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As the Royal District of the Clover Kingdom continued to be covered in fires and strange, undead enemies, Asta stood proud in front of the scared little girls as the strange man with a strange eye patch, Rades, removed himself from the wall.

"I was expecting a magic knight to show up, even if it's a small Black Bull." Rades said as he continued to stare at Asta. "But your magic power, it's like nothing I've ever felt before. Pray tell, what kind of magic is it?"

"Not gonna happen, you psycho!" Asta said as he turned to the little girl. "Don't worry, I promise I'll keep you safe while I deal with this creep."

The girl said nothing as she nodded, feeling safe being near a magic knight.

"Aw! You got in the way! But she'll meet her end after I've dealt with you!" Rades said as he looked around to his army but saw they were all slashed to piece and no longer of use. "Oh, I see, you're that "Iron Dragon kid.""

"Oh, so you know about me?" Asta said as he kept his iron sword out.

"Hmm, yeah but this doesn't feel right." Ragna said as he scratched the side of his head. "I can feel that you're power is on the level of a captain, at best but you chose to be in the Black Bulls? A waste of potential in my eyes, A WASTE OF A WIZARD!"

The crazed man slammed his right hand to the ground and opened a black portal, allowing more strange soldiers to rise and obey his command. The soldiers surrounded Asta and the little girl as he watched with his crazy smile.

"Kill them both, my corpse army!" Rades commanded his army.

This order, however, fell to failure as Asta turned his left hand into another Iron Dragon Sword and started slicing the the soldiers to pieces.

"RAH!" he shouted as he slashed the corpses left and right.

Just like Asta, the other Magic Knights from banquet were doing away with the corpses without mercy and hit them with every one of their most powerful spells.

"Flame Magic! Sol Linea!" shouted Fueogleon of the Crimson Lions as he blasted a thin beam of blue wire, destroying scores of corpses at once.

"Steel Creation Magic! Spiral Lances!" shouted Klaus as he launched dozens of spinning lance head to destroy a group of undead.

"Feel the wrath of the Golden Dawn, undead filth!" Shouted Alecdora of Golden Dawn as he summoned another giant sand armor holding two sand swords. "Sand Creation Magic! Sand Armored Guard!"

The knight of sand gave an cross slash and destroyed not only another hoard of corpses but the very ground they stood upon.

"Wind Magic! Towering Tornado!" Yuno proclaimed as he summoned a spiral of winds to suck up countless corpses and tear them apart with the violent winds.

"Stay back, you filthy abominations. You will not lay a finger on me." yelled Charlotte of Blue Rose as her grimoire opened and created a sword handle. "Briar Creation Magic! Corpse-Hunting Briar Trees!"

Charlotte grabbed the handle and held it in the air, summoning a great deal of thorn covered branches that destroyed zombie after zombie.

"May all that stand to oppose the Clover Kingdom, receive just punishment!" Nozel Silva of the Silver Eagles said as he opened his white grimoire. "Mercury Magic! Rain of Silver!"

The captain of the Silver Eagles unleashed a falling storm of large silver bullets and destroyed countless corpses.

Meanwhile, Asta was continuing to attack after attack on the zombies before him and wasn't planning on stopping.

"Iron Dragon Roar!" he shouted as he blasted a tornado of metal from his month to the zombie.

As he ceased his attack, one slipped by him and about to attack the girl he was protecting until Asta quickly dashed in front of it and reared his left foot back.

"Iron Dragon Foot Blade!" he shouted as the heel of his shoe grew a iron, arrow head blade.

Asta brought his leg up and slice the corpse in half before kicking it away and hitting two more.

While Asta was attack zombie after zombie, he failed to notice Leopold Vermillion watching from a distance.

'All that magic energy and used in such a straight forward way' he thought. 'Destroying hoard after hoard with ease.'

Leopold then gave a quick laugh before blasting a zombie to his left with a spiral of flames.

"That's what I long for in a rival! One who can entertain me while in battle." he said.

While was happening, the man responsible for the attack was also watching Asta destroy hoard after hoard.

'This kid, whatever magic he's using is tearing through my Wraith Magic. My puppets are being destroyed.' he thought as Asta slashed another corpse to pieces.

"That's the last one for now." Asta said as turned his arm back to normal.

"T-that was amazing. Thank you." said the little girl who Asta was still protecting.

"Don't thank me yet." Asta said as he turned his attention to the culprit responsible for all this chaos. "How much of a monster are you?! Attack innocent who can't even defend themselves?! That's low!"

This comment cause the man to flinch. "Huh?!" he let out as Asta began to charge him.

