Narrator: Within the Clover's fifth leaf, there lives the devil. Asta, born into this world without the ability to harness mana, was granted the mysterious and powerful ability called Anti-Magic from his five leaf grimoire, the talent to cancel or otherwise nullify all spells or attacks targeting him. Unfortunately-

Silhouettes of the Dark Triad's Vanica, Dante and Zenon are all shown with a brilliantly flaming tree of sorts behind them.

Narrator: The members of the Spade Kingdom's Dark Triad all possess powers granted to them by devils from the underworld and use them to launch a heinous invasion on their neighboring countries of Clover, Heart and Diamond. Gaining the strength from belief in himself and from the support of his friends-

Visuals of all the major players from Yuno, Tyrus and Noelle, and all nine of the Magic Knights Captain are displayed behind Asta as he races toward the Dark Triad and a malicious giant presence, riding on the Demon Slayer Sword.

Narrator: Asta continues to fight hard and passionately for the safety of this world.

In a gruesome, vicious and fierce battle, Asta and Yami finally managed to defeat the Dark Triad's Dante.

Asta: Looks like... we haven't lost after all.

Then just as everything had looked to have been settling down, out of nowhere Zenon emerged with Captain William Vangeance and took Yami away despite a desperate, furious resistance from the Black Bulls put up to protect their captain.

Asta: CAPTAIN YAMMMMIIII, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Then, only a few hours after the hellish encounter, Asta had finally come back from a long and deserved slumber, attempting to sneak away from the Royal Capital's Infirmary when suddenly, someone new had arrived to prevent his escape. His name? Was Nacht and revealed himself to be the Vice Captain of the Black Bulls.

Nacht: If you'd like, I can teach you how to wield your devil power to its true potential. That is, if you are up to the challenge.

Early that same morning, Nacht along with Asta, would breach the emergency captains meeting as they hatched the plan to liberate Vangeance and Yami.

Nozel: Tell us, stranger. Who exactly are you?

Julius: I know him.... this young man is with the Black Bulls, just like Asta is. He's their Vice Captain.

Marx: Wait, seriously? I never recalled Yami appointing anyone as his Vice Captain at all.

Julius: Yes. The only reason many of you haven't seen or gotten familiar with him is because he had been operating in the Spade Kingdom as a spy for the Clover Kingdom, gathering as much intel and plans regarding their insidious plans and machinations. However like all of you, I too, am now shocked by the fact he was possessed by devils this entire time.

Charlotte: So this is the Vice Captain of the Black Bulls?

Kaiser: It hadn't come to my attention that we ever sent a spy to Spade in the first place.

Fuegoleon: Then I supposed that the Vice Captain of Yami's squad could have been practically anyone. I always assumed young Tyrus was on the fast track to earning that title.

During said meeting, Nacht had revealed all of the intel and reconnaissance he had received from his time in the Spade Kingdom, revealing that the Dark Triad and the kingdom as a whole were under the process of beginning the ritual regarding the advent of Qliphoth was underway and for it to happen? Sacrifices needed to be made. And at its very completion, the gate to the underworld would be at last opened with devils pouring out one by one, their sadism and fierceness growing by each gate they were held under. And to do this, Yami and Vangeance would not only be used as fuel for the ritual but be made to have their lives sacrificed for the very last devil, Lucifero to emerge who would spell the end of the world. In three days, the first of the seven gates would be opened, unless the Dark Triad were to be defeated before then.

Fuegoleon: If that's the case, we should put in an emergency summons to the Magic Knights left in the Heart Kingdom to assist Her Majesty, Queen Loropechika. We're going to need all of the assistance we can handle.

Marx: Believe me Fuegoleon, I've tried to get into contact with Lord Leopold, Lady Noelle, Lady Mimosa and Sir Tyrus all day. But I've had no success in reaching any of them all day. This goes back to yesterday as well.

Rill: What?! Do you think something happened to Charmy and the rest of them?

