Black Clover (ブラッククローバー)

Threatened by a ruthless demon,

humanity was on the brink of destruction.

All seemed lost until a lone mage

stepped forward and took up the fight.

After his triumph, he was hailed

as the Wizard King, and his story became legend.

Following their battle at the Underwater Temple,

Yami, Asta, Charmy, and Finral reported to the Wizard King.

But then...

Please forgive the intrusion, sir!

It's Kiten, the border village and site of frequent

skirmishes with the Diamond Kingdom.

A Diamond unit is attacking it as we speak!

Whoa!

That looks like a whole army of 'em!

Three of the Eight Shining Generals.

The Eight Shining Generals?

I've never heard of them before!

They're the eight most powerful people

in the whole Diamond Kingdom.

You might think of them as being kinda like

our Magic Knight captains.

One squad rushed to Kiten's aid

in this critical time of need.

Wait, hold on. Is that...?

The mightiest Magic Knight squad

in the Clover Kingdom.

The Golden Dawn!

Yami and his knights quickly heade

for Kiten to provide additional backup.

Okay, Yuno. I'm coming!

By the time we're done,

those Diamond Kingdom mages will regret

ever setting foot in our country.

Well, aren't you a couple of gorgeous ladies?

There's a hill nearby where some beautiful flowers grow.

Say!

Why don't you come take a romantic stroll

with me and I'll show you?

Uh...

What's wrong?

You look like you're scared to death all of a sudden!

Hey! You sabotaged my date!

Shake it off!

You'll live.

Now quit your complainin' and help us get to Kiten already.

Huh? But I thought I had the day off!

Did you really just say what I think you said,

ya little lowlife?

You'll get a day off when you're dead, you understand?

Whoo, Finral! Let's do this!

Now, you better open up that portal

before I open one in your skull!

And there'll be no gettin' out of it this time.

I'm scared!

Come on, you're our only hope!

Whoa, I wouldn't go that far!

My Prince of Provisions!

It's up to you!

Clock's tickin'!

Uh, okay, okay! I'll get right on it!

It's the Golden Dawn!

So this kid must be the advance guard

for the Golden Dawn.

I gotta say, you're not bad for a puny brat!

How tragic.

Behavior like yours is terribly unbecoming

for a member of the Eight Shining Generals.

It's embarrassing.

Lagus!

Let me help you.

I can't bear to watch.

Don't go stickin' your nose into this!

I wanna kill him!

The townspeople seem awfully confident in you.

What the hell? Aren't you listening to me?

All right.

Let's see how well you defend yourself and all of them.

Arrows. Bell!

Right here! Leave it to me!

Wind Magic: Swift White Bow.

What the--?

That's absurd!

You deflected my arrows so swiftly, and broke the barrier!

You wanted to find out if I could defend myself, right?

Well, can you?

Damn. Who is this boy?

I can protect myself and all my friends.

You heard him! Yuno and I are one soul!

Isn't that right?

Uh, hello? Not gonna respond?

Can't you at least give me a quick yes or no?

No.

You know what, I changed my mind!

I need an explanation!

I bet you want me to help now, dontcha, Lagus?

How dare that little upstart make a fool of me?

I'll handle him myself! Out of my way, Brocks!

I told you before. Leave the twerp to me!

He's mine!

No, he's mine!

He's mine, I say!

I saw him first!

What are you talking about? Yuno belongs to me!

Idiots.

Look at that.

He's gotten so much stronger since we first met

inside that dungeon.

It's a crying shame how fast they grow up.

Makes me feel like an old man.

It's the same way with my own little girls.

I remember they used to say,

"Someday we're gonna marry our daddy!"

These days, they act like they're all embarrassed of me.

They won't even let me wash my underwear

with their clothes.

Uh, General Lotus?

They say, "Leave us alone, Daddy, you have onion breath!"

Now, Steel Creation Magic: Fierce Spiral Lance!

Damn. There's so many!

This is bad. They've got us outnumbered!

That's it, you weaklings, keep on struggling!

His magic is clinging to us.

It makes it so our spells don't work properly!

Here!

It's Mucus Creation Magic, known as MucuSnail.

A powerful spell that dramatically reduces

the abilities of anyone it catches!

You can fight it all you want, but there's no escape!

Getting to see pitiful fools like you writhing in agony.

Oh, it's such a thrill!

Wow, that looks like it's a tough spell to beat!

Or rather, it would be, if it wasn't

completely useless against me.

What kind of attack is that?

Spatial magic?

Right, that's the problem with this spell,

it destroys everything.

That's too bad.

I guess someone'll just have to rebuild it, won't they?

Interesting.

I'm pretty sure that guy's the leader of the Golden Dawn.

Why's he just standing there?

Kinda creepy.

He's got his grimoire open,

so I assume he's using magic of some sort, but...

All I can see is what looks like a bunch of tree roots.

Maybe he's gonna grow a tree?

That's a peaceful thing to do.

Must be nice to have strong enough magic

to make something that protects a whole village.

Is he absorbing people's magic?

Why am I always the one to notice things?

Listen, you three! This is Lotus!

The enemy captain from the Golden Dawn seems

to be preparing to launch a large-scale magic attack.

Its range will span all of Kiten, at least.

I repeat. Look at their captain!

Great, they're not listening.

I guess I should run, then.

The time is at hand!

Behold, the great tree grows!

What kind of insane power does this Golden Dawn guy have?

World Tree Magic: Great Mistilteinn Tree.

All for the good of the Clover Kingdom.

So, this is Kiten? Wait...

Why's there a giant tree in the middle of it?

How'd they build their whole town around that?

I bet it grows giant fruit, too!

I've heard enough outta you two idiots.

Hm. Looks like Goldiguts's work.

Huh? You mean this is a spell?

Seems like they've got it covered.

Oh, good! Then we can go back now, right?

Nah. I wanna see how the fight's goin'.

Huh?

I'm guessin' the captain's

at the top of the tree.

I'm gonna head up now.

You go help the civilians.

Oh, and try not to die.

Yes, sir!

Hey, wait! How long is this gonna take?

Before we do anything,

I gotta get some of that fruit!

Asta's already injured, and Charmy's...

Well, she's just Charmy.

Doesn't look good for me.

Goodness.

It appears there was a massive amount of power

on the battlefield.

Fortunately, I think this cleared most of it.