Recaps

Eleven went clubbing with Loke, who taught him how to flirt, then invited him to join Fairy Tail. At the guild, Eleven flirted with Mira by accident, while Loke hit on Erza and got thrown back out into the street.

• Loke took Eleven to a Magnolia nightclub, where Eleven felt overwhelmed by the attention from the women.
• On the way to Fairy Tail, Loke offered to teach Eleven how to pick up girls, and Eleven invited him to join the guild.
• Mira was sent flying out of the guild after fighting Erza, and Eleven caught her before teasing her at close range.
• Loke flirted with Erza and pinned her against a pillar, but Erza punched him out through the guild doors.
• Eleven let go of Mira and decided that keeping a five-meter distance from unfamiliar girls was safer than following Loke's advice.

Loke failed to flirt with the women in Fairy Tail, while Erik publicly rejected Kinana and left the guild. Eleven confronted Erik in the forest, learned he felt trapped in a dangerous situation, and promised that Fairy Tail would stand behind him.

• Loke failed to flirt with Cana, Levy, Lisanna, and Wendy before Kinana told him she was already taken.
• Kinana went to Erik, but he shoved her away and coldly told her to stop bothering him, making her cry before he stormed out.
• Eleven found Erik sleeping in a tree and punched him as punishment for hurting Kinana.
• Erik told Eleven he was trapped in a quagmire that would swallow anyone who tried to save him, and Eleven suggested they could blow it up together.
• Erik warned Eleven not to interfere and said he would kill Elizabeth if he found an opening, while Eleven resolved to trust and support him.

Erik left Fairy Tail after Brain pressured him to rejoin Oración Seis, while Makarov declared that Erik was still a guild member and sent a team to bring him back. Eleven, Erza, and Mira set out with Natsu and Gray also joining the rescue.

• Eleven and Makarov discussed Erik’s troubles but failed to find a way to help him before morning.
• Outside Magnolia, Erik told Brain he would leave Fairy Tail and rejoin Oración Seis, and Brain welcomed him back as Cobra.
• Brain told Angel and the others to prepare, believing Erik’s return would draw something they wanted to them.
• A guild staff member announced that Erik had left a note saying he was quitting, and Kinana burst into tears.
• Makarov declared that he had not approved Erik’s departure and ordered Eleven, Erza, and Mira to bring him back.
• Natsu and Gray demanded to join the mission, and Makarov agreed while warning them to follow Eleven’s lead.

Erik returned to an Oración Seis stronghold to meet Brain, reflecting on how the guild had forced him to rejoin by threatening Fairy Tail and Kinana. He learned that a former Fairy Tail member had joined the enemy, then faced Racer and Midnight at the castle.

• Natsu led the search for Erik by following his scent until Eleven lifted the group with Telekinesis and flew toward Erik’s location.
• Erik arrived at an Oración Seis stronghold, recalling how the guild uncovered his identity and coerced him into rejoining to protect Fairy Tail and Kinana.
• Erik asked Brain how he had persuaded a former Fairy Tail member to join the Oración Seis, and Brain said the man had joined willingly.
• Racer attacked Erik with a whip kick, and Midnight appeared behind him, forcing Erik to retreat and face his former partners warily.

Erik tried to prove his worth to Brain and regain his place among the Oración Seis, but Natsu’s attack on the guild’s castle interrupted him. Eleven and the others confronted Brain and urged Erik to return to Fairy Tail, leaving Erik to decide whether he would accept their support.

• Erik told Brain he had left Fairy Tail and asked to have its guild mark removed, then demanded a chance to rejoin the Oración Seis.
• Brain said Erik would have to defeat one of the Oración Seis, and Erik prepared to attack Racer.
• Natsu accidentally blasted the castle with Fire Dragon's Roar while Happy carried him overhead, nearly burning Erik along with Brain and Racer.
• Eleven, Erza, Mira, Gray, Natsu, and Happy arrived and confronted Brain, but Erik insisted he had returned to Oración Seis willingly and told them to leave.
• Eleven called out Erik’s lie and explained that Fairy Tail shared its members’ pain, then invited him to come back to the guild.