For a moment in all of the ongoing madness, it seemed as if Vanica's magic had obliterated all of the Heart Kingdom.... However.

Noelle: AH! OW, MY HEAD!

???: Take it easy, Noelle Silva. You are safe.

Noelle: IT'S YOU!

Noelle: I don't believe it! It's the Eye of the Midnight Sun!

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She couldn't believe what her eyes were seeing.... it wasn't even near nine months ago Noelle Silva and the rest of the Clover Kingdom found themselves embroiled in a vicious and brutal battle against the Eye of the Midnight Sun who really turned out to be ancient beings of the same Kingdom with an axe to grind against the royals of their time, which carried over into the present day. Fighting against the common enemy and defeating said enemy which turned out be to a very powerful devil killed by Asta, Tyrus and Yuno themselves with an assist from Yami, the elven versions of Patry, Rhya, Fana and Vetto soon slipped away after everything transpired from the war, never to be seen or heard from again.... so was this some sort of prank her eyes were playing on her? Had Noelle actually died in the fighting against Vanica and Megicula while attempting to protect the Heart Kingdom's Queen Loropechika? No, no, she wasn't dead, she figured that out quickly..... but why was she exactly feeling the sensation of these four burning their eyes into her? She hadn't known, but she was about to get some heavy answers.

Noelle: This..... is crazy. The... Eye of the Midnight Sun's leader.... and the elves from... the Third Eye. Wait.... where are my friends?!

She quickly turns her head to hear the unified sounds of snoring amidst everyone from her cousin Mimosa Vermillion on her left side, a recently awake and still adjusting Secre Swallowtail on her right and pretty much everyone from their training in her squadmate Luck Voltia way behind her, her fellow Royal Leopold Vermillion, Mimosa's cousin next to him and Charmy with Selene Hail on her own directly behind Noelle and her eyes began to mist heavily as each of them began to wake up slowly, their own pain subsiding after everything that had occured.

Noelle: You guys... wait- where's Tyrus?! TYRUS!?

She looks around haphazardly, swinging her head back and forth, doing a headcount of everyone, noticing out of the pile, her boyfriend, squad-mate, and closest confidant was nowhere to be found in the shuffle. Did he actually pass away, Lord knows her heart couldn't the one person consistently in her corner outside of maybe Vanessa and Asta having been killed from Vanica and Megicula's rampage. She couldn't stomach the very thought of that devil taking someone else she truly cared about away from her, seeing as how she lost her own mother Acier to the devil's curse. But relief soon washed over when she saw another basket right in front of her and a tuft of familiar jet black colored hair in her vision, in his usual clothing now on his person despite one giant hole, exposing pretty much where his abdomen was.. with a minor burn scar on his left arm.

Tyrus: You know... you don't have to shout Noelle, I'm right here. I'm all right and everything.

Noelle: What, me? I wasn't shouting, you idiot!

Tyrus: Sure, sure. You weren't absolutely screaming at the top of your lungs just now.

Noelle: Stupid idiot. Since you're so smart and already awake then, do you know where we are?

Tyrus: I would tell you.... only thing I'm not so sure myself, this land I'm seeing, it's completely foreign to me just like it is to you.

The couple, along with a newly awakened Mimosa and Secre look around and capture the absolute beauty of their surroundings.... the endless amount of what appear sky-scraper length trees, fireflies, pollen and butterflies littering the mysterious biome. They turn to the right to find various goats and their babies mowing freshly produced grass to keep their mama and energy up.

Tyrus: It's all so tranquil. Like a slice of heaven if you would.

Patry: I want to welcome you all, to Elysia. This right here happens to be a secluded portion of a strong magic region deep within the Heart Kingdom itself.

Noelle: The mana here... it's incredibly dense-

Suddenly, an elven child or two pop up from behind Patry, catching Noelle off guard. One of them appearing to look like the actual Licht in a way has a neutral yet calming look to his face while another one, a girl has a protective arm around him appearing to share the same looks as Licht's bride in Tetia, only this young girl has a ponytail going all the way down to her backside.

