Recaps

Sordil uncovered Arthur Gebilie’s connection to the Western Continent’s plans, then returned to Ishgar as a massive invasion threatened Peterburg City. He revived the Sage Dragon, but the fighting left Ishgar’s forces retreating toward the eastern mountains while Shideweig and Glaide refused to withdraw.

• Sordil questioned Old Friend, identified him as Arthur Gebilie, and learned that Leshia Fonair had taken the secret cabinet’s contents before Arthur exploded.
• Sordil killed Belmod and Leshia, arranged Gould’s succession in Tsuyioru Xiu, and left Tingmei with Diphiya to maintain order in Philiers.
• Acnologia attacked Peterburg City, killed Zeref, and was then killed by a human who released Black Mist.
• Sordil and his allies fought off the invasion and discovered that the enemy had drawn away their forces to surround Peterburg City, Asia City, and Norman City.
• Mevajena revealed that Irene was pregnant, and Sordil promised to revive the Sage Dragon after learning Belserion’s heart had stopped.
• Sordil trapped Irene and Diphiya in spatial imprisonment and used Arc of Time to retrieve the Sage Dragon from a frozen moment, while Yelibell and the others faced enemy forces around Peterburg City.
• Sordil revived the Sage Dragon and ordered Diphiya to activate the Teleportation Array, but Irene and Heradi resisted being sent away.
• After a messenger reported Kelsu’s defeat and Ishgar’s retreat into the eastern mountains, Shideweig and Glaide refused to withdraw and prepared to continue the fight.

Sordil remained trapped for centuries while Irene raised Erza and Zeref and the dragons fought Acnologia, then emerged and began consolidating Ishgar against a greater enemy. The arc ended with Sordil taking control of the Lanlos throne and crushing the Magic Council’s forces.

• Glaide and Shideweig tried to divide Ishgar’s humans and dragons, while Xizhalansa showed Yelibell and the others evidence that humans had betrayed the dragons at Peterburg City.
• Sordil saved Belserion and sent the others through the Spatial Teleportation Array, but rainbow energy sealed him inside an egg as Irene and Belserion hid him in the Cuyis Tree Sea.
• Zeref transferred Sacred Dragon power to the Doctor, then met Igneel and the other dragons as they battled Acnologia and escaped through Anna’s Eclipse Gate to prepare Dragon Slayer Mages in another era.
• Sordil absorbed the energy of the eggs and prison around him, fused his Magic Sources into the Power of the Beginningless, and eventually contacted Irene after more than three hundred years of sleep.
• Sordil arranged for Belserion to retrieve Precht’s abandoned baby, and Irene gave birth to Erza while Sordil remained trapped inside the egg.
• Sordil emerged from the egg on July 3rd, X765, told the others that Erza had to remain at the church, and revealed that a crisis required them to unite Ishgar.
• Sordil returned to Philiers, asserted control over Red and Tingmei’s subordinates, and explained the future he had prepared for them.
• Sordil and Rede killed King Yalijia and crushed the Magic Council’s Second Restraining Force as Sordil ordered the Royal Guard to eliminate forces dividing Ishgar.

Sordil crowned himself king, transformed Erus through military and educational reforms, and conquered Milantes before securing peace with the Magic Council. He then launched campaigns against Cushen and Stellara, leaving Erus’s forces fighting on multiple fronts.

• Sordil destroyed the Magic Council branch in Philiers and was crowned King of the new Erus Kingdom alongside Irene.
• Sordil brought his friends home from the Spirit World, reorganized the kingdom, and established compulsory magic education and military academies.
• After strengthening Erus, Sordil ordered an invasion of Milantes and captured Council forces sent to stop his army.
• The Erus army surrounded Kaipel Sand, and King Zaka surrendered the city and kingdom to Sordil.
• Sordil defeated Leo’s forces, sent the Magic Council a severed head as a warning, and negotiated a treaty of peaceful coexistence.
• Sordil announced plans to expand Erus southward into Cushen and Stellara, while the Magic Council and neighboring kingdoms reacted to his campaign.
• Erus forces ambushed and routed Kushen troops near Snow Dragon City, while Hadessta prepared another ambush against Auriel’s Flying Perch Corps.

Sordil’s forces defeated Cushen and invaded Stellara, while Irene helped Sordil stop Yanimus and remove the explosive Stellara Stones. After consolidating the new Southeastern Province, Sordil and Irene visited August and Erza before heading to Crocas and Fiore.

• Yelibell’s poison disabled Auriel’s defenders, while Woodman and Gilkunis trapped and captured the Flying Perch Corps, and Ralori sought help as Erus advanced.
• Irene arranged Fiore’s treaty with King Sordil’s approval, while Old Suo’s forces defeated Cushen’s army and Ralori surrendered the kingdom.
• King Erus’s forces invaded Stellara, broke through its defenses, and forced Yanimus to prepare to detonate the Stellara Stones.
• Sordil and Irene defeated Yanimus, separated him from Sonia, and sent him through the Gate Opening: Yellow Springs.
• Sordil moved the Stellara Stones to the Masked Woman, who carried them to Ankhseram, while Sonia agreed to join Erus.
• Old Suo appointed former Milantes nobles as probationary officials and established the Southeastern Province from Cushen and Stellara.
• Old Suo made a Teacher-Student Contract with August, restoring his youth, and Irene ordered him to teach August Transformation Magic.
• Sordil and Irene visited Erza at the church, then set out for Crocas and Fiore after King Toma ordered them admitted to the palace.