Chapter Summaries

Cagall and Kurnugi awaited the powerful reinforcements brought from Ishgar, while Toforsen confronted Cagall on behalf of Jorg. Ywen appeared before Kurnugi and insulted the dragon’s age, leaving everyone speechless.

• Cagall taunted Kurnugi and claimed a mighty fighter from Ishgar had arrived, while Kurnugi feared the visitor might be the dragons’ ancient enemy.
• Toforsen demanded that Cagall honor his agreement with Jorg, and Cagall insulted Jorg for eating dragons.
• The flying vehicle landed, and Bruce reunited with Cagall, who brushed aside his attempted embrace to ask for the expert.
• Bruce turned to introduce Ywen, but Ywen had already disappeared and appeared on the arena before Kurnugi.
• Ywen examined Kurnugi and asked whether he was so young that he had only just been weaned, silencing everyone.

Ywen returned to the arena to confront the Sword Saint Dragon Kirinu, while Cagall mistakenly tried to rescue him and struggled to believe Bruce’s explanation that Ywen was the expert from Ishgar. Ywen’s Conqueror’s Haki left Kirinu intimidated, though the onlookers misread the standoff, and Toforsen approached Cagall and Bruce.

• Cagall rushed onto the arena and carried Ywen away, thinking he was saving him from Kirinu.
• Bruce told Cagall that Ywen was the expert he had brought back from Ishgar, but Cagall dismissed the claim until Bruce insisted he was serious.
• Ywen ignored them, flew back onto the arena, and challenged Kirinu, who mocked him for being a child.
• Kirinu roared at Ywen, but Ywen remained standing as the two tested each other with their auras.
• Ywen unleashed powerful Conqueror’s Haki, intimidating Kirinu, while Bruce and Cagall mistook the standoff for Ywen being frightened.
• Toforsen, one of Jorg’s followers, approached Cagall and Bruce.

Toforsen offered Cagall a bet on behalf of Jorg: the Magic Council would fund the Dragon Eaters if Bruce’s expert failed to defeat the dragon. Bruce countered with terms requiring the Dragon Eaters to submit to the Council’s oversight if they lost, and Jorg agreed to the bet as both sides prepared to sign a contract.

• Toforsen told Cagall that Jorg would handle the dragon in exchange for the Magic Council funding the Dragon Eaters if Ywen failed.
• Bruce asked what the Dragon Eaters would stake if they lost, and proposed that they report their plans and actions to the Magic Council in Perou.
• Toforsen objected that he lacked authority to accept Bruce’s terms, but Jorg instructed him through Thought Projection Magic to agree.
• Toforsen accepted the bet, and Bruce proposed signing a contract so neither side could back out.

Ywen survived Kurnugi’s lethal opening strike and easily sent the young dragon flying with Dragon Slayer Magic. After revealing his name, Ywen began a powerful transformation, leaving Kurnugi alarmed as something enormous moved behind the storm clouds.

• Kurnugi smashed the arena with a powerful strike, and Toforsen, Cagall, and Bruce believed Ywen had been killed.
• Ywen answered from the dust unharmed, then struck Kurnugi with Azure Dragon's Crushing Fist and blasted him hundreds of meters away.
• Toforsen recognized Ywen as a powerful Dragon Slayer Mage and wondered whether he was a Dragon Eater.
• Ywen introduced himself as Ywen Belserion, and Kurnugi recognized the surname from stories about an ancient dragon leader who supported coexistence with humans.
• Kurnugi declared the warm-up over, but Ywen began transforming amid a storm, then flew into the sky as a huge creature moved behind the clouds.

Ywen transformed into an enormous Azure Dragon and overwhelmed Kurnugi in a fight far from the others. After blasting a mountain range flat and knocking Kurnugi into a crater, Ywen had left him coughing up sand and still unable to fight back.

• Ywen transformed into a gigantic Azure Dragon, startling Kurnugi, Bruce, Cagall, and Toforsen.
• Ywen carried Kurnugi to a deserted mountain range and challenged him to fight.
• Ywen's roar overwhelmed Kurnugi's, flattening the mountain range and sending a mushroom cloud and heat wave toward the Magic Council members.
• Kurnugi charged at Ywen in fury, but Ywen knocked him back into a crater with his tail.

