Recaps

Natsu and Gray fought Brain’s subordinates in the jungle, with Natsu chasing a monkey-like attacker and Gray defeating an armored man. After Natsu finally struck down the monkey, Erik confronted a man emerging from the bushes.

• Natsu battled the agile monkey man, who revealed Brain planned to capture and brainwash Dragon Slayers into serving Oración Seis.
• Natsu set the jungle ablaze to disrupt the monkey man’s movements, then followed him to Gray and the armored man.
• Gray froze the armored man’s steel rampart until Natsu’s heat made it brittle, then shattered it and chased the monkey man off with Natsu.
• Gray exploited the airtight armor’s gaps by sealing them with ice, forcing the armored man to remove it before Gray wounded him with Ice-Make—Ice Blade: Sevenfold Dance.
• Natsu caught the monkey man in midair and struck him with Fire Dragon’s Ball Crusher.
• Erik noticed a man hiding in the bushes and ordered him to come out; the man emerged and remarked that he had found quite a figure.

Erik, known as Cobra, fought a bespectacled slime mage who wanted to kill him and claim a place beside Lord Brain in the Oración Seis. Erik defeated him with Sound Magic and poison, but the man's final warning about the darkness following Cobra left him grim as he walked away.

• Erik dodged the bespectacled man's slime ambush and used his venom to destroy a hidden slime attack.
• The bespectacled man absorbed Erik's venom slime, gained his poison, and trapped him inside a mass of slime.
• The bespectacled man transformed into a colossal slime monster and swallowed Erik, but Erik shattered it from within using Sound Magic—Sound Wave Impact.
• Erik hurled the bespectacled man into the air and blasted his remaining slime body with Poison Dragon's Roar, leaving him mortally wounded.
• The bespectacled man warned that Cobra could never escape the darkness and that everyone around him would be dragged into it, then died.
• Cobra stood grimly over the corpse, spat on its face, and dismissed the man's attempt to frighten him.

Mira, Erza, and Eleven fought the demon Jack, who had kidnapped Wendy and possessed immense strength and rapid healing. Eleven restrained Jack long enough for Erza to sever the arm holding Wendy, leaving her flying away with it.

• Jack revealed his enormous demon form and declared that the group had trespassed on his territory while holding Wendy in one hand.
• Mira attacked Jack with dark magic, but he overpowered her and rapidly healed from her blasts.
• Eleven returned to the fight and used telekinesis against Jack while searching for a way to free Wendy.
• Eleven found an opening in the energy covering Jack and restrained him, then called for Erza to strike his arm.
• Erza donned the Black Wing Armor and severed Jack's arm, sending Wendy flying away with it.

Carla, Happy, and the others pursued the skull staff after it kidnapped Wendy, while Eleven, Mira, and Erza fought Jack after he transformed into a regenerating demon. Eleven sacrificed himself to free Mira from Jack’s grasp, and Mira began her Take Over spell as the battle continued.

• The skull staff seized Wendy and fled, so Carla and Happy chased after it while Jack transformed into a demon and attacked Eleven, Mira, and Erza.
• Eleven protected Mira and Erza from Jack’s attacks, and Erza used her Flame Emperor’s Armor to create an opening for Mira to attempt Take Over.
• Jack grew two extra arms and tried to crush Mira, but Eleven kicked her out of danger and was trapped between the demon’s hands.
• Eleven headbutted Jack until he shattered the demon’s head, then called for Mira to finish the attack.
• Mira kicked Eleven aside and began Take Over on Jack, forming a dark-purple magic circle.

Mira drained Jack’s demon factor, leaving him near death, and Eleven and Mira bickered while she helped him stand. Jack mistook Eleven for his former boss Elizabeth before dying after revealing that Tartaros and the Nine Demon Gates had transformed him into a demon.

• Mira absorbed Jack’s demon factor and left him withered and dying.
• Mira helped the injured Eleven stand, and they traded annoyed gestures as he leaned his weight on her.
• Jack recognized Eleven as his former boss Elizabeth, and Erza identified him as Mighty King Jack of the Rock-Crushing Gang.
• Jack told Eleven that Tartaros’s Nine Demon Gates had turned him into a demon, then died.
• Erza explained that Jack had confused Eleven with Elizabeth, and Eleven was relieved that Erza believed the mistake.

