Yuno and Jester continued scrapping as the wind mage bought Asta time to get to the main root of their would-be extinction, 27th Wizard King Conrad Leto who was hellbent in exterminating the entire country and his home, Clover Kingdom. The Golden Dawn's Vice Captain sent several stray blasts, courtesy of his Spirit Dive powers but the 16th Wizard King did everything in his power to avoid them, their fight now orbiting around the Flying Fortress Triumph.

BOOOOOM! BOOOOM!

Yuno: Ha... HA...... Where the hell did he get off to?

Jester: I'm sorry but were you actually trying to hit me? You should really work on that accuracy, kid!

Yuno: GAHA!

He barely has enough time to react, getting clubbed by a massive crystal mallet afterwhich he gets sent hurtling through the base level of the stadium. Landing on his feet, the owner of the Four-Leaf Grimoire was startled to see Jester emerging from the shadows.

Jester: You're an honest fool if you thought something like that could ever lure me into some false sense of security! No, no, it's exactly the opposite, silly boy! It's actually more like, I'm the one who lured you here! THIS PLACE THAT'LL SOON BE YOUR TOMB! You see all that absorbed magic we pilfered wasn't just power, it's also being used as fuel to fly this fortress of ours. And we can tap into it as much we'd like without consequence! Meaning so long as I'm here, you're going to lose as my magic simply has no limits to it!

However despite the unlimited number of weapons that Jester conjured up, Yuno's reaction speed was proving to be a difficult thing, having tapped into his Spirit's Hushed Dance to avoid the maelstrom of blades headed his way.

Yuno: Please. Are you really that dense to believe yourselves the winners that easily? Against us?

Jester: Hold a second, what do you mean "us"? It's just you!

PLINK!

In the dust behind Yuno, an all too familiar voice was heard, the clicking of boots also visualized.

Yami: Well! Not too bad there, Pretty Boy. But I'm gonna dock a few points for recklessness, don't you know it's common knowledge to be careful with the damsel in distress? After all, I am a Virgo, kid!

Jester: Hu, hu. Now I see, so those earlier attacks you launched at me- you weren't aiming for me. You were aiming for the prisoners.

Yuno: I'll take that advice in stride next time.

He falls back to Yami with the Black Bulls captain asking his next question.

Yuno: Are you good to fight, Captain Yami?

Yami: Of course I am, as a captain, I can't have you kids running around, making poor decisions, risking your lives and I ain't doing it with ya, now can I? Gotta surpass my limits, too! Wouldn't you agree fellas?!

Silver magic strands rush from the Mad King's left flank but a barrier is automatically triggered sensing the danger before flames came from the top side. Before long it's revealed that Fuegoleon and Nozel have escaped from their chains in the aftermath of Yuno's "wayward" attack

Nozel: Undoubtedly! FORMER WIZARD KING, PREPARE YOURSELF! RIGHT HERE AND NOW, WE SHALL SHOW YOU THE UNQUESTIONED MIGHT AND PROWESS OF ALL OF THE MAGIC KNIGHT SQUADS!

Fuegoleon: Yuno, we have your back! You stay focused on attacking however you can, just keep the pressure on him!

The flames roar with intensity and searing hotness but the quartet knew with this being a Wizard King and all, the fight was only beginning. Jester walked through the hell-zone, unhurt as he in read the attack like a novel about himself and had thrown up a barrier around his physical space ready to confront the Magic Knights once more.

Jester: Is that so? Well at least try to put a decent effort, you near walking corpses. Maybe you'll talk less once I've killed all four of you. This is the backup that had me a tiny bit afraid? Hate to break it to you kid, but those three have been chained up while we siphoned off all of their magic powers to fuel our digs..... they're about as harmless as a defanged viper! Hell, I'm surprised they can even stand at this point, so bravo! How do you plan to stand against me- OH WAIT, don't tell me, you think you can take me on because you have fighting spirit and guts?! FINE, THEN HOW ABOUT YOU TRY IT! But fair warning, you won't even get the chance to get that strong, least of all however quickly you think you can!

Yuno: You call yourself a Wizard King, but you know so little. You stand no chance against us.

Jester: TCH! COME AT ME HOWEVER YOU WISH YOU BASTARRRRDDDDS!

Magna: FLAMMMMME MAGIC, PRISON DEATH SCATTERSHOT!

The Man Amongst Men takes the first swing against the 20th Wizard King, utilizing his long-distance tracking Prison Death Scattershot on Edward but the smoke and fire is all he needs to conjure up a giant sharpened dagger which he retaliated with against Magna only for Zora to absorb with his trap magic, sending it back towards its original caster. He quickly bolts for the air before Luck intercepts him and tries to kick him down back to the surface, but he too gets caught, frozen before revealing it was just an afterimage of the Cheery Beserker who this time kicks Edward down harshly.

Tyrus: AHT, AHT! WHERE YOU GOING OLD BONES?! LUCK, OVER HERE!

Tyrus intercepts the careening Edward after signaling Luck to kick him the ice mage's way as he readied his fists for combat, lit up in his own Spirit Dive.

Tyrus: MANA ZONE-

He flies over and much like how he assaulted Conrad at Branch Zero, unleashes a vicious attack of chained punches and kicks.

Tyrus: ICE MAGIC, Frost Frenzy, SEEING STARS!

After freezing punch after freezing punch all over Edward's body, the Fifth-Class Senior Magic Knight ultimately sends the sixty-six year old flying into a mountain just as Noelle watched her boyfriend nail his devastating combination, she begins oozing small amounts of water from her palms, looking over to the undisputed Queen of Shy in her squadmate Grey.

Noelle: ALL RIGHT, GREY, YOUR TURN!

Grey: O-O-OKAY! MAGIC CONVERSION-

Tyrus: HAH! SORRY OLD MAN, THIS COUNTRY CAN HAVE ONLY VIOLENT ICE MAGE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM! DIEEEE! HEADS UP, GREY!

With one last sickening kick to the abdomen, he sends Edward hurtling down a converted water puddle which then turned to magma, but on impact with just one step, Edward froze Grey's magic like it was child's play.

Edward: Foolish child.

Grey cowers as the ice stops barely near her legs just as Gordon intervenes to stop the murderous-intending attack.... despite his best efforts to kill both Gordon and Grey, the two get out before sharp icicles could impale them and a portal brings them back to the rest of the group with Tyrus racing down in sequence, the intensity of his Spirit Assimilation pouring off in droves.

Grey: T-Thank you for saving me, Gauche!

Noelle: I may not be able to use my more powerful magic spells, but so long as we can buy Asta time so that he can defeat Conrad. I can still help out my friends even without the power of my grimoire.

Tyrus: For a guy who I happen to share ice magic with, he's really grating my last nerve.

Noelle: Stay strong, everyone! We should be able to handle him.

Luck: Hahaha!

Secre: Yes. If Asta can defeat Conrad successfully, the other Wizard Kings would be felled in line. Simply put, he just has to touch the Imperial Sword with his own Demon-Slayer Sword, this will be over.

Tyrus: That right? So basically we're the distraction and destruction team until Asta beats the stuffing out of Conrad? I'm absolutely game.

They all watch as Edward emerges from his ice cloud, unamused by their antics as that all-too familiar ice pinwheel appears behind its wielder.

Edward: What a pathetic display by all of you. Take my word for it before I actually have to end your miserable lives. Tuck your tails and run. Hide somewhere our eyes cannot reach you, build new lives.

Zora: That's mighty kind of you to warn all of us.

Tyrus: But you see, we've already come to a unified decision. How about.... fuck no?

Zora: Even if we go, which we won't, I thought you idiots whole goal was to kill us off. What gives?

He continues to walk the Black Bulls down only stopping when he landed off the ice slick. Footsteps begin tracing next to him and the visages of kid-like ghosts run past Edward, laughing and playing almost.

Edward: If you were corrupt nobles or royals who only ever thought of themselves and what could benefit them, I would take no hesitation in cutting your lives short. But none of you are like that, no. From where you stand, I can tell you're not impure like them. That all being said, I give you one last chance to retreat.

He stares at Noelle and Tyrus, the latter who defiantly stands on his business but the former was somewhat shook.

Edward: If you all promise to not get in the way our dream and design, I will grant you mercy and allow you to escape unabated.

Luck: HAHAHA! Are you being serious right now? You just want us to hang back, sit on our butts while you bad guys destroy and ruin everything?

Gordon: Didn't you know?

Black Bulls: We wouldn't retreat even if our lives depended on it!

Tyrus: We Black Bulls are called a lot of things, "Worst Magic Knight Squad" "Vagabonds" "Thugs".... BUT ONE THING WE WILL NEVER BE....

BOOOOOOM! CRACKKKLEEEE!

His aura explodes once more as he gives off an intense and prideful glare, ready to die alongside his squadmates if it came down to that.

