I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

The once palpable intensity began to dwindle into nothingness, Dugu Jafar pulled himself out of the rubble, as a trickling sound projected followed by the dropping of liquid.

The Nobles were filled with surprise, while the King's displeasure became ever so palpable, as they watched the pristine white Ring, stain red from the blood of Dugu Jafar.

"Your Highness," Dugu Jafar said, his voice husky as he turned his gaze towards Raph, abundant intensity growing within his chest.

"Permission to go all out"

The King's lips curled upwards in a malevolent delight. "Of course".

Within the next second, energy filled the aura with intense pressure, causing a trembling sensation to spread through the body of Raph.

The young boy grunted, holding his sword to keep his balance.

"Hah, I see you haven't given up, Dugu Jafar?" Raph asked, his tone laced with excitement, as his aura began to surge forth.

Dugu Jafar remained silent, a burning intensity in his gaze, and a fiery mana suffusing out of his body.

It should be well known by now that all system users use Mana. However, how they use it differs, and in this case, it was used in not just his Ax fighting style.

Dugu Jafar spread his arms apart, as his muscles began to bulge out, causing a wave of energy to suffuse out of his skin as he clenched his hold on his ax.

"...I will no longer underestimate you, Raffaelo Jun"

"Hm, you shouldn't have done that from the start" Raph replied, a smirk on his face as he took a stance, a cold breath exuding out of his lips.

"Expert class skill; Dragon Sea!" Dugu Jafar cried out as a blast of energy surged out from his body into the skies, turning into multiple straight lines with a dragon head on each.

A roar echoed in the sky as it descended in the next second, forming a beautiful arch of red energy as it collided with the ground, causing a trembling that permeated through the greenery fields, all the way to the nobles.

A blast of energy and the breaking of rocks echoed as the multiple straight lines of energy descended uniformly, breaking all in its path.

This left a lasting impression on all those who watched, but before they could come up with a clear winner, a shroud of ice erupted into the air as Raph phased through the energy, leaving a trail of ice in his wake.

"Everything is Ice". He swung his sword through the air, and a whizzing sound projected out followed by a cold that easily suffused and diffused through the atmosphere like dust. "Glacier Spire!".

Long shards of ice and snow projected out of the ground, covering half the diameter of the Ring as Raph jumped out of the arch, and charged towards Dugu Jafar.

"You leave room to wonder!"

A voice crept in his ears as he spun to his left, blocking an ax that descended like a guillotine as a sonic boom occurred as a result.

Raph tilted his body to the left as the ax came down like a fallen log of wood and charged forward in the next second.

"Room for what?" He asked when he halted in his actions and spun his sword behind to block Dugu Jafar's ax from coming in behind.

The middle-aged man grunted, pulling Raph forward with his ax and aiming a punch at the boy's face.

Raph cursed as he stretched his right leg forward in a split and dodged the incoming blow while still blocking Dugu Jafar's ax from reaching him. In the next section, he pulled his right hand up, grabbing Dugu Jafar by his throat and pulling him downwards while ascending at the same time.

"Khuk" Dugu Jafar choked on the strength of the boy's grip but he quickly retreated his arm in an attempt to punch him off, but it was too late, Raph's forehead descended on his like a hammer to a nail as a wave of pain shook the middle-aged man's body into a vegetative state.

His wound deepened, and he awoke, pulling his arm towards Raph's face and slamming him away by striking the side of it.

Raph crashed into one of the Ice spires, a smirk on his face as blood dribbled down his forehead.

"Wonder what you are?! What sort of mentality do you have?! Perhaps even your sisters doubt your existence as their brother!"

His voice echoed in the air, and everyone present could hear his words.

It was truly a surprising thing.

A boy who acts out of his age grows at an outstanding pace and is indifferent to his authorities. Just what kind of life can make a man such?

A fit of laughter burst into the air, catching the people present off guard.

Their eyes filled with disbelief and confusion, they watched as Raph pulled his body out of the ice spire while he laughed wholeheartedly.

"What does it matter? If I don't act my age, then it means there is room for such! If I am indifferent to authorities, then it means there is room for such. Everything has a reason, and so does my behavior".

Stretching out his body, he stared at Dugu Jafar straight in his eyes.

"A dome has been erected, right? I think I'm done holding back as well"

His circles began to vibrate as they spun around and his stars began to vibrate even faster.

"I will push myself over the edge to defeat you, for it is my duty.

As a member of the Jun household, as a brother, as a son, and as a Knight.

How I act to achieve it does not matter, what matters is the end result, don't you think, Dugu Jafar?"

"....The end result?" Dugu Jafar was left in awe at the boy's insight, or perhaps in shock at his shortsightedness.

He was a man of the moment, never capable of caring about the results it entailed.

He did what pleased him, and acted on impulse on what he wanted. It was what the King liked him for, but perhaps, had he been wrong.
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'...No, that doesn't matter. I want his sisters'

Just the thought made his blood warm, and his dragon's head stand.

"It doesn't matter how you act to achieve it, indeed. What matters is the end result; you will die, Raffaelo Jun and your sisters shall be mine. That I can assure you".

With a single swing of his ax, a wave of energy swept through the Ring towards Raph, and a blasting wave of wind struck through the Ring and a dome that had been erected around the Ring.

'Master class skill; Dragon's claw'

Raph's gaze constricted as he shifted his body to the right, dodging an impending doom, for in the next second, the ground where he once stood was split, and with it, a terrible gust of energy blasted him to the sides.

He grunted, twirling his body in the air as he regained his posture, his hands clasped on his sword when he felt a presence above him.

"I'm impressed! You dodged even that?!". His ax came flying down with his beastly strength as mana suffused out of his body.

"Hah, you're quite fast". Raph pulled his sword upwards, an icy chill exuding from his breath. '...Everything is ice..'

"Cold Zero!".

A gust of ice shards and a chill swept through his sword unto the ax, and spread forward at a rapid rate like an avalanche, leaving a trail of ice in its wake.

It spread to Dugu Jafar's arms and up to his shoulders before consuming him in a blanket of ice.

"Do you think this can stop me?!" His cry, loud and ferocious, caused a tongue of fire to erupt from the side of his mouth.

"Expert class skill; Dragon Flames!"

Raph jumped out of the way as a laser of fire surged out from his mouth and dispersed the cold gust, causing an aura of warmth to surround him while it melted everything in its path.

Raph landed a few meters away, his gaze filled with cold bloodlust as he pulled his sword forward.

'Shall I try that?!'.

In one month, Raph had read through the books in the Library and figured out a way to increase his proficiency in his traits.

It didn't matter how you applied it, what mattered was how well it turned out.

Meaning that their traits were malleable, and he could adjust them to as much as he needed to obtain what he wanted.

'This is just an underdeveloped version, but….' He stabbed his sword into the ground. '...Everything is ice'.

"Ice Wake!"

The pristine white ground of the Sparring Ring began to break and crackle as ice spread through it, from his sword to the whole length, causing a trail of ice to spread through anything or anyone that stood upon the ground.

Of course, Dugu Jafar was one of such, but as a Dragon Knight, he easily pulled himself out of the ice that had spread to his legs.

"What is this? And what do you think you could possibly do with this?"

Raph's gaze remained unperturbed, a cold aura permeating from his body like a forever cold deity.

Dugu Jafar found this as an opportunity, noticing his unwillingness to move from his position, and with a calm mind, he readied himself to charge forward, but at that moment, something cold grabbed his legs, and a frosty chill permeated through his armor, spreading through his defenses like cancer and causing an icy sensation that would forever leave an imprint in his life.