I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

As they walked into the building, a vivid drop in the temperature occurred as the people seated at their tables turned towards the two figures.

All in black, with their face behind a mask.

It was difficult to observe the mood of the room, or the people gathered as they were always stoic, like status.

The duo didn't pay it any attention and walked towards the counter, where a man stood at the opposite end, his muscular arms folded.

"We were expecting you, Contractors". The man said, a low tone in his voice.

Nicho pulled out a pouch from his storage ring and placed it on the counter.

"How was the job? Did you get it done?"

There was a tense silence that ensued between them, and the duo knew right away that something was up.

"Contractors, you gave us a mission to get the student staying at Room 138, is that right?"

Nicho raised a brow. "Was that his room number? I don't know, I forget".

"That student was Raffaelo Jun, did you know that?" The man asked, his tone growing with the tension in the air.

Mila scoffed. "And so what if he is?" She asked.

"You gave us a job without letting us know the student we were meant to kill, and I understand….but he was a member of the Great family".

Mila stumped her hand on the counter, her gaze narrowed. "And so what if he is?"

"Don't you get it? Someone like that, if we had killed him then we would have been wiped off if they traced it down to us".

"Then don't get caught".

The tension brewed like a whistling tea kettle, a hot conflict ready to brew.

"How many assassins have been sent to the Great families and returned back alive to tell the tale?"

The great families were powerful beings that they knew, but system assassins who had been given to annihilate one of them as a commission had experienced it beforehand.

The true meaning of being a member of the Great Families.

"...it just goes to prove that you are incompetent, no?" Nicho asked, a smile forming on his lips.

"Incompetence? We lost thirty members because you hid the fact that you wanted a Great Family member dead! Not just any! But a Jun? Your commission was incompetent".

"Says the man scared of a fifteen-year-old".

Mila mocked, a playful sarcasm dancing at the back of her throat.

"So what now? You lost your team so you want compensation? In fact, you're the ones owing us compensation! How dare you?!"

Nicho held back Mila at that moment, the tension reaching its climax at the same time.

"We apologize for your loss but if we had known he was that skilled, then we would have gone ourselves….but only the Assassins Guild knows of the method of getting in and out".

A silence ensued after that, the man slowly reeling in his thoughts.

"So that's what all this is about? You wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Kill the Jun son and get our method of entrance".

The man sighed, his muscles tensed.

"What a shame! We won't let you leave to see another day after witnessing our failure…so it doesn't matter if you apologize".

Immediately after his statement, a loud click noise occurred, followed by the scurrying of feet and slamming of wood.

It was a swift commotion that soon ended when the duo glanced around.

A smirk formed on Mila's face as her paired katana appeared on the sides of her waist.

The room, which had at least a bit of light from the windows, had turned pitch black.

On observing around, what surrounded them was actually a multitude of masked assassins, their pitch-black clothing blocking the sunlight while their numbers closed in on the two.

Nicho sighed as he rubbed the hack of his head.

"This was a misunderstanding. Why do you have to resort to violence?" He asked.

"This is the only way we can shut you up and avenge our fallen comrades".

"Then shouldn't you go after the kid who killed them?"

"...who would you rather offend, a skilled son of the Jun household or two strangers from the backward district?"

Nicho chuckled at his question. "If you put it that way, then I can see why….but, you made a wrong deduction here".

Nicho stretched out his palm and an odachi appeared on it, his gaze flickering with a hidden malevolence.

At the same time, a sudden burst of mana exploded out of Mila's body, startling the assassins fathered, but not enough to phase them.

They suddenly warped around as they junked into the air, their deadly weapons stretched out towards the duo with a solid goal of ending them.

Mila laughed out loud, the sound of her voice sending waves of vibrations through the air as her feet burst forward with power.

Her katanas were drawn out of their sheet in unison as a clash of blades occurred soon after.

"Transcendent Skill!"

Her katana suddenly glowed molten red, a bizarre flame igniting at the corner of her eyes as her frenzied smile widened in excitement.

"Let's burn together, shall we!" She announced as the assassins surrounded her like magnets, their weapons aimed at her in a futile attempt to stab through her.

Her katanas suddenly erupted in flames, growing brazenly in size as they suffused her body in an unparalleled coat of flames.

"Fire Might!".

The flames surged out in bounds as a sudden eruption of sound and crackling of flames occurred on her body before exploding out in a brilliant hue of light and heat.

Nicho stood behind the man's counter, pulling out his odachi as he swung it through the air.

A sudden outpour of mana occurred as the wind around him propelled the assassins drawn to him.

"Transcendent Skill! Wind Gesture".

He sliced his odachi through the air as a sudden tornado formed on the ceiling, sucking in the assassins that charged towards him like a vacuum.

It began to increase in size, expanding at a ridiculous rate until it reached the blazing flames.

On the outside of the building, the old tavern looked reasonably peaceful despite the conflict within, but that was changed as soon as a sudden light ignited out of the roof. It was followed by a sudden vibration and a loud explosion.

The explosion curled on itself before recoiling out with a powerful wind pressure, reaching the vast forest and uprooting its trees.

It spread through the district, causing unwarranted destruction as some buildings were blown out from the ground.

The people of Lumbrica all felt the vibration through the ground, their gazes drawn to the source as screams of shock and fright pierced through the air.

The strong wind pressure had reached nearly the whole diameter of the district, spreading and causing catastrophic destruction as the buildings were pulled out of their foundations and the roads damaged beyond sight.

The sudden occurrence took the people by surprise as some were still found in the middle of the explosion, protecting one or two of their valuable goods or loved ones.

This occurrence lasted for seconds, as the strong wind pressure blew with a furious tune while it dispersed into the skies until it died down with the sounds of the people.

Their shocked expressions were drawn to the destruction, confusion laced in their gazes while the source of the explosion was sought out.

While this occurred, two figures floated in the skies at the start of the explosion where they had once stood.

Mila and Nicho stood on a floating carpet while the assassin that had conversed with them from the beginning was held by the collar by Nicho.

The assassin had been staring down at the sight, his fright and shock palpable despite the mask.

"Oh….what a shame, you got wiped off either way huh?"

Nicho teased as he pulled off the man's mask, breaking it into pieces before throwing it away.

"Now, you have nothing" Mila said with a smirk as her gaze remained fixed at the sight below her.

"Oh?" Nicho muttered as he pulled the man's face towards him, the man's anger palpable through his eyes. "weren't you a member of the Ronin household?"

"Was he?" Mila asked, her tone laced with curiosity as she glanced up at his face.

"here…" Nicho turned the man around for her to view his face before turning him back towards him.

"so, do you see the wrong deduction you made? You assumed all Contractors would be weak because they give you jobs to kill people they ordinarily can't, right?"

Nicho asked with a smile. He placed his free hand on the man's face and carraced the man's beard.

"We were not".

"So, should we get the information out of him now? Having to go to the Academy only during the day is boring and tiring".

"Agreed.." Nicho said with a nod. "So, will you tell us that entrance method?"