Black Clover, the manga series from Shueisha's Jump GIGA magazine, is back with two new chapters, continuing the last season. The latest update, released in the spring, sets the stage for the final battles against the Paladins and is a welcome update as Mereoleona's situation worsens. The deciding factor in the latest chapter will become more intense with Mereoleona Vermillion's Ultimate Magic.
In Black Clover Chapter 371, the fight between Mereoleona Vermillion and Paladin Moris Libardirt ended with Mereoleona reversing the result. Her newest spell, Ultimate Magic Flame: Excelicitus Leonum, allows her to transcend human form and summon dead subordinates to fight alongside her. This victory was achieved thanks to Mereoleona's ability to revive the dead.
Mereoleona awakens in Black Clover Chapter 371:
In Black Clover Chapter 371, Mereoleona Vermillion can revive her dead allies with the Ultimate Flame spell: Excelicitus Leonum. This allows her to transcend humanity and turn her body into mana, allowing her to revive her allies. Despite being revived, Mereoleona's subordinates retain their personalities and memories, as shown by their reactions to her commands, and follow her even after being revived.
The revived Crimson Lions Magic Knights, led by Mereoleona, fought the army of Paladin Moris using the magic March of Holy Fools. They are enhanced in strength and can use their magic from fire, showing Mereoleona's ability to resurrect the dead. However, the Crimson Lions are confused about their revived status, questioning their return.
In response, Mereoleona Vermillion said, “Even if you die, follow me… you idiot!!!!” This dialogue implies that the resurrected Crimson Lions are not dead. Although they can move and use magic, they can still die and are simply souls shaped by mana. With this ability, it is very likely that the resurrected Red Lions will die immediately. Mereoleona neutralizes her magic.
Fans believe that Mereoleona Vermillion is the Phoenix, recreating the bird's ability to bring life to its allies. Moris's reference to the “resurrection fire” suggests this. If Mereoleona can permanently bring the dead back to life, there may be limitations, similar to Asta's Anti-Magic.
Sharing antimagic only allows Asta to share his antimagic properties with those he is truly close to. Likewise, Mereoleona Vermillion's Ultimate Magic Flame, Excelicitus Leonum can also follow the same principle allowing her to only revive those she is truly close to. With that in mind, although the spell sounds powerful, it may have its limitations.
Black Clover Chapter 371: Summary of Mereoleona Vermillion
Mereoleona Vermillion is a noblewoman and the first daughter of House Vermillion of the Clover Kingdom, one of the kingdom's royal families. She is also the temporary captain of the Crimson Lion team and the Royal Knights team. Mereoleona uses this magical attribute to create and control the fire element. She often shapes the fire into a lion's paw.
Mereoleona is extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, easily overwhelming any opponent she encounters. Zora Ideale notes that she is more of a warrior than a magician. She uses it as her primary fighting style and also uses her magic in conjunction with her melee abilities for more deadly attacks. Princia Funnybunny also believes that she cannot defeat Mereoleona in a fist fight.
Mereoleona possesses immense physical strength, shown when she sent Asta flying into a rock with a single punch, despite him being in his black Asta form. Her physical strength is great enough to fight on equal terms with Vetto. When using Hellfire Incarnate, she was strong enough to knock off a giant demon's arm and push the demon onto its back.
Mereoleona possesses tremendous raw speed, shown when she overtook Asta in the air while he was in his Black Asta form. She is so fast that she can withstand Rhya's spells with ease, he says her reactions are on par with Vetto's. Zora says her speed is terrible.
Mereoleona possesses extraordinary endurance, shown when she received a combined attack from five goblins without showing any signs of pain and continued to fight. Even after using up all her mana to use her ultimate attack, she still stood firm and wanted to continue fighting.
As royalty and captain of the Magic Knights, Mereoleona possesses a tremendous amount of magical power. Her magical power is so great that Rhya says it is not only because she is royalty but also because it is a power completely unknown to humans. According to Vetto, Mereoleona may be the strongest Black Clover.