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.560Please respect copyright.PENANAagO6bX0KY5
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.560Please respect copyright.PENANAKzT7TVxkIf
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANABSaiHPJjwJ
???: “Watch out!”560Please respect copyright.PENANA4LIrZi4QXf
Moryuu: “What the-”560Please respect copyright.PENANADvmREuQVcI
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.560Please respect copyright.PENANA5qJvbaZMhE
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAqX14JhasJ3
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANANhbetOoRwS
???: “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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAIGEEQK2CTD
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAQvkhppvlhc
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAFTJcVd7DpA
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAK2YiNUGY4W
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAxUB1AeS2jN
Moryuu: “Thanks.”560Please respect copyright.PENANApeGgRtOgpK
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Ofbs8v3u
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAHydnqVl9B7
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAVWIsm4bvbC
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAUQalUvFIGP
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAKW8Ftjdz8E
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA5AaFZvqPvW
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA9xfRRwCDAI
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.560Please respect copyright.PENANA4ghy5p2OkR
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA0XdlY4oOaC
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAE6NzwWL4Xx
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAUv30jEDpPs
Talon: “You find him interesting?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAzzYQA2Wd1I
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAq6Y7cKswYz
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAwzZyZoxwzF
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAG981hmnVZQ
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANA5YeWFAUmLb
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.560Please respect copyright.PENANA9WwBFGYRV3
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAXd2VlZixWK
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAZSNu1vN7Bi
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAvcOrSpfSpk
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAhhFf439uD0
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAvkuf0nIYDk
*Footsteps*560Please respect copyright.PENANAR4WJrsaez3
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANA4f2zKqM5DO
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAUPxWE0aSAI
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANAKElVOEfAAH
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAFvJ2hCI9bw
Caecius: “Mmmm?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAeCsxsI4Da5
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?560Please respect copyright.PENANAGJnl53n9TG
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAZOmMY6lZ7d
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANAYW4BTslWjj
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAswIGQMGWdM
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAu5E1xDKAHb
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA8xUJ0ynLVQ
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAcfA5YpMKII
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAQeHvkXZc8i
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA42EfKl48X4
This is going smoother than I thought. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAQTkhXXDuup
Moryuu: “!!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAYVDmCNbffG
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAdCr7wv6yl8
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAtmUDOFpnJL
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”560Please respect copyright.PENANA425C357CZN
Caecius: “*Glare*”560Please respect copyright.PENANACXP0DONtHy
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAUao0GSJkVQ
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”560Please respect copyright.PENANASetI68bPpk
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAWgbklhOrEU
Caecius: “!!”560Please respect copyright.PENANA8lotlMZdN2
Caecius: “Explain.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA7MapAidRlm
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAOpaqOClEq8
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAloIw8SmiD3
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAPvHmkHU5vP
Caecius: “….”560Please respect copyright.PENANA9ME6wGhR6P
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAQERX0lWQct
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAck5UfbeoOO
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA3pyHFYB3lA
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAB6eCDAIjxP
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAz8e7yebMlp
Caecius: “….”560Please respect copyright.PENANA5BEAYwb7a5
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAckalKQY94V
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”560Please respect copyright.PENANA4UwKa9y6VL
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAj6wU9p3F6X
Caecius: “….”560Please respect copyright.PENANArepLrw9veM
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAx3LXIljJdY
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.560Please respect copyright.PENANAZKCFZyfXD4
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”560Please respect copyright.PENANARCINMwD2a5
Caecius: “It can be done!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAN2VBwYzDVw
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAEg8gHJ5tLF
Caecius: “Silence!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAWGdSMYWcCw
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-560Please respect copyright.PENANAKdKW3VzB9w
Moryuu: “!!!!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAkgAz2rQNVs
I'm….suffocating!560Please respect copyright.PENANAGhpOrU4DTm
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”560Please respect copyright.PENANABg8Rk35dNM
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAf9aA3moZcS
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”560Please respect copyright.PENANAio773mrq1e
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAbRplWfddTy
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAhy5aXmT6Sz
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANAfL05LLEOic
Caecius: “It’s useless!”560Please respect copyright.PENANADW4LPHhNkF
Moryuu: “Is it?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAFIEge74ITp
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 560Please respect copyright.PENANArSWrvrBIag
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAV6OJBt6ZiQ
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.560Please respect copyright.PENANAev1MJ0efEW
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.560Please respect copyright.PENANAFroVLVKJ4j
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.560Please respect copyright.PENANATEQJmbkF9G
…560Please respect copyright.PENANAobndx7MIuc
..560Please respect copyright.PENANADnLjr9KkmV
.560Please respect copyright.PENANAe8RZokWpN2
NOW!560Please respect copyright.PENANAVOy1AIVCxL
*Slash*560Please respect copyright.PENANA0OrykGLG30
*Slash*560Please respect copyright.PENANAlhGgUCcfCR
*Slash*560Please respect copyright.PENANAz0YX0p1a7T
Caecius: “Wha, how!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAuEwsma0YEz
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANA4XaL6EjzHT
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA0V4E2WuFog
Caecius: “You!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAunpHwpj5Ct
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.560Please respect copyright.PENANAjItfy5Vqe4
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANA0m6SVFirMs
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANApv7dgCFmQc
Caecius: “GAH!”560Please respect copyright.PENANA2S7CySlf8w
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-560Please respect copyright.PENANANArNivbrSr
Moryuu: “Tch.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAE0eZV7P7ow
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAyA2Y3G6SLH
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”560Please respect copyright.PENANAO9qCNKOpxs
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAjXIRhbFDNr
Moryuu: “What?”560Please respect copyright.PENANA98XXariYl7
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANA4k8QMRlYWH
Caecius: “The Eye….”560Please respect copyright.PENANAudcCJnU8ZI
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAAfK71AB4Jy
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAU1KZAyp9bD
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAEXj5AUUszW
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAAGOaxEetSw
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAqfxvsjbfjH
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAIQXnJUEzPd
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA4BRemxfC1a
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA07ahoOeRUT
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]560Please respect copyright.PENANA31dBSyImNG
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.560Please respect copyright.PENANA66jWgxOg6F
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANA0RQeXWafBJ
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!560Please respect copyright.PENANABjOTrJKvXL
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAVAwRnLsQWK
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.560Please respect copyright.PENANAByH9ELnjbt
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAbNQ6NQtAyV
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAmZmTBdUJr3
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”560Please respect copyright.PENANAg4i88s6HWn
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.560Please respect copyright.PENANAHnRgcpDKqC
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAQgqXjwqHpm
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAyHFkMoR0GQ
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 560Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5AUL2nHcI
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”560Please respect copyright.PENANAftJwXr6iRp
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAdqVVaYEx2y
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA78pEcndIYM
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAGpKC0VVvxK
Caecius: “Tch….”560Please respect copyright.PENANAfXCbbKLmms
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANA7k9PFvQPH3
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.”560Please respect copyright.PENANAX0YbAcFSAV
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAPZxBi7SydK
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”560Please respect copyright.PENANA8C6EM7daRF
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. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAbpgfdxVax7
Caecius: “Die!!”560Please respect copyright.PENANAXoc9jq3k4D
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.560Please respect copyright.PENANABpE70aVlY5
Moryuu: “You Fool!”560Please respect copyright.PENANA8UL5VAdLDs
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.560Please respect copyright.PENANAyUAbRErmm2
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 560Please respect copyright.PENANAK6LVZPYvd5
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”560Please respect copyright.PENANArTo2QKh43c
1 Day Till Shift560Please respect copyright.PENANA2rierD84Zm