Ywen tricked the young dragon Kirinu into wagering that he would become Ywen’s disciple if Ywen beat him in a swordsmanship duel. After maxing out his Swordsmanship and Haki, Ywen transformed into human form and prepared to face Kirinu, who shrank into a tiny boy.

• Kirinu challenged Ywen to a fair duel in human form, with no magic and only swordsmanship.
• Ywen baited Kirinu into agreeing that he would become Ywen’s disciple if Ywen won, and Kirinu promised to keep his word.
• Ywen spent three SS-Class Mission Badges and three Ten-Year Mission-level Mission Badges to max out his Swordsmanship, Armament Haki, and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ywen took human form and invited Kirinu to transform for the duel.
• Kirinu shrank into a tiny boy, protested when Ywen touched his head, and insisted that he would still grow taller.

Ywen and Kurnugi began a swordsmanship match in an arena formed from leveled mountains, and Ywen easily blocked Kurnugi’s strongest slash with a branch. After identifying Kurnugi’s crude technique and Underworld Dragon nature, Ywen attacked him with Divine Avoidance, leaving Kurnugi trying to block the strike.

• Ywen hardened and sharpened a branch, while Kurnugi used Requip Magic to equip a kendo uniform and a long katana.
• Kurnugi challenged Ywen to a sword fight, and Ywen taunted him for relying on his strength rather than refined swordsmanship.
• Kurnugi attacked with Underworld Style Iaijutsu: Underworld Fall, but Ywen blocked the slash with his branch.
• Ywen criticized Kurnugi’s basic iaijutsu and identified him as an Underworld Dragon rather than a Sword Saint Dragon.
• Ywen coated his branch with Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, then launched Divine Avoidance as Kurnugi raised his katana to block it.

Ywen defeated Kurnugi, healed him, and accepted him as a student after the dragon asked to learn swordsmanship. Ywen prepared to take Kurnugi to apologize to the Magic Council, while Cagall panicked over having tried to protect Ywen; a massive shadow approached the Council.

• Ywen struck Kurnugi with a Haki-powered slash, then healed his wounds after finding him unconscious in the mountainside.
• Kurnugi transformed into a child, clung to Ywen, and asked to become his student and learn swordsmanship.
• Kurnugi explained that he was an Underworld Dragon who ate flames, ice, and the despair of powerful opponents, and that he had challenged the Magic Council because he thought it was the continent's strongest human force.
• Ywen ordered Kurnugi to apologize to the Magic Council, and Kurnugi agreed after Ywen gripped his shoulder.
• Cagall remembered patting Ywen and promising to protect him, panicked as Bruce confirmed it, and saw a huge shadow approaching the Magic Council.

Ywen defeated Kurnugi and made him his disciple, then helped settle the dragon’s conflict with the Magic Council. Cagall apologized to Ywen and invited him to a meal, which Ywen accepted.

• Kurnugi arrived at the Magic Council, and Ywen followed on his back, revealing that he had subdued the dragon.
• Ywen ordered Kurnugi to apologize to Cagall and Bruce, and Kurnugi reluctantly changed into a child and apologized.
• Ywen promised that his disciple Kurnugi would cause no further harm, and Cagall agreed to put the incident behind them.
• Cagall apologized to Ywen on behalf of the Magic Council and thanked him, while the council members bowed in gratitude.
• Cagall invited Ywen to dine at the Magic Council, and Ywen accepted.

Ywen taught Kirinu about human courage and the history of Dragon Slayer Magic during a celebration at the Magic Council. The feast was interrupted by Jorg, who demanded that Ywen hand over Kurnugi and join the Dragon Eaters.

• Cagall welcomed Ywen and Kirinu into the Magic Council and rallied the wounded soldiers before the feast.
• Kirinu belittled the soldiers, so Ywen struck him and explained that courage meant challenging stronger foes.
• Ywen told Kirinu how first-generation Dragon Slayer Magic had enabled humans to fight dragons, even though its users risked turning into dragons themselves.
• At the banquet, Cagall praised Ywen, and the soldiers cheered while Ywen and Kurnugi drank fruit juice.
• Jorg barged into the hall, claimed the Dragon Eaters had joined the Magic Council after a bet, and demanded that Ywen hand over Kurnugi and join them.

