"A mission?" Asta asked. His captain nodded. Asta glanced to his side. The silver haired knight (Who he learned was Noelle) stared at the captain. He felt like he hurt her feelings when he had to save her from her magic when it went out of control earlier. He could see in her eyes when he reached out to help her up after the ordeal that they were filled with emotions.

Embarrassment, shame and sadness.

"Yeah. Some boar in a village went on a rampage. You job is to just get rid of them. Magna will be taking you two to make sure you guys survive." That last part sent a chill down Asta's back. The boar can't be that bad? Asta knew with Magna with them they can't lose!

"WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE FIGHTING THESE THINGS?!" Asta yelled as he ran from a humongous flaming boar. Noelle and Magna watched from afar.

"Well, taking two people on the cyclone takes up a lot of magic." Magna said in a cool manner that Asta admired.

"I don't have to do this." Noelle said. Asta almost replied that she had to help since she was a magic knight but he wanted to conserve energy so he didn't become mince meat because of the bull. He had to do something, but he couldn't use his wings again since he had to fly all the way here and it was taxing on his shoulders. The boar started to chase to a wall of a Cliffside. A plan formulated in his head. He activated his grimoire and drew his blade. He jumped onto the cliffside and used it as a spring board to launch himself over the boar. He looked down at the boar, the flame billowing furiously. He brought his blade over his head and slammed it down. The boar buckled under the immense force and collapsed. Wind whipped up from the boar's fall making the plants nearby shake and rustle.

"Wow! Kid you have some power to you! And your left handed, that's really unique." Magna said, as more boar appeared. Asta looked at them and gripped his blade harder. There was about 5 left and Asta realized something.

'I can just slam their faces with my blade...' He smiled as he rushed forward. The first boar attempted to impale him but he twisted, narrowly missing the large flaming tusk. He slammed the flat of the blade in the face of the boar. The boar fell of his feet and went unconscious. He looked up as another boar slammed into him. He was sent flying into the hands of Magna, who thankfully was strong enough to stop him from going very far.

"Ughh... My stomach hurts..." Asta leaned forward in sheer soreness. He gripped his stomach, resisting the urge to throw up. Magna looked at the kid and sighed. He pulled out his grimoire from his back pouch and opened it. The red, fiery aura enveloped it.

("Release it. Let the filthy creature do our work for us. No human can stand up to it and once it's done with it's rampage, slay it." A twisted man said to a bowing figure.)

Magna pulled out a flaming fireball and threw it up and down in his hands. He grabbed it with both hands and started to wind up.

"Fire Magic: Exploding Buckshot!"

Magna threw his ball which separated into many balls of writhing flame. They streaked the air and all traveled to the remaining boar and exploded on impact. A blinding light filled Asta's and Noelle's vision.

("Sir, how did you even get this, may I ask? I thought they were extinct." The bowing man said. "Oh, this one was traveling in the country side. I captured it and.. gave it some persuasion.")

All the boar were defeated and laying in a now cleared forest. He looked at the two knights who were in sheer awe.

"No- No wonder the black bulls are considered destructive.." Noelle said. Asta stood up with stars in his eyes.

"SIR THAT WAS AWESOME!" He shouted, much to the dismay of the other 2. Magna looked at him in a cool manor.

"Yup, that's what you can do with heavy training and man power!" He shouted. Noelle was annoyed and Asta was in awe.

'Maybe I can do cool stuff like that when I get stronger!' He thought.

("What is that thing!?")

"Boom!"

The trio looked towards growing smoke plumes in the distance. Another smoke plume emerged as screams emerged in the air. Magna looked horrified.

"The.. The village.. is being attacked! Asta and Noelle, with me! Your first real mission starts now!" He started to run towards the village where the smoke was accumulating.

...

"What.. What is that?" Noelle asked. They looked at a large red creature as it breathed fire over the small village. The trio didn't know what it was as it destroyed a building. Magna gripped his fist in anger. That very village... That beast had the guts to attack that very village?! He glanced over at Asta, who looked like he was starting to get mad too. Magna remembered Yami's words, the ones about making sure Asta felt no negative emotions.

