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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAADdtjIYs0A
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.535Please respect copyright.PENANAt0GVVvND6B
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAtHly7CIWYo
???: “Watch out!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAFxgsASAB6M
Moryuu: “What the-”535Please respect copyright.PENANAWF0YfM6aIg
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.535Please respect copyright.PENANAZA89yZWAmR
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAhLPO3bdQwH
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAzvSHXDjtaG
???: “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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAAhhfn1ZXZp
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAyadgq7BIOz
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAF5ePWuf0UQ
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAVjl0DTTy7i
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAhzmLokSEpi
Moryuu: “Thanks.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAlDvnurmQAf
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”535Please respect copyright.PENANARrYdewBtOH
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAm4UZxPOGQ3
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA0cm2PfqjvZ
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”535Please respect copyright.PENANABQ9DGd7ZyY
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA2M6EwDwqPl
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAPAYSfl1k2a
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”535Please respect copyright.PENANADg8GLfnKRx
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.535Please respect copyright.PENANAeBLOZPhZz8
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAML5vk2GToi
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAogPk8qRhJd
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAHAS1iiB9mq
Talon: “You find him interesting?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAywuKvBAVPS
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAnK2KBZCiQt
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAa3O2lkoBld
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAss6IGfc0e3
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAYwzVtp5xua
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.535Please respect copyright.PENANAKTTJSlWP2p
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAFJGlYcv2q0
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANA5ph17t3WYD
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAuqQqRwPgsJ
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 535Please respect copyright.PENANATUNpGYof9i
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAar3OT03age
*Footsteps*535Please respect copyright.PENANAgiEEsYaycW
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAoLNywMpALo
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA67ufog8n18
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAM2KoD7sVMQ
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAfimfhCJWGf
Caecius: “Mmmm?”535Please respect copyright.PENANArsnf6Wloe8
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?535Please respect copyright.PENANALSsZaIHmtZ
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAAqhFIeVwcf
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAnthjzbULh9
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAOLsytWMQjf
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAUCS72riHGr
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAqWdTSXKamt
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA4zjDbDEEkj
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA4WHUzvh15d
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAKd3UTCR9xj
This is going smoother than I thought. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZlZ3Stqdny
Moryuu: “!!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAMqkxclTHXH
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAfFdbhrKsSM
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAfEDs7QbwUl
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAwE1pC1Rmfp
Caecius: “*Glare*”535Please respect copyright.PENANAH41zakoVwY
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”535Please respect copyright.PENANACr5VfMIDBt
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA7U7Y5V1WpA
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”535Please respect copyright.PENANANMqVyeFweq
Caecius: “!!”535Please respect copyright.PENANA6rX1ALRRBN
Caecius: “Explain.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAvpR4ze9IVg
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”535Please respect copyright.PENANARnTlAgpZ0z
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAwtQ6LcwMce
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAVcRpIRUmFP
Caecius: “….”535Please respect copyright.PENANAvTLMfl5aJH
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAhYmivWFiyB
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAz8B2xqhlGX
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA7z7enTc4aL
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAnDuVaj9ypR
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAFf1WLU1Nio
Caecius: “….”535Please respect copyright.PENANAQPqUazEp5u
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAywbd68I8Jg
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAdBEj19qnjv
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAdgsujEpOsY
Caecius: “….”535Please respect copyright.PENANAVVxobGYSji
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAG1TWRslsNr
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.535Please respect copyright.PENANAmhCIA9s2Ky
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA5MFrxB4w03
Caecius: “It can be done!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAGOQJTKzf5G
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAjV0m7QkSb1
