Chapter Summaries

Makarov and Ywen arrived at the prison, rescued Tocchi Anderba, and confronted Doramu and the Gojobashi Family. Doramu’s eldest son used the stolen prison key to open every cell, unleashing the criminals.

• Tocchi Anderba welcomed Makarov and the others, while Doramu realized he faced a Wizard Saint and considered escaping.
• Doramu threatened Makarov with his spear and held Tocchi hostage, but Ywen’s magic pulled Tocchi to safety.
• Doramu learned Ywen’s reputation and decided to fight, but Ywen dismissed him as a minor threat.
• Doramu asked his eldest son if the prison key was ready, and his son revealed the stolen control panel.
• Doramu ordered his eldest son to unlock the cells, releasing all the prison’s criminals, including S-Class convicts.

Ywen and Makarov faced the released prisoners as Gildarts appeared among the guards, prompting a reunion and questions about how he ended up in prison. The chapter left Gildarts angrily denying Ywen’s claim that he had been arrested for flirting with a respectable woman.

• Doramu rallied the released Gojobashi Family mages and other prisoners to attack the prison guards.
• Gurogu ordered the guards to form ranks as Gildarts appeared behind them, holding two female guards and making lewd remarks.
• Ywen recognized Gildarts, and Makarov and the others learned that Gildarts was a Fairy Tail mage and its strongest male mage.
• Makarov scolded Gildarts and asked how he had been imprisoned, while Gildarts struggled to explain.
• Ywen claimed that Gildarts had been arrested for flirting with a respectable woman, and Gildarts angrily denied it.

Ywen and Gildarts clashed after trading insults, while Makarov tried to keep their fight from harming Councilor Toki Andarba. Their battle shook the floating prison, leaving Makarov distraught over the damage and its cost.

• Ywen and Gildarts ignored Makarov’s pleas and collided in a contest of magic power.
• Doramu charged at the pair, but Ywen and Gildarts each punched him unconscious in a single blow.
• The Gojobashi Family attacked after Doramu fell, and Ywen and Gildarts quickly knocked them all down.
• After criminals mocked Gildarts, he returned to the black cell and blasted them into the air with Evil-Shattering Righteousness: One Day.
• Ywen countered Gildarts’s attack with Gravity Fist: Fierce Tiger, and their clash sent the criminals flying again and cracked the floating prison.
• Makarov noticed the prison’s damage and cried over the cost of repairing it.

Makarov’s attempt to stop Ywen and Gildarts destroyed the prison, though Ywen’s gravity kept its occupants safe. After the prison was repaired enough to fly, Councilor Toki Andarba thanked Fairy Tail and arranged to report their help to the Magic Council.

• Makarov transformed into a giant and punched the prison while trying to stop Ywen and Gildarts, causing it to break apart and crash into the canyon.
• Ywen used gravity to keep the prison officers and guards safe, while Makarov apologized to Tocchi Anderba for the destruction.
• Tocchi Anderba said the Gojobashi Family was to blame and later confirmed the damaged prison could be repaired in three months.
• Tocchi Anderba added a year to the sentence of the sole prisoner still able to complain, and the prisoner fell silent.
• Councilor Toki Andarba thanked Makarov and asked Fairy Tail to bring future criminals to BLACKVOX; Makarov agreed.
• After Fairy Tail left, Councilor Toki Andarba instructed Gurogu to tell the Magic Council that Fairy Tail had helped them.

A Magic Council councilor panicked after learning that Makarov, Gildarts, Ywen, and Ul were traveling together, and feared Fairy Tail was preparing to attack the Council. Yajima dismissed the alarm and reminisced about Fairy Tail’s past, while the councilor called for an emergency meeting and proposed using Etherion.

• A Magic Council soldier reported that Makarov, Gildarts, Ywen, Ul, Gray, and Lyon were traveling west, likely toward Fairy Tail’s guild hall.
• A councilor panicked at the gathering of powerful Fairy Tail mages and speculated that they intended to attack the Magic Council.
• Yajima arrived, learned that Ul had joined Fairy Tail, and happily recalled the guild’s earlier days.
• The councilor urged Yajima to convene an emergency meeting and argued that the Council might need to deploy Etherion against the group.

