Natsu and his team's reunion with Makarov is interrupted by the arrival of Ajeel Raml, one of the Spriggan 12. The Fairy Tail wizards flee on a magic-powered carriage, but Ajeel gives pursuit on a colossal golem made of sand and eventually traps them in a giant sand pit. Makarov tries protecting them from Ajeel's deadly sand magic until Laxus arrives aboard Blue Pegasus's Christina airship. Mest teleports the entire group onto the ship before Laxus retaliates against Ajeel with an explosion of lightning, but Ajeel is protected by a barrier conjured by August, the strongest of the Spriggan 12. Returning to Fairy Tail's finished guildhall, Makarov is reinstated as master and apologizes for fruitlessly disbanding the guild. In preparation of Alvarez's invasion, Mavis Vermillion decides to tell the guild the origins of Fairy Heart and her relationship with Zeref.