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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cusbJteHU
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kz8JPLeWV
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4Cr0BeqI9
???: “Watch out!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp69VkoRlU
Moryuu: “What the-”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3LdedcTAt
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGr9fHlSK9
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcz7dtgtHU
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2VlKXpbNG
???: “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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJTxlujJXd
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrrumLMBSt
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTzOI6AtvG
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSQgULx0Bf
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQdslLLyiW
Moryuu: “Thanks.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBHrECPvVQ
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsbO2SnhYs
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gPTGddltC
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoSlnoLqu8
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbm6Zcmi4sg
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEIj1kXVfl
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSM7p5Hm28
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ8SBna143
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtpyMZpjLK
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrkuZBLRIw
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4vqxB0dwV
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GkuR5EJsG
Talon: “You find him interesting?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xqCt6gtFK
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwnIxnYMDB
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFiRZIFUhW
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YVIkNN1uf
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WIM6FwS9M
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfp1kga1Ry
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLR7AmcX6ZA
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGslx6AdXHF
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhOlSO9i7y
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bxPTStbhT
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGHGSEg9d8
*Footsteps*917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOLqJZcSpn
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmkXD4RKml
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG7yVNCPM9
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKLj1qbaeI
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclScXkOCtl
Caecius: “Mmmm?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoYoQvPH5F
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoBxaPiqQR
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr28C3g3ue
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk6i7oONIG
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbGGzM1TAL
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3r7vxSAbg
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuOFh1BD9r
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLa7ZMomAv
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIqX1wYVAX
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JC8zYQhJs
This is going smoother than I thought. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Nf05jOL17
Moryuu: “!!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF9ReIcIw3
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgGUJrxVGb
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Rsre0mD8a
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq4RxyvnAa
Caecius: “*Glare*”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QD2Wb99FO
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHoFqrmXCo
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IXLuSL7po
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsK5AfBFpT
Caecius: “!!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nwKuIt3wy
Caecius: “Explain.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xjd5XP7M4
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSgwGxc7o4
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUVV4ndha6
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ371X2Y0Ki6
Caecius: “….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexvkJIdZ9z
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLBkU5qUrs
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxetgxScBsP
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAG29ttw27
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOMVgKtZgi
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkWHSibB4W
Caecius: “….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGaFmnZkWS
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyXtQ7Syce
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MBx7byUQJ
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKXsWrdDgW
Caecius: “….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9bx7juql1
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpFR2ma3v9
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdZUAEttcK
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKy4aDAIdI
Caecius: “It can be done!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXj1VK9pfe
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gk8yHNqc1
Caecius: “Silence!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQerKmL8msV
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTubkPB69V
Moryuu: “!!!!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpYmvyfmmG
I'm….suffocating!917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgcgQQ6W1h
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfeBN1HgR9
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcEn7AfRdc
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzpDgN1mV8
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikc0lYWPIr
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVFIWEsT1g
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yo5YSyuJJ
Caecius: “It’s useless!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4aPHshU3B
Moryuu: “Is it?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOeomqVjG3
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ943hppBvK1
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDoCi4VJ8A
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDdxEbFKQj
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWEOIV9Bjo
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbglawuw66e
…917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueAM1TzoCX
..917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUn8vGNgCF
.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXqt07i432
NOW!917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENDYjfbXoP
*Slash*917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pmT1xkQaS
*Slash*917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq52UOBULAN
*Slash*917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq7CmUji1Y
Caecius: “Wha, how!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu9oY2snZ6
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12Zm0FpzCf
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHCKdFooAS
Caecius: “You!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacUM7QXEn8
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QWDuC2BCa
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTn5Nk0ibL
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJdfzqKjZE
Caecius: “GAH!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n10GspnDP
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GK4oDnlTW
Moryuu: “Tch.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA16SRrEoXM
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtKuETPyE4
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7txOYYgsz4
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA29CNXihTe
Moryuu: “What?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt3tjPyUDA
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa64dbiSjeG
Caecius: “The Eye….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tdC83mikC
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAPPsN5rua
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IHZNYbRnz
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL419ldhRnp
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLeYsFjxQZ
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifmOVJRunp
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOveJMWoJEx
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyOReKabku
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDfAkJaf4A
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzd109jKXO
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChEPoKnags
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c5BmBjRCK
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG2FMC8LvV
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMHvZNLU78
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YFqpe3UKC
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3mvpHr0Cd
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXBEmzsHtQ
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunFdCF0prI
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SOhz1YT6T
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpac0ehv2kX
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg0dAp65nw
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCygKgjiks
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYwZwyWZ97
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFOoBM8HVH
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIebPIpr7A
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloLSOXdEUE
Caecius: “Tch….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj7kjvuH9b
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h1VYpCrbt
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.”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn4hCXyoz4
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnd9YrbNAn
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAaCuYZWgy
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. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkYHB73Oyv
Caecius: “Die!!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCPrJW96Km
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZQZTtcvBB
Moryuu: “You Fool!”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1t2hugpN0
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.917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCQr76F0qH
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaH6FtrdKwd
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwf4lGAxaX
1 Day Till Shift917Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGEhOs4aN0
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