Tyrus: ARE COWARDS! NOW STOP TALKING AND FIGHT, OLD MAN!

A majority of the squad led by Tyrus go after Edward, including Gauche's mirrors, Luck, Magna and Gordon racing after him ready to launch their own attacks at the cold-hearted Wizard King....

Edward: As to be expected from a group of fools. Then so be it, I shall make your deaths painful as indicative of your pride. Ice Wedge Magic, World End Church!

A billowing of clouds erupts from the ground catching the majority off guard. Magma rushes from the surface, only to be frozen before it could make another landfall, shattering as a massive, almost domineering creation magic chapel comes from the machinations of Edward's overpowering mana.

Edward: You thought you all could combine your meaningless magical power to combat or even defeat me? My Mana Zone allows me to lower the temperature of any space I stand in...... TO FAR BELOW FREEZING! You amateurs won't be able to breathe in these conditions, let alone formulate any sensible strategy.

When all is said and done with the church standing, pinwheel phased in... clouds depart revealing most of the squad frozen in place or just flat out shuddering from the cold.....

Magna: Can't move..... MOVE BODY DAMNIT!

Tyrus: Even in Azure Dragon, I can barely hold it together..... this guy is fuckin' crazy with the amount of mana he's wielding!

Edward: I don't understand, boy. Were you not also oppressed by this society, weren't all of you? WHY IS IT YOU ALL WISH TO REJECT OUR IDEALS OF A FAIRER WORLD!?

Tyrus: Why should we?

Noelle: He's right... you don't get it.... and everyone here is giving their all to survive right now in this very moment. That is the creed the Magic Knights have always gone by. Even if a battle or mission is hard, WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP!

She begins to glow intensely which gains some surprise out of the reserved Wizard King.

Noelle: YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE AWAY FROM THEM, WHO IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!

Tyrus: Noelle...... She's right, you demanded we leave our home, where all of our friends, family, comrades, people we're tasked with protecting day in, day out and you just want us to bolt like scared children while you kill them all?

He thinks about Father Orfai, Sister Lily and all of his adopted siblings, people he met in his journey as a Magic Knight, like Rebecca and her litter of siblings, Kiato, Kahono....

Tyrus: IF YOU THINK WE'LL GO ALONG WITH SUCH A HELLACIOUS AND COWARDLY PLAN, THEN YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY FUCKED IN YOUR HEAD!

He narrows his pupils at the couple, especially Tyrus who's about as close to him as any of the Black Bulls while he fought of his own cold spell before they close and he remembers a horrifying time in his life, where he failed to save anyone while he was still the Wizard King at the time.

Edward: Indeed, you two are right. No one person, no man, no woman, not even a child has the right to take the life of their fellow human. Which is why I plan to do exactly what must be done... and that is to create a world where those without magic or the utterly powerless have as much of a fair chance to smile and be loved as those with magic!

Noelle: Empty words, you disgrace- AHH!

She coughs, doing her best to resist the frigid temperatures, which of course alarms Tyrus, concerned for all of his squadmates but his romantic interest a smidge more.

Tyrus: NOELLE, GUYS! Don't strain yourself too much.... Damn it... everyone's trying their best like she said but these temperatures have to be wearing heavy on their bodies, any longer and... NO! DON'T THINK LIKE THAT! I'm their last hope right now... or I should say rather... WE'RE their last hope! Get it done... Asta!

Edward: Showing weakness or emotion is also pitiful and pathetic.

BOOOOM!

Tyrus: What in the hell is that thing?! No matter, I'm going to reduce it to cold dust when I'm done with it!

A giant ice-like gargoyle with a cross for a head descends from the skies, landing with an emphatic crash focused on one thing. Extermination.

Mereoleona: RAHHHHHHHHH!

Princia: Predictable. Legion Magic, Blink Castling.

She flicks her blade one directon but before Mereoleona could introduce her incinderary fist to Princia's mouth, a massive collision and explosion are seqeuenced but it's revealed that the Wizard Queen switched places with a random legion soldier who takes the blow for its caster. The process repeats itself every few seconds as Princia appears then disappears in a blink second, replacing herself with a legion soldier in the bid to confuse the vicious royal's onslaught. A stab occured, grazing the eldest Vermillion as she quickly changes directions, pursuing Princia.

Princia: You're wasting needless energy, you will never catch me. And without having even come close to my strength.

BOOOOOOM!

Mereoleona: HRRRK!

After blowing up the last legionnaire, Mereoleona feels the stinging sensation of a blade digging deep into her back.

Princia: Sleep now, warrior of the Clover Kingdom.

Mereoleona: I refuse.

The blood dribbles but Mereoleona's indomitable fighting spirit doesn't allow her constitution from expiring, gripping Princia's rapier.

Mereoleona: NOT.... UNTIL... I'VE INCINERATED EVERYTHING IN SIGHT, INCLUDING YOU! MANA ZONE, FULL RELEASE!

The temperatures immediately rise and the soldiers begin melting, becoming one with the sand, the 10th Wizard Queen interested by this new development, pleasantly shocked that Mereoleona wasn't croaking already.

Mereoleona: FLAME MAGIC, CALIDOS BRACHIUM: PURGATORY!

And suddenly the flames around Mero, turn an intense blue before a blinding white consumes everyone!

Mereoleona: OH HO HO, OH YES! NOW WE CAN DISPENSE WITH ALL THE NON-SENSE, OUR FUN CAN REALLY BEGIN HERE AND NOW!

The flames subside before a chained and timed explosion destroys the very area the duo had been standing. As the dust and smoke plumes, we find Princia's weapon of choice burnt to crispy ashes but the ex-temporary Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings and disgraced rare female military leader remain alive, with Princia holding Mereoleona's fist in her own palm.

Princia: You said your name was Mereoleona, right? You made me raise my fist in combat and against you no less. Interesting... I LIKE IT!

Instead of fear brimming off of Princia, she flashes a devious glare, teeth fully bared as she released her opponent's fist and crunched Mereoleona flush in the jaw, even more shocking she didn't lose any of her pearly whites.

CRACKKKKKKK!

Princia wouldn't stay on the retreat for long as after sending Mereoleona prat-flying through the air, she immediately clutched her two fists together, cruelly smashing them into her gut and the Vermillion rushing back to Earth but not before dropkicking her designated opponent with Mereoleona only then bouncing into the sandy dunes like a beach ball, causing craters to fill their battlefield. She walks on the sky, looking at the prone opponent just now shaking the cobwebs loose, all in the meanwhile she gives off a sadistic howl mixed laughter.

Princia: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! IT'S NOT OFTEN I GET FACE A SUCH A STRONG OPPONENT LIKE YOURSELF, BUT! YOU'RE NOWHERE NEAR MY LEVEL! YOU SHALL MAKE FOR A SUITABLE DANCE PARTNER! ROUND TWO STARTS NOW!

Soon a helmet covers Princia's face, harrowing smile still put on as she then darts towards the Vermillion, their vicious duel just getting underway!

Jester: HM! HM!

Jester, despite the four-on-one disadvantage continued toying with the Magic Knight Captains, who were more than drained from fueling the Triump Fortress all the while Yuno tried to find a chink in his defenses. While she wasn't physically, Bell, Sylph as she was more commonly known watched the fighting along with her master.

Bell: Yuno, what's your plan? If we don't do something, Yami and the others are going to die!

Yuno: You don't think I know that, Bell?!

He darts while the Wizard King is distracted in that moment, Jester had already disposed of Yami, Nozel and Fuegoleon for the moment just as he saw the Golden Dawn's Vice Captain near his target, but Yuno immediately gets backhanded into several pillars within the arena, his tumbling and rumbling is soon interrupted by Nozel and Fuegoleon impede but this slight rescue reopens Noelle's eldest sibling ever serious wound yet again with a nasty splatter.

Nozel: TCH!

Yuno: Captain Nozel! Damn it-

Fuegoleon: Yuno. Don't try to play the hero if you can't do it right now, especially if it happens to be beyond your power. Know your strengths and weaknesses. And focus on what it is you're truly capable of as of this moment.

Nozel: And please, don't be so trivial as to worry about us.

The rivals get up, standing side by side and in them, Yuno sees his eternal rivals, Asta and Tyrus in the Devil-Boosted and Spirit-Dive laden forms mimicking the Silver Eagles and Crimson Lion King Captain. He breathes in and out.... before finding his ever confident persona again.

Yuno: If at all possible, could you two and Captain Yami buy me a little more time? I have a plan that I think can work and when it does, I'll finish this guy with my next blow!

Yami and Jester continued to clash swords, each clang growing stronger with the violence and intent to kill. The foreigner pushed forward and only dodged when Salamander's flames roared brightly.

