Chapter Summaries

Sordil and Irene visited Fiore’s king, Toma, then traveled with Arcadius to Fairy Tail to submit several commissions. Makarov welcomed them upstairs as the guild hall erupted into a brawl.

• Toma and Arcadius recognized Sordil and Irene as King Erus and the Queen, and Toma agreed to send Arcadius with them to Fairy Tail.
• Sordil and his group visited the Magic Council headquarters and spent several days catching up with Leizhi, Ogg, and their companions.
• After spending three or four days at the Magic Library, Sordil led the group to Magnolia and entered Fairy Tail.
• Sordil and his companions impressed Gildarts with their strength, while Sordil admired Gildarts’s youth and power.
• Makarov recognized Sordil through his friendship with Yajima and escorted the group upstairs to discuss their commissions.
• Fairy Tail’s members began fighting chaotically in the guild hall.

Sordil commissioned Fairy Tail to gather information on Destruction Magic before he and his group left for Crocas. Meanwhile, King Pallet and the Chancellor separately plotted how to respond to the powerful figure threatening the Northern Alliance, with the Chancellor preparing his ministers to surrender.

• Sordil asked Makarov to make gathering information on God Slayer, Dragon Slayer, and Demon Slayer Magic a permanent commission, and Makarov accepted.
• Sordil and his group encountered Fairy Tail's wrecked hall on their way out, and Makarov later told Gildarts that Sordil was the king of the Erus Kingdom and had come to place a major commission.
• Sordil headed toward Crocas to bid the King of Fiore farewell, despite Arcadius saying the king had instructed him to escort the group to the border.
• King Pallet chose to wait before taking action and quietly discussed a plan with his ministers.
• The Chancellor told his allies that the Northern Alliance could not stop the powerful figure and urged them to prepare for surrender, hinting that someone would deal with King Pallet.

After returning to Philiers, Old Suo was forced by Red to clear a backlog of state affairs and attend the Erus Military Academy’s talent selection tournament. The first two events began, while Red kept Old Suo awake to watch from the central platform.

• Red dragged Old Suo from the terminal station to the council hall, where a pile of memorials collapsed on him and left him working for three days and nights.
• Red brought Old Suo to the Erus Military Academy and used a secret weapon borrowed from Irene to wake him for the tournament.
• Old Suo welcomed the candidates, and Red announced the four events, rules, and team-selection privileges.
• The magic power test ended with Sintaton Kriel, Weners Guqi, and Herder Cross in the top three, and the theory examination began.
• When Old Suo fell asleep during the exam, Red woke him with the secret weapon and warned him to watch the participants.

The contestants completed the written test and began a strength test against the Heavenly King Guard, where Herder Cross defeated a captain with a technique Old Suo recognized as his own. The chapter left Old Suo stunned by Herder’s resemblance to his past, while the Chancellor worried about what the revelation might mean for the King.

• The referee announced the written-test scores, placing Sintaton Kriel first overall, Weners Guqi second, Herder Cross third, and Pielko Davici fourth.
• Old Suo announced that anyone who defeated a Heavenly King Guard opponent would earn one hundred points and admission to either the Royal Magic Academy or Erus Military Academy.
• During the strength test, a purple-haired youth defeated his opponent while Herder Cross struggled against a captain-level guard member.
• Herder Cross trapped the captain with rock walls, stone cannons, and spikes, forcing him to surrender and earning the victory.
• The Chancellor recognized Herder Cross’s technique as one Old Suo had used in the past, and Old Suo confirmed it.

Old Suo questioned Herder Cross about the dragon techniques he used, then awarded him extra points and promised to take him as a student if he won the championship. Herder won the final team battle against Sintaton’s team, becoming His Majesty the King’s third disciple.

• Old Suo learned that Herder’s ancestor Carl Cross had received the techniques from dragons, then granted Herder twenty extra points for defeating a squad captain.
• The referee announced the event scores and the rules for the final team combat, and the top three contenders selected their teammates.
• Weners’ team suffered a decisive loss after poor coordination, leaving Herder and Sintaton to face off for the championship.
• Herder used guerrilla tactics to whittle down Sintaton’s team before both sides shifted to a direct fight.
• Herder’s teammates created an opening at the cost of two fighters, allowing Herder to deliver a fatal blow and win the championship.
• The referee confirmed Herder’s victory, fulfilling Old Suo’s promise to make him his third disciple.

Old Suo introduced Herder as the descendant of his old Fostadu companion Carl and revealed his and Diphiya’s dragon identities. After hearing how Carl’s family had searched for them for generations, Old Suo took Herder with him to leave the palace.

