A Twisted Kind Of King_[Black Clover]

Chapter 22

"Stop it boy. We do not wish to hurt you."

The man spoke again. Putting more stress into his voice this time.

Yuno grit his teeth.
"I'm not stopping! I won't let you get your dirty hands on Asta!"

A sudden ring filled the room.
The cloaked figure slid out something from his pocket. He placed it next to his ear.

.................
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"Oh. You've found the boy?.....good. We'll be there."

"What? You've found what?"
"My men have found your demon friend. We'll head out now."
"HOLD UP. I WON'T LET YOU GO THAT EASILY!"

Yuno flung his arm upwards and spun a massive tornado straight towards the open passageway. It destroyed the gate and sent piles on top of piles of rubble, which eventually blocked their only way out.

"You're gonna have to fight me to get to them!"

"Don't you realize how messed up you are, son?"

Yuno started coughing. His knees wobbled as they tried to hold him up.
I....what is this...?

Yuno straightened up.
"Still. You can have Asta only over my dead body."
He flipped open his grimoire to another page.

Bell isn't here...so I cannot cast spirit dive...this is a bad situation... I've got to use the best of my attacks to keep them at bay.
He lifted himself off the earth with his wind magic.

"You're the wielder of a four leafed grimoire...?"
The cloaked man, along with his companions seemed pretty surprised.
Yuno readied himself.
The Hell's Rouges looked at eachother, before the leader stepped up.

He took a few steps further than the others.

He lifted off his hood.
It revealed his electric blue eyes, chiseled face, and half shaved beard.

"We might as well use you instead."

".......huh?"

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"Noelle! Here!"
Asta called out to Noelle who shrunk into a corner, trying her best to avoid all the elemental attacks thrown at her. She huffed and took off to Asta behind a wall, closer to the group of rouges in front of them.

"Alright, Noelle! I need you to attack them with your dragon!"
"At-Attack!? No! Not so soon!"
"You have no choice! You're the only one with a long range attack spell!"

Noelle let out a shaky breath as she stared at the ash blonde. She flipped through her grimoire and lifted her wand.
"Water Creation Magic...Sea--"
She was cut of by the sound of a radio voice.

Was someone using a communication device?

She was stumbled upon by Asta who crawled over besides her and took a peek at their enemies.

They were all hurdled up together over the communication device.
".....I see. A four leaf holder?.....are you saying we should leave the anti-magic boy alone?......sir....are you sure...?"

Noelle and Asta eavesdropped intently. Hearing each word. Each phrase.

Asta froze.
Four leaf?

Noelle paused.
Four leaf..? What do they have with a four leaf--

The two finally understood.

It was Yuno. They found Yuno.

"OI! WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT FOUR LEAF!?"
"Asta calm down. Please. We'll follow them later."

Their enemies turned towards them, as one of them spoke.
"Our master has formed a deal with the holder of a four leafed grimoire.

He said he'll give himself to us.

To leave you, in return."

Asta's breath took a break.
"What?"

Noelle's hair stood up when the aura around her darkened.
It suddenly became ominously quiet.

She took a glance at her friend.
Asta was as still as a cat hiding from dogs. He wasn't breathing.

Instead, he was twitching all over. His grimoire shivered, like it tried to open by itself. His right eye with red irises, glowed on it's own.

"Asta...Asta listen..."
She held his wrist. Then she noticed the once dark green bracelet,

Stained with grotesque black.

"What did you say about Yuno?"
The ash blonde lifted himself up and stared at the group of men.

The cloaked figures were shivering out of utter fear.
"We've awakened him...."
"Call master right now...DO IT!!"

One of the men yelled at another, who frantically pulled out his communication device and yelled into it.
"M-Master! Take the four leaf wielder and get out of here! He's going to--"

A boom and a crash.

Followed by screams of pain and agony.

And beastlike growls.

Noelle covered her eyes and hid behind a rock.
Oh no.
Oh God no.

The ash blonde melted into his demon form, and leaped straight for the group of men. He slashed his swords in every direction and negated every magic attack that came at him, creating a cloud of brown sand and dust around him.

The screams echoed in the small sized room, before a small figure scrambled out of the dust, and into another passage way.

Noelle was about to chase after him, but she abruptly stopped when the demon dashed straight into the path, his flapping wing accelerating his speed.

A few seconds later another blood curdling scream struck Noelle's ears.

Oh shit.

He's going to kill them all in order to save Yuno.

She pulled out her small bronze device and spoke.
"We have an emergency. Astas gone mad. He's chasing after the rouges now."

A voice replied back.
"NOELLE! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE--- WE WERE TRICKED!!!"
Noelle recognized this voice.

"L-Letoile Becquerel!? What happened?"

"WE WERE TRICKED INTO GOING IN! IT'S THE WORK OF A TRAITOR!!"
"...Traitor....?.....who...?"

"LANGRIS VAUDE!!"

Noelle hated traitors.
And now the traitor is Langris. The one who riddled Finral with holes in the royal knights selection examination.

".....I'll be there. Please call someone else more capable. For now I'm sending Nero."

Nero was hiding in Noelle's chest covers. Noelle picked her up, and Nero, who understood the situation, took off into another direction.

".....Just wait, Asta and Yuno."

She gained all her strength and mana, and sprinted down the pathway, where she stumbled upon a body of one of the cloaked men.

"I'll save you both.
I'm not weak anymore!"

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Two chapters and even a drawing for one of them! I sure have surpassed my limits this time!