I created my own system

I shouted again yet my body was so slow to respond to my will. I wanted to run fast but couldn\'t.

However, I am thankful for my unique endurance and stamina, despite running for quite some time now I can still go on for a while longer.

As I ran I saw a silhouette of someone. I halted trying to see if this person was an ally or foe.

As my eyes slowly scanned him, he began to approach me.

"Yuan?"

"Wei?"

Finally, someone is here!

I desperately ran towards him however as I did a shadow was already looming behind his back. It was a beast with a towering build, its size was humongous and black scales became its shield from arrows and blows. Its eyes glisten in hunger as if it hasn\'t eaten for days although its mouth and body are covered with blood.

"Watch out!"

However, before my voice could reach him the demonic beast moved bearing its fang on its victim.

Time seemed to move slowly and the beast that was a few centimeters away from Wei suddenly cut down to pieces.

"Who did that?"

Blood spattered while the beast\'s severed body painted the ground red.

"You better move Yuan"

"Captain!"

It was the same black woman who grabbed my collar a few days ago.

What was her name again?

[Apologies I wasn\'t able to hear it as well]

"Yuan!"

"Yes!"

"Move now!"

"Yes ma\'am!"

I run while Jun still rests on my back.

"His arm is severed"

She commended while holding onto her long spear.

"Do we have a healer?"

"Yes but currently occupied with the abundance of patients"

I couldn\'t help but bite my lip as I heard those words.

[You are greatly affected even though you shouldn\'t be my Creator]

Jeremiah\'s words made my expression even more complicated.

"You don\'t have to worry the army has a separate healer so your brother should receive treatment"

The captain said as if trying to make me feel assured.

"Follow me, we have found a place where demons can\'t enter easily. Everyone is there resting so we should regroup with the others"

I only nodded knowing that I won\'t be able to rest.

Our current location is the Fire Phoenix forest, a place where the Fire Phoenix tree is abundant. This land is one of the places that can\'t be invaded by demons easily. You might ask why, the reason for that is...

My thoughts suddenly shifted when I heard something. It was a screech like a cry or warning for something.

"Jeremiah can you apply the system\'s lenses in my current body"

[It can Creator just give me a few seconds to implement it in your body...

Implementation is done Creator you may proceed to use it]

My eyes slowly changed and my vision improved significantly. The landscape became clearer to me while a mini-map of the forest was suspended on the side of my vision. I squinted and immediately my vision zoomed in towards the location of the noise.

[Is that!?]

"Yeah"

A flaming bird akin to a Phoenix graces the entrance of the forest. The horde of demonic beasts halted due to its appearance. The reason for this was because their instinct was giving a warning not to move forward.

This forest is the resting place of a high-rank spirit, Guardian. This flaming bird is a descendant of a real Phoenix however instead of going inside the world tree like any other spirit it remains inside the forest, the place where it was born.

Back to the flaming bird, its wings produce golden flames burning a high amount of demonic beast.

[It\'s defending the forest]

"Yes however it won\'t be enough"

Outside the forest, a sea of darkness can be seen, a darkness created by thousands of demons all marching forward to devour the forest.

[This spirit won\'t last long]

"I know"

That night the forest was enveloped with cries and howling making every passing hour eerie.

"We have to do something, the entire forest is already being surrounded and the Guardian won\'t be able to keep fighting for long, we must move!"

I could hear their words from outside the tent, and although I knew what would happen, I still felt nervous.

"Yuan"

My attention was suddenly snatched when Jun suddenly spoke.

"What do you feel? Are there any signs of discomfort or are you feeling dizzy? You can tell me anything"

I heard him chuckle as if finding my words amusing.

"It seems you are fine since you can laugh like that"

"Am I? I am just happy you no longer treat me like a stranger"

"Ah...sorry for that"

He laughed although his entire face and body were almost covered with bandages.

"Rest well"

I could only say before leaving the tent, as I left I saw the captain walking towards me.

"Cap, good morning"

She merely nodded and made her way inside.

[That was strange usually she would glare at you as if you committed the greatest crime but now she looks stressed]

"Who wouldn\'t be with all the chaos that\'s been happening"

However, I do find her reaction suspicious so I did what I thought was appropriate.

I activated one of the system\'s gears and made my hearing better.

[So the appropriate thing you are telling me is eavesdropping on their conversation]

"Why aren\'t you curious as well?"

[I am]

Suddenly I felt my hearing became even better, it began cancelling unnecessary noise and focusing on one point. Jun and the captain\'s conversation.

"So you are telling me I need to stay here like the rest of the injured soldiers and make sure to kill demons as much as I can"

"Yes, I tried to cancel this order believe me, but the council believed that you and the rest of the injured soldiers and civilians are liabilities that will only slow us down. So instead of being a burden they wanted to use you all to buy us enough time to flee"

"I see, truth be told I see this coming. I know the King, he will never compromise for the sake of those who have low chances of survival. He will always make a choice for those who have a higher chance of living than for us who are weak and injured"

"Jun.."

"Captain I won\'t go against the king\'s orders, I know my body, I know I won\'t last for long. So please make sure my brother is safe. He is the only person I have left, so please protect him"

It was a faint calm voice however I could feel his determination.

"Ha..."

I couldn\'t help but breathe like that.

"How stupid seriously, why? Why do I suddenly miss my brother?"

It was confusing at the same time alerting. My mind already settled on killing that person and somehow it began to waver.

For the first time after that incident, I suddenly longed to have a brother.

.....

A few hours after that conversation I saw the injured soldiers walking towards the edge of the forest.

"Yuan" he called me so I looked towards him and asked.

"Where are you going?"

"Ah, this? The King gave us orders that we should take another route to make sure we would be safer. Don\'t worry the healers are with us, they will take care of our injuries so you should hurry and go with the others. We will meet after we pass this hurdle, so keep yourself safe okay?"

Seriously, if you are going to lie make sure it\'s not obvious you know. I can definitely tell you are lying.

Experience more tales on mvl

[What are we gonna do Creator, this fact wasn\'t included in the books. They never said that the king wanted to sacrifice his injured citizens and soldiers in order to have enough time to flee]

"You are right"

They never taught us that history can be different and alarmingly cruel.

[Perhaps it\'s because the book you have read vaguely explains this part of history. After all the history of the empire is quite long and they have to summarize it in order for your classmates to learn it in two months]

Was that really the reason? It seems history can be deceiving if you read it from another person\'s perspective. This past may be part of someone else\'s pov that we never read about.

"Yuan? You okay? You don\'t look good, is there something that is bothering you?"

Ah, my expression is too oblivious it seems I am still not good at hiding them.

"Sorry I am just worried"

"Don\'t be, we can still meet after this"

I nodded with his lies although I am not really the brother he is trying to protect.

[What do you plan to do? I see no bridge here even though the record says Yuan died destroying the Black bridge that connects the Qin kingdom and this forest]

"We don\'t have a choice but to make sure we can still do the outcome that was recorded in history"

[Yuan\'s death]

"Yes"

Although I am a bit sceptical if Yuan was truly the man that died.