This next one is up and is a go. Packed a bit into this so I did glaze over some o the finer details

Alvasa out!_!

Asta, Yuno, and Twilight all stood off to the side. Everyone gives them plenty of space after their overwhelming displays overpower, skill, or outright atmosphere.

“It looks like no one wants much to do with us with you around,” Yuno comments to Asta while looking around. “Of course, that’s to be excepted after your fight…”

“You can prod all you want dear brother,” Asta responds from the spot where he sat. “I meant what I said and you know I won't stop till I achieve my goal.”

“Yea but that’s where your wrong cause you won’t achieve that goal this time,” Yuno points at himself, “Cause I’m going to be the Wizard.”

“Before that, I think we should figure out which Knight Squad we’re going to go with,” Twilight remarks with an eye twitch, having grown annoyed with the boys' conversations. “I already know which squAD I’m going with…”

“About that Twilight,” Asta cuts her off. “I want you to choose a different squad than the one I’m in.”

“Why?” She asked confused and shocked.

Asta looks at Yuno, "We're going to go for a private chat. Come get us if they start calling people forward."

Yuno looks at them both and gives a single nod.

Asta and Twilight quickly leave the main area and head to the bathrooms. Asta looks around, making sure no one was within viewing distance. He also reaches out with his Qi sensing and only sensed the people in the arena who are watching the fights.

"Okay we're safe," Asta murmurs as he holds up his hand. "I.D. Create," a small grey sphere appears above his palm before expanding to cover him and Twilight. "I can produce a small field that lasts for a few hours, anything bigger than this lasts less and less."

"At least more of your powers have returned," Twilight places a hand on the field. "Now why do you want me in a different Squad. I thought the plan was to stick together until we come across Sunset?"

"Yes that was the plan but I think it would be better for us to spread out," Asta speaks. "Sunset should reveal herself fairly soon but at the same time we still have about a year or just under until she may show herself. This is why I want you to be out in another squad and make friends but at the same time, it's to keep an eye on things. I think will be here until certain events fall into place, only after can we have the means to open the door and return home. Besides, we've been side by side for nearly eight years now. It won't kill us to be apart and there is the small aspect of the other girls that are meant to fall in love with me from the original story."

Twilight harshly glares then sighs in defeat, "If it's what you want I'll do it. But these other girls," pointing at his nose, "I want updates and date nights every now and then. You know we're not against having more added to the heard but if they're not approved bY Fluttershy and that means you can't have them."

"Relax Twilight," Asta quickly threw up his hands. "You've already met Scarlet so she's in the clear for now and as for the other two, well... Ones a bit of a pompous tsundere that I'd prefer not to fall for me but is an overall good and hardworking person but is treated harshly by her family. I will be doing something about that. The third is just plain nuts, very similar to you but in some areas but at the same time a nightmare."

Twilight glares.

"I think we should get back now," Asta nervously chuckled.

The bubble shattered and they both returned as people were starting to be called out.

Yuno saw them, "I was just about to get you two..." he noticed Twilight's annoyed mood. "Not going to touch this one," he eased away from them.

Time passes and everyone was called out and either shown to be wanted to be claimed by a knight squad captain or outright reject and told to move on or wait and try again next year.

"Number 4 step forward/ No hands..."

This process repeated itself until.

"Number 69," The captain of the purple Orca's raised his hand.

"Number 78/ The Crimson Lion Kings..."

"Number 99/ The Coral Peacocks..."

"Number 116/ No hands..."

Slowly but surely the number of examines was dropping.

"Number 141/ No Hands..."

"Number 163..."

Twilight final steps forward

'Go for it Twi,' Yuno and Asta cheered mentally.

all of the captains raised their hands shocking everyone. Many started to whisper that they'd never seen all of the captains raise a hand before.

Twilight remained silent until the background noises died down. In that time she thought to herself and about what Asta said, She knew he had another reason for her to join another knight Squad other than the one he was going for but honestly couldn't figure it out, This thought thoroughly ticked her off to.

She looks up and noticed the two women knights, ' Fine. If he wants to be apart and for me to make friends then I'll make friends.' She gives a cheeky grin. "I choose the Blue Rose!" she blurts out.

Everyone started to whisper again.

'Uh oh...' Thought a certain ashen-haired lad.

Twilight then steps back and gives and evil mirk to Asta.

'Oh shit...' Asta's head and arms dropped downward.

"Number 164..."

Now it was Yuno's turn and as with Twilight all of the Captains raised their hands. Yuno somewhat copied Twilight and was lost in thought until he made up his mind.

"It would be an honor to join the Golden Down!" Yuno says with pride.

Nearly everyone in the crowd had their mouths hanging open.

Yuno then stepped back with the others, "Good luck," he remarks towards Asta.

"Number 165..."

Asta steps forward and everyone was whispering about how he'd managed to hide himself amongst the crowd.

'Pick me or not I don't care. I'll do what I have to in order to get us home,' Asta as he clenches his fist and looks up to see all hands raised, utterly throwing him for a loop. "Eh...." he says as his mouth hangs open a bit.

"Please choose your Squad number 165!" The announcer remarks.

"Ah..." Asta shakes his head. "Right," He looks over to Cpt Yami and Finral "I choose the Black Bulls!" This time it was Yami's turn to have his mouth open allowing his cigarette to fall out of his mouth.

That was when the uproar in the stadium started and everyone started yelling at Asta. He had the opportunity to be with the best of the best and he chose the worst of the worst.

"SHUT UP!" Asta roared sending a wave of pressure out, choking everyone. "I don't care about your stupid opinions on who's the best or who's more powerful! It's my choice and I choose the Black Bulls! So either come at me or stay out my way!" He glares at everyone sending chills down their spins.

Yami shakes off his stupor and jumps down while also sending out waves of his magic power.

"That was some impressive power you put out kid," he remarks while walking. "So you wanna be the Wizard King someday? Well, now that you've seen a small taste of a magic knight captain's power do you think you still can? Cause if you wanna be king you're gonna have to beat all of us first."

"I know I can," Asta smiles as he removes the demon dweller sword from his grimoire and points it at Yami. The Black power starts wafting off the weapon as the surrounding mana is absorbed and turned into anti-magic. "I'm willing to start any time you are captain," He gives a wicked grin.

Yami pulls his new cigarette out and lights it. Taking a puff his lets out the smoke and starts laughing hard.

"I was right about you and you'll fit right in with us," Yami smiled, "What's your name?"

"Asta Ferris," Asta kept smiling.

