Recaps

Eleven and Mirajane met Jura Neekis while investigating Demon God Halphas, then joined him in searching a church and its lake. Eleven pulled a demon from the water, but its harmless, cute appearance left the three unsure whether it was truly Halphas.

• Eleven claimed he and Mirajane were investigating Halphas, and Jura introduced himself as a Lamia Scale wizard assigned to subjugate the demon.
• Eleven admitted Fairy Tail had not accepted the quest, then asked Jura to let them help and shared the clues they had gathered.
• Jura discussed the suspicious church with Eleven and Mirajane, and Mirajane suggested they search it again because demons could be hiding anywhere.
• Near the church, Mirajane sensed a demon in the lake, and Eleven used his telekinesis to churn the water and pull a huge creature out.
• Eleven, Mirajane, and Jura prepared to fight, but the blue, round creature only made foolish noises, leaving Eleven to question whether it was Halphas.

Eleven, Mira, and Jura confronted the demon god Halphas, a giant salamander that suddenly killed its priestly defender and attacked them. Jura unleashed powerful earth magic to pin Halphas down, leaving Eleven and Mira stunned by his strength.

• Eleven, Mira, and Jura realized the babbling giant salamander was the demon god Halphas, and its priest rushed over to defend it.
• The priest claimed Halphas was kind, but Halphas blew his upper body apart and sent his legs flying.
• Eleven dodged Halphas's destructive bubble attack, pulling Mira out of its path.
• Jura ordered Eleven and Mira to retreat, then trapped Halphas in a Rock Crush Formation.
• Halphas fired a powerful magic beam, but Jura blocked it with Rock Iron Walls and counterattacked with Multiple Pillar Rain, pinning the demon beneath stone pillars.
• Eleven and Mira watched in awe as Jura's attack displayed his terrifying strength.

Eleven, Mira, and Jura combined their strength against Halphas, forcing the injured demon god to flee toward Zaun. Eleven hurled Mira above Halphas, and her blast sent it crashing toward the town.

• Halphas broke free of Jura’s rock pillars and used its wings to evade his attacks.
• Eleven dispelled Halphas’s demonic energy, helped Mira recover, and used Spiritual Super Acceleration Mode and Telekinesis to slam Halphas into the ground.
• Mira attacked Halphas with Take Over: Satan Soul while Jura pierced it with rock spikes and crushed them, badly injuring the demon.
• Halphas escaped toward Zaun, and Eleven and Mira pursued it through the air.
• Eleven flung Mira above Halphas, and she blasted its back, sending the demon crashing toward Zaun’s residents.

Eleven, Mira, and Jura subdued Halphas in Zaun, though their battle left much of the town in ruins. After Mira mastered Halphas’s soul, she and Eleven fled before they could be held responsible, then rested together beneath a sky full of fireflies.

• Eleven and Mira fought Halphas through Zaun while Jura protected buildings with Rock Iron Wall.
• Eleven detonated a mental clone inside Halphas, giving Mira the chance to absorb the demon with Take Over Magic.
• Mira subdued Halphas and briefly transformed into its blue-winged demon form before returning to normal and collapsing into Eleven’s arms.
• Jura congratulated Mira and thanked Eleven, but Eleven noticed Zaun’s destruction and hurriedly left with Mira.
• Eleven and Mira rested in a grove, where Mira recalled their past together before Eleven ruined the quiet moment by remembering a troop of monkeys.

Oba Babasama confronted Makarov at Fairy Tail over the compensation owed for the Zaun Town incident, while she spun Eleven with her magic. After Makarov negotiated his way out of paying, he took Eleven along to the Magic Council to be scolded.

• Oba Babasama spun Eleven while demanding Fairy Tail pay half the compensation for Zaun Town, but Makarov pretended not to notice.
• Makarov refused Oba Babasama’s demand for fifty million jewels and offered his three-thousand-jewel liquor stash instead.
• Oba Babasama dropped her compensation demand and made Makarov agree to face the Magic Council’s scolding and write her self-criticism.
• Oba Babasama stopped spinning Eleven and left, while Wendy, Lisanna, Happy, and Natsu reacted to his dizziness.
• Makarov dragged Eleven toward the Magic Council, saying Eleven had to come get scolded with him.

