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History

Elfman as a kid

Sometime in his early years, Elfman's parents died. After his older sister, Mirajane, defeated a Demon that terrorized their village and took on its form, Elfman was forced out of the village along with his two siblings. They later joined the Fairy Tail Guild and quickly fit in with the excitable guild. Due to Mirajane's self-imposed isolation, however, Elfman and Lisanna took to learning Take Over Magic as well from Makarov, so that their older sibling would no longer feel alone. Catching Mirajane in the streets just as she was about to leave them, Elfman promised that they would protect each other with their powers, convincing his sister to stay. He was around 12 years old at the time. When he was younger, he was quiet, shy and kind. During this time, out of all his siblings, Elfman was the only one who couldn't do a Full-Body Take Over, something which depressed him greatly, as he was supposed to "be a man". During this time, Elfman helped Natsu and Lisanna raise an egg they found.

Young Elfman attacks his sister

In the year X782, Elfman was deeply scarred by an incident where his younger sister, Lisanna, was supposedly killed by him when she tried to stop his rampage after he attempted to use Beast Soul: Full-Body Take Over. During his rampage, Elfman hit Lisanna with great force, throwing her a great distance. It is said that due to this, Elfman's heart was locked shut, despite his use of the spell to protect his sisters.

Synopsis

Macao arc

Elfman meets Lucy

Elfman is first seen towering over Lucy, complaining about the noise that the guild is causing, as well as stating that they should use their fists to fight and show their manhood. He then joins in with the rest of the guild as they brawl, but is instantly smashed by both Natsu and Gray. When everyone tried to use their Magic, the master arrives to stop the fight. Elfman is then scolded by Makarov Dreyar for his performance on a job, where he assaulted the VIP that he was supposed to be escorting.

Sub-Zero Emperor Lyon arc

Elfman watching the fight between Natsu and Erza

When Lucy talks about Erza and Natsu fighting, she points out that they are two members of Fairy Tail's "strongest team". When Gray asks her where she heard that they were the strongest team, Mirajane admits it was her and cries, claiming that she was just so excited. Elfman comments as well, stating that he admires Erza and Natsu's strength, but that there are much stronger people in Fairy Tail, listing himself as an example. Either way, Elfman agrees that the battle between Natsu and Erza will be interesting, and as he watches the two fight, he states that it is a good match.

After Erza is arrested, Elfman sits with the rest of the guild worrying over her fate. He, Loke and Max wonder why the Magic Council is arresting somebody this time around, as the members of Fairy Tail have done many other things in the past and always gotten away with it. After Macao is revealed to have disguised himself as Natsu so that Natsu could go and save Erza, Elfman gets angry at him, predicting Natsu will cause a huge ruckus at the Magic Council. Makarov soon settles everybody by telling them to calm down and wait to hear what happens.

When Erza returns, Elfman instigates another fight between her and Natsu. After Natsu loses quickly, he falls asleep with the rest of the guild (except Makarov) due to Mystogan's arrival.

Phantom Lord arc

Fairy Tail attacks

When Fairy Tail assaults Phantom Lord, Elfman is seen taking out a few of their members (while talking about being a man) as well as fighting with Gajeel before Natsu interrupts. He was also later seen trying to comfort Lucy along with Gray, Natsu and Happy. He, along with Gray, intervenes with Natsu's fight against one of the Element Four -also stating that Natsu shouldn't get sick on vehicles, but make them sick instead. While searching Phantom Mk. 2, Elfman runs into Sol, a member of the Element 4, and is nearly beaten. He decides that he has to do a Full-Body Take Over in order to win, but remembers his sister Lisanna and fails to perform the transformation.

Elfman vs. Sol

While fighting, Mirajane is attacked and taken hostage as a result of pretending to be Lucy. Elfman, enraged at seeing her captured and determined to become strong enough to protect his sister, attempts and succeeds, in executing a Full-Body Take Over, easily overpowering Sol. After defeating Sol, Elfman makes his way towards Mirajane, freeing her and apologizing to her for once again taking on the form that killed his sister. However, Mirajane comforts him and soon figures out how to stop the Abyss Break. They later catch up to Gray -who has just defeated Juvia Lockser- and explain the details of the Abyss Break to him, with the three planning to take out the remaining Element Four members. However, they are then joined by Erza, who just defeated Aria, with Elfman not believing how she managed to fight in such an injured state. Master Jose then arrives, complimenting them before taking Elfman and Gray out instantly. The two later regain consciousness when Master Makarov arrives, and are told to retreat. Elfman is later seen celebrating the guild's victory over Phantom Lord.

Battle of Fairy Tail arc

When the reporter for the Weekly Sorcerer, Jason comes, he asks Elfman what manly means to him, with Elfman replying that "it's manly". Lucy gets upset that Jason is writing down stupid answers like Elfman's, instead of paying attention to her.

At the Harvest Festival's "Miss Fairy Tail Contest", Elfman watches his sister transform her head into Gajeel's, and is shocked by her performance. After Evergreen arrives and petrifies seven female members of the guild -including Mirajane- in a scheme set up by Laxus Dreyar, Elfman becomes determined to save his sister and runs out into Magnolia Town with the rest of the guild to find Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe.

Elfman vs. Evergreen

As he is searching, Elfman eventually runs into Evergreen. Elfman charges towards her, claiming that Evergreen should act like a man and not take hostages. Evergreen lifts her glasses to petrify him, but Elfman is able to quickly close his eyes and avoid the spell. However, because of this, he gets attacked by Evergreen and crashes into a flower stand. Elfman then uses Full-Body Take Over and demands Evergreen revert Mirajane and the other women back to normal, blindfolding himself at the same time so he won't turn into stone by looking into Evergreen's eyes. Evergreen mocks his idea at first, but is then a bit surprised after she dodges some of Elfman's accurate punches. She realizes Elfman's beastly sense of smell and uses Fairy Bomb: Gremlin to defeat him, proceeding to petrify him with her Stone Eyes. Elfman is later freed from his rocky prison due to Evergreen's defeat at the hands of Erza Scarlet and is then carried by Mirajane, who is now also safe.