Ywen refused Georg Raizen’s offer to join the Dragon Eaters and protected Kirinu from being claimed as prey, while bluffing his way out of a fight. He learned that Kirinu was the son of Selene, the Moon God Dragon.

• Toforsen introduced Georg Raizen, who demanded that Ywen kill Kirinu and join the Dragon Eaters.
• Ywen refused Georg’s offer and declared Kirinu his own prey, then used Conqueror’s Haki to intimidate Toforsen.
• Georg chose not to fight Ywen and accepted that Kirinu was Ywen’s prey before taking a seat across from him.
• Ywen reassured Kirinu that he did not intend to eat him and told him to flee if Georg attacked.
• Kirinu revealed that his mother was Selene, known across the continent as the Moon God Dragon, leaving Ywen stunned.

Ywen realized that his new disciple, Kurnugi, was connected to the Moon Dragon Selene, then left the Magic Council with him. Georg Raizen ambushed them on the road, forcing Ywen to hold him off while Kurnugi fled.

• Ywen considered whether Selene's power might help against Acnologia, and the banquet ended without Georg confronting him.
• Ywen and Kurnugi said goodbye to Cagall and Bruce and departed from the Magic Council.
• Ywen asked Kurnugi to follow a summoned ball of light at full speed, then spotted Georg waiting ahead.
• Georg attacked Kurnugi, and Ywen blocked his punch while ordering Kurnugi to flee.
• Kurnugi transformed into a dragon and flew skyward as Georg fired Four Beast Dragon's Roar at him.

Ywen battled Jorg, using attacks Jorg could not absorb before trapping him inside a reinforced stone sphere. Ywen then flew off to catch up with Kurnugi, while reflecting that Jorg remained powerful despite his strange behavior.

• Ywen swallowed Jorg’s lightning and returned it with a roar that exploded inside Jorg, blasting him into a crater.
• Jorg revealed that his Dragon Slayer Magic wielded fire, water, lightning, and light, then stopped Ywen from pursuing Kirinu.
• Ywen’s Yasakani no Magatama attacks resisted Jorg’s attempts to absorb them, and Ywen kicked and struck Jorg with a Gravity Fist.
• Ywen called down a meteor and buried Jorg beneath falling rocks, forming a stone sphere around him with Dragon Binding.
• Ywen flew toward Kurnugi and thought that Jorg’s strength had consumed much of his magic, though Jorg’s strange behavior had helped him learn his abilities.

Ywen recovered from his fight with Georg Raizen and took Kurnugi to raid the Dragon Eaters' base while Georg was away. They crashed into the headquarters, where Ywen confronted Toforsen for helping Georg ambush him.

• Kirinu sincerely accepted Ywen as his master, earning Ywen a Ten-Year Mission Medal.
• Ywen reunited with Kurnugi, admitted Georg had injured him, and healed his wounds.
• Ywen contacted Magic Council Chairman Cagall for the location of Georg Raizen's base and set out with Kurnugi to attack it.
• At the Dragon Eaters' base, Toforsen boasted about claiming Kurnugi's meat while Suzaku deferred to Georg's decision.
• Kurnugi crashed through the base's wall, and Ywen grabbed Toforsen and punched him for helping Georg ambush them.

Ywen overwhelmed the Dragon Eater guild, earning medals as he defeated its members and swallowed the soul of Thunder Dragon King Alexion. His power rose to Level 11, and Misaki fainted as he turned toward the last surviving youth.

• Ywen knocked out Toforsen and Suzaku, earning an A-Class Medal and an S-Class Medal.
• Ywen used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate most of the Dragon Eater guild and collected ninety-seven A-Class Medals and thirteen S-Class Medals.
• Ywen punched Kirin through the base’s ceiling and earned an SS-Class Medal.
• Ywen opened Kirin’s coffin and swallowed the resentful soul of Thunder Dragon King Alexion, raising his Azure Dragon Form and magic power to Level 11.
• Ywen’s aura and Conqueror’s Haki frightened Misaki into fainting, earning him an SS-Class Mission Medal.

Ywen defeated the Dragon Eaters, took the young man’s soul with him in a bottle, and returned to Magnolia with Kurnugi. He introduced Kurnugi as his new disciple and a prospective Fairy Tail member, astonishing Makarov with the young dragon’s strength.