Yajima persuaded Councilor Zorn to leave Fairy Tail alone, warning that disbanding the guild could cost Zorn his council seat. On the road, Ul recounted how Gildarts once defeated a magical beast she could not handle, revealing how his strength inspired her.

• Yajima warned Councilor Zorn that disbanding Fairy Tail could put Makarov on the Council and cost Zorn his position, then promised to take responsibility for bringing Makarov and the others back.
• Gildarts asked Ul if Gray and Lyon were her children, and Ul angrily clarified that they were her disciples.
• Gildarts asked Ul if she had found a reason to keep fighting, and Ul said she needed to set a good example for her disciples.
• Makarov pressed Gildarts and Ul about how they had met, so Ul explained that she encountered Gildarts while hunting magical beasts in the snow.
• Ul recalled that Gildarts defeated a powerful beast with one strike after she had run out of strength, leaving Gray and Lyon astonished by his power.

Gildarts left the hotel to finish a job, then ran through town carrying two women as their employer chased him. Makarov jumped in to stop him before Ywen could explain that the women might be Gildarts’s mission targets.

• Gildarts rented rooms in Monet and said he had a job to do before returning to the guild.
• Ywen tricked Gildarts into confronting his own reflection, and Makarov stopped them from fighting in town.
• Gildarts left the hotel, crashing through its wall, while Makarov and Ywen rested and watched from the window.
• Gildarts ran down the street carrying two women as their employer and a mage chased him, demanding that he return them.
• Ywen suggested the women might be Gildarts’s mission targets, but Makarov leaped from the window and charged after Gildarts before hearing him out.

Gildarts rushed to sea with two girls to hunt Unicel while Makarov pursued him in giant form. Makarov refused to hear Gildarts’s explanation, leaving Gildarts to press on with the job despite the danger of being caught.

• Gildarts spotted Makarov chasing him, sped toward the docks with two girls, and Ywen flew after him.
• Gildarts boarded a hunting vessel and set sail to hunt Unicel, while Makarov arrived at the docks.
• Makarov grew larger as he stepped into the sea and pursued the vessel, and Gildarts insisted he had not taken the girls for the reason Makarov assumed.
• Makarov rejected Gildarts’s explanation and kept closing in, so Gildarts decided to finish the job first and explain later.

Makarov caught Unicel and Gildarts destroyed it, while Ywen learned that Gildarts had rescued two sisters from a merchant exploiting their family’s debt. Makarov and Gildarts arranged for BLACKVOX Prison pursuit officers to handle the merchant, and they arrived in Monet.

• Makarov pulled Unicel from the sea and threw it toward Gildarts, who destroyed the monster with Crush Magic.
• Ywen arrived as the hunting ship began flying and heard Gildarts explain that he had rescued two sisters from a merchant who treated them as payment for their parents’ debt.
• Ywen confirmed that the merchant had broken the law, but Gildarts admitted he had avoided seeking help from soldiers because he feared consequences for his past destruction.
• Ywen spoke with Makarov, who shrank back to his normal size and reassured Gildarts that he had not gone astray.
• Makarov and Gildarts decided to call on magical authorities instead of soldiers, and BLACKVOX Prison pursuit officers arrived in Monet.

Ywen and the others left Monet after the Magic Council arrested Kino and Naiwa, arriving in Fores on their way back to the guild. There, Gray and Lyon encountered a blue-haired girl, while Ywen caught a boy who had just stolen something.

• The Magic Council soldiers arrested Kino and Naiwa, thanked Makarov for helping Tocchi Anderba, and departed with their prisoners.
• Gildarts rejoined the group after finishing his tasks, and everyone checked out of the inn and set off toward a nearby train station.
• Makarov and Gildarts led Ywen and the others across a mountain to Fores, the western gateway town.
• Lyon pointed out a blue-haired girl carrying a package, and Gray dismissed her as only so-so; the girl blushed when she saw Gray and hurried away to deliver something to her uncle.
• Ywen grabbed a boy who brushed past him and demanded that he return what he had stolen.

