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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAF1dlfCf2f7
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.533Please respect copyright.PENANAD5PgZWDQOe
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAwzFdFgLR9x
???: “Watch out!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAyU5moIvrQ6
Moryuu: “What the-”533Please respect copyright.PENANA3ITsvkvgTd
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.533Please respect copyright.PENANAdipC8lX6MC
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAiBCFEkIzNa
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANALioFtgTAhm
???: “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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAegcn7QczZ5
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAaEY86zgv86
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAOPQUJu2W6r
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”533Please respect copyright.PENANABUKijLF8Aa
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAaRv1tJODSd
Moryuu: “Thanks.”533Please respect copyright.PENANADtJ01CLvCA
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAgvTLUHH87b
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”533Please respect copyright.PENANArpsS27taSE
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAvbczPO6M5G
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAhwqlLh7l96
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA2TfSPtZ4EQ
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”533Please respect copyright.PENANABs9DrG8ax0
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”533Please respect copyright.PENANABBboaKFdCS
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.533Please respect copyright.PENANAg2teKzDiVR
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA6kKQwQwU9j
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuqe62oLsp2
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAJWzwTrdVzi
Talon: “You find him interesting?”533Please respect copyright.PENANACrFCXbMcOA
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAquC5EtUWjq
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAxmISfqeTdC
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA1UmTvxZ7Rr
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAUY1FtsreH3
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.533Please respect copyright.PENANAhT6bSMQKA9
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAM5fYOsvz7U
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAkxFf57vFC0
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAzFMj9d0HXv
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 533Please respect copyright.PENANArAq1KnnWTC
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANABiOHbQ0nlU
*Footsteps*533Please respect copyright.PENANAwRd1wnE8jX
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rqv7ahUtC
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAoKkysNbkpx
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAVmj6Wccnhc
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAvbHB38X7u2
Caecius: “Mmmm?”533Please respect copyright.PENANA3ySEb7nPEU
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?533Please respect copyright.PENANAexypo7Is2N
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAzsraEeJd4a
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAKYZeewPDA5
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”533Please respect copyright.PENANA3ncQL3sXWz
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA7csbQ62k4P
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAYWawb21kX5
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAomk80U56IN
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAxrrNPLtIh1
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAwm3QgsNqEn
This is going smoother than I thought. 533Please respect copyright.PENANArZabcqwGO1
Moryuu: “!!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAeIJ9Jw4xCH
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 533Please respect copyright.PENANATnQHAzo5BU
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAcC8NJkR7Hr
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAA4M2pJMZs2
Caecius: “*Glare*”533Please respect copyright.PENANAOwa1GgKSZV
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”533Please respect copyright.PENANArmq65C22Z8
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA9W5pdx2j80
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAkrA0QP4aO4
Caecius: “!!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAmVK49bZuXY
Caecius: “Explain.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAw95JKe0Sc6
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAFGdwlWIsL0
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAcdjJfHAPp5
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAnu7kaytkDh
Caecius: “….”533Please respect copyright.PENANA9w43vTBVAz
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAbw5EZDM92x
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA7naXJsR96S
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA18FXT1Ln6x
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”533Please respect copyright.PENANASa79wdGBlz
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAPXggandGih
Caecius: “….”533Please respect copyright.PENANAF35aCnz1Tg
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAlYosfdHGmS
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAPa00143bTK
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAZDarkbzwTI
Caecius: “….”533Please respect copyright.PENANALCfPylQUgA
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAwgVQ2bul4V
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.533Please respect copyright.PENANALdrYzfLOs1
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAghKG1u0SIH
Caecius: “It can be done!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAz46sx8laI8
