Black Clover: The Spirit Angel Magic Knight

Chapter 4: Chapter 4 - Fighting Yami Sukehiro, Training, and Magic Knights Entrance Exam



Fred and Yami pushed off from the ground at the same time, quickly clashing with each other.

As the blades touched each other Fred was shocked at Yami's strength. Fred quickly used his shield to bear the next blow, sliding a few inches backwards.

Fred and Yami continued to exchange blows, with both of them starting to use magic to send slashes at each other.

[Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash]

[Holy Magic: Holy Slash of Light]

As Fred continued to fight Yami, he was shocked that he was having most of his attacks be predicted, only being able to keep up with Yami thanks to using the reinforcement magic.

Yami: "Kid, you have to feel my attacks with your whole body. You are only using your regular senses at the moment."

Fred: "Fine. I'll fight you while closing all of my senses!"

Fred closed his eyes, and used mana to block the rest of his senses. He took a few deep breaths are felt Yami's attack coming at him.

Fred slashed his holy sword and destroyed the attack. Fred then charged at Yami, and they continued to exchange blows, with Fred starting to get the upper hand.

As he got the upper hand, Fred's Spirit Magic Grimoire got a new spell. Fred used it which made Yami push his limits, and also got a new spell, which he immediately used.

[Space Spirit Magic: World Cutting Slash]

[Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash]

The two attacks canceled each other out but still caused a crack in space that lasted for 5 seconds before closing. 

Yami: "Oii! Kid! Did you want to kill me just now?!"

Fred: "I didn't. Just wanted to try my new spell. Are we going to continue to fight?"

Yami: "Of course we are! I'm going to kill you kid!"

Yami yelled angry before charging at Fred.

[Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash]

Fred: "The attack didn't even damage you! Why are you going to kill me?"

Yami: "It would have killed me if I didn't push past my limits, you bastard!!"

[Holy Creation Magic: Holy Angel's Clones]

Fred created a clone, having it use ranged spells, while he fights Yami in close quarters.

[Fire Spirit Magic: Destructive Flames of Vulcan]

Fred's clone shot out 5 purple black flame balls at Yami, who used a spell absorbing them.

[Dark Magic: Black Hole]

[Holy Magic: Spell Purification]

Fred used one of his new Holy Magic spells, purifying Yami's magic and mana skin, while continuing to trade blows. While Fred was doing this, his clone used another of his killing Space Magic, which has the same effect as Hollow Technique: Purple of Satoru Gojo.

[Spatial Spirit Magic: Miniature Black Hole]

[Spatial Spirit Magic: Miniature White Hole]

[Combined Spatial Spirit Magic: Destructive Mass Ball of Annihilation]

The clone sent out the purple ball that was created, sending it out towards Yami, who started to sweat in tension.

Yami: "You crazy bastard! You say you don't want to kill me but you are using sure-kill moves! You are making me push past my limits again!"

[Dark Magic: Abyss Hole]

Yami got another new spell in his grimoire that is an enhanced version of his Black Hole spell, able to swallow space and interfere with time magic.

Yami used the spell, creating a slightly enlarged version of Black Hole, but Fred could see that the surrounding space is being swallowed.

When Fred's space magic and Yami's abyss hole came into contact with each other, they canceled each other out again. 

While this was happening though, Fred used one of his enhancement magic to get stronger.

[Holy Reinforcement Magic: Mystical Eyes of the Holy Angel]

As Fred used the reinforcement magic, his eyes lit up like the stars in the night sky, allowing him to see the traces of mana and see half a second into the future of what is in his sight.

[Holy + Fire Spirit Magic: Holy Burning Judgement Slash]

[Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Lightless Slash]

Fred and Yami each sent out around 25 slashes, destroying the surroundings and giving both of them wounds of varying severity.

They continued to fight for about 30 minutes, before Fred began to lose focus from the intense fighting.

Yami: "Oi kid! Fight's over, go and get some rest. I can tell that you are mentally strained most of the time, if you want to tell someone about it, I can listen."

Fred: "I have to save this world from being destroyed by devils. It is because I have only around 3 years left until the prophesied final war of this world against the devils that have escaped from the underworld."

Yami: "Kid, you don't have to worry that much about it. You just have to remember to push past your limits every now and then, and you will become much stronger, much quicker.

