Chapter Summaries

Old Suo rescued Ultear from the Magic Development Bureau long enough to tell her the truth about her mother and promise to help her see Ulu, then continued his duties for several months. After learning that cult remnants were active near Rosemary Village, he prepared for their move and hurried there to protect Erza, but chose to wait rather than intervene as the danger gathered.

• Old Suo knocked out a masked woman, hid her in his storage space, and reached Ultear's room disguised as Sordil.
• Old Suo showed Ultear recorded evidence that Ulu had not abandoned her, then promised to bring her to watch Ulu and teach her magic.
• Masked guards entered Ultear's room, forcing Old Suo to escape while they took Ultear away.
• Old Suo returned to the guild and kept up his daily tasks for several months, including fulfilling Ultear's wish and keeping Kana company.
• Tingmei told Old Suo that four to five hundred cult remnants with many Magic Soldiers were active near Kaelum, and he ordered her to watch them.
• After August confirmed strangers had appeared in Rosemary Village, Old Suo rushed there to protect Erza and told August and Herder to wait because the enemies might be stronger than expected.

Old Suo and his allies set their plan in motion as the cultists invaded Rosemary Village, but Old Suo’s intervention revealed a powerful enemy presence and forced the cult leaders to consider retreat. The Royal Army hurried toward the village while the scattered defenders prepared to respond.

• Old Suo and August disguised themselves in the village, while Athena went to coordinate with Tingmei and Herder watched from above.
• Fat Fairy Child and Thin Fairy Child sent scouts into the village, then led their forces inside and ordered attacks across its districts.
• Tingmei began carrying out Old Suo’s instructions and arranged for a fast messenger to alert the nearby Royal Army.
• August headed toward the church and collided with Mine Sweeper Four, who survived the encounter and went to rejoin his companions.
• Old Suo fought off a masked attacker, whose flight across the sky alerted the cultists to an expert in the village.
• Fat Fairy Child ordered Dorgel to speed up the operation and prepare a withdrawal as Commander Geldor’s soldiers rushed toward Rosemary Village.

Old Suo and his allies disrupted the cultists’ operation, rescued people in danger, and learned the location of the cult’s stronghold. After setting plans in motion, Old Suo’s wind vessel crashed into a landmark building in Magnolia.

• Old Suo defeated Unlucky Guy Number Two and Unlucky Guy Number Three, then hurried back after realizing he had left his post.
• A Red-haired girl hid the Black-haired girl beneath a crate, and an unknown mage fought Yin Xiao before the Royal Army arrived.
• Old Suo learned from Herder that Senior Brother August had joined Junior Sister and that the two girls had escaped danger.
• Athena reported that Tingmei had captured hostages and found the cultists’ stronghold, so Old Suo ordered her to hand them to the Royal Army and return to the Empire.
• Old Suo directed Herder to meet Tingmei and the others at the border, then flew toward Magnolia, where his overturned wind vessel crashed into a landmark building.

King Fiore decided to send Colonel Arcadius to negotiate with the Erus Empire about the cult’s base, while hungry Leon found a meal and a job at a shop in eastern Isban. The chapter then returned to the aftermath of an earthquake, where a priest ordered everyone to search the damaged building for the missing protagonist.

• King Fiore learned that cult remnants had been captured and their base was on an island in the distant seas of Kaelum, then assigned Colonel Arcadius to negotiate with the Erus Empire.
• Leon spotted a notice outside a shop, got the proprietress to feed him, and asked the waiter whether the shop was hiring.
• Leon discovered that the proprietress was the owner, pleaded with her until she hired him, and followed her into the kitchen to start work.
• After the earth stopped shaking, a priest ordered the onlookers and church believers to search the damaged building for the missing man.

Sordil returned to Fairy Tail after apparently destroying the Cathedral of Cardia, but the crowd tracked him to the guild and then to the boys' dormitory. As Makarov and the guild members headed to confront him, Sordil remained trapped inside with the angry crowd demanding he come out.

• A sleeping Sordil woke beneath rubble at the Cathedral of Cardia, realized what had happened, and escaped after tricking the crowd into looking away.
• Passerby A identified Sordil as a Fairy Tail member, and the crowd went to the guild to demand that the culprit be handed over.
• Makarov and the guild members denied knowing where Sordil was, but the crowd insisted it had seen him return.
• Versailles accidentally revealed that Sordil was in the boys' dormitory, then fled after the crowd spotted him.
• Makarov led the guild members toward the dormitory while Sordil cursed Versailles and heard someone order him to come out.

