Chapter Summaries

Eleven, Laxus, Macao, and Wakaba joined forces to attack Gildarts, but his overwhelming magic power left them unable to fight. As Laxus fled with Wakaba’s crystal, the real Eleven revealed he had been an illusion and had stolen Macao’s crystal too.

• Gildarts sensed approaching mages, but Laxus, Macao, and Wakaba attacked him from different directions while Eleven struck from behind with Telekinesis.
• Eleven’s attacks failed to harm Gildarts, though he managed to shatter Gildarts’s sensing crystal before retreating.
• Gildarts unleashed his magic aura, overwhelming Eleven, Laxus, Macao, and Wakaba and asking whether they still planned to defeat him.
• Macao gave up, while Laxus fled and knocked Wakaba over, taking Wakaba’s sensing crystal as he passed.
• Eleven vanished in a burst of starlight, revealing he had been an illusion, and Macao discovered his own crystal was missing too.

Eleven hid in the underground caves after escaping Gildarts and planned to ambush Laxus to win the S-Class exam. He discovered a vast sinkhole beneath the canyon, then located Laxus and found Macao and Wakaba still with him.

• Macao and Wakaba teamed up to go after Laxus and Eleven after losing their magic crystals, while Gildarts let them go and resumed hunting the two younger wizards.
• Eleven hid in a cavern with two magic crystals and explained that he had tried to use Laxus as bait, but Laxus had quickly stolen Wakaba’s crystal.
• Eleven reasoned that Laxus’s two crystals would glow together and prevent the others from tracking people, so he planned to sneak up on Laxus and defeat him.
• Eleven discovered a huge sinkhole beneath the canyon while searching for the others with his Spiritual Power.
• Eleven found Laxus nearby and realized Macao and Wakaba were still there with him despite having lost their crystals.

Eleven rushed to stop Laxus, Macao, and Wakaba from drawing Gildarts’ attention, but Gildarts appeared and the others’ confrontation turned into an ambush against him. Eleven gave Macao and Wakaba two magic crystals and stayed behind to face Gildarts.

• Eleven saw Laxus fighting Macao and Wakaba and hurried over, worried their noisy battle would attract Gildarts.
• Eleven revealed himself and warned that Gildarts was coming, but Gildarts emerged from a nearby rock wall; Laxus fled and Gildarts blocked Eleven’s escape.
• Macao and Wakaba intercepted Eleven and demanded a magic crystal so Wakaba could leave while they held Gildarts off.
• Eleven realized the others had been waiting for him, then offered both magic crystals to Macao and Wakaba and claimed he would delay Gildarts.
• Eleven used Telekinesis to obscure Gildarts’ view and handed the crystals to Macao and Wakaba, who ran away.
• Eleven blocked Gildarts and declared that, despite knowing he could not win, he would not let fear drive him away.

Eleven fought Gildarts at full strength, but Gildarts’s crushing magic split him into countless tiny versions of himself. The miniature Elevens survived with independent thoughts, leaving Eleven bewildered about whether he had developed a split personality.

• Eleven launched a Telekinesis attack at Gildarts, who casually shattered it and agreed to fight him.
• Eleven hurled boulders and layered two waves of Telekinesis Pressure onto Gildarts, forcing him to brace himself as the ground cracked beneath him.
• Gildarts used Crush to break apart Eleven’s Telekinesis and accidentally passed the attack through Eleven’s body.
• Eleven found himself split into countless fingernail-sized versions, each with an independent consciousness, and wondered if Gildarts had given him a split personality.

Gildarts split Eleven into countless tiny versions of himself, then refused to restore him until the exam ended. Eleven followed Gildarts for protection, while Laxus waited for an ambush and a tiny Eleven ran from a monster toward him.

• Eleven's tiny selves connected through Telepathy and realized they could use the experience to study Thought Projection magic.
• Gildarts searched the tiny Elevens for magic crystals, then told Eleven he would restore him only after the exam.
• Gildarts warned that Eleven could be badly injured if magical beasts ate parts of him, and urged him to abandon the exam.
• Eleven decided to follow Gildarts for protection while he considered whether to quit, much to Gildarts's disgust.
• Laxus waited atop a rock for Eleven to ambush him, unaware of what had happened.
• A rabbit-sized monster chased a tiny Eleven out of the bushes, and Eleven shouted to Laxus for help.