Elven Child: Oh, so they're finally awake.

Tyrus: Sorry, not to be rude but what do you mean, "finally."? Just how long we were out for? Everything is like a blank to me when-

Tyrus remembers everything about he, Loropechika, Noelle, Secre and Undine's fight with Vanica, him with the second sprint of Flame Magic before he passed out after throwing himself over Noelle.

Tyrus: It happened.

Noelle: Who are those two?

Patry: These two young ones are the descendants of Licht, our leader and his wife Tetia, the Clover Kingdom's Princess.

Mimosa and Noelle both looked on shocked at their... "relatives" as Tyrus looked at both significant other and close friend and the two elven children did this process back and forth before Secre herself realized going back to the elven genocide during the duo's wedding....

Tyrus: Oh..... yeah... I'm still not getting why they're so slack-jawed.

Secre: That would mean?

She remembers that horrible, horrible, horrible day like it was yesterday. The day everything went to shit, the device she and Lumiere had been so hard at work with its goal and purpose to bring elven and human-kind closer than ever instead had been used for twisted and diabolical purposes and drove the.... the manipulated ancient Clover Royalty back then to exterminating the race of elves all because they were envious of their innate and overflowing mana pools. But in that hellish design, Secre had forgotten one crucial detail while Licht in his driven despair and Lumiere in his desperation to protect the innocents now thrown into Zagred's chaos....

Secre: Impossible... Lady Tetia... She lives still!

She placed her hand oh-so carefully around her bloodied stomach as well, the wound all but near fatal feeling a faint kick.

Secre: And judging by the mana, one of the twins she was carrying must have survived this whole ordeal too! But what I do?! I don't want to hurt or even kill Tetia or the heir!

In a desperate bid, Secre had thrown a protective barrier around the pregnant yet majorly injured Tetia.

Secre: Once I had realized she was still alive, I did everything I could to seal off Lady Tetia's wounds. Then I rushed to Prince Lumiere's side as he battled Licht. And after that? The rest as the say, is history. I woke up in the form of an Anti-bird. Many years had gone by and I had no idea what had even become of Princess Tetia, she herself being lost to time.... but she made it! Despite everything that had occurred that day, she actually survived and her life was saved! The children... of an elf and human byproduct. Prince Lumiere. Those lives you had always had hoped for... they're still here!

Patry smiles politely at all of the humans before announcing their new home.

Patry: This place that we're all standing in, it is the new home of the elves. When we had found it and time passed on, I feel as though I understood the reason that myself, Rhya, Fana and Vetto were made to stay behind in this era.

Mimosa: Pardon me, and I hope I'm not overstepping. But why did you decide to rescue us?

Tyrus: Yeah, Mimosa's bringing up a good point there. The last time we were came across each other, there was nothing pretty about it. We were fighting each other.... as if we truly hated one another, our emotions all over the place, nothing left to lose. A kill or be killed mentality.... something like that.... most people never come back from. And yet... you guys bailed us out when you didn't have to. Why?

Patry: That is because we received a divine word. From the guardia deity who protects Elysia, Dryad.

Noelle: Guardian deity?

Patry: Yes. We were told to help you in your hour of need. As soon as Dryad had given us our message, we rushed over to the Heart Kingdom as quickly as we could. But unfortunately, we were too late in stopping the one who caused all of that chaos as she was already gone by the time we arrived. Thankfully.....

He recounts the moments he and the others came across a batter Valkyrie Armor-laden Noelle holding onto a battered Tyrus while they bravely fought back against the Exploding Life Bomb that had been Robero alongside Mimosa and the other pushing back against their own detonation-activated bombs.

Patry: When we all came across you, you had somehow managed to use your own powers to survive those certainly massive and otherwise fatal explosions.