Elfman suffers from Fried's Dark Écriture: Pain

As they walk, Cana Alberona smashes through a nearby wall, shouting at Fried Justine to take back what he said about Juvia being a "Phantom Girl". Cana is then subsequently defeated by Fried. Elfman, angered by the sight, limps towards Fried, telling him to stop attacking his guild-mates. After a brief conversation with Mirajane, Fried uses Dark Écriture: Pain on Elfman, putting Elfman through a sensation of physical torment. Fried then proceeds to use Dark Écriture: Fear and finally Dark Écriture: Suffering with Elfman reacting in obvious agony. When Fried then moves to finish Elfman off with Dark Écriture: Death, Mirajane, realizing she was about to lose another sibling, achieves Satan Soul and takes over the battle.

After the defeat of Fried, Elfman is seen next to Cana, carrying Juvia. He is then seen in the Fantasia Parade doing his Full-Body Take Over on a float with Mirajane.

Oración Seis arc

Elfman is seen amongst the guild members receiving a lecture and commenting on the Dark Guilds. When Team Natsu returns to Fairy Tail, Natsu fills Elfman in on his big fight against Cobra, much to Elfman's frustration, as he can't understand how a snake can fly if it's not even a man.

Daphne arc

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Elfman vs. Daphne's Artificial Lizardman

Elfman arrives at Daphne's fake hotel along with Macao and Wakaba. He immediately runs up to Gray and punches him, rendering him unconscious. He apologizes, claiming it was Makarov's orders. After Erza goes off to fight the Dragonoid, three of Daphne's Lizardmen copy Elfman, Wakaba and Macao and proceed to attack. Elfman uses his Iron Bull, but the attack is blocked by the Lizardman's copy. Later, Elfman saves Macao from his Lizardman and takes over the battle. After leaving Gray's unconscious body to him, Elfman uses his Full-Body Take Over and eventually prevails. When he returns to the guild, he begs Mirajane and the guild to do whatever they can to save Natsu. After remembering how Natsu gave him strength after the death of Lisanna, Elfman collapses from exhaustion, with Wendy quickly coming to heal him. After the crisis, he celebrates and smiles with the rest of the guild.

Edolas arc

Elfman lectures Jet and Droy about how they should be stronger and departs with Mirajane to go to the church, as it is the anniversary of their sister Lisanna's death. After the Anima strikes, Elfman is turned into Lacrima and transported to Edolas. Later, he is brought back from Edolas with the rest of Magnolia, thanks to Mystogan.

Elfman's happiness when seeing Lisanna alive

Following the events in Edolas, Mirajane and Elfman continue on to the graveyard and offer their prayers to their sister. After some time, Elfman says that they should be leaving, but Mirajane wants to stay a little bit longer. Suddenly, they hear a voice calling out to them and turn around to see Lisanna running towards them. Rendered speechless and unable to believe their eyes, the two become filled with joy as they reunite with their long-lost sister with a hug.

Tenrou Island arc

Elfman knocking away everyone from Lisanna

Following everyone's return to the guild, the rest of the guild members are exceedingly happy about the return of Lisanna. After hearing some of the guild members commenting on Lisanna's cute appearance, Elfman tries to keep everyone away from his sister.

Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna sleep

Shortly after, Elfman enters another of Fairy Tail's usual brawls and fights so much that he falls asleep alongside his sisters, Jet and Droy. The next day, when the master announces Fairy Tail's usual S-Class Mage Promotion Trial, Elfman is picked as one of the selected candidates. Elfman reacts greatly and says that this is the perfect opportunity to be a man above all men.

After the ceremony, Elfman talks with team Natsu and others about the contest and gets angry that Lisanna has agreed to team up with Juvia instead of him. But Lisanna tells Elfman that someone else has been wanting to partner up with him. Elfman then sees Evergreen, who apparently wants to partner with him because Fried chose Bickslow and not her.

Elfman and Evergreen meeting their opponent.

As the participants head towards the island on a ship, Elfman is barely tolerating the summer season's hot weather. Shortly after the boat comes within sight of the island, the master arrives to explain the rules of the first trial. He explains that there are eight paths to take on the island. They will end in a battle between two of the teams, a battle with a S-Class Mage, or the "quiet path", which results in no battle. As the first trial starts, everyone is still on the boat, and Fried sets up a rune barrier that prevents anyone from leaving the boat for five minutes. Evergreen counters this by rewriting the rune barrier, saying that because she has been with Fried for such a long time, she knows how to rewrite runes of this caliber. This allows Elfman and Evergreen to bypass the rune barrier and head toward the island without any problems.

Elfman and Evergreen facing Mirajane at route A

Evergreen and Elfman choose route A and Elfman finds out that he will have to face his own sister, Mirajane. Both Elfman and Evergreen freak out, as Mirajane claims that she doesn't plan to go easy on them and has already entered her Satan Soul form, ready to fight.

Elfman and Evergreen manage to beat Mirajane by telling her that they are engaged before knocking her out in her moment of shock. Elfman is then shown to be heavily injured, so Evergreen has to help him walk; they are the last to clear the first trial and their appearance somewhat surprises everyone, who assumed they would lose. After Natsu announces his challenge of seeing who becomes the S-Class Mage, Elfman just smiles and says that as a man, he will gladly accept.

Elfman and Evergreen after first trial

When the second trial to find Mavis Vermillion's grave begins, Elfman and Evergreen run into one of the pig-like wild animals on the island. While Elfman and Evergreen are running, Elfman tells her where to go, which upsets her. As they continue running, Elfman spews out more stuff about how men shouldn't run away, and Evergreen yells at him to stop talking. Right when the animal is about to trample them, Elfman grabs Evergreen and pushes him and her out of harm's way. They roll down through a cave and back out into the wild, with Elfman's body on top of Evergreen's. She pushes him off and reminds him that they just pretended to be engaged to beat Mirajane in the last trial and not to start thinking she actually likes him. Suddenly, the Killing Mage runs into them while they are arguing.

