I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

Raph found himself questioning quite a lot of things as he stared at the woman who floated in front of him. At one point, he glanced at Merthy, who seemed disappointed by the appearance of the figure while he tried to decipher what was going on.

"Who are you?" He asked, curiosity laced in his tone as he looked the woman over.

The woman gave a warm smile, a smile so warm that the atmosphere around them had gone up a couple of degrees. Raph had noticed this subtle change and that made him simply grow more weary.

"I should be asking you the same. Who are you? And why do you look like me?" The woman asked, her tone coming off subtle and calm like a tranquil lake beside a meditating spot.

"Huh? Excuse me but you're the one that looks like me…" he looked her over. "...at least the female version of me".

At that moment, Merthy walked up to Raph and pointed the broken bottle at his neck.

"watch how you speak to the Guild Master, you foolish noble"

'Noble?' Raph thought with a raised brow. "I am not a noble", Raph said as he pushed the bottle away from his neck. "and weren't you taught not to point sharp objects at visitors, or did you bring us here as prisoners?"

The woman glared at Merthy. "Yes, she was". Her tone had turned harsh, and Merthy seemed to have gotten the message since she backed off nearly instantly.

"Good. Now, can you explain to us what is happening?" He asked the Guild Master, who slowly shifted her gaze from Merthy to him. At that point, her warm smile had been replaced by a cold scowl.

"...you don't seem to know how to respect your elders, kid".

"....maybe in another condition but at the moment, I just want answers. Why did you call us up here? And why do you look like me?" Raph repeated his questions, his gaze flickering with intensity. Sometimes the unknown can cause future unprecedented circumstances, and he did not remember ever meeting someone like her.

'...not only does she look like me….but those stats, ' He thought as he stared at & the stat screen.

MAYURA SYSTEM WINDOW

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Name: Ziza Ruggard

Title: Daughter of the Psychic King.

Race: Human

Profession: Psychic Martyr (upgradeable)

Lineage: The Mind Rulers

Level: 100 / 10 Circles.

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STRENGTH: 150 [+]

AGILITY: 189 [+]

CONSTITUTION: 450 [+]

INTELLIGENCE: 2400 [+]

MP: 14000

AVAILABLE POINTS: 113

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LOCKED.

'It's already impressive that she's level 100, but her title and lineage…why does it look eerily familiar, and why can't I see her skills?'. He thought, before shifting his gaze to the woman.

"I see…so you chose to remain stubborn, huh?" her smile had grown eerily cold. "I admit I may have called you here out of the blue, which is unlike me…but your existence alone is enough to make me weary". She explained while keeping her cold gaze.

Raph raised a brow and then glanced at Azby, who simply shrugged on her spot. They didn't want to get involved with this matter, and he could tell from their expressions.

"...I'm known as Kael", Raph replied as he turned towards the woman.

But an eerie silence follows # after his statement. The woman's face grew colder, and even paler as she pointed at Raph.

Raph raised a brow in confusion, before something caught the corner of his eyes, forcing his body into an adrenaline drive before he could even think.

He suddenly stumped the ground, forcing a wall of ice to grow around them, blocking what seemed like invisible punches that slammed the ice wall into bits of snow and ice shards.

The silence that followed was suffocating, and the Mercenaries had quickly grown weary as well.

"Why did you do that?" Raph asked with curiosity etched in his voice while Ziza and Merthy watched carefully, hiding their expressions behind their stoic facade.

"...You lied," Ziza said simply and raised her arm, causing a sudden shift in space as their surroundings changed altogether.

Now they were currently standing atop an invincible dome, surrounded by darkness.

The sudden change caused a stir amongst them, and when Rodrick had glanced down to get a clue of their new location, it had only grown worse. Why? Well, that would be because they were now a long way above the Guild Building and the Four Islands.

It nearly seemed inconceivable at first, but Rodrick had to squint his eyes to get a better picture.

The moment he noticed, he helped in surprise and pulled Azby's attention to it.

Raph watched this happen silently as the tension grew in the air.

His gaze shifted to Ziza and Merthy, and without wasting another breath, he pulled out his longsword from his storage ring.

"Wait! Kael, be calm" Azby said out loud as she quickly walked up to him to grab him.

"Oh?" Ziza's voice pierced through the space and grabbed their attention. "You lied to the Mercenaries as well…you deserve death".

She pointed at Raph yet again, but Azby is # Rodrick quickly walked up front between them to stop her.

"Please stop!" Rodrick cried out while Colyn and Lucky hurdled around Raph and Elsie.

Their sudden action caught both Merthy and Ziza by surprise as she slowly dropped her hand.

"What is the meaning of this? Do you wish to go against me?" She asked with an irritated tone in her voice.@@novelbin@@

"Not at all, Guild Master, but Kael means no harm" Rodrick attempted to explain.

"Yes, Guild Master. He may be hiding a few things from us, but he means no harm. He simply does so to avoid complications". Azby explained further while Ziza remained stoic, perhaps upset but her subordinate wasn't having it.

"He may seem that way to you since he travelled with you lots, but we, on the other hand, see him as a threat. Not only does he look like us, but he also doesn't have the system…together with that girl". Merthy said with a plain tone in her voice. "This town may seem like a No rule area but it is far from that. Certain obligations must be met, and finding out his identity and his purpose for being here is one of those". Stay tuned to My Virtual Library Empire

The group remained silent for a moment, but Raph suddenly pulled Azby and Rodrick back.

"There is something wrong here". Raph said, his tone growing cold. He withdrew his long sword and held out his right hand.

"Come to me! Cold steel".

The space around him, despite lacking any form of matter, began to crackle to the intensity of his command.

This sudden change caused Merthy and Ziza by surprise as Ziza attempted to stop it. She held out her hand towards Raph, as an invincible force suddenly fell on the group in a single swoop.

The force was so great that Azby and her crew were forced on their belly on the ground, while Elsie was forced to her knees.

Raph on the other hand, simply grunted as he pulled his sword from the gust of snow and ice that formed.

A blue double-blade katana glowed with a malevolent hue as he swung it across the air.

There is a form of mastery that is obtainable from the 9th star, where the aura is used as a limb by swordsmen. This is called Aura Force, a form of applying pressure upon one's opponent with aura.

"Kneel".

BOOM!.

His aura exploded out of his body like a tsunami, fighting the invincible pressure applied on them by Ziza while forcing Merthy and Ziza to the ground.

The sudden explosion of aura and its application on them caused a sudden stir of confusion that caught them by surprise.

The two ladies were forced to their knees while the invincible pressure was offset.

At the same time, Raph's aura was dispersed, while the invincible pressure was gone, causing a serene silence to follow after.

The people gathered panted lightly as they rose to their feet, surprise etched on their expressions, at least some of them.

Ziza and Merthy didn't seem pleased in the least about what had just occurred.

"...you've proven your point….now, who are you," Ziza asked with a stern gaze while Raph stared at them with a smirk.

"I admit that I've not been honest with a few things, but I promise you that your method would have never worked on me". Raph explained. "If you wish to get answers….then I would have given them to you".

He slowly glanced at Elsie, who simply stared right back at him.

At this point, he didn't think there was a need to keep going with his identity; after all, he was far away from the West, but even that didn't give him enough reason to reveal his identity.

"You control space, right?" Raph asked Ziza, who slowly nodded in reply. "Then, could you move five of us to a different location".

His decision was simple. Reveal it to those he could trust.