"See ya after eh selection is done, Asta Ferris," Yami waves and walks off, 'That kid... He's got way more skill than just physical power and magic power... He's got a really strong spirit too. That pressure coming from him... If he really wanted to I bit he could've made the whole arena faint, and put us captains through a bit of stress just to move to...'

Suddenly Yami bumps into someone, "Hey watch where you're... Wait a minute aren't you..."

The last of the selections wrapped up without any more hitches. Everyone that made and didn't that wanted to stay behind was gathered in different groups. That includes Yuno, Twilight, and Asta.

"DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE THAT RECKLESS!?!" Twilight yells as she was bright red in the face with fury. "PICKING A FIGHT WITH HIM WASN'T ENOUGH THE FIRST BUT YOU DRAW A SWORD ON HIM THE SECOND!?!"

"Relax Twilight it was all a show," Yuno tries in vain to calm the girl down.

"Let her go Yuno," Asta placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "She has every right to be angry at me but at the same time, I don't regret what I did. If there's going to be a change someone has to stand out and so it Twi."

"BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY!" She retorts.

"On the other hand we all got in squads," Asta smiles. "I've got something for you both,"

Asta takes off his sword and gives it to Twilight. "It's not magic but you can use magic with it. If it breaks just come and see me, same for maintenance.

"Are you sure about giving this to me?" She hesitates.

"Yes," he holds the blade up to her.

"Okay, and thanks," Twilight smiles lightly as she takes the weapon with a bit of a blush.

Asta turns to and holds up his hand, "Go luck!"

Yuno smirks and gives him a high five.

Zekke in the meantime was watching from afar with bared teeth.

"See all of ya later, and love ya Twi," Asta kisses her cheek and then bolts off/

"Later Twi," Yuno puts a hand on her shoulder.

"Take care Yuno and do come by a see me every now and then. I still need someone to talk books with," Twilight turns and leaves.

Meanwhile, Zekke starts to follow her when he's suddenly grabbed from behind and slammed into the wall by none other than Asta and Yuno.

"If you ever try anything you'll be in pieces in less than a second," Asta slammed his into the wall leaving an indent of it.

"And no one will find those pieces," Yuno glares as he holds up a palm of wind.

"Got it?" they said in unison.

Zekke vigorously nods then runs off.

The brothers look at each other then walked in opposite directions from one another.

Asta met up with Yami and the others.

"Hey what the heck took ya so long?" Yami glared.

"I was saying so long to my family," Asta threw up his hands before crossing his arms. "Are we gonna go to the base or what?"

"Yea normally we'd fly but I don't want to waste any more time so, Finral," Yami turns to the others.

Finral sighs, "Right," he opens a portal.

"In ya-" Yami says but Asta was already walking through the portal.

Asta sticks his head back through the portal, "What are ya waiting for let's get moving already," pulls his head through again.

Finral just stares in shock.

Yami just smirks, "Yea, he's gonna fit right in let's go," he laughs and walks through only to see no Asta, "Where the hell could that kid have run-off too?"

Finral comes through and looks around, "Great..." he sighs, "Not even his first minute and he's already lost..."

Meanwhile, Asta is just standing off to the side popping berries into his mouth. "What ya looking for?" he munches.

"The newbie of course...." Finral blinks a couple of times, "WHERE THE HLL DID YOU COME FROM AND WHY DO YOU BERRIES?"

"Got' um from the woods," Asta comments while he swallows as he thumbs over his shoulder. "I grew up in the Forsaken Realm where we grew most of our food but I was raised on hunting and gathering by my parents until they were killed. I kept doing that and wandering until I ended up in this land where I lived in the forest and kept up with my hunting and gathering. Besides..." He smirks, "I got hungry!"

Finral just killed over and Yami just laughed.

"Come on kid let me show ya to the hideout," Yami motions.

Asta looks around into the forest, 'Plenty of space out here,'

"Welcome to the Black Bulls Hideout," Yami motioned to a massive segmented mansion of sorts that looked like it'd been Frankinstiened together from other smaller homes.

"Let's get you-" Finral started to say having caught up.

"Its going to explode," Asta deadpans.

"What?" Finral nervously chuckled. "Don't be silly!"

*BOOM!*

The front of the house blows up in a fiery explosion along with some electricity thrown in there to reveal a whole cast of odd characters.

"Get back here ya little twerp!" A man with a lean build and two different colored hair ch, a light grey hair at the top, black hair at the sides yell while running around the room chasing a younger kid. Additionally, he also sports a black mohawk. One of his facial signatures is a straight line mark surrounded by three pairs of dots on his left forehead while also having a set of dark purplish sunglasses.

He sports a white shirt covered by a navy leather jacket and navy trousers. In addition, his jacket covers half of his torso. He wears black fingerless gloves, a pair of blue shades, a pair of black boots, a chain hanging from the left side of his waist connected to his trousers and a belt that he uses to support his pouch containing his grimoire. The pouch is black and has a skull and crossbones symbol at the front.

"Will ya fight me if I do! Haha haha!" the kid cheerfully laughs as he runs from the delinquent fellow. He was of short stature with blue eyes and medium-length messy blond hair. His hair is long enough to cover both his ears and forehead.

His outfit is very simple and consists of an aqua-blue tunic with long sleeves. The sleeves get larger as they reach Luck's hands, making the tunic appear loose. Additionally, the tunic's length extends just below his waist, making it look to be a size larger for Luck. His pants are teal and extend just below his knees. Additionally, it has light-colored strips with stitch-like cross patterns at the sides, running from top to bottom. Like most knights, he also carries a pouch for his grimoire, which is strapped around his chest with the use of a belt. Finally, he wore a pair of light-colored brown boots that cover just above his ankles.

"Yummy food!" An extremely tiny child-like girl remarks while scarfing down food.

"Has anybody seen where my wine is?" A pink-haired busty woman in a red bra and panties and robe similar to Yami's trapped over her shoulders complains.

"Marie, My sweet Angel...." a tall, slender-built young man says to himself. He has brown light skin and shaggy light brown hair that drapes over his forehead and left eye.

"Hweuuuuuuu...." An imposing figure sounds with smoke or steam coming from his mouth. He was an extremely large, heavy-set man with slicked-back black hair, sphere earrings with links that connect to other small spheres that hang, and glowing eyes. The rest of his appearance is not shown because of it being shaded.

In the corner was a depressed man drawing circles in the dirt and mumbling something inaudible to every. His overall appearance was similar to that of a creepy mime in a sort of militaristic uniform.

"Alright shut up sit down!" Yami yells.

"Yes sir!" everyone says and completely complies.

"I wanted all of you to say hi to one of our new recruits," Yami places a hand on Asta's shoulder.

