Chapter Summaries

Hades overwhelmed Noah with his freely controlled magic, forcing Noah to retreat from the airship and engage him on the ground. As they faced off, Mira, Lisanna, and Erza led the Fairy Tail wizards toward them.

• Hades refused to give up recruiting Noah and attacked him with magic chains after Noah rejected his offer.
• Noah reinforced his body, Knight Sword, and Death Transformation Wings, but Hades's stronger chains drove him onto the defensive.
• Noah let the chains strike his chest so he could use their force to escape the airship and dive toward the ground.
• Hades pursued Noah and landed effortlessly, then mocked him for witnessing a realm of magic beyond his experience.
• Noah recognized Hades as the strongest wizard he had ever faced in magic.
• Mira, Lisanna, and Erza led the Fairy Tail wizards toward Noah and Hades.

Fairy Tail’s Guild Master Makarov recognized Hades as Precht, the guild’s Second Guild Master, who had become the master of Grimoire Heart. Hades explained that he had come to see magic as darkness and declared his intent to destroy Fairy Tail, leaving Makarov preparing to fight him.

• Fairy Tail’s wizards arrived, and Erza explained that they had found their captured guildmates unconscious without encountering any enemies.
• Hades recognized Makarov, whose shock revealed that they had known each other for many years.
• Makarov identified Hades as Precht, Fairy Tail’s Second Guild Master, stunning the gathered wizards.
• Hades described his pursuit of magic after leaving Fairy Tail and declared that he wanted to destroy the guild.
• Makarov grew larger and confronted Hades, who pointed at him as eerie black light flickered beneath Makarov’s feet.

Makarov narrowly escaped Hades’s magic circles when Noah intervened and challenged Hades himself. Noah showed that his Crush magic could weaken Hades’s attacks, but Hades’s powerful magic kept the fight dangerous as their clash continued.

• Makarov warned the guild members to flee, then smashed the magic circle beneath him, only for smaller circles to surround him and unleash their power.
• Noah destroyed the circles with white light and told Makarov and the others to stand back before facing Hades.
• Noah dodged Hades’s magic chain and used Crush on his Knight Sword to break down the magic within it.
• Hades launched an invisible attack with Amaterasu Twenty-Eight Style, and Noah used Crush to withstand the explosion.
• Noah escaped the blast as Hades sent his magic chain after him, and Noah repeatedly blocked it with his sword.

Noah battled Hades, dodging his chains and destroying a giant serpent formed from chain and dark magic. After the serpent exploded, Noah appeared before Hades and unleashed a powerful explosion from runes in his palm, leaving the Fairy Tail members stunned.

• Hades' chains pressed Noah into a high-speed fight, but Noah suddenly reappeared and nearly struck him with the Knight Sword.
• Hades created a vast web of chains and dark magic, then fused them into a giant black serpent to attack Noah.
• Noah charged the serpent, destroyed it with white destruction magic, and pierced its head with the Knight Sword.
• As Hades watched the serpent break apart, Noah vanished and appeared before him with rotating runes in his palm.
• Noah crushed the runes and unleashed a massive explosion, stunning the Fairy Tail members watching from afar.

Noah used a combined rune attack and a sword strike to injure Hades, then revealed that Black Razor King had stolen Hades’s chain magic. Hades struggled against Noah’s chain as a crystal ball suddenly flew toward Noah.

• Noah’s explosion left Hades injured while Noah remained unharmed, shocking the Fairy Tail mages watching from afar.
• Noah judged that magic alone could not seriously damage Hades and noticed that his Knight Sword had drawn blood with a direct strike.
• Hades tried to cast another spell, but Noah shattered his magic circle and used the stolen chain magic to hook Hades’s arm and slam him to the ground.
• Hades grabbed the chain and pulled against Noah, accusing him of stealing his magic, and Noah revealed that Black Razor King had taken it when he cut Hades.
• A crystal ball shot toward Noah at tremendous speed.

Noah fought Hades until Ultear intervened by breaking the magic chain that bound them. Hades withdrew after Makarov revealed that Fairy Tail possessed something he feared, but he vowed to destroy the guild for Zeref and the world of magic.

• Ultear's crystal ball severed the chain connecting Noah's Knight Sword to Hades, ending their contest and letting both regain their balance.
• Ultear joined Hades as Fairy Tail's mages gathered beside Noah and confronted them.
• Ultear urged Hades to stop fighting and leave, while Noah challenged him for trying to escape.
• Makarov accused Hades of avoiding a direct attack on Magnolia because he feared something Fairy Tail possessed, and Hades did not deny it.
• Hades agreed to withdraw, declared Fairy Tail's way of existing wrong, and vowed to destroy the guild for Zeref before he and Ultear left aboard a magic airship.

Fairy Tail’s wizards learned that Hades had abducted them with ease, and Noah warned that even he could not be certain of defeating the Grimoire Heart Guild Master. Noah rallied the guild to face the coming fight, but Makarov said they had another matter to handle first and looked toward Laxus.