Eleven and the others rescued Wendy and reunited her with Carla, then confronted Brain through a magical projection. Brain revealed that he knew Eleven’s identity and tried to turn Fairy Tail against him, but Erza and Mira stood by their comrade.

• Eleven remembered Wendy was still missing, but sensed that Happy and the others had already rescued her.
• Eleven froze the pursuing skull staff while Mira silenced and battered it, and Erza caught Happy, Carla, and Wendy as they arrived.
• Wendy woke up, and Carla clung to her in relief.
• A magical projection revealed Brain, who recognized Eleven and accused him of being a wanted criminal.
• Brain tried to drive a wedge between Eleven and his comrades, but Erza defended Eleven as family and Mira treated Brain’s accusations with amusement.

Eleven refused Brain's demand for Wendy and declared her a member of Fairy Tail, then Wendy used her healing magic to save Gray from his serious injuries. The group saw how powerful Wendy's magic was and prepared to bring her back with them.

• Brain demanded that Eleven hand Wendy over so he could use her power, but Eleven refused and threatened Oración Seis.
• Eleven declared Wendy a Fairy Tail mage and destroyed Brain's skull staff, ending the projection.
• Erza and Mira reassured Wendy that Fairy Tail would protect her and that she was already their comrade.
• Natsu arrived with the badly injured Gray and told the group he needed treatment.
• Wendy healed Gray's bleeding wounds with her healing magic, bringing him out of danger, though he still needed time to recover.

Rob revealed that Cait Shelter and its members were illusions he had created for Wendy, then entrusted Wendy and Carla to Fairy Tail as he disappeared. After the others left, Eleven returned as a Thought Projection and asked Rob to teach him how to give projections physical form.

• Eleven told Rob that the Oración Seis had targeted Wendy, and Rob asked Fairy Tail to protect her.
• Rob confessed that Cait Shelter was an illusion and explained that Jellal had entrusted Wendy to him two years earlier.
• The Cait Shelter members and Rob vanished, and Eleven comforted the grieving Wendy and Carla before telling Wendy that Jellal was in Fairy Tail.
• Eleven returned to Rob as a Thought Projection and asked to learn the magic that gave projections physical form.
• Eleven demonstrated that he could divide his Spiritual Power into countless portions, and Rob began teaching him how to use the magic.

Eleven brought Wendy and Carla to Fairy Tail, where the guild welcomed them and celebrated their arrival. He took Wendy to meet Porlyusica, who initially denied being the dragon Grandine Wendy remembered but agreed to teach her Dragon Slayer Magic and medicine.

• Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Mira returned to Fairy Tail with Eleven, and Makarov reprimanded them for joining an S-class quest without permission before assigning them a punishment.
• Eleven introduced Wendy and Carla as new Fairy Tail members, and the guild enthusiastically welcomed them.
• After the celebration began, Eleven hurried Wendy to Porlyusica’s cabin to tell her about Wendy’s healing magic.
• Wendy recognized Porlyusica as Grandine and clung to her, but Porlyusica explained that she was human and not the dragon Wendy sought.
• Porlyusica called Wendy back and offered to teach her the Dragon Slayer Magic Grandine had left behind, as well as medicine, while telling Eleven to leave.

As X779 drew to a close, Eleven and Makarov planned Fairy Tail’s annual S-Class Mage promotion exam. They settled on the candidates and exam arrangements, with Laxus expected to return and compete.

• Wendy settled into Fairy Tail, learned medicine from Porlyusica, and moved into her cabin with Carla.
• Kinana learned venom magic so she could join Erik on jobs, and the two became inseparable.
• Eleven developed a long-distance Telepathy technique, but withdrew most of the Spiritual Power fragments he had given guildmates after they constantly bothered him.
• Makarov asked Eleven to recommend candidates for the S-Class Exam, and Eleven suggested Laxus, Macao, Wakaba, and Erik.
• Makarov expected Laxus to compete but decided Erik needed more time to settle into the guild, while Macao and Wakaba were left for another year.
• Eleven complained that this year's exam seemed easier than last year's, and Makarov explained that helpers would encourage teamwork; Eleven planned to tease Laxus about it.