"You mean you manage to snag another one?' Finral asks. "When and where are they?"

"They're around somewhere and when you weren't around," Yami says nonchalantly. "They'll be here tomorrow sometime. For now, focus n helping his newbie fit in around here."

"Ah Yami..." Finral says. "Where is he?"

"Over here," Asta pokes him in the shoulder causing Finral to scream in terror making all the other laugh.

"DON'T DO THAT!" Finral yells. "Anyway let me introduce you to everyone, Starting from left to right you have resident delinquent Magna Swing, Luck Voltia or battle nut, our Bottomless Pit Charmy, the always lovely but always drunk Vanessa, Our sis-con Gauche, Grey who is just here and not much else, and our Mumbler but all-around good guy Gordon, As for me I'm Finral he Lady Killer..."

At that same time...

Yuno stood in the base of his new squad with his superior.

"So you're the new recruit, Yuno if I recall correctly. Though it doesn't really matter given your background," he spoke down to him, "You must have some merit of power if Captain Vangence recruited you then. As for introductions, my name is Klaus Lunettes and I am your superior officer."

"Now follow me for the tour of the base," he quickly turns.

"Yes sir," Yuno says rolling his eyes telling him that this was going to be tedious.

Back at the Bulls Base...

"So this is the newbie," Vanessa remarks seductively, "How about we get a drink-"

Asta steps back as she proceeds to puke, "You hot no doubt about it but I'd rather not be hung on when you're plastered."

"How about some food?" Charmy holds up a lamb shank.

"Sure how about a trade," Asta says as he gives Carmy the berries he had left and took the shank in exchange.

"THESE ARE SO GOOD!" Charmy yells.

"Hey names Luck," Luck waves, "Do you like to fight?" he starts to jab at Asta.

"Yea I love a good scrap," Asta fist bumps Luck. "We'll have to have a serious match sometime."

Luck stares starry-eyed.

"So," Magna stares, "Barely any magic power at all, and you think you've got what it takes to be a Black Bull?"

"Actually," Finral starts but is quickly silenced by Yami.

"I think it's time for a baptism," Magna smirks.

"Sure," Asta shrugs with a smirk.

Everyone starts to set up couches for the show. Asta and Magna stood off in the distance a bit.

"Better get the med supplies ready," Finral huffs. "Another one of these stupid baptisms. We end up losing more recruits to the hospital bills and Magna every time."

"I think you'll be surprised by what happens," Yami smirks.

"Okay you have to do everything I say and first you have to-" Magna looks at Asta as he walks over to a nearby Boulder.

Asta reels back and delivers a palm strike on the rock surprising everyone. The boulder soon shatters to piece causing everyone's jaws to drop.

"Let me save you the option of physical power and overall stamina," Asta says. He picks up a piece of the boulder and then turns to the woods and throws the rock, sending it rocketing like a cannonball. A loud squeal was then heard, "I'll be right back," He says and then disappears in a blur.

A few moments later stomping could be heard coming toward everyone from the woods. Soon Asta comes out with a huge boar on his shoulder, a hole in the side of the animal's head. Everyone's jaw was now on the ground as Asta throws it off his shoulder with a hefty thud, bouncing everyone.

"He hasn't even broken a sweat from this," Luck shakes off the awe. "But what really counts is magic power and I don't sense any from him."

"Alright so you have stamina and physical power," Magna stares at the boar, "But what about magic power! You have to either-WAAAAAA!"

Asta quickly pulls out his slayer and slashed on Magna, "Attack or shut up!" Asta rests the sword on his shoulder. "Magic power this and that! It's all the same for you people," Everyone stares.

"I don't care about magic. I've gotten along just fine without so I can keep getting on without but if you really want to see it!" He stabs the sword into the ground.

"Here it comes," Yami says with vigor.

"I'LL SHOW YOU!"

Luck's eyes widened, "His power it's.... growing!"

"Light Magic!" Light erupts from Asta's left hand, "Dark Magic!" Dark poured from his right hand, "Dark Light Sprial Eruption!"

The magic flowed into the ground and it starts to shake.

"Uh oh..." Finral starts to sweat.

"What was that sup-" A pillar of swirling light and darkness erupts from the ground and covers Magna.

"That much power and control..." Vanessa remarks in awe.

"That was fucking awesome!" Magna shouts as he rushes in and starts to hit Asta on the back.

Everyone, including Magna, quickly surrounded Asta and happily patted him very roughly on the back. They partied on into the night.

In the capitol...

At the Blue Rose Knight's headquarters, Twilight was getting the full Tour by Sol.

"I'm curious," Twilight stops, "Are there any men in this squad?"

"Yea we have a few but they're not for missions," Sol says nonchalantly. "We mainly have them for domestic duties like cleaning, cooking, laundry, and running errands. It's all they're really good for ya know. Don't be afraid to claim a couple for yourself either. It really makes me feel good giving them orders," She smiles.

"Y-yea... Alright..." Twilight let out a confused chuckle then remembered the times that Asta volunteered to do a lot of those to allow her to practice or read.

"Oh that reminds me," Sol stops as and turns as they reach a door. "Who were those guys that followed you around? Your personnel servant? Cause if they are I'm sure Char can get them transferred over to our squad."

"WHAT??!" Twilight reels back, "No they're m friends. We grew up together and stuff. I would be here if it wasn't for one of them," she says shyly.

Sol just blinks confused, "Well alright then. Just let someone know if you need something. This is your room here. I'll leave ya to it newb. We've got a long day tomorrow so get sem rest."

The Golden Dawn's Base...

Yuno and his new mentor slash superior were standing in the middle of a lavish bedroom.

"This will be your room though it's better than you deserve. I room like this is wasted on the likes of you," Klaus comments in a condescending voice. "Now," he adjusts his glasses, "Tomorrow I will go over your duties as a magic knight. I don't particularly wish to be your tutor but these were Captain Vangence's orders so I have no choice in the matter so be it."

Silence.

"Are you listening to me boy?" Klaus voices his displeasure.

"My name is Yuno..." He closed his eyes.

"Hmm..." Klaus raised an eyebrow.

"My name is Yuno," He reopens his eye coldly. "Klaus, not boy."

"Enough," Klaus raises his head, "Watch your tone. I outrank you so you are to address me as sir."

"Yes sir..." Yuno replies with the slightest bit of disdain.

"Better," Llaus remarks as the light reflected in his glasses hiding his eye, "Don't be late tomorrow," He tacks on as he walks away, leaving Yuno alone in the room.

Yuno turns and looks out the window then down at his desk, "Hmmm... I think I'll write back home and let them know I made it in. No doubt Twi and Asta are gonna do the same..."

