Five seconds, that's all it took for everything Asta had to disappear in front of his eyes. All he could do was sit on his knees as he watched in horror as the capital of the Clover Kingdom burned to the ground. What could he do? The Captains? They were slaughtered in a matter of seconds. The Black Bulls and the other Magic Knights? They were his first targets. Julius? Not even the Wizard King was able to last a full minute in combat with the guy before his life was taken. Asta never thought this would happen, he thought he'd rise through the ranks, reach the title of Wizard King and finally avenge his mother and destroy Lucifero. But he was wrong, he was so wrong.
He never thought there was a man in the shadows, he caused all of this. Everything that happened in his life was caused by him. Even the death of his mother by Lucifero's hands had been orchestrated by him. Asta couldn't process any of this. Every moment in his life, every choice he made, was never his own. They were all by that man.
"Asta!?"
Her voice was the only thing that was able to snap him out of his trance, he turned to the sound to see Noelle running up to him. His moment of relief to see her alive, like everything else, was stolen when he appeared from behind her and lifted her to the air by her throat. "Wait Sto-!", his plea was cut short the loud crunch that came before the light in Noelle's eyes faded away before she was dropped to the ground like a sack of garbage Asta's anti-magic flared as he transformed into Black Knight mode and charged at the man with everything he had left.
One finger
That's all the man needed to stop Asta's punch in its tracks. Asta didn't even have a moment to be shocked, any chance for that was gone the second he felt the piercing pain of the man's hand piercing through his abdomen and coming out the other side. The man pulled his arm out and took a step back, allowing Asta to fall back to his knees and then fall face first to the ground. In the lingering moments he had left, there was one sound, a single sound that, if there was an afterlife, he would be haunted by them even there.
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Black Clover: The Anti-Magic Knight
Fanfiction*warning spoilers for the manga* This is an alternate take on the Black Clover story where Licita decided not to leave Asta at the front door of the church. Asta with help from his devil brother Liebe and the Black Bulls works towards his two goals:...