Magic is the embodiment of a person's will, dream, goals, and wishes, which makes people grow much quicker when they get closer to their limit and push past it, as in a desperate situation or when surpassing limits, your will, dream, goals, and wishes will be the only thing motivating you and allows for spells that seem to be unstoppable to be created and learned."

Fred: "Okay. I guess that I just have to try my best to grow and leave the things I can't handle to you or the other captains, right?"

Yami: "Exactly kid. However, if you don't release the tension you are in, I will kill you kid. So go and get some rest!"

It has come to the next day and Fred is preparing for creating a training ground that could be considered the best training ground in the surrounding kingdoms. After he makes the training ground he will begin a week of non-stop training, that will force him to push past his limits or die.

Fred has went deep into the forest, over 5 km away from the base, 

[Holy Magic: Holy Mountain Cleaving Crescent Moon Slash]

Fred, holding a sword made out of Holy Magic, used one of his slashing holy Magic spells. The spell made an extremely long crescent moon slash that extends up to 3km, which was used twice to fell all the trees in the area 3km surrounding Fred.

[Holy Creation Magic: Holy Angel's Clones]

Fred then created the maximum amount of clones he can currently make at once which is 5000, however they only each have the strength a 5th class Intermediate Magic Knight.

He then had each of them begin to put all the logs into his spatial storage spell, which took 2 hours.

Fred then had all of them begin to use his Earth Spirit Magic to compact the ground to the point that most 1st class Senior Magic Knights using regular spells won't be able to even scratch it unless they use a special type of magic (eg. spatial magic, time magic, spirit magic, etc.). This took around 8 hours.

Fred then personally began to create exercise equipment using Earth Spirit Magic, making the heaviest single weight about 50,000 tons, making about 100 of them, and the lightest weight being 10 tons. This took about 1 day.

Fred then began to create special magic training equipment, that improves control over mana and magic, mana reserves, mana output, that will be usable until Wizard King level strength. Which took about 1 day as well.

Fred then also personally used a 1km squared area on one of the corners of the training ground to make a fighting ground by compressing the ground even more, making them almost unbreakable using normal magic even when at the strength of a Grand Magic Knight. Which took around 6 hours.

After he finished that, he went to the exercise equipment and began to use the heaviest weight that he can currently lift, consciously preventing himself from using mana to reinforce his physical abilities.

He trained with the exercise equipment for 5 days straight, using his strongest healing magic that he currently can use, every time his body began to give out, and was finally able to lift a total of 500,000 tons with a single arm. 

Fred then trained his mana output for the remaining 2 days, finally having the mana output of 90%, which most captains have around 70 - 75%, and the Wizard King has a mana output of 93%.

Fred teleported back to the Black Bulls' Base and went to sleep. 

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The next day it is the Magic Knights Entrance Exam and Fred wants to have a look. 

He is currently asking Yami if he can come.

Fred: "Can I come to the Magic Knights Entrance Exam? I feel that it is very important for some reason, which is a part of the reason why I was interested in the Black Bulls in the first place."

Yami: "So what…. Do you have the ability to sniff out important events or places or something?"

Fred: "In a sense you could say that is correct."

Yami: "I will let you come with me. Get ready, you have 10 minutes."

Fred: "Okay, I have most of my things in a space storage spell."

A few minutes have passed and Finral and Gordon have arrived, as the 4 of them all go to the Magic Knights Entrance Exam location through spatial magic.

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The exam site is within a massive coliseum.

In the coliseum is a crowd of people, and in the crowd are the two main characters of the original work, Asta and Yuno.

Yuno is a young man of average height with messy black hair, gold eyes and he has a lean build. His outfit consists of a pitch-black shirt with a high collar and long sleeves. The sleeves have brown leather that cover the wrists and upper arms. He wears light brown pants that are cut below his knees and, around his waist, a pair of brown belts that cross each other. Additionally, he wears a pair of dark-colored socks and a pair of boots. He carries his grimoire in a pouch strapped at the right-hand side of his waist.

Asta is a young man of short stature with an exceptionally muscular build. He has green eyes and messy, ash blond hair with bangs in front of his forehead and a single strand protruding upwards from the center of his head. He keeps his hair together with a black headband, which has a red-colored four-pointed star with three stitches on the back of it. He has numerous scars all over his body from his strenuous physical training.

