I regressed and became the Sword Ice King-Chapter 219 - - Arrived in the East 3

Soon, the carriage had arrived at an old, rickety postal office, which had an oddly snapped board sign with two long cat ears on the top fixed in front of it.

The building looked as ancient as the rest, without any proper care or maintenance but for some reason, unlike the others that had strayed men and children waking about, this one had none.

Their carriage had stopped by an old iron gate, worn out from rust and time. It was a testament to the number of years it had spent guarding the old building from the test of time.

As their carriages slowed down due to the hard grip of the sandy soil, two loud thuds echoed, signalling two people coming down from the carriage.

Neuj and his servant girl, Rafi were still tied up behind, and the weary eyes of the people of the town had been left behind a while ago.

Now, it was simply this postal building with a cat sign on a large billboard on the top of it and its signpost.

Most of the buildings were a few feet away from there and what separated the building from the others was a simple barricade made of stone and sand.

Raph had simply watched until now, but his curiosity had gotten the best of him a while ago.

"There’s Nobody here". He said with curiosity etched in his voice.

Azby glanced at him as she approached the old black, rusty gates with a smirk. "Sometimes, we ought to be patient". She replied while Rodrick chuckled as he approached the gate with her

"Let me do the honours" Rodrick said as he held the iron bar of the gate firmly. The length of the gate wasn’t so difficult, it was merely 6 ft tops.

"Sure" Azby replied with a smirk. "Do you want to hear a little history of this place, Kael?" She asked as she glanced at him.

At that moment, Elsie had poked her head out from behind Raph, her ears twitching with interest.

Her smirk widened. "I see your lady wants to".

Raph shrugged. "I’m interested as well. What and why are we in the middle of the outskirts of the town? We’ve crossed all the actual buildings….and you stopped us here…" Raph said as he glanced at the building.

Most of the windows had been damaged beyond repair, while some others still had the glass hanging off the edges. The door itself was locked shut, and it was surrounded by a vast amount of sand and stone before the gate stood in the way.

"....there is nothing here," he said, despite noticing the Cat ears. He had speculated that there could be more to it, but he wasn’t sure how.

Meanwhile, the horse which rode Neuj and Rafi slowly approached the carriage, with Neuj glaring at Raph. "It is time you end this nonsense. Why don’t we talk about my release before venturing into the Cat’s guild?"

Raph’s gaze perked open in surprise as he glanced at the man. "Oh? Do you know about them? Guess there’s more to this then". Raph said, disregarding his earlier comment while Azby cleared her throat to grab their attention.

"...then if I may…" she started. "You see, years ago, the Border Town wasn’t called the Border Town", she explained while Rodrick began to tap the iron rails at different intervals, creating a rhythm.

"It was called the Union City because of its freedom from the empire and the kingdom".

"Oh…." Raph muttered with a slight chuckle. ’So this place wasn’t always under either of the kingdoms’. His face slowly turned into a scowl in realization.

"They lived free from the control of a sovereign ruler until a rare Mana stones reservoir was located in the depths of the city".

"A Mana stone reservoir?" Raph repeated.

"Yes. When the King of the West and the Emir of the East heard of this, they became livid and attempted on numerous occasions to get it for themselves".

"....was there no form of defence?" Raph asked with a raised brow.

"Of course, there was. Back then, there was a small military force that served the city. They fought for two years until the rulers became impatient". Azby sighed as she continued. "Instead of using their gorilla tactics separately as they always did. They chose to attack from both sides and take out the city in one fell swoop".

"Oh….they formed a union? The west and the east?" Raph raised his brow in surprise while Elsie glared at him with her cheeks puffed out.

With a questioning expression, Raph asked her. "What?"

She clicked her tongue and snapped her head towards Azby. "Stop asking questions in the middle of the story". She said with a slight annoyance while Raph widened his eyes slightly in surprise and turned away.

"Yes ma’am".

Azby and the others laughed lightly at their short conversation as she prepared to continue the story.

At that point, the rhythm that echoed due to Rodrick’s effort had soon transformed into something new, something melodic and tune-like. It had become a music note, and it played effortlessly as he continued to tap it, following a specific note.

"Do-Mi-Re-La-Fi-Do…."

He muttered quietly as the beat played out with his whispers.

"You see, once they took over the city and wiped off every form of resistance, they began to fight amongst themselves in the city to gain ownership of the land. In the end, the two rulers could not bring themselves to share the spoils, and thus, a war began". She sighed and then continued. "It took three days to annihilate the resources of the town, reducing it to what it is now. Buokidnfs were damaged, crops that grew under harsh conditions became unstoppable and soon famine spread.

It was during this period that the resources had been completely seized by the Kingdom and the empire, leaving nothing for the true owners of the land".

’.....This….is pitiful…’ Raph thought with a sigh. ’Human greed….is what caused this city to become what it is’.

"The Border Town soon lost its people to famine, war and mass migration, until it became a city that was once again free". Azby scoffed lightly. "Perhaps this was their true freedom as War victims, prisoners, and escaped convicts came here to seek refuge and they grew this barren land into what it is now".

Raph clenched his jaw at her statement. He didn’t need to calculate twice for him to know who were the true sufferers of the war.

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"The women….were taken by this people that came here for refuge?" Raph asked.

"Yes. But that was merely a hundred or so years ago. They abused the indigenes of the town that remained at the time, the women and children especially, until the Cat knight appeared, and with him, the Cat Guild".

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At that moment, the tune had died down, and the gates suddenly sprung open without making a sound. The space in front of them cut through like paper, and a black void opened. A woman walked out of it in the next second.

She had long, red cat ears, and red eyes. She wore a maid outfit that stopped just above her knees and black strings that accentuated her lap and legs.

Her round glasses fitted perfectly with her attire and expression as she scanned through the people gathered at the gate.

Her gaze landed on each of them, stopping at Neuj and Rafi. A slight smirk formed on her lips as she shifted her gaze to Azby.

"Come in".

She said, with a commanding tone as she walked in as soon as she gave the statement.

Azby signalled for Colyn to guide the horses in, as she walked in with Rodrick.

Soon the people gathered in front of the gate prepared to move in, but at that moment, at the corner of Raph’s gaze, a glint appeared.

Raph slowly turned to his right, from the barricade that separated the building from the rest of the town.

He squinted his eyes in confusion when Elsie’s ears suddenly perked up.

Her nose shifted, and she suddenly jumped off the carriage while Raph stood up and cast a spell.

"7th tier Magic! Dome of Protection".

BOOM!

A loud, supersonic explosion occurred as a ball of streaming lightning slammed onto a dome of blue energy.

In the next second, ten figures jumped out of the barricade, as if they had been hiding in the shadows and charged at the people gathered.

"Secure the Boss", a female voice ordered as the people scattered and charged to a specific individual.

"Interesting!" Raph muttered when two figures slammed onto the carriage beside him, blocking him off from both corners.

At that moment, his gaze caught a whiff of a figure cutting off the rope that bound Neuj and Rafi, and the change in his expression became a testament to his displeasure with their action.

"Where do you think you’re looking?!" one yelled with a female voice as she swung a scythe through the air, forming a deadly arc in her wake while Raph bent backwards, dodging it by a large margin.

The figure behind him grunted with a female voice and swung down a heavy hammer towards his head, but Raph suddenly spun around in the air to the left, dodging it as it slammed into the carriage, causing the top of the Cabin to shatter and break.