When all is said done, aside from Gaja, the Spirit Guardian revealed to be only one left standing from those bombs, the Clover Kingdom's Magic Knights were all knocked out, most certainly concussed from the explosions, their clothes ripped asunder or just being blown back from them overall such as the case with Noelle, Mimosa and Tyrus who were found to be a combination of both and at distances at an average around 15-25 feet away from each other when found by the Third Eye, but even as they were laid out, they were plesantly surprised to find them at least struggling to get up.

Patry: It's because of all of you, that the Heart Kingdom's citizens were saved and the country suffered minimal damage outside of structural collapse. I'm amazed all of you were able to persevere against such fearsome foes. You've clearly become much stronger as of late since we've last crossed paths.

Yet these compliments they weren't enough. And Noelle was just expressive enough to show it.

Noelle: Perservering.... it's not enough! After all of those months of training we underwent, I should've been able to defeat them. And make sure the world was safe for good! For the next generation of those wishing or aspiring to become Magic Knights!

Tyrus: Noelle.... come on don't do that yourself. We all gave it a ride. I'm pissed too, about as pissed as you're going to find me... I'm only able to keep myself this composed because I know the next time I get my hands on Vanica, my fist is going to meet her face over and over again. It's just she has an absurd amount of strength on her.

Noelle: NO! You don't understand! It's because of us failing that Vanica even has Loropechika, and who knows what diabolical aspirations she's got in store for her! That's why-

She springs from her impromptu bed made out of softest comforts in life, rushes pasts Mimosa and Tyrus and then grabs Patry by his shoulder before shouting and begging at him.

Noelle: WE ALL NEED TO BUILD UP OUR FIGHTING SKILLS, AND QUICKLY AT THAT! THE FOUR OF YOU ARE EVEN BETTER MAGES THEN WHAT ALL OF US ARE COMBINED TOGETHER, CORRECT?! So tell us, how did you even remotely get that fearsome from a combat standpoint, right now!

Rhya looks at her comedically while giving his sarcastic two cents.

Rhya: Well, well, look at you, Miss Prim and Proper. Is that really the proper and dignified way a royal lady should be asking anyone for help?

Patry: Noelle Silva. You and your compatriots lost to these foes after mere months of harsh training and you think, just by growing a tad bit more.... that you'll be able to be best them a second time around?

It was then she looked down right at her feet and she wasn't sure how she could even muster a yes. Part of her confidence depended on her saying yes, even if the situation was a grave and dire one like the one she just underwent with her friends and most ardent supporters..... but facing Vanica that first time and taking that ass whooping.... her confidence, her haughty and tongue-in-cheek demeanor were not in a good place now.

Noelle: Not exactly.... I know it's not going to be that easy. But-

She thinks about her entire journey while being a Magic Knight.... her first mission with Magna, Asta and Tyrus, the second one where she had her first real near-death experience, the Underwater Temple, the Forest of Witches.... the Royal Knights to take down the once former enemy in front of her, gaining her Valkyrie Armor for the first time ever.....

Noelle: BUT GIVING UP WOULD BE EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME! WE'LL TRY, ARE YOU WITH ME EVERYONE?!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Tyrus: She's such a maniacal, dare-devil, idiotic jackass.... I wonder where she got that from. Oh right. Me. That's my girl. You heard Noelle, we ain't goin' nowhere you guys, so teach us everything you know so we can go save Loropechika and give Vanica and the rest of the Dark Triad the ass beating they truly deserve!

He tightens his knuckle, a visible popping sound emanating from his left hand.

Rhya: Goodness, you guys were such a headache back then, and even now, you still are.

Patry: Very well. We're going to teach you an elven art of combat.... Ultimate Magic! This should help on your journey to saving your friend.

Rill: Aghhh! I can't stop worrying! I really hope Charmy and the others are okay.

The ones in attendance during the emergency captains summons all intensely look at Marx's communcation device, eagerly hoping that at some point, Leopold, Mimosa, Noelle, or Tyrus who had their device on them would come and relieve the pre-existing tension in the room, but yet no answer was had... until...