Eleven split into tiny clones and separately persuaded Laxus and Macao and Wakaba to let him help them in the S-Class exam. Gildarts was caught and slowed by the many Elevens, while one clone continued pestering him with an offer to help search for the contestants.

• A tiny Eleven killed a rabbit magic beast with lightning and begged Laxus to avenge him, claiming Macao and Wakaba had stolen his magic crystal and Gildarts had made him tiny.
• Eleven offered to help Laxus find Macao and Gildarts, but Laxus refused to trust him and told him to withdraw.
• Eleven followed Laxus into the woods, where an eagle's cry and his cries for help soon made Laxus regret letting him go.
• Another tiny Eleven persuaded Macao and Wakaba to let him help ambush Laxus, and they agreed after deciding his offer posed little risk.
• Gildarts was caught by the group of little Elevens and remained stuck in a canyon, slowed by them for more than half a day.
• A tiny Eleven hanging from Gildarts's earlobe offered to help him find the others.

Eleven manipulated Gildarts into confronting Macao and Wakaba while secretly keeping his own plans and magic crystals hidden. Laxus realized Eleven had been playing everyone and was left waiting for a chance to team up against Gildarts.

• Eleven refused to return to normal and encouraged Gildarts to find people for him, then Macao and Wakaba stumbled into the clearing.
• Macao and Wakaba attacked Gildarts with Purple Rain and Smoke Attack, but a little Eleven interfered to protect his magic crystals.
• Laxus secretly watched the fight while Eleven urged him to attack Gildarts, and Laxus flicked him away.
• Eleven revealed to Laxus that Macao and Wakaba would not take his magic crystals and hinted that he had hidden them.
• Eleven told Laxus to wait for an opening so they could join forces to defeat Gildarts, but refused to reveal where the crystals were.

Eleven distracted Gildarts with a swarm of taunting clones while Macao and Wakaba attacked, giving Eleven and Laxus the chance to coordinate a surprise assault. The chapter ended with Laxus’s Dragon Slayer attack and Macao and Wakaba’s magic converging on Gildarts as Eleven launched Giant’s Fist.

• Eleven’s clones distracted Gildarts during his fight with Macao and Wakaba, allowing the two wizards to mistake their advantage for their own.
• Macao and Wakaba unleashed Purple Flare Rainstorm and Smoke Attack, while Eleven’s clones overwhelmed Gildarts with noise and telepathy.
• Gildarts lost his temper and dispelled the clones, letting Eleven distract him with the illusory Purgatory Tornado.
• Laxus struck from above with Dragon Slayer Secret Art—Narumikazuchi as Eleven restrained Gildarts with Telekinesis.
• Macao and Wakaba’s attacks hit Gildarts alongside Laxus’s blow, and Eleven followed up with Giant’s Fist.

Eleven used Gildarts’s own Crush magic and a planned collapse to send him into the underground abyss, winning the test’s battle of strategy. As the canyon gave way, Eleven stole Laxus’s magic crystals and stopped him from escaping, leaving Laxus falling underground while Eleven claimed victory.

• Eleven coordinated attacks with Laxus, Macao, and Wakaba to make Gildarts direct his Crush magic into the ground.
• Eleven struck the rock beneath Gildarts until the strata broke apart and the canyon collapsed.
• Gildarts realized Eleven’s plan, accepted his defeat, and fell into the underground abyss.
• Eleven caught Laxus briefly, then tore his shirt and took the two magic crystals from its pocket.
• Eleven used his Vomiting Technique to interrupt Laxus’s attempt to fly, and Laxus fell underground as Eleven declared himself the winner.

Eleven returned with all four Sensing Magic Crystals and passed the S-Class Mage trial, while Makarov worried about the others after the canyon collapsed. In X778, fifteen-year-old Eleven Brain became the youngest S-Class Mage in Fairy Tail's history.

