Author's Note: Hope you all like the previous chapter and the way Asta reacts to Mimosa.

I don't own Fairy Tail or Black Clover.

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'...' Character thought

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"..." Animal P.O.V.

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Now then on with the new chapter.

Chapter 13: The Diamond Mage

Luck and Lotus continue to stare down each other after Luck had defeated Lotus' four subordinates.

"You sure are tough." Lotus says stroking his goatee. "You took out my underlings just like that." He says.

"Well, they were just underlings, you know. You're the chief. As long as you're tough, it's no problem." Luck says with a smile on his face.

"So you wrap yourself in lightning magic to fight…" Lotus says observing Luck's Thunder God's Boots. "Pretty practical, and I bet it's got high attack power. Fast too. I tell ya there's young power growing up all over the place. This old man's running scared." He says.

"What sort of magic do you fight with?" Luck asks still smiling.

"Mm, well…you look like you're raring to go, but…you clovers are after this dungeon's treasure hall too, aren't you? Hup!" Lotus asks as he stands up but then does the strangest thing…he runs away. "We don't really need to fight, do we? Let's just compete without the violence! C'mon, let's do that! See ya!" He shouts high-tailing it.

"Nope." Luck says appearing behind Lotus ready to strike him with his Thunder God's Boots.

'He's fast!' Lotus thought pulling his hand backwards in front of his face leaving behind smoke and dodges Luck's attack as he burst forth from the smoke.

Luck quickly regains his balance as he lands on the wall and hangs there as he observes Lotus' magic.

'He dodged!' Luck thought and then notices what his burst through. 'Smoke?!' He wondered.

"Wow. Scary stuff. Well…I understand why you clovers are mad." Lotus says with his open grimoire that has light-colored covers in which each cover has intricate ornaments on them and the center of the front cover also has a diamond insignia on it. "We keep invading your country. I'm sorry the Diamond Kingdom's being such a nuisance. We've got it rough thought. We're low on resources. We've got to live. There's no helping it. Life's tough." He explains. "Y'know…I've got three daughters of my own you see." He says.

Luck then attacks him attack at blinding speed and smoke once again appears causing Luck to think he missed again. Once through the smoke he appears on top of a ruined column and looks behind him.

"As long as I get to fight tough guys, I'm good!" Luck says happily.

"Looks like I managed to catch the eye of a maniac." Lotus says relieving to have a fresh bleeding cut on his right cheek. "I just might cry." He says.

[Meanwhile with Asta, Nero, and Noelle]

Asta was continuing to move as fast speed with Noelle on his back and the area they were passing through was crazy. All around them cubes of stone and large bubbles of water were floating everywhere and Asta was using the cubes of stone as platforms to jump off of.

"Eeeeeeeek! What's wrong with this place?! The gravity's gone insane!" Noelle yells looking around. "Are you sure we're going the right way, Asta?" She asks leaning in close to where their cheeks were practically touching each other.

"Yeah, even though Yuno's scent is really faint now its still there enough for me to follow." Asta says but then comes to a screeching halt.

"What's wrong, Asta?" Noelle asks in confusion as to why he stopped.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Nero asks but then both he and Noelle see as treasure chest with legs run by them.

"Even though it's obviously a trap I'm surprised you didn't try to find out what's inside Asta." Noelle says but the notices Asta's face was completely pale. "What's the matter?" She asks with concern in her voice.

"Oh I already know what's in there just from it's scent." Asta says grimly.

"What is in the chest?" Nero asks.

"You don't want to know." Asta says and then begins running again.

[Meanwhile with Luck and Lotus]

Luck dives bombs at Lotus with his right leg which ends up missing the man but destroying the platform around him.

"Impetuous, aren't you?" Lotus asks through the smoke.

"Quit avoiding me! Let's fight!" Luck shouts still smiling.

"Hey, that robe!" Lotus says finally taking notice of Luck's Magic Knight's robe. "I remember now! The Black Bulls!" He says. "I fought your captain once, when we were young. He was pretty hot-blooded too." He says catching Luck's attention but never lost his smile.

"Really? You know Captain Yami?" Luck asks with excitement in his voice.

"He gave me this giant wound…I wet myself and ran away. Man, that was scary." Lotus comments showing his huge slash scar on his chest. "He had an odd fighting style. He was the only guy younger than me I couldn't beat." He says remembering a young Yami.

"Suddenly you're worth fightin-" Luck begins to say but suddenly starts feeling throughout his body. "Whoops…" He says feeling a little off balanced.

"Hm? What's up? What's this?" Lotus asks.

Luck charges at the man but for some reason he was moving slower than he was before.

"Too slow!" Lotus says simply sidestepping and creates smoke in front of Luck as he crashes into it. "Little by little…welcome…to the depths of the abyss." He says.