"Asta, you stay out of this. Me and Noelle are strong enough, you just sit back here and make sure nothing bad happens." Asta looked shocked. He didn't know why but he couldn't disagree with his captain. Noelle was red in embarrassment.

"But-But Magna! I don't know any offensive or defensive spells!" She said out of embarrassment. Magna looked at her with a face questioning if she was just joking.

"That's why your embarrassed about? The fact you don't have any spells yet? Come on, you think the Black bulls, mind you is labeled THE WORST SQUAD would care about a fact like that? All we care is that you evolve past the person you where before, surpass your limitations. Set harder to bet limits. Then bet those. That's what it means to be a black bull. Charge forward, let no obstacle's stand in your might." Manga said. Noelle looked at him, but she felt something she never had for the first time in her life.

Someone.. didn't judge her for her lack of spells and aim..

"Yeah Noelle. I'm jealous of your magic! It's so powerful! All I can do is make wings out of mine! I bet you can do anything with your magic!" Asta shouted. He truly did admire her, he first hand had seen just the sheer power of her magic. He knew she had untold potential, he could feel it.

Noelle's face reddened. She never had anyone say something like that before. She never received a comment before from someone that isn't family before and most of her family hasn't made a nice comment at her at all!

"O-Ok.." She mumbled. Manga nodded and the two ran down the hill towards the weird creature. Asta looked at it. He never seen anything like it but it did struck a cord with him. Something about it... was familiar.

The being had a chaotic aura, a feeling of hate and destruction.

Asta got a terrible gut feeling.

"Are you going to let them go on their own?"

Asta glanced around to see who had said that, but no voices seemed present. He didn't feel anything either, a disadvantage of not being able to sense magic. He looked down at the beast as new fire made contact with it. Asta could tell it was Magna's for the different size and color. Water seemed to form into a bubble and Asta knew it was Noelle's doing.

He sure had good teammates.

"Don't move magic knight." A voice sounded. Asta cranked his head to the side a little to see six guys, each in very light blue or very light gray cloaks with grimoires pointed at him. The one in the middle didn't have a hood on and had a massive scar on his face.

"Of course the magic knights couldn't keep their noses out of this. But the Black Bulls are quite surprising." The leader said as the temperature drop. Asta's mind was racing for what the situation's outcome. He could just attack but he didn't have a lot of combat expertise and there was six guys. Judging from the temperature drop, they all have ice magic. Asta doubt he would have enough time to attack with his sword before he would be impaled by a icicle or something. He needed a way to either go offensively or defensibly and right now, the offensive is the better of the two. But could he match or outmatch the speed of the spells to actually land hits? He doubt it so he may need to stall until Magna or Noelle was done.

"So I assume your terrorists?" Asta questioned. That was the only thing on his mind. The man with a scar lightly smiled. Asta could her the ticking of a clock from the man's person.

"Terrorists is a nasty term. We are here to raze the village and take something. No of your concern you freak. If your a magic knight why can't I sense magic, huh?" His tone was cold too. Frost enveloped the nearby trees and grass and Asta could see his breath now.

Raze meant destroy, which means they are the ones to send that creature. Asta's gripped tightened.

"You would kill innocents? Woman and children who can't defend themselves!?" Asta said as he turned. The man's expression was never changing, remaining cold and stern.

"Why should we care? We wish to destroy the Clover Kingdom and it's people are apart of that goal." Asta's eyes widened. They want to destroy the clover kingdom? That means...

Hage.

Asta felt his grip tighten as his teeth scrapped against each other in anger. They wanted to destroy everyone in the kingdom. The people were merely a obstacle to their goal so they eliminated them.

They wanted to destroy his home, his friends and his family. As such..

