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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAcrJ2bXdsw2
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.745Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z80rwg3wY
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAkXD7hztVEz
???: “Watch out!”745Please respect copyright.PENANASQtjU4wxhV
Moryuu: “What the-”745Please respect copyright.PENANAVkwc7duxWb
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.745Please respect copyright.PENANArke2eck4Pt
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA9p6KEQqh7D
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAwwT0Po1wM2
???: “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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAfhZlJfTCdI
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”745Please respect copyright.PENANArilSlu73jz
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAYQxGaEunFM
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAPdVwuEOKjS
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAICVVZ8zAvb
Moryuu: “Thanks.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA01QPkXkNhN
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”745Please respect copyright.PENANASBffM0NH9q
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAVu9DrcXB3A
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZER49Lq4u
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAxaMGvs0GYF
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAqRxIFTfAQF
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”745Please respect copyright.PENANADhejmKtcSP
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAfjZj79E2Mo
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.745Please respect copyright.PENANAcPkeDxsTH7
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAk6zte3Y2VB
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAwPkv0YWwld
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAVwPMJLqKwN
Talon: “You find him interesting?”745Please respect copyright.PENANA1NaWSU2ceg
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAOdhDvRbdyu
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAE8rYkzt1er
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAn66kBZtTBJ
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAagPW8bytPr
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.745Please respect copyright.PENANARMrqi7eeOW
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAqHO9t0MT1U
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAvR0a1IMNaH
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAYsZTCrniT4
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAKzMkYa0wcD
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAKCSZGYTrVc
*Footsteps*745Please respect copyright.PENANA9uvKFV3jjx
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAk1oNVEMnXI
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”745Please respect copyright.PENANASWUPnjpPIh
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z1M73gfZc
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAAzdI2uyDvC
Caecius: “Mmmm?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAnKxRkF6xJn
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?745Please respect copyright.PENANA4VLfYYdtzZ
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANATNfjqQUqFW
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAItfUMPR6am
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAbIXZau1eu9
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAhznZadwvpJ
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAQFqhqhbpRD
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAN0jYL7HCMs
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAovyVz1LW4D
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAyuXFQRn8bG
This is going smoother than I thought. 745Please respect copyright.PENANArwHWepwlbG
Moryuu: “!!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAYAbPUlgx8x
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 745Please respect copyright.PENANApsqZySEdRr
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAZEn4OmdyzK
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”745Please respect copyright.PENANA0mLt5e7ad4
Caecius: “*Glare*”745Please respect copyright.PENANAmFYEPJgFX9
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAe2EVjSbxnl
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAwlbtL3kGLT
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA0eFk4wdsmJ
Caecius: “!!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAVW7A1rrqDt
Caecius: “Explain.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAEihfstA32L
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAfYPgk6efK5
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAh4CNsVsDyp
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA6aX5ndSqfe
Caecius: “….”745Please respect copyright.PENANAsYOdMk997k
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAKkUpGgGWA9
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAx2KwL0hhpf
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAL2lUlvPPVE
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAbT99z7m0UA
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAl9Z67sN1kG
Caecius: “….”745Please respect copyright.PENANAuqRATut1Fy
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA3sUSC7hNCq
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAeI2zoQiiid
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAfXzbDgVkQj
Caecius: “….”745Please respect copyright.PENANAoXy77Lck48
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA8FlbgZU6qt
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.745Please respect copyright.PENANAG1vJZH5Nk5
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA0Coahw7uke
Caecius: “It can be done!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAMD77IUSaAU
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”745Please respect copyright.PENANADcqbtHhbzG
Caecius: “Silence!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAh5UGbWy38I
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-745Please respect copyright.PENANAdOfcWDwvvE
Moryuu: “!!!!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAzIVwObG2I3
I'm….suffocating!745Please respect copyright.PENANAAfSSE1SX9I
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAW3qbjdLHuo
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA2ME5d9bci4
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”745Please respect copyright.PENANAEHEQ3I9HFu
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAwupbZ9QZCN
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANArH5w4hpBSU
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAsLAzQVD7L2
Caecius: “It’s useless!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAJCMKHqIyrT
Moryuu: “Is it?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAhGKEZ4r2Vi
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMbfetAfVD2
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA79n4fRDFci
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.745Please respect copyright.PENANAksPqhacSK8
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.745Please respect copyright.PENANAWdxWQAM4Fv
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.745Please respect copyright.PENANANAKv1FkaSN
…745Please respect copyright.PENANA9sRXbLmNL8
..745Please respect copyright.PENANAbGU90kgnu2
.745Please respect copyright.PENANA5iozzMrvPY
NOW!745Please respect copyright.PENANADYdSgzCyhr
*Slash*745Please respect copyright.PENANAFpUNX17U5f
*Slash*745Please respect copyright.PENANA27890k9S4F
*Slash*745Please respect copyright.PENANALBrbY61Mdu
Caecius: “Wha, how!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAEt1SuUF8Jz
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAX8XRGNHiVX
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA7MQQ608N0s
Caecius: “You!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAd69jDXNhyQ
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.745Please respect copyright.PENANAPyoCsk1EtR
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAI52OsR3S4c
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAph9ygg1L2j
Caecius: “GAH!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAys2EtaZXX7
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-745Please respect copyright.PENANAOpqBVabQ05
Moryuu: “Tch.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA6VzwgIM8Uo
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA6mC1XChAAJ
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”745Please respect copyright.PENANAs1DiqixEFn
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAA5TdZ90092
Moryuu: “What?”745Please respect copyright.PENANA8dvuQleYka
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAU3PXsYQG4p
Caecius: “The Eye….”745Please respect copyright.PENANA4cmlc2hxdD
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAGYqhmhMLl1
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZIP0jWDJO
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA8cfGiEhflm
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAKWf4nMhvco
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA0oG2P2CW8l
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAplLINn8ISU
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAnngNR1ow6i
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAiY1EfyRIWs
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]745Please respect copyright.PENANA6hrJYwhHf1
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.745Please respect copyright.PENANAIVk2vP8WDj
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAqIjY5a8o4R
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!745Please respect copyright.PENANAEUFyWW5DSq
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAqryNws5Lv5
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.745Please respect copyright.PENANAgAWqS10Qz6
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAKamiQACaYk
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAXcfJV6qepm
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”745Please respect copyright.PENANAsjuEcNrDQu
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.745Please respect copyright.PENANAH5S2GYvxft
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAfDOktvYoTi
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAD1rSAeG7Nt
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 745Please respect copyright.PENANAxNmlFcRHn6
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”745Please respect copyright.PENANAvNl1uuMmAm
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”745Please respect copyright.PENANA48tF7Eer9e
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAOI6Z5bi43Y
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAajuWT24G0n
Caecius: “Tch….”745Please respect copyright.PENANAoO5skmt5cG
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANApj6sbWugwh
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.”745Please respect copyright.PENANAbDEYXDNoP1
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAk7rv8tVJDH
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAxN7P5RD9uF
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. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAa0nnvmROlV
Caecius: “Die!!”745Please respect copyright.PENANABW0naJBvIr
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.745Please respect copyright.PENANAgu8SqD3HBO
Moryuu: “You Fool!”745Please respect copyright.PENANAHSisYyqJdm
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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAPg7WeFDSVJ
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAzZfFeSjCHV
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”745Please respect copyright.PENANAk8QKwxPPvG
1 Day Till Shift745Please respect copyright.PENANAUqR61bO4cm