Ywen caught a thief at the station and recovered the stolen belongings, then boarded a train to Magnolia with Makarov, Gildarts, Ul, Gray, and Lyon. A merchant whose wallet they recovered paid for their tickets and supplies, while a bespectacled youth in Fos Town sent a folded message after they departed.

• Ywen stopped the thief despite his time-boosting potion, recovered the stolen goods, and told him to surrender to the guards.
• The thief fled when Ywen released him, while Ywen secretly tracked and observed him with spells.
• A blond merchant recovered his wallet and his daughter's photograph, then bought Ywen and the others first-class train tickets, food, and water.
• Ywen and the others boarded the train to Magnolia, where Gildarts, Gray, and Lyon fought over their bentos.
• After confirming the group had boarded, a bespectacled youth in Fos Town folded a page into a bird and sent it flying.

Night Walk attacked Fairy Tail while Makarov, Gildarts, and Ywen were away, and Macao fought back after their surprise assault. The guild hall was left wrecked as Macao stood against the two attackers.

• Night Walk Guild Master Kafche learned that Makarov, Gildarts, and Ywen were away and ordered Carlo and Morn to attack Fairy Tail.
• Macao complained to Wakaba that the guild members ignored him as acting Guild Master, while Wakaba urged him to get stronger.
• Carlo and Morn entered Fairy Tail, trapped Macao and the other members in hydrogen balloons, and detonated them.
• Macao survived the explosion despite severe burns and attacked Carlo and Morn with purple flames.
• Carlo and Morn were shocked that Macao kept standing and fighting.

Erza returned to Fairy Tail and found the guild wrecked after the Dark Guild Night Walk attacked and abducted Macao. Laxus returned, and he and Erza set off together to confront the attackers.

• Erza returned to Fairy Tail and found its members injured amid the wreckage of the guild hall.
• Wakaba told Erza that Night Walk had attacked while the Guild Master, Ywen, and others were away, and that Macao had been taken.
• Laxus overheard the news outside the guild and prepared to go after Night Walk alone.
• Erza followed Laxus and agreed to join him, warning that the enemy was powerful.
• Laxus and Erza set out together to punish those who had hurt their guild members.

Night Walk celebrated its attack on Fairy Tail and tortured the captured Macao, believing no one would come for him. Two young Fairy Tail mages found the guild, and the golden-haired boy opened the fight with a powerful lightning attack.

• Night Walk's members celebrated destroying Fairy Tail's guild hall and capturing Macao while their Guild Master, Kafche, looked forward to Makarov's return.
• A bandaged Night Walk mage taunted and kicked the chained Macao, but Macao was relieved to hear his guildmates were safe.
• Two children—a crimson-haired girl and a golden-haired boy—broke into Night Walk's guild hall and asked whether its members belonged to the guild.
• The Night Walk mages mocked the children, and the golden-haired boy announced that Fairy Tail would defeat them.
• The boy transformed into lightning and unleashed Lightning Dragon's Roar, blasting more than a dozen Night Walk mages away.

Erza and Laxus fought through Night Walk’s mages and freed Macao, who had been captured by the Dark Guild. Macao headed back to Fairy Tail for reinforcements while Erza and Laxus stayed to face the remaining enemies.

• Erza used Requip and her iron-controlling ability to defeat the Night Walk mages surrounding her, while Laxus attacked the others with lightning magic.
• Erza and Laxus took down more than half of Night Walk’s members.
• Macao escaped his chains after Erza had secretly cut them and knocked the bandaged man unconscious with a punch.
• Erza caught the injured Macao and told him to return to Fairy Tail so Porlyusica could treat him.
• Macao left to bring reinforcements while Erza and Laxus continued fighting Night Walk.

Erza and Laxus defeated Night Walk Guild Master Kafche after overpowering his guild, then Fairy Tail’s arriving mages rounded up the defeated members and looted the hall. By dusk, they had handed Night Walk over to the guards and returned to Fairy Tail with their spoils.