• Macao discovered that the magic crystals Eleven had given him were ordinary rocks, and he and Wakaba decided to tell the guild they were leaving opportunities to the younger generation.
• Eleven retrieved the two real crystals he had hidden in a crevice and flew back to Makarov with all four crystals.
• Makarov questioned Eleven about the canyon's destruction and the others' safety, and Eleven reassured him that everyone should be fine.
• Gildarts emerged from the rubble carrying the unconscious Laxus, followed by Macao and Wakaba, and apologized to Makarov for being careless.
• Makarov congratulated Eleven on passing the trial and declared him an S-Class Mage.

Eleven celebrated becoming Fairy Tail’s second S-Class Mage, though he spent much of the party awkwardly apart from the guild. After discovering he disliked beer, he challenged Cana to drink more, setting up a drinking contest.

• Fairy Tail celebrated Eleven’s exam victory, and Makarov announced that the guild had gained its second S-Class Mage.
• Natsu attacked Eleven as soon as he returned, but Eleven sent him flying through the guild roof with Telekinesis.
• Makarov started a party while Eleven explored the second floor and waited alone until Cana, Gray, and Natsu asked about it.
• Eleven joined the party and tried beer, then secretly spat it back into his mug while Cana watched.
• Eleven offered Cana beer in exchange for information about the second floor, and she insisted that she liked its taste.
• Eleven ordered a barrel of beer and challenged Cana to drink her fill.

After waking from a drunken night, Eleven found Cana drinking with the guild’s older members, then went looking for a place to live after becoming an S-Class Mage. He returned to the orphanage without finding a solution and told Maria about his promotion.

• Eleven woke under a table and saw Cana drinking with Makarov, Gildarts, and other guild members.
• Eleven left the guild to ask about housing and learned from Erza that the boys’ dormitory had burned down during a fight between Natsu and Gray.
• Eleven learned that Gray shared a room in town while Natsu lived in an abandoned cabin in the forest with Happy.
• Eleven returned to the orphanage and told Maria that he had become an S-Class Mage.
• Maria congratulated Eleven and revealed that she had already heard the news from the orphanage children.

Eleven celebrated his promotion to S-class mage with the orphanage, then learned Maria had saved the money he earned from missions and helped him buy a small house in Magnolia. After Maria saw him off, Eleven faced the loneliness of living alone and resolved to begin his new life.

• Maria and the orphanage celebrated Eleven’s promotion with a feast.
• Maria gave Eleven the three or four million J she had saved from his mission rewards.
• Maria discovered Eleven had no place to live and offered to show him a house.
• Maria took Eleven to a small terraced house beside Magnolia’s central canal, and Eleven decided to live there.
• Maria helped Eleven buy supplies and settle the house, then said goodbye at his door.
• Eleven entered his empty home, felt lonely, and told himself a brand-new life awaited him.

After becoming an S-Class Mage, Eleven searched for a mission and chose one to eliminate the Rakshasa Evil Spirits Branch, despite Makarov warning him that the dark guild was exceptionally dangerous. Makarov finally let him take it, and Eleven set out determined to grow stronger.

• Eleven arrived at the guild boasting about his new S-Class rank, then found the mission board’s four options too frightening to choose.
• Eleven searched the second floor and found a hidden S-Class mission to eliminate the Rakshasa Evil Spirits Branch for seven million J.
• Eleven asked Makarov to let him take the mission, but Makarov confiscated it and warned that the Rakshasa Evil Spirits were a major dark organization.
• Eleven reconsidered the danger and explained that he wanted his first mission as an S-Class Mage to resemble his first mission with Gildarts.
• Makarov returned the mission sheet and told Eleven to choose his own path, and Eleven accepted it with renewed resolve to surpass himself and Gildarts.

Laxus brooded over losing the S-Class Exam to Eleven and concluded that he needed to become more of a goofball, then ran into two strangers who saw him practicing silly expressions. Meanwhile, Eleven met an eccentric girl looking for Fairy Tail, who introduced herself as a legendary beautiful fairy.

• Laxus trained by fighting a magic beast and cursed Eleven over his S-Class Exam loss.
• Laxus decided that his rigid thinking and lack of goofiness had cost him the exam, then tried practicing silly expressions alone.
• Two oddly dressed men approached Laxus and asked whether he had killed the beast and how to reach Fairy Tail.
• Eleven met a strange girl while preparing to grill fish and asked why she was looking for Fairy Tail.
• The girl laughed dramatically and declared herself the legendary beautiful fairy.