Jester: Awwwww! What's the matter, big, burly macho man? Don't tell me you were all out of energy from the very get go, come on dance with me some more!

Yami emerges from out of nowhere, Black Hole armed with his usual weapon, opting to not give in but rather continue dancing the dance of death with Jester.

Yami: YOU HAVE HORRIBLE TASTE IN NICKNAMES, YOU LILAC HAIRED PUSSY! Why don't you get a little closer, don't be shy, you'll find I'm a more "cute" and "girly" kind of macho underneath all of these muscles! Ya see?

He's forced to bend the knee if only for a second but this is what the Black Bulls captain wanted so that he could blind Jester in order to buy Fuegoleon a chance to attack.

Fuegoleon: NOW, YOU'RE FINISHED!

He springs forth just a silver cage from Nozel's spurts out violently.... but before any and all attacks hit him, they freeze and from that moment, shit got instantly fucked for everyone... with one last slight gesture and a gleam from his eye... everything explodes around Jester and his opponents are sent flying every which way!

BOOOOOOM!

Fuegoleon: GAHHHHHHHH!

Yami: TCHHHHH! AHHHHH!

BOOOM!

However even after driving the three captains off into separate portions of the battlefield, there was no rest for the weary as suddenly green lights bursted behind him. He turns to find the Spirit of Zephyr glowing intensely, creating a little crater, Yuno's hair begins whooshing furiously and arming it in an attack fashion. Jester puts another barrier up, taunting Yuno in the process.

Jester: HA! Don't you know any other moves aside from looking cool?

Yuno: Yes.... THIS!

He sprints, dashing and crashing Zephyr into the barrier, and for a moment it looks like a struggle for the commoner.... only he smirked when he began to notice to crack.

Jester: Eh? Well, would you look at that. This kid.... it isn't like before with that other brat who went after Conrad, he's pouring everything he has in terms of magical power into this one singular attack! N-NO! I WON'T LET HIM OVERPOWER ME!

Yami: BAHAHAHAHAH! ATTAWAY, KIDDO! NOW I SEE WHAT ASTA AND TYRUS SEE IN YOU! PUSHIN' THRHOUGH HIS BARRIER WITH RAW POWER. FROM WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'D ASSOCIATE WITH YA, PRETTY BOY!

Yuno: GRRR! MUST.... PUSH THROUGH!

CRACKKKK.... CRACK.... CRACKKKKKK!

Jester: Hah...hahahahahahahaha! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The top layer of his Wizard King's garb come undone, finally accepting Yuno as a worthy rival.

Jester: YOU FINALLY DID IT! YOU'VE GOTTEN MY FULL ATTENTION, YOU BRATTTTTTTT!

Purple tendrils erupt from his back, shocking everyone who bore witness to the transformation as they blow a hole through the Triumph itself. Meanwhile Conrad sat on the Demon Skull, Elsdocia glowing brightly, the sun beginning to ever slowly creep over the horizon. He examines the footprints he left on the skull so long ago as a Captain of his once defunct squad.... still never deterred from his goal.

Conrad: For hundreds of years.... you've protected this land.... Prince Lumiere Silvamillion Clover, that world you desperately envisioned and tried to fight for is about to at long last come true. I will bring your vision into reality.

Asta: CONRADDDDDDDD!

Conrad develops that wolfish grin..... eager to meet the kid he saw a lot of himself in....

Conrad: There you are.... ASTAAAAAAA!

All of the magic he stole over the years, one of the doors belonging to Noelle's pillaged magic was just the latest in a long line, with the doors swarming the magic-less Intermediate Knight to his horror.

Asta: GIVE MY SQUADMATE HER MAGIC BACK, CONNNNNNRAAAAADDDDD!

He draws the Demon-Dweller Sword out but barely has enough time giant slashes of wind and fire intended to harm him!

Conrad: I'm sorry to tell you, but you are far too late, Asta! For the moment the Clover Kingdom was destroyed.... HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!

Gripping Elsdocia by its hilt.... he then points it down on the mana vein within Licht's Demon Skull...

Asta: CONRAD, DON'T DO IT!

But his pleas go unheard as Conrad STABS IT INTO THE VEIN REGARDLESS! A brilliant yet endless blue beam squirts up like a geyser, followed by lightning crackling off of the immense pressure.

Asta: WHOOOOA!

Conrad: AND WITH THIS, THE CRUEL AND UNFAIR WORLD YOU VALUE SO DEARLY ARE DONE!

The clouds split apart and so does the land of Hage as multiple points of entry force jagged parts of soil and ground come undone. Had it not been for Sister Lily using her water magic to cast a shield, everyone in the church would've been killed.

Woman: AHH!

Fanzell: I've got you! HANG ON!

Rebecca: Wha- what's with those strange lights.... Asta, Tyrus... please be careful wherever you're at!

Asta, speaking of, was able to find a safe place to land, witneessing several chunks of mass land be ripped out from the Earth.... his breath more ragged as he just failed to stop Conrad in his tracks..... a lone door appears in front of him as Conrad then appears.

Conrad: I see, so Tyrus failed in convincing you to join my mission. No matter, you might as well give up, Asta. You stand no chance in defeating me. I've already driven the Imperial Sword Elsdocia into the mana vein singular point. At this point, the destruction of the Clover Kingdom all but inevitable. THE FATE OF THIS CORRUPT LAND IS FOREVER SEALED!

A giant block falls behind him but Asta is simply in shock... his facial features never betraying his all over the place emotions but he realizes with the sword glowing he still has a chance no matter how slim it was....

Asta: NO IT'S NOT!

Glinting in the sunlight, the sword known as Demon-Slayer spins, its own hilt being caught by Asta as he challenges Conrad to a life or death fight.

Asta: WHATEVER IT TAKES, I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS AND RIP THAT SWORD OUT! SO BE READY TO EAT THOSE WORDS, CONRAD! QUITTING IS SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO, SO YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'D RATHER DIE THAN WATCH THE WORLD BURN! YOU HEAR ME, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE GIVING UP, YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE DONE FOR!

Conrad: Poor child yet I cannot blame you, Asta. Take what I'm about to say to heart then, since the battlelines are fully drawn.

TCH! BOOOOOOM!

Asta and Conrad: MY MAGIC.... IS NEVER GIVING UP!

They rush each other as Conrad's fellow Wizard King, Princia thinks back on a simpler time in her young life.... she had just decimated enemy forces with little to no effort and in such a rather sadistic and emotionless manner, most of her audience were traumatized and soon began to ostracize the Wizard Queen....

Princia: No doubt... had there been someone like you around me in my time.... perhaps my loneliness wouldn't have been nearly as crippling as it was back when I was living. Goodbye... Mereoleona, you were truly a worthy adversary rivaling strength I was unfamiliar with.

Behind her is a massive crater inside of a rock structure but soon the toll of the desert shows Mereoleona, laid out some sand covering her belly, unconscious and presumed dead with the masked warrior looking at her opponent. But just as Princia turned her back, this would be her undoing......

Mereoleona: HA! ROUND THREE!

She disappears from her resting spot, a column of fire bursting forth, delivering a missile dropkick which Princia intercepts just barely. Blood drips from all over her body, but she easily rubs it off.

Mereoleona: THIS BATTLE! IS NOT OVER YET!

Princia: Wait a second! Did her power just increase?! I DEMAND AN EXPLANTION, MEREOLEONA! HOW ARE YOU STILL MOVING!?

She has an epiphany inside of her mind as multiple figures race past her....

Yami: Oh, hey Sisgoleon.

Asta: Hey there, Lady Mereoleona!

Tyrus: Let's kick it into high gear, ma'am!

Leo: Good morning to you, Big Sister!

Crimson Lion Mages: GOOD MORNING, LADY MEREOLEONA!

Fuegoleon: Eldest Sister. Shall we take the day as House Vermillion always does?

Mereoleona: You want an explanation? It's 'cause.... I'VE GOT GRIT, WOMAN!

Her flames erupt ever so violently.... as she continues thinking about everyone that surpassed her in the vision.... just as her flames begin to coat her entire physical manifestation.

Mereoleona: PLUS! IF I KICKED THE BUCKET IN AN UNFORGIVABLE PLACE LIKE THIS HELL HOLE, THEN ALL OF THOSE FUCKING IDIOTS WOULD HAVE THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO LAUGH AT ME!

The flames soon overwhelm but don't cause Mereoleona any pain otherwise and before Princia knew what was happening, the flame riddled Vermillion blitzes her yet again and vicious punches were traded back and forth between royal and former Wizard Queen.... the punches were so violent, the ground underneath them begin to burst with rising temperatures and Princia's helmet was destroyed upon impact one of the punches.

Mereoleona: AND THERE'S ONE MORE THING! IF I'M NOT THE STRONGEST-

She sees streaks of platinum silver hair, steel magic and a uniform very similiar to Noelle's Valkyrie Armor for just a split second before coming back to the real world.