• Erza and Laxus refused Kafche’s demand that they join Night Walk and defeated him with their strongest attacks.
• With Kafche unconscious, the remaining Night Walk mages lost the will to fight Erza and Laxus.
• Fairy Tail mages arrived to help, but found Erza and Laxus had already beaten Night Walk.
• Erza ordered the Fairy Tail mages to capture Night Walk and take its belongings as compensation for the damage to their guild.
• Porlyusica complained after healing the Fairy Tail mages, and Macao thanked her before she left.
• At dusk, the Fairy Tail mages handed Night Walk’s members to the guards and returned with their spoils.

Fairy Tail celebrated its victory while Erza and Laxus regretted their shortcomings, and Kafche escaped to plot revenge. Irene Belserion found him, killed him with overwhelming magic, covered the crater by moving part of a mountain from Elba Kingdom, and returned home to make bread before Ywen came back.

• Wakaba warned Fairy Tail that Night Walk's Guild Master, Kafche, had escaped, while Erza and Laxus blamed themselves for mistakes in battle.
• Kafche vowed from a mountain near Fairy Tail to rebuild Night Walk and wage another war against Makarov and Fairy Tail.
• Irene Belserion appeared before Kafche, whose fear of her immense magic power made him collapse and sob.
• Irene Belserion destroyed Kafche and the surrounding area with a single strike, leaving a vast crater.
• Irene Belserion filled the crater by moving part of Elba Kingdom's national-protection mountain range, then vanished to make bread before Ywen returned.

Ywen, Makarov, Gildarts, and the others returned to Magnolia as the Harvest Festival approached and reunited with Fairy Tail. They learned that the dark guild Night Walk had attacked while they were away, but Erza and the guild members had already defeated it.

• Ywen and the others arrived in Magnolia, where townspeople were preparing for the Harvest Festival, and Makarov said Fairy Tail would make its annual parade float.
• Makarov kicked open the guild doors, but the members ignored him until Erza ordered them to welcome him and the returning mages.
• Erza and Laxus greeted Ywen and Makarov, and Makarov jokingly lamented that the members seemed to obey Erza more than him.
• Ywen asked about Erza and Laxus's injuries, and Erza explained that Night Walk had attacked Fairy Tail while the senior mages were away.
• Ywen, Makarov, and Gildarts prepared to confront Night Walk, but Erza told them the guild had already defeated it and turned its members over to the Magic Council, leaving only its Guild Master unaccounted for.

After Fairy Tail defeated Night Walk, Makarov officially welcomed Gray, Lyon, and Ul into the guild. Aileen arrived to take Ywen and Erza home, leaving Ul stunned by the immense magic power she sensed from their mother.

• Macao reported that Laxus and Erza had defeated Night Walk, though its Guild Master, Kafche, had escaped.
• Makarov and the guild laughed when they realized the badly bandaged Macao was standing before them.
• Ywen checked on Erza, who said her injuries were minor and that she wanted to grow strong enough to catch up to him.
• Makarov stamped Gray, Lyon, and Ul as Fairy Tail members, while Ul marveled at the guild's powerful Mages.
• Aileen entered the guild, lifted Ywen and Erza, and took them home; Ul was shaken by the trace of magic power she sensed from her.

Ywen returned safely with Erza to Aileen, who welcomed them home and invited everyone to eat. At Fairy Tail, Gray and Lyon tried to befriend Laxus, then asked Cana who the guild's strongest wizard was, but she could not determine whether Ywen or Gildarts was stronger.

• Aileen welcomed Ywen and Erza home without questioning them, having already watched their journey through Eden's eyes.
• Gray tried to befriend Laxus, and Lyon joined him, but Laxus ignored them and called them idiots as he walked away.
• Cana introduced herself to Gray and Lyon and explained that Makarov held the guild's greatest authority, while Gildarts and Ywen were its strongest candidates.
• Cana said Gildarts and Ywen's previous fight had ended when Makarov intervened, leaving their strength unresolved.
• Cana told Gray and Lyon about Erza and Laxus's strength, prompting Gray to want to fight Laxus and Lyon to take interest in Erza.