# E168 - Stirrings of the Strongest
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**[00:05] Nar**
*And in the clover's fifth leaf resides...*
**[00:07] Nar**
*a devil.*
**[00:10] Nar**
*What Asta, who was born without magic,*
**[00:12] Nar**
*gained from the five-leaf grimoire was*
**[00:14] Nar**
* the power of anti-magic,*
* which nullifies any magic.*
**[00:20] Nar**
* Meanwhile, the Dark Triad*
* of the Spade Kingdom*
**[00:23] Nar**
* also possessed the powers of*
* the devils from the underworld,*
**[00:26] Nar**
*and began invading the other kingdoms.*
**[00:30] Nar**
* Asta continued to fight*
* while believing in himself,*
**[00:34] Nar**
* along with his friends...*
* to protect this world!*
***SIGN*** Stirrings of the Strongest
**[02:19] Owen**
Right around the same time
all of you were fighting,
**[02:22] Owen**
the Golden Dawn's headquarters was attacked.
**[02:25] Owen**
They've been almost completely annihilated.
**[02:30] Owen**
I'm glad all of you are safe.
**[02:35] Finral**
Asta and Yami protected us.
**[02:42] Finral**
What's Asta's prognosis?
**[02:45] Owen**
Thankfully, he'll live.
**[02:47] Owen**
It's just...
**[02:48] Owen**
I don't know what we can do
for his right arm right now.
**[02:52] Owen**
I have no idea what will come of it.
**[02:55] Grey**
U-Um... Could you take a look at Gauche, too?
**[03:00] Owen**
At Gauche?
**[03:01] Gauche**
The wound's healed, and I feel fine.
**[03:04] Grey**
B-But you should get examined properly!
**[03:08] Owen**
What do you mean?
**[03:09] Grey**
Gauche was run through with a giant sword,
**[03:12] Grey**
a-and I healed him with my magic, but...
**[03:15] Owen**
You did? But don't you
use transformation magic?
**[03:23] Owen**
All right, I'll have a look.
**[03:31] Owen**
You really got run through with a giant sword?
**[03:34] Gauche**
Yeah.
**[03:36] Owen**
I wouldn't even call this healing.
His tissues themselves have been rebuilt.
**[03:42] Owen**
The true nature of your magic
might not be transformation.
**[03:47] Gauche**
Then what kind of magic is it?
**[03:50] Owen**
I hate to say this, but I have no clue.
**[03:53] Owen**
Grey will have to find that out for herself.
**[03:58] Grey**
Right...
**[04:00] Owen**
We'll have Asta continue to rest here.
**[04:03] Owen**
The rest of you can return
to the Black Bulls' hideout.
**[04:07] Owen**
There's going to be an emergency Magic Knights
Squad Captains' meeting in the morning.
**[04:11] Owen**
The best thing you can do right now is rest.
**[04:52] Asta**
*What? My body won't move.*
**[04:58] Nacht**
Where do you think you're going?
**[05:01] Asta**
* Who is that? Is his magic*
* the reason why I can't move?*
**[05:04] Nacht**
You should probably head back in.
**[05:07] Asta**
I have to go save Captain Yami!
**[05:10] Nacht**
That's not going to happen.
**[05:12] Nacht**
The place you're trying to get to
**[05:15] Nacht**
has not only the devil-possessed
you didn't stand a chance against,
**[05:19] Nacht**
but two others who are equally as powerful.
**[05:24] Nacht**
Your devil's forsaken you, too.
**[05:27] Nacht**
And you don't know what's
going on with your right arm.
**[05:30] Asta**
*How does he—*
**[05:33] Nacht**
Going in your condition
isn't brave or anything.
**[05:37] Nacht**
It's ignorant and reckless.
**[05:39] Asta**
Still... I have to go!
**[05:42] Asta**
While I... While I'm here, Captain Yami is...
**[05:48] Nacht**
Just leave him.
**[05:52] Asta**
I don't know who the hell you are...
**[05:55] Asta**
but what the hell do you
know about Captain Yami?!
**[05:57] Nacht**
Oh, I know him very well.
**[05:59] Asta**
Huh?
**[06:01] Nacht**
He's boorish, violent, and vicious.
**[06:03] Nacht**
He's irresponsible, immoral, and insincere.
**[06:07] Nacht**
He's honestly pretty worthless.
**[06:21] (Flashback) Yami**
I can't win this one without you...