Mereoleona: THEN I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CALL A CERTAIN SOMEONE "MY RIVAL" ANYMOREEEEEEEEE!

She sends Princia cratering down into the sandy dunes, the impact causing a chain nuclear reaction.

Princia: So you draw strength from your comrades, is that right? Not bad Mereoleona, for I will admit, I've always been more of the lone wolf type of warrior. STILL-!

She summons millions if not billions of powered-up soldiers in Mereoleona's direction as they begin to combine into something, massive more or less.

Princia: Mereoleona, you have done well! TO THINK I COULD BE BESTED IN A FIGHT! SO LET'S SEE, IF YOU'RE REALLY TOUGH ENOUGH TO BEAT ME WHEN I AM AT FULL-POWER AND GO ALLLLLL OUT!

The giant robot finishes constructing itself and in the center, Princia is shown to be the heart of it all, as a last ditch suicidal plan. Meanwhile Jester had reached his own limits looking down at Yuno..... a giant crystal-dusted buzzsaw behind him.

Jester: My, my. You're super strong, and feisty for a baby Magic Knight. No one has forced me into using my trump card for so long. Had I met you when I was the Wizard King my boy, there's no doubt I would have made you as one of my advisers. Maybe!

A giant blast is the byproduct of Jester and his device melding much like Princia but Yuno takes it head on.....

Yuno: Can't you see what you're all doing... IS WRONG?!

Jester: Don't give me that bullshit, kid. No one in this world truly knows what is right and what is wrong! SO YOU DON'T GET TO CHARGE ME WHAT IS WRONG OR RIGHT! YOU AND I ARE BASICALLY THE SAME! Conrad and I, we've had our dreams.... and there's nothing in this world that'll stop me from bringing those dreams into REALITY!

GLEAMMMMMM!

Yami: I get that and I hear you! I guess in the Art of Battle, there's no right or wrong either! HUP! SO I GUESS WE'LL DO THE SAME AND PROTECT WHAT MATTERS US TO THE MOST! UNTIL WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE, ISN'T THAT RIGHT MEN?!

Fuegoleon and Nozel: COMBO SPELL!

Yami: DIMENSION SLASH!

SCORCHING LIGHTTTTTT!

With an assist from his fellow Captains, Yami delivers an incidenary Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash which destroys the buzzsaw and makes its way towards Jester.

Jester: NOT GOOD! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

BOOOOOOM!

Jester: You.. GR.... YOU HAVEN'T WON YET! NOTHING BUT A LITTLE SCRATCH, YOU THREE! AS IF THAT WOULD TAKE ME OUT!

Yuno: SUCH A SHAME THEN! THEY TRIED IN MAKING IT MERCIFUL, NOW I MAKE IT PAINFUL! Asta, I'm borrowing your move! You were right, we are alike, but not in the way think! I HATE LOSING MORE THAN ANYTHING AND ESPECIALLY TO MY RIVALS!

He delivers an attack, and in the vein of Asta's Bull-Thrust, pierces through the Barrier Wizard King user's defenses and sends him flying out of the tornado-induced attack and back first into the village-trapping shield he created!

Jester: GUHHHHH!

Shattering into a thousand pieces, Jester seemingly gives up the fight but then his voice fosters no room for argument.

Jester: Fine, whatever. I don't care about saving power for the fortress, not anymore. You all are worthy... therefore... I'm going to use every single drop of my power that I have present right here and now.... TO CRUSH THE FOUR OF YOU, WHERE YOU STAND!

ZAPPPPPPP! ZZZZZZZZZ! BOOOM!

Asta: AH! CRAP!

Conrad: Why can't you just reconsider your motivations, Asta? You know I'm right.... there's not a single thing in this world worth protecting anymore. JOIN ME, AS WE CREATE A NEW, FAIR AND BALANCED CLOVER KINGDOM! A BRAND NEW REALITY WHERE NO ONE HAS TO BE JUDGED ANYMORE!

The light show continues, multiple beams of magic targeting Asta every which way but unlike Branch Zero, he's able to avoid all of them before they could hit him.

Asta: When are you going to get it? I don't care about you or your silly little world and whatever insane ideas you have! You see my dream, is to become the Wizard King and I can't do that if you're so set on destroying the world I know!

Conrad: Such drivel. Becoming the Wizard King would change absolutely nothing in this kingdom, Asta. Believe me, I have everything you would have. Yes... nothing.

He flashes back to a time where he was at weakest but not in the physical but rather mental and verbal standpoint. One night after being pulled away from his duties as Wizard King after his former squad, the White Serpent had been on a mission and reported back into him, he found them all including his own vice captain.... his dearly beloved Lovilia all murdered... the last thing he ever did before burying them was take her locket......

Asta: GRRRRRR! HAAAAAAAA! Ahhhhh-

A giant fireball consumes Asta, only to be consumed by the Demon-Dweller Sword and repelled right back at Conrad, sending a storm of hellfire towards the disgraced Wizard King. More doors surround him and he soon realized he was trapped.

Conrad: I've completely shut off all of your exits, Asta. That sword is never going to reach me or the Imperial Sword! No matter how much fire is lit in your heart, how much you may continue to struggle... this is your limit! One last offer.... stand beside me. I will make sure all of your friends, including Tyrus, Yuno, Noelle and all those you cherish will be resurrected. I will even name you as my successor as the Wizard King in the new world.

Asta thinks long and hard but his answer was pretty much known from the start....

Asta: HELL NO, NOT EVEN IN A MILLION YEARS! YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE SOMEONE THE TITLE OF WIZARD KING LIKE IT'S A BIRTHDAY PRESENT! IT HAS TO BE EARNED, THROUGH YOUR OWN DAMN MERITS! And besides, you're wrong, I WILL BEAT YOU AND FIND A WAY TO UNDO ALL THE DAMAGE YOU'VE CAUSED! IF THERE'S NOT A WAY.... I'LL MAKE A WAY!

He goes Black Hurricane and bolts over at Conrad, slamming the Demon-Slayer into his spine and into the Demon Skull.

Asta: You know what this world has always taught me?! TO ALWAYS GO BEYOND MY LIMITS!

He's back into his Black State and despite the many doors appearing in his way, combining for a devastating blast!

Asta: GAHHHHHHH!

Conrad: Interesting.... that was actually quite the hit. And out of respect just like your rival Tyrus did to me earlier, I didn't parry it and took it head on. But I simply bore of your ambitions and senseless talk about merit and earning things, Asta. Playtime is officially over, and my offer is now rescinded. If you and I cannot walk this path together, then I'll just have to burn you along with this world.

Conrad rips his robe and any and all upper garmets, his red necklace coming undone as well as he glides into the doors... almost like the Sun with the doors orbiting him like a bunch of planets or moons.

Conrad: You see, I didn't just ask you to join myself and the others because of your sheer power. That would've been welcomed, but it wouldn't be necessary. Nor was it because you just happened to be in the same boat as me.

Keys begin being absorbed by numerous satellite doors.....

Conrad: I just wanted someone like you, who has the same ambition and rugged determination as me to be rewarded in life after all the hellish things that have occurred to him. But unfortunately, I was not able to convince you to see the light or truth, so now. It's truly a shame, but I will have to put you down like a rabid dog.

Rings begins orbiting him, and Conrad's hair soon changes from its black and frosted green tips to an all-milky white color, arms turn into orange the other turns into a tealish-green, a rainbow halo on his back and the magic rings around him are so volatile, tendrils whip out and smash into Black Asta.

Conrad: GRAHHHHHHHHH!

The rings then merge with one another, revealing a new blade of Conrad's, completely different from the Imperial Sword, all the while Asta takes in the sights of his opponent's new appearance and to say he was nervous was a massive understatement.... but the country was at stake, no time for chills.

Asta: HAAA!

Conrad: HMPH!

CLANNNNNNNNNNGGGGG! WHOOOOOSSSSHHHHH!

Asta: THIS IS INSANE! I'm neutralizing this guy with my Anti-Magic but I can't do anything more than that!

Frozen Gargoyle: RAHHHHHH!

Tyrus: BRING IT YOU BIG FREAKY BASTARD!

The monster throws its giant fist down at the Black Bulls but before it could make contact.

Vanessa: THERE IT IS, NOW!

It unknowningly hits a mega-sized trap rune concoted by Zora.... shattering its arm into millions of pieces.

Zora: Finally, I've been waiting to get involved.

Tyrus: NICE JOB, ZORA! EVERYONE ELSE ATTACK, GIVE NO QUARTER TO THIS THING! I'LL BE TAKING THE WIZARD KING, HEAD ON!

Zora: Heheheh. I was waiting for the moment you'd actually be stupid enough to take it easy and drop your guard!