After Sordil apologized for destroying the Cathedral of Cardia, he restored it and paid for Fairy Tail’s celebration. Repeated flying accidents led to stricter guild rules and a special Magnolia watch system, leaving him unable to form a team for an invitation he had to attend.

• Sordil admitted his wrongdoing, agreed to restore the Cathedral of Cardia alone, and used Reversal to rebuild it before the crowd.
• Fairy Tail criticized Sordil for fleeing and lying, then accepted his offer to pay for an all-night party.
• Sordil later crashed into a mayor’s office and, after a further accident turned the guild into a fountain, was barred from taking commissions alone and assigned a guarded Magnolia flight mode.
• Sordil’s repeated mistakes led Makarov to refuse his attempts to team with newcomers, leaving him unable to leave the guild for an important invitation.

Old Suo recruited Laxus and Kana to join his mission, while the royal court agreed to conceal his information from the Magic Council. As they arrived at their destination, Leila had to leave the welcoming party because Lucy had woken up and needed her.

• Laxus and Kana offered to help Old Suo, and Makarov approved their team despite his reluctance.
• Macao and Wakaba secretly followed the three as they set out on their journey.
• Arcadius reported that the two powerful figures supported keeping Old Suo's information from the Magic Council, and Toma agreed.
• Kagura asked Hail about the mage who had saved her, and he explained that the man was a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage who used Lost Magic.
• Old Suo brought Laxus and Kana to a grand courtyard, where they learned he had earned the boys' dormitory for the guild.
• Leila left Grammy to welcome Old Suo and the others after she learned that Lucy had woken up and needed her.

Old Suo attended Lucy Heartfilia’s first birthday banquet, where he agreed to teach Brandish, Laxus, and Kana and gave Lucy two silver keys. He ended the chapter by asking Jude to help manage his wealth, and Jude recognized a major business opportunity.

• Grammy told Old Suo that Brandish’s birthday had passed two days earlier, and Old Suo clarified that he wanted Brandish as his student rather than implying a personal relationship with Grammy.
• Old Suo agreed to teach Brandish, Laxus, and Kana, then arrived with them at the banquet hall.
• Jude and Leila welcomed their guests and opened Lucy’s first birthday banquet with a speech.
• Old Suo apologized to Jude, met baby Lucy, and agreed to give her guidance while teaching Brandish.
• Old Suo gave Leila two silver keys as Lucy’s birthday gift, and Leila accepted them on Lucy’s behalf.
• Old Suo asked Jude to help manage his wealth, and Jude agreed.

Old Suo negotiated a railway-network deal between Jude and the Erus Empire, then returned to the palace to answer an urgent summons. The chapter ended with the Chancellor and three provincial governors arriving to meet the Emperor, fearful of what awaited them.

• Laxus and Kana forced Old Suo to promise them magic, future assistance, spending money, snacks, toys, and help if they got into trouble.
• Old Suo told Jude that the Erus Empire wanted him to manage construction of a railway network, and Jude agreed to negotiate the deal.
• Old Suo left Jude's estate with Laxus and Kana, checked them into an inn, and used a Teleportation Array to return to the royal palace.
• The Chancellor Red and governors Zaka, Talleyrand, and Ralori hurried to the palace after receiving the Emperor's urgent summons.
• The four officials recalled a previous ordeal and entered the palace anxiously to meet the Emperor.

Sordil announced plans for an Empire-wide railway and new naval and air forces, assigning the railway negotiations to the Chancellor and the Heartfilia Family. Meanwhile, the princess arrived at the eighth Tower of Paradise, where Jellal named her Erza Scarlet and August kept her parentage secret.

• Sordil woke on the throne after Irene twisted his cheek, then announced plans to build a railway network across the Empire.
• Sordil revealed that he had already arranged for the Heartfilia Family to handle the railway project, and the Chancellor agreed to lead negotiations.
• Sordil ordered the Empire to develop elite naval and aerial forces to prepare for a possible war with Albares, and the court agreed.
• The princess arrived at the eighth Tower of Paradise and introduced herself to her cellmates as Erza.
• Jellal gave Erza the surname Scarlet, while August stopped him from explaining and kept Erza's parentage secret.

