Episode 44

The Pointlessly Direct Fireball and the Wild Lightning (愚直な火球と奔放な稲光) is the 44th Page of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover.

Summary
Mimosa wonders if Asta is looking up at the same moon as she, Yuno, and Klaus Lunettes walk. Sekke witnesses Vetto beating a bunch of senior knights before using his magic to dive into the water with his goons. Sekke can't believe beat the Magic Knights and calls Vetto a beast. Meanwhile, in the Underwater Temple, Magna and Luck are standing before Vetto. The son of Gifso recovers and asks Vetto why he's here. Vetto tells him that he's after the magic stone too. Gio tells him that he isn't just going to hand it over. Vetto says that he knows this but that he's going to spread despair and seize it from them. Gio tries to hit him with his water hammer spell but Vetto uses a shield against it. Vetto then runs at the three of them and sends them flying into the walls. Gifso can't believe that Gio was beat so easily.

Yami Sukehiro tells him to get him in there so he can help. Gifso says that his magic won't allow it because it goes against the rules of the game. Yami says that he'll let himself out and cuts a hole in the rock. The rock falls away but beyond it isn't the temple but another location. Outside, a mage has surrounded the temple with spatial magic so that no one can escape. Vetto tells Yami that he can sense him and that he's going to be his main fight after he defeats the rest of the Black Bull. Yami has Gifso project his voice out into the arena so that the others can know about Vetto and his underlings. He tells them to surpass their limits and that if they die he'll kill them. Gifso changes the rules of the game so that there is no time limit and that if they destroy Vetto he'll grant them any wish within his power. Asta and Kiato put their match on hold to go fight Vetto.

Vetto goes to leave but Magna and Luck tell him that they aren't dead yet. Magna realizes though that if they get hit one more time they're done for. Luck baits Vetto and tells him to hit them again much to Magna's surprise. Vetto attacks but Luck dodges and manages to get a hit on Vetto but it has no effect. The two of them fight each other for a while. Meanwhile, Magna thinks about his relationship with Luck. He realizes that Luck is his best friend. Magna attacks Vetto and joins in the fight. Luck remembers when he first met Magna and realizes that Magna is his very first friend. Asta and Kiato continue to run in the direction of the fight. Kiato asks how he knows where they're going if he can't sense mana. Asta says he can sense ki. He asks Kiato why it was hard to sense his ki earlier. Kiato says that when he dances he puts himself into a trance and that his body moves without him thinking. That way his opponents can't figure out what his next move is.

They are almost to the fight and sense what's going on up ahead. Asta tells Kiato that Luck and Manga are reliable and won't die. Luck and Magna get knocked down but stand up after having a vision of Asta. As they attack Vetto, they decide to combine their magic and shoot it at him. Asta and Kiato arrive just as they do this.

Fights

 * Gio vs. Vetto
 * Magna Swing and Luck Voltia vs. Vetto

Events

 * Temple Battle Royale