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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAqFzWHIZxGI
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.566Please respect copyright.PENANAGSGxGR03NA
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAikhS9pWUS1
???: “Watch out!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAOFvyWKTunc
Moryuu: “What the-”566Please respect copyright.PENANABQRFw0f2Po
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.566Please respect copyright.PENANAurmhAhBy2Q
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAfEhKeUx4D7
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANA8xlUQJkwBU
???: “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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANACEp10x3T7m
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”566Please respect copyright.PENANA4tkOMQQ832
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAbeeW05cpMa
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAbQAx44xsvX
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAPEmKKOBhYa
Moryuu: “Thanks.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAI5jNwyviOU
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAm608fi6hFe
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”566Please respect copyright.PENANA48VocugOwe
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAz6vGGFFwGA
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAt4HKgPKFf8
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAvONdDTTAam
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAlMSeCCA5xs
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAlBV3X2uNr0
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.566Please respect copyright.PENANAcFh3IQoEz2
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANASzINiHDCm6
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 566Please respect copyright.PENANA9JhqZZDc5H
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAluq3VeXhlO
Talon: “You find him interesting?”566Please respect copyright.PENANARngq3Z2n0p
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAtp5zuNbFbE
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 566Please respect copyright.PENANA68xPXIbxEl
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAzwnef0cmqC
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAg0fbGR57fo
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.566Please respect copyright.PENANAa3iKLNasNF
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAqa3U47K6JP
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAOnYMK0BRZA
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZixdYipeD
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAD2bkASbPb7
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAw5y7eJhQkx
*Footsteps*566Please respect copyright.PENANAPlBbFjw2WN
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANA2wGH6jwRLf
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAE815ZC0SSs
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANA6R4ejZmY8Y
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAaiopSkfPv1
Caecius: “Mmmm?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAwMs5TZsxv5
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?566Please respect copyright.PENANA8j3kkOXQge
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAimygkaV4Bu
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAOxlf6iYSF1
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAlF4Lx7aaMt
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”566Please respect copyright.PENANATZWdukGAU1
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAZySpbEVj44
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”566Please respect copyright.PENANATjRVUL7IAi
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAfPvFH8bpyM
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”566Please respect copyright.PENANArZRpH2TDAN
This is going smoother than I thought. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAcpkNSR611u
Moryuu: “!!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAE1cWCc7NDt
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 566Please respect copyright.PENANA9e9TpDyeTz
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”566Please respect copyright.PENANA61jsDGXmIw
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAmO8P9RMbT2
Caecius: “*Glare*”566Please respect copyright.PENANAodmLHSpB5q
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”566Please respect copyright.PENANACNQBFr0CNf
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAYe6smLJZPr
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAPxracaol5G
Caecius: “!!”566Please respect copyright.PENANA1QfXgQqply
Caecius: “Explain.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAvs2y8raqoD
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAhZycTAZcGh
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”566Please respect copyright.PENANANDZY2ANvsA
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAtzTFuisi6h
Caecius: “….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAmRgs1upiFO
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”566Please respect copyright.PENANACqtcFvvN75
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAyPjI4up1E7
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAURnV6zuT79
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAyC14OSufJC
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”566Please respect copyright.PENANATnqcabaoZ1
Caecius: “….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAooL6jAl9NH
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAmVcobCVa9D
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAdXb4CCgd1o
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”566Please respect copyright.PENANA49CDy01xCr
Caecius: “….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAtBfTOCfbSV
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANA78RHadAy6W
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.566Please respect copyright.PENANAr3yfWLU5bQ
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”566Please respect copyright.PENANADoR1x6Fqk1