THROOSH!

Gaja: Is anyone on this channel?

Asta: Check it out, it's Gaja!

(5 Minutes Later....)

Julius: All right, thank you Gaja. I think I'm up to speed on everything. We're attacking Spade in three days in the early morning hours, so that should be more than enough time for you and the Spirit Guardians to recuperate and to undergo your own training regimen or whatever you feel is necessary regarding combat with the Dark Triad. What will you do in the meantime?

Gaja: It should go without saying Lord Julius that our forces will fight alongside you and the Clover Kingdom. Thankfully now that you brought them up, all of the Spirit Guardians are safe and are currently resting their wounds after battle with the Dark Disciples. On the honor of the Heart Kingdom, we are going to rescue our Queen! As for Lady Noelle and Sir Tyrus, they and the others are currently training and preparing to reenter the fray. Whether they can make it in time to assist us, solely depends on them.

Julius: Understood, Gaja. Once again, I thank you for reaching out to us.

Gaja: Of course, until next time, Sir Julius.

The communication dies out and a darkened snarl paints itself his face as he continues to think about Loropechika, her awkwardness, her beautiful smile...

Gaja: I will SAVE you.... no matter what it takes.

Charlotte: I refuse to let these hooligans take his and Williams' lives. Please wait for me... Yami. I will tell you how I feel!

Rill: Well... on the brighter side of things at least Charmy, the other Magic Knights and Spirit Guardians are doing all right!

Asta: Yeah, sounds like they're training some more! Sounds about on brand for Noelle and Ty! I can't let them or Yuno outdo me, it's time that I get back to it as well! Vice Captain....

He calls out to Nacht but realizes..... he, Yuno and all the other captains have already left to get their squads ready for the biggest war the Clover Kingdom was about to witness.

Asta: Huh? Hey, no fair, where'd you go?!

Little did Asta know.... Nacht had some.... personal business to attend to. That business? A date with the remaining Black Bulls in Grey, Finral, Vanessa and Gauche who to them was a complete stranger. No one said anything to break the mounting tension within the ruins of the hideout until Nacht began unveiling the plans to the remainder core of Black Bulls.

Nacht: In three days, we're going to be gathering only the most elite of the Magic Knights and initiate a counter-attack onto the Dark Triad and Spade Kingdom.

Vanessa: I'm sorry but we've actually never seen you around here before. You're telling us you're the Vice Captain of the Black Bulls?

Finral: And if that's true, then how or why have none of us seen you around the hideout?

Nacht: If I describe it in one go? It's simply put because I despise everything about the Black Bulls.

Grey, Finral, Vanessa all cringe at the bluntness in Nacht's words. How could anyone hate Vanessa's overly-bubbly yet drunkard states, Grey's over shyness, Finral's flirtations and the Black Bulls' quirks for the most parts.... okay now they were starting to see it honestly. But for their own Vice Captain to honestly say he hated them and their squad-mates.

Nacht: Let me put it like this. I'm content so long as I can still operate as a Magic Knight.... being a Vice Captain is merely convenient, nothing more or less. It allows me to do whatever I please and however I please. What I hate most above all else, is people who cannot do things or handle their tasks properly, and the Black Bulls with a few rare exceptions, are a squad that carry a reputation of creating more problems than they what can they solve. You all may have perservered and did very well in the battle six months ago against the Eye of the Midnight Sun, but let me tell you. That alone doesn't EVEN begin to erase all of your past pitfalls, failures or as Yami would say "colossal fuck-ups".

Nacht looks at all of them, starting with Vanessa and singling them out by their vices.

Nacht: Let's start with the witch with a severe drinking problem. The Spatial mage whose philandering with not only his own female squad-mates but also all the random ladies of the Clover Kingdom interfered with countless missions. Our resident ex-noble turned convict whose obsession with his only sibling has not only put himself in grave danger but countless others. And.... as for the ones who currently aren't here to pick up their own criticisms.....

