Chapter Summaries

Wes captured Erza after overwhelming her with restraints, magic, and a sleeping draught. As she lost consciousness, Wes addressed someone hiding nearby.

• Erza endured the electric restraints and Wes's gravity spell, but overloaded the device draining her magic and broke free.
• Erza fought Wes with Demon Blade Crimson Cherry, but his clones trapped her inside a Magic Circle and repeatedly drove her back.
• Wes bound Erza with magical chains and poured Draught of Living Death down her throat, leaving her unconscious.
• Wes turned toward an apparently empty space and demanded that the hidden onlooker come out.

Wes confronted Ultear after defeating Erza, but Deliora's release interrupted them. The beast was revealed to have died long ago from Ur's Absolute Zero, and Wes left the island after announcing that he had taken Erza and demanded a ransom.

• Wes locked the unconscious Erza in a device and faced Ultear, declaring his interest in her Arc of Time.
• Ultear sensed Deliora's seal breaking and vanished, while Wes used Apparition to reach the ruins.
• Deliora emerged, and Wes told Leon and the others that the beast was already dying because Ur's Absolute Zero had drained its life force.
• Natsu struck Deliora, shattering its body into ice fragments, and Gray urged Leon to be proud of Ur.
• Wes told Fairy Tail that he had captured Erza and demanded ransom, then left the island in a Flying car.

Wes collected the purple moon-magic condensed above Karna Island and traveled to Magnolia, where he learned Fairy Tail had been attacked and Erza captured. He contacted Makarov to arrange an exchange of Erza for magic books, while Makarov prepared to meet him with Levy and warned the guild against acting alone.

• Wes gathered the moon magic above Karna Island into a bottle and left for the mainland.
• Wes arrived in Magnolia and discovered that Fairy Tail's guild hall had been attacked by iron pillars.
• Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy returned to the guild and revealed that Erza had been captured.
• Makarov used magic on the paper left by Erza's captor and established contact with Wes, who demanded magic books in exchange for Erza.
• Makarov chose Levy to accompany him to the exchange and ordered the guild members not to act alone.

Wes exchanged Erza for Fairy Tail’s books on magical theory, then faced Makarov in a battle. Their enormous fists collided, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Wes met Makarov and Polyushka in the forest and accepted a box of magical theory books in exchange for Erza.
• Wes released Erza from the Iron Maiden, and Polyushka diagnosed her with exhaustion, superficial injuries, and the effects of a sleeping drug.
• After Erza and Polyushka left, Makarov confronted Wes and transformed using Giantification Magic.
• Makarov attacked Wes with his Axe Kick and Giant’s Knuckle, anticipating Wes’s teleportation.
• Wes blocked Makarov’s punch with ten stone barriers and raised a giant stone fist to meet it.

Wes and Makarov fought fiercely, using an array of magic and powerful attacks that devastated the forest. After their final spells collided and leveled the battlefield, Makarov emerged from the dust but could not find Wes.

• Wes turned his flames into black Fiendfyre, and Makarov answered with a powerful palm strike to blow it apart.
• Wes created a sandstorm and trapped Makarov in quicksand before sending Scarabs to attack him, but Makarov burst free in golden light.
• Makarov cast Rain of Light, and Wes rebounded the arrows with Mirror Return and defended himself with sand magic.
• Wes buried Makarov and tried to seal him with Runes, but Makarov broke the seal and prepared Light Burst.
• Wes and Makarov fired their final attacks at each other, causing an explosion that leveled the forest and left Makarov unable to find Wes.

Wes captured Sol and learned that Jose Porla had hidden precious materials and possessed Dark Magic secrets. After Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord and the Magic Council arrested Jose, Wes ambushed the Council convoy, freed Jose from the prison carriage, and extracted his memories, discovering the location of a hidden treasure.