• Makarov questioned the returned Fairy Tail wizards, who explained that Hades had captured them before they realized they were under attack.
• Natsu and Gray urged the guild to retaliate, but Noah, Erza, and others warned that Grimoire Heart and Hades were formidable opponents.
• Noah admitted he could not guarantee victory over Hades, sensing that the Guild Master had a dangerous hidden power.
• Mira suggested avoiding a fight, but Erza reminded the guild that Hades had threatened to destroy Fairy Tail, making a clash unavoidable.
• Noah rallied the guild to stand together and protect Fairy Tail, easing Makarov’s grief over Precht’s betrayal.
• Makarov said the guild had to handle another matter before fighting Grimoire Heart, then turned his attention to Laxus.

Makarov prepared to punish Laxus for targeting guildmates, but Noah asked to make the judgment as Fairy Tail’s Fourth Guild Master. Noah left Laxus under house arrest for three months, and Laxus accepted the punishment.

• Makarov confronted Laxus about threatening guildmates, while Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen tried to take responsibility for the attacks on Mira and Lisanna.
• Laxus stopped Freed from arguing and told Makarov to give his order, acknowledging him as Guild Master.
• Noah asked Makarov to let him judge Laxus, and Makarov agreed after Laxus said he did not care who decided.
• Noah ordered Laxus to remain at home for three months, accept no jobs, and reflect on his actions.
• Laxus accepted the house arrest, and the guildmates understood that Noah had chosen a lenient punishment.

Noah defended his decision to keep Laxus in solitary confinement, then learned that Fairy Tail possessed a secret that could threaten Hades. The revelation made Noah question whether he could protect his friends and resolve to become stronger, leaving him considering travel to other worlds for new ways to grow.

• Makarov confronted Noah over his lenient punishment of Laxus, but Noah insisted the guild would forgive Laxus and refused to change his decision.
• Noah asked Makarov about the thing in Fairy Tail that had made Hades hesitate, and Makarov said he would explain it when Noah became Guild Master.
• Noah lay awake thinking about dangerous powers and enemies in the world and whether he could protect Mira, Lisanna, and his companions.
• Noah concluded that ordinary training had reached its limits and considered visiting other worlds to find ways to become stronger.

Noah struggled to choose between leaving Fairy Tail to grow stronger and staying to protect his loved ones from Grimoire Heart. In Between Worlds, Gaia and Alaya reassured him that the worlds would help him and began explaining how he could choose when he entered a world.

• Noah weighed traveling to other worlds against the danger Hades and Grimoire Heart posed to Fairy Tail, as well as his reluctance to leave Mira and Lisanna.
• After feeling an inexplicable throb in his heart, Noah returned to Between Worlds.
• Gaia and Alaya spoke to Noah through the barriers between worlds and told him to make a wish and follow his own desires.
• Noah explained that he feared his departure would leave his loved ones and family in danger.
• Gaia and Alaya explained that Between Worlds existed outside time and began discussing how Noah’s arrival point in a world’s timeline was determined.

Noah learned that he could request when to descend into worlds without World Shards, though each world required a one-month adjustment period. When he returned to Fairy Tail, he discovered that a month had passed and the guild had been desperately worried about him.

• Gaia and Alaya explained that Noah usually descended at times when World Shards existed, but could request a different time in worlds without them.
• Alaya told Noah that a world needed about one month to adjust after he left, so he could not return to the exact moment he departed.
• Noah returned to Fairy Tail at dawn and was startled when Lisanna and Mira rushed to him in tears.
• Erza and the others scolded Noah for disappearing, and Erza told him he had been gone for an entire month.

Noah returned to Fairy Tail after a month had passed and apologized to his worried guildmates, claiming his mother had been looking for him before retracting the explanation as a joke. Reassured by his friends, he resolved to grow stronger across other worlds so he could protect Fairy Tail from Grimoire Heart.

• Noah realized that returning to Fairy Tail always meant a month had passed there, no matter how briefly he had been away.
• Lisanna, Mira, and the guild members confronted Noah about his unexplained month-long disappearance, and he apologized and promised not to do it again.
• Erza told Noah that Makarov had feared Hades was responsible and had nearly led Fairy Tail into a fight against Grimoire Heart.
• Noah said his mother had been looking for him, then called it a joke when the guild members were confused.
• Mira offered Noah food, while Lisanna and the others urged him not to disappear again and expressed their concern.
• Noah decided to travel between worlds, find World Shards, and become strong enough to protect Fairy Tail from Hades and Grimoire Heart.

Noah arrived in modern-day Sardinia after leaving the Fairy Tail world and confirmed that he could speak the local language. As he headed toward Cagliari to find a hotel, an unknown blond man noticed him and decided to introduce himself.

• Noah woke on a beach and concluded that the unfamiliar world might be modern and foreign.
• Noah spoke with a local man in Italian and learned that he was near Cagliari on the Italian island of Sardinia.
• Noah wondered whether the seemingly ordinary world contained supernatural dangers and decided to find a hotel before dark.
• A handsome blond man spotted Noah and set off to greet him, despite the bespectacled man accompanying him asking what he was doing.