The Next Day...

Back at the church in Hage, everyone was up and about cleaning up, doing chores, and going about their day. The younger kids were chasing one another while Nash was busy chopping firewood. Sister Lily was outside hanging out a load of laundry to dry when a portal opens up and out of it comes an owl carrying three letters. The bird deposits the letter in Sister Lily's hands before flying back into another portal.

"Come quick everyone, we have letters from Asta, Twilight, and Yuno," Sister calls out causing them to gather in the main area of the church.

"So what do they say?" Nash asks. "I bet Asta barely made it."

"I really hope Twilight is doing okay," Recca sighs.

"We'll have to cheer her up when she gets here. I hope she doesn't mind a pot potato party," Father Orfai says as he gets his broom.

"That won't be necessary Father," Sister Lily giggles. "Because none of them will be coming back. They all passed the exam with flying colors. According to all three letters, all of them got all of the Captain to want to them."

"WHAT!?!" Everyone just stares in amazement.

"From what it says here," Sister continued to read, "Twilight is part of the Blue Rose Knights. Yuno picked the Golden Dawn while Asta went with the Black Bulls."

"Well... this is... Ah... Great news," Father Orfai remarks stunned by the overwhelming good news. "I'd say this is the best news that Hage has had in a long time," he smiles awkwardly as he floats out of the church on his broom. "We have to let everyone right away!"

He and the smaller kids fly off to spread the news.

Black Bull's Hideout, Asta's room...

"Hey Asta!" Magna Swing bursts into Asta's room," TIME TO WAAAAAAKKE UP!" he yells only to get no reactions. "The hell?" he says walking into the room further to see Asta's bed already made. "That punk is already up. How the hell am I supposed to give him a tour of the place if he's not here."

Magna walks over to the window, "Where could he be?" he asks then heard something. Looking out the window Magna sees Asta swinging his Deon Slayer around. "Gota give him credit. The kid has drive and muscle but how the hell does he swing the big ass sword with such ease with one hand most of the time?"

"Yea I noticed that too," Yami says coming into the room with a newspaper tucked under his arm.

"Yami," Magna salutes and then turns back to Asta.

"The kid's obviously had formal training," Yami tacks on as he pulls his cigarette from his mouth and points at Asta's feet, "I can see it in his feet."

"His feet?" Magna raised an eyebrow.

"Yea," Yamo puts the cigarette back in his mouth. "His footwork. It's too coordinated for random swordplay. I've seen a lot of different fighting styles in my day and can see some of them when he's practicing. Not only is he using sword forms but he's also throwing martial arts movements in there with them to compensate for some of the sword's openings."

"I still don't get why he can sword that thing so easily?" Magna scratches his head. "It's a tall as he is!" They both laugh.

"Yea! HAHA! Ya got that right!" Yami laughs, "But in all seriousness, he's just the freakin strong. I'd say the kids all muscle, not an ounce of fat at all. Coarse f ya grow up hunting and gather like he says he did then he would have a pretty good body. Add that to his workouts and training like that and you got the recipe for a totally bulk body that can stand up to the most powerful of mages."

Magna turns his head, "You're serious?"

"Course I am," Yami blows smoke, "I'm myself am more of a melee type, using strengthening and fortification magic on my body and sword. I lot of mages don't fight at close range giving those like Asta and myself a great edge in combat. Coarse that's only if we can get in close as more experienced mages usually have a counter for this and have close-range spells that have a short casting time and work nearly instantly."

"Never thought about that before," Magna adjust his glasses.

"Course ya haven't," Yami turns and starts to walk out. "Course there are those like our newbie down there that excel in close combat and can also cast mid and long-range spells. It's those mages you really need to look out for. Then again our runt down there is a bit more of an outlier than most with his two grimoires."

"I gotta get'um so he can know where stuff is at for the chores," Magna just realized. "I bet the beasts would love to meet him. HAHAHA!"

"They did love him," Yami says nonchalantly. "Runt walked right up to the cage and all the commotion the beasts make for real quite like real fast. I've only ever seen'um behave like that for me, but it's more of an admiration and love thing for me."

"So what was different for Asta then?" Magna raised an eyebrow.

"Dominance," Yami looks over his shoulder. "The kid was raised to hunt beasts like that boar from a young age so I'm not surprised really. It's like a predator thing with him. They know not to fuck with him..."

Suddenly Yami's got made a low gurgling sound. "Toilet!" Yami yelps as he rushes down the hallways with lightning speed.

Magna turns back to Asta and then notices a figure coming down the path towards the hideout and gets a smirk on his face,

"Let's see how Rasta deals with our other newbie..."

Outside...

very grateful anti-bird sits high above Asta on a branch in the tree next to him.

Asta lets out a huff, "Alright I think that's enough of a morning workout," He looks at his weapon. "You lost the grimey look. Probably because I switched to magic and not Anit-magic. This is probably gonna happen to all my swords when I use them with my mana. No need to worry with it," He smirks as he returns the blade to the Black Grimoire and it regains his dirtied-rustic appearance.

He grabs a towel and a canteen from nearby and down a green liquid. "God that shits gross, but it helps with digestion," he burps. Screwing the lid back on the canteen Asat noticed an approaching Qi.

Asta turns to see a girl with a slender build and pink eyes. She possessed long silver-colored hair, which was tied up in twin pigtails on either side of her head, with her center bangs hanging down over her forehead. Additionally, she was wearing a pair of purple stud earrings with a cross flory fitchy shape and a silver bracelet on her left wrist.

She wore a sleeveless, backless, short purple dress covered by a silver-colored blazer. The blazer has a backless design with sleeves attached at the back that extend slightly beyond her elbows with gold-colored cuffs. The blazer also has a pair of pins, that matched her earrings, attached to it around her collarbone area. Additionally, it had frilly edges and a rounded tailcoat that extends down to her knees that resembles the wings of a bird at rest. Furthermore, the blazer extended up to her neck where it has frilly edges and is held together by a gold locket.

She had a brown leather belt which supports a pouch, it has a similar color to the belt and gold ornaments at its corners. Siad pouch was on her right side and contained her grimoire. She also wore a pair of silver-colored leg warmers with a gold-colored cuff at both ends and a pair of sandals.

"And what a member of House Silva doing this far out from the capital and royal palace?" Asta jabs as he dries his sweet off with a towel he brought from the house before throwing it over his shoulder.

The girl looked a bit stunned before answering, "I'll have you know that I am part of this squad, not that a country heck like you would know! At least you know I'm royalty, little insect" she scoffs as she flicks her hair.