Eleven and the Fairy Tail mages confronted Brain, who revealed that he had kept Erik under control and wanted Eleven for a hidden treasure connected to Fairy Tail. Brain threatened to destroy Fairy Tail and showed a vast force of dark mages assembled near Magnolia.

• Eleven tried to bring Erik back to his companions, but Brain slammed Erik into the ground and stopped him from speaking.
• Erza and Mira rushed to rescue Erik, but Racer kicked Erza away and Midnight defeated Mira with his warped-space magic.
• Brain hurled Erik toward Natsu and Gray, and Erik released a cloud of poison mist at them under Brain's control.
• Eleven moved to help Natsu and Gray, but Brain struck his shoulder with Genesis Zero and forced him to face him.
• Brain told Eleven that he had drawn the Oración Seis to Fairy Tail because he had discovered a treasure hidden by the guild.
• Brain threatened that Fairy Tail would cease to exist and showed Eleven projections of more than a thousand dark mages gathered in the forest north of Magnolia.

Cana and Loke guarded Wendy outside Porlyusica's cabin until Angel of Oración Seis attacked and revealed Loke's past as the Celestial Spirit Leo. Angel summoned Aries, whom Loke believed had died, and Makarov sensed a familiar magic power back at the guild.

• Wendy brought Cana and Loke tea and cookies, while Carla scolded the two bodyguards for acting carelessly.
• A second Loke appeared beside the pond, then Angel emerged and revealed that the double was Gemini.
• Angel identified Loke as Leo and had Gemini copy Cana, whose cards knocked her down.
• Loke protected Cana and declared that he would not let Angel hurt his Fairy Tail friends.
• Angel summoned Aries, and Loke recognized her as his former master's spirit.
• Makarov sensed the magic power and realized that a familiar enemy had returned.

Hoteye attacked Magnolia while Makarov confronted his son Ivan, who had returned with Oración Seis and revealed that he knew about Fairy Tail’s hidden magic. Ivan incapacitated Makarov with a heart-targeting spell, but a golden lightning bolt struck him before he could finish his father off.

• Hoteye blasted open the Royal Bank and used his magic to gather the scattered treasure as Fairy Tail members rushed out to confront him.
• Ivan entered the guild and attacked Makarov, claiming Fairy Tail belonged to him, but Makarov struck him down and left to deal with the threat in Magnolia.
• Ivan revealed that he knew about the dangerous magic hidden beneath the guild and used a magic box to make Makarov’s heart seize.
• Makarov clung to Ivan’s ankle to stop him, and Ivan raised his foot to strike his father’s heart.
• Golden lightning struck Ivan and a furious figure emerged, picked up the unconscious Makarov, and cursed Ivan.

Laxus returned to Fairy Tail and found Makarov near death after Ivan attacked him. He rejected Ivan’s offer to join his cause, broke free of Ivan’s magic, and struck his father down before returning to Makarov.

• Laxus arrived and blamed himself for not returning sooner after seeing Makarov’s weakened condition.
• Laxus fed Makarov heart pills, then confronted Ivan and prepared to fight him.
• Ivan trapped Laxus with paper shikigami and urged him to leave Fairy Tail and become his right-hand man.
• Laxus shattered the paper bindings with a burst of lightning and fired Lightning Dragon’s Roar at Ivan.
• Laxus charged Ivan and knocked him through Magnolia’s streets and into the cathedral wall with Lightning Dragon’s Crushing Fist.

Hoteye of Oración Seis overwhelmed the Fairy Tail mages with his earth magic, but Evergreen, Freed, and Bickslow arrived to rescue Elfman and attack him. The chapter ended with Hoteye caught in the explosion of Bickslow's dolls' lasers.

