01x01 - The "First" Guild and the "Strongest" Guild

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Magic is not evil.

We must protect the wizards.

We must combine our strengths.

In the year X633,

the world's first wizard guild was born.

Starting today,

Fairy Tail has three new members!

Nice to meet you!

That girl's pretty cute.

Yeah!

Dad!

Welcome to Fairy Tail!

So this is that Fairy Tail?

So many people.

Just three?

You said the fewer the better,

so we narrowed it down to three.

Did I?

They're plenty powerful.

We can vouch for them.

Got worked over in the combat test, huh?

Newcomers?

Don't start a fight, Gajeel!

You've come to the manliest guild ever!

Let's drink and sing! Drink and eat!

Then drink some more!

It's all drinking with you, Cana?

Let's get along.

You will feel at home soon here.

Friends! Friends!

Like at home?

That's wrong!

This is the strongest guild!

The best in Fiore!

Every guild is crap in comparison.

Fairy Tail is the strongest guild

in the world!

Give me any job.

I'll make this guild even stronger.

Honestly, I'm more useful than

the seniors over there.

One day, I will be

the Master of Fairy Tail-

Shut up.

Oh! Laxus, you're back.

Yeah.

Don't look down on our friends.

Look who's talking.

And don't talk bad of other guilds.

You haven't got the right to call yourself

a member of Fairy Tail.

Who allowed someone like him here?

It was you, Mira?

And why do you two want to

join Fairy Tail?

This place is terrifying!

No way I can feel at home here!

Two recruits left after you came in.

How is this my fault?

I am

I am Touka.

I came here to join Natsu's guild.

Natsu?

What's your relationship with Natsu?

Well, Natsu is

I should say, Sir Natsu.

Sir Natsu is the one and only

my sweet darling!

It looks like you've got a twin, Juvia.

Sir Gray left me. He left me.

Forget it.

We first met a little over a year ago.

You mean back when

the guild was disbanded?

I was attacked by bandits,

and he appeared as my prince on

a white horse, no, a fire dragon!

It sounds like Natsu was riding on Natsu.

Who knew he was so popular.

Oh my.

So where is Sir Natsu?

Where is my sweet darling?

He's doing a quest.

He won't be back for a while.

A quest that no one has been able to

clear since wizard guilds began.

The 100 Years Quest.

I will never fall into despair

in this world

Our real bond will open up

a path for tomorrow

At night, I even forget to notice

The continuation of dreams

I can't see

And the sounds of anxiety

that everyone holds

Let's accept it all

and make it come true

The time has passed at

an impossible speed

While I recall it,

the "present" is slipping away

I will never fall into despair

in this world

Our real bond will open up

a path for tomorrow

If you hold onto hope

after coming this far

I'll seek the meaning of

the promises we exchanged

For the "Story" of the future

(The "First" Guild and The "Strongest" Guild)

Look! Snow!

Aye, Sir!

Even though the sky is clear?

Unusual indeed.

They're glowing?

It's not snow.

It's magical energy.

These Ethernanos are so big

you can see them with the naked eye.

I see!

Anyway, let's build a snowman!

Since they are magical energy,

this should be a magicman!

It just goes to show how rich of

magical energy is around here.

It's pretty!

Yeah.

Don't take off your clothes!

Wha- Since when?

This must mean we're getting close to

the world's oldest guild, Magia Dragon.

Yeah, we're almost there.

We've come to the continent of Guiltina

to take on the 100 Years quest.

It's an uncharted continent,

different from both Ishgal and Alakitasia.

Magia Dragon is said to be the

very first wizard guild in the world.

I wonder what kind of dragon's there.

I don't think there is any.

It's just a name.

Like how there are no fairies

in Fairy Tail.

There is one in front of you.

It's common for guild names

to reference mythical beasts.

Such as Sabertooth, Mermaid Heel,

or Lamia Scale.

Cait Shelter too.

Huh? No response?

The 100 Years Quest is a legendary quest

no one has ever completed.

Actually, it's been more than 100 years.

Since no one has completed it,

that's how it got its name.

Even Gildarts, the strongest wizard

in Fairy Tail, couldn't.

So what's with this 100 Years Quest?

The rule is, I can't tell you that.

You need to see it for yourself.

And enjoy the taste of despair.

Ouch!

What was that for?

