Chapter 252

Water Crusade (水の聖戦) is the 252nd Page of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover.

Summary
Noelle launches her Sea Dragon's Roar spell at Vanica but Vanica uses her Blood Magic Spell Red Beast to counter it. Vanica asks Noelle if that snake thing was supposed to be some kind of an attack, which frustrates Noelle. The Dark Disciple suddenly wraps Mimosa with his tongue and proclaims that Noelle, Mimosa, and Lolopechka will be facing him. All of the sudden, some vines start to wrap around the Dark Disciple which Mimosa states that she had slipped in a Control Magic Grass seed within her last attack. Mimosa tells Noelle and Lolopechka to focus on Vanica while she deals with the Dark Disciple. Lolopechka attacks with her blood magic, which manages to cut through Lolopechka's water along with the Dark Disciple. As the Dark Disciple is healed, the Dark Disciple comments about how wonderful both of Vanica's magics are. Noelle thinks about how Lolopechka was right about both of Vanica's magics and remembers when Lolopechka told them about how the Dark Triad have two types of magic (their originals and the Devil's that are possessing them).

Lolopechka thinks about how they were able to train to face off against Vanica since she had faced Vanica once before. As Vanica faces off against Lolopechka, she laughs and comments about how Lolopechka fights. Vanica then wonders if Dante and Zenon are having fun in their fights. Vanica says that she had gotten the best job since she will be able to kill Lolopechka. Vanica also says that World Tree Magic and Dark Magic sound like fun, but bringing them back alive sound like a pain. Noelle hears Dark Magic and asks Vanica what the other members of the Dark Triad are doing, which Vanica replies that she doesn't have to tell anything to a nobody like her. Lolopechka decides to check the knowledge from her predecessors, which it explains how the princess of the Heart Kingdom inherit the power, knowledge, and experience of former princesses and that its because of this that the princesses of the Heart Kingdom are called the All Knowing Priestesses. Lolopechka looks up the information about the Tree of Qliphoth and comments about how horrible it is. Lolopechka explains to Noelle how if the Dark Triad has their way, then over 90 percent of the people of the continent will be killed and this would spell the end of the world. Lolopechka asks Vanica why they would do something like this, which Vanica replies that she wants to fight with the ones that survive since weak humans don't interest her.

Vanica tells Lolopechka to forget the future and that they should just enjoy the present. Lolopechka says that they can't let the Dark Triad run loose and engulfs Vanica in a pillar of water. Lolopechka also says that they will defeat Vanica here and now since the fate of the world is in their hands. Lolopechka user her Water Spirit Magic spell Ludic Sanctuary to summon water from all over the Heart Kingdom to engulf Vanica in water above the kingdom. Lolopechka explains how Ludic Sanctuary cuts the power of Vanica's Blood Magic in half while increasing the power of Noelle's Water Magic. Noelle uses her Valkyrie Armor-Mermaid Form, and attacks Vanica while proclaiming that she won't let a single thing go her way. Vanica smiles and says that that was a good one.