Natsu saves Evergreen and Elfman from Zeref's attack

The mysterious Mage is surprised that there are other people on the island, and Evergreen and Elfman wonder how the man got onto the island, as they know that he isn't in the guild. Elfman starts charging towards the man, but before he can get too close the boy tells him to stop and not to come near him. He agrees to leave them alone, but suddenly he feels the "death praying" coming. A gray circle that kills anything in it starts to form around him and approaches Evergreen and Elfman. Just when they are about to be hit by the wave, Natsu comes and pushes them down onto the ground, saving their lives. Natsu shouts to the boy, asking him who he is. After Happy arrives and they all get up, everyone notices that the trees around them have died due to the boy's Magic. The boy then tells Natsu that he has gotten strong, but after Natsu hits him, he realizes Natsu is still not able to "break him". When he senses another wave of death approaching, the boy shouts for everyone to leave. After it passes, the boy is gone. Evergreen expresses her concern for the exam, but Natsu and Elfman insist that they should carry on as it's the S-Class Mage Promotion Trial, so they move on with the exam, with Evergreen still not taking orders from Elfman. Later on, Evergreen and Elfman receive the warning from Erza that the trial is on hold and that they are about to take part in battle against an enemy.

Elfman and Evergreen vs. Rustyrose

Numerous Grimoire Heart Guild members then emerge from bubbles in the sky and prepare to fight the two. Elfman shouts that a man does not excuse intruders, and Evergreen notes all of them as pests. Nonetheless, the two easily dispatch all of the enemy in their immediate vicinity. Rustyrose then arrives and, because of his weird personality and hand motions, Elfman questions if he is a man, to which Evergreen replies that Rustyrose is just an "idiot".

Elfman takes over Jet Black Sword

Rustyrose begins their fight by summoning a giant armored creature which he calls Belcusas the Thunderclap, which then begins attacking the pair. Elfman protects Evergreen from an attack by the creature, telling her to petrify Rustyrose. She replies that she can't because he's wearing glasses and the two begin arguing after Elfman calls her useless. Elfman then continues engaging Belcusas, telling Evergreen to defeat Rustyrose. However, Rustyrose transforms his arm into a claw and cuts her down. Distracted, Elfman is brought down by Belcusas. On the ground, the pair then listens as Rustyrose explains that once Grimoire Heart has acquired Zeref and made him King, they will all live in a world where non-Magic users are nonexistent. Rustyrose then uses his Magic to display an image of Zeref, and Elfman and Evergreen are shocked to realize that Zeref is the boy they ran into earlier.

As Elfman starts getting back up, he gets angry at what Rustyrose just said, saying that non-Mages make up 90% of the living world and that the support people provide for each other is what allows the world to exist. He then argues with Rustyrose, talking about how the trust between people allows for guilds to be formed and Rustyrose laughs at this and talks about the horror of Zeref. Enraged, Elfman charges Rustyrose, but gets slashed by his claw. As Rustyrose attacks again, Elfman catches his claw with his left arm and uses his Take Over Magic to transform his own right arm into a replica of the claw. He then attempts to hit Rustyrose with it, but the claw is deflected by Rustyrose's Golden Shield. However, during the attack, Elfman also manages to take Rustyrose's glasses and promptly crushes them, allowing for Evergreen to move in and petrify the Dark Mage.

Elfman thanks Evergreen

However, Rustyrose then cuts down Elfman and Evergreen once more and it is seen that he is still wearing glasses. Rustyrose explains that his Magic allows him to materialize anything he wants and that he has never been beaten in his life. He says the name of his Lost Magic is the Arc of Embodiment. Rustyrose then uses Tower of Dingir, a spell that creates a tower from the ground which immobilizes Elfman and Evergreen and lifts them both upward. About to be defeated, Evergreen apologizes to Elfman, as she believes that if she wasn't his partner, he would not be in this situation, but Elfman simply smiles and thanks her for the help she gave him so far. The tower then explodes, defeating the duo.

Elfman carrying Evergreen after their defeat

A heavily wounded Elfman later arrives at Fairy Tail's base camp carrying Evergreen. He starts getting frustrated and states that he is pathetic as a man, since he not only lost, but was also unable to protect his sister and his partner. He also admits to the enemy being strong and that they have no hope of winning against them. However, Levy stands up and says that if the enemy is a strong group, then Fairy Tail should unite, put aside the differences they had during the trial, and fight to win against the enemy. Elfman is later seen resting alongside Evergreen, Mirajane and Gajeel, having succumbed to his wounds.

Elfman, under Bickslow's control, attacks Rustyrose

When Fried, Bickslow, Lisanna, Panther Lily and Levy are caught by Rustyrose in his Tower of Dingir, Bickslow uses his Figure Eyes to take control of Elfman, who attacks Rustyrose and releases Bickslow and the others from Rustyrose's Magic, resulting in Rustyrose's defeat at the hands of Fried and Lisanna.

Elfman and the others come to help

After Natsu defeats Hades, Elfman comes along with other injured Fairy Tail Mages, scaring off the remaining Grimoire Heart Mages who were going to attack Natsu and the others. After Makarov yells at Laxus, who had returned to help defeat Hades, Elfman is surprised at how relentless the master can be sometimes. Mirajane just smiles and wonders if Laxus will remain exiled now. Back at camp, Elfman gets angry at Evergreen when she accuses him of doing "bad things" to her while they were partnered. Later, Makarov tells the contestants that the S-Class Trial will be put on hold due to the recent events. Elfman, along with other contestants and Gajeel, are shocked, but Elfman admits later that even men have their limits.

Fairy Tail holding hands

After the Dragon Acnologia starts its rampage on Tenrou Island, Elfman runs towards the ship to escape with the rest of the guild, crying as Makarov fights the Dragon to save everyone else. Elfman then returns with the guild and fights Acnologia after Makarov falls. Eventually the Dragon flies into the air and prepares its final attack to destroy the island. As all of the Fairy Tail members hold hands, Acnologia finally destroys Tenrou Island with its Dragon's Roar.

X791 arc

Elfman, along with the rest of the Team Tenrou, is later found by Bisca, Alzack, Jet, Droy, Max, Warren and the Trimens from Blue Pegasus. He watches as Mavis reveals that she was the one who saved them and then disappears. He, along with the other returning members, returns to Fairy Tail and is welcomed back by Romeo.