"This ends now!" he shouted as he charged but he ceased his charge when a portal opened in front of him and a small blast of magic hit his check. The thing that stepped out was soon revealed to bea large, intimidating coprse wrapped in bandages, tatter clothes and it's face covered in leather straps that look like his master's eye patch. The monster also had several orbs of energy surround him as it looked at Asta.

"Number 4. Jimmy." Rades said as his servant stood over Asta. "You think these people are innocent? How can they be when they fail to see how powerful I am?"

The little girl let out a yelp of fear as Nero landed on her head but quickly covered his eyes at how ugly "Jimmy" was.

"So because of that, these people are guilty!" Rades said with his still crazed smile. "Alright Jimmy, this kid is all yours. Have some fun."

The monster known as Jimmy marched forward as Asta grew more and more freaked out.

"What is it with you and creepy stuff, just cut it out already!" he said until he notice the wound on his check was getting larger. "Huh, it grew."

"Looks like you caught the affect of Jimmy's curse shells." Rades explained, talking about the floating orbs around "Jimmy." "Even a simple cut will keep bleeding and bleeding, so be careful! Sick em, Jimmy!"

The monster roared as it sent the orbs around in towards Asta.

"Let's hope this'll work." Asta said, acting fast to defend himself and possibly stop the cut on his check. "Iron Dragon Scales!"

Asta's magic acted fast and cover his body in iron scales and from the looks of it, it stopped the cut on his cheek but for how long would be for later. The young Black bull turned his attention back towards the curse shells coming for him and starting destroying them while his scales protected him from anymore growing cuts.

"You may have a spell to protect you from Jimmy's shell but it doesn't matter. You have to run out of steam eventually and Jimmy has enough magic to make you run out even faster!" Rades said as he watch with amusement.

"We'll see!" Asta said as he destroyed another shell.

"And while you're doing that, Jimmy! Get rid of the brat he's protecting." Rades said, commanded his undead servant to divert it's blast from Asta to the little girl.

The girl cried in fear and cover her face with her arms until Asta jumped in front of her, went to his knees, and slammed his arms into the ground, createing a pyramid of multiple iron columns around him and her, protecting the girl from the attack.

"Iron Dragon Cage!"

Though this spell was originally meant to trap opponents, it can also be served as a shield in certain situations.

"Leave her out of this, I'm your opponent!" Asta shouted, looking through one of the crevasses of the cage.

"Hahahaha!That's the thing with you Magic Knights! You throw your lives away to protect the fragile people!" Rades shouted as Jimmy went back blasting me curse shells.

As the shells hit the cage, Asta was struggling to maintain the cage and his iron scales but the girl he was protecting took a higher priority than himself. Rades saw this and just laughed in amusement.

"Why are you even protecting her?! You're only proving my point!" the madman said as he continued his rant. "The innocent will only get you killed in the process cause they just get in the way!"

"Please, save me." the girl pleaded with her hands together and teary eyes.

"She's gonna die anyway, so why protect her?!" Rades shouted.

"It doesn't matter if I have a reason! I'm gonna protect her with everyone I've got." Asta said as he lowered his scales, putting more power into his iron cage but leaving the cut on his check to bleed once again.

"Is that so, then you can stand their until your magic runs out and you both die from the curse shells!" Rades shouted as Jimmy started firing even more the the iron cage/shield.

While the cage kept taking the curse hits, Noelle had arrived from a corner and saw Asta and a girl in an iron pyramid taking hits from a zombie bigger than the once from before.

"There he is." Noelle said as she watched and thought, 'I need to help him.'

It was then she froze and remembered everything her family said about her, every insult and scorn about her very existence.

"No, he needs someone else. Not me." Noelle told herself, doubting abilities once again.

She looked around for anyone to help Asta as more zombies started to surround her until they were incinerated by a blast of flames. Noelle turned her gaze to see Fueogleon, captain of the Crimson Lions, approach her.

"Thank yo-" she was cut off in her thanks by the lion captain punching her on the top of her head.

"FOCUS!" he said as he took his fist away. "Tell me girl, do you hesitate because of your family ridicule?"

Noelle just swallowed a nervous lump in her thought as the man had hit the nail on the head, but this quickly turned into fear as the man was soon covered in flames with white eyes.

"There is no room for self doubt on the field of battle!"Fueogleon said with the flames dancing around him. "If you were to hesitate, lives could be lost!"

Noelle took a step back as the man soon pointed a finger at her.

"Cast your worries, your fears, and hesitations away. Today, you stand as a Magic Knight!" Fueogleon said, giving confidence to Noelle. "If you joined of your own choice, you must grow stronger. No matter the challenge!"

"Grow...stronger." Noelle repeated.

"There is no shame in being weak, as long as you have drive to go beyond and get stronger. But there is shame if you choose to stay that way." Fueogleon said, causing Noelle to get a grip and remember her strength.