**[06:24] (Flashback) Yami**
Asta!
**[06:27] Asta**
You don't know anything!
Captain Yami risked his life for us!
**[06:33] Nacht**
But if he lost, he's nothing more than a fool.
**[06:37] Asta**
Demon-Destroyer!
**[06:50] Nacht**
If you can't even defeat me,
there's no way you can save Yami.
**[06:57] (Flashback) Devil**
That's because...
**[06:59] (Flashback) Devil**
you're weak.
**[07:05] Asta**
If only...
**[07:07] Asta**
I was stronger...
**[07:14] Nacht**
You're such a fool.
**[07:19] Nacht**
But you're a good person.
**[07:22] Nacht**
I like you.
**[07:25] Nacht**
Don't worry. Yami's still alive.
**[07:30] Asta**
Weg?
**[07:31] Asta**
Who... are you?
**[07:35] Nacht**
I am the Vice Captain of
the Black Bulls, Nacht.
**[07:42] Nacht**
If you so desire, I'll show you
how to use the devil's powers.
**[07:48] Asta**
* The Black Bulls? How to*
* use the devil's powers?*
**[07:53] Gimodelo**
Hey, Nacht. Who's the shrimp?
**[07:57] Asta**
*This ki... That's a devil!*
**[07:59] Nacht**
Gimodelo, I regret to inform you that
you're even shorter than he is.
**[08:03] Gimodelo**
Oh, come on. You know that
this isn't my true form.
**[08:09] Asta**
* He's having a casual conversation*
* with that devil.*
**[08:13] Asta**
You're devil-possessed, too?
**[08:15] Nacht**
I am. This is my devil, Gimodelo.
**[08:23] Asta**
You really do belong to the Black Bulls.
**[08:25] Asta**
Wait, you're really the vice captain?!
**[08:28] Nacht**
Yes, though Yami just
decided that on his own.
**[08:32] Gimo**
Aw, but I wanna talk—
**[08:35] Asta**
Captain Yami?
**[08:36] Nacht**
I can't blame you all for
not knowing about me.
**[08:39] Nacht**
I've only been in the hideout once.
**[08:42] Asta**
But why?!
**[08:44] Nacht**
Because I hate Yami.
**[08:46] Asta**
Huh?!
**[08:48] Nacht**
As annoying as it is,
people like him are rather tough.
**[08:53] Nacht**
There's still time before he'll die.
**[08:57] Asta**
How do you know that?!
**[09:00] Nacht**
Because I've been undercover in the
Spade Kingdom for a very long time.
**[09:08] Asta**
I still don't really know you,
or even know if I can trust you...
**[09:12] Asta**
But...
**[09:14] Asta**
You're the only one that
I can rely on right now!
**[09:19] Asta**
Please! Show me how to use my devil powers!
**[09:24] Nacht**
Nice and straightforward.
**[09:27] Nacht**
I like people like you.
**[09:28] Asta**
Th-Thanks!
**[09:30] Nacht**
But for the time being, I can't say
that I sense any talent in you.
**[09:35] Asta**
What?! Y-You say such mean things
with a smile on your face!
**[09:39] Nacht**
But I'm sure things will work out if you
can figure out how to use your powers.
**[09:43] Asta**
Then let's get started—
**[09:45] Nacht**
Nope. You need some good rest first.
**[09:47] Asta**
Huh?!
**[09:48] Nacht**
There's somewhere I'd like to go with
you tomorrow, so just rest for tonight.
**[09:53] Asta**
How the heck am I supposed
to sleep in this situation?!
**[09:56] Nacht**
I don't like selfish people.
**[10:08] Marx**
It looks like you're all here.
**[10:15] Marx**
Then let's get this emergency
captains' meeting started.
**[10:35] Marx**
That concludes the report from
the members of the Black Bulls.
**[10:39] Julius**
The Tree of Qliphoth, which connects
this world to the underworld...
**[10:44] Julius**
In order to create it,
they need Yami and Vangeance.
**[10:48] Rill**
I can't believe those two were kidnapped.
**[10:52] Charlotte**
They probably let their guard down.
**[10:54] Charlotte**
And they're Magic Knights
Squad Captains. Unbelievable.
**[10:58] Charlotte**
Such pathetic men.
**[11:00] Charlotte**
*No... No! Yami's been...*
**[11:03] Charlotte**
*Is he all right? Is he alive?*
**[11:07] Charlotte**
* I haven't even gotten to tell*
* him that I love him yet!*
**[11:11] Yuno**
We did everything we could.
