I created my own system

The air shuddered as Nero raised his hand.

A pulse of dark energy erupted from his body, sending a shockwave rippling across the battlefield.

Every guard within a twenty-meter radius was blasted backward, their armor shattering under the sheer force.

Apollo's eyes narrowed. Something was definitely off.

Nero smirked. "Now then, shall we begin?"

And with that, he vanished.

Apollo pretended to have barely had time to react, feigning ignorance of Nero's path, then just like what he calculated, Nero reappeared behind him.

His fist already moving.

Apollo reacted fast, but to his surprise, Athena was able to perceive the attack. A buffing spell circulates around his body, causing the mass of electricity to surge up. At that moment, he felt energized. He spun, barely dodging as Nero's punch grazed his cheek.

Apollo was satisfied at how he reacted but didn't let his guard down, he braced himself as the consequences of Nero's punch came to him immediately.

BOOM!

The impact alone split the ground where Apollo had been standing.

Eros and Athena moved to intercept.

But Nero flicked his fingers, sending a shockwave hurling them backward. The guards wanted to come to their rescue, but the magical beast didn't give them such luxury.

Apollo exhaled his golden aura flaring. Despite his higher level than most of the guards, he was a little unsure if his human form could handle Nero. Even his demonic form had a hard time-fighting Nero; now, without it, he still needs to be cautious even when his enemy doesn't have its greatest weapon, Excalibur.

"I really need to take this fight seriously," he admitted. He shouldn't let his arrogance get the better of him, and not because he has defeated Nero once means he will always win whenever they win.

Nero's smirk widened. "Tell me is your name truly Apollo?"

That made the boy confused not knowing what his enemy meant by asking his name. So, to answer his question, he just nodded his head. As soon as he did so, Nero's gaze went crazy, or more to say, he looked happy, happily crazy, to the point his pupils dilated.

Then their gazes locked—

And then—

They clashed.

As their attacks intercept Eros and Athena both move to assist their brother.

A dark contaminating energy burst along with the power of lightning.

[Notification Alert!

The matter surrounding Nero is identified to be similar to the miasma produced by corruption.

Warning!

Prolonged contact can cause abnormalities in the body, it could even cause the people in contact to turn into a devil.

It is recommended for the Creator to transform into his demonized form]

Apollo's mind immediately moved and immediately he was able to calculate the range of the black matter. In less than a second he was able to telepathically transfer the information to his teammates.

Eros was the first to react, he was supposed to attack Nero while Athena would give him a boost. But seeing the info from Apollo, he retraced his steps and changed his stand. A burst of ki brought forth a wall produced by Eros' weapon armament, the miasm was immediately contained. And since ki is slower to be corrupted than mana, the containment armament Eros made was nicely done. At the same time, Athena flicked her wand and immediately tried to remove Apollo from Nero's path.

However, she was a second late since Apollo's fist already met Nero's palm, sending ripples of force tearing through the battlefield. Then Eros moves his sword covered with his aura, Apollo couldn't believe it at first as he saw five different spells flying towards Nero.

"Instant incantation is awesome" he could only say as he used his lightning to pin Nero down. The five spells came in first followed by Eros'

The sky above them cracked as their powers collided. The spells hit the target; however, something dark was able to block it.

Athena flicked his wand again, and from her spell, a lion came forth roaring as it hurled itself into the fight; the pristine black mane of the lion swayed as it tried to distract the enemies. Eros followed, he changed his weapon and turned it into a bow, a frost-laced arrow then flew into the air striking at Nero's weak points.

Apollo, seeing the combination of attacks, immediately raises his hand and summons powerful lightning from the stormy clouds. However, Nero quickly clad himself with the same dark energy as before.

The flames that used to burn the ground were immediately seized by this rain, but there was also the power of the other magical beast, but no matter what, they couldn't use their full power due to the effects of the conquering spell.

Meanwhile, in the front, the academy guards held the line, refusing to break. But they weren't just here to defend; their power for the offense was very distinct as well, carrying the weight that was able to push the enemies despite their current stalemate. As more enemies found their way into the formation, the guards would change their formation in defense or even offense, capitalizing on their versatile style of fighting.

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Back to Apollo, who received another punch from Nero, he couldn't help but clasp his head as he felt a massive burden in it. The boy knew it was due to the corrupt mana surrounding Nero.

[Incoming!]

Apollo nodded and immediately dodged it with a followed counter. Eros and Athena followed suit sending in more spells than previous.

The magical beasts, though powerful were weakened, and so soon they began to falter.

The battle had reached its climax.

But Apollo knew—

This was just the beginning. As he saw Nero's crazy smirk.

'Something is wrong I can tell, Nero's expression isn't really normal. Somewhere I could tell it had a hidden meaning however I could not understand it

"Just what those eyes meant"

Apollo continued to wonder but kept his eyes on his enemy.

"Apollo," he hears a voice and knows exactly whom it belongs to.

"What is it" he replied while the person who just spoke proceeded to speak.

"I have a spell that can spread the effects of any buffing spells. Your lightning spell is a type of buffing spell right? I was thinking of letting everyone have that kind of power. Nero's involvement made me worry about the outcome of this battle. So can you lend me your spell?"

A pair of golden eyes looks at Apollo, but more than the eyes, his main focus is the speaker's hair, a flowing silvery hair that almost resembles the beauty of the moon in the night sky.

At that moment Apollo saw a person within her features

"she really looks like her" he could only think of before nodding.

"Alright, let's do it," he said before nodding.

"Cover us!"

Athena telepathically said, and immediately, the guards changed their formation, giving more room for them to adjust and react to any attacks.

Athena began casting her spell, Apollo by her side. Meanwhile, Eros tried to hold up Nero, but he just didn't have enough power to push him back.

[Creator he is coming!]

"Okay"

He said that but Athena's spell wasn't done yet; it won't be good to be interrupted. So to save himself some time to corner Nero, Apollo simply uses one of his powers.

"Gravity a hundred times"

A sudden increase of gravity made Nero's advance fail. Giving Nero no opportunity to attack.

"Jeremiah make sure to assist my brother with authorities"

[Affirmative Creator]

Then Apollo uses another authority to accelerate the speed of Athena's casting.

"Hmmm?"

For a moment, Athena was confused since she knew her own capacity, yet somehow, she was casting faster than before.@@novelbin@@

"Is it due to adrenaline?" She thought, but her thoughts were soon attracted by the sudden pulse of heat.

"!?"

She was shocked as she saw the effects of Apollo's spell.

"This is!"

All the guards were brimming with the power of lightning, and soon, a rain of lights washed through the academy. The heat increased, and the ground was further burned to the extent of creating a molted crater.

However, as soon as the mayhem ended, Apollo saw that Nero covered all his comrades with the same black matter.

[Creator they are very weak now, I suggest you get serious before your enemy uses something to turn the tides on their side]

"Don't worry Jeremiah, after all, who says I wasn't serious"

Then he lightly taps the ground, and to everyone's surprise, a large-scale magic circle activated.

[Creator this is!]

"Yup, the entire time, I was drawing that magic circle on the ground. I want to defeat Nero but at the same time I don't want to reveal my entire power"

Soon the light from the magic circle envelopes the entire academy. As its powers devoured everything, Apollo's gaze remained on Nero.

Yet again, the two were only looking at each other despite the chaos around them. From that tension, Nero slowly smiled, one that seemed familiar to Apollo, something that made him confused.

"It is nice to see you again... teacher," he said until his entire body was swallowed, leaving Apollo confused at his words.