Eleven met the self-proclaimed fairy Evergreen, learned she wanted to visit or possibly join Fairy Tail, and offered to lead her there. Elsewhere, Laxus attacked Freed and Bickslow to keep them from revealing they had seen him practicing sand sculpting, but Freed’s magic reflected his lightning and his prepared spell formula failed to activate.

• Eleven scanned Evergreen, decided she was an ordinary person, and demanded to know why she was looking for Fairy Tail.
• Evergreen admitted she liked fairies and wanted to visit Fairy Tail, so Eleven showed her his guild mark and agreed to lead her to the guild.
• Evergreen criticized Eleven as neither noble nor elegant, and Eleven decided her attitude made her a good fit for Fairy Tail.
• Laxus struck at Freed and Bickslow with lightning, but Freed used Dark Ecriture—Rejection to reflect the attack.
• Bickslow prepared to retaliate with his wooden dolls, but Freed stopped him and revealed he had set up a spell formula that unexpectedly did not activate.

Laxus attacked Freed and Bickslow, then fought off Bickslow’s puppets and acknowledged Freed’s defensive magic. After Freed identified them as magic mercenaries, Laxus became curious about their youth and experience.

• Freed’s spell against anyone with malicious intent failed to affect Laxus, who threatened to beat the two until they lost their memories.
• Bickslow sent his five puppets to attack Laxus, but Laxus destroyed them with lightning.
• Freed used Dark Ecriture—Shadowless to block Laxus’s kick, breaking his rapier in the process.
• Laxus stopped attacking and asked Freed and Bickslow who they were.
• Freed introduced himself and Bickslow as young magic mercenaries, and Laxus reacted with surprise at their age.

Laxus, Freed, and Bickslow encountered three assassins sent on Brain’s mission, but Freed’s spell killed them before they could attack. Freed then told Laxus that a war among the dark guilds seemed close to breaking out.

• Laxus tried to continue fighting Freed and Bickslow, then spotted three bowl-cut men hiding in a tree.
• The three men charged at Laxus and his companions, but Freed’s spell made them suffocate to death.
• Bickslow identified the dead men as the Biguton Assassin Trio, and Freed asked him to search their bodies for clues.
• Laxus introduced himself as a Fairy Tail mage and insisted Freed explain what was happening among the dark guilds.
• Freed told Laxus that the dark world was unsettled and that a war among the dark guilds seemed imminent.

Eleven sent Evergreen on a train to Magnolia and resumed his mission to destroy a branch of Rakshasa Evil Spirits in Hirotsumon City. As Cobra decided to attack before reinforcements arrived, Eleven disguised himself as a masked vigilante and prepared to strike.

• Eleven bought Evergreen a train ticket to Magnolia after reprimanding her for refusing to repay him.
• Cobra asked Brain when his reinforcements would arrive, then decided to act alone after Brain confirmed the branches assigned to him had been cleared.
• Brain left the throne room where he had killed the members of his branch and told Cobra not to die.
• Eleven considered Rakshasa Evil Spirits' immense influence and resolved to conceal his Fairy Tail identity while completing his mission.
• Eleven assembled a stealth outfit with a dark red cape and declared that Elizabeth was coming out again.

Eleven went to the Rakshasa Evil Spirits guild to complete his first S-class quest, but found another attacker already rampaging through it. After mistaking Eleven for an enemy, the poison-wielding young man was knocked out, and the guild’s survivors thought Eleven had come to rescue them.

• Eleven learned that the people of Hirotsumon City had grown accustomed to living under the Rakshasa Evil Spirits’ rule and grumbled about the Magic Council’s failures.
• Eleven kicked down the guild’s gate and found a poison-wielding young man attacking its members.
• The young man lunged at Eleven after hearing he had come to see the guild, and Eleven dodged before slamming him headfirst into the ground with Telekinesis.
• The surviving Rakshasa Evil Spirits wizards cheered, mistaking Eleven for a rescuer from the guild’s headquarters.