Makarov and Eleven discussed the upcoming S-Class exam and decided to let Erza and Mira take part alongside Laxus. Laxus returned to Fairy Tail with Evergreen and Freed, and the Thunder God Tribe made clear that they followed Laxus alone.

• Makarov proposed letting Erza and Mira experience the S-Class exam, and Eleven agreed to the plan.
• Laxus returned to the guild after a year away, and Natsu charged at him before a lightning bolt knocked him unconscious.
• Evergreen criticized Fairy Tail as a filthy tavern, prompting Mira to confront her.
• Erza tried to smooth things over by calling Evergreen and Laxus’s group companions.
• Freed interrupted Erza and said that he and the Thunder God Tribe followed Laxus alone and did not consider the guild their companions.

Tensions rose between the Fairy Tail members and Laxus’s companions until Makarov stopped a fight from breaking out. Eleven then learned that Freed admired him because of Laxus’s stories, and the chapter ended with Eleven considering—and rejecting—the idea of forming his own personal guard.

• Erza and Mira confronted Freed and Evergreen, while Bickslow sent his dolls forward and the guild members prepared to fight.
• Makarov stopped the brewing brawl, and Eleven taunted Laxus from the second floor until Laxus stormed off.
• Laxus told Freed and the others to complete the guild-joining procedures before leaving.
• Freed approached Eleven and said Laxus had praised Eleven’s strength during their travels.
• Eleven told Freed he was an S-Class wizard, and Freed responded with intense admiration.
• Eleven enjoyed Freed’s praise briefly but decided that having Natsu, Erza, and the others as his personal guard would be unbearable.

Makarov announced that Laxus, Erza, and Mira would take Fairy Tail’s S-Class Exam, and the candidates chose their assistants and trained for a week. The group left for the monster forest, where Eleven had gone ahead to prepare the exam.

• Makarov announced that Laxus, Erza, and Mira were the S-Class Exam candidates, and that the exam would be held in a southern monster forest in seven days.
• Mira chose Elfman as her assistant, while Erza chose Cana after Natsu and Gray fought over the spot.
• Laxus prepared to take the exam with a member of the Thunder God Tribe, though the chapter did not say which one he chose.
• Erza and Mira put Cana and Elfman through a week of intense special training.
• Makarov took the candidates and their assistants by train to the monster forest, while Eleven had set out the previous evening to prepare.

Makarov explained the S-Class exam’s point-token system and warned that Eleven would hunt the candidates and could disqualify them by taking their identity tags. As the teams entered the forest, Cana proposed stealing tokens with a fake card, while Laxus abandoned monster hunting to seek out Eleven and the other teams.

• Makarov explained that defeating magical beasts earned limited numbers of colored tokens worth one, ten, 100, or 1,000 points, and that the highest-scoring candidate after 24 hours could be promoted to S-Class.
• Makarov gave Laxus, Erza, and Mira white identity tags and warned that Eleven would hunt them and could disqualify them by taking their tags.
• Makarov began the exam, and Laxus and Freed, Erza and Cana, and Mira with her partner headed into the forest.
• Cana suggested that Erza’s assistant could distract Eleven, but Erza objected to abandoning a companion; Cana then showed Erza a card and proposed using it to trick rivals into surrendering their tokens.
• Laxus sent Freed to hunt monsters and collect tokens while he turned back to confront Eleven and eliminate the other teams.

Mira and Elfman hunted monsters during the exam until Laxus ambushed them, knocking Elfman unconscious and forcing Mira to flee. Erza and Cana encountered the battered Mira, and Laxus attacked them as well, escalating the fight with a furious lightning barrage.