"You can throw insults all you want little girl," Asat sits down. "Yea, I'm a heck and proud of it. At least I can take care of myself and don't have to rely on someone else to wipe my own ass," he chuckles as he takes another swig from his canteen.

The girl's face immediately turns red, "I'll have you know I can take care of myself! I may be royalty but I'm not inept." She grits her teeth, "And how dear you speak to me in such a manner and with such foul language!"

"Oh my I'm so sorry for my transgression against you your highness," Asta playfully mocks. "I've got some news for ya sweetheart," he rests his head against his fist propping his arm on his leg. "If you can' take some playful banter like that then you're sure in for a rude awakening in this squad,"

Asta smiles as he jumps to his feet and walks over to her, "How about we start from the beginning," he points to himself, "Hi my name's Asta Ferris," He slightly bows. "It's nice to meet you, Lady Silva."

"Hmf," She looks at him and could tell his gesture wasn't just a mock-up but a genuine pose, one that had to practice a lot in order to perfect so well, "So you do have some form of manners after all. I guess that moves you up from insect to mongrel at least. Seeing as how you gave me your," she sighs, "My name is Noele Silva of the Royal House Silva." She curtsies, "By the way, how did you know I was royalty? Most don't even know until they see the crest but you were too far away to see them."

"Your hair color for one," Asta stands back up. "Not many have such beautiful silver hair. It's the trademark of your family."

Noelle blushed slightly.

"And let me make one thing clear," Asta raised a finger. "Royalty doesn't matter out here..."

"WHAT?!" Noelle says outraged. "Over course it does!"

"Really?" Asta tilts his head with a finger on his cheek. "And how exactly does it?"

Noelle held up her and starts to gather water above it, "Why the amount of Magic power of course!"

She launches the massive water ball at Asta but it misses and nearly hits the resting bird. The ball bursts as it hits the tree branch under the bird and water pours over Asta.

Asta just stares while Noelle's face flushes, "Whatever I quit this stupid squad!" She cries with tears in her eyes as she takes off the robe and throws it down before running off. 'All he would do is mock me to after that...' she mentally sobs as she runs deep into the wood and curls up into a ball. Not realizing it Noelle starts to gather water around her and soon a massive ball of it forms around her.

Meanwhile, Asta reaches down and picks up the robe Noelle threw down, "Well that could've gone better," he sighs, "I best go find her before a catastrophe happens," he says as he walks into the woods.

Sometime later...

"Man, for such a petite girl she sure did run a goodways out," Asta notes as he jumps through the tree branches. "Then again if I had berating family like those three and I wanted to practice I'd go as far out as I could so I could be alone too."

Something shimmering in the sky catches his eye, rocketing toward him was a massive water ball.

"I don't care if he had his reasons," Asta grits his teeth as an image of the Silver Eagles captain, Noelle's older brother from in his mind.

Asta didn't hesitate and drew his demon slayer from his black grimoire with it remaining in its Anit-magic form. He quickly sliced the incoming water ball in two, absorb the mana into anti-magic.

"He still shouldn't have treated his little sister like that," Asta slug his sword throwing the water off of it. "I'm can't water for the day I meet those arrogant bastards," several more water balls came down and Asat sliced them to pieces. "Cause I'm not going to show any mercy," water fill in front of his face, his eyes slit and his teeth sharpened.

"At least I know I'm headed in the right direction," He says as he jumps onward, "Just flow the incoming balls..."

It wasn't much longer until he found Noelle in a clearing standing in front of a tree with a target painted on it. She was panting and sweating very hard.

Asta jumps down and crouches in the nearby bushes just inside the tree line, the constipated-looking anti-bird on a rock next to him.

"Poor girl," he sighs. "She tries so hard and yet only gets berated for what she has."

"Why won't t work?" Noelle huffs as she creates another waterfall and sends it off only to miss. She tries again and again only creating craters around her. "Why can't I ever hit what I'm aiming for?!"

She bends over and her eyes started to water, "So it's all true... Everything that's been said about me... "

Noelle starts to recall her older brother and sister mocking her to her face while other nobles talked about her in front of her cousin. They mocked and berated her for having such a tin grimoire for royalty along with no magic control whatsoever. Her oldest brother told her she'd never join his Knight Squad and that she was a disgrace, a failure.

"I am not a failure," Noelles steals her resolve, "I will make you accept me!" Sh gathers her mana to create more water balls sending them at the target only for them t to vir off in odd directions.

"Poor girls," Asta sighs and the bird flies away causing Noelle to look in his direction. He lets out another sigh, "Hey Noelle," he walks out.

"Little mongrel, how long have you been there?!" She grits her teeth. "Are you..." Asta starts to ask but the only thing Noelle hears are the remarks of her family. "No... Take this!" She makes another ball but it quickly gets out of a hand and consumes her and quickly gets out of control.

Asta sighs as he rubs the back of his head, "This is exactly what I didn't want to happen," he says as he throws his hand out and the Demon Slayer spins over and he jumps on it, surfing through the air.

Inside the Black Bull's Hideout...

Yami walks down a hall, "Yea dump taken," he sighs with relief, "Guess it's time for a cat nap, "Something outside the window catches his attention, "What the hell is that?"

Luck sparks on the back of his neck, "Something fun is happening outside," he laughs and jumps up.

Everyone looks out the window to see a large square of water running wild through the air.

"That's a lot of magic," Gauche says.

"Yea and... we're gonna... have todo... something about it..." Magna hesitates.

"Hey Finral, can ya pull her out with your portal stuff?" Yami asks.

"I can't even get close to that!" Finral stammers.

"Well, we have to do something," Yami scratches his head. "Where the kid at anyways?"

Suddenly Asta rockets through the sky on his Demon Slayer.

"What the..."

"Look at him go!"

"So cool!"

"I didn't know he could fly with his sword?"

In the air Asta avoids the water, "Great," he sighs, "I'm not landing on my face. DWELLER!" The Demon Dweller sword's page quickly flips open and Asta removes the sword from the book. "Let's end this!" He says plunging the dweller into the water sphere and whizzing all around it, turning it into Anitmagic and absorbing it.

He then rushes in and gets Noelle, carrying her bridal style. 'Yea this'll speed things up with her... Shy forgave me please...' He thinks to himself.

Noelle quickly comes around, "What... Nah..." She looks over at Asta who smiles.

"Hey there," He smiles. "Looks like you have a bit of a problem controlling your power," He said, causing her to look away. "It's nothing to be ashamed of Noelle. After saying how hard you were working to try I have to admit I misjudged you a bit. And I can tell you this in confidence too," He looks at her with earnest, "We all have problems. So what if you can't control your power right now, big deal. It was quite impressive to see how much you have. I'll admit I didn't really get the whole bigger magic power cause your a noble bullshit because I grew up without magic for most of my life."