Asta's common outfit consists of a plain-white tunic with a V-shaped collar underneath a dark blue jacket whose sleeves extend only up to his elbows. He sports a pair of matching shorts which has a stitch marks on the left side. His pants also extends just below his knees. His shoes are made out of two different cloths, the parts covering his ankles, the soles the same color as his jacket and pants. The parts covering his toes are white, a vertical stitch mark going from the bridge to his toes. Asta is also wearing a pouch strapped to a brown leather belt, that contains his grimoire.

At this time while Fred is waiting with Yami, anti birds began to enter the exam site, with Nero also going into the crowd before stopping on Asta's head.

Anti birds are a special type of bird that follow people with low mana reserves, and are more attracted by those with lower mana reserves, and are also repelled by those with high mana reserves.

They are used as a gauge for the Magic Squad Captains to see how high the examinee's mana reserves are.

The people in the exam site began to talk to eachother.

Random Guy: "Hey! What's with these crazy birds?"

Random Guy No.2: "Anti birds, mainstays of the exam hall."

Random Guy: "What… these things?"

Random Guy No.2: "Everybody knows the lower your magic power, the more birds you attract."

It was at this time that they noticed Yuno.

Random Guy: "Yeah, whatever. Hey, look, see that guy, there are no birds anywhere near him."

Random Guy No.3: "Yeah, it's the guy from before."

Random Guy: "Which one?"

Random Guy No.4: "He's from this poor village named Hage or something. I don't know how he got a 4 leaf clover grimoire?"

Random Guy: "What! No way."

Random Guy No.2: "You're kidding?"

As they were talking, back where the squad captains and the squad members are, the captain of the Coral Peacocks, Dorothy Unsworth eyes opened, waking up as she looked at Fred, ogling him openly.

Dorothy is a petite young woman with lilac hair and fair skin.

Dorothy wears a pointed hat with a wide brim and a garland of natural flowers wrapped around the cone's base. Her outer cloak is clasped by a flower-shaped brooch. The cloak layers so that her insignia is on the cloak of her cape. Beneath her cloak, she wears a light-colored shirt with puffy sleeves that end just past her elbows, light-colored puffy short pants, and a dark-colored vest that has light-colored fur draping down over her hips. Her shoes are pointed and colored in contrast with a deeper shade of her squad's color.

Yami: "Hahaha! Kid, looks like sleepyhead woke up because she wants to eat you up!"

Fred: "Captain Yami, please don't say such misleading things? Why are you laughing so hard anyway?"

Yami: "Haha! Kid, it seems like you don't know about her, do you? Well she is sleeping most of the time and we haven't found anything that will make her wake up."

Fred: "That doesn't mean anything…. It should just be a coincidence."

Dorothy came up to Fred while they were talking.

Dorothy: "Hi-yah! What's your name? You are really handsome. Do you want to go on a date with me? You look like an angel, are you one?"

Yami: "Hahahaha!! I was right, kid! She woke up because she noticed you! Hahaha! I can't believe it…. I was just joking before, but I was actually right! Haha—"

Fred: "Um, I am already in a relationship with others… so I am sorry but I have to refuse. You're cute though."

Dorothy: "It doesn't matter…. How about you date both of us? I bet that no man could refuse this. So what do you think?"

Fred: "I am already dating 2 people…. I can ask their opinions if you would like me to. If all three of you are okay with me dating all three of you, then we can go on a date. So do you want me to ask them?"

Dorothy: "That would be great! I'll show you my dream magic when we both have time! You haven't answered my question about you being an angel yet…. So are you?"

Fred: "I will ask them when I find the right opportunity. I am a High Human/Angel hybrid and possess the rarest Magic types of each race, Spirit Magic and Holy Magic."

Dorothy: "You're a high human?! I thought that they are all extinct! Do you know where I can find some?"

Fred: "I only know of my lineage because my mother left some memories of my background in me to unlock before she and my father asked Aunt Acier to take care of me."

Yami had left without Fred noticing because he was talking with Dorothy.

Fred: "Dorothy, did you notice Captain Yami leave?"

Dorothy: "Freddy… he left a few minutes ago. I thought you had known, but it turns out you were too entranced by my charm to notice."

Back inside the coliseum, the contestants are continuing to talk.

Asta is walking towards Yuno covered in anti-birds.

Asta: "Hahaha! One of us is going to be the Wizard King! This is where our legend begins, right Yuno?"

Random Guy: "He's not really serious, is he?"

