Something has been bothering Yuhan since the exam has ended, looking at his grimoire at the Quests page, the main quest didn't show signs of competion.
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*Main Quest*
[Road of the Magic Knight]
º Join any of the Magic Knight Squads
Reward:
30 Exp
Squad Themed Box
Themed Box Packs x3
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He had speculated that the quest would be complete once he stepped inside the base, but, here he is, feet up in the sofa and the quest still active.
— Who said weak-looking shrimps like you lot, from a village like Hage out in the boonies, could just walk-in like this is your home? You're the new members of the black bulls? Dream on!
He said tuggin at his black robes with the Black bulls emblem on them, all of them had the same robes on them, most likely a uniform.
Oh I get it now, I'm a black bull in-name only, I didn't "join" their squad yet, none of them see us a part of the team
— You wanna earn the Black bulls robe?! Huh?!
As Yuhan slowly stood up from the sofa, a serious expression in his face looking at Magna. At the chance Asta screamed in excitement.
— I want one! Please give me one!
At the boy's plea, Magna gained to confidence to continue his speech.
— Then you're going to have to convince me! Mister Yami's #1 man, a real man's man Magna Swing!
The self-proclaimed Mister Yami's #1 man, stood up proudly looking at them with an amused face.
— Time for your initiation into the Black Bulls.
Yuhan laughed at him, taking out his grimoire, he had learned a thing or two about the culture of this world, everyone seemed to place a great deal of importance in the four-leaf clover on the back of his book, and now it was time for a little bluff. He made his grimoire float slowly in front of him, glowing slightly with a golden light, as everyone turned to look at his grimoire, noticing the four-leaf.
— Interesting, what if I beat you up and take your robes from your body, does that count as passing the "initiation".
Suddenly a black cloth was tossed on his face, blocking his vision from a moment. Captain Yami had tossed it with a casual move, while his smoking with his other hand.
— Who told you to fight, just shut up and join the audience.
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*Main Quest*
[Road of the Magic Knight]
✔ Join any of the Magic Knight Squads
Reward:
30 Exp
Black Bulls Box
Black Bulls Packs x3
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Yuhan's ultimate strategy had worked, bluffing with his four-leaf grimoire, most people respected this book for some reason.
— Well if Captain Yami said so you passed, but you're not getting the easy way out shrimp!
Magna continued pointing at Asta, he dragged the boy outside and everyone else followed, while the rest of the squad, including Yuhan, got confortable to watch, the broken walls started to magically repair themselves behind them.
— If you want one of these robes, get through the this trial I'm about to give you.
The delinquent said waving the black cloth in front of the boy.
— He's making up initiation rituals again.
Said Vanessa with a yawn.
— First! Show me just how much guts and stamina you have! Five thousand sit ups!
Without question, Asta got to work, doing sit ups while screaming enthusiastically, followed by five thousand push-ups, breaking bolders with his forehead.
— That kid's not bad, though this is pointless.
Said Vanessa laying herself on the sofa Grey had dragged outside.
— Well magic is everything in this world, but he got a crazy amout of stamina.
At this Yuhan made a coment while looking at his grimoire.
— From what I've seen, Asta's magic relies a lot on his stamina, I guess it's a good thing he's got a lot of it?
At his Vanessa turned her head to look at him, confused.
— Really? Now I'm curious.
She said in a provocative tone.
— There's one more, one final trial in the initiation! You can use magic of whatever you want...
Magna said with a creepy smile on his face looking at Asta. His grimoire flipping it's pages quickly with a red glow.
— Either block or dodge my magic attack!
He yelled with a fireball forming in his hands.
— If you're able to do that, you're officially one of us Black Bulls!
At the corner of his eye, Yuhan could see Finral preparing his own grimoire, everyone else watched with anticipation.
— Hold up your grimoire, you stupid shrimp!
Taking out a massive black sword, Asta prepeared himself to face Magna's attack.
— Whoa! What's that!! It's huge!
Luck said with a curious tone. All the black bulls turned their eyes to look at this moment, even the sister-obsessed looked up, even Charmy stopped eating, staring at the duo. But to Yuhan, the result of the match had already been decided, if his theory was correct, Asta's magic was most likely some type of piercing magic, that fireball was most likely going to be cut as soon as it touched him.
— Are you ready? Here I go!
Magna screamed, taking out a baseball bat made of fire from his grimoire. Lauching the fireball in his hand upwards, with a twist of his body, the delinquent send a fury of a dozen hits instantly, fireballs shooting foward with Asta as the target.