Noelle looked at Asta, "But you have control over your power," She sniffles.

"Only because I practice every day," Asta says as they reach the ground. He sits her down and hands her the discarded Black Bull's robe she threw down earlier, "Instead of fighting alone why not try and ask for help?"

"Your power is very much like a river. You can direct it all you but there are times where it's harder for you to try to work against it. In those times that you'll have less control you'll have given in and go with the flow," he holds his hand up and the slayer enters his grip, Asta's light and dark grimoire then floats up and Noelle sees the four-leaf clover, "I've only just awakened my magic, Noelle, so you're not alone in learning control. I'll be there to help you if you need me," He smiles. "And so will the rest of our squad."

Asta motions to everyone as she starts to pay compliments and tell her how they can help. Except for Finral who was upset he didn't get o play the hero saving the damsel in distress.

Asta starts to walk away, "Where are you going kid?"

He looks over his shoulder to see Yami, "Into the forest," he props the slayer on his shoulder. "I have hunting to do for our welcoming party after all."

He starts to walk away again.

"Asta!" Noelle hurries over. "Thank you for helping me. Would you please train with me sometime?"

"As long as you help pull your weight around here and don't pull that royalty crap," He looks over his shoulder. "Then sure. For now, though, let's enjoy ourselves," he keeps heading towards the woods.

"Captain," Noelle asks. "Did you let me in cause I'm a screw-up?"

"Hahaha," Yami laughs, "I let you in cause your willing to give it your all no matter what the assholes say kid. And look at us," he motions to the others, "We're all screw-ups here, royalty or not! AHAHAHA!"

Yami walks to join the others in the merryment.

"WAIT FOR ME!" She rushes in and joins others.

Days later...

"And tell us again why we have to do this?" Noelle skeptically raised an eyebrow as she held on to Magna as they rode the Crazy Cyclone to get to his home village,

"Cause you two need some field experiences and you can't except Yami to clean up his own debts," Magna proudly states

"I was planning on stopping by my house if I had time," Asta adds. "I grew up in the next village over so I thought I'd stop in once we've finished the mission."

"Got your eye on special lady aye?" Magna snickers. "Now that's what makes ya a man."

Noelle listened intently.

"No," Asta instantly replies. "I grew up in the area but technically I didn't live in the village except for in the winter months."

"Wait," Noelle looks over, "You said you lived in an orphanage but yet you didn't live there but only in winter? That doesn't sense at all!"

"It does if he didn't grow up there until he was a certain age," Magna tacks on. "I noticed it when you cleaned that boar you nailed in the head during your baptism. Not only did you know where it was and where to hit it through all those trees but you also gutted and cleaned like a pro."

"Not from this kingdom," Asta says keeping his eye ahead of himself. "Parents died when I was about six and we were nomadic so I picked up life skills early. After they died I went on traveling and ended up here eventually. Hage had plenty to offer in terms of work and food so I decided to stay," he effortlessly lied, "Stayed in the forest using the skills I had to live on. Made money in town with labor to buy things I needed and couldn't get on my own. The local Father would check on me and make sure I was alright. Said I could stay with him and the other kids when I needed a place. e neer really forced me but always insisted that the forest was no place for a kid to live alone."

"That explains a few things," Magna nods.

"What'd you mean?" Noelle asked.

"Think about it Noelle and I mean really think about," Magna held up a finger, "Asta always said he can get along just fine without magic and the fact that he's so ripped and physically stronger than even a normal person that would work in a field."

"Hmm...." Noelle ponders for a moment. "I guess that explains a few things but even if he did all that manual labor that still doesn't explain why he's so strong?"

"That's because I physically conditioned my body," Asta adds. "I didn't just do manual labor all the time but actually trained and exercised."

"I thought your movements were a but to clean when you swung that sword around," Noelle's vision narrows. "Anyway, what's this mission?"

"Boar hunting," Magna smirks. "Some really nasty wild boars have moved into the area recently and are making it hella hard for the villagers to plant their crops. These big pigs are too big and bad to be taken down by normal magic users out here so they can cause real problems if left unchecked. They often send Knights out to quill the population down if the villagers can't manage on their own. Me and Yami lost a bet with old Seihi and the village needs de-boaring so it was a win-win for some of all parties involved."

"Seihi, who's that?" Noelle asked.

"He's the village chief of Sosshi and the reason I took the Magic Knight's Entrance exam," Magna chuckles, "Once I got my grimoire I thought I was hot stuff cause I had a bit more magic power than the folks out here so I tried to take over Sosshi and make it my own personal place. Safe to say that didn't happen and it was all old Seihi's doing. If it wasn't for that old dude wouldn't be the manly man I am today."

"Alright, this is the area. Let's set down here and get started," Magna points, and they descend. Once on the ground, he looks at the area. "Yep, they're pretty bad this time. Asta, your skills as a hunter are really gonna come in a big way here, and seeing as how you're the hunter I'll hand the advice reins to you. Tell me and oral pain in the ass what to do and we'll do it."

"Royal pain in this Ass!" Noelle hissed, "I'll show you who's a royal pain in the ass!"

She immediately starts throwing water balls around saturating the ground turning it into a muddy field as Magna dodges.

"Well, that'll attract them," Asta deadpans. "We should really sweet up a trap line that we can shut when they show up with most of the pack. We don't want to take all of the hogs as it could unbalance the ecosystem around the area."

"Look at you being all smart," Magna claps.

"I honestly didn't think you could think like this," Noelle says a bit awestruck.

"Just cause I grew up outside school doesn't mean I'm stupid," Asta scowls. "Now let's get started."

Sometime Later...

Asta finished tieing up the skins from the boars he and the others had killed and cleaned. Magna wasn't deterred at all by the blood and guts of the animals. Noelle on the other hand was completely against going near the carcasses of the boars after they'd been dispatched. The only helpful thing she really did was create fresh water for Magna and Asta to do the cleaning with when she wasn't hurling in the bushes.

"Alright as Secure," Asta pats the meat and hides on the back of the Crazy Cyclone.

"So how am I supposed to get around with that taking up the back of the broom?!" Noelle protests. "I can't use a broom and even if I could we only have one!"

"I can carry you if you want?" Asta throws a hand up. "We're only going to the village a little ways up the road so it won't be long."

"D-don't be s-stupid!" Noelle says as he face heats up.

"What?" Asta shrugs. "It's not the first time I held you."