• Elfman defeated a blue-level monster, and he and Mira decided to keep hunting, hoping to find purple-level monsters.
• Laxus descended between Mira and Elfman, knocked Elfman unconscious, and attacked Mira with lightning.
• Mira dodged Laxus’s attacks but was driven into the forest, where she collided with Erza as Erza and Cana ran toward the fighting.
• Laxus’s lightning destroyed Erza’s wooden shield and injured her arms as he emerged from the forest.
• Laxus doubted himself after Mira and Erza proved difficult to handle, then unleashed Raging Volt in a wild lightning barrage.

Laxus defeated Mira, Erza, and Cana before confronting Eleven, the S-Class examiner, and challenging him for the title. Eleven dodged Laxus’s Dragon Slayer attack, which blasted a long corridor through the forest.

• Laxus fought Mira, Erza, and Cana near the forest entrance while Makarov watched without intervening.
• Eleven arrived after the fight and found Laxus standing while the three girls lay unconscious.
• Laxus taunted Eleven and claimed he would hunt him, then revealed his Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Eleven said Laxus’s behavior made it hard to approve him for S-Class, enraging Laxus.
• Laxus fired Lightning Dragon's Roar at Eleven, who leaped aside as the blast tore through the forest.

Eleven used Real Illusion, a magic taught to him by President Rob, to surround Laxus with physical copies and attack him with a barrage of Telekinetic Hammers. The chapter left Laxus being pummeled in midair while Eleven remained safely out of reach.

• Eleven summoned dozens of physical illusions around Laxus and announced that he had learned Real Illusion from President Rob.
• Laxus used electromagnetic waves to detect the illusions, then tested one with a punch and lightning, discovering that the copies had physical bodies but were fragile.
• Laxus dismissed the copies as weak and unleashed a wide electrical attack, while the Elevens flew back and watched.
• Laxus dodged a Telekinetic Hammer aimed at his head but ran into another, then took a combo of dozens of hammers that left his face swollen and sent him into the air.
• Eleven used the illusions to attack repeatedly with Spiritual Power, confident that he could keep striking Laxus while staying safe.

Eleven used independently minded illusion copies to keep Laxus guessing, then fooled him into wasting his full-powered Lightning Dragon's Jaw on a fake. The chapter left Laxus stunned as three more Elevens appeared behind him.

• Laxus broke Eleven's infinite combo with Lightning Armor and blasted the illusion copies with Lightning Bullet.
• Eleven dispelled the copies, then used Telekinesis to seize Laxus in the sky.
• Laxus turned into lightning, identified the Eleven below as the real one, and charged him with a lightning strike.
• Eleven used Super Acceleration Mode and a Telekinesis Shield to block and redirect Laxus's probe.
• Laxus unleashed Lightning Dragon's Jaw, shattered the shield, and struck Eleven, who vanished as an illusion copy.
• Eleven spoke from behind Laxus, revealing three more copies and leaving Laxus stunned.

Eleven defeated Laxus by coordinating three Real Illusion clones and burying him underground, then discovered Laxus had awakened the Second Origin. Laxus burst back out at full strength, leaving Eleven facing his furious opponent.

• Eleven used three illusion clones and Telekinesis to restrain and beat the exhausted Laxus.
• Eleven overturned the earth and buried Laxus in a deep pit, then dismissed his clones.
• Makarov emerged and tended to Erza and the other unconscious candidates while Eleven realized the trial had gone awry.
• Laxus’s magic power surged beneath the ground, and Eleven dodged a lightning bolt as Laxus burst out.
• Makarov identified Laxus’s power-up as the Second Origin, and Erza, the other candidates, and Eleven asked what it was.

Eleven and Laxus fought through the S-class exam until the time ran out, while their battle left the exam’s point cards and rules largely forgotten. Makarov prepared to promote Laxus, but Eleven first declared that he acknowledged Laxus as an S-class mage, leaving Laxus furious at the implication that he needed Eleven’s approval.

• Eleven stopped trying to split his Spiritual Power and caught Laxus’s Raging Bolt with Telekinesis, but the lightning ball exploded and blasted them across the forest.
• Eleven and Laxus continued fighting as Mira, Erza, Cana, and Makarov followed, and the girls resolved to grow strong enough to keep up with them.
• Eleven and Laxus’s attacks destroyed the Blazing Fire Demon Dragon’s cave, and they killed the beast without interrupting their fight, leaving its golden point card unclaimed.
• The battle continued for twenty-four hours, while Freed collected point cards for Laxus and Mira, Erza, and Cana set up camp nearby.
• Makarov ended the exam and prepared to announce Laxus as the winner, but Eleven interrupted to endorse Laxus’s ability to become an S-class mage, angering Laxus with his self-important acknowledgment.

