I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

SOME FEW MINUTES AGO.

A loud explosion shuddered the walls of the Bastion, and female screams echoed through its hollow walls.

A blue haired girl with an innocent and gentle beauty burst out of a door into a grand hall.

The hall was furnished with benches and tables, with copper spoons and plates arranged on them, indicating its purpose.

She slid across the cement floor, her leg halting her momentum as blood gushed out of her mouth, and her gaze fixed on the figure that stepped out of the basement door.

"you're quite strong, huh" Morganna muttered, one edge of her lip curling up as Rina growled, her tail swaying with her movements.

"And you're rather sturdy, I didn't expect you to survive that attack". She replied with a feline accent, an amused tone in her voice. "you might as well give up".

She took a step forward, stretching her fingers and nails as she grinned at Morganna.

The situation didn't look good at the moment. Morganna was getting pushed back, and it was understandable since she was at the 7th circle while Rina was at the 9th at least.

Rina seemed to have bestial strength and abilities, as well as reflexes.

It was like fighting a cat with the strength of a blue whale or the weight of it ?

Morganna wasn't sure how her abilities worked, but they couldn't be superior to the Teras.

If anything, they should be inferior.

Morganna followed her movements with her eyes, her brain running in overdrive as ideas reeled in one by one, finding the best way to stall.

She believed in what her brother had told her– reinforcements were only a matter of time.

"Well, since you seem eager to die…". Rina stomped her feet to the ground and a vibration spread through the hall as she charged forward. "...let me help you".

Her voice, a hushed whisper, sent a chill down Morganna's spine when her figure turned into a blur.

Morganna's eyes widened in shock when she felt goosebumps on her skin.

The peculiar part wasn't that she felt it allover her skin but in one side of it.

'To my left ?!' Her body sprang into action to defend her left with a defensive barrier, her actions filled with uncertainty and hesitation, but to her surprise, she was right.

Rina appeared to her left in a blur, a thrust of air blowing some tables away with her appearance.

Rina's gaze hid hints of surprise in her expression as she spun in the air and swung her left leg down to strike Morganna down.

Morganna ducked, forming a propulsion of wind to blow her backwards away from the falling guillotine of Rina's leg.

She heaved deeply, not because she felt tired but due to the built-in tension from that short encounter.

"I have to use it".

THE MASTER OF SOULS allowed her to attack the unseen, including the souls of people. Though she was merely proficient in her trait, unlike the rest of her siblings, it never stopped her from quickly developing it to an extent.

She also has the ability to summon the spirits of creatures she has slain, using them in different forms such as minions, physical buffs, mana buffs and even soul buffs.

She has absolute control, but it was merely in the proficient stage, and her limits would become apparent with time.

She stretched her wand forward as the floor, kilometers in diameter around her began to turn white and a hollow sound echoed from its depths.

Rina stopped in her tracks, her gaze fixed intently on the floor when a transparent arm pulled out and grabbed her.

She flinched, staring down at it in disbelief and amusement as more began to climb out and grab unto her, pulling them into their depths.

She chuckled in amusement until she noticed her body was actually descending and her amused expression quickly shifted as she sprung out of the floor just in time.

Two giant black feathered wings fluttered out of her back, as it flapped, stopping her descent.

Her gaze was fixed on Morganna, noticing her sudden change in hair color.

"What is this ? Sorcery ? Since when did the Jun's engage in the Occult ?…I could have sworn that was the specialty of the 12th". She said, her fingers striding the contour of her face when a giant flying beast flew out of the white floor.

A hollow scream echoed in the halls as it flapped in a frenzy towards Rina. Her eyes slowly furrowed as she dodged, causing the beast to burst out of the building and then fly through it in the next second.

It seemed to control its ability of phasing through physical things, something like that was hard to come by.

"Huh….I see what is going on here". Rina said, raising her hands as ten yellow mana circles appeared in the air.

Each circle was filled with symbols and the codex of magic, with a particular function and attribute.

It rotated in the air, as massive similar flying beasts formed from the circles.

They were creatures of humongous size, their skin of leathery texture and an ominous black horn on their bird shaped faces.

Their eyes were onyx and devoid of all freewill, their forelimbs, a continuation of their massive bat-like wings and their lion hind limb were fearsomely large with sharp talons protruding out.

"3rd tier Greater beasts : Panther Raptors".

Rina pointed at Morganna, and the beasts screeched loudly as they charged towards her, while one maneuvered and slammed the flying monster onto the floor, its body dissipating as it let out one final screech.

Creatures that existed in forests condensed with mana were known as beasts. These were quite different from demons that originated from a different dimension.

Beasts had their hierarchy, starting from lesser beasts, greater beasts, legendary beasts, royal beasts and mythical beasts.

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These creatures differed greatly, ascending up the hierarchy from the non-intelligent lesser beasts to the higher life forms, known as mythical beasts, with mystical abilities.

Ten beastial arms, with four fingers and talons, protruded out of the white floor, solidifying into the world of the living as they pulled themselves out of the cold embrace of the afterlife.

Their screams and roars shook the walls of the hall, as they stood tall, eight feet in the air, with four long limbs and bestial tiger legs. Their wolf-shaped faces hid rows of canine teeth, and a snake-like tongue slithered out of their mouth, as they sent chilling cries through the air.

Their tails swayed with their massive size as they surrounded Morganna, their master, pulling on the Panther Raptors in hysteria.

"5th tier Greater beasts :

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Flesh, tendons and blood spluttered onto the floor as they tore into the flying beasts, filling the halls with their cries.

Rina's eyes sparkled with amazement, her grin widening at the cruel sight in her presence.

"A fight between the living and the dead ? How interesting !". Her gaze focused on the sight was blind to the distortion of space that occured at one point on the floor, followed by the appearance of Morganna.

Morganna had used that moment of madness to slip out of the protection of her beasts, running over the white floor stained with dead bodies and blood as ghosts began to float out of it in numerous numbers.

They formed a dome of protection around her as she jumped into the air, her physical prowess boosted by the numerous ghosts absorbed into her body. "3rd Chapter of the Jun Mage Arts".

Her mana surged within her body as a red-yellow light glowed brightly in her palms. It began to violently jerk and shook before erupting into a massive fire, taking the shape of a ferocious dragon's head.

Rina felt a hot sizzling heat sweep over her as the red intensity of the flames bathed the hall in a bright radiance.

Her body jerked, and her eyes widened in shock when she noticed Morganna's sudden appearance.

It seemed like the ghosts hid her presence until the sudden appearance of flames in her palm. 'What a frightening ability'.

Her eyes glinted with madness as a wild grin crossed her lips.

"Expert Skill….." Her body shook visibly as she raised her head, stretching her clenched fist as her mouth protruded, a beam slowly forming at the tip.

Morganna furrowed her brow as blue flames sparked within the red-yellow glow of the head of the dragon, growing into a protective covering over the crimson glow, and dancing with the might and wave of the flames.

"Ravage Burst !".

She projected it forward when Rina jerked her head forward, the beam of red and white energy shooting out at the same time as it clashed with the fiery dragon head.

"Beastial Roar !"

A sonic screech shook their ears as the beam shot out, clashing directly with the crimson dragon flames, twirling around with it, and causing a massive explosion.

'BOOM'.

A sonic implosion occured, followed by a fiery and blinding eruption, and a forceful blast that pushed everything in its path away, causing a mushroom of blazing flames to protrude through the ceilings and out of the Bastion, shaking it to its very foundation.