Episode 132

The Lion Awakens (目覚める獅子) is the 132nd Page of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover.

Summary
The Black Bulls are gathered in their hideout, considering how they will spend the next six months preparing for the coming battle, knowing that they must become stronger than the Devil possessed mage whom they saw conquer the Diamond Kingdom.

Before they can make any plans, they hear a loud banging at the front door. Magna goes to see who it is, complaining about "who would dare to disturb the great Black Bulls".

Before Magna could even reach the door, it was blown apart, revealing Mereoleona Vermillion. Mereoleona questions where Captain Yami is. The present Magic Knights say that he is away at the moment. Mereoleona is slightly disappointed, but is ultimately uncaring. She used her lion paw flame spell to grab hold of them all and takes them with her. When asked where she was taking them, she stated she was taking them for a training session, in a tone as if her intentions should have been obvious.

In seemingly no time, she brings them to the Ultime-Volcano Mountain Trail. There they meet Captain Fuegoleon, Leopold, and the rest of the Crimson Lion squad.

Magna notes the extreme heat and Asta realizes that it can be very harsh for someone their first time at the Volcano Trail. Since they were brought to the Volcano against their will, Fuegoleon gives them a Magic tool to help them use Mana Skin. Asta, on the other hand, having gained better control of his Anti Magic since the last time he was there, coated his body in Anti Magic to protect himself from the mana made heat.

Asta starts racing for the top, but is immediately stopped by Mereoleona. She explains that she are not climbing to the top, but instead descending through the much more dangerous underground cave in a race to the center. The Volcano's heat comes from underground mana, so the deeper they go, the more intense the heat. In addition, the cave is full of monsters that are perfectly adapted to the extreme conditions. However, at the center of the caves, there is a hot spring even better than the one at the summit.

While everyone is charging in, Charmy tries to convince Gordon to escape with her, believing that they have no place in the nightmarish training ground. Mereoleona, having overheard them, allows them to leave, reiterating the dangers of the cave and stating that the weak have no place there. Gordon and Charmy accept the unspoken challenge, Gordon because he wants to become stronger for his friends sake, and Charmy because she wants to make a meal out of the cave monsters.

Asta and Leopold are racing each other through the cave, pushing themselves to the point of exhaustion. On the other hand, Secre is riding on Asta’s head in her bird form, only accompanying them for the hot spring. Noelle is pushing herself as her mana skin begins to weaken, the heat causing her to hallucinate, specifically, Asta in a swimsuit and a beach in the background. When Noelle returns to her senses, she sees Asta right next to her, and as usual, sprays him with a blast of water.

Luck and Magna are climbing up the side if a cliff above a pool of molten lava. Magna questions if this route is actually a shortcut, to which Luck responds that he is actually heading in the direction of a strong potential opponent he was sensing. Magna complains that they should instead be looking for the goal. As they climbed, Magna was hit in the face several times by rocks, which he accused Luck of doing on purpose.

Gordon was waiting for Charmy who was casting a fishing net into a lake of boiling water. She was having no luck catching anything. Gordon proposed that there might simply be nothing in the lake to catch. Charmy immediately dismissed that idea, believing that her meal instincts are never wrong.

Luck and Magna run into Gordon and Charmy.

A giant spider attacks the Magic Knights and Noelle gets caught in webs. Leopold attempts to fight the spider back with his flames. The spider is pushed back, but is seemingly unharmed.

Mereoleona and Fuegoleon fly in on Salamander and reveal that drawing out the spider was the real goal. It has a natural instinct to hide from fights it can’t win, so it wouldn’t reveal itself to Mereoleona whenever she tried searching for it.

Salamander destroys a wall, uncovering an underground dungeon.

Items used

 * Magic tool for Mana Skin

Petit Clover
I'll Surpass You (追い越す): Asta and Leopold compete in various scenarios, but Leopold keeps cheating.

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