In a stand-off against Hades, the second master of the Fairy Tail guild, Natsu and his allies attempt to survive against his seemingly unstoppable power. When a surprise ally joins the fray, however, they may have found what they need to survive.
Natsu challenges the master of Saber Tooth to a fight, meanwhile Erza wins the right to go first into Pandemonium, a castle built out of magic containing one hundred monsters.
While Loke attempts to unearth the identity of a powerful magic user trying to destroy Fairy Tail, Ultear approaches the sleeping Zeref with a secret plan of her own.
Shortly after the beginning of the S-class wizard test, Grimoire Heart attacks Fairy Tail, and it soon becomes obvious that the group's leader has a secret history with Makarov.
The powerful wizard Laxus, Master Makarov's gransdson, does not like it when he sees the new Fairy Tail guild hall, so he gathers the support of other wizards and starts a civil war.
Jellal has developed a board game using Natsu and his team as enemy pieces to be destroyed while Siegrain tries to get the Magic Counsel to fire a powerful weapon at Jellal's tower, even though it would kill everyone inside including the Fairy Tail heroes.