After Laxus became an S-Class mage, the guild celebrated amid the disappointment of those who had witnessed his unresolved battle with Eleven. In X780, the guild descended into chaos while Erza and other girls went away to train, and Mira dragged Eleven off to help her.

• Laxus advanced to S-Class, but he and Erza, Mira, and Cana felt dissatisfied after seeing the battle between Laxus and Eleven end without a clear winner.
• In X780, Natsu and Gray repeatedly wrecked the guild, while Eleven joined in and Makarov mourned the disorder left by Erza's absence.
• Eleven recalled that Erza had requested an extended leave to train, Mira had begun rigorous training with Elfman and Lisanna, and Cana had left to seek out Erza after becoming unhappy with Eleven's training.
• Mira confronted Eleven and asked him to help, and Makarov denied that Eleven had been discussing guild business with him.
• Mira dragged the protesting Eleven out of the guild while Makarov watched and enjoyed his drink.

Mira invited Eleven to her home for a meal, then explained that she wanted his help finding a powerful demon so she could obtain a stronger Satan Soul. The chapter ended with Mira asking Eleven to join her in hunting a demon god.

• Mira dragged Eleven to her home, where Lisanna and Elfman welcomed him.
• Eleven learned that Mira had gone to the kitchen to cook and accidentally collided with her as she carried out a plate.
• Eleven tasted Mira's cooking and agreed to visit again, while Lisanna explained that the meal was their way of thanking him for his help.
• Mira told Eleven that she had learned about a powerful demon and wanted to hunt it for a stronger Satan Soul.
• Mira asked Eleven to accompany her in hunting a demon god.

Eleven and Mira set out to face the danger posed by Demon God Halphas, leaving Elfman behind because he was not strong enough to join them safely. Determined to become strong enough to protect his sisters, Elfman joined the Manly Men's Club and began training.

• Eleven told Mira that Elfman could not come because the trip was too dangerous, and Mira reluctantly accepted his decision.
• Elfman said he would work hard to catch up to Eleven and Mira, then watched them leave and realized he wanted the strength to protect his sisters.
• A muscular man invited Elfman to join the Manly Men's Club, promising to train him into a manly man.
• Elfman eagerly followed the man to the club, where he found a room full of muscular men lifting weights.

Eleven and Mira traveled to Zaun Town to investigate the Demon God Halphas, but the town’s combative residents made gathering information difficult. After Mira broke down from their relentless insults, the townspeople dispersed, leaving the pair still without answers.

• Eleven reassured Mira that he would protect her as they traveled to Zaun, where Halphas had last been sighted.
• Eleven tried to question a passerby, but the man responded with a stream of abuse and walked away.
• Mira tried asking a boy for information, but he called her Eleven’s daughter, and Eleven had to stop her from attacking him.
• Mira tried to punish the town’s foul-mouthed residents, but their insults continued until she burst into tears and hid behind Eleven.
• The townspeople scattered after Mira stopped confronting them, while Eleven remained unsure how to gather information.

Eleven and Mira investigated the foul-mouthed townspeople for information about Demon God Halphas and learned that the local church might be connected. As they headed for the church, a powerful bald man confronted them and demanded to know why they were investigating Halphas.

• Mira broke down after being insulted, and Eleven comforted her while asking whether she sensed a demon among the townspeople.
• Eleven used Telepathy Magic to question everyone in the tavern about Demon God Halphas and learned that the church's priest had mentioned the demon.
• A bald man emerged from the crowd and asked Eleven how he knew about Halphas, but the pair escaped amid the townspeople's insults.
• Eleven scanned for the church and set off with Mira, who followed despite her unease about another demon hiding in a church.
• The bald man caught up with them, revealed immense magical pressure, and demanded to know who they were and why they were investigating Halphas.