Magna, Luck and Tyrus spark the first wave of offense, the lightning and flame mages going after the ice monster and the latter going after the 20th Wizard King.

Magna: EXPLODING FIREBALLLLLL! AND FROM THERE, FLAME BONDAGE FORMATION!

His torrent of flames suddenly snatch the monster's legs up, while Luck continued to glide on its arm. It then fired off a stray blast but Gauche was already on it.

Gauche: FULL REFLECTION!

Tyrus: YOU'RE FINISHED, YOU RELIC! I WILL NOT LET YOU OR THAT DISGRACED CLOWN-SHOW DESTROY MY HOMMMMMMEEEE! FINISH BUSTER!

Luck: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

BOOOOOOOM!

Tyrus: NOWWWWW DIEEEE!

Edward: Ice Wedge Magic, WORLD END MARTYR!

In the stead of one monster falling down, another, much larger sinister beast emerges from behind of World End Church, smashing the prequel of it, focusing all of its cold-ended malice towards the Black Bulls.

Tyrus: STALLING FOR TIME, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE DAMN ORDER WHICH YOU FALL!

Edward: Wrong. And to make it abundantly clear, this is me. When I do take it easy!

Luck: Whoa! GAHHH!

Tyrus: OOOFFFFF! WAUUUUUGGHHHH!

Luck gets sent into Tyrus, and the two go hurtling a mountain with jagged ice following their tracks.

Edward: How about you two take that as a lesson for the day, young soldiers.

Noelle: LUCK! TYRUS! Please hurry, Asta! I don't think we'll be able to hold out for much longer!

Zora: You think way too highly of yourself, you living corpse!

BOOOOOOM!

Tyrus cracks his neck, as with holding a battered Luck, he too is injured though not as severely during his encounter with Conrad in Branch Zero. He then spits some blood out, still in Azure Dragon Spirit Dive with the Spirit of Desponia in the other hand though the grip slightly loosening from the pain.

Tyrus: Zora's right. It's about time we deflate the big ass ego you got going on right now! Just a little longer, we just have to continue on until Asta destroys the Imperial Sword like Nero talked about. If anyone can get us a break, it's him. But first, we have to worry about this bigger bastard! THE PLAN STAYS THE SAME, I'LL GO AFTER HIM, BUT I'LL HELP YOU GUYS OUT WITH THIS MONSTER!

Asta: BLACK HURRICANE!

Summoning all of his momentum, he twists counter-clockwise, pursuing the newly transformed Conrad.

Conrad: I must admit, you've earned new levels of respect out of me by the way you've been able to keep up your spirits, Asta! But even for all that, YOUR MOVEMENTS ARE STILL TOO SLOW AND PREDICTABLE!

He brandishes his new sword, telegraphing Asta's movements whilst he was violently rotating his body around, allowing Conrad to swing hard and stop Black Hurricane in its tracks!

Asta: WHAAAA- WHOA! ONE HORNED BULL THRUST!

He rushes Conrad again but before he could strike him and return Noelle's magic to her, he's hit with a thunderous and malicious air tunnel, which sends him cratering to the land that was his hometown of Hage.

Asta: RAHHHHHHHH!

Conrad: No matter how much you struggle against me, this wide margin in power between us... IT WILL NEVER BE CLOSED! BEHOLD, ASTA FOR THIS IS THE TRUE STRENGTH OF THE WIZARD KING, YOU FOOL!

Storm clouds roll in and Asta doesn't have any time in reacting before a ray of lightning smashes into him!

BOOOOOOM!

Asta: GAHHHHH! Ha. Ha. Ha, ha, ha..... You can tell yourself whatever you want to hear... but I will NEVER acknowledge a monster like you the Wizard King. Damn it.... one more attack like that or if I let my guard down...... my Black form will disappear. And then I'll really be screwed. All I need is one just solid shot and I can get Noelle's magic back to her. GUHHH- AHHHHHH!

Conrad: Stop spouting your ideals about what the ideal Wizard King should be like! You think us to be all powerful but in reality, we're not. No, not even the first Wizard King was able to bring real change or revolution to this country despite their immense power. In fact your dear Julius, the current Wizard King has done the exact opposite! Instead, he was foolish enough to get slain in the earlier war you had by the elves! OR DID THAT ESCAPE YOUR MEMORY?!

He violently stabbed Asta in his swinging shoulder, the Demon-Slayer blade slipping and drop out of his opposite right arm, the groans and squeals of Asta's pain and the blood dripping music and beauty to Conrad's ears and eyes.

Conrad: BECAUSE OF JULIUS'S INACTION AND HESITANCY, THIS KINGDOM WAS NEARLY ANNIHILATED! THEY CHANGED NOTHING AND THEY CAN'T PROTECT ANYTHING! EVERY WIZARD KING HAS BEEN UTTERLY USELESS, YOU FOOL!

Asta: It- It's not like that..... and you know what you're sayin'... is far from the truth.

Conrad: Hm?

Asta: You forgot.... the current Wizard King.... he protected the lives of all of the people in the Clover Kingdom... and at the cost of his own life.... just like the first Wizard King! And even after he made the biggest sacrifice that no one else would have made.... he kept the kingdom safe even as he slept for hundreds of years. And do you know why? ALL SO WHEN WE NEEDED HIM AGAIN, HE COULD HELP US AND THIS COUNTRY!

We flood into Asta's reddened pupil and in the blackness... we find his devil resting and watching the events transpire.... while that all too famous summary occurs.... we then see a clover with the faint images of Klaus, Marx, Kirsch, Mimosa, Sol, Leo, Noelle, Tyrus, Selene and Yuno all behind it.

The four leaves of the clover are often said to each represent one thing. The first three are given over the values of love, integrity and hope. Within the fourth leaf, dwells the concept of good luck.... and in the fifth leaf, there lives the devil!

Liebe: HAHAHAHA! Are you serious, get a load of this chump! Already thinking about dying on me, you brat? Such a piece of work he is, all right I'll help him out. But he better believe I'm going to get my money's worth out of this!

THUMP! THUMP!

Asta: HHHNNNN! ENOUGH TALK!

Out of nowhere, thanks to Liebe's boost in power, a second blackened wing sprouts of Asta's injured shoulder, his wound almost vanishing after the fact, his robe slipping off of him. His right arm begins pulsating violently as red linings graced his fingers and bicep.

Asta: You became the Wizard King because so many people acknowledged you and your virtues, right?! YET BETRAYING ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE FOR YOUR GOAL MAKES YOU UNWORTHY OF THE TITLE!

He blitzes Conrad, who gets a guard up but the Key Mage is too late in deploying it.

Conrad: GAHHHH!

Asta: WIZARD KINGS INSPIRE PEOPLE! THEY PROTECT THEM! THEY GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO HAVE A FUTURE AS HE SYMBOLIZES THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS WHICH THEY CAN CHASE AFTER!

He thinks back to the first day after he, Tyrus and Yuno received their grimoires which spurred off the iconic journey.

Asta: HE'S THE OPPOSITE OF USELESS AND SO ARE YOU!

Conrad: You still have yet to grasp the nature and machinations of this country, boy! DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE RUN RAMPANT IN THIS COUNTRY! HAVEN'T YOU SEEN OTHER PEOPLE'S HOPE AND DREAMS BE CRUSHED OVER AND OVER AGAIN! AND WITHOUT MY HELP, THE CLOVER KINGDOM WILL NEVER CHANGE!

He summons water torrents, reminiscent of Noelle's magic being used, which only pissed Asta even more considering one of his closest friend's magics was being used for evil intent.

Asta: AND OUR FUTURE IS NOT UP FOR YOU TO DECIDE! NO MATTER RIGHT NOW! IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME IF YOU'RE RICH OR POOR, A ROYALTY, NOBLE OR A COMMONER! EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CLOVER KINGDOM WHAT IT IS TODAY! SO GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR WAY!

Conrad: Such a feeble and weak country cannot hope to achieve anything with such simple and inane measures. They alone will not shatter the cycle. YOU ARE THE ONE IN MY WAY, ASTA!

Riding the wave off a magma dragon, Conrad tries sniping Asta but the Black Bull telegraphs his movements and barely gets the Demon-Slayer blade up to cut him off.

Asta: THERE YOU ARE! I have no idea what's really going on, but I feel like now? I'm starting to get of what the real you is essentially like!

Conrad kicks him in the gut, but doesn't let up on the pressure.

Conrad: SHUT UP! I SHALL NO LONGER TAKE A TONGUE LASHING OR SUFFER FROM THE PIPE DREAMS OF A YOUNG BRAT WHO KNOWS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF THE REAL WORLD!

Asta tries to shatter the Imperial Sword but gets kicked and sent a good distance back away from it, thanks to Conrad who digs his boot deep into his spine!

Asta: COUGH! GET THE HELL OFF OF ME! Not good! My Black Form is coming undone!