• Wes petrified Sol and searched his memories, learning that Jose Porla had secretly gathered precious materials.
• Wes chose to watch the conflict as Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord and Makarov defeated Jose Porla with Fairy Law.
• The Magic Council arrested Jose and escorted him away from Magnolia City, giving Wes a chance to ambush the convoy.
• Wes incapacitated the Council escort without killing its members and opened Jose's prison carriage.
• Wes extracted Jose's memories and learned the secrets of his Dark Magic cultivation and the location of a hidden treasure.

After looting Jose Porla’s hidden vault, Wes encountered Ultear, who offered to help him evade the Magic Council and led him to Hades. Wes remained unfazed by Hades’s magical pressure, and Hades asked about his interest in Arc of Time.

• Wes left Jose Porla behind after extracting the information he wanted and dismissed the captain’s threat from the Magic Council.
• Wes opened Jose Porla’s private vault under the alias Ace and took its magical materials and rare potions.
• Wes noticed Ultear following him, and she warned that the Magic Council might issue a continent-wide wanted poster for him.
• Ultear offered to help Wes and led him to meet Hades, the leader of Demon Heart and former second master of Fairy Tail.
• Hades tested Wes with his magic, but Wes calmly drank tea, and Hades asked whether he wanted Arc of Time.

Wes accepted Hades's invitation to join Demon Heart in exchange for access to its magical records, then accompanied Ultear to the Dark Tower for the R System's final test. At the tower's top floor, they found a young man seated on a throne.

• Wes restored the room's damaged items with his magic, and Hades and Ultear tried to recruit him into Demon Heart.
• Wes agreed to join Demon Heart and requested permission to browse its magical records; Hades accepted on the condition that Wes earn merit for the guild.
• After Wes left, Ultear warned Hades that Wes might not be loyal, but Hades said he could control him.
• The next morning, Ultear took Wes by boat to the Dark Tower, where the R System's final test would take place.
• Ultear led Wes past the tower's guards to the top floor and told him to let her handle the conversation.
• They opened the doors and saw a young man seated on a throne.

Wes joined Jellal’s plan to complete the R System and explored the Tower of Paradise with Ultear, learning about its secrets and meeting Dark Crow. After days of modifying his wand, he tested it by summoning a storm, leaving the tower’s residents wary of his power.

• Ultear introduced Wes to Jellal, who accepted him as a powerful helper for the R System project.
• Ultear showed Wes the Tower of Paradise and explained the forbidden Soul Revival Technique and the hidden eighth tower.
• Wes met Erza and Jellal’s childhood companions and the three members of Dark Crow, including the unusual Owl.
• Wes spent several days modifying his wand in his room until he completed a longer wand with a silver glow.
• Wes tested the wand at the shore, darkening the sky and summoning torrential rain.
• Simon, Wally, and the other residents grew more wary of Wes as news of his magic spread through the tower.

Wes watched the Fairy Tail wizards battle their way through the Tower of Paradise, then used his new wand to block them from reaching Erza and Jellal. His lightning attack overwhelmed Gray’s ice fortress, and Natsu stepped in as the defense began to fail.

• Erza arrived at the Tower of Paradise with Hugh and raised her sword at Wes before Hugh reassured her that Wes would not hurt her.
• Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Juvia broke into the tower, split up, and defeated their opponents.
• Ultear told Wes that Dark Crow and the officers had been defeated and urged him to stall for Jellal, but Wes delayed before heading to the top floor.
• Wes found Erza and Jellal fighting and stopped the other Fairy Tail members from reaching them.
• Wes summoned storm clouds and rained lightning on the group; Juvia’s water barrier drew a strike, and Gray protected everyone with an ice fortress.
• Wes’s lightning broke through Gray’s fortress in under ten seconds, and Natsu charged forward to shield the others.

Natsu devoured Wes’s lightning attack and unleashed a combined lightning-and-fire roar, but Wes deflected it effortlessly. Natsu collapsed from exhaustion as Fairy Tail’s members realized his strongest strike had failed to move Wes.