• Old Suo summoned Queen Irene, Grand Princess Diphiya, and Herder, then argued with Irene about his teaching ability.
• Old Suo explained that Herder was descended from Carl, who had stayed behind when the people of Fostadu departed for the Spirit World.
• Old Suo and Diphiya told Herder about their history with Carl and revealed their dragon forms in a separate-dimensional space.
• Herder recounted how Carl and his descendants had searched for the Fostadu people for four hundred years, then wept with relief at finding Old Suo.
• Old Suo comforted Herder and left the palace with him and Diphiya, entrusting state affairs to the Chancellor.

Old Suo brought Herder back to West City, where Herder reunited with his grandfather, Solva Cross, and revealed the Prince’s identity. After returning to Philiers, Old Suo received a document about a possible trap and decided to act, while Lutis and his allies waited for a reply to their letter.

• Old Suo used teleportation to bring Herder and Diphiya to West City, where Herder reunited with his grandfather, Solva Cross.
• Herder told Solva that the current King was the Prince their family had sought for four hundred years, and Old Suo healed Solva’s failing eyesight and body.
• Old Suo returned to Philiers with Diphiya and Divine Constable Di, then summoned the Chancellor to discuss a document describing a possible trap.
• Diphiya urged Old Suo to go despite the danger, and Old Suo agreed, leaving the Chancellor to accept the decision.
• In Auriel City, Lutis impatiently asked Chancellor Talleyrand whether they had received a reply, then realized they could not use a Communication Magic Crystal without the other side’s requirements being met.

Talleyrand, Lutis, and Krisha’s scheme to seize Auriel unfolded as King Pallet secretly prepared to counter it. After Talleyrand was arrested and executed, Auriel forces surrounded Lutis and Krisha at the embassy, leaving them trapped.

• Talleyrand insisted the plan continue while Lutis and Krisha privately considered their own fallback options.
• Pallet learned of the plot from a black-clothed spy and ordered the spy to keep watching Talleyrand.
• Sordil summoned the Heavenly King Guard and dispatched two groups to support operations against Auriel.
• Talleyrand learned that Pallet had planted a spy at his residence and instructed his own Masked man to remain undercover.
• Lutis and Krisha arrived in Auriel City to discuss joint defense, but Pallet had Talleyrand seized and executed before ordering the operation to begin.
• Auriel’s army attacked and surrounded the embassy, and Lutis and Krisha learned their forces could not hold out much longer.

Talleyrand’s plot destroyed the three factions gathered at the embassy, but Pallet confronted him after uncovering the scheme. A flashback revealed how Talleyrand had forged the letter that set his plan in motion.

• The Rebel Army escaped the Royal Army’s ambush at Auriel Palace using dolls as decoys, while the Royal Army trapped at the Chancellor’s residence failed to break out.
• Cai Si hanged Marquis Helsi, his wife, and his daughter, then ordered their heads sent to the Chancellor.
• Old Suo, Gilkunis, and Woodman waited outside Auriel City as the embassy battle unfolded.
• Talleyrand detonated Magic Bombs beneath the embassy, killing the three factions, and ordered a squad to eliminate any survivors.
• Pallet confronted Talleyrand and revealed that he had turned Talleyrand’s own plan against him.
• In a flashback, Talleyrand ordered Number Three to alter a reply about appointing a governor of the Northern Province by removing its final sentence.

Talleyrand coordinated a plot with Lutis, Krisha, and the peace faction to kill Pallet and seize control, while secretly preparing a different operational plan. Pallet realized the operation was a trap and ordered a last-minute change as two forces approached Auriel City.

• Talleyrand, Lutis, and Krisha finalized a plan to lure Pallet into the embassy while Talleyrand's forces attacked the palace.
• Talleyrand presented the plan to the peace faction and ordered Motechkov and the others to carry it out without deviation.
• Talleyrand learned that Marquis Helsi had left the monitored area, kept him under surveillance, and sent the real operational plan to designated locations.
• Talleyrand disguised himself with a golden mask as Lutis's forces approached Auriel City and preparations for the operation were completed.
• Pallet received reports of his defenses and discovered that Helsi had been exposed, concluding that the planned attack was a trap.
• Pallet ordered Lier to disguise two people as the King and change the plan, then worried that they might already be too late.

Old Suo’s forces moved to confront the Royal Army outside Auriel City while Pallet and Talleyrand’s battle in the city exposed a family betrayal. The Azure Elephant Legion was captured, and Old Suo’s group set out for the eastern gate as the struggle for the Northern Alliance continued.