• Hoteye used his earth magic to bury most of the Fairy Tail mages and destroy part of Magnolia.
• Elfman rallied the others and charged Hoteye, but Hoteye trapped and crushed him with a hand of soft earth.
• Evergreen caught the badly injured Elfman and set him down while Freed and Bickslow attacked Hoteye.
• Hoteye blocked Freed's Dark Ecriture with earth but took the lasers from Bickslow's dolls, which exploded around him.

Evergreen, Freed, and Bickslow combined their magic against Hoteye, but he escaped their attack with Ground Movement. Elfman knocked Hoteye out with a powerful punch, then collapsed, and Evergreen caught him before becoming furious when he called her a man again.

• Evergreen flew off, but Elfman grabbed her and insisted on joining the fight despite his injuries.
• Freed and Bickslow struggled against Hoteye, whose Heavenly Eye prevented Bickslow from using Figure Eyes.
• Evergreen attacked Hoteye with Fairy Bomb: Leprechaun, while Freed and Bickslow joined in with their magic and eyes.
• Hoteye escaped the assault with Ground Movement, but Elfman struck him in the face with Beast Arm: Iron Bull, knocking him into a crater.
• Elfman's arm broke and he collapsed, so Evergreen caught him; when he called her a man, she later stomped him with her high heels.

Cana outmaneuvered Gemini with a card-based trap, then summoned Demon King's Terrifying Castle. Gemini activated the same card, leaving two castles and two gray-haired youths on Golden Thrones behind them.

• Cana fought Gemini while Angel watched, and Gemini's copied magic overpowered Cana's direct attacks.
• Cana used water magic to conceal lightning cards and struck Gemini with Thunder-Summoning Fate, leaving her paralyzed but mostly unharmed.
• Cana drew a powerful card and began activating it while Gemini tried to activate the same card.
• Cana summoned Demon King's Terrifying Castle, and two black castles appeared with gray-haired youths seated on Golden Thrones above them.

Cana defeated Gemini with Eleven’s illusion card, but Angel secretly summoned Caelum and fired at Loke and Aries. Cana pushed Loke out of the way and was gravely wounded by the laser.

• Cana trapped Gemini in Eleven’s Demon King's Terrifying Castle illusion, where Gemini suffered overwhelming pain and lost her transformation.
• Gemini reverted to her two blue dolls, passed out, and returned to the Celestial Spirit World.
• Cana told Loke she had exhausted much of her magic and asked him to handle Aries.
• Angel secretly summoned Caelum behind Aries and aimed its laser at Loke and Aries.
• Cana shoved Loke aside as Caelum fired, but the beam pierced Aries and tore a large wound through Cana’s waist.

Loke transformed into Leo to fight Angel and save the Celestial Spirits she had summoned. After defeating Angel, he took three golden keys and planned to find them new masters before his life ran out.

• Angel shot Cana and Aries, and Loke vowed to stop her after Aries disappeared back to the Celestial Spirit World.
• Loke transformed into Leo, despite knowing that using his power would consume his life force, and challenged Angel's Scorpio.
• Wendy blasted open Scorpio's sandstorm with Sky Dragon's Roar, allowing Leo to break through and defeat Scorpio with a punch.
• Leo struck Angel down with Lion King's Brilliance before his borrowed power faded and he became Loke again.
• Loke took three golden keys from Angel and decided to find suitable masters for their Celestial Spirits.

After Loke defeated Angel, Porlyusica subdued an assassin who tried to take her hostage, but over a thousand dark mages surrounded the group. Gildarts and Mystogan wiped out the attackers, and Gildarts checked whether Cana and the others were safe.

• Cana recovered from her injuries and asked Loke about his transformation, but he said he could not discuss his past.
• An assassin mage emerged from Porlyusica's cabin and took her hostage, but Porlyusica threw him to the ground and knocked him unconscious.
• More than a thousand dark mages surrounded the group, and their leader boasted that his guild would defeat Cana and the others.
• Gildarts arrived while lost, then realized the dark mages were enemies and used his magic to kill the attackers in his path.
• Mystogan cast Sleep Magic—Illusion on the dark mages charging toward Cana and the others, causing them to fall into a fatal slumber.
• Gildarts reached Cana and the others and asked whether they were all right.

