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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSvi8ZYtIB
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTjgdeWXSb
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnnkrgcrup
???: “Watch out!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4xOnZrLEc
Moryuu: “What the-”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl2xe4ehhS
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt6coUNSEg
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjp7Dc32UH
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpMu8LNj4I
???: “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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv6Byh3mAe
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSdJUU4wY4
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDooYURT696
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8drC3j6fz
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJABvExrdPS
Moryuu: “Thanks.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDde1GOqRI
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTheB5vzWiM
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BxPVRgAhc
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrtXQzWWVV
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx4rLxmaZa
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3Po7jzIfD
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zl4Y5d83E
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ2M8Wz3xU
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3mdPL2K5z
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhXnPca6sT
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jwL4PahJs
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjA6azEbpd
Talon: “You find him interesting?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj42mkjU7cQ
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4nGVOyUSl
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKW7GLyXUU
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmZmBAz2bP
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU4vUIl9ZF
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ0BCdTB0d
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4VYtHI8EN
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNETdGTkw5
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Of0hvbYFq
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasUHkdZErE
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbcFQpubzf
*Footsteps*782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YintmWrgG
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltAGyEY7Ms
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0wu7iEhgh
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeuGA3rYiu
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHLhVhu4nT
Caecius: “Mmmm?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwOBWGRfUr
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2pYPrWSzJ
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIt7gfLHst
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEucxFaxhO
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrXhE5gkF2
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGJFulC8Lb
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwyFieCOXD
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2rq3Jg9P4
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3v8CDRN9Q
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfsG92IhtZ
This is going smoother than I thought. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34Uy30sKe5
Moryuu: “!!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNE6jZ3Erup
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hOZG8i2N1
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaTisPhJdD
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATZVWHYWIV
Caecius: “*Glare*”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw51F6fYDyY
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG1SFozbq0
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVT7vDdLmaO
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MGbckiAv1
Caecius: “!!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQPMBDsvwz
Caecius: “Explain.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDS3LWJq6PY
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEyWp5kT2W
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn79W5e9ATS
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemxNUYlTV1
Caecius: “….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzNOUBQMVN
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTQMDm4wZy
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpdg5H5spu
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBZeqWx6gS
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIqp1H15bS
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxpwMjqzkL
Caecius: “….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2Hxs7z7QE
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAgxluJ8Jl
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNNlL7k7rB
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mG6s8jQL8
Caecius: “….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0L6fWqWAq
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOJTC6pYuf
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGzfo9HoQ1
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf7332Nju4
Caecius: “It can be done!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjrluoiZHg
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc29hPYvSi
Caecius: “Silence!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bmrYKazSA
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKO6jCMAuS
Moryuu: “!!!!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1GtJlEHBw
I'm….suffocating!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlD2mHcsG0H
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCU4NItvQL
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDMXhYJvqU
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCowOn767N
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfguUg1KG8G
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtbgsqJ3Jm
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOw9NvWxW5
Caecius: “It’s useless!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOucF3r9qDz
Moryuu: “Is it?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztingog7Wr
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxJPgC2EhH
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIJ3MNyo0D
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWVoYRrTPA
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEloqi6YLC
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZXDbOxisg
…782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ976wmThQ03
..782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyDFOFEnT4
.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsWTuVb9DL
NOW!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbf9kcXqVWw
*Slash*782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInV26DklVi
*Slash*782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ8HEP4gv5
*Slash*782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31jBi3r3fL
Caecius: “Wha, how!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNv8MBZkzH
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o4V9MFdMo
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5IH1d4un9
Caecius: “You!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjET5P9bLTw
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPh3PI87dA
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20GSBcgND7
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI1TPLulir
Caecius: “GAH!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz64ndex3R9
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7pCz3ycGM
Moryuu: “Tch.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmoXPNTS1o
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeuVLhdhQz
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3HwzcVcD6
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDl6T2pDPl
Moryuu: “What?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0iBLAncNT
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw84Kf1HXj
Caecius: “The Eye….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCNf1SauWt
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdIDrn5bgn
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a3B3YqE2j
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubmxJNsNTN
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhtBgNRH0w
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrMrm2Kpha
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeYPlFdBgN
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA7T8IHSCf
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ria67YVQh
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPup9Ak4HN2
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHxklxTFEy
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1lOhy9Yqq
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFmhMlGW8e
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKxA1sYULd
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2nZPl8bT8
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fKfcC6XbI
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLzcg8Oe7Z
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRekt5b5PB
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4iO3IPxP1
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TN0rasU2G
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZvNYmVdo5
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3zMpaGWf1
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYjjmLQkd0
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx85jOmQ70
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93adyuiBLQ
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0cTjrm7MP
Caecius: “Tch….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThZx7vjcGw
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n6gxcbdo5
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.”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIisOGuPFJP
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aX9zjjXYb
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUhufcbCTc
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. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnjKgE4sM5
Caecius: “Die!!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVauXMgjZC
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5cExPwS6P
Moryuu: “You Fool!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPClRkxdX8t
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.782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3OSq4r7xr
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AwQwoEtnn
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1824aOh7sL
1 Day Till Shift782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEaSfqmjm5
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