Makarov took Eleven to the Magic Council to broaden his horizons, where they attended a reprimand and a banquet. At the banquet, Eleven recognized Jellal despite his claim to be Jellal’s twin brother, Siegrain, and sensed the same chaotic thoughts within him.

• Makarov introduced Eleven to Councilor Yajima at the Magic Council.
• Makarov stood in for Oba Babasama during a reprimand and calmly endured the judge’s scolding.
• Yajima invited Makarov and Eleven to a Magic Council banquet and introduced Eleven to important council members.
• Jellal approached Yajima with Ultear and claimed to be his twin brother, Siegrain.
• Eleven probed Siegrain’s sea of consciousness and recognized Jellal by his familiar chaotic thoughts.

Eleven recognized Jellal as Siegrain and challenged him during a handshake, while both concealed their hostility from the others. Jellal later arranged for Eleven to be sent on a mission, and King Toma E. Fiore ordered a broader effort to recover the dangerous Dragon Cry Staff.

• Eleven pretended he had mistaken Siegrain for someone else, then secretly used telekinesis to squeeze his hand during their handshake.
• Eleven and Jellal secretly fought for control of the handshake until they released each other, and Eleven left while planning to confront Jellal for what he had done to Erza.
• Jellal recognized Eleven as Elizabeth, recalled his humiliating defeat, and told Ultear to arrange for Eleven to handle a mission sought by someone in the Kingdom of Fiore.
• Several months later, King Toma E. Fiore learned that the Magic Council had recommended Eleven for a mission to recover the Dragon Cry Staff.
• Toma ordered an S-class commission for specific mages across Fiore, insisting that the staff was too dangerous to leave its recovery to chance.

Fairy Tail welcomed several new members, while Kinana worried that Erik had grown distant and sought Cana’s advice. Kinana revealed that she and Erik lived together and had kissed, leaving the gathered girls flustered and Elfman thrown out of the guild.

• Max Alors, Vijeeter Ecor, Warren Rakao, and Laki Olietta joined Fairy Tail, delighting Eleven with new trainees.
• Kinana told Cana that Erik had stopped taking jobs with her and sometimes stayed away overnight, and she feared he might be seeing someone else.
• Erza, Mira, Levy, and Laki gathered to eavesdrop as Cana suggested Kinana and Erik might be in a slump.
• Kinana revealed that Erik lived with her and confirmed that they had kissed, though he seemed not to like it when she kissed him.
• Elfman interrupted the girls with his loud declarations about being a man, and they sent him flying out of the guild.

Eleven received an urgent royal mission and traveled to Crocus City, where he joined S-Class mages from several guilds for a mission the king would explain. The chapter left him wondering whether the mismatched group could work together.

• Eleven questioned Makarov's choice of Cana for the S-Class examination, but Makarov explained that he had redesigned the exam to test more than combat strength.
• Wendy delivered an urgent mission request from the royal palace, and Makarov told Eleven to go even though he would miss examining the candidates.
• Eleven arrived at the palace in Crocus City and greeted Jura, who explained that the king had summoned S-Class mages from the major guilds.
• Aria of Phantom Lord lamented that Eleven's presence would doom the mission, while Bacchus of Quatro Cerberus shouted at him for nearly spilling his booze.
• Ichiya of Blue Pegasus sniffed Eleven and invited him to join his guild, so Eleven moved away and wondered how the assembled mages could cooperate.

The old king hired several guilds to recover the Dragon Cry Staff from Zash Caine in the Kingdom of Stella. As the group planned their approach near Altair City, Bacchus suggested disguising Eleven as a woman to exploit Zash’s interest in beautiful women.

• The old king explained that Zash Caine had stolen Dragon Cry, fled to Stella, and risen to minister of state, and he ordered the mages to recover the staff at all costs.
• Eleven volunteered to complete the mission, while Aria, Bacchus, Ichiya, and Jura argued over which guild would succeed and urged the mages to cooperate.
• Jura described Stella and its star aluminium, while Ichiya shared intelligence that Zash frequented the Altair Bar and pursued beautiful women.
• Near Altair City, Bacchus looked at Eleven and proposed that the group use him as a stand-in for a female mage.