Why are you acting cool?

You failed because you went there alone.

But I'm different.

I'll go with my friends.

That's why I won't fall into despair.

Ouch!

What was that for?!

Payback for earlier!

You're in for it, Gildarts!

- Bring it on!

- Hey!

Anyone, stop them!

Don't destroy the guild!

It's Magia Dragon.

We made it.

See! There is a dragon!

That's a statue.

Are there still people in this guild?

If there weren't,

how could they offer a quest?

The Ethernanos are even

inside the building.

There's no people here.

No, this feeling is

Yes, someone's here.

I welcome your arrival,

Ninty-Ninth Hero!

A dragon?!

I didn't know there were

still some alive.

Uh

I am Elefseria, the Law Dragon.

You have to grant my wish, wizards!

So you're the client of

the 100 Years Quest?

Indeed.

Natsu, I think you need to

be a little polite.

He's really scary.

There's one thing I want to confirm.

This was supposed to be a wizard guild.

So what does that make you?

A wizard guild without a single wizard?

Of course, it would make us curious.

Aren't there any other wizards around?

There's only me here.

The humans all grew old and died.

Grew old?

You never took on new members?

This is a strange guild.

Such were the times.

New guilds are continuously being created,

and the young prefer to join them.

Before long, there's no one left

in the oldest guild.

That doesn't explain why

a dragon is now here.

You're human, aren't you?

Huh?

Good job on noticing it.

I am the first master of Magia Dragon

and the Father of Wizard Guilds.

Elefseria.

A human?

The Father of Wizard Guilds?

You've been alive for more

than 100 years?

It shouldn't be that surprising.

To put it in a simple way,

I am the same as that Acnologia.

The same as Acnologia?

It's the price of dragon slayer magic.

I couldn't prevent myself

turned into a dragon.

So you were a Dragon Slayer?

Yes, although a self-learned one.

I learned dragon slayer magic in order

to bring down a certain dragon.

Stop bouncing around like that!

Sit down, will you?

Well, it's been a long time since I saw

a young lady, I'm just a little nervous.

Damn you!

Don't laugh!

Can you move your hand from there?

It can't be helped, the last one

who came here was an old man.

You mean Gildarts?

And the one before that

was a muscle brain.

Before that, it was a rugged type.

Also, the one before that

But what a time to be alive!

There are beautiful wizard ladies.

I see. I sympathize with you.

You do?

He's different from the First Master.

I can't believe that someone like him

is the Father of Wizard Guilds.

This is the lowest.

But no one ever came back.

Gildarts did.

The one before you guys, right?

Indeed, he was the only one

who made it that far.

But he didn't come get home unscathed.

I lost my left arm, left leg,

and even some of my insides.

Are you prepared to accept this quest?

That's why we're here.

Why are we all here for?

Even if you asked us that

You really don't have to be here

if you don't have a quest to do.

Then let's take a quest!

The quest is called

"Protect Sir Gray with Our Lives."

And the client is Juvia.

Then, Juvia will take on the quest.

Sure

Are you unable to trust your beloved

and wait for his return?

What did you just say?

I believe Sir Natsu will return.

And believe he will accept my love!

Don't expect anything from Natsu.

He's right.

Natsu is surrounded by beautiful ladies,

such as Lucy, Lisanna, and Erza.

Me included?

I heard Gray is also the same.

Ur, Ultear, Cana, and Briar,

and even Erza.

He is surrounded by ladies as well.

This barrel is my only love.

What did you say?!

I'm only speaking the truth!

Oh my.

They're getting along already.

What's wrong, Gajeel?

Did that girl

just mention Briar?

Briar? That woman from Avatar?

I need your signatures on

these contracts first.

Do not tell anyone

what the 100 Years Quest is.

For any loss of life that occurs

during this job,

you shall not hold me, the client,

and the Magic Council responsible.

Sounds good to me.

Yes.

Maybe I should go back home.

Lucy, you're having too much soup.

This is sweat.

But

I was all fired up to come along.

But the closer we get,

the more scared I am.

I mean, it's the 100 Years Quest.

No one ever came back from this job.

Princess, I'm forbidden from

speaking in detail,

but I can feel it.

A premonition of a reunion on Guiltina.

Reunion?

Do you mean

Oh! I shouldn't have said that.