Conrad: I will admit, back in my time there was a period where I trusted the Clover Kingdom, and its inhabitants and the people did the same regarding me. When I was the Wizard King, I welcomed and championed the incremental changes that were necessary for the Clover Kingdom's future. But at the end of the day, people are bound to betray. You don't think your so-called rivals are just waiting for the opportunity to stab you in the back, if it means they could be the Wizard King? I'm sure all three of you know what that is like. So what if a small portion of your home has changed? Do you honestly believe the rest of the world is willing to go alongside with it. THINK ABOUT WHO IS YOUR KING!

Asta: It's.... not about... change. WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW WE COME TOGETHER AS ONE!

Conrad steps back when Asta uses his momentum against the rogue Wizard King, parrying a blow, but this allows the Black Bull to get up.

Asta: This so called "ideal world" you're trying to make happen is only for your own selfish ass image! Where it's just you and the other Wizard Kings enjoying everything and laughing it up! WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES?! WELL LET ME TELL YOU, I WANT TO BE HAPPY WITH EVERYONE, I WANT TO LAUGH WITH EVERYONE, I WANT MY FRIENDS TO SMILE EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES! THAT'S WHY-

During the fight he conjures up memories with his squadmates, Yami, Yuno, Mimosa, Klaus and many other people that had been apart of his path to greatness.

Asta: I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY WITH EVERYONE! AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER! WE'LL ALL FORM A COUNTRY EVERYONE CAN RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND THERE IS LAUGHTER THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM! THAT'S THE KINDA OF FUCKING WORLD I WISH TO MAKE A REALITY!

With one sudden and violent upwards swing, using the Demon Dweller and Slayer swords, he smacks Conrad's blade out of his hands. He then uses his larger blade to stab Conrad as a receipt but Conrad made the mistake of placing his grimoire out in front of his abdomen.

KRSHHHHHHHHHHH!

Asta: Wait a second...

Tyrus: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! DAMNNNNNNNNN YOU!

Everyone watches in desperation as Tyrus battles against the World End Martyr, as while he landed many critical blows on the massive ice-wedged monstrosity, he failed overall in the destroying it entirely. But help was soon on the way.... as Noelle's grimoire pouch thrashed violently. He then is pushed back after avoiding several claw swipes that would have otherwise killed him!

Noelle: My magic... it's back!

Vanessa: TYRUS! NOELLE!

Tyrus: NOT YET! ICE CREATION MAGIC, Hodr's Shield!

A beam blast was fired towards he and Noelle's way and it seemed to the Black Bulls, their lights were extinguished right then and there..... but as the ice fell apart.... a lone jagged ice block exploded revealing the couple to be unharmed and Noelle fully powered.

Noelle: Water Creation Magic, Valkyrie Armor!

Black Bulls: YEAHHHH, NOELLE! SHE'S BACK!

Tyrus: Well, well. Look who finally got her big girl pants on! I'm kidding, I'm glad you're all right, Noelle.

She looks her creation magic gloves and water lance, fully realizing it wasn't a prank or some high end hallucination, her power was back. She gives him an appraising look, watching him wipe the last of his blood from his lip and nose, as seeing her gave him all the motivation to get back into the fight and stop holding back.

Noelle: It's good to have it back. Thank you, Asta. Now finish the job.

However, Edward was not happy with the latest wrinkle in this long, drawn out and violent battle. It wasn't even a second ago the Black Bulls were at his mercy now the tables were turned.

Edward: Such defiance and insolence! Your continued resistance is only preventing you all from living in an ideal world! WHY FIGHT AGAINST IT!

Tyrus: NOELLE! HERE WE GO, LET'S GIVE IT ALL WE GOT!

Noelle: I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

They throw their weapons out, as Sea Dragon's Roar and Storm of the Fallen Wolf King emerge from lance and sword respectively to combat World End Martyr.

Tyrus: NGGHHH! AN IDEAL WORLD YEAH!?

Noelle: The ideal world... IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NOT FORCE UPON OTHER PEOPLE! THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO EARN ON YOUR OWN!

They burst from the ice-dusted smoke, ready for another volley when Gauche suddenly appears out of nowhere.

Gauche: NOELLE, TYRUS! QUICKLY, LOOK INTO MY EYE!

Tyrus: You've got it, Gauche!

Noelle: Right!

Soon from the smoke emerge multiple variants of Tyrus and Noelle, due in large part to Gauche's Mirror Magic clutching up.

Gauche: Mirror Magic, MIRROR BRIGADE!

Tyrus: ONE OF EACH OF US WAS BAD ENOUGH, NOW DEAL WITH AN ENTIRE ARMY OF NOELLE AND I, FOOL!

World End Martyr: THROOOOOOOOOMMM!

It fires another blast which scrambles the clones and their prime selves around while they begin their counterattack in earnest.

Noelle: The truth is, I used to resent this world too. I was the Black Sheep of my family for so long, I couldn't control my magic for the longest time! As a result, I was abandoned by them largely... For a while I thought I was alone in this world!

She then looks at the Black Bulls cheering her on and then Tyrus who was up top of her, a long distance from Noelle as he had just uppercutted the World End Martyr and proceeded to fire Moonlight Blizzard on top of it.

Noelle: But now? I HAVE FRIENDS IN THIS WORLD THAT I CAN DEPEND ON, JUST AS I WANT THEM TO DO FOR ME! THEY'RE SO AMAZING IN EACH OF THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAYS! ONES WHO MAKE SURE AND TELL ME THAT I BELONG HERE EVERYDAY! AND THEN I RAN INTO ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORLD WHO EARNED MY AFFECTION!

Tyrus: AND IF YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET YOU KILL ANY OF THEM, GUESS WHAT?! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE FIRST AND VERY PAINFULLY AT THAT!

A cloned Noelle grabs Noelle Prime and sends her flying into the air.

Noelle: THEY ACCEPTED ME FOR WHO I AM, REGARDLESS OF MY SHORTCOMINGS AND INSECURITIES! THEY STAND BESIDE AND ENCOURAGE ME AS WE RACE FORWARD TOWARDS OUR FUTURE!

She gains a mental image of the Black Bulls and Yami standing in front of the hideout, rainbow and all, doing their own things as Asta and Tyrus put their hands out to her.

Tyrus: GAUCHE, SILVA! YOU TWO READY TO LIGHT UP THE SKY?!

Gauche: YEAH! FOR MY DARLING LITTLE SISTER THOSE CLOWNS DARE THREATEN!

Noelle and Tyrus charge up their most sinister attacks, intending to defeat Edward here and there...... with Gauche on standby. The Tyrus clones froze any and all Sea Dragon's Roar with his Mana Zone, Moonlight Blizzard as instead of their intense darkened blue..... emerge silver and baby blue versions of Noelle's attack.

Noelle and Tyrus: COMBO SPELL! MIRROR METEOOOOOOO- STORM DRAGOOOOOON!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Gauche: GRRRRRRRRR!

Grey: Magic Conversion! T-TURN THE ICE INTO WATER!

All of Edward's ice structures come undone thanks to Grey's conversion.

Magna: WHOOOOAAA!

Edward: HAHHHHH!

Vanessa: Fate Manipulation, Absolute Evasion!

Finral: Spatial Magic, Fallen Angel's Wingbeat!

The two team to save Gordon and Magna, who then spring up to the air on top of Edward's head-top.

Gordon: Right here, right now!

Magna: Let's surpass-

OUR LIMITS!

KRSSHHHH! BOOOOOOM!

Zora: Jeez... how are you and the Ice-Man walking is still beyond me... Just go already, ya little freak.

Luck: LEAVE IT... TO ME!

He springs from Zora's trap rune, and racing over to the action hits World End Martyr with terrifying speed and precision, breaking off the entirety of its left arm and wing.

Edward: GAHHHH!

He then turn his head to left and right, finding himself in the middle of a pincer attack from Noelle and Tyrus, with her charging up another Sea Dragon's Roar and Tyrus himself charging up two massive ice-based spheres, which only continued to grow in size and mass.

Noelle: What you fail to realize-

Tyrus: IS THAT THIS WORLD CAN CHANGE!

Noelle: THIS KINGDOM CAN GET BETTER!

Tyrus: AND WHERE YOU MESSED UP? YOU THINK YOU CAN FORCE US ALONG!

Noelle: WE'RE NOT FATED TO STAY AS WE ARE NOW! BUT WE WON'T LET YOU TAKE THAT CHANCE AWAY FROM US OR THE PEOPLE! HEAR ME?! NEVERRRRRRR!

Tyrus: NOW DO US ALL A FAVOR-

He finally is done charging up both blasts as he then combines them into one giant unified and certainly enviromental hazard, his grimoire also glowing profusely and passionately, sparked by the embers of battle and his frozen, yet angry heart!

