What was suppose to be a first mission for Asta and Noelle had taken a different turn when they found the village covered in mist and the villagers being held hostage by a group of enemy mages.
Asta after destroying a large chunk of ice that was meant for the villagers stood in front of the mage who had his hood down, "So these are the black bulls, the worst of the magic knights squads, in five minutes they will all be dead" he said looking at his stop watch.
"Why are you hurting these people" asked Asta glaring at the mages who had harmed the villagers?
The man stood up from the stone he was sitting and spoke in a calm way, "Why should it matter, in this world the people live in three different realms, the noble realm, the common realm and the forsaken realm".
"This village is part of the forsaken realm, so we're here to exterminate them, a group of people who's not even any help to society" he said but all the time he spoke Asta continued to glare angrily at him, "This shouldn't matter much since you'll all be dead soon" he said pointing his right hand forward with his grimoire changing pages.
"Then I'll send that ice right back at you" said Asta readying his sword when one of the enemy mages in a cloak spoke up.
"We wont let you anywhere near master Heath" he said pointing his hand forward shooting mist at Asta who cut through the mist destroying the spell completely surprising the mage, "He destroyed my spell".
"I may not know what kind of magic this kid has, but it doesn't matter" thought Heath as small ice shards formed in front of him and shot towards Asta who jumped into the air and hit them with the flat side of his sword.
"Asta" said Noelle as she watched him jump into the air and sending more ice back towards Heath who palced his hand in front of him stopping them.
"So your sword doesn't just destroy magic but can also send if back, ice melt" he said as the ice in front of him vanished, "But I can also melt my ice aswell as create it, how long do you think you'll be able to protect these people" he said as multiple shots of mist shot out from the mages behind him surrounding the villagers and the three magic knights.
"What is this" said Magna watching as the large mist barrier surrounded them.
"Combining magic, enternal ice cage" Heath said as multiple ice shards started to form in front of him and shoot towards the villagers. Asta kept destroying as many as the ice shards as he could with his sword and Magna blowing them up with his fire magic.
"Don't worry everyone your fellow commoner is going to keep you safe" said Magna as he threw another flame scatter shot towards the ice. But even with Asta and Magnas ability's a few ice shards shot towards the villagers scratching them and making them scream in pain, "Damnit, I'm starting to run low on magic, but I can't let the newbies fight alone, this is turning into a really bad first mission for the two of them" he thought.
Noelle stood in front of the villagers as she watched one of Magnas fire balls explode and Asta destroying more ice shards, "What am I suppose to do, I have to do something, I'm royalty and have more magic then anyone here" she thought looking annoyed, "I even trained more after I met Asta, but even after all that I can't even fight alongside him".
"Stay behind us Noelle, keep an eye on the villagers" said Magna to Noelle as he sent out another fire ball.
"But what am I suppose to do" said Noelle when she felt some tugginging on her skirt and she looked down to see a little girl who looked afraid.
"Please ms magic knight, you have to protect us please" she said with tears in her eyes.
Noelle looked surpsied, "This little girl is asking for my help" she thought s her grimoire floated next to her and started shining bright getting the villagers attention, "I have to protect them". Her grimoire opened to a blank page where more writing started to appear, "Is this a new spell" she said as water started to surround the villagers and the magic knights creating a massive dome of water. Heath looked surpsied when the ice shards hit the water dome they were then completely destroyed, "Iam Noelle Silva of the black bulls and I will protect these people" she said looking determined.
"Wow, way to go Noelle" said Magna looking impressed.
"Well thank you" said Noelle looking calm while she thought happily, "Yes I finally did it". She then noticed Asta was pointing his sword forward while gripping the handle of his sword. He then jumped threw the water dome and hit Heath in the stomach.
"I don't have any magic, but I will stop you" he said looking determined as Heath coughed up blood.
"Did we win" asked Noelle looking hopeful?
"Yeah way to go Asta" said Magna smiling.
"So you have no magic" said Heath looking at Asta making him look surprised before he was hit by giant spike of ice that shot out from the ground. Asta was sent flying and landed on the gorund on his back with the ice over him,
"Asta" said Noelle concerned.
"No this can't be happing" said Magna, "Get up Asta" he said but didn't get a response.
"Now sleep for all eternity" said Heath as he walked past Asta and the ice that hit him shattered. Heath reached the dome, placing his hand on it ice started to form around his hand, "It should only take two minutes to destroy this" he said when Asta jumped up from behind him.
"IM NOT DONE YET" he yelled about to hit him with his anti magic sword when another ice spike shot up from the gorund hitting Asta in his stomach. He was sent flying again onto his back, but he then stood up with his legs shaking, "I'm still not done" he said fully standing back up.
"Why are you protecting these people" asked Heath looking bored that he wanted to continue to fight?
"I've realised something, since I'm going to become the wizard king, it's not just a promise I'm keeping, its so I can protect everyone" said Asta looking determined as he held his sword up.
"The wizard king, ridiculous" said Heath as his grimoire floated in front of him, "Your about to die in a minute so it doesn't matter".
"As his senior I can't let that happen" said Magna walking out of the water dome with steam coming off him since he was surrounded by his flames, "What do you say we stop this guy Asta and give him a baptism" he said smirking as his grimoire opened in front of him while Asta looked confused to what Magna meant, "This is it, all my magic power" he said as flames shot up from around him, but then it all focused into his right hand, "Flame magic, flame exploding scatter shot" he said throwing the fire ball forward, which turned into multiple fire shots towards Heath.
