I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

On a sunny afternoon, as the sun's light blessed the lands with its ambiance hue, two figures stood on an open Sparring Ring.

Their gazes filled with intent as they stared at each other, their minds filled with thoughts of their own.

At the sides of the Ring were nobles and vassals of the King, as well as members of the Great Family, including the fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth.

The rest were figureheads that had come in place of their Patriarchs. Their origin didn't matter, and the reason for using figureheads wasn't a concern, as the King didn't care about their appearance.

All he needed was their vote in revoking the next Patriarch of the Jun household.

The King was currently seated on a much smaller throne than the previous, and by his sides were his sons, and surrounding them were twenty level 100 Knights.

With his legs crossed, and his head resting on his right hand, he felt an excitement that was only palpable by him.

'Hah….a wonderful day it is'. The King thought while a familiar-looking man named Nexulus Bon, the King's butler, walked up to the Ring, standing in between the two Knights.

"Challenger Raffaelo Jun, do you, by the name of the King, swear to accept the results of the battle wholeheartedly, and with it the punishment of death?" The gray-haired middle-aged man said, his back straightened and his posture flawless.

"Yes, I do" Raph replied, his gaze lingering on his sisters that stood together with the nobles, while Dugu Jafar's stare fixed on him.

"And do you, the Challenged Dugu Jafar, by the name of the King, swear to accept the results of the battle wholeheartedly and with the punishment of death?"

Dugu Jafar flinched for a second, his gaze shifting from the boy to the butler, as his brows furrowed. ".....I do…" He replied.

"Well then, by the power invested in me by the King…."

The two Knights tensed as the Butler continued his statement, their gaze sharpening on the impending battle.

"....Begin!".

His voice resounded in the air as his body whisked away from the center, giving the two Knights free rein to set loose.

Dugu Jafar charged in like a ramming bull, a vibrant flow of silver illuminating his body as armor began to take shape.

"You will die today!" His voice was like a howl, a thundering roar that caused the nobles to shudder. With a thrust of his arm through the air, a great axe formed and he pulled it down like a guillotine.

Raph remained unperturbed in his position as his double-edged katana formed as he whisked his hands horizontally through the air, and with a gust of wind and trembling ground, their weapons collided.

BOOM!.

It caused a shudder through the Sparring Ring, breaking its concrete nature, while a strong gust of wind swept around them, causing some nobles to stumble and fall to their feet due to the strength.

They weren't even that close to it; in fact, there was a suitable distance away from the duel, and yet, they felt the wind as if they were in the middle of it.

This caused some to shudder at the sight, but most veterans and Patriarchs were intrigued for another reason.

Among these Patriarchs was the sixth, the Teras. He had a single thought after that collision. 'Oh, He still stands?'

Indeed, Raffaelo Jun did not move an inch from his position, and this caught most of many off guard, after all, Dugu Jafar was a Level 100, or in terms of stars, he was a 10th star on the edge of becoming an eleventh, and he was a veteran at that.

How could a kid fight someone of his caliber? Unable to answer his questions, he and the rest of the Patriarchs watched with great interest, as history could be remade at this very moment.

Raph's blade stopped Dugu Jafar's axe with ease, and their gazes met at that given moment, their thoughts palpable.

"How? How can you withstand my attack?" Dugu Jafar asked, his tone laced with confusion but something suddenly went amiss.

'He's growing stronger?' He thought, pushing his weight down on his ax causing sparks of bright light to ignite due to the collision of blade to blade.

"Come on Jafar! Is this all!" Raph screamed out, his aura blasting through his body. "Have you forgotten already?! I am a Magic Knight!" His words caused a wave of realization in Dugu Jafar, but even with that, he could not understand where his strength was coming from, but he didn't hesitate to press him down, though it was to no avail.

Silence descended upon them, and only the sound of their weapons pushing at each other echoed within that silence.

"...you will lose, Jafar." A cold breath exuded from Raph's lips as he swung his blade through the air, pushing the middle-aged man away with brute force.

The force pushed Jafar to the other end but his axe came in handy in stopping himself from moving further.

"How dare you-"

Like the wind, Raph appeared next to him, his gaze filled with hollow intensity and a cold bloodlust that made Jafar shudder. He couldn't even complete his statement as he swung his axe into the air.

'I heard he won the battle of the Rankings, but he had not reached this stage of mastery! Are you telling me within one month?!' He was lost in thought as Raph's katana formed an arch through the air, leaving an icy trail in its wake.

"Chapter 2! Fierce Surge!"

Raph's voice caused a chill to creep up Jafar's spine as a wave of aura wrapped around his blade, increasing in size and intensity.

It increased twofold, then fourfold, then eightfold, and then sixteenth fold, each causing a blast of energy that pulsated with the wind.

Dugu didn't falter in his attack, increasing his speed as his ax began to glow red.

"Expert Class Skill: Fiery Ax Slash!"

His ax ignited with fiery flames that formed the head of a dragon, two times as large as his battle axe, and within the next second, the weapon collided with a weapon.
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BOOM.

The wind pulsated as a sonic explosion occurred, causing Dugu Jafar to quiver due to the intensity of the strike.

He was taken aback, and unconsciously took a step back, but that was a mistake, a terrible mistake that Raph was not going to let go unnoticed.

With a grunt, he spun his sword backward, causing Dugu Jafar to trip forward and his ax with him. In the next second, he spun his sword through the air, causing a whizzing sound to echo as it sliced through the Ring ground and ascended upwards, beneath Dugu Jafar.

The man's eyes constricted as he pulled his ax downwards and jumped into the air to dodge and maneuver the attack, but the force was much more than his expectations.

With a single puff of the air, Raph pulled his sword upwards, and Dugu Jafar with it, who was still stuck preventing the sword from ascending and slicing him into two, swinging him through the air, and banging him into the Ring's concrete ground at his other side.

BOOM.

With a gust of wind, the ground split into two due to the collision as Dugu Jafar was left upside down in the embrace of the cold, hard ground of the Ring.

A world of pain streamed through the man's body, as his eyes widened in shock, and his mouth with it.

His body twitched as Raph retreated at a safe distance, swinging his sword through the air at the same time with a satisfied expression.

The Nobles were left in shock, and his sisters were in a similar state of surprise, as they all had the same thoughts running through their minds.

'Where is that strength coming from?'

Well, it was an easy thing to respond to; after all, Raph was currently focusing on achieving such strength.

Unbeknownst to those around him, his circles and stars were vibrating in harmony, causing a surge of power to stream through his body like a fourth circulatory system.

This was a technique he had prepared for occasions like this–Resonance.