Key of the Starry Sky arc

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Elfman practices dancing with the members of Fairy Tail

As Elfman watches Natsu’s dance lesson, he comments on how Natsu's dance is too delicate and un-manly. However, he soon realizes Natsu's pain as he is forced to spin around crazily like a spinning top by Erza. After escaping Erza's fierce grip, Elfman continues his practice with Evergreen and then decides that he will participate in the ball with the others. When it is told by Balsamico that the job is to protect the ball from the notorious Velveno, Elfman and the others suit up and enter the dance. He is soon asked to dance by a beautiful woman and, infatuated by her good looks, agrees. The others find the woman suspicious, as no one in their right mind would dance with Elfman. When the count’s daughter, Aceto, is presented at the climax of the party, Elfman comments that she is very pretty. He is then shocked when Velveno, the man they were on the lookout for, steps in and proposes to her.

Elfman's version of Lucy

When Lucy turns invisible, she heads to the guild for help, but instead she causes Elfman and the other guild members to fight amongst each other. When the others finally realize that Lucy has turned invisible, they all try to think of ways to turn her back. They all take turns to paint Lucy’s face, and Elfman paints it to look similar to his own, stating that it looked manly. Later, Elfman and the others watch as Fried tries and fails to fix Lucy with his runes. When Lucy begins to disappear permanently, he and the others start to forget about her, until Natsu and Happy remember her. Happy then slams into Lucy, flinging the ointment bottle all over everyone, causing everyone to go invisible except from Lucy.

Whilst working in the veggie patches around the guild, Elfman and his siblings wonder what to do with Lisanna's grave at the church, since she is alive. The group then discusses the priest from the Magnolia church and his pilgrimage. After that, Elfman and the others watch as Michelle arrives at the guild and explains to them why she came.

A little while after Michelle's arrival at the guild, Elfman, Mirajane, Macao, Wakaba, Lisanna, Romeo and Kinana are discussing Laxus and his upcoming duel with Natsu. Elfman suddenly suggests that they should hold a festival in honor of the showdown and they all agree on it. Elfman and the others watch as Natsu is beaten by Laxus and later help try to find Gajeel after he suddenly disappears when he is meant to fight Laxus too.

Take Over siblings trapped inside the slime

Elfman arrives back at the guild with the rest of the Mages after searching for Gajeel and is taken aback by the three people standing outside the guild. When Earth Land Sugarboy attacks with his Dog Whistle Magic, Elfman runs forward and attempts to combat the slime, but instead becomes consumed by it. He warns his sisters to stay away from it but the slime suddenly jumps back and engulfs all three of the Take Over siblings. Left weakened as a side-effect of the Magic, Elfman stays on the ground and is seen crying at Michelle’s performance; even joining in at one point to try and state that he himself is Lucy.

Afterwards, the three siblings go on a picnic. While Elfman is cooking “man stew”, Lisanna asks Mirajane if is it okay to eat above a dangerous cliff, which Mirajane replies with a smile.

The siblings later arrive at a lake where Elfman picks up the clock part after Lisanna drains the lake only to throw it away. When Lisanna asks why he threw it away, Mary Hughes appears and goes to take the clock part but Elfman tries to stop her, only for him to attack Lisanna and Mirajane instead after she uses her Command Magic on him.

Elfman tries to attack

Elfman, along with Mirajane and Lisanna, begins to battle Mary Hughes. Mary takes Satan Soul from Mirajane to use for herself. Elfman tries to attack but is no match for the power of the demon. Elfman and Lisanna are both defeated, and as Mary is about to finish them, Mirajane uses Demon Halphas, saving them and defeating Mary. The three siblings then obtain the clock piece, leaving Elfman scared of Mirajane's power.

Elfman, Lisanna and Mirajane later arrive at the ruins with the rest of the guild members and their clock pieces. Elfman and the others' clock pieces start to glow and then combine together to form the Infinity Clock. Just as they do, the Reborn Oración Seis appears under the clock, shocking Elfman and the others.

Elfman and the others are attacked by the Reborn Oración Seis members and are almost defeated, but the Trimens appear and save them as the ruins start collapsing. When everybody wakes up, they find out that the Reborn Oración Seis and Legion Corps could not be found during the time of the rescue.

Elfman and the others return to the guild, still depressed that they weren't able to stop the Reborn Oración Seis from taking the Infinity Clock. He is present as the Thunder God Tribe returns and the guild tells them what has happened. He later watches as Cana does a tarot reading to find the location of the Reborn Oración Seis and puts the splits the Mages into groups to find them. He is revealed to be paired up with Natsu, Lucy and Michelle, to which he gets slightly excited.

The new team heads to the destination foreseen by Cana and soon encounters Byro as well as Jackpot; his group begins a fight with the latter, promising to take care of the Legion Mage later. Although Elfman and Natsu do not hesitate to attack Jackpot, his unknown Magic causes them to attack one another. After this failed attempt, Lucy suggests they use teamwork instead, to which Elfman agrees. However, this plan fails as well, as Jackpot traps Natsu, Elfman and Lucy's Celestial Spirit, Cancer, causing them to attack one another once again. This leads them to argue amongst themselves.

Elfman, Natsu and Aquarius fighting

The fight goes on as Elfman and his group is unable to land a hit on Jackpot, who uses different attack patterns to deflect their attacks and strike back. It is soon obvious that Elfman does not have good chemistry with Natsu and Lucy, as he prevents Natsu's attacks from landing and also gets in Lucy's Celestial Spirit Aquarius' way when she is using a water blast against Jackpot, leaving the Fairy Tail Mages to quarrel with each other.

Later, Elfman, Natsu and the Celestial Spirit Leo attack and fail to land a hit, but they do not give up, although at some point Elfman falls unconscious while Natsu battles Jackpot. He is later seen hiding behind a rock contacting Warren, when Michelle is revealed to be Imitatia of Reborn Oración Seis and takes Lucy and Natsu.

Elfman discusses with the archaeologists about the Infinity Clock

Elfman returns to the guild and reports to the other Mages. He expresses that he feels guilty about abandoning Natsu and Lucy, who were captured by the Reborn Oración Seis. Mirajane tries to comfort him, telling him he did his best, and Cana also supports him, admitting that it is her fault too, for making inaccurate predictions. Soon after, the archaeologists that Lucy's group encountered in the past appear at Fairy Tail, requesting to see her. However, learning that she has been kidnapped, they explain to Elfman and the rest of the Fairy Tail Mages that Real Nightmare has to be prevented at all costs. Convinced, Elfman, along with Ichiya, Mirajane and a few other Fairy Tail Mages, boards Christina in order to head for the Infinity Clock.