At the Oración Seis castle, Brain tried to capture Fairy Tail’s young mages, but Eleven and the others turned the tables on his forces. As Brain’s allies fell and his control weakened, Eleven revealed that Brain had not actually subdued him.

• Brain’s projections went dark after Gildarts defeated the army, and Eleven’s pride surged when he realized he had summoned Gildarts back.
• Brain announced that he intended to take Fairy Tail’s gifted mages, but Eleven struck him before he could finish explaining his plan.
• Brain counterattacked with barriers, teleportation, and Genesis Zero, but Eleven evaded the fatal attack and challenged Brain’s claim that Fairy Tail could not win.
• Erza defeated Racer by predicting his movements, while Mira countered Midnight’s Reflector Magic and knocked him unconscious after he transformed.
• Natsu and Gray worked together to defeat Erik, despite bickering throughout the fight.
• As Brain’s allies fell and the markings on his face disappeared, Eleven’s pinned figure turned illusory and another Eleven appeared behind him to taunt him.

Eleven defeated Brain and stripped him of his memories and personality as punishment for attacking Fairy Tail. He forgave Erik, welcomed him back, and led the guildmates home together.

• Eleven battered Brain with Telekinesis after Brain’s magic markings vanished and his suppressed evil began to stir.
• Brain attacked Eleven with Dark Capriccio: Lament, but Eleven knocked him aside and used Memory Magic to erase his memories and personality.
• Erik feared Eleven would expel him for betraying Fairy Tail, but Eleven offered him a hand and reminded him of their promise to free him from his past.
• Natsu and Happy’s hunger interrupted Erik’s apology, and the guildmates began talking about food as they prepared to leave.
• Eleven pulled Erik to his feet, and Erik realized his Fairy Tail companions had always been there for him.
• The guildmates welcomed Erik home, and he tearfully accepted their welcome.

Eleven and his companions prepared to return to Magnolia, but Brain awoke as Zero, a far more powerful personality who threatened them. Eleven and the Fairy Tail mages stood together and launched an attack against him.

• Eleven proposed tying up the defeated Oración Seis members and returning to Magnolia.
• Brain awakened with blood-red eyes and a surge of powerful magic, and Eleven realized he was facing someone different.
• The revived personality introduced himself as Zero and declared that he would punish the group for defeating the guild members.
• Zero unleashed his magic toward Eleven and his companions, and Eleven shielded the others from the pressure.
• Mira, Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Happy joined Eleven in resisting Zero and attacked him together.

Eleven and the Fairy Tail mages overwhelmed Zero, but a Magic Council gong interrupted Eleven’s finishing attack and the officers tried to arrest him. Natsu retaliated against them to protect Eleven.

• Eleven repeatedly interrupted Zero with Telekinesis and vomiting spells while Mira, Erza, Natsu, and Gray joined the attack.
• After Zero lost the strength to resist, Eleven gathered his power into a Telekinesis Ball to finish him off.
• A Magic Council gong briefly erased the area’s magic, weakening Eleven’s attack so it knocked Zero unconscious instead of killing him.
• A frog-headed Magic Council field officer ordered the officers to arrest Eleven for attacking after the gong sounded.
• Natsu struck at the officers with Fire Dragon’s Iron Fist to stop them from handcuffing Eleven.

Eleven and the Fairy Tail members watched the Magic Council take Oración Seis into custody, while Erza confronted Siegrain, whom she mistook for Jellal. As they tried to leave, Siegrain accused Eleven of connections to the fugitive Elizabeth and asked him to accompany the Council for questioning.

• Natsu punched a Magic Council enforcer, prompting Guata to order the Fairy Tail members seized until Siegrain intervened.
• Erza recognized Siegrain as Jellal and reached for her sword, but Eleven calmed her with his Spiritual Power.
• Siegrain claimed he was Jellal’s twin brother and promised to make Jellal apologize, convincing Erza that she had mistaken him.
• After questioning the Fairy Tail group, Siegrain called Eleven back as they tried to leave.
• Siegrain said the Magic Council suspected Eleven of having ties to Elizabeth and invited him to come with them for questioning.

