The Mob Character Shouldn't Have A Yandere Harem?!

21 - The Truth Of The Treacherous Knight

"Not to mention running away like a coward after failing." I continued.

"Uh...should we be provoking the knight?" Eric whispered.

"Give me a moment." I whispered back.

"Shut up." He growled. "It wasn't my idea."

"An Arcana matches your personality. So how come you got the honorable Masamune?" I asked.

"Shut up!" Cyrus roared. "If I wasn't ordered to, I wouldn't have! But my allegiance is with the Aegis Family."

"That makes no sense!" I replied. "Iris is an Aegis!"

Cyrus shook his head. "This conversation is over. And don't talk about honor when you two are fighting against one."

"Who said I was honorable?" I grinned.

I rushed at Cyrus, clashing Loki against Masamune. As Cyrus and I engaged in a clash, I noticed that he did indeed use the same technique that every Royal Knight uses.

I knocked Masamune to the side with Loki. In my right hand I heated a powerful flame that would hopefully knock him unconscious.

At least, until this happened.

In an instant Masamune was in front of him, aiming to cut my head off. I quickly jumped backwards, evading the strike that would have easily decapiated me.

How is that possible? With me knocking his sword away, he shouldn't have been able to get it back quick enough to hit me before I could hit him. It would have taken a blindingly quick speed.

Which leads me to one conclusion. One of his Tier abilities let's him move quicker in an instant. Maybe he felt threatened by me, or the fact Eric was also by my side. Either way, he decided to start using his abilities.

Fuck...

Eric rushed forward, clashing his own blade with Cyrus'. Their blades struck each other, attempting to disarm the opponent. With no success, Eric retreated back to me.

"We need to work together." I said.

"Got it." Eric nodded.

It's almost as if we could reach each other minds. Maybe we were just a good pair. But we played a ping pong match with Cyrus, a game of hit and dodge.

Cyrus had to keep focusing all of his attention on blocking, dodging, or partying the attacks that came from all directions as we alternated attacks.

"Enough!" Cyrus screamed.

His blade lit up, and upon swinging it, it let out a blast of light which slammed into Eric and knocked him into the wall, unconscious. Blood started to drip down his head.

What?! That was Holy Strike!

Holy Strike. An ability that Eric unlocks from a later Tier. I didn't realize that other Arcana's could also unlock this ability.

I glanced over to Eric. It looks like Cyrus only knocked him out. This is reminding me of the anime, where Cyrus thrashes Eric and then tells him "You aren't my target". Then promptly leaves and doesn't reappear for a while.

"This ends here." Cyrus said. "You aren't my target."

Deja Vu!

"This isn't over." I replied.

I concentrated fire into my hands, letting the fire completely engulf my fists. It didn't burn however. I dematerialized Loki. Bringing up my fists, I was now in the Dragon Fist ready stance.

Except my fists were on fire.

"You want to fight me with your fists?" Cyrus asked, raising an eyebrow. "Then I'll be taking you out quickly."