**[11:14] Yuno**
But it wasn't enough.
**[11:16] Yuno**
Even worse, our enemy wasn't
even fighting seriously.
**[11:19] Jack**
Well, isn't that interesting?
**[11:22] Jack**
I bet you got scared and overestimated him,
**[11:25] Jack**
Mr. Vice Captain of the
Golden Dawn who almost died!
**[11:29] Fuego**
Jack, don't.
**[11:31] Fuego**
Even as we speak, our world may become
connected with the underworld.
**[11:36] Jack**
Then what? The world's finished?
**[11:39] Fuego**
We must act to prevent that from happening.
**[11:42] Fuego**
But there are too many unknowns.
**[11:46] Jack**
So basically, all we've got are guesses,
since we don't know anything.
**[11:51] Jack**
This is stupid.
**[11:53] Jack**
Nothing's gonna come out of this meeting.
**[11:56] Jack**
I'm out.
**[11:57] Nozel**
Stop.
**[12:00] Nozel**
You'd better not be thinking about
infiltrating the Spade Kingdom on your own.
**[12:04] Jack**
What? Why would I go there for that idiot?
**[12:08] Jack**
Even if I did, it wouldn't concern any of you.
**[12:11] Charlotte**
You fool! Of course it would!
**[12:14] Charlotte**
You can't be allowed to do something
so reckless as a captain!
**[12:18] Charlotte**
*I want to go save Yami, too!*
**[12:21] Jack**
You guys can sit here picking
your noses as long as you want.
**[12:25] Nozel**
I want to kill that fool just as much as you do!
**[12:29] Fuego**
All of you, settle down!
**[12:35] Marx**
Lord Julius...
**[12:37] Nacht**
Well, I'm glad you all seem motivated, at least.
**[12:41] Nacht**
But... I dislike people who
can't even hold a proper meeting.
**[12:46] Asta**
H-Heya...
**[12:48] Nacht**
Could you quiet down a bit...
**[12:50] Nacht**
Captains?
**[12:53] Yuno**
*Asta...*
**[12:54] Charlotte**
Who are you?
**[12:56] Charlotte**
An intruder?!
**[12:57] Nacht**
Oh?
**[13:03] Nacht**
I'm pretty sure I have every
right to be at this meeting.
**[13:08] Asta**
Four devils?! There were others?
**[13:12] Fuego**
*Devils? This man is devil-possessed?*
**[13:15] Nozel**
Who are you?
**[13:18] Julius**
He's a vice captain... with the Black Bulls.
**[13:22] Marx**
Lord Julius?
**[13:24] Julius**
He's been acting as a spy
in the Spade Kingdom,
**[13:27] Julius**
though I didn't know that
he was devil-possessed.
**[13:30] Charlotte**
The Vice Captain of the Black Bulls?
**[13:33] Owl**
A spy in the Spade Kingdom?
**[13:36] Fuego**
* I guess anyone could be the*
* vice captain of Yami's squad.*
**[13:41] Jack**
*I've seen this asshole before.*
**[13:46] Jack**
Wait, you're... But your magic is...
**[13:50] Nacht**
That man doesn't exist anymore.
**[13:55] Nacht**
We're wasting time, so I'm going
to get straight to the point.
**[14:00] Nacht**
Everyone, please sit down.
**[14:05] Nacht**
As you all know, the gate to the underworld
is about to open in the Spade Kingdom.
**[14:09] Nacht**
And to make that happen,
I'm sure the preparations for
**[14:13] Nacht**
the ritual of the advent of
Qliphoth are underway.
**[14:16] Nacht**
Yami and Vangeance will be offered as
sacrifices for the core of that ritual.
**[14:22] Asta**
*Captain Yami...*
**[14:24] Nacht**
From that point on, over seven days,
the advent of Qliphoth will begin.
**[14:29] Nacht**
Seven levels, seven gates, will open one by one.
**[14:34] Nacht**
Ten devils compatible with the Qliphoth
are scattered throughout them.
**[14:38] Nacht**
The deeper the level, the stronger the devil.
**[14:43] Nacht**
The upper devils are equal to the Dark Triad.
**[14:46] Nacht**
The devils lower than that are far superior.
**[14:49] Nacht**
And...
**[14:52] Nacht**
If the final devil, Lucifero,
appears, this world is done for.