(The air changed, filled his hostility)

"You.. You won't receive any mercy from me.." Asta said subconsciously. The mages looked surpised as he dashed forward with blinding speed and slashed at the first 2 in front. Massive slashes appeared on their chest and Asta kicked them to the side. The crack of trees was all Asta heard as he moved forward. Icicles rained down on them and Asta cut them. They turned into water and soaked the ground as Asta kicked one down.

He never felt this rush before. It almost felt.. enjoyable.

'No! I can't enjoy this! It's wrong!' He screamed internally. He snapped back and got stabbed in the stomach with a massive glacier. The impact made him cough up blood. He never saw the lead magic preparing a spell nor when he released it. He fell and dropped his sword. His breathing was labored as he attempted to focus, the pain ending any concentration he gained.

"You know for someone I can't sense any magic from, your quite the pest." He walked towards Asta. He brought up his boot and dug it into his back. Asta howled in pain. His hand moved slowly hand gripped the ankle of the man.

"I'm.. I'm not done yet.." He growled. His body moved on it own as he twisted the ankle and pulled back. The man slipped as Asta's knee's bent and pushed him up. He was now in the air over the head mage. He closed his fist and slammed down. The mage fired of a spell that pushed him away from the boy's fists. Asta landed on his hands and pushed himself back onto his feet. He got up as they looked back at him. His gut felt really sore but no blood was coming out. Good, he could keep on trying to keep these guys at bay. He watched as they started to prepare a what looked like that glacier spell again.

'Oh no! I can't grab my sword in time!' He watched as the world seemed to go in slow motion. His body moved as shadow twirled around it. The shadows extended until it made a large axe and he swung. The blade made from his magic cut through the ice like it was clay. Asta's foot moved and kicked his blade into his hand and he dashed forward. The last 2 mages launched icicles at him while the main mage made a large one. They stared to fall on him and his blade went to work. He worked fast, cuting each icicle that came near him. The large icicle launched at him and he swung diagonally. The large one evaporated instantly. He glanced to his side to see that the had launched a ball of ice that arced towards him.

'Oh no, my sword isn't in a position to hit that! Maybe I can still nullify it with the flat of the blade.' He brought his word up and slammed the flat side of the blade into it.

He wasn't expecting the chunk of ice to just ark back at them, only slightly larger. The leading mage was in shock as one of the last two mages basically took himself out with his own magic. Asta looked at his blade in wonder.

"Wow! I can reflect magic too!? This sword is amazing!" He gawked. He looked back at the last two mages.

"I suggest you guys leave and never return, or Ill beat you up!" He yelled as he pointed at them with his sword. The head mage waved his hand and the bodies disappeared from sight. He waved his hand again and immense fog formed. Asta looked around and swung his sword to clear it up. They mysteriously disappeared without a trace and Asta looked back towards the village.

"Now, to help Mister Magna and Noelle!" He ran towards the burning village with a burning sensation of determination.

"W-What do you want!?" The man looked at the man who was dangling him over the edge of a cliff by his ankle with blood trickling down his eye sight. The man holding him sighed.

"Well, I want you to relay a message to your boss." He said with a cold voice. The man shook in fear, his tears colored with blood as it fell down the cliffside.

"W-Why would I do that?! You killed Mister Heath!" He glanced over at the brutally murdered corpse of his boss for that mission. The man chuckled coldly.

"Because, he broke a simple rule." He looked down at the frightened mage. The mage couldn't see his face under his hood but he did have a threating, eerie and despair like tone around him.

"That boy with the sword that cuts through magic." He brought him up.

"Is off limits to anyone." He threw the man over his shoulder and he landed near the decapitated head of his squad captain. He looked back at the man, to realize he was gone. He got up and ran as fast as his legs could carry him.

A/N: Oh boy! Finally some plot divergenceance! Asta beat his first rouge mage group and discovered a unique ability his magic could do. A mysterious man labels Asta off limits for unknown reasons. Is it for revenge? A target for a hit list!? Who knows!? (Well I do :P)

Also for everyone asking, no harem! I don't think I have the skill to write out something like that and still make this story good.

Next time, Asta helps defeat the Red Demon and gets a star!

Zalde