However, soon after boarding on the magical airship, the group hears strange noises coming from the deck. Mirajane volunteers to go and check what is going on, and Elfman follows her. The Strauss siblings find out that the stern has been broken, and Mirajane notices another presence on board, but is too late to identify the intruder and is attacked by Racer. Elfman tries to throw Racer out of the airship by attacking him, but is no match for the other Mage and is defeated. Mirajane then, in order to protect Elfman and the other Mages, transforms into her Satan Soul and jumps from the deck, along with Racer, telling Elfman to leave this Dark Guild Mage to her. Although Elfman is unwilling to leave his sister alone at first, he believes in Mirajane and convinces the other Mages to head for the Infinity Clock and that she will be fine.

Elfman experiencing strange effects

Elfman announces that they will save Natsu and Lucy, for his sister's sake as well. Later, the Mages watch as the Fiore Guards attempt to fire at the Infinity Clock using Lacrima cannons, only to have their attacks reflected back at them. Suddenly, Elfman, along with the other Mages, begins to experience similar effects from the magical object, which results in him taking a paper-like form. As Erza hits him and the others with a hammer, they return back to normal within a few seconds.

Under Byro's orders, Kanaloa soon boards Christina and attempts to prevent the Mages from going any further. Ichiya then tells the Fairy Tail Mages to quickly jump out onto the Zentopia grounds. This leaves Ichiya’s fate unknown, causing Elfman to burst into tears. Later, Gildarts contacts Elfman's group via Warren's telepathy and tells them that the Archbishop’s mind is being controlled by Lapointe.

As Elfman's group reunites with Natsu, Gildarts and Coco, they witness a defeated Lapointe revealing that the only way to stop Real Nightmare is to kill the source of the Clock's power, Lucy Heartfilia, only to disappear soon after saying this. The Legionnaires, after hearing this, are determined to dispose of Lucy in order to save the world; Fairy Tail divides into two groups; one in charge of healing the Archbishop and one in charge of saving Lucy.

Elfman, Natsu and Coco find Lucy

Elfman joins the second group, and one by one, the Mages of the group engage in a fight against the members of the Reborn Oración Seis. When Gajeel decides to fight Brain II, Elfman carries Natsu against his will and runs away, since the Fire Dragon Slayer wanted to fight the Dark Guild's leader himself. Soon, Natsu, Coco and Elfman reach the Clock's core, where Lucy is located. Imitatia is guarding her and declares that she will let no one have her sister.

Imitatia defeats Elfman

Natsu forms a plan, which involves Elfman and himself fighting Imitatia to distract her and Coco trying to get Lucy out of the clock. As Elfman is overpowered by Imitatia, he warns Natsu to be careful, because she focuses her attacks on their vitals. Elfman, Coco and Natsu then charge at her together, but Imitatia is able to prevail once again, despite the difference in numbers. Soon, Elfman notices an unconscious Lucy announcing that there are now three Reborn Oración Seis remaining.

Elfman asks a crying Romeo if he is able to stand, and when he gets a positive response he tells his guild mate that a real man cries only after the fight is over. Romeo and Elfman decide to help Natsu, and Brain II orders Klodoa to fight the two Mages. As they fight the dark Mage, Romeo and Elfman notice Natsu being engulfed in the darkness of Genesis Zero and, in confusion, asks him what happened. When Lucy manages to control Real Nightmare by herself and Natsu breaks free from the world of darkness, Klodoa finds the chance to escape, much to the disappointment of Elfman. When Natsu defeats Brain II, Elfman rejoices and cheers for Natsu, thinking that Lucy will now be safe.

On Kanaloa, searching for Lucy

At first, Elfman is anxious over seeing that Lucy does not return, even after all the engraved seals have disappeared. He soon hears her voice coming from all over the Clock Tower, thus concluding that she has fully merged with the clock. However, Elfman and the others soon learn that Lucy can still return if she controls the clock, breaks it to its core parts and returns them all back to the earth. She does so, and Elfman, along with Natsu and his other guild mates, boards on Kanaloa to search for Lucy. Luckily, Natsu tracks her down and is able to catch her just in time before her plunging to the ground.

As Legion Corps arrive in the guild, Elfman and the others start to party. Later he, Gray and Dan laugh as Natsu is squashed by a giant Happy. He is later present as Legion Corps bid their farewell to Fairy Tail to begin their new mission to find and seal the Infinity Clock parts away.

Grand Magic Games arc

Elfman, his sisters and Cana are going for a training

Later, after the guild decides to join the Grand Magic Games, Elfman, together with his team mates, Mirajane, Lisanna and Cana, hikes out to the mountains to train himself and enhance his power. After training, Lisanna and Elfman arrive at Crocus, where the Grand Magic Games begin. After Wendy Marvell doesn't show up in time to be a part of the Games, Elfman decides to participate in her place and assists Team Natsu with getting through the Sky Labyrinth.

Elfman takes the initiative

Elfman then proceeds to volunteer to take part in the Grand Magic Games' opening game, Hidden. However, the rest of his team declines his offer, all of them thinking that, due to the name of the game, their participant needs stealth, something that Elfman doesn't have due to his huge body. After Gray and Juvia come last in the Hidden event, Lucy loses in her battle match and Jellal loses in his, Elfman, along with the rest of the Fairy Tail Guild, heads to a local bar to celebrate their first day despite their current position.

As the second day of battles commences, Elfman watches from the stands. As Bacchus is called out to the field, Elfman — along with many others — are shocked to hear his name called to go up against Quatro Cerberus' S-Class Mage. As Elfman enters the arena, he listens on curiously as Bacchus tries to strike a deal with him. However, upon hearing that the deal includes Bacchus defiling his sisters, Elfman tells Bacchus that, as a man, there are things that can never be forgiven and — with that being one of them — he will tear him apart.