• Ywen learned that the transparent young man was a soul who had lost his memories and was searching for the person who hurt him.
• The young man recognized the Fairy Tail emblem on Ywen’s hand, so Ywen stuffed his soul into a wine bottle and received an SS-Class Mission Badge.
• Ywen left the Dragon Eaters’ stronghold with Kurnugi, choosing to leave its defeated members alive and calculating the medals and rewards he had earned.
• Jorg escaped the shattered cage and vowed to remember Ywen, while Ywen and Kurnugi flew back to Magnolia that night.
• Ywen introduced Kurnugi to Makarov as his disciple and a prospective Fairy Tail member, and Makarov was shocked by Kurnugi’s strength.

Ywen brought Kurnugi into Fairy Tail and revealed to Makarov that the boy was a real dragon. He also freed Reis, a ghost who turned out to be a long-lost Fairy Tail companion, while Kurnugi’s boastful threats drew the attention of Irene Belserion.

• Makarov stamped Fairy Tail’s emblem on Kurnugi’s hand after the boy asked to join.
• Ywen warned Kurnugi not to use magic carelessly or reveal that he was a dragon, then told Makarov the truth about him.
• Ywen opened the bottle and released Reis, whom Makarov recognized as a Fairy Tail companion.
• Reis asked about his past, and Makarov promised to tell him everything as Ywen left them alone together.
• Kurnugi stood on a table and threatened the guild members until Irene Belserion appeared and introduced herself.
• Kurnugi recognized Irene’s name and looked to Ywen for help, but Ywen only waved goodbye.

Aileen disciplined Kirinu after he caused trouble, and Ywen explained that Kirinu was a dragon from Guiltina who claimed Selene as his mother. Gildarts then asked Ywen about Guiltina and the Hundred-Year Mission, eager to pursue it.

• Aileen took Kirinu outside the guild and spanked him until he returned crying with a swollen backside.
• Kirinu begged Ywen for help, then realized Aileen was Ywen's mother and accepted that Ywen could not protect him from her.
• Ywen told Aileen he had met Kirinu in Guiltina, subdued him, and taken him as his disciple.
• Kirinu promised Aileen to behave and explained that apologizing had become his instinct from repeatedly apologizing to his mother.
• Ywen revealed that Kirinu claimed his mother was Selene, and Aileen said she had only heard of the Moon God Dragon.
• Gildarts asked Ywen about Guiltina and the Hundred-Year Mission.

Ywen warned Gildarts that the Hundred-Year Mission required defeating at least five beings as powerful as Aileen, prompting Gildarts to postpone his attempt until he had grown stronger. Meanwhile, Makarov learned that Kurnugi was a dragon recruited by Ywen and feared Fairy Tail was becoming powerful enough to destroy the world.

• Ywen told Gildarts that attempting the Hundred-Year Mission now would mean certain death, but Gildarts said he still intended to try once his strength stopped improving.
• Ywen revealed that the mission required defeating at least five beings at Aileen's level or stronger, and Gildarts decided he needed to build up his strength first.
• Ywen reflected that Aileen remained unfathomably powerful even after his own recent growth and her breakthrough from eating the Human-Human Fruit.
• Reis told Makarov that Ywen had not lied: Kurnugi was the Sword Saint Dragon from Guiltina, subdued by Ywen and brought into Fairy Tail.
• Makarov recalled Rob's warning about recruiting world-destroying monsters and worried that Ywen, Gildarts, Aileen, and Kurnugi might be capable of destroying the world.

Kurnugi dominated the Fairy Tail arena until Laxus and Erza unleashed a powerful Combination Magic attack that missed him, after which Erza defeated Laxus and Kurnugi reclaimed the crowd’s cheers. Erza then brought Ywen to the guild, and Kurnugi immediately begged his master to go easy on him.

• Kurnugi battled Laxus and Erza at once, overwhelmed them, and won the arena crowd’s support.
• Erza and Laxus synchronized their magic and fired the powerful Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Super Electromagnetic Dragon-Slaying Spear Gungnir, but the attack flew past Kurnugi.
• Laxus and Erza argued over the missed attack, and Erza knocked Laxus unconscious before leaving the arena.
• Kurnugi proclaimed himself the arena’s king as the crowd cheered for him.
• Erza brought Ywen into the guild, and Kurnugi knelt to plead with his master to go easy on him.