• Wes summoned a massive thundercloud and sent a pillar of lightning crashing down on Natsu.
• Erza rushed to shield everyone, but Jellal stopped her and challenged her to fight.
• Natsu endured the lightning until he devoured the entire pillar, absorbing its energy.
• Natsu fired his Lightning Fire Dragon's Roar at Wes, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Wes blocked Natsu’s attack with his wand and redirected it into the sky, leaving Fairy Tail stunned.

Wes defeated Fairy Tail's mages at the Tower of Paradise and collected blood from Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Lucy, and Happy. When they continued to attack, he sent them flying from the tower, leaving their fate unclear as they fell toward the sea.

• Wes rejected the chance to kidnap Natsu, then fought Gray and Juvia when they tried to protect him.
• Wes overwhelmed the group, filled a vial with Natsu's blood, and took blood samples from the other Fairy Tail members, including Happy.
• Natsu crawled toward Wes and begged him not to hurt his friends, while Wes told the injured mages to stay still.
• Fairy Tail's members rose again and attacked Wes, but his transparent barrier stopped their strongest moves.
• Wes unleashed Howling Gale, and Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia, and Happy were blown out of the Tower of Paradise toward the sea.

Jellal defeated Erza after Etherion struck the Tower of Paradise and transformed it into high-density Magic Crystals. As Jellal prepared to begin reviving Zeref, Wes learned that Ultear’s group had built the R System as an experiment and decided to act.

• Erza gained the upper hand against Jellal, but he tricked her, disarmed her, and revealed the Etherion Magic Circle overhead.
• Etherion struck the Tower of Paradise, which survived and transformed into a tower of high-density Magic Crystals.
• Jellal revealed that Zancrow was part of him, merged with him, and restored his strength before striking Erza down.
• Wes contacted Ultear, who admitted that the R System had been built as an experiment and that she was fleeing the Magic Council after her identity was exposed.
• Wes told Ultear he would no longer hold back and prepared to act.

Wes began harvesting the Magic Crystals from the Tower of Paradise while fighting Jellal, who tried to protect the tower and his plans. As the battle continued and Wes’s clone gathered crystals, Jellal wondered why Ultear had not arrived to help him.

• Ultear warned Wes that the Council had sent a large force, including two Ten Wizard Saints, and urged him to evacuate.
• Wes shattered the Magic Crystal on the tower’s top floor and began collecting its fragments, causing Erza and Jellal to fall to a lower floor.
• Jellal attacked Wes, but Wes blocked and countered him while prioritizing the recovery of the tower’s Magic Crystals.
• Wes created an equally powerful clone to gather crystals as he fought Jellal with water, ice, and other spells.
• Jellal countered Wes’s killing curse and launched Nine Thunder Stars, then lamented that Ultear had not arrived.

Natsu joined Erza and Wes in fighting Jellal, learning that Jellal planned to revive Zeref and powering himself up by eating Magic Crystals. As the Tower of Paradise shrank and the Magic Council fleet approached, Natsu and Wes pressed their attack while Jellal’s plan fell apart.

• Natsu and Happy reached Erza, who confirmed Gray and Lucy had landed safely, and Natsu challenged Jellal.
• Wes amplified Natsu’s Fire Dragon’s Roar, and Erza explained Jellal’s plan to revive Zeref.
• Natsu ate a Magic Crystal and gained a surge of power, while Wes admired his unusual abilities.
• Wes supported Natsu as they fought Jellal and collected Magic Crystals, causing the Tower of Paradise to shrink.
• The Magic Council’s fleet came into view as Jellal grew more frenzied, and Natsu and Wes kept him under pressure.

Wes and Natsu defeated Jellal, and Wes extracted Jellal’s memories before Jellal triggered the Tower of Paradise’s self-destruction. Wes escaped with the Magic Crystals and headed to meet Ultear, preparing to join Demon Heart.

