I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

While the fight went underway between Raph, Timon and Neuj, another fight took place somewhere else.

Well, not exactly a fight, but a simple feud that could lead to one.

Ziza was currently floating above the remaining two members of the pillars, Safara Desert and Elias Sai.

A tense silence ensued between them as her question hung in the air.

"Well, what shall it be?" she asked, her question tugging them both from their thoughts.

Safara sighed. "I have no intentions of staying in the border town, nor do I have the intentions of being amongst the five pillars".

"You're stepping down? Why?" Ziza asked, curiosity etched in her tone.

Safara scratched the back of her head, the image of plum playing on her mind.

"There seems to be a better fate for me, but that isn't here. I already talked with the blind swordsman before he asked me to come here…..I will go with them to the Kingdom"

Ziza's brows furrowed deeply, confusion etched in her expression, though she was satisfied with her reply.@@novelbin@@

Her plan was to become the sole ruler of the Border Town and fix it up to what it used to once be. It didn't matter whether the others chose to leave, stay quiet, or die, but she had to ensure they didn't lose a threat to them later on.

"I don't get it…but if this is something you have spoken to the Blind Swordsman, then so be it".

She instructed, a sigh escaping her lips.

"Yes, I've already instructed my subordinates on what to do. They shall be coming with us".

Safara explained. 'Plum will be fighting for the throne from his tyrannical father, he needs all the help we can give him….'

She could tell the Cat guild wasn't just being helped by Raph, and her certainty was confirmed when she realized Raph's true strength.

He was strong enough to claim the Cat guild if he wanted to, but he didn't.

'They must have struck a deal'. She concluded, a sigh escaping her lips as she did so.

"Fine…" she flipped her finger, sending Safara away from her space, and turned to the last remaining member. "....Well?"

Elias Sai found himself in a deadlock, an uncomfortable one at that but he wasn't about to just let things go their way.

"Amitabha, why are you doing this, Ziza? We are old comrades, friends from the same neighbourhood"

"And that's why I'm giving you an option. I didn't give Neuj or Timon any of that. I hope you will be grateful for my generosity".

Elias chuckled, his hands clasped together as they glanced at each other. A tense silence ensued between them, adrenaline coursing through their bodies in anticipation.

"I do not wish to antagonise you or your clan, but you will need the watchers. We have recorded our history for many generations; we know what the true Border Town should be like".

A scowl creased her brows as she stared at him. For some reason, Elias had always rubbed her off the wrong way. Maybe it was because he acted so pacifistic, almost like he was instructed to do so.

None of his ambitions carried weight, and he was a system user who had reached level 100 like her.

It made no sense to her, something was amiss in his story, but she just couldn't tell.

"I have never trusted you, Elias…and I will continue to do so".

She stretched her arms across her chest, forming an x-shape with them as her gaze flickered with a malevolent hue.

"Transcendent Skill; Devoid Space".

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A dome suddenly suffused around Elias and his subordinates, but they remained unperturbed, their expressions not even flinching from the sudden attack.

Their figures disappeared from the space and reappeared in the skies of the Earth. There, Ziza floated in the air, her arm position fixed as before.

"Is this what you choose, Ziza?" Elias asked, an intense pressure suddenly warping around him and his subordinates.

He felt a drastic pressure carry root from within his body, swirling within in an almost frantic effort.

His two subordinates suddenly exploded into flesh and blood, the gruesome sound of flesh splashing against the circular barrier around them echoing in the air.

"I'm afraid so, Elias. I hope you find solace in this".

The pressure roamed Elias' body in a desperate effort, rushing to his organs as his head suddenly began to bloat.

The rest of his body followed after, before it exploded into a pool of guts and blood, splashing on the doom's walls in a gory sight.

She sighed, releasing the contents as her gaze shifted to a particular fight below.

'I wonder if he's found out about Timon's only transcendent ability yet….'. She thought, her gaze shifting away as she disappeared.

'....well, he should be fine nonetheless'.

