Hage Village.
This was a village on the Toranpu Continent of the Black Clover World, located along the border of the Clover Kingdom.
Because the skull of the Demon God slain by the first Wizard King five hundred years ago had fallen here,
it was considered one of the more famous villages.
Its most popular sight was Capital Mountain, where one could stand atop the Demon God's skull and gaze into the distance.
[Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—]
At this moment,
a remarkably burly young man with spiky gray hair was swinging a black Claymore back and forth. His bulging muscles could not be concealed by his clothes at all, though he was somewhat short.
Every slash he made unleashed a visible burst of force.
The sheer power behind them was terrifying.
His name was Asta, and he was eighteen years old.
He was now a member of the Clover Kingdom's Black Bulls Magic Knight Order.
However, unlike other Magic Knights, he had almost no magic power within him.
So, in order to fulfill his dream of becoming the Wizard King, he had trained his body desperately since childhood.
"Asta, you really were here. Everyone's been looking for you."
"Exactly! You ran all the way out here. You really make people worry!"
At that moment, two familiar voices descended from above, one after the other.
Asta stopped moving and looked up, a bright smile immediately spreading across his face.
"Yuno!"
"Sylph!"
Yuno.
He was the same age as Asta.
He had also been taken in by the church in Hage Village as an abandoned baby alongside Asta.
Now, the two were each other's best friends and greatest rivals in competing to become the Wizard King.
However, compared to Asta, who had only recently advanced to a First Class Intermediate Magic Knight,
Yuno had clearly