I regressed and became the Sword Ice King-Chapter 331 - - Festival 62- Raid on a Rainy Night

"How are the Crops thriving?" Nicho asked.

"Never the same in your absence but it is going as planned."

Nicho nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, then. You must have gotten my message. Did you prepare all that was required before setting out?"

Morris nodded, his expression hidden by a black mask.

"As instructed, we came with explosives and locked up our base. No one will know of our absence today."

"Wonderful," Nicho muttered in satisfaction as he stepped back, his gaze turning to the direction of the opening into the space.

There, three figures stood on guard, their expressions masked in a form of indifference.

Morris stepped out immediately in front of Nicho while Mila watched.

"Enemies?" He asked, his deep, hutched voice sending shivers down the three figures' spines.

They instinctively took a step back, but Katherin seemed insistent they remained in that vicinity.

"No, not yet," Nicho replied while Mila walked forward.

"The nerve. Did you not chase us all the way here? Why have you returned?"

Karherin shook her head while Crown and Roland stepped out in front of her, his fists and the other's executioner sword readied.

"You chose to betray us. I see no fault in that."

Roland, I interjected, his gaze sharpened, and his lips curled into a frown.

Mila tilted her head towards him, a cackle escaping her lips.

"And who is he? Your minion speaks?"

Nicho sighed as he rubbed his temples, his gaze shifting from Mila to Katherin.

"You came to negotiate, did you not? Well, start talking."

Katherins lips quivered before she began, her thoughts reeling in at the same time.

"Your preparations make me believe that you wish to take care of your end of the deal today, and then abandon us once you are done."

Mila giggled. "Obviously." She said,

The others glared at her, while Katherin continued.

"But, how do you expect to do this quickly? That artefact…I recognize it. It's the Golden Jumper, locked away because of its broken use…..but it seems it has just one more jump before it falls apart."

Morris stepped forward, a sudden outburst of dark, ominous aura exuding from his body when Nicho pulled him in place.

"Control yourself." He said.

"She speaks too much, why do we let her live?"

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"She isn't done with her point. Let her finish."

The man groaned slightly, his head tilted towards her, his horrid, ominous pressure exerting an invisible force over Katherin.

She felt the pressure easily and would have reeled in fear of it if not for her circumstances.

The man's appealing height and massive build made it even more difficult for one to look without feeling any form of fear.

She looked away, snatching her gaze away from the horrific man and continued with her statement.

"There must be a way for us to still have a purpose for you. We know the Rooms of certain Non-system users! This will make it easier for you to be done with your task on time.

That way you can make it before the Golden Jumper breaks down."

The edge of Nicho's lips curled up in a smile as he folded his arms in satisfaction.

'Right into our hands.'

It didn't matter what grand goal this group had. The fact that they didn't have enough powerful people to make it happen remained, and the fact that it would require a lot more years before they did also remained.

As a result, they had no other choice but to depend on the same set of people who would betray them in a heartbeat.

"Fine, then just as you've said. We target the necessary people. Twenty in total.

We form teams, and we capture them, dead or alive."

Katherin nodded as Crown and Roland slowly dropped their guards.

"We work together with you to capture them, but at the Sametime, we attack the Academy, and cause as much destruction as we can."

"Destruction is a breeding house for chaos and chaos causes instability. Once the Academy's foundations have been torn off, the people who are System users would call out the change of the Academy…."

"...and we, the System Uprisers, will send our figures who have been chosen to lead our future empire."

Katherin explained.

This was the details of their plan summed up in the process to make the people present in that space aware of what was ahead of them.

Nicho tilted his head, his gaze meeting Mila's as he nodded.

"Deal. A plan is a plan."

*****

The three figures walked down the Pipelines back towards the Cult.

A tense silence ensued around them, not just because of the ensuing battle that was about to take place but also because of their personal dilemmas in the matter.

A destiny they are unable to control because they lack the power to do so.

Katherin bit her lips at the thought, it sickened her.

'Our empire will be built, and I will use my bones to carve the foundation if I have to.'

"Are we seriously going to trust them?"

Crown broke the silence as their footsteps echoed against the ironwork of the Pipelines.

Roland glanced back and nodded in agreement.

"I was going to ask the same, but feared you two might hate me more."

Katherin remained silent as she cast a glance at her two subordinates behind her.

"Who said anything about trusting them?"

Crown and Roland glanced at each other and then at Katherin, their gazes sparkling with curiosity.

"Then?" Roland asked.

"Then? We start by being patient….and then…"

Her explanation began, slowly and controlled so that her voice remained a whisper, clear enough for her two subordinates.

Each statement sent a shiver down their spines, and a remarkable expression to etch on their faces.

This was a plan that hung on the thread of chances, but the System Uprisers have taken too many to back off now.

Be it by tooth, or nail, they would achieve their goal, presumably now.

With a silent nod, the two figures smiled at each other at the end of her explanation.

She turned around, her steps echoing as the others followed after her.

Katherin's gaze was a mask of indifference, her thoughts reeling in as her gaze drifted upwards.

'Even the weak bite when they've been messed with for too long.'

*****

As the dark clouds cascaded over the Academy, hovering with a melancholic timbre, a cold breeze swept through it.

The Hostels stood amidst the breeze, as the clouds thundered with raging might.

Students looked out the window, some awaking from their slumber from the might of the thunderclap.

Soon, lightning bolts streamed across the skies, like a paintbrush against a white canvas, plastering unspoken art upon the world.

The clapping of thunder and the streaming of lightning bolts acted as a wake-up bell, many rising to their feet from the noise.

This sudden startlement sent even the Staff in a stir as some walked out of the Hostels just to stare at the skies.

A man had done so, adorned in an Armour of silver, his sword placed neatly across his waist.

Walking out from Hostel Two, a female in a short gown, wrapped tightly against her ghastly features. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, her gaze drifting upwards as well.

"A Storm? Who's in charge of the Control Room today?" She asked.

The man glanced at her, and then back at the Clouds.

"Zitani Veleha."

"Oh, her."

"I wonder what she's up to….she's going to wake everyone at this rate." The man stated.

"Hm, true…" the woman replied with a hushed tone.

She turned around when she felt a drip of water on her shoulders.

Turning towards the sky, an incoming pour of tiny droplets stood vividly in her sight.

"Rain?" She muttered, silence suffusing the air as the droplets rushed against the earth, the soothing sound of a downpour piercing the silence.

The sudden change in weather took many by surprise. This was an odd situation, one that would cause many to rise from their slumber.

As if alerting them to something.

Well, no one really thought that deeply about it, but a few who had thought of it, stood by their windows. Their gazes locked onto the glass panels that shielded them from the downpour of rain.

Raph was one of these students, taking the rain as a sort of warning, his sword was already prepared in his hand.

Blood pulsated through his body as a rush of adrenaline pumped his heart twice as fast as usual. Yet, he remained in his position, casting side glances around.

'What is it? Who is coming? Who is it this time?' He wondered when he felt a shift, a pull and then numerous thuds.

A sigh of relief exuded from his lips, his eyes glowing malevolent white as he turned around slowly, casting its depths upon the invaders.

"One must wonder…..how do you lot keep doing that?"