"Boy, you should learn the proper way to speak to your elders."
Hercules was openly glaring at Mark and the tension in the room became visibly heightened as Hercules tightened his hand into a fist in preparation for an attack. Mark just glared right back at him fearlessly.
"Why don't you try to teach me, old man."
Miyamoto Musashi was still drinking his tea calmly as he watched the two of them glaring each other down. Miyamoto Otsu offered to pour him another drink, but Musashi simply raised his hand to tell her not to bother. There was no need for that.
"Please try to calm yourselves. The conversation is not over yet—"
"Isn't it?"
Mark cut Musashi off without taking his eyes off Hercules. Musashi turned to Mark curiously, and Mark continued.
"I came here because of how honorable your message sounded. I thought I would meet someone respectable with something sensible to say. Instead, I came here to see two cowards who were so afraid of death that they would do anything to escape from it. I already told you what I think about your wish. Tough shit. This meeting is over."
The tension between Mark and Hercules was steadily building, and everyone there was sitting on needles as they waited to see who would move first. Musashi calmly finished off the tea in his cup and gently put the cup down while speaking.
"Well, it appears we have reached the end of this conversation. I would have liked it to last longer than it did. Perhaps in another world."
"To hell with all that!"
Slam!
BOOM!
Hercules slammed his hand into the table, and it broke into a million pieces that all flew into the air from the massive blow! Luna leaned back from the table, and the next few moments seemed to happen in slow motion as she saw everybody around the table move at the same time!
[Servant KNIGHT has revoked his non-aggression pact.]
[Servant PAWN has revoked his non-aggression pact.]
[Servant ROOK has revoked his non-aggression pact.]
Shink!
Killing the Master of Knight would practically make her the only accessible master, and none of the other servants would think about killing her because they would all want to sign contracts with her to remain in the game somehow.
Shink!
Woosh!
Luna's heightened senses were the only thing that saved her at that moment! She fell to the ground as something passed overhead, and she heard the sound of a knife stabbing into the far wall!
Luna turned around to see who was responsible for it, and her eyes widened as she saw Miyamoto Otsu holding a large knife in her hand as she ran towards Luna like a bat out of hell!
There was this dead, empty look in Otsu's eyes that terrified Luna down to the bone! Luna shivered as she knew that she could not let Otsu get too close! Luna immediately turned and grabbed a sharp piece of wood that had broken off from the table before throwing it at Otsu!
Slam!
Otsu slammed her fist into the board and destroyed it without stopping her stride. Luna had to rush back up to her feet as she faced off against the dangerous woman!
Slash!
Slash!
Luna jumped back twice to dodge two slashes that would have cut through her belly and spilled her guts! She sidestepped a slash from Otsu before catching the outstretched arm! Otsu quickly reversed her blade before grabbing the hilt with her other hand and slashing Luna with it!
Luna grit her teeth to hold in a scream as a shallow cut dug into her shoulder! She quickly tried to slam her knee into Otsu's elbow to break it!
Stab!
Otsu brought the blade down and stabbed Luna in the thigh, digging deep into Luna's skin and forcing Luna to let go of Otsu's hand with a scream! Otsu slashed Luna again, but this time, Luna used Otsu's momentum to trap the hand under her armpit before Luna delivered a massive elbow to Otsu's nose!
Slam!
Crack!
The sound of bone cracking under her elbow was like music to Luna's ears, but Luna couldn't really enjoy the small victory as Otsu immediately reared her head back and slammed her forehead into Luna's jaw!
Slam!
Luna saw stars on the edge of her vision, and she backtracked multiple times while trying her best to stay on her feet! The blow was devastating, but Luna could not feel anything broken, and she thanked her god for the small mercies as she shook her head to gain back her senses and raised her hands into a proper fighting stance.