As everyone wonders about the statuses and whereabouts of Zora and Magna, Nacht go ahead and runs them down.

Nacht: One happens to be a evil-looking delinquent who thinks leather masks are all the newest fashion trend, and another evil-looking delinquent commoner except he doesn't happen to wear a mask. I could go on and on about our royal flair, long lost noble child, a guy who can't even speak for himself, and a violence-addicted fiend but what I'm saying is thanks to our good-for-nothing captain, he built nothing but a team of losers.

Grey: B-B-But all of them... they're wonderful people! You shouldn't judge them because of the way they simply look, that's not fair!

Nacht: If you don't wish to be judged by your looks, then start by changing the way you present yourself.

He looks around at the four, their emotions all starting to share that common trait of determination which forces a smirk to raidiate on his face.

Nacht: You see, sometimes those who seem evil or have a history of performing evil deeds, will often go on to perform good deeds, making them more likeable. But that concept, it utterly disgusts and angers me to no end. I personally, prefer people who are good from the start.

He begins to sink into the ground, his magic soaking through the hideout an almost lifeless and sinister feel to the room being registered.

Nacht: And that applies... to NONE of you. Now if you wish or aim to still save that worthless man you call our captain's life along with the Golden Dawn Captain's at that..... you have no more than two days to improve your skills to the best of your abilities.

Some time passes in the day and after his... "conversation" with the Black Bulls, Nacht plucked Asta from the Royal Capital and brought him into a forest.

Asta: I've been meaning to ask, what's your magic?

Nacht: I use Shadow Magic. It can move my body and anything I happen to touch from one shadow to the next.

Asta: Nice! So it's kinda like Finral's portals then?

Nacht: Perfect. We're here.

The "here" they come across is revealed to be a dilapidated house, with moss having grown over ten percent of the exterior, windows being shattered and the canopy of the roof being completely exposed. The doors were open so it was a straight for the Black Bulls to enter on through.

Asta: Um.... Whose place is this?

Nacht: It... was a noble's house long lost to time. Well former noble, let's just leave it at that, Asta. Here.

Asta: What's the deal here, man? What are we doing here, you're kinda creeping me out.

Nacht simply puts his hand on the rug and calls out an incantation.

Nacht: Shadow Magic, Dark Garden Invitation.

The room then grows dark and before Asta has any time to react to what's happening around him, a barrage of shadowy arms grab him, just as the fateful night last night when he ran across Nacht. They force him through the floor and he goes down with heavy resistance.

Asta: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! What? Where the hell are we? AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHH! WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLL ARE THOSE, ARE THOSE SKULLS AND BONES!?

Amidst his heavy screaming, he comes down from the fit finding Nacht walking calmly and serenely up a flight of stairs in the makeshift masoleum.

Nacht: For these next two days, I am going to teach you everything I know about devils and how to utilize the powers of the ones gifted or rather given over to us to master. And your prowess and fighting capabilities are going to growing exponentially.

Asta: Sweet let's do the damn thing then! Let's get to training, Vice Captain!

Nacht stops at the height at the stairs, the candles still burning brightly with a passion.

Nacht: As it stands currently, your devil powers aren't exactly at the apex or rather, you aren't using them to their full potential. Merely just the scraps of excess power that honestly happened to trickle down from your body.

He then discards his cloak, tossing it to the side revealing a necklace with a couple of ornaments dangling comprised of a feather, a braid of hair from who knows where, and two claws or fangs of varying sizes.

Nacht: While it is unorthodox how we are about to undergo this, it should work relatively speaking. To give complete command and control, we're going to perform a devil-binding ritual. This is a forbidden ceremony that will require you or rather force you to make a formal deal with your devil.

Asta: A devil-binding....

