On the morning of August 26, 2022, scanlations of Black Clover Chapter 335 were made available to fans, signifying the issue’s unofficial delivery. With no word on Asta’s whereabouts at the issue’s conclusion and Lucius and Sister Lily having disappeared, this chapter has caused quite a stir among readers. As was to be anticipated in the aftermath of Black Clover Chapter 335, fans are coming up with practically every potential explanation and response to both of these unanswered questions. However, it appears that few viewers have considered the notion that Lucius and Lily are being ambushed. After waiting for Lucius and Lily to leave in Black Clover Chapter 335, the Black Bulls may finally make an appearance in Yuno.
So why would they possibly be walking into an ambush?
Scanlations of Black Clover Chapter 335, the start of the series’ last arc by Yuki Tabata, have given readers a thoroughly entertaining, thrilling, and adventurous chapter. This issue set a timeline for the arc’s conclusion and provided readers with further information about Lucius’s mission and strategy. Sister Lily, who had just learned Spatial Magic, used it to defeat Noelle, a mage of the Saint Stage, and transfer Asta away.
Despite the fact that some speculate that she murdered him on the basis of a statement attributed to Lucius, this explanation doesn’t seem plausible, and the aforementioned comment will probably be rendered significantly differently in official translations. Nonetheless, at the conclusion of Black Clover Chapter 335, Lucius and Lily leave the Clover Kingdom Capital. Although their final destination is uncertain, readers should expect them to show up wherever Asta was transported before the chapter’s end. One of the major questions fans have had since the series came back from hiatus and started its final arc may be answered by this departure.
Since the release of Chapter 332, fans’ attention has been focused on the disappearance of Yuno Grinberryall and the other members of the Black Bull group. Perhaps Tabata added Lucius and pushed the plot forward so quickly to distract readers from this glaring lack. That being the case, he could be gathering a team to ambush Lucius and Lily once they return to the human realm. The Captains’ first response upon seeing Lucius in the Royal Capital is a fundamental problem in this argument. Even Yami and Vangeance’s surprise at seeing a “different” Julius indicates that they never suspected that he could not be who he said he was.
One possible explanation is that they were just taken aback by the realisation of one of their own thoughts. A selection procedure for the next Wizard King candidates was established in Chapter 332, implying that the Captains would be in command of the Kingdom during Julius’ absence. Therefore, one of the Captains probably anticipated this scenario and tried to devise a plan of action about Lucius and his plot. Assuming that 15 months have elapsed since the Spade Kingdom Raid storyline concluded, many events might have taken place, including the uncovering of Lucius’ lair.
It follows that Yuno and the Black Bulls have likely prepared an ambush rescue operation for the location to where the Royal Capital three transported. Even with a brilliant magician like Yuno, the chances of such a plot succeeding are slim, but the existence of an operation increases those odds. As a result, we can see why Yuno, prince of the Spade Kingdom and Vice-Captain of the Golden Dawn team, is tasked with such a lowly duty as border patrol. It allows him to sneak up on his near-divine opponent while in command of his own troops.
Yet, this is all conjecture based on the most recent happenings in the narrative, as shown in Black Clover Chapter 335. All of the foregoing speculations may be groundless, the consequence of thinking too much about what happened in Black Clover Chapter 335 and what led up to it. In this light, though, a surprising number of previously inexplicable coincidences, explanations, and absences start to make sense.