Caecius: “Silence!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAZcgTPTfAS5
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-535Please respect copyright.PENANApJ8Ha7ZIlW
Moryuu: “!!!!”535Please respect copyright.PENANA9maKCIiGKn
I'm….suffocating!535Please respect copyright.PENANAeW6uKFTBUs
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAU7SNbfL753
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAPso3v5JdRL
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”535Please respect copyright.PENANAtaEGFwPbqC
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAQQg17kShwS
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAlo3CTU48g4
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAobMYJAWQcR
Caecius: “It’s useless!”535Please respect copyright.PENANA8niDySSYzp
Moryuu: “Is it?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAcjqsSOzstH
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAOoxzqrBZpU
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAnQGyj3MN83
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.535Please respect copyright.PENANAw9L1HKLP2C
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.535Please respect copyright.PENANAS2O46WqyxZ
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.535Please respect copyright.PENANAzxk4bsvdpT
…535Please respect copyright.PENANAAIiwpa6Fy8
..535Please respect copyright.PENANAjAYlgCgYVe
.535Please respect copyright.PENANAnUZbqa2CDJ
NOW!535Please respect copyright.PENANAtyDP82voiw
*Slash*535Please respect copyright.PENANAfVhE8Jwsik
*Slash*535Please respect copyright.PENANA5dPqRkMnbr
*Slash*535Please respect copyright.PENANAj44L1lU2wh
Caecius: “Wha, how!”535Please respect copyright.PENANA8qzQqueajj
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAYfpTIU7qam
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA9S9lQ8h7cg
Caecius: “You!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAtF1rCkdNXO
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.535Please respect copyright.PENANABUFWna9oPT
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAV8T0Hw08XS
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAK9id75jWxT
Caecius: “GAH!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAJiA1LXJ6Jv
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-535Please respect copyright.PENANAg2nXcTohoW
Moryuu: “Tch.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAs0B7Uw4MEu
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6XrwIBbyi
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”535Please respect copyright.PENANAUidRZKBg5I
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”535Please respect copyright.PENANARj6VaLOAPF
Moryuu: “What?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1JKaKAb94
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAd4IcPUaAmq
Caecius: “The Eye….”535Please respect copyright.PENANAOtpAzThtIz
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5PqLryWsW
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAr4CyC9w3UX
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANA2wyGqpWt6A
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAVP8Yh0lc5F
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAkFkraFCSKG
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAU9LeL2DrT0
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAq0k0HT6xUd
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAD24bcrGxEB
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]535Please respect copyright.PENANAyoyyjG2Xp3
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.535Please respect copyright.PENANAZEBfkc0rvG
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANArQbKwuKxSh
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!535Please respect copyright.PENANAQz1AmHHnPn
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAxcEF3gMuHG
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.535Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZGzXO5a21
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 535Please respect copyright.PENANA2qHGFA7RWz
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAi0QgZIIyL9
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”535Please respect copyright.PENANAVCG4uFKHKj
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.535Please respect copyright.PENANAXz8TLqPYbc
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAxqZpZDK2U8
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAveUy6FG0zM
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 535Please respect copyright.PENANA0ftgzM8CxF
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”535Please respect copyright.PENANAtZtJkdRyXd
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”535Please respect copyright.PENANACuwjZb1znB
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANABjvzyyam3J
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAdQp6Jgo0SM
Caecius: “Tch….”535Please respect copyright.PENANABbrglBRAzV
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANAVcQFBiuHAQ
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.”535Please respect copyright.PENANA35DSHfY1t8
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANA7oBdmg7ZzU
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAo8BN6EFq0M
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. 535Please respect copyright.PENANARmuU0qEJuB
Caecius: “Die!!”535Please respect copyright.PENANAsResXuj7OW
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.535Please respect copyright.PENANAKjbEu49wcz
Moryuu: “You Fool!”535Please respect copyright.PENANApSKJIPUCKV
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.535Please respect copyright.PENANAwHQYS8i6zI
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 535Please respect copyright.PENANAQAh7QVALRm
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”535Please respect copyright.PENANAsaSyfn3URA
1 Day Till Shift535Please respect copyright.PENANAQSzLwYtOCu