**[14:57] Nacht**
As the catalysts of the advent,
Yami and Vangeance will also die.
**[15:01] Nacht**
Conversely, until the gates fully open,
they will both live.
**[15:06] Nozel**
* He managed to gain this much*
* information on his own?*
**[15:11] Nozel**
* From the very heart of the enemy's country,*
* the most dangerous area...*
**[15:15] Rill**
Why is the Dark Triad trying
to do something so dangerous?
**[15:18] Nacht**
I'm sure we wouldn't be able to understand.
**[15:22] Nacht**
You're all Magic Knights. I'm sure you've
seen it more than you'd ever want...
**[15:27] Nacht**
Ones who will hurt others without
hesitation to satisfy their desires.
**[15:31] Nacht**
They only care about themselves.
**[15:33] Nacht**
Absolute trash who won't
feel a shred of guilt.
**[15:37] Nacht**
I don't want to understand how the
ultimate form of that trash thinks,
**[15:42] Nacht**
nor do I care.
**[15:44] Nacht**
Irrational evil...
There's nothing that I hate more.
**[15:51] Nacht**
Even if God and the devils
forgive them, I never will.
**[15:58] Nacht**
That being said, I can't
defeat the Dark Triad.
**[16:03] Nacht**
I'm aware of my own limits. I can
only do what's within my abilities.
**[16:08] Nacht**
And that's why...
**[16:10] Nacht**
I'm going to make him our ultimate warrior.
**[16:12] Asta**
Huh?
**[16:14] Nacht**
Anti-magic has that much potential.
**[16:18] Nacht**
In three days, the gate to the
underworld will be opened.
**[16:22] Nacht**
Before that happens, we're going
to take back Yami and Vangeance
**[16:25] Nacht**
and destroy the Tree of Qliphoth.
**[16:28] Nacht**
With my magic, we'll be able to infiltrate
their castle without being noticed.
**[16:33] Nacht**
We will then attack the Dark Triad
and take each of them down.
**[16:37] Nacht**
Dante has gravity and body magic.
**[16:40] Nacht**
Vanica has curse-warding and blood magic.
**[16:43] Nacht**
Zenon has spatial and bone magic.
**[16:46] Yuno**
*Zenon?*
**[16:47] Nacht**
But my magic won't allow me
to take that many people.
**[16:51] Nacht**
We will need to gather forces
**[16:53] Nacht**
that have a chance against the devils,
with Asta at our center.
**[16:58] Jack**
Hell yeah. You'd better believe you're
picking from the captains first.
**[17:03] Yuno**
Let me go.
**[17:05] Yuno**
I know I'm being impudent, but please.
**[17:10] Jack**
Huh? What are you, stupid?
**[17:13] Jack**
Like we'd send anyone who's
already lost to them.
**[17:16] Fuego**
Yuno, I understand how you feel,
**[17:20] Fuego**
but staying behind and protecting the
Clover Kingdom is also an important job.
**[17:24] Asta**
*Yuno...*
**[17:25] Nacht**
There's actually something I want to ask you.
**[17:29] Nacht**
There is a resistance that fights against
the Dark Triad in the Spade Kingdom.
**[17:35] Nacht**
The other day, one of them
snuck into the Clover Kingdom.
**[17:40] Nacht**
They're at your hideout
right now, aren't they?
**[17:42] Jack**
What?
**[17:45] Nacht**
Just who are you?
**[17:51] Yuno**
Apparently,
**[17:53] Yuno**
I'm the Prince of the Spade Kingdom.
**[17:58] Asta**
What?!
**[18:00] Asta**
The Prince of the Spade Kingdom?!
**[18:03] Asta**
Yuno, are you s-serious?!
**[18:05] Yuno**
Yeah. When the revolt against
the royal family happened,
**[18:09] Yuno**
I was a newborn, and someone apparently
escaped with me to the Clover Kingdom.
**[18:13] Nozel**
* I see. If he's royalty, then his*
* tremendous amount of mana makes sense.*
**[18:18] Yuno**
The man who's with me now served
the previous royal family.
**[18:23] Yuno**
He should know a great deal
about the enemy and the castle.
**[18:27] Jack**
That's even more reason not
to let you handle this.
**[18:29] Jack**
That guy could be an enemy spy!
**[18:33] Jack**
Not to mention, there's even
a chance *you* might a spy.
**[18:37] Yuno**
If I don't save him, there's no point.