Tyrus: AND GO BACK TO THE FUCKING GRAVE, YOU DISGRACE OF A WIZARD KING!

Noelle: THIS IS OUR WORLD! AND WE WILL BE THE ONES TO CHANGE IT, NOT YOUUUUUUUUUUU! SEA DRAGON'S ROAR!!!!!!

Tyrus: IT'S OVEERRRRRRR! MANA.... ZONE...... ICE MAGICCCCCCC, MOOOOOONNNNLIGGGGHHTTTTTTT MAELSTROOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!

(Yes inspired by the Prince of All Saiyans. My dude Vegeta!)

Both thunderous mana blast and dragon are sent screaming at Edward and World End Martyr and Church, with Noelle successfully managing to destroy the massive beast having clamped down on its head and Tyrus's new spell hitting and demolishing the giant chapel it had fused with!

Edward: HAAAA- NOOOOOOOOOO!

In the aftermath while Sea Dragon's Roar consumed its meal, the rope on Edward's elegant jacket snaps as the Spirit of Desponia and Noelle's Water Lance are pointed straight for his heart in the event he tried making another move. Noelle and Tyrus breathe heavily as the Wizard King admitted defeat.

Tyrus: You... you give up, now?

Noelle: And don't you even think about saying the wrong answer. Because he and I aren't finished.... not by a long damn shot! You'll find we can do this all day, regardless of how injured we get.

Tyrus: You'd do well to listen to her, the Black Bulls are known for being a particular brand of hellaciously stubborn. But as much as I want to take your life for everything you and your buddies have done-

Edward: Hm?

They both lower their weapons.....

Noelle: The better choice would be for you all to start all over with us. To work together for that ideal you want.

Asta: I don't mean to brag or boast! But half the things I've done in this world? I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE STRENGTH OR BACKING OF EVERYONE THAT HAS EVER BEEN IN MY CORNER! I NEARLY MET MY MAKER AND DIED AND SHIT LOAD OF TIMES, BUT WITH ALL OF THEM AT MY SIDE, I ALWAYS MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH IN THE END WITH THEIR HELP!

Conrad wails in anger, charging up his blast and firing it point-blank at Asta.

Conrad: STOP TALKINNNNNGGG!

Only for Asta to absorb most of it via the Demon-Dweller Sword.

Asta: You and I want the same thing, a world where everyone can be equal, laugh together and share good times with each other. Where no one needs to be sad or angry because of anything.... WHERE THEY'RE GLAD TO START A NEW DAY! AND YOU DON'T MAKE THAT REALITY COME TRUE BY KILLING SOMEONE! NO ONE WILL EVER ACCEPT YOU WORLDDDDDD!

He digs his heels and springs forward, slamming both the Dweller and Slayer swords into Conrad's abdomen!

Asta: RAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Conrad: GAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And with one final thrust, Asta slams the Wizard King's back into Lumiere's fabled weapon, forcing the Imperial Sword Elsdocia out of the mana vein in Hage and rendering Conrad defeated. Chunks of Mother Earth would persist in floating but the calamity was at long last over, with the people in the church and around the country finally moved out to see the lights disappearing. Julius's chains come undone as a portal appears with Marx making his way over to the current military leader. Edward stands shocked but nevertheless gives them their respect.

Edward: What're your names, if you don't mind me asking young soldiers?

Tyrus: Tyrus. Tyrus Hail.

Noelle: And my name is Noelle Silva.

Edward: Yes... I see you're from the Noble House Hail, and you the Royal House Silva..... Tyrus... Noelle... you two are very good children. You two are of noble or royal blood and yet you both aren't heartless in the slightless, you can empathize with those weaker than you. If a couple of people such as yourselves are existent in this era of the world..... then maybe....

He extends his hand to the couple as he begins glow a divine gold but he suddenly collapses into Tyrus's arms.

Tyrus: Hey, I got you!

Edward: You have the heart of a true warrior, my boy.... We might.... we might have different idealistic views of what the perfect world should have been. But my sentiment still remains. You must continue to carve your path. You burn with the strength of a raging dragon and the calmness of a seasoned soldier. I want.... you to take something along on your journey.

He puts his hand onto his chest and Tyrus too turns golden for around ten seconds total... his hair spikes up, intensely frightening Noelle.

Tyrus: Is he transferring.... some of his mana and magic power to me? It's so much!

Noelle: Tyrus! Let him-

Tyrus: It's all right, it's not harming me at all, Noelle. Though I will say... I feel so warm and overwhelmed all of a sudden.

Edward: May you two continue to be shining examples for the Clover Kingdom....

Tyrus's hair finally returns to its original state as the mana transfer is complete, and Edward vanishes into the air and winds.

Nozel, Fuegoleon, Yami, Yuno all look at Jester who also begins glowing at the same time as his compatriot..

Jester: Ahhhh? You've got to be kidding me. Thought I had a little more time.... Seriously, Conrad?

Mereoleona: HA! HA! HA! I hope you do know I could've still kept on going!

Princia: Hmmmm... I have no doubts that you could... no, not at all. For many more rounds, I bet at that. But alas unfortunately, my body says it is time for I to go to sleep. I had a memorable time though. I shall never forget you, Mereoleona Vermillion.

Asta: Ha.... ha..... ha.... I did it...... I hope you were all watching everyone, I took Conrad out!

Conrad: I... I am... not yet.... not yet finished.

Asta: What?

Conrad: NO.... NOT YET!

He begins floating involuntarily, a mana skin covering him and his grimoire in a bloodshot red....

Conrad: I have... activated a forbidden spell at the cost of my own life.... to ensure my dream for the Clover Kingdom is brought into reality!

A giant red rune and Key Magic Door, appear over Asta, Conrad and the Demon Skull.....

Conrad: DOOM'S GATE!

He continues levitating as mutiple lights across the nighttime sky of Hage Village and inevitably Conrad melds with the rune itself with Asta being thrown from the skull and landing with a thunderous boom to the hard earth.

Conrad: One more chance... I will never give up.... YOU WILL HAVE TO KILL ME RIGHT HERE AND NOW! ASTAAAAAAAA!

As he disappears, a giant meteor begins to appear slowly and menacingly through the portal, crackling with all sorts of dangerous mana attached to it, horrifying everyone who dare look its way.

Asta: Nghhh.... Ow! Ow! Ow! Then that's fine by me.... 'cause you better believe I ain't givin' up either, Conrad! I'm... gonna be the Wizard King someday! And I'm gonna keep standin', no matter what's in front of me.... JUST WATCH ME! COME ON, ONE MORE TIME, LET'S FINISH THISSSSSS!

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Yami: ASTA!

Asta: Captain Yami?!

He greets his magic-less Knight along with a Dark Coocoon which is revealed to hold Julius in transport holding the Imperial Sword....

Julius: I've got something for you, Asta.

He tosses it carefully over to the Intermediate Magic Knight who has no trouble in catching it...

Asta: What do you mean?

Julius: You won't need an explanation. You just have to let the sword lead you towards the path of victory. The future of this nation...

Asta: This magic....

Multiple spatial portals of Finral's doing appear almost everywhere surrounding the trio.

Julius: It lies with you, Asta.

Asta chuckles as then suddenly multiple strains of magic funnel from the portals and into Elsdocia.... surging and Asta can the feel ki's of everyone through the sword. The magics of Mereoleona, Nozel, the Black Bulls, we do mean quite literally everyone! From the likes of Rill, Dorothy, Klaus, Mimosa, Leopold, Vangeance, Charlotte and Jack all contribute as well. With an all-too mysterious and chilling presence also lending his power despite his familiar's reservations

Asta: No way.... I can feel it... everyone's power.... it's their hopes and dreams......

Tyrus: Asta.... you're the only one who can take it from here.... We're counting on you!

Asta: I feel all of your spirits channeling into it and flowing through me!

Devil: Please Master Nacht, you have to stop! You're already drained enough as is! You've been working non-stop since you returned to the Clover Kingdom! Anymore magic power given away and you'll pass out most certainly!

Nacht Faust, a man of few words.... simply continues to channel his power through the portal with a small smirk painted onto his face.

Nacht: I don't mind it at all, a nice, long respite sounds like what I need right about now. Especially if it means my power is going to someone who does the right thing is the one being rewarded.

Soon the donations are complete and before he knows it, Asta's entire left arm glows blue with a new artificial wing replacing the blackened one....

Asta: Right here.... Right now! We'll all.... SURPASS OUR LIMITS!

BOOOOOOOM!

Conrad: The Imperial Sword, Elsdocia? What good do you honestly believe that dullard blade is going to do for you!

Inside of the Triumph and on the volcano, Yuno, Noelle and Tyrus, the middle of the trio who uses her boyfriend as a wall to lean on. The Vice Captain of the Golden Dawn, having his own victory secured looked at the gleaming blue light rushing past the arena with the meteor closing on Earth.

