Laxus tricks Wall into a dispelling an enchantment circle that he has secretly drawn around them during their battle, which eradicates Laxus's Bane Particles and allows him to conjure red lightning that destroys Wall. In Hargeon, Jellal Fernandes and Meldy arrive to lend their support against Alvarez, much to Kagura Mikazuchi's chagrin. Dimaria stops time with her Age Seal magic to toy with Wendy, Shelia, and Carla, but the three are able to move under the power of Ultear Milkovich, who appears as a projection within the temporal rift as a side effect of her own Last Ages spell. Enraged, Dimaria uses her God Soul magic to assume the form of Chronos, the god of time. Carla is fatally wounded protecting Wendy from Dimaria, forcing Ultear to eject her from the rift to stall her death. Ultear offers to help Wendy and Shelia defeat Dimaria and save Carla by enhancing their magic with the power of Third Origin, which she warns will permanently cost them their ability to use magic again.