Caecius: “It can be done!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAeszdUBoqia
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”566Please respect copyright.PENANApenRBUV31t
Caecius: “Silence!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAVRblRiqPZh
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-566Please respect copyright.PENANAC8W4wb3TbM
Moryuu: “!!!!”566Please respect copyright.PENANALxyAxCcL9b
I'm….suffocating!566Please respect copyright.PENANABtBPPyVyMo
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAErJOMvC5Cf
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAglxEmom1Ln
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”566Please respect copyright.PENANAdrsiuZqh5X
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAtKINBWottN
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANApSTgaMDbcW
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAliWD2tAAQa
Caecius: “It’s useless!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAaZCNGIpRUQ
Moryuu: “Is it?”566Please respect copyright.PENANAyvDJjqjKtN
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAHpwW79ITDO
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAPamuoGynPO
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.566Please respect copyright.PENANAm3kSpEYtSO
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.566Please respect copyright.PENANAtuDdWS5MH1
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.566Please respect copyright.PENANAUy9pguchjl
…566Please respect copyright.PENANAdIw74adJFX
..566Please respect copyright.PENANAH82emzi36r
.566Please respect copyright.PENANAIHwUqlmo4P
NOW!566Please respect copyright.PENANA9FBzRsYkGZ
*Slash*566Please respect copyright.PENANAOYNALHIelh
*Slash*566Please respect copyright.PENANADvm1KS2Mop
*Slash*566Please respect copyright.PENANAoTYXQl77Lu
Caecius: “Wha, how!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAqDHFDgsTPQ
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAv36NMs92aQ
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAplRgbXCqu1
Caecius: “You!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAkYsXTj2mII
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.566Please respect copyright.PENANAebyGFcSRML
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAY5DaLMURMx
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAMEw2AM8URl
Caecius: “GAH!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAQcn6d5X7d5
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-566Please respect copyright.PENANAxS8BT7mmpA
Moryuu: “Tch.”566Please respect copyright.PENANASHEntMFqTe
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANA9Xna370AKk
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”566Please respect copyright.PENANAe0N3byK7hv
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAAR2KMCbg9i
Moryuu: “What?”566Please respect copyright.PENANA8R5VyC2MB7
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAP3l4ovMmAI
Caecius: “The Eye….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAtCcjpd2eTU
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAWG9bkvhpYq
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAbYakCT3RkH
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAR7sapiWx7W
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAdosqCdlr6D
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAOee93lg5Yl
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAFVmF2Niv5V
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAh6DU1zuUL4
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAySfodsOWJq
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]566Please respect copyright.PENANASybF8t9LNP
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.566Please respect copyright.PENANAo9yWKnot8d
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAiJCgoAOHJC
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!566Please respect copyright.PENANAW6d2V0qob5
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 566Please respect copyright.PENANArS2AnhfbBi
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.566Please respect copyright.PENANAqn6dxJWac6
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAyOMcUfun8e
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAYoLqCmXzGq
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”566Please respect copyright.PENANARaG0CB9sCZ
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.566Please respect copyright.PENANADqvLbtXyNC
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAgcVQpAnwMz
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAiDMT3YVFkF
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 566Please respect copyright.PENANAxYCMrTkaLC
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAoul1mKWAOk
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”566Please respect copyright.PENANA6SnVO29R28
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAAkVTGO6xmR
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAMG1dY2IIm4
Caecius: “Tch….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAegr55BHfyo
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAPkhWzBoGYo
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.”566Please respect copyright.PENANAgsTqVl3OkH
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAcRW2ziwgiT
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAJq5c1fWFQE
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. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAYzLkEAZVho
Caecius: “Die!!”566Please respect copyright.PENANA93nTAc6Jop
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.566Please respect copyright.PENANABzsHLS9aQo
Moryuu: “You Fool!”566Please respect copyright.PENANAcnNYZ86vaZ
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.566Please respect copyright.PENANAsgRjMLWTqb
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 566Please respect copyright.PENANAncvbZIIchk
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”566Please respect copyright.PENANAMfyIXDFUPr
1 Day Till Shift566Please respect copyright.PENANAi5sMbvmIMG