I created my own system

Chapter 212 End of the raid



As the body of Alphonse disappeared Sun cast another spell.

"Darkness Element, Necromancy Magic, Veritas"

Dark tainted smoke appeared on the ground before grabbing the soul of the deceased opponent of Sun.

"ARGHH!" An eerie sound of begging echoes however the deathly miasma covers his plea, and not even the last remaining part of the enemy survives.

"Sir Alphonse why betray the tower" Sun mumbles as he picks up an old emblem left behind by his deceased opponent. The emblem was actually an insignia depicting a tower, it was standing tall while a vermilion bird coils around it. Sun couldn't help but frown seeing it had a powerful preservation magic. It was so powerful that even his spell wasn't able to leave a dent in it.

*Sighs*

He can't but sigh however he notices how the fatal haze began consuming and corrupting the nearby mana stones and crystals.

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"Not good, now I wonder how should I deal with this"

Sun continued to ponder until an idea popped into his head.

"Yup, why not"

Then his body began to be filled with light until that light turned into a black mist that slowly morphed his body into a beast. A humanoid demonic beast, with a pair of wings and horns was then revealed.

"Hooo..." he breathed while inhaling the violet and deathly haze.

While this transpires the imperial soldiers outside the dungeon have evacuated everyone since the entrance was covered by a violet smog. The miasma had spread there and a quarantine was ordered. Although there haven't been any casualties due to Joven's warning the entire area was put under control under the orders of the emperor.

The imperial soldiers and the royal guards from Murdor's king were spread out suppressing the miasma however try as they might they couldn't completely contain it. Besides the poisonous effect, the smog also contains a corrosive trait that destroys not only physical shields but also magically generated ones. Due to that all they could do was wait for the emperor's most trusted people.

The association and the tower.

However, each passing second is making the affected area bigger. This dilemma caused them to lose hope not until a powerful suction pulled the deathly smog away.

"What's going on!"

Exclaimed by a soldier who firmly uses his spear to stop himself from getting drawn into the mouth of the dungeon.

"Hold on to something!"

The strong drawing power was like the pull of a powerful tornado, although they were thankful that the miasma was disappearing it also made them scared since they felt that they would be flush inside the dungeon.

Then as if their prayers were being granted the suction ended and all soldiers could finally sigh in relief.

Back at the center of the dungeon a figure remains standing while the deadly haze furiously flows towards his mouth.

The ground and air moved a bit as he completely absorbed the miasma.

"Haaa...." After eating everything Sun felt full while moving his wings up and down to stretch.

"I am full"

After saying those words his body began to morph back to normal, at the same time the remaining party members already left the barrier and were now running towards him.

"Sun!" Joven shouted while hurriedly coming towards him, however as he moved forward Sun's body suddenly collapsed causing the entire party to be worried.

"S-orry... Sato didn't... Make it" his voice was like mumbling while on his right hand was the key.

"You did it!"

Everyone exclaimed feeling happy but their celebration was cut short when Sun lost consciousness. They panicked and almost wanted to retreat back to the surface but knowing how long it would take they decided to rely on their enchanted tools for healing.

And so they decided to camp and wait until they had recovered.

"How is the situation outside?" A tanker named Iz asked while taking the food ration that was given to them before entering.

"They told me that the miasma that leaked outside has already been taken care of"

Hearing those words many of them could finally breathe in relief since some of their close comrades were waiting outside. Aside from worrying about their own lives, they are also worried about them, after all, there were countless times they were saved by those people.

"You know I wonder what happened" asked one of the mages since he was curious about what happened between Sun and Sato, and how the two were able to disperse the miasma.

"We could only ask Sun after he woke up"

"Indeed let's wait for him"

And so for a couple of hours, they stayed there until Sun woke up and told them his own version of the story.

"So Sato tried to steal the key while our barrier was slowly being eaten," Joven said as if trying to get the clear meaning of Sun's words.

"Sato is just a fake name I don't name where he came from but I am certain he plans to steal the key then flee and only return once the miasma subsided. Fortunately, I was able to stop him and acquired the key. After I acquired it I was able to disperse the miasma"

Joven clenched his teeth, he felt really frustrated since he didn't want to report to his superiors how he failed and almost lost a valuable key.

Joven is not just a heavy knight or a tanker meant to become a shield, he is actually a member of the imperial soldiers tasked to handle the party so that they can safely secure the key and make sure no dungeon beast can go outside.

"I almost failed" he couldn't help but say while wiping the sweat on his forehead.

"If that guy was able to secure the key then he could control the entire dungeon as he pleased. So thank you Sun"

"No need to thank me I was just trying to survive as well"

Sun replied while receiving more medical attention since his body showed signs of extreme exposure to toxins from the miasma.

"Sun do you realise your organs are being corroded with miasma!" Helen a mage who masters healing and supporting magic exclaimed while began scolding Sun. On the other hand, her patient only looks at her while his body is covered with bandages.

"When are we leaving?" he switches to Joven not caring about Helen's scolding.

"Five hours from now so listen to Helen" he replied to his question as he stood up and lifted his heavy shield.

"By the way aren't you lifting something too heavy?" Sun said before the heavy knight could even walk away.

"What?"

"I am saying your weapon is way too heavy for you isn't it?"

Joven was a bit taken however his face soon returned to normal.

"I'll keep that in mind" he left after saying that.

"To think a mage like him can pretend to be a heavy knight, seriously Your Majesty how did you turn your soldiers like this" Sun thought while observing Joven.

Later that day they resumed their journey and with the help of the key they were able to find more doors and paths with hidden treasures.

"Look at that!" exclaimed a mage who just witnessed the biggest composition of crystal mana in his entire life.

"It's as big as a tower!"

Hanging from the ceiling is a rainbow color crystal, that even a piece of it can supply power for an entire kingdom for hundreds of years.

"How can nature do this"

Some party members began to cry due to the overwhelming feeling that washes them over. While the others remained dumbfounded at the current situation.

"How did a gold mine appear here" a swordsman mumbled when they arrived at another door.

After a few more twists and turns in the dungeon, they even found a room full of unique pearls and diamonds. While they continued venturing the path, the key became their protection from dangerous dungeon beasts, and thus no one was hurt. At the end of their journey, they were able to secure a massive amount of resources for themselves and left some for the Kingdom of Murdo and the imperial family.

According to the imperial law, dungeon resources will be divided into three portions once conquered. The raiders will gain the biggest share followed by the imperial family and lastly, the kingdom or territory the dungeon came from.

The end of the raid happened and the party members returned to their own affiliate organizations. The only one who didn't belong to any group was Sun. Stealthily he disappears so not even the prince who was present is able to track him.

While the entire continent is filled with buzz due to a Zenith rank dungeon being conquered, a certain cloaked man slowly walks along a quiet path though someone surprisingly appears in front of him.

"Grandpa"

"It seems you met him, Alphonse, my older brother"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

His words are gentle causing the deceptive facade of the cloaked man to disappear. His white hair began to change while being replaced by a red-orange colour. His height and build began to decrease resembling a child while his eye color began to turn gold. Sun had turned into Apollo.


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