Fairy Tail's members advance through Alvarez's soldiers towards the guildhall; Jacob and Ajeel are defeated, while Brandish leaves the war on friendly terms with Lucy, taking a shrunken Dimaria with her. Gildarts attacks August to stop him from destroying Magnolia, but his magic has no effect on August, who overwhelms him with various spells until Cana arrives to assist her father. Meanwhile, Gray reaches the guildhall to confront Zeref, who confides his true intentions for obtaining Fairy Heart beyond killing Acnologia. Reaffirming his friendship with Natsu, Gray decides to prevent Natsu's death by sealing Zeref away with Lost Iced Shell, a variation of Iced Shell that erases all memory of its caster's existence.