The devil's salvation

The Hunter

8 years later...

"When is that boy getting here with our boar?" said a tall fat man sitting on a chair. There was another man on the other side of the room looking out the front window, he responded:" he will be here soon". As they said that they saw a boy dragging four boars with a rope attached to one of the legs of each boar. " He has just arrived," said the tall skinny man standing by the window. They both went outside to meet with the boy.

The Fatman said, "Took you long enough, any longer and we would've fired you". The boy looked at him and said, " Be quiet, I'm the reason you both can make living, fat ass". The skinnier man said," Oh? You always seem to run your mouth but where would you be without us?". The boy stayed quiet. " That's more like it, now let us get to business. Like always you bring the right amount of boar, impressive. What's your name again?". the boy looked up and said "Asta".

The now 13-year-old Asta stood at 5 feet 10 inches and had an extremely built body. He had sharp cold looking eyes and wore no shirt that revealed the many scars that he accumulated over years of hunting massive boars. The only clothes he wore were tan boots that went up to little under his knees and tight black pants that showed off his leg muscles very well.

"That right. Now remember Asta, you work for us, so you can't be talking out your ass" The skinny man said. That fat man went to grab Asta's payment and when he came back he said "this is your payment for this month's work" he handed him a bag of silver and copper coins. Asta noticed that this was less than he would normally get " Where's the rest?". the skinny guy responded, " That's all we can pay you right now". "Are you kidding me? That bullshit I could barely live off what you guys paid me before and now you want to lower my payment? That's not going to happen" Asta said with an angry look. The two-man looked at each other and the fat man responded with " Well that's all we got right now get over it". " That wasn't a part of the deal we had" Asta glared at them, Asta could barely afford to buy food from the shops around the forsaken realm. 

Now that winter was upon them it would be almost impossible to hunt for food as there were barely any animals still around." Like we care about some deal that was made over 5 years ago. We can't afford to pay you what you want right now". Asta gave them both a death glare, he didn't respond, took the bag turned around, and began to walk away from the shack he was at. Asta then thought to himself 'With this, I won't be able to pay for food. If I don't think of something then most likely I'll be dead before winter ends'. Asta then turned back around and looked at the two men who were going back inside. Asta turned around to walk back to the shack that the two men just entered

'Sorry about this but I can't die yet, I have a promise to keep' Asta thought as he entered the shack both the skinny and fat man looked at him and say " What are you still doing here get lost" The fat man tried to push Asta but before The fat man could touch him, Asta reached out both hands with his palms facing upwards. Purple and black flames emerged from his hands and condensed around both of the men's heads. Asta could hear their screams. They begged for him to help them but Asta said nothing and waited for one minute until he then erased the fire revealing the two men who just had their heads completely burned off, leaving nothing but the neck and below. 

Asta looked at his hand, He then thought a question to himself that puzzled him for years 'What kind of magic do I have. This question always puzzled Asta because his magic never had any real form. There have been many times when Asta would be able to create purple lighting along with his flames. He has always been very confused about it because it didn't have a distinct form.

Asta realized that he had been lost in thought for a while now. He looked up from his hand and walked past the bodies to the storage closet in the back of the shack. As soon as he walked in he noticed that they had a lot of bags of gold, silver, and copper coins, enough to last them through to winters.' Lying scumbags' Asta thought as took an empty bag from the corner of the room and start to fill the bag with gold and silver coins. After he was done stealing the coins he then walked outside and noticed the boar wasn't touched and were left in the same spot he had left them.

He then took the rope that was attached to the four boars and began to drag them back to his camp. When he go back to his camp the sun was starting to set. His camp wasn't anything close to great, He had a tent that he had stolen from a local villager and a fire pit that he made from scratch. He set the four boars down near his camp and began to sink them with a knife he got from his tent. He took some meat from the boar and create a ball of purple fire in his hand, with this fire he began to cook the boar meat. With the amount of meat he had, he would easily be able to survive the winter season. 

After the meat was done cooking Asta began to eat. it was night time with the peace of meat still in his hand he ran over to an opening in the tree. Once he got there he started to stare at the stars. Looking at the stars reminded him of the day that haunted him for years. The day he killed Yuno and the church residents. he remembered the promise he made with Yuno and the conversation that they had before he killed them. Asta still feels the same way about the stars, like always something about them had attached his attention and he didn't know what. Like he was somehow connected to them. While in thought, Asta also reflects on his promise to Yuno and after many years of trying to figure out a way to create this possibility. He came up with a way he had to become the wizard king the most powerful mage everyone respected him. Asta knew that if he could become the wizard king, he could fix the problem of violence and inequality in this world but Asta knew if this never worked out he would do whatever it takes to create this world and uphold his promise.

Tears strolled down Asta's face as he thought "I will make sure to live this life to fulfill the promise I made to you Yuno. I'll create a peaceful world no matter what. Whatever it takes, no matter what's at risk'. Asta turned around and began to walk back to his camp. ' I'll be getting my grimoire soon and after that, I will have to become a magic knight. 2 years and I'll be able to keep the promise I made to you Yuno". Asta still had no idea what kind of magic he had, as he was once again lost in thought when he reached his tent and went inside. he laid down on the floor, only using his arm as a pillow. ' The lives of the loved ones that I have taken will not be in vain. By any means necessary I'll achieve my goal and once I do I will find Lucifero and drag his guts on the floor he thought to himself 

Asta then drifted off to sleep and was greeted by the nightmares that haunt him each and every night.