Asta: "I've been training for this the last 6 months, wait till you see what I can d…. Cargh, Argh! Why are they trying to kill me?!!"

Asta started running, being attacked by a horde of anti-birds. Which is causing all the contestants to laugh.

Random Guy: "What the hell! Poor schmuk."

Random Guy No.2: "Not the nicest welcome to the big city."

Asta: "Arrgh! Get the hell away from me! Aaaarrrrgghh!"

Asta then bumped into someone while running away from the anti-birds. That someone was Yami, who has gotten lost.

Asta: "Phew! Guess they finally had enough. Hey there, sorry about that."

Yami: "You got a death wish boy?"

Asta: 'Who is this guy? He's got the eyes of a killer! That neck…! Human's don't have necks that thick! And the way he carries himself…. How can we be the same age?! Wait, hold on, no judging a book by its cover, just be nice and friendly to him.'

Asta: "Wow. You look really old for your age. Must've had a rough life, huh? Haha."

Asta said while putting his hand on Yami's shoulder. Yami put his hand on Asta's head, putting it into a vice grip, giving him a deadly glare.

Yami: "Looks like I was right about that death wish."

Asta: 'Aarghhh! This books got the right cover!"

Finral and Gordon have come and found Yami.

Finral: "Finally, there you are. What are you doing out here anyway?"

Yami: "Right now? Getting ready to wring this kid's neck."

Random Guy: "Hey… is that who I think it is?"

Random Girl: "Yeah it's him. That's Finral Roulacase, wielder of the rare spatial magic!"

Finral: "And who is this lovely lady?"

Finral flirted with the lady, before smiling.

Random Guy: "Womanizer who spends more time flirting than doing his job."

Random Guy No.2: "And that's Gordon Agrippa. He's a Hex Magic expert."

The guy said before pointing at Gordon.

Random Guy No.2: "Word is, that he has some issues with communicating. Plus he's scary."

Yami is still squeezing Asta's head, getting stopped by Finral.

Finral: "Hey now, stop. That won't do at all. A squad captain can't kill an examinee. Why did you even come down here in the first place?"

Yami: "Went to go take a dump and got lost."

Random Guy: "Wait, he said squad captain… which means that that guy must be…. Yami Sukehiro, God of Destruction!"

Yami: "10, 9, 8—"

Asta: "What are you counting down to?"

Yami: "The end of your little life."

Asta started half-screaming in pain.

Random Girl: "Yami, Captain of the Black Bulls. As in, the squad of scoundrels who do more harm than good… those Black Bulls?"

Random Guy: "There's not a single person on that squad who doesn't have a screw loose."

Random Guy No.2: "And one's a shameless flirt, one's mute, what are the rest of them like?"

Random Guy No.3: "Man, I hope I don't end up in that squad."

Asta continued screaming, grabbing Yami' arm and trying to loosen his grip.

Asta: 'Why did I have to pick the wrong guy to run into? My head's gonna explode!'

Asta then began grunting, loosening Yami's grip slightly, slightly surprising him.

Yami: "Hmm?"

Asta then began to yell extremely loudly while continuing to exert his strength.

Yami: "3, 2, 1—."

At this time, celebration fireworks went off in the sky, marking the beginning of the exam.

Finral: "Well now, would you look at that. The exam's about to begin."

Yami snorted slightly, letting go of Asta's head and going back to where the rest of the captains are.

Yami: "Tch. That was a close one, boy. You got a second chance at life, better do something with it, or I'll come back and kill you!"

Asta got scared, exclaiming in fright.

Finral and Gordon followed Yami, with Finral flirting with the girls while leaving, and Gordon whispering.

Finral: "See you later."

Gordon: "I wish the Captain would just kill me instead."

Asta got up and started scratching his head, being greeted by an annoying looking guy.

Asta: "That was a whole lot of not fun!"

Annoying Looking Guy: "Ha-ha! Is your head feeling alright?"

Asta: "Ah, yeah."

Annoying Looking Guy: "Confronting Captain Yami of the Black Bulls directly without warning like that, I can't say I envy you. Oh, I'm Sekke by the way, Sekke Bron-za-za, it's nice to meet you, ha-ha."

Asta: "Yeah, same to you. I'm Asta."

After Asta said this, the magic knight squad captains began to all come out, going to their seats, with all the anti-birds flying away, and Nero flying to Fred's head.


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