Bacchus falls to Elfman

The two begin their battle, but Elfman cannot land an attack on Bacchus, who eventually starts talking about how he'll spend his night with Mirajane and Lisanna after he wins. This angers Elfman and causes him to transform into his Beast Soul: Weretiger. He repeatedly tries to attack Bacchus but still can't land a blow, as Bacchus quickly and gracefully avoids his attacks. After enduring quite a bit, Elfman gets up, having decided his wager in their bet: if he wins the match, Quatro Cerberus will have to change their name to Quatro Puppy for the rest of the Games. As Bacchus is about to attack with his Drunk-Chop Hanging Fist, Elfman transforms into Beast Soul: Lizardman to rebound some of his attacks. Elfman continues to use this form for the rest of their battle, stating that it is a battle between Bacchus' hands and his body — whichever breaks first will determine the winner. Their match eventually concludes with Bacchus collapsing, utterly defeated. This gives Elfman the win and Team Fairy Tail A an additional 10 points.

Elfman lies injured in the infirmary

Elfman is then shown recovering from his battle, being visited by several of his guild-mates. His team-mates compliment him, but he tells them not to, as they sound somewhat depressing. Elfman then tells Wendy to take his place for the rest of the Games. Porlyusica asks everyone to leave so that he can rest, though the Thunder God Tribe stays behind to protect the area from intruders. As they leave, Bickslow makes a suggestive comment about Elfman and Evergreen, causing the two to yell at him.

Elfman notices Evergreen

At the end of the Third Day's Events, Elfman wakes up, still in the infirmary, and suddenly notices that Evergreen is next to him, resting in his bed. He's surprised by her presence, but then realizes that she was watching over him all this time. Elfman, feeling pleasant, then looks at her again and surprisingly exclaims "Woman".

Elfman and Evergreen hiding

On the evening of the third day, Elfman sneaks out of the infirmary with Evergreen and heads to Ryuzetsu Land. Upon seeing the rest of the guild members there, Elfman implores Evergreen to hide as he doesn't want them to know they both came alone, soon arguing with Evergreen about their arrival being her idea. A while later, Gray and Lyon fight and freeze the pool, with Natsu deciding to get rid of the ice by using his own Magic. Elfman is sent flying when Natsu employs more power than necessary and ends up face down in the rubble, next to an unconscious Evergreen.

After the fourth day's Naval Battle event, Elfman still lies injured in the infirmary and listens as the two Fairy Tail teams discuss their forced combination. When the newly formed Team Fairy Tail later steps out to compete, Elfman smiles from his bed, stating that he is counting on them.

During the starting battle of the fourth day, Elfman, along the rest of the guild members, is shocked as it is revealed that the rabbit from Blue Pegasus is Nichiya. Elfman wishes the best of luck to his guild mates, Natsu and Gajeel, before the battle of the Dragon Slayers begins. He, with Lucy, Porlyusica, Wendy and Carla, watches as Sting says that he can fight Natsu and Gajeel alone. Later, Elfman, with Wendy, watches anxiously to see the outcome of Natsu's battle. Elfman is filled with joy when Natsu defeats Sabertooth's Sting and Rogue, placing Team Fairy Tail at the top with forty-five points.

Elfman watches Gray's battle

At the beginning of the final day of the games, Team Fairy Tail, the top ranked team, enters the arena while Elfman watches from the crowd with the rest of Fairy Tail. With his arm tightly wrapped around Max, Elfman cheers for the team and specifically calls out to Gray to prove himself a man. However, worried as he is when he sees that Fairy Tail's contestants have not moved at all since the beginning of the event, he shouts at them to hurry up and move. It is soon revealed that this is all a complicated battle strategy created by Mavis. As she explains her plan and calculates the possibilities of her team members encountering Rufus Lore, Elfman admits that he has no idea what the first Fairy Tail Master is talking about. As Gray proceeds to fight Rufus Lore for the second time, Elfman listens to Mavis saying that she had foreseen this fight too, but is surprised to hear that she does not know the outcome of it yet. As the extent of Rufus' abilities is revealed, Elfman shouts in frustration that Rufus' Magic is too unfair. Later, when Gray is declared winner, Elfman and the rest of the guild cheer for the victory. Later, Elfman watches as Lisanna asks if Natsu and the others are fine, to which Makarov replies that they can only trust them and wait for them.

Fairy Tail watches as the blood spills in Erza's battle

Elfman is in shock to hear Mavis say that Erza will confront Minerva from Sabertooth, but is told to console her by Makarov when Mavis' strategy is incorrect as Kagura Mikazuchi is the one Erza encounters. Before the battle begins, Elfman questions his friends confidence in Erza, taking her powerful opponents in to account. Just before the three women clash Elfman watches anxiously for the outcome of the battle. As Erza fights against Kagura alone, Elfman watches in shock with the rest of Fairy Tail as Kagura unsheathes her blade and blood spreads across the battlefield.

Elfman, later, witnesses Orga's defeat at the hands of Jura as Laxus' battle continues. As Laxus' battle quickly ends, with Laxus defeating the Wizard Saint, Elfman turns his attention to Erza's battle. He is taken back by the intensity of Erza's new armor, watching as Minerva falls to her defeat. Seconds after, Sting calls out to all of the Fairy Tail Mages; luring them in as the crowd watches in suspense. Nonetheless, he is soon filled with joy as Sting surrenders and Fairy Tail is named the strongest guild in Fiore. Hugging Levy and Lisanna, Elfman joins the celebration. With the rest of his guild celebrating in the stands, Elfman remains alongside them, smiling as they cheer.

Elfman and his friends confronted by Atlas Flame

Elfman, along with the members of many other Guilds, is summoned by the King and is told of the impending invasion at the hands of the Dragons. Standing behind Lisanna, Elfman intently listens in on her conversation with Evergreen regarding their Guild's defeat against Acnologia. Upon the King's request that the Guilds join forces to stop the Dragons, Elfman joins in on the raucous declaration of acceptance. As the guilds prepare for the potential battle, Elfman acknowledges an alarming noise emitting from the castle. Suddenly, a wave-like assault originating from the location of the Eclipse Gate shreds through Crocus, catching Elfman and the rest of Fairy Tail by surprise. Later, Elfman and the rest of Fairy Tail encounter the Dragon, Atlas Flame, who releases a Dragon's Roar and disperses the Fairy Tail members. After the assault Fairy Tail had received, the guild members regroup, and Elfman looks on, stating that this Dragon is no different from Acnologia.