• After learning that Diphiya and Belserion had taken control of Kaelum and Veronica, Old Suo ordered Gilkunis and Woodman to attack the Auriel forces behind them.
• Pallet and Talleyrand argued over the Northern Alliance’s future as their armies prepared to clash, and Talleyrand signaled for reinforcements.
• Pallet’s forces split between attacking Talleyrand and Pallet, while Tak Burski revealed that he had betrayed Pallet because he belonged to Talleyrand’s family.
• Lier rescued Pallet from a spear attack and reported that he had sealed a gap in the encirclement; returning Royal Army troops forced the rebels to fight on two fronts.
• Old Suo’s forces captured the exhausted Azure Elephant Legion, then changed clothes and headed toward Auriel City’s eastern gate.

Old Suo’s Azure Elephant Legion entered Auriel City, where the Heavenly King Guard rescued Talleyrand and routed Pallet’s Royal Guard. As more forces converged on the city, Talleyrand found his way to the Prime Minister’s residence blocked and made a plan to create another route.

• Old Suo split his forces to seize Auriel City’s defenses and clear resistance inside the city.
• The Heavenly King Guard broke through the Royal Army’s encirclement to rescue Talleyrand, and Old Suo revealed himself as King Erus before ordering an attack on Pallet’s forces.
• Talleyrand decided to return to the Prime Minister’s residence to meet Cai Si and find new bargaining chips, while Hadessta and the other Heavenly King Guards hurried toward Auriel City.
• Gilkunis ambushed and defeated the White Gull Legion with the Heavenly King Guard.
• Talleyrand and his companions discovered the White Gull Legion fighting the disguised Heavenly King Guard, realized their route back was blocked, and prepared to follow Talleyrand’s plan to make another way.

Talleyrand and his allies reached King Erus’s forces as Auriel’s last defenses collapsed, and Pallet surrendered after learning his family had been found. Pallet died before leaving the palace, while the rest of Auriel surrendered; Erus then annexed the Northern Alliance and announced the founding of the Erus Empire.

• Black Iron Mask led Talleyrand and the others through a tunnel to Yelt Street, near the Chancellor’s Residence.
• Woodman’s soldiers captured an Auriel messenger at the north gate, and Woodman revealed they were not loyal to King Auriel.
• Pallet learned that Auriel had only a little over a thousand soldiers left, while Talleyrand and his forces arrived before the palace with King Erus’s army.
• Talleyrand prepared to present Pallet with evidence that his wife and daughters had been found, but Pallet surrendered first and asked King Erus to spare them.
• Pallet died as Lier prepared to lead the surrendering soldiers out of the palace, and Yate led the remaining officials and troops to surrender.
• Erus annexed the Northern Alliance, appointed Talleyrand governor of Northern Province, and announced that the kingdom would become the Erus Empire.

After Erus became an empire, Sordil and Irene presided over the investiture ceremony and announced rewards and plans for rebuilding. The next morning, Irene discovered that Sordil had fled with Sonia, while the pair traveled toward Stellara.

• Sordil struggled to choose ceremonial clothes until Diphiya helped him get ready for the procession.
• Sordil and Irene led the parade through cheering streets and formally established the Erus Empire at the ceremony.
• Sordil received the imperial crown from King Fiore and Councilor Ogg, crowned Irene, and announced noble rewards and plans to rebuild the nation.
• Irene found a decoy doll and Sordil's letters in his bedchamber, then learned from Diphiya that he had left with Sonia.
• Sordil told Sonia to call him by his name, Big Brother, or Young Master, and said they would return to Stellara before inspecting the kingdom's cities.

Old Suo and Sonia traveled through the provinces, where a border tax incident prompted him to order an investigation and purge of corrupt officials. They then reached Magnolia, where Old Suo revealed that he planned to join Fairy Tail and pressured Makarov into accepting him and Sonia.

• Old Suo and Sonia toured the Southeastern and Milantes Provinces, and Old Suo changed his face after being recognized in Milantes.
• At the Northern Province border, soldiers demanded entry taxes from Old Suo and Sonia, and Old Suo paid before ordering Tingmei to investigate the tax and purge corrupt officials.
• A Purple Plum Blossom purge swept through the Northern Province while Old Suo and Sonia left the Erus Empire for Fiore.
• In Magnolia, Old Suo told Sonia that he intended to join Fairy Tail and gather information on people in Fiore.
• Old Suo asked Makarov to let him and Sonia join Fairy Tail, then threatened to report Makarov to Ogg, so Makarov reluctantly agreed.