August was discovered by Rob while hiding among the children, while Lord Zero Emperor sought out Ulu to become her apprentice. After Ulu knocked out and tossed Sordil outside, Lord Zero Emperor mistook him for Ulu’s apprentice and went to help him.

• Rob confronted August, who refused to explain why he had snuck in but promised he would not harm the children.
• The masked overseers forced Erza and the other prisoners to eat breakfast before sending them to work, and threatened them with a blast of magic.
• Lord Zero Emperor learned from four wizards that Ulu was the strongest wizard nearby and that the fruit-shop owner might know where she lived.
• Lord Zero Emperor went to Ulu’s house to ask to become her apprentice, but Ulu shut the door on him and then knocked Sordil unconscious and threw him outside.
• Lord Zero Emperor found Sordil in a snow pit, mistook him for Ulu’s apprentice, and ran over to rescue him.

Leon begged Ulu to take him as her disciple, and she told him that Sordil was the better choice if he wanted to become the strongest mage. Sordil resumed teaching Ultear after enduring her elaborate punishment, while archaeologists in the northern continent opened a huge blue door.

• Lord Zero Emperor pulled Popsicle from the snow, then threw him back into the pit when he learned Popsicle had never passed out.
• Ulu stopped Sordil from bullying Leon, and Sordil revealed that Leon had come to learn magic from her.
• Leon pleaded with Ulu to accept him as her disciple, but she advised him to take Sordil as his master.
• Sordil teleported to Ultear's room and triggered a series of traps before Ultear emerged and warned him not to stand her up again.
• Sordil began teaching Ultear while Bora and two companions pushed open an enormous blue door in an ice cave.

Archaeologists uncovered a warning about the blue-black Immortal Demon in the ruins of the Atantut Dynasty, then a mysterious attack struck them. Later, Sordil visited Ulu to say he was leaving on a difficult mission, and she sent him flying after he spoiled her heartfelt thanks.

• Tut, Bora, and Josephine opened the hidden entrance to the Atantut Dynasty’s imperial palace and discovered a stele warning that the blue-black Immortal Demon would bring humanity death and destruction.
• Tut collapsed in terror, and an orange-red beam exploded beside the archaeologists after Bora glimpsed something blue-black.
• Sordil visited Ulu’s home, where he and Lyon Bastia were caught in a dispute over whether Lyon had tried to spy on Ulu bathing.
• Ulu judged Lyon the main culprit and sentenced him to spend a day and night outdoors naked without food or water, while Sordil escaped punishment for injuring him.
• Sordil told Ulu that an extremely difficult mission would keep him away for a while, and Ulu thanked him before sending him flying with an ice spike when he demanded more.

Sordil took Kana, Laxus, and the new guild member Lidas on a time-critical rescue mission to find three archaeologists in the Northern Continent. After discovering an ancient prison beneath an ice cave, Sordil led the team deeper despite the danger and uncertainty about the archaeologists’ fate.

• Makarov assigned Sordil an S-Class mission to rescue three archaeologists within the five days remaining on the deadline and told him to bring Kana, Laxus, and Lidas.
• A bluish-black monster attacked a Northern Isban town with orange-red beams, destroying it and killing its residents before leaving to find another place to terrorize.
• Sordil and his team arrived in an icy valley, where Lidas used Painting Magic to find clues that led them to a cave.
• The team found enormous claw marks in the cave and discovered an Underground Magic Palace that Sordil identified as a prison for an extremely dangerous creature.
• When Lidas urged the team to return and report to Makarov, Sordil refused and led everyone farther into the cave to investigate.

Sordil’s team rescued Josephine Barnaba from the ruined Underground Magic Palace and reunited with Kana at an ancient stone tablet. Josephine and Sordil both translated its warning about the blue-black Immortal Demon, leaving the team to investigate the inscription together.

• Laxus found an injured woman in a pit, and Old Suo healed her while the team kept watch.
• The woman woke, learned that the creature had left, and introduced herself as Josephine Barnaba, one of the missing archaeologists.
• Josephine became furious when Laxus called her a granny, and Old Suo restrained her before Lidas conjured a restroom for her.
• Old Suo learned that Kana had found an ancient stone tablet, and the group went to meet her.
• Sordil and Josephine independently translated the tablet’s warning that the blue-black Immortal Demon would bring death and follow them forever.

