Recaps

The Magic Council debated Fairy Tail and the growing threat of Tartaros before a sudden blast destroyed the assembly hall. Doranbolt survived the devastation but found Lahar dead in the rubble.

• Councilor Reiji questioned Oge about how he had lost his arm, and Oge refused to explain.
• Gran Doma convened the council to discuss reports of Tartaros demons raiding magical resources.
• Michello and Belno urged the council to prepare defenses against Tartaros.
• A violent blast tore through the Magic Council headquarters, reducing the assembly hall to rubble.
• Doranbolt recovered from the explosion and found Lahar dead beneath the debris.

Doranbolt watched the Magic Council’s leaders die in Tartaros’s attack, but found Councilor Oge still alive beneath the rubble. After Jackal killed Oge, Doranbolt escaped with Oge’s message to find Jiang Bai at Fairy Tail in Magnolia.

• Doranbolt searched the ruined headquarters and found Councilor Oge alive beneath the rubble.
• Jackal kicked Doranbolt away and prepared to kill Oge to complete Lord Mard’s purge order.
• Oge ordered Doranbolt to flee, find Jiang Bai at Fairy Tail in Magnolia, and report everything that had happened.
• Jackal’s explosive magic killed Oge and blasted Doranbolt through the ruins.
• Doranbolt used Space Transfer magic to escape, while Jackal identified himself as one of Tartaros’s Nine Demon Gates.

Jiang Bai joked with Bisca and Alzack in the guild hall before Mest suddenly emerged from a spatial rift, gravely injured and out of magic power. The guild members recognized the former undercover agent, and Jiang Bai told Wendy to treat him.

• Jiang Bai gave Asuka a glowing fruit, and Bisca and Alzack protested that he had encouraged her to call him big brother.
• Jiang Bai defended himself by boasting about his looks and strength, leaving Bisca speechless and Alzack irritated.
• A spatial rift opened in the guild hall, and a bloodied Mest fell out onto the floor.
• Wendy and the other guild members recognized Mest, while the Tenrou Island participants recalled his undercover role and memory-manipulation magic.
• Jiang Bai examined the unconscious Mest and asked Wendy to treat him.

Wendy healed Mest while Fairy Tail suspected Jiang Bai of attacking the Magic Council, and Jiang Bai threatened the guild with a month of special training. Mest woke and told Jiang Bai that the Council, including Lord Oge, Lahar, and all nine councilors, had died in an explosion.

• Wendy used her Sky Dragon Slayer Magic to stabilize Mest’s injuries as Fairy Tail members wondered who had beaten him.
• The guild members turned their suspicions toward Jiang Bai, who denied attacking the Council and reminded them he had just returned from the hot springs.
• Jiang Bai threatened to send the guild to a month of special training, prompting Natsu, Gray, Macao, and Wakaba to theatrically rally around Mest.
• Mest woke, grabbed Jiang Bai’s trouser leg, and revealed that Lord Oge, Lahar, and all nine councilors had died in an explosion.

After learning that one Tartaros demon had destroyed the Magic Council headquarters and killed its councilors, Fairy Tail prepared to strike back. Makarov called for reconnaissance to locate Tartaros’s hidden base, but Jiang Bai said there was no need for that.

• Mest told Fairy Tail that a jackal-like demon acting alone had destroyed the Magic Council headquarters and killed the nine councilors and Lahar.
• Mest pleaded with Jiang Bai to destroy Tartaros, saying Lord Oge had sent him to find Jiang Bai before dying.
• Jiang Bai ordered Fairy Tail to prepare for battle, and the guild members eagerly readied their magic and weapons.
• Makarov proposed sending a reconnaissance team to find Tartaros’s hidden lair before the guild launched its main attack.
• Jiang Bai said there was no need to search for Tartaros’s lair.

Jiang Bai proposed gathering the former Magic Council members at Fairy Tail to lure Tartaros into an ambush, and the guild approved. He sent Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe to retrieve Yajima and prepared to bring the remaining former council members to the guild before announcing the bait plan.

• Jiang Bai pointed out that Tartaros would likely target former Magic Council members and proposed gathering them at Fairy Tail as bait.
• Mest warned that the plan would bring Tartaros's full strength to Magnolia, then realized Jiang Bai could handle the demons and withdrew his objection.
• Jiang Bai ordered Laxus, Bickslow, Freed, and Evergreen to bring Yajima back from his restaurant.
• Jiang Bai said he would gather the other former council members within half an hour and told Mirajane and Levy to broadcast their presence.
• Jiang Bai called Fairy Tail to prepare for battle and declared that they would feast on Tartaros's demons.

Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe arrived to protect Yajima from Tartaros, which had targeted former Magic Council members after killing the current council. Laxus struck the cloaked attacker twice, sending him crashing through the alley and into a warehouse.

• A Tartaros attacker tried to kill Yajima outside the 8 Island restaurant, but Laxus arrived in a lightning bolt and kicked him through the alley walls.
• Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen arrived to protect Yajima, and Freed explained that Jiang Bai had anticipated Tartaros would target former Magic Council members.
• The attacker rose from the rubble and threatened Yajima and his protectors, while Laxus challenged him.
• Laxus attacked at lightning speed with Lightning Dragon's Crushing Fist and sent the attacker flying into an abandoned warehouse.

Laxus defeated the demon Tempester, who then sacrificed himself and unleashed a spreading black fog. The chapter left Freed and the others facing the expanding fumes.

• Tempester emerged from the ruins as a lion-faced demon and attacked Laxus with wind blades created by his Curse.
• Laxus dispelled the wind with lightning and told Tempester that Fairy Tail held many monsters stronger than he was.
• Laxus overwhelmed Tempester with Lightning Dragon’s Jaw, driving him into a pit and leaving him unable to fight.
• As Freed prepared to restrain him, Tempester revealed a dark core in his chest and said the Lord of the Underworld would revive him.
• Tempester exploded, releasing dense black fog that spread across the area as Freed, Yajima, Evergreen, and Bickslow’s dolls guarded against it.

Laxus swallowed the Magic Barrier Particles to save his fallen comrades, then collapsed unconscious. In Magnolia, Mest learned that he had once erased the guild’s memories of his identity while going undercover for Fairy Tail, and Makarov worried over a sudden bad feeling.

• Demon Tempest revealed that his destruction would not kill him while the Core of the Underworld remained, and that his black fog contained Magic Barrier Particles that caused Magic Depletion Syndrome.
• Freed, Evergreen, Bickslow, and Yajima succumbed to the spreading particles as the black fog engulfed the street.
• Laxus swallowed the Magic Barrier Particles to clear the street and protect his comrades, then collapsed after entrusting Freed with getting everyone back to the guild.
• Makarov felt a sudden pain in his chest and told Mest that Mest had once used Memory Manipulation Magic to conceal his identity as a Fairy Tail spy inside the Magic Council.
• Makarov explained that Mest had later believed himself to be a champion of justice and brought Lahar to Tenrou Island to investigate Fairy Tail.