I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

Rachael landed on falling debris, while Derick landed a few feet away, their eyes searching through the…descending mass of rubble?

"Gloria, What's going on?" Her mother asked, her tone even and her gaze fixed on Gloria.

"....I'll have to explain later, Mother". She replied, turning towards the Devils that had gone wary and cautious.

"I see, Gusion Apes.." Derick said as he jumped over to the standing platform where Rachael was, Aria catching up soon enough.

"How do we go about handling things ? From my inspection, we should be plummeting at least 70 meters below the dungeons".

Gloria's eyes lit up, her gaze snapping towards Derick, and her eyes widened in shock.

"Wa…That deep ?" She asked, her voice a rushed hush. It seemed she had not expected that sort of damage from her attack, and yet reality proved quite differently.

"Then, we'll have to find a platform of some sort…" Rachael's gaze scanned the seemingly bottomless pit, an idea sparking in her mind as she turned to derick.

He was already in action, snapping his finger as mana surged throughout his body.

"High Elven Magic : Rocky Path".

The hole formed by Gloria's attack was deep but narrow.

Its diameter was a little bigger but equivalent to the size of the room that served as a daycare, and as such the Bastion still stood.

The hole had walls at each side and by the command of Derick Silvan, rocks protruded from those walls, elongating, and slamming into the adjacent wall, forming rows of stone platforms that descended downwards into the nothingness.

Rachael hummed in satisfaction as they landed on one of such platforms, their senses easily picking up the devils that had begun to ascend towards them.

"It's dark as well, These creatures are practically fighting us in their domain". Derick interjected, his eyes searching for the Devils. It wasn't like they didn't have means of sensing the devils even within the darkness, but it was necessary to further increase their advantages and increase their disadvantages…that way, a sweeping victory is achieved.

"Let me handle that". Aria's tails whipped around as a pink fiery glow ignited at the tip of each, expanding and taking shape of chakrams, causing a dull illumination in the darkness that grew sharper by the second.

Pink flames ignited within the depths of her eyes, and five large pink fireballs erupted above her head, foxes forming from each that spread throughout the darkness, floating on air.

Soon enough, that darkness was relatively gone, and all ten Gusion Apes became visible, especially the ones that dwelt further down. There was no escaping her fiery pink light.

"It's not dark anymore" Aria said, her gaze fixed on the creatures, and an aura of superiority exuding from her.

Rachael smirked in satisfaction. At least they all had one thing in common– the destruction of devils and demons, which served as a source of unity.

"Gloria, handle three of them, Aria handle three as well, while Derick and I will handle the rest".

They all exclaimed in confirmation, charging at the devils that had been dumbfounded by the light.

Derick easily adjusted his role of a patriarch to a subordinate, his eyes glowing an otherworldly hue as he charged forward at the incoming devils, Aria following beside him.

"Gloria" Rachael called, jumping downwards towards the devils that climbed up.

"Yes, mother !" Gloria's voice was an embodiment of satisfaction and excitement as she jumped off the platform, easily landing on another far below with a loud thud.

She rolled over, swinging her blade through the air as a devil jumped at her.

"You think numbers will save you ?!" It cried out, lashing out its long limbs. Gloria ducked, dodging with ease, and charged forward.

Aura surged out of her body as she maneuvered past it, slicing her sword in the air towards its abdomen.

Another devil jumped at her from the sides, distracting her from her assault, but a vine quickly shot out before it could get close, pulling on its legs and slamming it away.

"Pay attention".

Another devil said, its voice a mad cackle, as it rushed at her from the side, its limbs extending as black flames shot out.

"Using sorcery now are we?" She asked, her tone a hushed whisper, as aura surged throughout her body.

She exhaled deeply, twisting her body to the left, dodging the flames, and sliced her sword through the air, a wheezing sound echoing in their ears as she slammed it upwards on the devil, but it suddenly whisked into thin air, appearing next to her, an evil glint in its eye, as it swung its fist together, downwards towards Gloria.