Bacchus had Eleven disguise himself as a woman to approach Zaxue without alerting the kingdom. After preparing at the Altair Bar, Eleven was told the group had obtained what they needed and could leave.

• Bacchus proposed that Eleven dress as a woman to get close to Zaxue, and the others agreed that his looks made him suitable for the role.
• Eleven objected to the plan, but Bacchus dismissed his concerns about illusions and Ichiya offered to accompany him in disguise.
• At the Altair Bar, the dancers dressed and made up Eleven while Ichiya arrived in a gown and wig.
• Ichiya mistook Eleven for a beautiful woman and tried to kiss his hand, so Eleven struck him with a Telekinetic Hammer.
• Ichiya went onstage alone, returned with a wineglass and rotten eggs on his head, and Eleven prepared to perform as a woman.
• Bacchus interrupted the dressing room to tell Eleven that they had obtained the thing and could leave.

Eleven and his companions tried to steal Dragon Cry from the royal treasury without alerting the Kingdom of Stella, but Aria's theft triggered an alarm and turned the plan into a chase. As the group passed the staff between them under fire, Ichiya ended up carrying it and fleeing toward the soldiers.

• Eleven, Ichiya, Bacchus, and Jura followed their revised plan to steal Zaxue's ring and send Aria to retrieve Dragon Cry.
• The citywide alarm sounded after Aria stole Dragon Cry, and the group rushed to rescue him.
• Aria hesitated to throw the staff to Bacchus, was struck by a magic beam, and dropped Dragon Cry into Bacchus's hands.
• Bacchus dodged the magic beams and soldiers, then threw Dragon Cry to Jura, who protected it with his rock magic.
• Jura nearly collided with an old woman and a child, so he tossed Dragon Cry toward Ichiya, who grabbed it and used his perfume magic to flee.

Eleven took Dragon Cry from Ichiya and evaded the Kingdom of Stella’s magic rays while escaping Altair City. He briefly fought Zaxue, who fled after his control magic failed, and Eleven carried Dragon Cry into the forest.

• Ichiya’s speed perfume wore off, and Eleven caught him and took Dragon Cry.
• Dragon Cry flooded Eleven with negative emotions and desire, but he regained control and flew toward the city’s outskirts.
• Eleven’s clones passed Dragon Cry between them, causing the pursuing magic rays to lose power and explode.
• Zaxue shot at Eleven from the city wall, but Eleven smashed a breach in the wall with Telekinesis.
• Zaxue’s blood-colored control magic failed against Eleven’s Spiritual Power, and Zaxue fled after Eleven attacked again.
• Eleven escaped Altair City with Dragon Cry and vanished into the forest.

Animus punished Zaxue for losing Dragon Cry and ordered the Three Stars to retrieve it, while Sonya remained unaware of his presence. Eleven and the Fiore mages prepared to return home with Dragon Cry, but an enemy suddenly attacked and carried Eleven away.

• Animus choked Zaxue for losing Dragon Cry, then ordered him to send out the Three Stars and recover it before dawn.
• Sonya appeared after Animus left and helped Zaxue up, while Zaxue cursed Animus once she was gone.
• Eleven changed back from his disguise and joined Jura and the others as they examined Dragon Cry, which he left in Jura's care.
• Jura led the group toward the harbor to travel through the night back to Fiore.
• Eleven sensed an approaching enemy, but a dark-skinned boy riding a ball crashed into him and carried him away.

Bacchus and Aria stayed behind to fight the Three Stars of the Kingdom of Stella while Jura and Ichiya pursued the captured Eleven. Bacchus battled Beautiful Legs Swan deeper into the grove, and their fight remained unresolved.

• A rabbit-eared woman named Beautiful Legs Swan attacked Jura, Ichiya, Bacchus, and Aria with blades of wind.
• A muscular man attacked with pillars of fire, but Aria stopped them with Airspace Zetsu.
• Bacchus told Jura and Ichiya to pursue Eleven while he and Aria held off the attackers.
• Bacchus fought Swan with his drunken palm techniques and countered her powerful kicks.
• Swan tried to catch Bacchus off guard, but he avoided her attack and resumed fighting her as they moved deeper into the grove.