"Shut up Stupasta!" She shouts as her face heats up even more and shoots a water ball at him.

Asta easily sliced through the ball with his slayer, "Look, I get it. It's embarrassing but it's either you walk, I carry you, Or you ride with me in the slayer," he lists off on his fingers with the sword propped on his shoulder. "It's not like we have a lot of time for you to decide. We need to get this stuff to the village so it can be finished being processed. We also don't need to linger around here cause the longer we do the more chance we have of running into a predator that's been attracted by the smell of the boar blood."

Noelle shuffles her shoulders as she looks away, pink still in her cheeks.

"Well," Magna says as he hops on his broom, "While you two decide that, I'm going to head to the village," he waves as he takes off.

"Only if you carry me gently," Noelle hesitantly points. "Like the first time, you did it. I'm royalty and very delicate after all..."

"Hai-hai," Asta rolls his eyes as he throws his slayer into the air. He rushes over behind Neollle before she even relaxed it and quickly picked her up bridal style. "Hang on," he smirks.

"I said GEEENNNNNNTLLLLYY!" She screams while he jumps into the air and lands on the slayer before following Magna.

"Hey there lovebirds took you long enough," Magna quips as Asta and Noelle Join him.

"Something's not right," Noelle said abruptly, "I sense Magic power ahead."

"How do you know?" Magna raised an eyebrow.

"Because it's in the air," She adds, "Some sort of water-based spell. It's faint cause it's traveled a bit but I sense magic power in the water droplets in the air and they're unnaturally cold for this time of year and day."

"I know this area is known for fog but look down there," Asta motions. "I know fog doesn't just accumulate centrally around a village. I sense a mass of people gathered in the center and a smaller group not far off."

"We've gotta get in there," Magna says as he starts t rush in.

"Stop," Asta and Noelle quickly get in front of him. "Don't just dive in there. That fog is obviously some sort of barrier meant to isolate those in the village from those outside. If you dive in you could go straight through to the other side. Our best bit it to walk into it."

"Okay but what then?" Magna glares. "If it distorts perception then we're no better if we fly in. What's your solution to that?"

"I'm standing on it," Asta motions with his head to the Slayer. "In this form, my sword can both cut through and deflect magic. The downside is that I can't use my magic when it's like this either. I can use the sword to carve a path to the villagers. The real question is do you trust me?"

"Don't really have much choice," Magna shrugs. "Let's set down and cut our way in."

Everyone hits the ground, "Noelle, You're on defense," Asta says as he readies to cut through the fog. "When we find the villagers your duty is to protect them."

"But what about you two?" She retorts. "I can't just leave you two alone!"

"We got this," Asta smirks with confidence.

"Soken like a true man Rasta!" Magna cracks his knuckles.

"Alright! Stay sharp and follow me!" Asta yells as he starts cutting through the fog.

It didn't take long for them to get into the town with Asta swiftly cutting through the mists that surrounded its living quarters. The deeper the Bulls went into the mists the colder the air grew around them. The moister that hit Asta's body from the fog steamed away as his internal temperature rocketed as he cut through it the mist with every cut he made. Soon they came to the center of the village where the townsfolk were all huddled with each other.

Mahna immediately rushed to them, "Hey is everyone okay? Is anyone hurt?"Suddenly icicles rain down from above on the villagers, "Explosive Scattershot!" Magna roars as he sends a wave of fireballs at the ice destroying them.

Asta was huffing as they arrived, "Made it through..." The water vapors coming off streams.

"Hey, Asta, are you going to be alright?" Noelle asked of concern, "Not that I'm worried about you or anything..."

Asta puts the tip of his sword in the ground and used it to support himself, "I'm fine Noelle just a bit winded, but thanks for asking..." He stands up and looks around. "Stay close to the villager and Magna Senpai. I sense the other out there... Somewhere..."

Magna moves among the people and comes across two crying children

"Nick, what happened here?"

The villagers start to talk amongst themselves while Nick cries while trying to explain what happened while Magna looks over to see an old man he recognized immediately.

"Hey come on stay with me old man!" Magna shakes him while shaking him. "You can't be gone!"

Asta comes over and sees the blood. H kneels down and checks his neck, "It's very faint but he still has a pulse. He's fading though and fast.," He looks to the village, "Dos anyone knows any healing spells? Anything at all to help close his wound?"

"Don't bother Asta," Magna states. "Outside of a minor cut or bruises they don't have a spell for anything like this. I don't even think I minor spell would ease his pain at this point..."

"If we had a spell for prolonged healing I could at least supply mana for it," Noelle says but everyone looks away.

"I don't have a choice then," Asta sighs while holding up his left arm. He proceeds to unzip the fingerless gauntlet he was wearing.

"What are you doing?" Nick ask

"Asta?" Noelle asked. "I don't think taking off a glove is going to help..."

Asat pulls off the gauntlet to reveal the black dragon rider scar the snaked its way up his arm the head of it starting on his palm.

"You have a tattoo?!" Noelle reels in shock.

"Be quiet," Asta says not looking away from Seihi, "I need to concentrate," he says as he takes in a deep breath while placing his hand over Seihi's wound, "Please work..." he says to himself. " Waíse Heill!" Asta said with stern resolve and a blue light pours into Seihi's wound, quickly closing it.

The light fades as Asta falls over huffing again. The old man then starts coughing.

"Ah, Magna..." He looks over to Magna then his grandkids tackle him crying.

Magna looks at Asta, "What kind of spell was that?"

"I've never heard that language before..."Noelle stares at Asta's arm

"I'll explain later as long.... as long as you keep it to yourselves..." Asta huffs as he shakily stands. "Right now... we have assholes to tend with..."

As he said this, four figures appear from the mist, three in cloaks and one not.

The uncloaked man pulls out a pocket watch and checks it over, "This has put us off," he remarks before clicking it shut, "How did you three get through my barrier?"

Asta glares at them, "Sucha waste but you have seen us and interfere so now you must die," he says as icicles form around them.

"Noelle," Magna gets to his feet. "Protect the people. Have one of them call the magic knight squads in the capital if you think you can reach them."

He starts walking forward as the icicles shoot. Noelle instantly reacts and throws up a water barrier stopping the ice spears for a time.

Asta gets up with his sword, still huffing. "Not much gas left in the tank..." He chuckles at Magna.

"Look who talking wheezy," Magna added with a chuckle.

"I have more than enough power left to fight," Asta returns his slayer to the black grimoire. "But I won't be using that piece. Come forth, Decapitator!"

Magna looks to the side and his eyes widen as he sees a type of sword that he's only seen one other person carrying before.

