Newfound Love [Asta x Noelle]

Arc 2: Chapter 4- Smoke.

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Asta and Nero continued progressing through the dungeon.

"I can sense foreign mana. It isn't Noelle and Vanessa" Nero said.

"I can't sense mana, but I'm definitely picking up unfamiliar Ki" Asta said In response, still walking.

"We both know only the four of us entered the dungeon." Nero said.

"Well, it seems as though we aren't alone. Better keep our guard up." Asta said.

Nero nodded.

"For a dungeon i'm finding it strange that we haven't come across many traps. The last ones were filled with them." Asta said.

*click*

"Speaking of traps! Did you just set one off!?" Asta asked as he stopped walking, looking around to see if anything had happened.

"I definitely heard that click but I haven't stepped on anything or set anything off" Nero said.

"I definitely heard that too" Asta said confused.

A strange noise could be heard in the room, and with that an extremely thick smoke filled it. It all happened so quickly, within a matter of seconds the room was completely filled, and Asta couldn't see a thing.

"Nero!" Asta shouted out trying to make sure she was still there. He didn't get a response, he knew something was wrong. He could tell it had something to do with magic, so he wafted his sword around in hopes of getting rid of it. After a while he got rid of most of the smoke, but as he suspected Nero was no where to be seen. Now he knew they weren't alone, traps didn't just make people vanish.

Asta decided to keep on walking while searching for Nero, he called out her name multiple times. But after a while it was starting to feel useless.

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With the floor beneath them gone, both Noelle and Vanessa plummeted to the ground beneath. Vanessa used her threads to slowdown her fall, however Noelle got the worst of the fall and felt right down.

"Noelle, Are you okay?" Vanessa said running towards her friend.

"Yeah, I should be just fine" Noelle said. Vanessa put a hand out and pulled her up as she took it.

"There aren't very many of these traps, but they seem to be getting worse every time" Vanessa said.

"This magic item better be worth my trouble" Noelle said.