Gloria caught its action quickly, turning towards the first devil that appeared, and throwing her sword towards it, causing it to wheeze in the air and slam against the tough skin of the Grand Devil.

It grunted, holding the blade of the sword that stopped at its chest, when it felt a whisk in the air and a presence all too familiar.

It looked up, its eyes widening as Gloria kicked the hilt of the blade with great force, a small grunt escaping her lips as it pushed further, causing a sonic wave of energy that spread throughout the length of the sword, and a deafening boom resounded in the creature's ears.

It slashed into the devil's skin with ease, smashing into its bones, and causing the deafening noise of smashed wood to spread through its body.

It spurted out black blood, crying in pain, as it fell to its knees.

Gloria, still in the air, flipped her body horizontally sideways and twirled, slamming the dorsum of her foot against the devil's head and smashing it downwards.

It caused a deep depression on its cranium and head, reaching towards its ape-like mouth, and the gut wrenching sound of organs being crunched echoed in the air as it fell dead.

She didn't stop there, turning around in an undulated motion, whipping her fist upwards, blocking the incoming blow of one of the devils.

The devil snarled in pain, its slim hand twisting as a bone pierced through its skin due to the force, and a grotesque crunch sound echoing.

The pain was palpable, its expressions contorting with the force of the blow.

'Her skin ?! It's so hard !'. It thought, its mind racing with escape contingencies.

It wasn't just Gloria's tough skin; her muscle and aura had a part to play in it.

Though her athletic feminine features were palpable, the strength hidden behind this feminine oasis was boundless.

She was a grandmaster of the tenth star. It was to be expected, and these creatures never really fared well when facing off against swordsmen or magicians singly due to their weak constitution.

It was about to retreat when Gloria jumped into the air, grabbing its face and smashing it into the ground, landing on the other side of the rock platform.

Her eyes scanned the abyss, searching for the remaining devil before it could cause further trouble.

'There it is !'. She looked up, noticing the creature's hasty ascent towards the dungeons. It seemed to be finding its own means of escape.

Gloria quickly stretched forth her hand, her sword swinging to her will, as it flew to her hand.

She grabbed it, jumping into the air and landing on top of the devil she had forced to crash on the ground.

It yelped in pain, malice etched in its face as it glared at her.

"How ! How dare you ! Stupid Hum–".

Sadly, it was cut short, as the sound of water gurgling at the depth of a human's throat echoed as she stabbed her sword through its mouth to the back of its head.

The devil jerked its body in an attempt to break free, but she stomped her foot on its chest, the sound of flesh and bone mincing like meat echoed as its chest cavity compressed to the ground.

Her gaze quickly shifted to the Gusion Ape that had nearly found its way to the surface, and her aura erupted out of her body, coating her with an ethereal hue.

"The miasma should have settled in the dungeon…" She jumped into the air, vines protruding out of the ground, supporting her quick ascent.

She easily scaled ten meters into the air, sometimes jumping further than that, until she reached the devil before it could slip away from her gasp.

The devil felt threatened, its hairs standing on edge as it looked down to find Gloria charging at it.

Its expressions contorted deeply, fear etched on its face.

Without the presence of miasma, their energy plummeted, and regenerative abilities were sealed up, all of which had been cleared, ascending upwards while they plummeted.

Its eyes landed on the walls as it forced its ape limbs into it. 'Might as well burrow though' It thought, digging its way through in a frantic effort.

But that effort was futile; maybe if they had found a means of getting away, a long time ago, before reinforcements came but now, things were different.

Devils were practically stronger when surrounded by Miasma, but it wasn't an energy easily stored like Aura, Mana or even Ki, unless done by higher ranked devils.

Gloria's decision to get rid of the miasma was a splendid tactic, and her strength served its purpose against their weak constitution.

Attempting to use illuminations on the people present seemed like a waste of the little miasma they had left.

Their tiers were too low to face off against such strong opponents, and as a result, it was their loss.
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With all this information bundled in its head, it didn't think twice about abandoning its comrades to escape….but even that did not go its way.