This means a hard punishment for me.

I'll move forward because

I have my friends.

Now, tell us about the 100 Years Quest!

Very well.

The content is actually simple.

You must seal Guiltina's

Five Dragon Gods.

Guiltina's Five Dragon Gods?

Dragons? And five of them?

The 100 Years Quest

is dragon subjugation?

I learned dragon slayer magic

to seal them.

But these five dragons are so destructive,

earning themselves the title of gods.

You can say that each one of them

is at least as strong as Acnologia.

Dragon subjugation?

Now I'm fired up!

Natsu's the one who beat Acnologia.

I think we can complete this quest.

What? You were the one

who defeated him?

So, where are those five dragons?

What's wrong?

That means this is the last.

If you lot are unable to clear

the 100 Years Quest,

then no one in the world will

be able to clear this quest.

In other words, you're the last.

My last hope.

Damn right.

We're gonna complete this quest.

What the heck are these things?

They're walking jellyfish!

Don't touch anything strange, Natsu.

What if they're poisonous?

I wonder if we can eat them.

Just don't.

They're kinda cute, though.

Indeed.

Lucy!

You sure are a glutton, aren't you?

Natsu!

Watch out!

They're trying to invade our bodies.

That's why I told you not to eat them.

Happy, do something!

I've never eaten jellyfish before!

Sky Dragon's Roar!

I'm sorry, jellyfish.

My mouth is numb.

I ate mine.

What?!

I don't care if you get poisoned and die.

This continent is unknown to us.

We have to be careful.

Look! A pig with antlers!

He's not listening.

Five Dragon Gods had nothing to do with the w*r

from 400 years ago, the Dragon King Festival.

They stayed hidden,

and only a few in the Magic Council

knew about them.

They won't act unless something

really big happens.

But when they do, the earth splits open,

and the sky burns,

they're what you call a catastrophe.

Elefseria learned about them

and learned dragon slayer magic

in order to challenge them.

But it got him nowhere.

He made a quest in the hope that there

would be someone who could defeat them.

That was more than a century ago.

I don't know where they're hiding.

But I might have a clue to the location of

Mercphobia, the Water Dragon God.

If you go southwest through the Valeria

region, you'll reach a port city, Ermina.

That city used to worship

Mercphobia as a god.

Ermina it is. All right!

One last thing, about your reward.

I almost forgot.

How much is it?

One.

I will grant one wish,

whatever you want.

Any one thing among all that exists.

Any wish? That's just too vague.

For example, if it's me

You have something you want?

I know! Free rent for life!

I would just ask for a house!

I want a cat like Frosch.

I think so too.

I want bigger breasts.

You need more greedy, Wendy.

But this is a very greedy wish of mine!

Indeed, anything is a hard reward

to get your head around.

Still, we won't get it if

we don't complete the quest.

That's right.

But still, that's a worthy reward of

100 Years Quest, right?

Aye!

I see it.

It's Ermina.

Why are you dressed like that, Gajeel?

Even Lily too

Detectives wear trench coats, right?

Detectives?

It's about Touka, the new member.

She mentioned Briar's name.

A member of Avatar who

we captured a year ago?

I remember!

She was making eyes at Sir Gray.

Her name is not well-known

to the general public.

But Touka knew.

That's why we're investigating Touka with

our detective skills from our council days.

I agree!

I think she's suspicious!

Here we go, my deductive skills.

First of all, let's tail her!

That's how deductive works!

Yes!

If anything, that's not how

the deduction works.

Doubting our guild member

It smells like the ocean.

Every building is so dirty here.

This city must be really old.

Be careful not to get lost.

Especially you two, Natsu and Happy.

There must be lots of seafood here.

Not interested.

First, let's find a place to stay.

No, eat first!

Let's look for fish!

More visitors.

They're wizards from

the Southern Continent.

Water God, milord.

You and I are holding

the ends of the same rope

Pulling with a strong force

Creating a tense connection,

taut feeling

We've always helped each other out

no matter when

But leaning on each other

too much isn't good

It's time to let go

For both of us

Even if we part ways here

Our bond will never break,

it's an invisible belief

From this point on,

that will be something eternal

It's our story

O friend, this is where

we say goodbye

We can't keep supporting

each other forever

O friend, as if competing

against each other

We grow stronger by

standing on our own

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