I Got Isekai'd, Well Shyt! Vol. 1, 2, and 3

Sir Claudius, The Paladin

Asher stepped back and let the other two knights come in while he remained behind the door.

"It looks like we have company," Jorj said.

Ryan and Hiro were at the back of the group.

"How many?" Asher asked.

"Three Paladins, but they have twelve White Knights with them," Jorj said.

"How can that many make it to the heart of the citadel!?" Said Eliza, the female knight.

"We'll worry about that later. They need to be dealt with before they get to the Chosen Ones. Let's go." Asher said as he looked over to Ryan and Hiro.

"Where are you going?" Ryan asked.

"To head off the Paladins. We've got to stop those zealots before they reach you two." Asher said as he walked towards the door. "Stay here and protect each other. This is the only safe spot for you right now."With that Asher and the other three dark knights left to confront the knights of the Divine Three.

Ryan looked at Hiro. "Are you okay?"

Hiro for the first time was visibly frightened while nodding back. "Y-Yes, but I'm really worried, man... I don't want to die here."

This was the first time Ryan had seen Hiro not put up a facade for the entire time he'd been with him. Something has shaken him to the core.

"Don't worry, we'll make it out of here," Ryan said. Even though he felt he couldn't back that claim up. But Ryan said it to try to calm himself down as well.

"How? How can you be so sure?" Hiro asked.

Ryan smiled, "Because I'm not going to die here. And neither will you. We're here now, and nothing's going to change that. So it's time to man up, I guess."

Ryan was lying to himself and Hiro. He knew he could die right here on the spot if he didn't do something soon. And time was running out.

"Ryan, I'm sorry about everything I put you through. When I first met you, I was jealous of you. You had everything going for you. I felt I was an imposter and acted out. I'm sorry if I ever made you uncomfortable." Hiro said as tears fell from his eyes.

Ryan felt guiltier than he thought possible. "No, Hiro... Y-You... Let's just focus right now, man. Once we get out of this mess we can make it up to each other, deal?" Ryan said as he reached out his hand toward Hiro.

Hiro grasped Ryan's hand in his own before he regained his composure. "Deal."

After they shook hands and started to move toward the door in order to hear what might be going on down the hallway from their room. Once they got to the doorway Ryan and Hiro could hear the sounds of battle echoing through the citadel as the clanging of sword fighting and the screams of pain were getting closer to them. 'God! That sounded like Asher screaming... Shit's getting real.'

Just as Ryan was about to say something to Hiro, one of their walls blew up as an elven knight came crashing through it. Causing debris to fly everywhere. The poor elf crashed on the other side of their room.

"Ah!" Screamed Hiro as he jumped.

"Shit!" Yelled Ryan as he quickly moved to the knight.

"Hey talk to me? Are you al-" Ryan couldn't finish his sentence once he saw a bloody hole in the center of the chest of the deceased elf.

'Fuck me!' Ryan was in shock upon witnessing the freshly murdered body.

"R-Ryan look!?" Hiro pointed at the hole in the wall as he could see the White Knights staring at them.