Aria and Eleven fought two of the Kingdom’s Three Battle Stars in the forest, but Eleven’s stolen flying board crashed into Aria and left him badly injured. Eleven defeated Doll in the confusion, broke the board, and mistook the incident for an enemy’s attack on his partner.

• Aria used his spatial magic against Doll and his flaming dolls, but their berserk attack broke through his barriers and injured him.
• Aria removed his eye bandages and unleashed Death Airspace: Zero, terrifying Doll as the airspace devoured the dolls.
• Eleven outpaced Caprico, knocked him down, and took his transforming silver flying board.
• Eleven lost control of the board and crashed into Aria just as Aria was about to defeat Doll.
• Eleven mistook Doll for the attacker, beat him, pulled the board from Aria, and snapped it in two.

Eleven found Jura unconscious and learned that Zaxue had controlled Ichiya, who defeated Jura and helped Zaxue steal Dragon Cry. Zaxue reached the Tower of Rituals in Stella and sent Ichiya to guard the entrance while he prepared to use Dragon Cry against Fiore.

• Eleven treated Aria, searched for his companions, and found Jura unconscious but alive.
• Jura woke and told Eleven that Zaxue had controlled Ichiya, who defeated him and took the Dragon Cry Magic Staff.
• Jura warned Eleven that Zaxue intended to use Dragon Cry to destroy Fiore, then hurried off with him to find Zaxue and Ichiya.
• At the Tower of Rituals, controlled by Zaxue, Ichiya used Pain Perfume to incapacitate the guards.
• Zaxue ordered Ichiya to guard the tower entrance and ran inside with Dragon Cry to carry out his revenge on Fiore.

Eleven and Jura confronted Ichiya at the Tower of Ritual, where Ichiya's fragrances and Zaxue's influence turned the fight against them. As Zaxue activated Dragon Cry, Sonya's identity as Emperor Animus resurfaced, and Animus transformed into the Crystal Dragon.

• Eleven and Jura found Ichiya guarding the Tower of Ritual, where he incapacitated soldiers with a foul-smelling fragrance.
• Eleven inhaled some of Ichiya's fragrance and lost the will to fight, while Jura scattered the gas and attacked Ichiya with a stone fist.
• Ichiya used Strength Perfume to grow into a giant and matched Jura's stone fist, while Eleven broke the blood-red influence inside Ichiya's consciousness.
• Sonya spoke with Emperor Animus in the royal bedchamber, where Animus said that reclaiming Dragon Cry would bring them freedom.
• When Zaxue unleashed Dragon Cry, Sonya became furious, and Animus transformed into the Crystal Dragon.

Eleven, Jura, and Ichiya reached the top of the sacrificial tower as Zaxue activated Dragon Cry and unleashed its power. Animus demanded the staff back, but Dragon Cry turned on Zaxue and consumed him, leaving the staff standing in the ground.

• Jura refused Ichiya’s request to rest as they hurried up the tower stairs.
• Eleven saw golden magic circles spread across the sky and used Telekinesis to carry Jura and Ichiya to the tower’s summit.
• Eleven and the others discovered that Animus was a real dragon demanding Dragon Cry from Zaxue.
• Zaxue used Dragon Cry to withstand Animus’s attack and began a spell to summon the fury of departed dragons.
• Eleven and Jura tried to stop Zaxue but were driven back by the magical pressure.
• Dragon Cry released purple-black magic that consumed Zaxue and absorbed his body, then fell upright into the ground.

Eleven seized Dragon Cry from Animus and, resisting its influence, smashed the staff to end its magic. The Tower of Ritual collapsed, leaving Animus enraged and the others falling from the tower without their mission item.

• Eleven used Telekinesis to snatch Dragon Cry and flee while Jura and Ichiya tried to block Animus.
• Animus shattered Jura's barriers and blew away Ichiya's perfume as he pursued Eleven.
• Unable to escape, Eleven took hold of Dragon Cry and resisted the negative emotions and craving it stirred in him.
• Eleven declared that he did not need Dragon Cry's power and smashed the staff against the ground, breaking it.
• The golden magic circles vanished and the Tower of Ritual collapsed, while Animus flew into a rage.