Nacht: And once we succeed in that process, the devil's power will fully become yours to wield as you see fit Asta. But to even begin, we need to spark a connection with the devil inside of you. For that, you'd normally use a relic like what I have on my necklace right now. Something like this, it would allow you to temporarily allow you to summon the being inside of your body to our world. But you Asta, you seem to be a special case. The arm, your grimoire. In fact I'm sure it's been said before to you, but your very existence in this world has a unique and profound connection to the devil itself.

Asta: Right! So how am I supposed to go about this, any pointers?

He joins Nacht, carefully walking up the stairs but just as he reached the last stair, Nacht said one word with intense after-thought.

Summon.

And in a pool of blackened darkness, Asta feels that same cold that overwhelmed when he tried to escape the Royal Capital's Infirmary when he first ran into Nacht on that illuminated night before....

Asta: No way.... it's my devil! Wait....

He then notices-

Asta: My arm- it's gone!

Devil: Heh-heh-heh-heh! Well how about that shit? I wasn't expecting your musclebound ass to let me out all on your lonesome, good on you kid!

Nacht: Now then Asta.... it's time to fight him, win and put him under your control for good.

Asta: Wait, I have to actually fight him?!

Nacht: Yes. You have to use your powers to bend him to your will. That is the only way you're going to harness and utilize his full strength.

Asta takes in his benefactor's new look, the first time he's really been able to sink his eyes into the devil's appearance in the world of the living. Like Asta, he too had beige colored hair, nearing the point of milky white, outstretched wings, and Wegs sprouting out of his hair, possessing Asta's devil's arm as the final piece.

Devil: It's been a long time since I last stretched my legs out, let the good times commence then kid!

Asta: This is actually insane, this isn't like when Ty, Noelle or Yuno are standing in front of me. I can't actually believe I'm staring my devil in the face right now!

He begins to sweat but just as quickly swallows that fear back down and looks at his devil with a burning intensity almost hatred you could say.

Asta: There's something I've been meaning to say to you for a long time now.... thanks a bunch, ya know!

Devil: What.... the fuck are you yappin' about, kid?

Asta: I didn't stutter, you heard me perfectly! I can't even begin to count how many times you helped or bailed me out of a fight!

He thinks back to all the times when his devil intervened and saved him from the brink of death, his fight against Ladros, the war against Zagred, and most recently the hellacious battle with Dante Zogratis along with Yami.

Asta: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.... I'M GOIN' TO PUSH PAST MY LIMITS!

Tyrus: AND WE'LL DO IT....

Yuno: WITH YOU, ASTAAAAAA!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Asta: No more talk and no more games.... as of this moment.... THIS IS IT, ALL I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT OF TIME!

Asta: I never would've been able to win any and I mean ANY of those crazy ass fights had it not been for you or your help at the last second! I seriously can't thank you enough for that!

The devil takes Asta's words into consideration and for a moment, it looked as though he was seriously touched but then he just callously as if to say, "I don't give a fuck about what you're saying, kiddo, I mean thanks for the compliment, but yeah."

Devil: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Wow, so wait, I take your right arm, and you wind up thanking me?

Asta: That was our bargain, yeah?! I can't complain about that!

Devil: Seriously kid, you're even more of a brain-dead, hopeless moron than I ever could have thought you were. Meh, I guess it doesn't matter though, because I'm about to make you a dead idiot in a couple of minutes!

Asta: NOT GONNA HAPPEN! What's even weirder is that I actually remembered our first conversation!

Devil: A half-pint like yourself doesn't stand a chance in this fight, not against a freak like that....

Asta: Hold the communication device.... YOU'RE JUST AS SHORT AS I AM THOUGH! From the way you were talking so spicy, I figured you'd be twice or even three times the size you are now! I am not getting my ass kicked by the likes of you!

Devil: HEEEEHEEEEEHEHEEE! You're bold but you're stupid as shit. You really can't grasp the type of mess you've gotten yourself into now, can you?

Suddenly, Asta's grimoire pouch begins spazzing violently and just then his grimoire pops out and releases the Demon Slayer sword, as it.... lands right into the Devil's hands.