After being arrested as the wanted criminal Elizabeth, Eleven and the Fairy Tail members who tried to free him were imprisoned together. Eleven secretly mapped the Magic Council and planned an escape, but the prison guard arrived to take him to his trial.

• The Magic Council's victory over the Oración Seis made Siegrain and Ultear famous, while Fairy Tail faced public condemnation for the destruction in Magnolia.
• Natsu and the others tried to stop the Magic Council from arresting Eleven, and they were imprisoned alongside him.
• Mira and Erza worried that Eleven might be sentenced, while Eleven secretly scanned the Magic Council to learn its layout.
• Eleven proposed escaping and began using Telekinesis to knock out the guard.
• A frog-headed attendant entered and summoned Eleven to his trial and final judgment.

Eleven stood trial before the Magic Council over Elizabeth’s crimes, but the council had no decisive proof that he was Elizabeth. He left the proceedings by accusing Siegrain of secretly being Jellal, hoping to plant suspicion about him.

• Makarov appealed to Crawford Seam to treat the arrested Fairy Tail mages fairly, while privately considering how far he would go to protect them.
• Yajima and Crawford entered the Magic Council’s supreme courtroom, where Eleven stood trial as a suspect.
• Eleven realized the council was presenting Elizabeth’s crimes without proving that he was Elizabeth, and suspected Jellal had arranged his arrest to spite him.
• Eleven asked the courtroom whether Siegrain was really Jellal and offered to interrogate him with his magic.
• The frog judge condemned Eleven for slandering Siegrain and ordered the accusation added to his charges, while Eleven hoped the council members would investigate Jellal.

Eleven was cleared of the charges after he offered to help Crawford improve Archive Magic, then spent two days assisting with Super Archive Magic. When Natsu and the others stormed the Magic Council to rescue him, Eleven asked Crawford to forgive them.

• Crawford noticed Eleven’s mind-related magic and freed him from the trial in exchange for his help.
• Eleven left the council with Crawford, while Makarov discovered that Eleven had already been released and mistakenly believed he had been spared a scolding.
• Eleven helped Crawford develop Super Archive Magic, which could search memories as well as the magic network, and Crawford offered him a favor.
• Natsu, Gray, Erza, Mira, and Happy broke into the Magic Council to rescue Eleven.
• Eleven asked Crawford to use his promised favor to forgive his friends for their rampage.

Eleven reflected on the Magic Council’s schemes and Erza’s unresolved past before discovering that Gildarts was preparing to take on a legendary 100-Year Quest. The chapter left Eleven stunned and excited as Gildarts and Makarov discussed the impossible mission.

• Eleven concluded that Jellal had arranged Natsu and the others’ release to cause trouble for the Magic Council and distract him from investigating Jellal.
• Eleven decided to stop worrying about the Council’s schemes and focus on finding a way to help Erza resolve her pain over the Tower of Heaven.
• Eleven watched Fairy Tail return to its usual rowdy routine while Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe went off to train.
• Eleven discovered Makarov and Gildarts secretly discussing a quest, and Makarov told him he was not ready to get involved.
• Eleven realized Gildarts was preparing to attempt a 100-Year Quest and became thrilled by the prospect.

Eleven learned how dangerous the 100-Year Quest was and worried about Gildarts, who was preparing to leave for it. He told Cana about the quest, but she dismissed his concern and insisted Gildarts would be fine.

• Eleven listened as Gildarts and Makarov discussed the 100-Year Quest and learned that many powerful wizards had died attempting it.
• Gildarts asked Eleven to look after the guild while he was away, and Eleven wished him luck.
• Eleven worried that completing the 100-Year Quest himself might be impossible if Gildarts finished the only one.
• Eleven approached Cana and asked whether she had made progress with Gildarts, making her angry.
• Eleven told Cana that Gildarts was taking a dangerous quest, but Cana said he was strong enough to be fine.