• Wes restrained Jellal with vines and steel walls while boosting Natsu’s attack, allowing Natsu to land a decisive Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon.
• Wes immobilized the gravely injured Jellal and extracted his memories, then knocked Erza down when she tried to stop him.
• Jellal activated the Tower of Paradise’s self-destruction, turning it into a massive Magic Crystal bomb.
• Wes escaped to the harbor with a Portkey as the Tower of Paradise exploded, leaving the others’ fate uncertain.
• Wes departed to meet Ultear and join Demon Heart.

Wes met Ultear in Cape City and followed her to Demon Heart’s hidden airship headquarters, where he was introduced to Melt and brought before the guild’s leaders and officers. The chapter ended as Wes’s gaze met Bluenote Stinger’s in a tense confrontation.

• Wes met Ultear at an ice cream parlor, where they discussed their wanted status and the chaos surrounding them.
• Ultear led Wes through a hidden mining area to Demon Heart’s enormous airship headquarters.
• Ultear greeted Melt, who showed her affection before joining them on a tour of the airship.
• Ultear explained that the command ship kept moving to evade the Magic Council and legal guilds.
• Wes entered a meeting room and faced scrutiny from the other members of the Seven Kin of Hell, Hades, and Bluenote Stinger.
• Wes and Bluenote locked eyes in a tense exchange.

Wes faced Bluenote Stinger in a duel to prove his strength to the members of Demon Heart. After Bluenote Stinger used Gravity Suppression, Wes countered it with his own gravity magic, and their fight continued.

• Wes and Bluenote Stinger sensed each other's powerful magic, while Rustiros challenged Wes and Azuma warned him that Wes had fought a Ten Wizard Saint.
• Hades called for Wes to demonstrate his strength, and Bluenote Stinger claimed the chance to duel him outside the airship.
• The guild members gathered to watch as Wes and Bluenote Stinger matched magic power, though Hades noticed Wes still had dormant energy.
• Bluenote Stinger used Gravity Suppression, forcing the watching wizards to retreat, but Wes nearly nullified the spell with his Gravity Curse.
• Wes admitted he had mastered only one Gravity Curse and was still less skilled than Bluenote Stinger at applying gravity.

Wes and Brunot fought fiercely, trading gravity, fire, wind, and flood magic. Wes froze the battlefield and Brunot at the moment Brunot exhausted his magic to maximize Super Gravity Ball.

• Brunot lowered the gravity around Wes and attacked, but Wes countered with Fiendfyre and evaded with Teleportation Spell.
• Wes shaped Fiendfyre into a tiger, but Brunot broke it with an air cannon and used Distortion to repel Wes's Raging Gale.
• Wes summoned a vast flood, and Brunot absorbed it into a Black Hole with Super Gravity Ball.
• Brunot refused to stop his spell and drained the last of his magic to increase the Black Hole's power.
• Wes cast Ice Seal, freezing Brunot, the Black Hole, and the entire battlefield.

After defeating Brunot, Wes traded the Book of the Dead to Hades for the other six rare magics and studied his new spells aboard the airship. Hades then led Demon Heart toward Tenrou Island to welcome Zeref and destroy Fairy Tail, but the Magic Council’s fleet appeared below as they crossed the sea.

• Wes defeated Brunot, earning recognition from Demon Heart’s members, and Hades taught him Arc of Time.
• Wes offered Hades the Book of the Dead in exchange for the other six rare magics, and Hades accepted the trade.
• Wes studied Arc of Manifestation until Hades summoned everyone to a meeting and announced the mission to Tenrou Island.
• Hades revealed Tenrou Island’s location and Fairy Tail’s information, then ordered the airship to depart and outlined a simple battle plan.
• After a day and a night of flight, the airship spotted the Magic Council’s fleet and activated stealth mode.
• Zankro asked why the Magic Council’s army was there.