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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAtSpJGf9232
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.545Please respect copyright.PENANA8zaLFQpuTE
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAcF7AjK2LML
???: “Watch out!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAlMShwJTUpr
Moryuu: “What the-”545Please respect copyright.PENANANHfMNqwhDN
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.545Please respect copyright.PENANAPotc7SV1MW
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”545Please respect copyright.PENANABzm1gWLLZL
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAPs6xkwwfh9
???: “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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA8Zi9i5Pmu0
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA3cKuGtI0Aj
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA9v0K4vSpAt
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”545Please respect copyright.PENANA8q6NdGhWFu
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAf9mwIL71tZ
Moryuu: “Thanks.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAtD1rN7li2f
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”545Please respect copyright.PENANATfYWufO771
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”545Please respect copyright.PENANACdjggqGJbD
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAl2Z7nwspsy
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA7K3RYWTJ2x
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAccfgIiDCyJ
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAwsba3hNRTa
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAep9x5VfHmF
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.545Please respect copyright.PENANAOqEJzEmwfR
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANATmcKKUH78s
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8sglom10j6
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAutIoEn2x27
Talon: “You find him interesting?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAnX036Wiw7G
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAZNPFjFRtlt
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 545Please respect copyright.PENANASwvj1OHh45
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAk4KAqlxdcM
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAppYBnLGgPQ
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.545Please respect copyright.PENANAWjBmh0R6rN
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 545Please respect copyright.PENANASJNrHE7Dm6
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAePPJagEaZu
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAQKpbrB9YU1
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAgjICfdtJZS
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAEfVWMVq4fR
*Footsteps*545Please respect copyright.PENANAG15VSFrNDh
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANA6xoesNtSdx
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAWwLKH4VbvS
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANA35BBNeiHZM
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYUe568Ta7B
Caecius: “Mmmm?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAg4OpCAK3B2
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?545Please respect copyright.PENANAWQlIDYQVfn
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAJCqpyFhqUz
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAD7yVoStWWq
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAtUdXY1YqHY
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAtLDCrDgRGl
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAykjCbP2AWr
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA9ScZDkACTE
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAK5e3iiQqSi
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAqRdkNVGWqK
This is going smoother than I thought. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAUn7NHTmLSW
Moryuu: “!!”545Please respect copyright.PENANATkQZuhIll7
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAmYUPcnGrKI
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAeL2jJY20VZ
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”545Please respect copyright.PENANABCGIA2qIwg
Caecius: “*Glare*”545Please respect copyright.PENANAxrKENUk4k9
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAl5lRI42NZn
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAimXaZlV3gR
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAeM7FXTJBhF
Caecius: “!!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAdk0qvtUn6n
Caecius: “Explain.”545Please respect copyright.PENANASLD60MLWcz
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”545Please respect copyright.PENANASrhd9LaPBn
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAumuHsRZSyu
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAIs8WmGhmEZ
Caecius: “….”545Please respect copyright.PENANAYHbARb2QDF
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”545Please respect copyright.PENANADvPHB7Va64
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAz6Fk2nYwgt
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAwMf3pGtv6j
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAwgQJHgJacT
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAiKAAGYpQ1K
Caecius: “….”545Please respect copyright.PENANASQtXU1cbAc
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAvUzaGhzjxj
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAqQkGGXRU3o
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA79WBSXSqqP
Caecius: “….”545Please respect copyright.PENANAZXqZXBheZB
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA79UZxSUdBN
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.545Please respect copyright.PENANAenJJ5MsQf0
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA08EKBYoQOB
Caecius: “It can be done!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAE7K2eExOtn
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”545Please respect copyright.PENANASEt2Ibu3JR
Caecius: “Silence!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAM96hrAMJoO
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-545Please respect copyright.PENANA1Wd1TPjiRD
Moryuu: “!!!!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAcc40DULYlu
I'm….suffocating!545Please respect copyright.PENANAjajLJLyJE9
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAVNzmPvz23W
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAsk5LLbwCXX
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”545Please respect copyright.PENANAHt60XRxdCt
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAxr22k71mtX
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAHy6Z7LG9rb
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANA65Hq6LIhQb
Caecius: “It’s useless!”545Please respect copyright.PENANARItrPRoHho
Moryuu: “Is it?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAGtaWBM6E00
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 545Please respect copyright.PENANABlb00GJqCv
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA86gQOOkvyA
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.545Please respect copyright.PENANAGcqaCA0kX3
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.545Please respect copyright.PENANADkOHCbfjkN
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.545Please respect copyright.PENANAIHkbrSMo6l
…545Please respect copyright.PENANARm5ftfkV1c
..545Please respect copyright.PENANA2Jp4ClRa8K
.545Please respect copyright.PENANAfa5UJaG51M
NOW!545Please respect copyright.PENANAguK4UwQtpl
*Slash*545Please respect copyright.PENANAI6ie9GDCgm
*Slash*545Please respect copyright.PENANA0uC7t2kuoh
*Slash*545Please respect copyright.PENANAO7lu3rkhvT
Caecius: “Wha, how!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAl7FzEi9Lxh
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAFNY2SGWgvx
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAh8VdQLL8y2
Caecius: “You!”545Please respect copyright.PENANA29g7rzgGxI
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.545Please respect copyright.PENANAjtEn5v09Ns
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAoQQ797Saac
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAeMqH9mFW6L
Caecius: “GAH!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAdiMAC53PAZ
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-545Please respect copyright.PENANAI9i37OQTvh
Moryuu: “Tch.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAXP60WKfRso
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAF8RcOWERys
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”545Please respect copyright.PENANA8t3cwuFN87
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAfQy7atl1TW
Moryuu: “What?”545Please respect copyright.PENANA6WN7yPpV9S
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANA5saTuqn9eT
Caecius: “The Eye….”545Please respect copyright.PENANA6gX56H1qjj
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANACbsADxxDmz
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAYdRwbytmhN
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAHOKgjiud7E
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAEtvUKyduKz
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAqXMrJtzZZ0
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAjmjmOoWPzQ
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAq3Qz1OIeSz
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAAkcHSHz2qV
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]545Please respect copyright.PENANA5iJoTcxK0M
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.545Please respect copyright.PENANA5dvNYMR7w5
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANA2qJzEqCHWY
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!545Please respect copyright.PENANA11hCOb5lZ6
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAKmIYmyRZ01
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.545Please respect copyright.PENANA1nppVRld46
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAySIQjObO8z
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAtjri9QSZgI
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”545Please respect copyright.PENANAkqKfjwWalI
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.545Please respect copyright.PENANAuVydrLogkY
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAD6xtI3sAMS
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAgDhlg5EoeL
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 545Please respect copyright.PENANAZEORsb966F
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”545Please respect copyright.PENANApMpJdRuSOH
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAihLg66p1UY
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAYdeP3XgsN9
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”545Please respect copyright.PENANAWwtEk9Xy4O
Caecius: “Tch….”545Please respect copyright.PENANA0I9nuDV6T5
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA2kdRqocq9h
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.”545Please respect copyright.PENANA7J62XDogYP
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANA8tQdhD8zSy
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAmL980mI4OF
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. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAKwEYqFULCG
Caecius: “Die!!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAMXbbrJgLMn
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.545Please respect copyright.PENANAChcdLCs79S
Moryuu: “You Fool!”545Please respect copyright.PENANAtsqsVNZTQ0
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.545Please respect copyright.PENANAHtpBlblHPr
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 545Please respect copyright.PENANAtKT0kV1xF6
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”545Please respect copyright.PENANAU6gjgVRh9e
1 Day Till Shift545Please respect copyright.PENANAeC24jXjms5