Sordil and Sonia joined Fairy Tail and accepted a request to deal with the Mountain bandits near Rubinas City. After learning the bandits were hiding in the eastern barren mountains, Sordil set out with Sonia to investigate.

• Makarov registered Sordil and Sonia as guild members, and Sordil revealed his silver-haired appearance after realizing Sonia made his disguise pointless.
• Sordil learned the guild had no men's dormitory and that he and Sonia had no money, so he hurried through registration and took the highest-paying request on the board.
• Sordil and Sonia flew toward Rubinas City, corrected their course, and asked a passerby about the Lord Mayor's request.
• The passerby warned them about the situation in Rubinas, but Sordil heard his account and decided to visit the Lord Mayor's residence.
• The Lord Mayor and his Butler explained that the Mountain bandits occupied the barren mountains east of the city, and offered three million J plus twenty percent of the bandits' wealth.
• Sordil agreed to the terms and led Sonia out of the reception hall.

Sordil and Sonia accepted the Lord Mayor Tigu Kalsus’s request despite suspecting his motives, then encountered Commander Arcadius, who revealed Tigu’s crimes and joined them. They headed for the thieves’ hideout to capture White Ape and Tigu, while White Ape remained unaware they were coming.

• The Lord Mayor and his Butler confirmed that they had destroyed evidence and wanted White Ape eliminated to keep their secrets safe.
• Sordil explained to Sonia why they would proceed with the request and set off toward the thieves’ hideout.
• White Ape learned that Tigu had hired a mage guild to destroy his group and ordered Old Two to release a man with information.
• Sordil and Sonia recognized Arcadius on the road, stopped him with Space Magic, and learned that Tigu had drugged and imprisoned him after a welcoming banquet.
• Arcadius asked Sordil and Sonia to capture the thieves and Tigu, and agreed to find them a place to stay in Magnolia in return.
• Sordil, Sonia, and Arcadius rode toward the hideout as White Ape and his men remained unaware of their approach.

Old Suo, Sonia, and Arcadius raided the bandit hideout, where Old Suo defeated its leaders and sealed the remaining bandits inside. After Old Suo and Sonia returned to Rubinas City to claim their reward, the Lord Mayor sent people to verify the raid while making them wait.

• Old Suo assigned Sonia and Arcadius to guard the hideout’s perimeter while he attacked the bandits alone.
• Old Suo knocked out the gate guards, defeated the second-in-command, and split the hideout in two with his Iron Dragon's Roar.
• Old Suo defeated White Ape’s Vakken fighters, captured White Ape, and raised four rock walls around the hideout to trap the remaining bandits.
• Old Suo and Sonia returned to the Lord Mayor’s Residence to collect their reward, and the Lord Mayor sent people to verify their claim.

Sordil and Sonia helped Arcadius capture the Lord Mayor and his Butler, then traveled to Agarifa to look for Jude Heartfilia and Leila. After Sordil collected a huge estate as his reward, he persuaded Makarov to turn it into a boys' dormitory.

• Sordil exposed the Lord Mayor and Butler's plot, and Arcadius and the Cherry Blossom Knights arrested them.
• Sordil and Sonia left for Agarifa to find Jude Heartfilia and Leila, but learned they were away on a job for at least four or five days.
• Arcadius delivered the King's reward to Fairy Tail, and Sordil, Sonia, and Makarov traveled by carriage to claim it.
• The reward was a vast vacant estate, and Sordil convinced Makarov to make it a boys' dormitory in exchange for waiving Sonia's girls' dormitory fee.

While searching an ice field for the Snow Domain Blue Crystal, Sordil and Sonia encountered Ulu Milkovich and accidentally fell into an ancient Underground Magic Palace. After rescuing Ulu, they faced a new threat approaching.

• At the Magnolia Town dormitory renovation site, Makarov complained that the newcomer had left for a mission while Macao and Wakaba worked, then drove them back to their tasks.
• Sordil and Sonia searched an ice field for the Snow Domain Blue Crystal, and Sonia found the plant before icy white roses appeared to protect it.
• Ulu Milkovich confronted Sordil, who fought her, defeated her, and was left embarrassed when Sonia misunderstood their tussle.
• Ulu fell into a hole, and Sordil and Sonia followed her into an underground labyrinth they identified as an ancient Underground Magic Palace.
• Sordil healed Ulu, learned her name, and heard Sonia warn that something was approaching.