"I'm not going to show any mercy to these bastards," Asta says as his eyes turn to slits and his teeth sharpen slightly.

"That's fine," Magna cracks his knuckles, "Just don't kill any of them. We still need answers," he adds as he pulls a bat made of flames from his grimoire.

"You're going to pay for what you've done here..." Asta glares.

"I don't see why you're upset. Thee things are as low as cattle. You should understand as you are one with a great deal of power, seeing as you're a kn-"

Asta rockets forward as he controls his blood flow. The enemy mage barely had time to react as he summons a wall of ice to block Asta. The ice merely slowed him down.

"Power, you judge based on magic power!" Asta yells. "Yea I may have power now but that was only since I got my grimoires. I grew up in these forests! I survived off the land without magic! Let me show what real power is!"

Asta and the leader immediately faced off. Asta overwhelmed him with his raw strength and technique while the leader did his best to keep up.

Magna was having his own rage moment as he took on the three others.

Inside the Barrier...

The villagers all coward in fear around Noelle who was struggling to maintain her barrier keeping the ice spears out. She looks through the water and sees Magna and Asta giving it they're all in their fights with the enemies. She then turns to the villagers and looks at Seihi and remembers Asta's word from a few days ago.

"I won't let anyone get hurt," She grits her teeth and throws her arms out. Swirls start to form in the barrier as it stabilizes, "If they're doing all they can then so well I! Water Creation Magic! Sea Dragon's Nest!"

"Miss!" Nick gets her attention. "It finally went through!" He claimed as he holds up what looks like a decorative jar with a holographic projection of Zekke in a green mantis knight robe.

"This is Zekke at Magic Knight Communications. Huh ha!" Zekke winks at Noelle who's eye just twitches slightly. "How can I help you today oh so lovely maiden?"

Shaking of the obvious and lousy, "Listen!" She shouts starling the bug man. "We have a crisis out here! We need reinforcement out on the Forsaken Realm! Location: Sosshi Village! We have knights currently engaged in a battle with four individuals that assaulted the village! Send help immediately! "

Zekke immediately starts fumbling as he hastily writes down the message, "Yes ah... Right away Huh ha!" He salutes then signs off.

"Miss?" Nick looks worredli at Neolle.

Noelle put on a serene smile, "Don't worry. Magna and Asta are going to stop them."

Outside the Barrier...

Asta and Magna were back to back breathing heavily breathing from the fighting.

"I don't have much magic power left...." Magna states through his exhaustion. "How're you hold up... Asta..."

"Not much better, unfortunately..."Asta replies. "The hunting and healing had pretty much drained me physically and magically... I'm pretty much running on empty... It's why I switched to my katana instead of the slayer... "

Magna then had a realization, "You said that big sword not only cuts magic but reflects it too right?"

"Yea," Asta says as he slices through several icicles while Magna used his bat to destroy several more on his side. Asta then remembers what happened in the manga and anime of the show when Magana and Asta fought these guys.

"I think it's time for them to be baptized, Asta!" Magna reels around and throws a fireball straight into the sky.

Asta immediately pulls out his Slayer and used it to surf high above everything, getting ahead of the ball before taking it with both hands, "I couldn't agree more Senpai!" He smirks as he smacks the fireball with the flat of the blade.

Back on the ground, the leader looks up and then looks at Magna with a raised brow, "A bit late for a suicide attempt..."

Magna smirks and points up, "Ya might wanna look up."

Suddenly a rain of fire pelt all of the bad guys bring them down.

"And that's all she wrote," Magna flops down on his as Asta shakily comes to the ground. Noelle then lowers her barrier as the icicles all shattered.

"You think I'm down," the leader sets up.

"Didn't think you'd stay down long so I wove another spell in with me Explosive Fireball," Magna points as the flame still burning the man and his followers sprang to life and entrapped all of them in binds of fire. "Flame Rope Solid Binding!"

Asta starts to walk over toward the leader and pulls out his Demon Decapitator Katana once more.

"Asta.... is over..." Magna says as he starts to stand.

"No, it's not..." Asta looks into the leader's eyes.

"You've taken lives before, haven't you boy?" He says without hesitation. 'I can see it in those eyes. You were fully prepared to kill me and my men without a hint of guilt or hesitation and you wouldn't lose a wink of sleep over it."

Asta stares back, "I've killed a lot of things before yes," he says as he points the tip of his sword at the man. "It's all part of surviving after all..."

"I don't mean animals for food," the leader keeps staring. "You've ill people before and not just one. No, you've slaughtered hundreds, no more tens of thousands. Don't deny it either. I know those eyes. They're like mine. You've even killed someone very close to you before, someone you've considered like family to you..."

Noelle and Magna just stare at Asta and the man on the ground as they listen intently.

Asta reels his sword back, no hint of emotions in his eyes.

"Asta, don't you dare kill him! This is and order!" Magna Yells as he gets to his feet and points

Asta looks at Magna who is shaking where he stands out of the former of his eye.

"Asta!" Noelle calls out, "Put the sword down. He's down and beaten we've won. There's no point in spilling blood needlessly," She says as she slowly walks over. "Please put it away..."

"There's no use in talking him down," the leader says emotionlessly. "There's no sentiment in those eyes of yours. I would do the same in your places."

"Hmf," Asta noises as swiftly cuts into the mage's flesh, sending blood off to the side.

Noelle and Magna stare in shock.

Asta raise his hand and thrust into the mage wound causing him to cry out in pain. Asat feels around carefully before his eyes widen and he pulls his hand out and opens it to reveal a glowing crystal of some sort. The leader's eyes widen as he stares in anger at Asta.

"I never planned on killing you," Asta remarks as the leader's wound heals. Asta leans in, "After all, we need you and you boys to answer all of our higher-ups' questions. I sensed a foreign Qi inside your body during our fight," he holds up the bloody crystal in his hands. "I suspect your men have the same device inside their bodies too. It was tricky to find due to my fatigue and its size. I suspect is some sort of suicide in case you're ever captured," his black grimoire floats up next to him and he places the crystal inside it along with the katana. "I really do want to spill your guts all over the place but your luck you're needed and I don't kill needless either but had it come down to you or the people and my friends I would've cut our head off without a second thought."

He stands above the mage as the slayer flies into his right hand and hs rests it on his right shoulder. The sun cuts through the mist s it dissipates and case a red hue on the sky behind him. The leader's eyes widened as he looks at Asta and his face was mostly obscured by shadow but his eye glowed red with the hue of the light of the sun being reflected from the leader's split blood off to the side. Behind the young teen was a much darker and more ominous shadow.