I created my own system

As the chaos settled, Apollo stood amidst the healing crowd. He could feel their minds slowly recovering putting his mind at ease. However, his heart felt heavy with the remnants of the battle. He could have finished the fight much faster, however, he knew that recklessly attacking could suddenly unleash unnecessary power from him that could destroy the entire island.

After all his newly acquired power was too powerful for him to handle immediately.

Apollo wanted to avoid this worst so he put a barrier to prevent further damage, but those two beasts were too mystical to be fully confined. As the battle progresses Apollo notices that they can break his barrier even after his massive upgrade. And so he made them stay in one place and only focus on him. The fight ended and with their power scale damage is apparent to occur.

The effect of the battle that Apollo had before still weighed in his head but slowly it was changing, Apollo thought that these feelings might have stemmed from everyone's emotions that almost ate him a while ago.

He looked back at his friends and Alicia, who paid attention to helping the exhausted students. Their efforts comforted him slightly, reminding him that everything would be better.

The authority of the God of Mystics then seized activating indicating that all the surrounding people were healed. They will be fine as long as they eat and sleep. Though Apollo felt a bit dizzy it was all good helping out others. He felt tired but still wouldn't stop even when he was also exhausted from overusing the system.

He too needs some rest just like the others but unlike them, he could not get a proper rest right now. He still has to do something.

"Apollo" he heard and voice so he turned to see Vesta on her hand was a flute.

"Are you using your music to calm them?"

She nodded though he felt pain seeing the scratches on her arms, it seemed some actually tried to harm her.

"Don't worry Aaron gave them a quick jab sending them to sleep" she said with a wink then her eyes changed when she realized Apollo's tired eyes.

"You need to rest, I know you are tired"

Apollo just shakes his head in answer

"I will be fine" he says to reassure her. Vesta didn't buy his words and so she gave him a song that could relax his mind, and it did. The young mage felt calm as if all the burden that weighed his mind was slowly slipping away.

[Creator the professors and the other student's mana signature suddenly disappear from my radar]

Jeremiah suddenly notifies making Apollo worried, so he beckons Vesta to stop making his friend confused.

"Something wrong?" she asked but Apollo just gestured for her to rest, though worried she still complied with his words.

"I need to find them," he thought, knowing this place was already safe. The other students only need adequate rest and they are good to go.

"Alicia"

"I know, you can go" she replies knowing what worries him. She too senses their professor's sudden disappearance.

"Some are also coming this way but I will handle them" she added while patting his shoulder.

"Find them and be safe"

"Of course, I will"

He smiled and so did she, it was hers and his friends' expressions that made him relieved before leaving once again.

When he ventures deep into the remaining part of the forest. Strangely as he walks he finds the trees darker, and thicker and standing much closer to each other. He felt confused and questioned his own memory of the place.

[Creator According to the scanner it seems magic created a mutation to the surrounding trees, although I still couldn't find to what extent the mutation affected the trees. The artifact on this island is still hindering my power so I apologise for this situation]

"It's okay we should continue"

As he surveys the area with great speed he notices something from the bushes. The system scanner had picked up a strange energy pattern so the young mage went there to investigate it. Lying on the forest floor were the carcasses of a strange creature. A beast which he had never seen before. Its body was multicoloured and glinted even in death, the scales are very similar to a prism.

Although now the beast was decomposing, its forms can still be seen. Its appearance was like abstract art with many undecided parts joined to create a creature. It was chaotic but at the same time organised to be recognized as a wolf beast though Apollo isn't sure if he was right.

"Can you recognize if this one of the attackers?"

He wondered while examining the lifeless monster.

[It is one of them Creator] he answered.

"Jeremiah," he called again, "Can you investigate the area and see if you can see the events that occurred here"

[Affirmative, Now, scanning.]

Thinking about this in terms of this beast, Apollo recalled the details. Well, the professors surely had a nice fight through the battle to put it down. It could be easily seen that they fought bravely to defend the students, but what about the rest of the monsters? How many more were there, still concealed in this island's interior?

The young mage began to worry as he looked for more clues.

[Analysis complete. It looks like the creature has been experimented on since according to the analysis its DNA structure is messed up from different magical beasts]

Apollo already anticipated the answer but still felt worried upon hearing it from Jeremiah.

"I need to find the professors," he whispered to himself while he felt the urgency to look for them.

"If they are ever to deal with more of these beasts they will need assistance."

With this in mind, he moved further into the forest increasing his awareness. Despite this scenery, the gentle beauty of the greenery around him, and the pleasure it brought to his eyes, Apollo could not accept the thought that he could not find his teachers. After some time of wandering through the forest, the sound of the fight reached his ears.

[Creator we had entered a territory marked by an artifact]

"So the reason they disappeared was because of an artifact?"

[Yes Creator, and it is still in effect affecting our senses]

Apollo clenches his teeth as he rushes to aid the professors.

When he got near the middle, he looked around in shock. Many other beasts were also lying dead on the floor and they were coloured some even similar to the forest floor.

"Professor!" he called, the professors must have engaged in a fierce battle to bring it down. It was clear that they had fought hard to protect the students.

[Analysis complete!

The creature appears to have been killed by a powerful spell, likely from a high-ranking professor. Its magic signature indicates it was from Professor Adolfo]

"So he is fighting" he thought as he ran forward tracing the sound of battle he could still hear.

"I need to find the professors," he murmured, wanting to see his instructors alive and well.

After a while, Apollo reached a clearing, where the sounds of battle were even more intense. The air crackled with residual energy, hinting at the aftermath of a fierce conflict. He rushed forward, hoping to find his teachers and other students amidst the chaos.

"Professor!" Apollo called again, wishing someone could hear him.

[Creator run a little more!]

With Jeremiah's urging he rush forward. After running a few more times he finally saw a person.

"Professor look!" a student said as she pointed to a certain red-orange-haired individual.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lysander their professor looked at her and followed her finger and there behind a tree he saw the young mage who had arrived.

"Apollo! I'm glad to see you unharmed" he exclaimed even though he knew that the boy didn't know him.

"Professor where are the others?" he asked realizing he wasn't the one he was looking for.

"If you are looking for your professors they are over there." he pointed.

"Are they safe?" Apollo inquired, worry ringing in his voice.

"For now they are," Lysander said evenly his heart pounding furiously.

"But we have lost a lot. The rest of the professors are caring for the injured while the rest of us hold off such creatures, clearly a reference to me. They decided they needed to gather everyone together and make sure all the students had been found."

"I can help," said Apollo and confidence filled the air inside him.

"I sure know you could come now we need every hand we can get," Lysander signed and indicated for Apollo to come nearer. "Everybody will need all the strength they have within them to guard everybody."

Furthermore, as they moved deeper into the battlefield, Apollo saw a giant corpse of the same beast he had fought.

"This is" he felt shocked to see a huge hole puncture on its chest.

"Who did this?" he asked, even though he was weakened due to fatigue when facing this creature it was still powerful. So how come it was killed in a single blow?

"Ah, that, it's because of him" Lysander just said as he pointed towards the man who did it.

Apollo followed him and saw a familiar man holding a sword in his hand.

"Professor Adolfo?" he said realizing how strong the professor they called lunatic is.