Chapter Summaries

Demon Heart launched its invasion of Tenrou Island after Azuma destroyed the Magic Council fleet, while Wes explored the island instead of joining the battle. He encountered Levy and easily survived her Solid Script attacks, then praised her magic and asked her name.

• Azuma left the airship and destroyed the Magic Council's ships with a surprise attack.
• Demon Heart's mages descended on Tenrou Island, and the Seven Kin of Purgatory headed for Fairy Tail's base.
• Wes landed on the island, sensed Mavis Vermillion's magic, and set off toward its center while gathering medicinal herbs.
• Wes encountered Levy after she escaped the battlefield with Gajeel's help, but she attacked him with four Solid Script spells.
• Wes extinguished Levy's attacks unharmed, praised her magic's potential, and asked if her name was Levy.

Wes left Levy and the badly wounded Gajeel behind and crossed the island, where he encountered Gildarts overwhelming Demon Heart’s wizards. After Ultear called for help, Wes reached the battlefield and saw Erza fighting Azuma.

• Wes dismissed Levy as too weak to fight and started to leave, but Gajeel arrived and challenged him.
• Gajeel charged Wes despite his injuries, and Wes cut through Gajeel’s iron sword and wounded his chest before leaving him with Levy.
• Wes explored the island’s second level, gathering rare medicinal herbs and observing its unusual creatures.
• Wes sensed Gildarts’s magic, and Ultear urged him to stop Gildarts after several of the Seven Kin of Purgatory had fallen.
• Wes joined the tense confrontation between Fairy Tail and Demon Heart, where Natsu recognized him as the man who had kidnapped Erza.
• Wes saw Zoldeo, Kain, and Zankro lying bloodied on the battlefield while Erza fought Azuma elsewhere on the island.

Wes separated Gildarts from the other Fairy Tail mages and fought him alone, testing ways to contain his powerful Crush Magic. Wes trapped Gildarts in a maze and unleashed a blizzard, leaving Gildarts outwardly calm but secretly struggling with the cold, his wounds, and his prosthetic limbs.

• Wes taunted Rustiros as Demon Heart faltered, then took responsibility for fighting Gildarts while the other Demon Heart members drew away Fairy Tail's mages.
• Gildarts reassured Wendy before she left with the others, then prepared to fight Wes and refused to discuss magic with someone who had hurt his companions.
• Wes attacked Gildarts with reinforced golden chains, but Gildarts crushed them and charged at Wes.
• Wes shook the ground to throw Gildarts into the air and struck him with lightning, but Gildarts landed unharmed.
• Wes raised a vast maze around Gildarts and summoned hail and a blizzard, then warned him that the cold could worsen his injuries and damage his prosthetic limbs.
• Gildarts dismissed Wes's concern while secretly enduring pain from his wounds and the cold affecting his body.

Wes used the blizzard and repeated attacks to wear down the badly injured Gildarts, who tried to break through and reach him with Crush Magic. After Gildarts unleashed a devastating punch and Wes evaded it with Apparition, their fight continued with Gildarts having spent a third of his magic power.

• Wes lowered the temperature further, and Gildarts realized that destroying the dark cloud above might end the blizzard.
• Gildarts collapsed the maze floor and charged, but Wes gathered rocks, ice, snow, and branches into a sphere that Gildarts shattered.
• Wes fired Freezing Rays and sent barbed vines after Gildarts, who used Crush Magic to repel the attacks as the cold drained his strength.
• Gildarts surged forward through Wes's attacks and launched Purge the Wicked: One Soul, forcing Wes to evade with Apparition.
• Wes questioned how much magic power Gildarts had left, while Gildarts admitted internally that a third was gone and grew excited by the challenge.

Wes stabilized Demon Heart’s damaged airship, then used Fairy Tail’s intrusion as cover to break into Hades’s library and take its books. He left for Tenrou Island carrying the unconscious Happy, Charle, and Loke.