Eleven and Jura fought Animus as the dragon rampaged through Altair City, but Animus overpowered them. Ichiya rescued the injured Eleven and prepared to confront Animus alone, leaving Eleven unconscious after forcing him to inhale concentrated parfum.

• Animus blamed Eleven for destroying Dragon Cry and attacked him in a rage, but Eleven dodged and slammed the dragon into the ground with Telekinesis Pressure.
• Animus emerged unharmed and charged at Eleven, but Jura struck him with stone pillars and summoned the Rock Iron Great Buddha to fight him.
• Eleven used Telekinesis Pressure to help Jura’s stone giant land attacks, but Animus blasted through the statue and knocked Eleven from the air with his tail.
• Ichiya caught the falling Eleven and used Pain Relief Parfum, while Eleven urged him to help Jura instead of risking his life.
• Ichiya declared he would use his parfum inside Animus to help defeat him, then forced concentrated invigoration parfum into Eleven’s nostrils and left him unconscious.

Ichiya weakened Animus from inside his stomach, while Eleven seized control of Jura’s rock giant and battered the dragon. Eleven tore through Animus and rescued Ichiya, leaving the bloodied pair silhouetted against the dawn.

• Ichiya let Animus swallow him, then unleashed concentrated perfumes inside the dragon that caused intense pain and weakened his fighting spirit.
• Eleven took control of Jura’s rock giant with Telekinesis and used it to pummel Animus.
• Animus regained his senses and recognized Eleven, but the rock giant restrained him.
• Eleven tore apart Animus’s lower jaw, then plunged into the dragon and burst out through his stomach with Ichiya.
• Eleven carried the battered Ichiya into the sky as dragon blood rained around them.

Eleven defeated Animus, who shared a final farewell with Sonya before fading away, then collapsed as the Dragon Cry mission’s aftermath came to light. At the Magic Council, Siegrain and Ultear decided to turn their attention toward Oración Seis and a threat that might destroy Fairy Tail.

• Eleven questioned Animus about Igneel and Grandine, but Animus knew only that Igneel had disappeared and had never heard of Grandine.
• Sonya thanked Animus for raising her, and Animus died in tears as she watched him vanish.
• Eleven found Jura, bragged about his victory, and passed out; Jura confirmed that Eleven and Ichiya were not seriously injured.
• After Aria and Bacchus rejoined them, the team returned toward Fiore, leaving Altair City devastated and their mission item destroyed despite having eliminated the Dragon Cry threat.
• Siegrain read the mission report and told Ultear to stop pursuing Eleven, then revealed that an old contact had implicated Oración Seis in a threat to Fairy Tail.

After returning to Fairy Tail, Eleven prepared for an exclusive Sorcerer Weekly interview, hoping to choose a fitting title for himself. The interview was repeatedly hijacked by the guild’s antics, until Jason dubbed Eleven the Fairy Demon King and Eleven buried him in the floor.

• Eleven returned to Fairy Tail after two months away and learned that Erza had won the S-Class Exam while Mira had been eliminated first.
• As Eleven prepared for his interview with Sorcerer Weekly reporter Jason, he mused about what nickname he should receive.
• Jason arrived, misread Eleven’s joke as a command, and became more excited when Eleven rejected his blurry dragon-slaying photo.
• Natsu and Wendy interrupted to ask about the dragon, then Gray, Erza, and Mira drew Jason’s attention away from Eleven.
• Jason interviewed and photographed the guild members while Eleven was ignored, until Eleven flew into a rage and lifted Happy by the tail.
• Jason cheered that Eleven looked like the Fairy Demon King, and Eleven struck him with a Telekinetic Hammer to reclaim his interview.

Eleven interrupted Loke while he was flirting with a woman outside Eleven’s home, then mistakenly believed he had caused Loke heartbreak and offered to make it up to him. After Loke explained that he wanted a wingman, Eleven eagerly agreed to help him meet women, and they introduced themselves before heading out.

• Eleven found Loke flirting with a woman outside his door and startled him, allowing her to escape.
• Loke accused Eleven of causing him heartbreak, and Eleven apologized and tried to drag him inside to compensate him.
• Loke escaped Eleven’s grasp and asked him to be his wingman so he could find another love.
• Eleven agreed eagerly, and he and Loke introduced themselves as they set out together.