Noah arrived in Cagliari and encountered Doni, a swordsman who sensed Noah’s swordsmanship and challenged him to a fight. Their confrontation was interrupted by Andre, who scolded Doni for causing trouble, leaving Noah puzzled about the world and the people in it.

• Noah entered Cagliari and sensed an unusually sharp presence approaching him.
• Doni reached for Noah’s shoulder, but Noah dodged and noticed the sword case he carried.
• Doni introduced himself and said Noah’s sword aura made him eager to fight.
• Noah sensed Doni’s swordsmanship and a terrifying power within him, then considered seeking information about the world.
• Andre rushed over, berated Doni for ditching him, and interrupted the confrontation.

Noah tried to escape Doni and Andre, but Doni pursued him through the streets and onto the rooftops, convinced Noah would fight him. The chase ended on a Sardinian cathedral roof, where Doni praised Noah’s strength and Noah noticed their similar endurance.

• Noah sensed extraordinary magic power from Andre and decided to leave while Doni and Andre argued.
• Doni chased Noah through the crowded streets, and Andre followed, fearing that two Kings might fight.
• Doni leaped across the crowd by stepping on people’s heads, then pursued Noah into an alley.
• Noah kicked Doni, who blocked the blow with a box, then escaped onto a rooftop.
• Doni and Andre followed Noah across rooftops until they reached a cathedral on Sardinia.
• Doni told Noah they had a lot in common, and Noah pointed out that Doni was praising himself.

Noah faced Salvatore Doni on the cathedral roof after Doni insisted they fight with swords. The two clashed repeatedly, and Doni grew excited as Noah blocked his attacks.

• Doni drew an ordinary Knight Sword and challenged Noah, while Andre realized Noah was powerful and withdrew to call for help.
• Noah summoned a black Knight Sword and accepted Doni's challenge.
• Doni attacked with a slash that seemed to vanish, but Noah sensed its path and dodged it.
• Noah struck at Doni, and their swords collided before Doni launched a rapid series of thrusts.
• Noah blocked Doni's successive attacks as they exchanged blows, and Doni demanded to see the full power of Noah's sword.

Noah defeated Doni in their sword duel by using Leap to launch a surprise attack, but Doni climbed back onto the rooftop and acknowledged Noah’s skill. Doni then invoked his Authority, declaring that he would cut anything that existed, and unleashed a dangerous power.

• Noah used Leap as an aerial foothold to propel himself at Doni and knock him through the Grand Cathedral’s rooftop wall.
• Doni climbed back onto the roof after falling, then told Noah he had lost the sword duel and asked his name.
• Noah introduced himself as Noah Dreyar, and Doni said he would remember the name.
• Doni announced that he could still wield a sword no one could resist and began invoking his Authority.
• Doni chanted that nothing he could not cut would be allowed to exist as immense power and fluorescent light erupted around him.

Doni unleashed his Authority in a world-splitting sword strike, and Noah barely blocked it at the cost of both weapons in his soul. As Noah lost consciousness from the damage, Doni declared that he had taken a liking to him and urged him to grow stronger.

• Doni turned his arm silver and declared that his sword could cut anything, while Noah gathered all his magic power into his Knight Sword.
• Doni swung his sword and sent an invisible slash at Noah, cutting through Noah's Knight Sword and then breaking his Magician shield.
• Andre saw the slash split the Grand Cathedral in two and leapt toward the ruins.
• Noah dropped to one knee after blocking Doni's Authority, then suffered a mental blow from the destruction of his two weapons.
• Doni praised Noah for blocking his Authority, said he had taken a liking to him, and urged him to become strong enough to fight him at full power.

After waking aboard a plane, Noah learned from Andre that Doni was one of the six Godslayers, humans who slew gods and took their Authorities. Noah ended the chapter asking whether gods truly existed.

• Noah woke in a first-class airplane cabin with Doni and Andre after Doni’s Authority had destroyed his Knight Sword and revolver and left him unconscious.
• Andre apologized for bringing Noah aboard without consent and explained that Doni wanted to keep him nearby as an opponent.
• Noah asked about Authority and Godslayers, and Andre described the world’s Sorcery Societies, knights, Holy Knights, and the six Kings.
• Andre explained that Godslayers gained divine Authorities by killing gods, and confirmed that Doni was one of them.
• Noah questioned whether gods really existed.

Noah learned that Heretic Gods were myth-born beings who could manifest in the world and that Godslayers were humanity’s only defense against them. Doni explained why he wanted another fight with Noah, then hinted that he had a plan, leaving Noah and Andre wary of what he intended.

• Andre explained that Heretic Gods rebelled against mythology and that Godslayers were the only ones capable of opposing them.
• Andre revealed that Doni’s Tearing Silver Hand could make any sword cut through nearly anything.
• Noah realized that Beo had taken Doni’s strike for him, so Noah had not actually blocked the demonic sword.
• Doni complained that Noah had collapsed before their fight could continue and insisted that the battle did not count.
• Doni said he wanted a full-strength fight with Noah because they possessed the same sword, but he considered using his Authorities unfair.
• Doni told Noah and Andre that he already had a plan, making them wary of what he intended.