• Makarov’s punch badly damaged Demon Heart’s airship, and Wes hinted to Gildarts that Hades would surprise him before leaving for the vessel.
• Wes used a Levitation Charm to stop the airship from falling, then headed for Hades’s sealed private library to claim compensation.
• Happy, Charle, and Loke broke through the airship’s defenses while searching for Hades’s heart, and Wes asked them to help open the library door.
• Wes knocked out the three Exceeds, blamed them for the break-in, and blasted open the sealed library door.
• Wes filled his suitcase with Hades’s books, then carried the unconscious Happy, Charle, and Loke to Tenrou Island.

Wes watched Fairy Tail battle Hades, who overpowered their strongest attacks until Ultear restored Tenrou Island and revealed her betrayal. As Fairy Tail prepared to fight Hades again, a Black Dragon arrived carrying Zeref.

• Wes returned Happy, Charle, and Loke to the Fairy Tail mages, then watched Hades fight them.
• Cana unleashed Fairy Glitter, but Hades countered it with Law of the Devil.
• Makarov revealed that Hades was Fairy Tail's Second Master and urged the guild to defeat him.
• Ultear restored Tenrou Island, revealing her betrayal of Hades and Demon Heart.
• A Black Dragon flew to Tenrou Island, and Hades recognized Zeref riding on its back.

Zeref rejected Hades and warned that Acnologia would destroy Tenrou Island, then vanished as the Black Dragon attacked. Fairy Tail, Hades, and Wes fought together, but Acnologia obliterated the island and flew away, leaving everyone’s fate unknown.

• Zeref appeared atop Acnologia, condemned Hades for summoning the Black Dragon, and vanished after glancing at Natsu.
• Makarov transformed to shield the others while Wes raised iron gates, and both helped resist Acnologia’s dive.
• Wes and Hades attacked Acnologia, and Makarov organized Fairy Tail’s members to retreat from Hades’s explosion, but the dragon remained unharmed.
• Acnologia rose into the sky as Wendy strengthened the group and Wes formed nine Magic Circles over Tenrou Island.
• Acnologia unleashed a blast that shattered Wes’s defenses and erased Tenrou Island before flying away.

Wes escaped Acnologia’s attack on Tenrou Island by returning to the Marvel World, where Tony Stark sought him out to thank him for the potion that had helped his condition. Wes refused to sell Tony more potion or its formula, and Tony left after offering to help him if he ever needed anything.

• Mavis protected Fairy Tail’s guild members from Acnologia’s attack with Fairy Glitter, so Wes traveled back to the Marvel World to avoid being left beneath the sea.
• Wes returned to his potion shop, went out to eat, and noticed that agents were following him.
• Tony Stark arrived at the restaurant in his Iron Man armor and drew the attention of the diners before joining Wes.
• Tony thanked Wes for the potion that had bought him time and asked to buy more, but Wes refused.
• Tony tried to buy the potion’s formula, then gave up when Wes warned him about its ingredients.
• Tony offered to repay Wes, but Wes said he needed something Tony could not provide, and Tony left after telling him to seek him out if trouble arose.

Wes went with Coulson to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Seraphis Tower, where he demonstrated his power and revealed his knowledge of extraterrestrial civilizations to Nick Fury. He demanded that Nick Fury withdraw the agents following him, threatening that otherwise they would never be seen again.

• After lunch, Wes met Coulson outside the restaurant and agreed to go with him to see his boss.
• At Seraphis Tower, Crossbones tried to search Wes, but Wes froze Crossbones and the two agents in place before taking the elevator with Coulson.
• Wes entered Nick Fury's office and waited in silence while Nick Fury looked out over New York.
• Nick Fury tried to warn Wes that other beings were stronger than him, but Wes named the Asgardians, Skrulls, and Kree, surprising Nick Fury.
• Wes told Nick Fury to withdraw the agents following him or never see them again, and Nick Fury asked whether Wes was threatening him.

Wes defied Nick Fury’s plans to monitor or control him, then waited in New York for a powerful magical treasure he hoped would make him stronger. When Coulson arrived seeking help against a powerful alien and a possible invasion, Wes agreed only if S.H.I.E.L.D. paid him, and Coulson was left facing his demand.