Most of them went past him who put up an ice shield defending himself from the few shots that were meant for him, "That was your best attack" he said not impressed as multiple ice shards formed in front of him and shot towards Magna who looked surpsied when a small water dome stopped the ice shards, protecting him.
"Nice save" said Magna looking back at Noelle.
"Try to be a little more careful" said Noelle brushing back one of her pony tails, "I did it, I controlled my magic" she thought cheering inside her head.
"Did you really think that would work" said Heath.
"Well for starters, some of those shots weren't meant for you" said Magna smiling making Heath look surprised while behind him Asta hit most of the of the scatter shots with the flat side of his sword. The other scatter shots hit the other enemy mages and the ones Asta hit went towards Heath creating a massive explosion.
The enemy mages were on the ground covered in flames as Heath stood up aswell with flames covering him, "These flames aren't going out, well I'll just have to freeze them, ahh" he said ice started to form form his chest when Asta appeared in front of him holding his sword up.
"IM STILL NOT DONE" he yelled as he drove his sword into Heaths shoudler sending him towards the ground coughing up blood.
"I've lost" Heath thought as he fell, "But I wish still could have been more helpful to the master" he thought as he finally fell to the ground.
"YEAH HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT" cheeed Asta. The villagers cheered aswell thwt the mages that attacked them were defeated.
The flames on the enemy mages started to change, turning into flame ropes surrounding their body's, "Flame magic scatter shots, turns into flame binding magic, flame bonds" said Magna as the water dome covering him fell down.
"Uh Magna" said Noelle getitng his attention to one of the enemy mages where their grimoire was open. The mage then turned into water and vanished with his grimoire.
"What one of them got away, how did that even happen, youve gotta be kidding me" said Magna annoyed.
"Honestly" said Noelle when the water dome covering her, the villagers fell apart and onto the ground.
Asta then fell face first onto the ground, "Asta" said Magna rushing over to him when he noticed that he was snoring, "He's asleep" Magna said as he fell onto the ground.
"He really is reckless, he could of gotten hert or even worse" thought Noelle as she looked at her friend with a blush on her face, "But he's too stubborn to give up, that really is a good thing about you Asta" thought Noelle as she then smiled and felt her heart beat quicker then usual would, but she decided to ignore it for now.
Something then started moving in the hood of Asta's black bulls rhobe, "Hey what's that" asked one of the villagers?
An anti bird then came out of Asta's black bulls rhobe, it looked like the rest of the anti birds from the magic kngiths entrance exam but it's eyes were half open giving it a bored look, "It's an anti bird" said one of the villagers before the bird took off into the air before flying aorund the church.
The remaining mages with Heath were now siting up and councious with the flame binds on them, "Your all being taken in, the magic knights are going to get every bit out of information they want from you and then you'll answer for what you've done" said Magna looking angry as held Heaths grimoire in his hand.
"Sorry but that's not going to happen" said Heath as his grimoire in Magnas hand lit up, "Ice magic, ice coffin" he said as ice covered him and the other magaes completely, before shattering and leaving nothing behind.
The three black bulls looked shocked that the mages just died as the grimoire in Magnas hand vanished, "They just" said Noelle looking shocked.
"They decided to die so they wouldn't give up any information" said Magna.
Asta looked annoyed as he clenched his fists, "What were they thinking, how can they treat someone's life like that, I'll never understand why people think like that" he said while looking angry.
At sunset the a boy was standing in front of a hill where a grave was dug for Seggey, "Cmon Nick, it's time to go home" said the girl who had asked Noelle for help earlier.
"Just a few more minutes, grandpa really liked this spot" said Nick with his face on his legs since he was sitting on the ground.
"He would be happy he was buried here" said Magna walking over with Asta and Noelle.
"Grandpas only regret is that he wasn't able to join the magic knights when he was younger" Nick said before looking back at the magic knights, "But he was really happy when you joined Magna, because he said you would work hard enough for the two of you" he said.
Magna looked surpsied for a moment before he rubbed his nose, "Well he got that right" he said smiling.
"Magna, Asta, do you think I can one day join the magic kngiths some day" he asked standing up.
"Of course, never forget that you can achieve your dreams" said Magna smiling.
"Sure look at me, I have no magic but I was still able to join, just make sure to train really hard" said Asta smiling.
"But always make sure to do your best" said Noelle.
Asta then walked over to Nick and palced his hand on his head, "Will be waiting, but by the time you join I'll have worked even harder to becoming the wizard king" said Asta when he felt something hitting the top of his head. It's revealed to be the anti bird from earlier pecking him on the head with some kind of stone that looked like a jewel in its mouth, "Uh what are you doing you stupid bird" said Asta waving its hand at the bird trying to make it go away.
"Hey that's the charm grandpa used to carry around with him" said Nick.
"Well if that's true then give it back you stupid bird" said Asta trying to take the stone out of the birds mouth but it wouldn't budge.
"Oh your bird can keep it if it wants to, it's the least we can do to thank you for saving our village" said Nick smiling.
"Oh, are you sure" said Asta as the bird landed on his head.
"Those eyes, that look on its face, it's adorable" thought Noelle as she got closer to Asta and the bird, "You can sit on my head if you'd like" she said looking at the bird. The anti bird ignored her before it started pecking Asta again with the stone.
"Would you knock that off" said Asta as he waved his hands at the bird and began to chase it making the others laugh. When the ksy turend dark signalling night time. Magna, Asta and Noelle got back on crazy cyclone as it took off back to the black bulls headquarters with the anti bird following them. Asta and Noelle realised they had reached the end of their first mission as magic knights.