Old Suo recognized Josephine’s sketch as Deliora and led the group to the burning Esdar Town, where he sent Kana, Lidas, and Josephine away while he went to help the villagers. He rescued a purple-haired girl and promised to bring her parents to her, then stored their corpses and set off to save others.

• Josephine drew the blue-black demon from memory, and Old Suo identified it as Deliora and ordered the group to Esdar Town.
• Old Suo and the others arrived to find Esdar Town burning and a powerful creature nearby; he went to help the villagers while ordering Kana, Lidas, and Josephine to leave.
• Kana used a sleeping spell from a ring to knock out Laxus, and Lidas carried him and Josephine away in a carriage.
• Old Suo found a purple-haired girl trapped beneath falling ruins, protected her, and promised to bring her parents to the big tree outside town.
• After the girl left, Old Suo stored her parents’ corpses and vanished in Silver-White Light to rescue others.

Old Suo rescued trapped survivors and destroyed Deliora in battle, but the immortal demon escaped. Old Suo abandoned the pursuit and flew back toward his companions and the hostages.

• Old Suo used Disassemble to free a trapped yellow dog without injuring it, then teleported it to safety.
• Old Suo demolished a ruined building to help a crying girl, then healed a blue-haired boy and cleared rubble so he could carry away a dead villager.
• Old Suo flew to fight Deliora, blasted the demon with dragon fire, and hurled it into the air before striking it with homing missiles and several magic attacks.
• Deliora survived and attacked Old Suo, who countered with the Crimson Lotus Phoenix Sword and knocked them both away.
• Old Suo searched for Deliora after the demon disappeared, then gave up the chase and flew back toward his companions.

After reuniting with Kana, Laxus, and Lidas, Old Suo remembered the team still needed to complete its commission and met Shirley and Yuka, who had buried Yuka’s father. The group buried Shirley’s parents, then walked into an ambush by the Old Hunters; after the carriage exploded and the hunters scattered, their leader threatened them, and his hidden accomplices failed to respond.

• Old Suo reunited with Kana, Laxus, and Lidas, then reminded them that their commission remained unfinished despite the town burning.
• Shirley and Yuka explained that they had met and buried Yuka’s father after Old Suo saved them.
• Old Suo brought Shirley and Yuka into the woods to bury Shirley’s parents, whose bodies Lidas carried out of the carriage using his magic.
• Old Suo, Shirley, and Yuka entered the carriage, which the Old Hunters surrounded and riddled with arrows before it exploded.
• The Old Hunters’ leader demanded that the group surrender, but Old Suo threatened them, and the leader’s accomplices failed to respond to his signals.

Sordil and his companions cleared up the Brigade Commander’s misunderstanding about the village attack, helped rescue survivors, and returned to town, though their client had not survived. As the group prepared to leave, Josephine gave Sordil a book recovered from the Underground Magic Palace, which he accepted.

• Sordil’s group captured the Brigade Commander, and Laxus explained that Sordil had used Mind Magic to uncover the ambush and counter their plan.
• The Brigade Commander introduced himself as Gaganpo Hildeman and accused Sordil of destroying the village, but Shirley, Yuka, Laxus, Kana, and Lidas explained that a monster had attacked it and that the wizards had saved the survivors.
• Yuka revealed that Shirley and Lidas were victims of the attack, and the Brigade Commander apologized before Sordil freed him and accepted his apology.
• Sordil and the others returned to the battlefield with the Brigade Commander and the guests, and the Old Hunters helped extinguish the fire and rescue survivors, but the client was not found.
• Josephine thanked Sordil for saving her and offered him a book from the Underground Magic Palace, and Sordil accepted it before his group departed.

Old Suo searched the eastern region of Isban while Deliora emerged from hiding and attacked Lockdia Town. A group led by a black-haired captain tried to fight the demon, but Deliora crushed its archers and spread panic through the town.

• Old Suo traveled to eastern Isban alone and began searching for Gray’s home.
• Deliora left his ice cave and headed out to cause destruction.
• Ulu took Lord Zero Emperor across the region to help him find a shape for his magic, while he teased her about seeking a silver-haired man.
• Silver joked with his blue-haired wife in their kitchen, and she hit him with an iron tray, covering him with flour.
• Deliora burst into Lockdia Town, slaughtered its residents, and destroyed buildings as the townspeople fled.
• A black-haired captain and his team attacked Deliora, but the demon crushed the archers with one blow and left the survivors in despair.