW3
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSzwvRzAMC
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfk7LLbvZxl
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC6SA3miJ4
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22JC6MnXvy
Talon: “You find him interesting?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbudf5BzqZ
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67mfTHofPy
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCoWyuxWz7
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxyVzeaalg
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMxNS3oumn
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLLKGIpbrZ
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDDMalnsWP
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EQ0iR0hnX
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3veptpnRe
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztZI0G9B66
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx2biZ5Wzt
*Footsteps*1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsNrRsft31
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfmLCP2FIg
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ2KAoRN9o
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWPbAYK5Vd
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgymz3yW7VD
Caecius: “Mmmm?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZROH1vH7k
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nnnIGL7rt
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdosVE5reUv
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4oXqHSod0
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxLNBE5m7D
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtFCXYVnHY
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyni0GbUXl5
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREEIAcpd7s
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22Mduz1rvh
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyd6EzRDaV
This is going smoother than I thought. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZCVF5mQAm
Moryuu: “!!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpTqe3kc99
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OyGontWK6
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Bo0q1lF3A
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhRXnGAPz7
Caecius: “*Glare*”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHya1sn4tZ
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLNVbTO7KL
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6PID33bMU
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK573kAoN0
Caecius: “!!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5t9zAZ3mL
Caecius: “Explain.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFiTk5RJqP
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AyGAKgoIr
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI32KKbiAoQ
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7t7FPTc6fC
Caecius: “….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jYi1M6diI
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa0rbfer1N
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9iPgO1Hzj
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8RxMapYJ8
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOhIXEt6Iy
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dviwJ9Sin
Caecius: “….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ7G5WhW6D
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVHi9oqDIj
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdglqppAa7y
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkP0wkDxZH
Caecius: “….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghLdpqL5BL
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TIZaTiXKN
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpv1fbvq8J
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevPtFpr1CL
Caecius: “It can be done!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEUEb5ZTlQ
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qv9hAPd5L
Caecius: “Silence!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkpghYWjRx
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡace7NwAwNP
Moryuu: “!!!!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyNx16BCEG
I'm….suffocating!1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrbFLzalYJ
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwqptHNtN8
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi6Z3AWZp0
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4IPnuKrws
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2PYrdZAt7
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCIVlzQ9y8
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdGPA2LP1C
Caecius: “It’s useless!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ485fHLjlcA
Moryuu: “Is it?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAoUdDOTOb
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGVzoThDsJ
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9GF9QTkgM
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wZhHXiqSf
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkfiLNQ3yO
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvBE32AHiM
…1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXI7pMkqcD
..1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjtdBqcxTp
.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSy1xNVJSM
NOW!1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3b1FtIuqWw
*Slash*1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3CdRmW3hy
*Slash*1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdReIuKYyZg
*Slash*1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4BUjppaxg
Caecius: “Wha, how!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxX6Fsc3zi
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSnBz44c0A
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZocOBIo4F
Caecius: “You!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4Qrl5rIRw
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrMtQAmeqR
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVQn77oEG3
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUfClCS16j
Caecius: “GAH!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYI1ns0Wah
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7B4ezzLrg
Moryuu: “Tch.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiDfW7pxnA
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QW2tBWtox
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlZr1bMr1N
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7OGYrl4oP
Moryuu: “What?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXdNVEgcX0
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVCfeSRWGp
Caecius: “The Eye….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2tJszJq9L
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn1EpZ0uZV
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7Xep7EZqX
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwBSW1bP5o
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBHwHaZQKe
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GHuybKHNx
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrpNElThyI
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtifgnBGMXN
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0bhpGyJuK
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWO7Cgd7rm
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGM14C8ziZ
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB10GnmzPZ
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXb6AHoJGf
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LDonmfBRd
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhfHstTCvm
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL1SqYWNM2
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobLkx0LuHp
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMC1pXkKAZ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjjSNceMVU
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3oCv2mLKv
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl3nyWxVWL
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7sgIOursM
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3Rn2rnazO
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYOhQYbF9B
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQMOsk8Ra3
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgeBP5Gh6I
Caecius: “Tch….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEUg2ORjJ6
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfACCwmfXWa
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.”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRpRwldHmp
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhHp7P3dYv
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdRBHbLcqH
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. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHECEQ5a8B
Caecius: “Die!!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SJoV8eW1r
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UTcV8i45v
Moryuu: “You Fool!”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYspWdBN8OC
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.1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY0Tnt2uLW
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQyVycjPSV
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNlG3KxVTB
1 Day Till Shift1212Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONJ9aEiNHH
and then Add to home screen.