Asta: Demon-Slayer?

Devil: I thought I told you already.... you're never going to beat me, shrimp!

Asta: OH SHI-

Asta narrowly avoids the sinisterly charged Black Divider which nearly cleaved him down the middle, but thanks to his evasion, the sword met the ground with a vicious clanging sound.

Asta: That was too close, WHOA!

Devil: Now that I'm in your world, I've got all the advantages here kid! And I'm thinking... MAYBE I WANT MORE THAN YOUR ARM! WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU, I'M TAKING EVERY FUCKING LAST PIECE OF YOU, INCLUDING THAT HIDEOUS HEADBAND OF YOURS!

Asta kept dodging and weaving but was starting to feel the effects of the battle early and often showing scars and scratches on his body.

Asta: HEY CHILL OUT, I'M NOT TRYING TO FIGHT YOU RIGHT NOW! JUST LISTEN TO ME! I JUST WANT TO TALK-

Nacht: You will fight him.

Asta: What?

Nacht: Your intention is to make yourself stronger and more formidable against the Spade Kingdom, isn't that right? The only way you can do that is facing and defeating your devil. If you lose here and now Asta, then he'll take over not only your body but he'll proceed to turn you into a vicious monster to wreak havoc all over the Clover Kingdom.

Asta: What? You're kidding, aren't you?

Nacht then simply points behind himself, referring to all the skulls littered around them in the space that occupies and makes the masoleum up.

Nacht: The skulls you see before you, the devil and myself on the altar, they belong to those who failed in completing their devil-binding ritual. If you don't do it, I will dispose of you and add your skull to their ominous ranks.

And that's when Asta knew.... Nacht was being deadly serious about everything about the devil-binding ritual and then he saw a mysterious and foreboding picture.

Asta: Wait a second.... you said this was forbidden magic? This ritual thing, is it something we're absolutely not supposed to be doing right now?

Nacht: We only have two days here, Asta. After that time is up, we will be making counter-attack onto the Spade Kingdom and Dark Triad in attempt to stop the devils from being unleashed onto this world. Did you honestly believe you could by simply playing by the rules? Such a foolish provocation and belief. You wished and wanted to grow your skill despite having no magic in your arsenal. This is the world you step into for that power.

Devil: HEHEHEHEHEHEH! I'D START LISTENING TO YOUR PAL!

He sends another vicious slash Asta's way this time not from the Demon-Slayer blade but rather his own claws and had it not been for Asta ducking at the very last second, he would've been dead, dead, DEAD. Nacht, displeased by Asta's sudden bout of cowardice bluntly asked him.

Nacht: What're you doing? At the rate you're going, you're just asking to die Asta. Get serious.

Asta: I'm... fine trust me! I'm okay. I know for a fact just by ready from his ki, he's not trying to kill me, if he was, he would've done it by now.

Nacht: Have you lost your mind? This is a devil we are talking about, surely that hasn't been lost on you. Creatures like him, they don't have morals or principles.
Devil: HEHEHEHEHEHE, YOU HIT THAT RIGHT ON THE NAIL, BUDDY! TRUST ME ON THIS, EVERY DEVIL YOU'LL MEET IS DAMNED PIECE OF SHIT LIKE ME!

Asta: This guy is a whole lot different from that one I fought back then!

Devil: Buddy, you don't know the craving I'm feeling from the moment I take control of your body!

Asta: Just because.... you're a devil.... it doesn't automatically rule you and make you an evil being at heart.

It was those words that Asta spoke, they began to resonate with the devil and before long a visual of a woman that looked similarly like Asta appeared out of nowhere...

Liebe: Damn it all....

Licita/Asta: I know the truth! You're.... not a bad guy!

F.W.C. 6,254 Words....

End of Part One of the Anime Run's two Part Finale. Coming Soon.... PART TWO and then a short hiatus..... AND WE'LL BE BACK!