• Wes told Nick Fury he was not afraid of S.H.I.E.L.D., then vanished before Fury could question him further.
• Nick Fury withdrew his agents from monitoring Wes and resolved to watch for a weakness before deciding whether to control or destroy him.
• Wes waited for a magical treasure, hoping its power would help him grow stronger against Acnologia.
• Coulson told Wes that a powerful alien had attacked a secret base and might be preparing an invasion, while concealing the Space Stone’s existence.
• Wes agreed to help only for compensation, rejected Coulson’s appeal to humanity’s survival, and accused S.H.I.E.L.D. of expecting others to fix its mistakes for free.

Wes arrived aboard S.H.I.E.L.D.'s aircraft carrier as the agency prepared to confront an intruder and save the world. At a tense meeting with the assembled heroes, he refused to reveal anything about himself, leaving the others wary and Nick Fury without answers.

• Coulson brought Wes aboard S.H.I.E.L.D.'s carrier, where staff and weapons were on alert as the agency searched for an intruder.
• Natasha Romanoff greeted Wes and showed him the carrier's aircraft and advanced weapons as it lifted into the sky.
• Natasha led Wes to a meeting with Tony, Steve Rogers, and Banner, where Tony mocked the group and Steve challenged his flippant attitude.
• Nick Fury and Maria Hill distributed files about the attendees, and Tony pointed out that S.H.I.E.L.D. had almost no information about Wes.
• Nick Fury explained that the agency could not assess Wes's abilities, but Wes stayed silent as everyone scrutinized him, leaving the meeting awkward and tense.

Wes exposed that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s research into the Space Stone had drawn the aliens to Earth, turning the meeting into a confrontation and driving Tony and Banner away. As the team headed to Germany to find the alien, Steve questioned what had become of the world, and Wes warned him that humanity never learned from history.

• Wes told the meeting that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Space Stone research had alerted the aliens and accused it of causing the crisis.
• Tony confirmed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s role by hacking its system, while Steve, Tony, and Banner confronted Nick Fury.
• Maria Hill reported that the alien had been found in Germany, but Tony and Banner left the meeting and Wes followed.
• Steve, Natasha, Tony, and Wes boarded an aircraft and flew toward Germany.
• Steve questioned why the United States was starting another war, and Wes told him that humanity never learned from history.

Tony and Steve captured Loki, but Thor tore into their fighter jet and took Loki away. Wes confronted Loki about his parentage before Tony, Steve, and Thor returned together, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Tony and Steve arrived in Germany and brought Loki aboard their fighter jet after he surrendered.
• Wes introduced himself to Loki as a Wizard and revealed that he knew Loki was called the God of Deception.
• Thor tore open the fighter jet, shoved Tony and Steve aside, and flew away with Loki.
• Tony attacked Thor, and Steve and Natasha followed while Wes flew off on his own.
• Wes rejected Loki's offer to become his subordinate and told him that Odin was not his biological father.
• Tony, Steve, and Thor returned together, and Loki held back from attacking Wes.

As Loki’s attack sent the Helicarrier plunging toward the sea, Wes fought the Hulk while helping keep the ship from crashing. Wes defeated Hulk by destroying the floors beneath him, then left as Hulk fell from the Helicarrier.

• Loki’s Mind Stone fueled suspicion among the team before his attack damaged the Helicarrier and sent it into a fall.
• Thor was tricked into the cage and dropped from the Helicarrier, leaving Hulk free to attack Wes and Natasha.
• Wes used the Levitation Charm to slow the Helicarrier’s descent while Tony worked to restore power and Steve held off the enemy.
• Wes used spells and Fiendfyre against Hulk, but Hulk endured the burns and charged at him.
• Wes fooled Hulk with an illusion, shattered the floors beneath him, and sent him plummeting from the Helicarrier.

After Loki’s invasion crippled S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers regrouped and joined New York’s desperate defense against the Chitauri. Wes met with the Ancient One, then used his Gravity Curse to bring down several whale-like weapons, while Steve asked how many times he could cast it.

• Nick Fury used Coulson’s death to rally the demoralized team, and Tony deduced Loki’s location before flying to New York with the others following in a fighter jet.
• The Avengers assembled in New York as Chitauri forces poured through the wormhole, and Wes visited the Ancient One at the New York Sanctum, receiving her tacit approval.
• As heroes, soldiers, police, and civilians fought the invasion, Tony called for Wes’s help while a whale-shaped Chitauri weapon pursued him.
• Wes cast a fourfold Gravity Curse that forced several Chitauri whales out of the sky and relieved pressure on the Avengers.
• Steve asked how many times Wes could use the spell, and Wes replied that he could cast it at least dozens of times.