'He's right, Asta's been proving that since the day he aquired his magic.' She thought. 'Even if he was 15 years late, he's proved to be amazing with it as if he's had it his whole life. And if he can master his, then I can master mine!'

As Noelle finally regained her nerve, Asta was still hold the iron cage with all his power and started to grow exhausted.

"Are you..okay?" the girl asked in worry while Nero massaged her head with his wings, trying to keep her down.

"See?! The weak civilians you risk your life saving only die weak while the strong, like me, grow even stronger." Rades laughed as his puppet, Jimmy, blasted more shots at the cage.

Asta's iron cage was beginning to weaken as two columns fell and a cursed shell was approaching the opening.

'No!' Asta though as he removes his arms from the ground and threw himself in front of the girl to protect her. The attack from Jimmy, however, never came as a dome of water suddenly appeared over the iron cage.

This cause Rades to grow irritated as he looked up to see Noelle, with her grimoire open and he hand in Asta's direction.

"Another annoyance!?" he let out as he glared at her.

"Noelle!" Asta said in relief.

"Just look at what you've gotten yourself in this time!" Noelle shouted. "You go running off once again and get into trouble that you can't even get yourself out of! I swear, you can be so reckless!"

"Sorry but thanks for the help!" Asta said as stepped out of the water dome.

"Now that you don't have to worry about the girl, you can finish him. Now get to it!" Noelle said, silently grateful she could save him.

"You got it!" Asta said giving her a thumb up. "Glad to see you have my back!"

"Of course, who else would make sure you don't get yourself killed?" Noelle commented.

"YOU DAMN BRATS!" Shouted Rades, who summoned more corpses to his side. "Now DIE!"

As the corpse approached Asta, they were suddenly destroyed by two blasts of fire. He turned to the source and saw it was Leopold with his green grimoire floating in front of him.

"What kind of rival would I be if didn't have your back when you need help, Asta?" He said with a confident smile on his face. "Now go show him and me what you can do, show us just how strong a dragon's power is!"

"Heh! Thanks and don't worry, I will!" Asta said, returning his smile.

"No thanks needed." Leopold said as he watched from the side lines.

"Let's do this!" Asta said as he dug into his side bag and quickly at a handful of iron nails, recharging his strength for his attack. "Iron Shadow Dragon Mode!" Asta yelled as he charge at Rades and his body took on a demonic appearance once again.

As he charge, Jimmy fired more curse shell but they failed to hit their target as Asta turned into a shadow and speed towards him. When Asta was in front of the zombie servent, he rose from the ground and gather shadows in his fist.

"Iron Shadow Dragon Crushing Fist!" He shouted.

The dragon slayer then unleashed a barrage of fists on the large zombie, pushing it back towards Rades until Asta knocked it in the air with an uppercut.

"Say goodbye! Iron Shadow Dragon Roar!" Asta commanded as he fire a bright white blast with black rings at the corpse.

The blast was so great, Jimmy was reduced to scatter pieces as the blast died down.

"He did it." Noelle said.

"That was amazing." The girl said, still inside of Noelle's water dome with Nero still on her head, who nodded in agreement.

"That is the most un-mage like fighting I have ever seen! You truly are fascinating!" Leopold said as he laughed again.

"Well done." Fueogleon said with a smile as he watched from a distance.

"Huh?! Impossible! How can simple punches and a blast of your bad breath bring Jimmy down? It's not possible!" Rades complained, not wanting to belief his creation would fall so easily.

"Well, that's too bad! So now, you're have to fight me yourself. Get ready, ya creep!" Asta said as he stepped toward Rades.

"OOOHHH! Think I'm beat, kid?! Well, you're sadly mistaken!" Rades said as he opened another black portal, this time with lightning coming out.

"Come forth! Alfred!"

As Rades gave the order, another zombie coated in lightning with it's arms restrained, legs chopped off at the thigh, and covered in more leather and tattered clothing floated in the air.

"Say hi to Number Two!" Rades said with glee as Alfred floated towards Asta, who took a step back. "Got for it Alfred, he's your for the beating!"

Alfred seemed to understand as it unleashed a large blast of lightning, drawing the attention of every Magic Knight that was still fighting off the zombies.

"Oh no. Asta." Yuno said as he watched the lightning strike.

With this new puppet at Rades' disposal, with the Clover Kingdom win the day or will it fall as Rades intends it to?

Side Note.

Iron Dragon Cage is the third OC spell and Iron Shadow Dragon Hard Fist is the fourth OC spell.

OC spells.

1. Iron Dragon Kunai. Metal Storm. Chapter 10.

2. Iron Dragon Sword. Spinning Slash. Chapter 13.

3. Iron Dragon Cage. Chapter 21.

4. Iron Shadow Dragon Crushing Fist. Chapter 21.