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Neuj stared up at Raph, and a tense silence ensued between them. The sun's rays had begun to simmer in the clouds, leaving trails of crimson hue on the expanse of the skies.

It descended slowly, giving way for darkness to creep up, and driving what little ambience the sun provided.

Neuj simply stood amidst the changes of the earth, his thoughts reeling in. '...though, it's about time'. He thought when loud footsteps projected in the air.

Raph raised a brow, his gaze drifting to the source of the sound, and a contemplative expression on his face.

"Oh?" he muttered, his expression turning to that of pure amusement.

Walking out of the flattened debris and rubbles of the fallen building was Timon, his sword held firmly in his grasp, an arm gone, and his body brewing with golden energy.

"Transcendent Skill; Doppelganger"

He walked up to Neuj, his expression etched with fierce determination.

"I underestimated you, Raffaelo Jun but not again".

Raph raised a brow. 'What do you mean you underestimated me? I'm the one that did that….' he thought.

He had not noticed the Timon he was facing against all this time was a doppelganger. How could he Not?

'Are my eyes getting deceived? Are there more?' he wondered.

If Timon could create doppelgangers, then he was clearly in a sort of trouble.

'It was a transcendent skill, so I assume everything was copied perfectly, and thus my eyes were unable to see It'.

That was the only conclusion he could surmount, but now that he knew about this technique, he needed to quickly differentiate them to avoid having one of them escape.

"You know, Timon, you act like a cockroach".

Timon's expression hardened, his fists gripping tightly and his lips bit down.

"I refuse to die meaninglessly".

"Oh….is that so". Raph's sword suddenly exploded in a warm pool of concentrated aura, his power charging at his command.

"Want to find out if you'll die meaningfully?". He asked, his tone laced with authority. "Give it up and die by my sword. Don't make things hard for yourselves, after all, the both of you are out of energy".

It wasn't just him bluffing, his eyes could see it.

Not just the system status, but their energy pool.

System users have mana circles around their hearts, and each continues their mana pool.

'They've almost run out of It'. He thought but he was still filled with it, both in fact and he had not even used resonance.

'They are no match for me….I've gotten stronger'.

He was facing two 100 levels at the same time, but yet he wasn't exerting himself as much as he did when he fought against Dugu Jafar.

'This is progress'.

"We may not have energy but we're still leaders. It would be a shame to die without even trying hard enough".

"I see, well put up all the acts you want". He swung his blade through the air, and a cold crescent arc formed in its path. "I shall end you both".

Energy warped around him as he suddenly appeared in front of Neuj, a sudden thrust of power exploding around him as he grabbed the man by his neck.

"Shit!". Timon sent his sword flying down with brutal strength, his veins showcasing the bruteness of his attack, and his expression devoid of all lingering rage.

His sword was suddenly slammed away by a stronger force, Raph's sword spinning in the air as he rotated his body across the icy ground, slamming Neuj into the ground, a sudden groan escaping his lips. He then slammed his sword against Timon's, a powerful force imbued in it that sent Timon flying back.

"What change does it bring if you're alive again? I'll simply cut you down once more!"

He charged forward, Neuj in his grasp and his sword hungry for blood.

Timon skidded across the ground; his gaze ensued with golden light.

"Master skill; Gladiator Body!"

His body was filled with golden energy that suddenly erupted in size, forming two giant arms in the way, which stretched themselves across the air.

The giant arms, large as pillars, slammed their first together and pulled themselves down towards Raph, a ripple of energy and wave exuding at the bottom.

"Oh?" Raph muttered, stomping his feet on the ground as ice crept up around him.

"Everything is Ice". He said with a smirk drawn across his lips. "Glacier Spire!".

Cold energy exuded throughout the ground, growing in intensity until it suddenly exploded in the skies, forming tall ice spikes and snow mounts that stopped the arm from coming down.

A sudden explosion occurred, wind drafts exuding from the collision as ice spikes and snow fell to the ground from the impact.

A startled laugh escaped Raph's lips, his gaze exuding a cold hue.

"You can do better than that!"