Black Clover (ブラッククローバー)

The Clover Kingdom.

In this kingdom where magic is everything,

there is one boy who can't use magic.

His name is Asta.

With guts and hard work, he made it into the Magic Knights,

and he never gave up, despite how much he got hurt.

He continues to diligently aim for the top!

Even if you are a peasant,

or even if you're poor...

Anyone in this world can still shine!

He's working hard to prove that,

and to become the Wizard King!

Mereoleona showed up at the Black Bulls' hideout without warning,

stealing away Asta and the others.

Their destination was the strong magic region, the Yultim Volcano.

This was where Asta and Noelle

had trained with the Crimson Lion Kings before.

Mereoleona and Fuegoleon announced that they would be training here yet again,

in order to prepare to fight the devil.

Let's haul ass to the hot springs at the top!

Hold it.

Wha?!

You won't be climbing the volcano this time.

You'll be heading underneath the volcano...

Into the Yultim Underground Cave!

They ended up facing an intensely fiery mana unlike any they faced before

as they headed toward their goal, the hot springs.

But...

Take this!

Flame Magic: Spiral Flames!

Leopold's powerful attack was enough to make the spider monster back down,

but then they discovered the cave's surprising secret.

Don't tell me that's...

A dungeon, eh? Things are getting exciting.

The Lion Awakens, Continued

Lady Mereoleona, what is that?

You're late!

Did you enjoy your nice little stroll with the Black Bulls, you pathetic fools?!

And you call yourselves Crimson Lion Kings?!

We're terribly sorry.

If it were just just Vice Captain Randall and me, we could've gotten here faster.

We are unworthy.

And... who gave you permission to eat?

Munchy, munchy, munchy...

Watch it, Miz Charmy! You gotta read the room!

We've already reported to the royal capital that we found a dungeon.

Stand by for further instructions.

Yes, sir!

Huh?

You guys were attacked by that giant spider, too?

Yup.

Who would've thought it'd run away into a dungeon?

Isn't it exciting?

How?!

I was a fool to let that spider escape.

I cannot let it end like this!

Sister!

Let us explore the dungeon!

Don't get cocky!

You're the foolish, inexperienced weakling who let that bug escape!

You have some nerve saying that to me!

I promise that I will succeed next time!

There is no next time in battle!

Go whip yourself back into shape in that dungeon!

Yes, ma'am!

I see she's still as fired up as ever!

So she's letting him go into the dungeon after all.

Eyes up here!

Captain Fuegoleon filled me in on the situation.

It appears that a rather powerful magic item lies deep within that dungeon.

According to a book that Master Julius found in the library,

that magic item was sealed away deep in

the Yultim Volcano by those who feared it would be used for evil.

Otherwise, it's shrouded in mystery. Little is known about it.

Yes, that's right!

Honestly!

Could you please be quiet?!

Oh, sorry about that. But won't it be exciting to find out what the magic item is?

Shh!

Let me head over there, too.

Absolutely not!

What? But I'll wear a disguise!

That's not the issue here.

Who's he talking to?

No idea...

It's the Wizard King!

It sure is.

A-Anyway, the magic item and any other treasure you happen to find in the dungeon

will be essential to getting this kingdom back on its feet.

I'm counting on all of you to investigate it.

Understood.

Now, then—

Listen up, you fools!

You will carry out this investigation with your pride as the Magic Knights

who protect this kingdom on the line!

Yes, ma'am!

Sister, as the current Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings, I'll tell them the rest.

Right. Hurry up and tell them the plan.

The first group to go in will be

Asta, Noelle,

Leo, Randall,

Luck, and Magna. You will search for the location where the magic item sleeps.

The rest of you will rendezvous with the first group as soon as your mana has recovered.

And I'm going to sneak a peek...

You absolutely will not.

All right, let's go!

Yeah!

So hot...

It's so damn hot! It's nothing like the heat from earlier.

I still don't sense that spider's mana.

But...

Well done, my rival!

I see you've already taken out the first one!

That wasn't my intention at all!

We'll be in trouble if we get stalled here for too long.

He held back just enough so that the trap spells wouldn't activate.

I can't believe he pulled off such a high-level spell so easily.

He's definitely the Vice Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings!

Now we can clearly see where all the traps are!

Catch you guys later!

Lightning Creation Magic: Holy Lightning Boots!

Now, hold on a second!

Flame Reinforcement Magic: Risky Stolen Base!

Hey! Stop stepping on those on purpose!

Only two more paths remain!

My rival, let us compete to see which one of us finds the magic item first!

Heck yeah!

How can he move so well in this space that's filled with so much mana?

Vice Captain Randall, let us hurry!

Sure.

But I must say,

I guess it's obvious that you've trained harder than any other member of our squad.

This is still not enough to catch up to and someday exceed my rival!

In the last battle, Asta not only fought with a devil, but defeated it!

I heard that the other Black Bulls also fought valiantly in the last battle.

This is not enough.

I see now.

So that's why Captain Fuegoleon and Lady Mereoleona

invited the Black Bulls to this training.

Leo! I think you came close to a realization in that last battle yourself.

When you fought against me after my body was taken over by an elf.

What in the world is this incredibly violent mana?

Let's go see.

Noelle! This is only going to get worse!

Let's just break through!

We're in a dungeon! That might be easy for a meathead like you,

but you're asking me for the impossible!

Then let me carry you!

Huh?!

I'll carry you on my back to get us outta here, so just back me up!

C-C-C-Carry me on your back?! Wh-What are you saying?!

I'm royalty!

Noelle!

A-Asta?

Wait, why are we turning around?

We're pulling back for now!

This is...

Look.

Those must be the golems that were guarding this place.

Be careful.

That shock wave almost made it seem as if it was telling us where it is.

It might actually be trying to lure us in.

There you are! I won't let you escape again!

That conniving little...

Well, this is interesting.

I will burn them all to ashes with my raging inferno!

We've neutralized all of the trap spells by the entrance.

All right. Recover your mana, and then widen the search.

Yes, ma'am.

Go on, eat up!

Did you find anything?

Not a thing.

Because of Asta, we ended up having to run away from lava. It was awful.

That's my fault?!

We came up empty-handed, too. Though we did find a bunch of weird-ass treasure chests.

Here you go!