Steve coordinated the Avengers and U.S. military to herd the Chitauri Whales into an evacuated city block, where Wes crushed them with a gravity spell. Wes then lured another Chitauri force into a trap and unleashed his magic across the battlefield, while Nick Fury and Egghead tracked him as a potential danger.

• Steve directed the Avengers and U.S. military to herd dozens of Whales into an evacuated city block.
• Wes used an eightfold Gravity Curse to crush the Whales and destroy the surrounding buildings.
• After the Chitauri commander sent forces after him, Wes lured a pursuing force into a Central Park grove with a clone and destroyed them using Arc of the Tree.
• Wes began testing different kinds of magic against the Chitauri, rapidly cutting down their forces and encouraging human fighters and civilians.
• Nick Fury directed technicians to use a military satellite to monitor Wes because Egghead feared his power could threaten Earth.

Wes helped the Avengers stop the nuclear missile, then took Loki’s Scepter before S.H.I.E.L.D. could secure it. Future Steve briefly borrowed the Mind Stone to travel back, but returned it, leaving Wes with the Stone and aware that S.H.I.E.L.D. might pursue him.

• Nick Fury warned Wes and the Avengers that a nuclear missile was heading toward them, and Tony carried it through the wormhole while Wes lowered him safely back to Earth.
• Wes entered Stark Tower and stopped a S.H.I.E.L.D. squad from taking a high-tech box, then opened it and claimed Loki’s Scepter.
• Future Steve appeared and asked Wes for the Mind Stone, explaining that he wanted to bring back the people who had died in Thanos’s snap.
• Wes gave Steve the Scepter, and Steve returned it less than a second later before vanishing again.
• Wes left Stark Tower unnoticed and returned to his potion shop with the Mind Stone, accepting the risk of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United States pursuing him.

Wes experimented with the Mind Stone and used its power to make magic affect reality while S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Security Council demanded that he surrender the scepter. After secluded research, he stepped outside and was dismayed by what he saw.

• Wes connected with the Mind Stone through the scepter, made petals fall inside his shop, and created something from nothing.
• Nick Fury demanded that Wes hand over the scepter, but Tony challenged S.H.I.E.L.D.'s motives and left the conference room.
• Tony used his resources to help rebuild New York, while Steve inspired people by working at the reconstruction sites.
• After a long period of research, Wes left his shop for fresh air, but the sight outside immediately ruined his mood.

Wes refused Nick Fury’s demand to hand over what he had claimed, while Hydra plotted to exploit their conflict and seize control of S.H.I.E.L.D. Later, Steve found Wes in New York and took him to Brooklyn, where he suggested they eat at a good restaurant.

• Wes rejected Nick Fury’s threat, warned him to prepare for war, and walked past S.H.I.E.L.D.’s agents without resistance.
• Alexander Pierce gathered Hydra’s operatives and planned to use the conflict between Wes and Fury to eliminate Fury’s loyalists and take control of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Pierce rebuked Brock Rumlow for wanting to capture and brainwash Wes, then rejected Sitwell’s suggestion to seek outside Hydra support.
• Wes wandered through a bustling New York, noticed children and shops celebrating the Wizard, and wondered whether he could sue for unlicensed merchandise.
• Steve approached Wes, took him to Brooklyn, and said he knew a good restaurant.

Wes and Steve met for dinner, but Wes refused to surrender the Scepter and warned Steve that he would not hold back. After leaving the restaurant, Wes noticed trained watchers following him and led them toward Hell's Kitchen to deal with them.

• Steve attracted attention from passersby, then led Wes into a quiet alley and learned that Wes had attended a Magic School.
• Steve took Wes to a restaurant, where they shared apple pie and discussed the Scepter.
• Wes refused Steve's request to compromise and warned him that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the country were not worth dying for.
• Wes left the restaurant, sensed more than a dozen trained people watching him, and headed away from downtown toward Hell's Kitchen.