I created my own system

"That force"

Right after the mechanical soldier attacked, the barrier returned an equivalent force to counter it.

[The barrier is creating stunning, damaging, or shattering feedback, that is why the harder you hit it the harder it hits back]

"Anything else you get while scanning the barrier?"

[The barrier also focuses its energy at the point of attack, moves faster than the barrier's capacity and Creator might achieve a breakthrough]

"On it"

Blue lightning dances across the sky as Apollo transforms into a blue lightning meteor.

Twenty blue lights fell on top of a colourful dome before a series of sparks lit up the barren land.

The forest is no more and all the magical beasts with it. Apollo no longer holds back and doesn't mind the damage he might cause.

Apollo moved much faster than before and began attacking the barrier.

"This is actually painful"

[It's fortunate you have the skill Light of Aegis or else you would receive the full brunt of the feedback]

Lightning was fast too fast for the barrier to keep up and soon a crack was produced.

"Damn that monster"

The archbishop said while wiping the blood on his lips.

"If it weren't for this damn conquering spell I wouldn't be this weak"

He clench his fist not knowing what to do. He was a celestial mage though only in level 1, it was still a rank highest above the others. Yet a conquering spell will be the cause of his demise.

"A spell that even I can't break"

Then he looks up and feels the presence of the being who will cause the destruction of the tenth temple.

He must have planned everything for a long time, seeing how the magic was cast seconds after those mechanical soldiers arrived. The priest doesn't know how and why he didn't notice such a spell was embedded on the very floor they walk every day. He was a celestial mage yet he didn't understand why a trap like that was blocked from his senses.

"Greetings archbishop" his thoughts halted when the mysterious being began to speak.

"A creature from the dark continent, why are here destroying this holy land"

His voice is resolute despite the current situation.

"I am no creature of the dark continent" Apollo replies while slowly descending.

"A being whose consciousness inhabits thousands of bodies, where else should I classify you"

Apollo only stared at him while feeling a bit interested. Out of all the people inside the monastery that Apollo met, this man was the first decent one. Discover more stories at m,v l'e-NovelFire

"I think this guy isn't as crazy as the ones we met before"

[I wouldn't be so sure of that if I were you]

Jeremiah's scepticism made Apollo frown causing his look to become even more menacing. His expression although hidden by his helmet can still be felt as a maddening knight.

"This is my first time meeting a hive mind. A collective consciousness, a single being controlling multiple bodies. I am interested why are you attacking us"

Apollo who initially wanted to kill the archbishop as soon as he located him felt that it shouldn't be rushed.

"This is really rare" he had thought.

"Are you perhaps been kidnapped?"

"Pardon?"

"Nothing forget what I said"

He finally landed on the ground and stood a few feet away from the priest.

"So should we fight?"

"Truth be told I don't want to because it won't change anything"

"Oh so you are surrendering"

"It is more like accepting than surrendering. I know fighting is futile against someone who already planned everything"

"You are overestimating me"

A soft laughter escaped from the priest's lips before he spoke again "I am not, I can feel a subtle amount of spells being embedded at the very floor we currently standing"

"You wrote such a spell inside the temple did you perhaps mistake it as scroll parchment paper"

"Nah I wouldn't dare"

The scenario was a bit different from what Apollo had pictured. He had thought a fight would break out as soon as he faced him but he is speaking casually with his enemy.

"So what exactly do what to achieve by attacking us?"

"Revenge"

"I see so the time of our judgment has finally arrived"

He fixes his stance while taking his staff.

"I thought you said fighting is futile"

"Yes but my people are still fighting I at least wanted to give my one last struggle to win"

A smile emerged from Apollo's lips liking every word he said.

"Alright please give me a fight worth the determination you are showing me"

To show his respect towards his opponent Apollo's spear glows signifying its activation.

"Give me your best shot"

"Will do"

The inner temple soon crumbles while two silhouettes can be seen clashing against each other.

"No archbishop!"

"It's best to stop"

Apollo said to Elijah as he blocked his path.

"Tsk!"

The bishop looked tired due to his participation in building the barrier.

"If it weren't for the conquering spell I could have used an offensive spell"

"Don't get too high up even if all of you can cast a gospel, you won't be able to win against me"

"Shut up!"

Elijah using his newly built arms tried to do a straight punch.

"Too obvious"

However when he was about to move he could sense danger from somewhere so he moved to the left.

A hurling sound brushes past Apollo making him follow its source.

"An arrow"

But Elijah didn't let Apollo think and he dashed to attack. In answer to this the boy tried to finish the fight immediately however his instinct yet again warned him. And so he moves again to dodge another arrow.

"Annoying"

Someone is disrupting his movements causing his attacks to be cancelled.

"I need to finish this"

He releases his mana causing the ground to be crushed.

This is not a simple mana pressure Apollo recklessly let his mana flow causing the area to be swept by it.

"Damn it!"

Elijah could only say while being cruel to a pillar. A few meters away from him are his friends.

"Ziggy? Lorenz? Dylan? Can you three hear me?"

His voice although strained can still be heard.

"They are okay"

The sweep of mana finally halted when another presence arrived.

Sergio arrive leading fifteen bishops circling Apollo, though the demonized boy just looks at them.

"Alright this will be fun"

A spell was cast while gospels were prayed, a demon against a group of priests began to clash as the night neared its end.

On one of the hundreds of tunnels, Apollo walks while stepping over the bodies of the fleeing priest.

Among the pile of corpses, a fully guarded paladin bravely protected a black and gold ornament bag.

"Finally I found you," he said while taking out the broken pieces of the fake Excalibur he once made.

Inside the bag was also a ledger one that he was unable to copy when he once sneaked inside the temple.

Then he took out his communication bracelet and dialled the communication code of his father.

"Old man I got the ledger"

"{How? Did you sneak inside again?}

"No, I raid the temple"

{What!}

"Relax I got all covered, besides I brought some mechanical soldiers with me. Back to what I was saying before I'll be sending this to you. How about that Nero guy did you think he would send help to the monastery once he found out about its destruction"

{I highly doubt that this bastard only approached the people he could use. Once they are unable to do what he asks for he abandons them without hesitation}

"Then it's all good"

He then cut the call and resumed his venture on the dark passage.

Another Apollo who was also venturing the tunnels found a treasury filled with insane treasures.

"To think a 200-year-old organization can amass this type of wealth"

[I am also surprised Creator this one looks like one of the vaults of the tower]

"Yes, Jeremiah open the inventory we can't leave all of these alone"

[Affirmative]

Aside from treasures Apollo was able to find an underground prison which contains dozens of experimental studies and equipment.

"What's this?"

A thick folder which is labelled as Gemini project attracts Apollo's attention so he picks up the folder and immediately regrets it.

"...."

He solemnly closed the folder before burning all the other files with it.

"I don't need this"

He wanted to get some useful spells though what he saw just horrified him.

Flames spread while Apollo continues to walk deeper into the prison.

He painfully looked at the mangled corpses, which are chained and mutilated on the tables and the corners of a room.

"I'll take you all with you me"

He lifted them one by one until all the abandoned bodies disappeared from the dark gloomy prison.

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A bit of an explanation about the spell clonis.

Clonis can be said a type of hive mind of collective consciousness because the consciousness is unified across all the bodies, sharing thoughts, perceptions, and experiences. So even though there's only one consciousness, it manifests itself collectively through multiple bodies. The bodies also have 100 percent of the power Apollo has before he cast the spell.

It is all him from the power and other aspects.