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAHmXOn61Ql7
Caecius: “Silence!”533Please respect copyright.PENANA5jzYeht4Hi
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-533Please respect copyright.PENANAxRPwGF7l2r
Moryuu: “!!!!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAPNrEGT8wtW
I'm….suffocating!533Please respect copyright.PENANAwvTb9R05eT
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA0suzvOYujF
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAc2y97anNZw
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”533Please respect copyright.PENANAzZW1IrHF9F
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAE14dxlw6YG
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANATv0FVkWzhG
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANACMwq3P44ql
Caecius: “It’s useless!”533Please respect copyright.PENANA6gIOVg5hvb
Moryuu: “Is it?”533Please respect copyright.PENANAHOAheZZvFo
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAjnF3rKnula
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAtxGCpw3FYs
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.533Please respect copyright.PENANACEc2IuRFII
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.533Please respect copyright.PENANAaxtbqCAmlM
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.533Please respect copyright.PENANAMbzoBlsqOp
…533Please respect copyright.PENANAqQptQR5qZc
..533Please respect copyright.PENANAiYmQpSm7L3
.533Please respect copyright.PENANAJdW5miWJpJ
NOW!533Please respect copyright.PENANAgg2YB4QOFO
*Slash*533Please respect copyright.PENANAuwwHFeNcTx
*Slash*533Please respect copyright.PENANA2PHA1ks0mO
*Slash*533Please respect copyright.PENANAFsI5t5Nb1t
Caecius: “Wha, how!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAKvCps31ffc
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAwsH9WEnqKV
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAXObQSDKJRE
Caecius: “You!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAQgnD6cOZQE
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.533Please respect copyright.PENANABZfTN9EZsK
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAdLzkE7q9lx
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANA9SHNGPxQWb
Caecius: “GAH!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAVZViRdB8vE
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-533Please respect copyright.PENANA8xvftzf4d7
Moryuu: “Tch.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAtBRcPzJEUJ
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAkm5rGU2d3X
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”533Please respect copyright.PENANAAeip5u3uID
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAWa26N68fCb
Moryuu: “What?”533Please respect copyright.PENANATfstRpLHiq
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAsNFTlXKrzc
Caecius: “The Eye….”533Please respect copyright.PENANAGUh9Kmgotc
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAVRDrskWAsO
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAaOvWo6OcuD
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANARi6a9PXMma
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”533Please respect copyright.PENANACxsqLIqc8d
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAuUojnhGr5e
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAvzR02t19Nk
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAIerdzY3cmE
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAoiO15cQRCi
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]533Please respect copyright.PENANAASsZDdnSHw
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.533Please respect copyright.PENANASPShjX9LNb
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANA33t8Aqqdg3
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!533Please respect copyright.PENANAiWEI2HrIpP
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAFgLtkjvXax
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.533Please respect copyright.PENANAGpyjQQ7Bts
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWHJ2d6jCKk
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAj9u5ajQKuX
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”533Please respect copyright.PENANA8tuJ05HVKr
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.533Please respect copyright.PENANAJnXqSYuzNt
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAZuQebrYspm
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAt3wv4w4UbO
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 533Please respect copyright.PENANAtyzUjmc5wz
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”533Please respect copyright.PENANAjPeEh4Uc7Q
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAGL3kVD9eJc
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA5OEDFMnacp
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”533Please respect copyright.PENANAZfUWiHmCB5
Caecius: “Tch….”533Please respect copyright.PENANAdyV2KZ4iGk
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANA5IDbBIbCxh
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.”533Please respect copyright.PENANADVSqN3uIBm
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAfGtSX5Rt5z
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAQVmPaFKF1B
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. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAE16wnsicMG
Caecius: “Die!!”533Please respect copyright.PENANAU0uSAv6MdU
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.533Please respect copyright.PENANAFdVnmU8IYQ
Moryuu: “You Fool!”533Please respect copyright.PENANA8e5cOGU1mL
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.533Please respect copyright.PENANAw80bF83lSR
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 533Please respect copyright.PENANABuxsmZBqm9
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”533Please respect copyright.PENANAPPMcrSbOYD
1 Day Till Shift533Please respect copyright.PENANAUoApyqklWm