Luck suddenly felt himself sinking deeper and deeper into darkness.

'What is this?! Magic?!' Luck wondered wide-eyed. 'But I don't remember getting hit with anything like this…' He thought.

"Heh heh heh. Actually, right now…this space is covered in my magic. It's smoke so very, very thin you can't see it. Smoke Weakening Magic: Smoke Garden of Usurpation." Lotus says as thick poisonous smoke appears around him and Luck, covering the entire area.

'My body isn't listening to me.' Luck thought unable to move. 'Is it a slow-acting spell that lowers physical abilities?' He wondered.

"If it was an attack you could see…you'd probably dodge it, right?" Lotus asks. "I clamped my magic down to the minimum and used it on the sly, so you wouldn't notice." He explains. "I did it while you were fighting my underlings. They didn't go down in vain. They were sacrifices, to allow me to use this spell." He says. "That's really important…wouldn't you say? It's all about teamwork!" He says.

[Meanwhile in another part of the dungeon]

A lone mage was making his way towards the treasure hall by walking along a bridge made of what looked to be diamond like minerals.

[With the Golden Dawn]

Yuno, Klaus, and Mimosa were still riding on Yuno's Heavenly Wind Arc through the halls of the dungeon.

"We're almost there!" Mimosa shouts checking their position on her Magic Flower Guidepost.

The group then enters a large room surrounded by waterfalls with a single giant door at the end of the room with only a limited number of platforms surrounding the door.

"That's amazing!" Mimosa says in awe at the sight of the giant door.

"Hah! So this is all dungeons are? That wasn't difficult." Klaus says fixing his glasses.

"How do you think we get in?" Yuno asks.

"The Black Bulls aren't here yet." Mimosa states noticing their absences.

"Of course not. They couldn't be faster than we are." Klaus says but suddenly Mimosa was attacked from behind as diamond-like minerals pierced her cloak sending her to the ground. "Wha…Mimosa!" He yells running to check on her.

"Ngh…" Mimosa groans in pain.

'Mimosa's magic-shielding cloak is turn! Mana detection's her specialty, and she didn't notice?!' Klaus wondered in shock. "You're alive, right?!" He asks with worry dripping from his voice. 'It wasn't a trap spell. What is this magic?!' He thought until he hears the sound of footsteps echoing throughout the room. "Who are you?!" He yells in anger.

"Who's there? Who's in my way?" A young man who looked to be in his late teens asks.

The man is of average height with a slim and well-defined muscle tone. He has pale skin, dark pink short hair with a spiky hairstyle, and a lock falling down at the middle of his forehead. He has a pair of blue eyes, but lacks any eyebrows. Additionally, he has a few turquoise-colored crystal stones embedded on his forehead and chest. Three of them are located at the center of his forehead, arranged in a vertical position with a larger crystal in between to smaller-sized crystals. Another crystal is also embedded at the center of his chest. His attires consist of a skintight vest and cropped pants over a black jumpsuit. The jumpsuit has short sleeves and an open design. It also has three blue-colored diamond-shaped ornaments located on his shoulders and around his navel area. On top of the jumpsuit, he wears a tight white vest with brown trimmings, which also reveals his chest. He also wears a cropped pants with similar design and color palettes to complement his vest. The pants has a pair of black diamond-shaped ornaments positioned at both sides of the blue diamond-shaped ornament. It goes down slightly below his knees and splits into two at the front and back as it reaches the end. His footwear is a pair of high boots with similar color palettes of white with brown trimmings as his outfits. The boots have pointed tips and black vamps. Lastly, he wears a black fur coat on top of his outfits. The coat has approximately the same length as his height and it has several crystals embedded on the outer side of the coat.

"Move." The man says.

[Back with Lotus and Luck]

"Trusty friends…are worth their weight in gold." Lotus comments about his other team member. "All right. Sorry, kid. Sit tight and save what strength you've got." He says walking away while waving goodbye to the down Luck.

'…N…' A voice in Luck's head begins to say. 'Win…wing, and keep winning…Luck!' The voice says. "Wait." Luck says causing Lotus to halt. "Things haven't been…this interesting in ages." He says and suddenly attacks Lotus with gauntlets made of lightning that have claw-shaped fingertips leaving behind a scratch mark on Lotus' cheek. "C'mon. Let's fight more!" He shouts.

"I'd rather not…snuff out a promising ember, but…" Lotus begins to say.

Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. A little spoiler for the future chapters; I have a little surprise for Noelle and Luck by the near end of the Dungeon arc.

Also I've decided to add Mariella (look her up on Black Clover wikia if you don't know who she is) to Asta's harem because I have a plan for her.

Stay tuned for the next chapter and please be sure to review and tell me what you thought of this chapter.