As the fighting continues, Elfman and Lisanna look to the sky as one of the Dragons releases a bombardment of eggs from its belly, which land and hatch into small lizard-like creatures. Upon hearing Laxus state that he will take on Atlas Flame whilst they deal with the smaller beasts, Elfman moves out with his friends to attack. Thanks to the other Mages of Fairy Tail, the Eclipse Gate is destroyed. As a result, the Dragons, as well as Motherglare's minions, start to disappear, resulting in Elfman cheering alongside his younger sister for the victory.

Elfman and his friends ask Yukino to join Fairy Tail

A few days after the end of the Grand Magic Games, Elfman is among the many Mages invited to the Royal Palace for a banquet to celebrate the successful protection of their country; while there, he greets Yukino Agria, Lucy, Wendy and his sisters as they arrive before sitting down to eat, proclaiming that if you're a man, then you must eat like one. Not long after, when Sting Eucliffe and Kagura Mikazuchi fight over which guild Yukino is to join, Elfman and his friends chime in, declaring that Yukino is to join Fairy Tail instead; this leads to the other guilds declaring the same thing, thereby starting a brawl in the grand dining hall. During the course of said fight, Elfman knocks the heads of Hibiki Lates and Ren Akatsuki together. He, however, stops when Arcadios commands them to (as the King is set to make an appearance), but is left utterly flabbergasted when Natsu reveals himself in the King's stead, wearing the man's crown and clothes.

With the banquet having ended, Fairy Tail returns to Magnolia and are met with enormous acclaim; arriving with Lisanna on his shoulders, Elfman joyously shouts that they finally won their respect back, but such a thing embarrasses Lisanna, who tells him to stop. Then, when Natsu removes the Grand Magic Games trophy from his sack, Elfman cheers even louder than before right alongside his guildmates.

Eclipse Celestial Spirits arc

Note: Events in this arc occur only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.

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With strange natural disasters and weather phenomena occurring around the world, jobs flood into the Fairy Tail Guild, Elfman, together with Lisanna, ventures out to a field to drive off a terrorizing pack of beasts.

Elfman teaming with his sister

After Lucy and the others arrive at the guild, after Crux updates them on the situation, Yukino informs the guild about a ritual called Liberum that she found in an ancient test, causing Crux to reveal that Liberum is a ritual that the Celestial Spirits perfom in order to achieve "perfect freedom". When they suggest gathering more info, Levy notes that the Magic Library contains and vast collection of books. After Makarov puts Erza in charge, she signs Mirajane and Elfman together.

Elfman, along with the other Fairy Tail Mages, arrives as a reinforcement to help the main group through the use of Warren's Telepathy. This causes the Celestial Spirits to return to their gates due to being outnumbered. After taking one of Hisui's Celestial Spirit Banishment Keys, Elfman tracks down Taurus, who awaits him in the autumn forest. The two then start a fight but even through the use of his various Beast Soul Take Overs, Elfman is unable to land a single hit on Taurus, who seems unbeatable. Nevertheless, as they brawl, some of Elfman's sweat lands on Taurus, causing the latter to become visibly flustered and complain about the stench and stains. Now having knowledge of Eclipse Taurus' weakness, Elfman uses it against him and ends up defeating him, rendering him able to use his Celestial Spirit Banishment Key to successfully close Taurus' gate.

Elfman and Mirajane attacking Astral Spirytus

After reuniting with the Mages who have closed their spirits' gates, they decide to go looking for Natsu and the others. As they venture through, they hear Ophiuchus' voice. After being informed that the Celestial Spirit King was the one responsible about Liberum, Levy informs Elfman and the others about Liberum Verus. and that the only way to stop Liberum is by destroying the Trinity: Ophiuchus, Astral Spirytus and the Celestial Globe all at the same time. The Mages then mobilize, destroying every last bit of the place. As the Mages deliver the last strike, Lucy, Yukino and Hisui strike the Globe with Gottfried and Natsu defeats Ophiuchus with his Darkness Phoenix Blade. After reuniting, the Mages wounder about the current situation. Horologium then appears, stating that Liberum was completed and the Eclipse Celestial Spirit King is demolishing the Celestial World at the moment. After receiving some Celestial Clothing, Elfman and Mirajane ready themselves to go the Celestial World. After being sucked by the Eclipse King, Elfman and the others find them selves confronted by a giant beast, who Lucy recognizes as the Spirit King.

Erza signals them to attack, but in vain as all of their attacks turn ineffective. The Celestial King then starts turning every Mage in front of him into a sky constellation, were Elfman, Cana and Mirajane are caught in a blast. After the defeat of the King, Mirajane is turned back to normal alongside her comrades. He the listens as the Celestial Spirit King, now back to normal, thanks the Mages regarding the past events, although not clearly remembering them. After that, Elfman and the others return to their world.

Days later, when Juvia ask about a gift to get to Gray, Elfman tells her to give him a "man". Due to Ichiya's Handsome Perfume starting a plague in Magnolia, Elfman and his siblings are turned into Ichiyas. Ultimately, thanks to Natsu's efforts, the plague is halted using a Deodorant Lacrima, curing Elfman and the others.

Sun Village arc

Elfman later sits at a table in the main guildhall and makes fun of Natsu and Gray for their inability to work together on a mission.

Tartaros arc

While at the guild one day, Elfman stares down Warren Rocko, whom he believes made googly eyes at Lisanna. During Evergreen's encounter with a Tartaros member, she makes a remark towards Laxus being a "man's man", provoking Elfman, whom is elsewhere, to sneeze. After Yajima, Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe are brought back to Fairy Tail heavily wounded, Elfman looks on while shivering as Porlyusica declares that they may not recover from their sustained injuries. After Fried is falsely told that Laxus' sacrifice prevented further damage, Elfman looks on in regret. Looking down at Evergreen, who is visibly under discomfort in the infirmary, Elfman vows to seek revenge against Tartaros. Afterwards, Elfman and his guildmates look on as Makarov delivers a bold declaration to defeat Tartaros and avenge their injured peers.