Yuno: Asta, you can do this!

Tyrus: FINISH THE DAMN FIGHT, IT'S ALL ON YOU!

Asta: BLACK DIVIDERRRRRRRR! AHHHHRAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM! THROOOMMMMMMM!

He suddenly wields Elsdocia..... and soon a White Divider forms from the overflowing power of everyone who had donated their manas for the final clash. He stabs both extended blades into the meteor, being then met with overwhelming resistance!

Asta: IT ENDS RIGHT HERE.... I WILL BE THE ONE TO DEFEAT YOU, CONRAD! GUUUU-HAAAAA!

Conrad: RAHHHH! HAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Asta: NGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GODDAMN YOU, YOU STUBBORN BASTARD! WHY DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY THE CLOVER KINGDOM SO BADLY!? THIS IS YOUR HOME TOO, YOU KNOW!

Conrad: I AM A REALIST, I HAVE SEEN THINGS FOR HOW THEY ARE, ASTA! THIS COUNTRY MUST BURNNNNN! IT IS ROTTEN TO ITS VERY CORE AND SO ARE ITS PEOPPPPLLEEEE! THE VERY FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE DONE AWAY WITH, CLEANSED AND RESTORED ANEW! STAND ASIDE I MUST SAVE EVERYONE, I MUSSSSSTTTTTTT!

His desperation reaches new heights, this was no longer the Conrad of old, this was a defeated Conrad who needed himself to be saved...... and Asta knew it from his expressions.

Asta: WHO THE HELL EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY "EVERYONE"?! YOU'RE A MONSTER, POINT-BLANK PERIOD! LET ME GUESS, THE ONES THAT NEED SAVING ARE THE ONES YOU DEEMED "WORTHY"!

Conrad: NO, NO, NO! THOSE WHO WERE UNREASONABLY AND UNJUSTIFIABLY PERSECUTED AND OPPRESSSED! IT'S FOR THEIR SAKE, THAT I MUST CREATE THIS NEW WORLD ORDER!

His chain becomes undone and it somehow opens from his ravenous thrashing about revealing the face of his dearly beloved Lovilia and all of his subordinates from his days as the Captain of White Serpent Magic Knight Squad...... And in that instance he saw Asta, Noelle, Tyrus and all of the other Black Bulls surrounding the magic-less knucklehead.

Conrad: I will....

Asta: Even if you're a magic-less peasant, or someone who has been shunned by the world for other reasons.... you can still be stronger than anyone in the world. You... can be everyone's beacon of hope... You'll see... AND I WILL PROVE IT TO YOU, ONE DAY WHEN I BEAT TYRUS AND YUNO TO BECOME THE NEXT WIZARD KING!

He roars defiantly, noticing Conrad seemingly has given, slashing upwards with the Black Divider, and in turn destroying the meteor with the blow back being so intense and violent, that its force winds actually hit Conrad, killing him by way of knocking his soul out.

Tyrus: Whoa....

Noelle: It's so.... amazing.

Asta: It's... over.... It's finally over.

Conrad: Did that... boy.... really just defeat me? How strange.... instead of anger... I feel... at peace and ease?Hahhhh... Now it's fully making sense. Asta.... do defeat your friends and rivals... and go on to become the next Wizard King..... And then when you do, share that warmth and the vision you have for the world, with every citizen of the nation. Your magic, just like mine is... never giving up. So I know you can do it. Ah-

He turns around as his body begins to phase out of existence and that's when he sees the visions of Princia, Jester and Edward amongst the stars, waiting for him.

Conrad: You're all here too?

Edward nods solemnly, Jester throws his arms back, cocking that iconic smirk he was known for and Princia whispers something inaudibly to the key mage as he accepts defeat, fusing with the vacuum of space as his body reduced into nothing but fine stardust amongst the many constellations.

Conrad: I see.

They disappear, confirming them all to be deceased just as the Imperial Sword, shattering with the tip of the blade falling to the Earth. Asta's prop blue wing dissipates, he then soaks in his victory looking over his home from orbit and the sun rising to start a brand new day. Morning soon hits and a group of people are gathered on the Demon Skull.

Julius: Conrad used to be one of the most cheerful and honest people I've come to know. When he saw people struggling, he empathized with them and helped in any way he could. He used to be a kind, strong man, sort of like how you are Asta. Or Tyrus and Yuno with you also being here. After his entire squad which also included his wife were savagely murdered, he was promptly framed for their murders by the royalists, and ever since that heinous accusation, he was never really the same.

The group is revealed to be Julius, along with Yuno, Mimosa, Asta, Noelle, Secre and Tyrus with Asta finding himself being healed by Vermillion House representative, and someone who had the biggest unnoticed affections for the Black Bull.

Julius: Asta. Thank you for stopping him. And all of you as well for your efforts.

Asta: I'm still confused. How was I able to still use the Imperial Sword? I thought it was funneled by stored up magic.

Noelle: What do you mean?

Asta: I mean... when I was fighting Conrad and I hit the Imperial Sword with the Demon-Slayer Sword, the magic it must've been holding had to be neutralized. So what exactly happened?

Tyrus: Yeah I want to know that too. You have any insight on that, Sir?

Julius: Ah, a simple answer for a simple question. Well you see.... when I happened upon the Imperial Sword..... generations of Wizard Kings.... they watched these events transpire and each Wizard King up until Conrad and I lent you their power for the final fight.

Asta: Whoooaa... THAT SOUNDS SO COOL!

Tyrus: Um. Asta, I think His Majesty is just playing a prank on ya.

Noelle: Yeah. He's definitely teasing you. You can't possibly be this dense, you dummy.

Asta: NO, he's gotta be right!

The trio of Black Bulls begin arguing as Julius looks towards the sky.

Julius: Rest assured, my ancestors who bore the title Wizard King. The clovers who'll be responsible for the future of the kingdom long after I'm gone are growing up nicely.

Secre: I hope you're not making fun of Prince Lumiere, Asta.

Julius: What about it, Asta? Aren't the Wizard Kings incredible?

Asta: YES, SIR! And one day, I'm gonna be that incredible Wizard King! Haha!

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The day continued to go on as normal as it could after the events that had immediately transpired over the last two days.... Asta had been reflecting on everything that had occured between himself and Conrad.

Tyrus: Hey buddy.

Yuno: What a big surprise. Of course Tyrus and I catch you slacking on the job.

Asta: GAH?! DO YOU HOW MUCH I JUST WORKED MY ASS TO THE BONE?!

Tyrus: We also defeated Wizard Kings, that point is moot, Asta.

They all look at their fellow natives of Hage Village already hard at work, rebuilding any and all housing that had been damaged.

Tyrus: I feel bad for the kids, Sister Lily, Father Orfai and all the people. All the places were decimated but thankfully everything is going to be restored quickly.

Asta: Yeah.

Yuno: Mhm.

Asta: So.. Conrad was a Wizard King too? Ouch! What the heck was that for you two?!

Tyrus: That was for ruining what would've been a glorious finals between Yuno and I by taking the glory for yourself in round one.

Yuno: And you should forget about him. He's not your rival.

Asta: Ha! Good call.

He gets as Yuno speaks once more both he and Tyrus going their separate ways.....

Yuno: Besides I'll be a proper Wizard King, unlike those four.

Asta: Hey, not so fast! All three of us know I'm gonna be calling myself the Wizard King one day!

Tyrus: I should both make you forfeit next month's wages for the blasphemous claims.

Yuno: Can't hear you two!

Tyrus: Bet you'll be hearing this ass kicking then!

Asta: HEY DON'T IGNORE ME, IF YOU TWO WANNA GO JUST SAY THAT THEN! The Triumph may have gotten canceled, but I can still beat you both here and now! Let's go triple threat, I'll prove I'm the strongest!

Tyrus: Oh? Someone's feelin' themself.

Yuno: If either one of you beats, then hell has truly frozen over.

Tyrus: I mean, I do have ice magic... You two gonna piss yourselves when I put belt to ass?

Asta yanks out his Demon-Slayer from the Five-Leaf Grimoire going Black, Yuno is consumed by a tornado, revealing his Spirit Dive and Kuraokami breathes a storm of ice Tyrus, revealing him in his Azure Dragon Spirit Dive state, his wings flapping against the wind. Before saying the same thing-

All Three: I'M GONNA BE THE WIZARD KING!

And from their designated spots, the Hage Trio of Hope raced towards one another before we can see the end result of the fight, the screen goes black, the last thing you hear are three swords colliding!

End of Part Five And Final Edition of Killer Ice: Sword of the Wizard King! Thank you all for viewing and enjoying this adapting of the FIRST EVER BLACK CLOVER MOVIE!

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