Starting with Vol. 30, the story jumps ahead seven years, opening up new ground in this long-running, bestselling series.

THE WRATH OF ZEREF
The Council's wizard pulse bomb threatens to obliterate the magic of every wizard on the continent! Fairy Tail's figured out how to neutralize it, but it won't be an easy task. Now that they've made it out of Tartaros's prison, Natsu, Erza, Mira, and Lisanna will start their counterattack against the Nine Demon Gates, and execute a daring raid on the Tartaros guild! Then, as if they don't already have enough problems, Natsu suddenly encounters Zeref the Black Wizard himself! Past the gates of Hell, it's a desperate battle between fairies and demons to decide the fate of the world!