**[18:40] Yuno**
It's not just me.
Ever since the elf incident,
**[18:44] Yuno**
you've all been suspicious
of Captain Vangeance.
**[18:49] Yuno**
And I can't blame you for that,
**[18:52] Yuno**
because he wasn't able to choose
between the humans and the elves.
**[18:57] Yuno**
And that's exactly why, even though
he's hurting, he's constantly fighting
**[19:01] Yuno**
more earnestly than anyone
else as a Magic Knight.
**[19:04] Yuno**
After I lost to that guy, there's something
I remember as I was blacking out.
**[19:11] Yuno**
Captain Vangeance was fighting while
protecting the members of the Golden Dawn.
**[19:17] (Flashback) Zenon**
You should probably get rid
of some of your baggage
**[19:21] (Flashback) Zenon**
so you can concentrate on the fight more,
**[19:23] (Flashback) Zenon**
but you won't.
**[19:25] (Flashback) Zenon**
And that's exactly why you're going to lose.
**[19:30] (Flashback) William**
Of course I won't abandon them.
**[19:32] (Flashback) William**
I made them walk down a path of thorns.
**[19:35] (Flashback) William**
Even so, they rose again without
cursing me and forged ahead.
**[19:41] (Flashback) William**
They are my pride and joy! They are my dream!
**[19:45] Yuno**
It's because he fought while protecting
us that Captain Vangeance was captured.
**[19:50] Yuno**
Even if he's a traitor who turned his
back on this kingdom once to all of you,
**[19:55] Yuno**
to us, he's the kindest and most
reliable captain we could ask for!
**[19:59] Asta**
Yuno...
**[20:01] Yuno**
That guy thinks he annihilated
everyone in the Golden Dawn.
**[20:04] Yuno**
But we're still alive...
because of Captain Vangeance's magic!
**[20:10] Yuno**
This isn't over yet!
**[20:12] Yuno**
The Golden Dawn is the greatest
Magic Knights Squad in the Clover Kingdom!
**[20:18] Yuno**
I'm going to prove that Captain Vangeance
did the right thing when he protected us,
**[20:22] Yuno**
and just how powerful we are!
**[20:27] Yuno**
I will be the one who
saves Captain Vangeance!
**[20:30] Jack**
*What the hell's up with this mana?*
**[20:33] Jack**
Hey, shut your mouth alr—
**[20:36] Bell**
Hey, could *you* shut up already?
**[20:39] Bell**
I'm storing up mana here
**[20:43] Bell**
so we can take down that bony bastard!
**[20:46] Bell**
Yuno's not going to lose again!
**[20:49] Nacht**
Very well. I don't hate people like you.
**[20:53] Asta**
Who cares if you're the
Prince of the Spade Kingdom
**[20:55] Asta**
or the Vice Captain of the Golden Dawn?
**[20:57] Asta**
You'll always be Yuno!
**[20:59] Nacht**
Now, we'll be leaving for the
Spade Kingdom three days from now,
**[21:02] Nacht**
early in the morning.
**[21:04] Nacht**
I will send you details of our plan later.
**[21:07] Nacht**
This time, we'll be the ones who attack.
**[21:10] Asta**
* I don't have time to cry when*
* Yuno's being this serious.*
**[21:14] Asta**
* If I lost because I was weak, that just*
* means I need to get stronger!*
**[21:18] Asta**
*No...*
**[21:19] Asta**
* I'm going to surpass my limits*
* and become the most powerful!*
**[21:24] Asta**
Let's defeat the Dark Triad
and rescue our captains!
**[21:28] Yuno**
Yeah!
**[21:30] Fuego**
Then we should also ask the
Heart Kingdom for help.
**[21:33] Marx**
Actually, I haven't been able to
get a hold of them since yesterday.
**[21:36] Rill**
What?! Did something happen
to Charmy and the others?
**[21:40] Nacht**
Each member of the Dark Triad
left their castle yesterday.
**[21:45] Nacht**
Vanica might have attacked the Heart Kingdom.
**[21:49] Asta**
What?
**[22:05] Noelle**
You're...
**[23:39] Asta**
I can't believe the
Vice Captain of the Black Bulls
**[23:41] Asta**
is someone who can use the devil's powers.
**[23:44] Asta**
What kind of training are we
going to do to make me the best?
**[23:48] Some**
Next time on *Black Clover*, Page 169:
"The Devil-Binding Ritual."
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