Dodging the fireballs, Asta focused on the attacks, not even trying to block, and soon it was over.
— Not bad, but the best part is coming now!
With a flip on a few pages, his hands gathered flames like nothing from before, the heat waves reached even the audience, sitting at a distance. A massive fireball started to form on the delinquent's hand.
— Flame Magic: Exploding Fireball!
Taking a stance, shooting his feet upwards in a perfect pitcher form, he shot the fireball at an incredible speed. With a loud explosive noise, the projectile was sent flying in Asta's direction.
— Die!!!
Hey, he's taking it way too far!! Yuhan thought with a concerned expression
Asta remained frozen, maybe out of fear, no one knew why, Finral's grimoire started to glow, ready to rescue him, but suddendly he moved, waving his sword, not to cut, but to hit the ball. At that moment, with a loud impact, to everyone's surprise, the fireball got sent back, straight to Magna with an astonished face.
— He hit it! He hit it!
BOOM!
— Oh wow!
Vanessa said, while Charmly clapped right by her side. Watching the sea of flames, Finral closed his grimoird.
— It's been a while since we didn't have to save a new recruit's hide.
Walking out of the flames, sunglasses shattered, hair ablaze, Magna ran towards Asta.
— You little bastard! You're not half bad!
He said clapping Asta's shoulders with a wide smile on his face.
— Not you're able to block my magic, you actually send it right back at me! I like you, Shimpsta!
Magna's attitude was quite friendly now towards the newbies.
Maybe that's what Finral meant when he said Magna was a good guy...
— I'm actually from the boonies myself, I'm from Rayaka village, just above Hage.
Remembering the neighboring village, Yuhan couldn't help but comment.
— Rayaka Village? We passed through it on the way to the Royal Capital.
The rest of the squad, rush towards them, in a warm welcome, finally it felt like being part of the team. Vanessa jumped at the chance to get right at Asta's face.
— You looked great out there, little boy~
She said in a provocative manner to Asta.
It should have been meeeeee.....
Yuhan felt defeated for the second time today, but a light pat came to his back. The small figure of Charmy, holding a cupcake with pink frosting looking at him.
— Here, try it, it's yummy, ok? you can have half
The boy took the cupcake with a smile on his face and tears rolling in his eyes.
— It's really delicious!
He said while eating the cupcake, with a sweet and fruity falvour topping on top of a soft delicious chocolate.
— Okay okay. Isn't there more important you should be doing?
Finral cut off the moment pointing at the black robe, still on Magna's hand.
— Here, this one is yours Asta.
With his hands on the new robe, Asta lift it up to look at it proudly.
— Go ahead, try it on.
Said Vanessa with a flick of her wand, levitating Asta's robes, magic strings adjusting the size to perfectly fit him, and with one last move, a bandana suddenly appeared on his forehead with the Black Bulls emblem on it.
— Now you're officially a member of the magic knights squad, the Black Bulls! You better work hard not shame Mister Yami or the Black bulls!
Everyone cheered in welcome to the new additions to de squad, not able to contain himself, Asta suddenly screamed once again.
— Thank you! It's a pleasure to work with all of you!!!!
Yuhan had already covered his ears out of habit, with a smack on his head from the captain, Asta got his face buried on the ground again.
— Shup up!
Captain Yami said with a menacing look. The rest of the night was pretty uneventful, Magna was assigned to show the new kid their rooms.
The structure inside the base was, interesting, the hallways twisted and turned, some doors led outside almost like a trap. After some time the three of them reached a set old of doors.
— This is your room, Asta, and right over there is yours Yuhan.
Opening the door, Yuhan found a normal room, a bit dusty with a few spiderwebs, a bed on the side, a big window and an old wooden desk with no chair. After looking around for a bit, the boy was quite pleased with his room.
Decent space, after throwing out some of the old things here and some renovations, there's some potential
— Hey Asta, remember to write to everyone at that church of yours. You too Yuhan! You better not forget!
At the nagging of Magna, Yuhan just agreeded to do it later, closing the door of his room. There was something a lot more important to do right now, his mind was focused on a page of his grimoire, his shop now showed a new unlocked box.
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Card Shop
[Beginner Box — Monsters and Minions ]
[Black Bulls Themed Box]
[Locked]
[Locked]
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Each pack costs 50 Crystals, a considerable jump in price when compared to the 15 Crystals beginner packs, but the contents were worth it, the entire box was full of Performapal and Odd-eyes monsters, one of Yuhan's favourite archetypes, there were even some useful traps and spells.
— It's time for the rewards!