Elfman chokes Lisanna

Elfman and Lisanna head out together to the home of one of the ex-Council members, Yuri hoping to take the man into Fairy Tail custody and protect him from Tartaros. However, the two arrive to find the man already dead. As Elfman asks Lisanna to prepare a communication Lacrima so that they can report back to the guild, he ponders how the man was killed, as he has no visible marks on his body. Suddenly, to Elfman's surprise, Yuri opens his eyes and bolts upright, pointing to Lisanna and smashing the Lacrima she's holding; he then flops back to the ground, lifeless once more. The duo question what happened, but are interrupted by Seilah of the Nine Demon Gates, who has been sitting behind them the entire time. The woman stands and begins to approach them, and Elfman calls for Lisanna to be careful, only to realize his hand is clenched around his sisters neck, choking her. Becoming frightened as Lisanna struggles and he can't find the will to loosen his fist, Elfman screams at Seilah, asking her to stop whatever she is doing: Seilah merely replies that mercy is not something found in a Demon's story. As he is still choking Lisanna, who seems to have fallen unconscious, Elfman begs Seilah, pleading for her to stop controlling him. She then says that when a human asks a demon for something, it usually means that they sell their soul, and then asks if he is doing just that.

Elfman returns to the guild

Taken under her control as a result, Elfman is ordered to return to Fairy Tail with a special Lacrima and plant it. Asking what it is, he is told that it is an ultra-concentrated ether light sphere which is approximately 500 times stronger than Jupiter. As he hears that it will destroy the guild, he refuses to plant the device but is told that he will do so regardless thanks to her Macro.

As the members of Fairy Tail discuss their next course of action, Elfman returns to the guild, relieving the worried members, but, unbeknownst to them, as a slave of Seilah. Asked what happened, he sullenly reveals that Lisanna was captured and that they failed to save the councilor they were sent after. As Elfman begins feeling sorry over the ordeal, he is berated by Cana for returning to the guild rather than having gone after them. As he claims that he lost sight of them, Cana grows even angrier and continues until she is told to stop. As a result, Elfman leaves to rest while thinking about his orders, knowing he has to destroy Fairy Tail to save his sister. After the last seal is broken, Elfman follows Seilah's orders and activates the Lacrima that will supposedly destroy the guild, while tearfully professing his love for his little sister.

Elfman prepares the Lacrima bomb to destroy Fairy Tail

Elfman watches the glowing Lacrima as tears continue to descend down his cheeks. Just then, Cana enters the room where he is located and admits that she believes his behavior is odd, quickly glancing at the Lacrima in Elfman's hands. Elfman jumps towards her and knocks her down, telling Cana to stay out of his way. Momentarily, he murmurs that Fairy Tail must perish as Cana struggles to call for help. Seconds later, the bomb goes off, destroying the entire building.

Elfman and the rest of the guild manage to survive though, as Cana uses some quick thinking and her Magic Card to trap the crazed Elfman and the entire guild into a deck of cards, which she gives to Happy, Panther Lily and Carla. Following her instructions, the Exceed fly from the guildhall just as it explodes and head straight towards Cube, which is floating over Magnolia. As the Exceed arrive on the bottom face of the floating island, Cana releases everyone from the cards, with Elfman dazed and confused at what is going on. Being questioned by Cana, Elfman reveals that he is no longer under Seilah's control and begins to cry thinking about what he almost did. Not choosing to pity him, Cana states that he needs to stand up and keep moving, as they are going to breach Tartaros and rescue his sisters. Howbeit, Elfman continues to lecture himself over his actions, leading Cana to inform him that if he has time to puzzle over his dilemma, he should also be fighting along his guild. Just then, Elfman snaps out of his thoughts and claims that Cana is right, admitting that he shall take responsibility for his actions. He picks himself up and begins to fight alongside his comrades until Erza pierces a hole thought Cube; creating great tremor.

Elfman attacks Seilah from above

Elfman looks on as Erza lands under Cube, notifying the Guild of Natsu and Lisanna's whereabouts. After requesting that they still need to save Mirajane and Elfman, Elfman himself acknowledges his presence and jumps straight into the newly created hole through Cube, bellowing that they will save his older sister. Summoned to Mirajane's location thanks to his older sister taking control of Seilah's Macro ability, Elfman plummets into Hell's Core and lands on top of the Demon, using the strength of his Beast Soul form to smash Seilah into the ground below and incapacitate her.

Elfman and the others report their status

Having defeated the Demon, Elfman and his sisters proceed to try and locate their guildmates, soon finding Jet, Droy and Warren and using the latter's Telepathy to inform the rest of the guild that they are safe. However, as they communicate the good message, their Magic is hijacked by Mard Geer, who uses it to greet them all and bid them goodbye, as he is casting the Curse Alegria. Soon after, Cube begins to twist and deform, the building melting away and sucking all of the Fairy Tail Mages along with it. Failing to escape the trap, Elfman and the rest of the Fairy Tail Guild are swallowed and frozen solid, stuck and unmoving as part of the new Tartaros guild building. Elfman, still holding his sisters, is later released from Alegria by the Celestial Spirit King and wonders what happened. Shortly thereafter, he helps Lisanna and the others fight Lamy and her clones in order to allow Mirajane to follow after Seilah. Albeit, his attention turns to Acnologia, who arrives to their location and annihilates whatever stands in his path. Elfman, however, continues to fight Lamy, eventually defeating the last one as Lucy arrives. Shortly after Lucy, Wendy also enters their location alongside Doranbolt; claiming that Face still remains.

Elfman upset after the guild's destruction

A while later, Makarov connects with Elfman and the others via telepathy, informing them that they, too, have a trump card of their own: Lumen Histoire. Makarov instructs all of the Fairy Tail Mages, including Doranbolt, to return to the guild's basement. Elfman refuses, claiming that he will stay behind. Eventually, the returning Dragons destroy all the Face bombs around the continent and regroup near the befuddled Mages, Elfman standing next to his sisters as the Dragons commend them for their efforts and reveal that their time on Earth Land will soon come to an end. He later watches as the Dragons ascend into the skies and bid farewell, claiming that they will always watch over the humans. A week later at the ruins of the guild, Elfman continues to feel sorry for his actions, but Lisanna tries to comfort him.

Avatar arc

After receiving a letter from Lucy, Elfman, along with his sisters, shows up in Magnolia Town to meet with his former guildmates. He is very happy to see Lucy and calls their reunion a "manly reunion."

Alvarez Empire arc

Elfman's happiness in the brawl

During Fairy Tail's reconstruction effort, Elfman comes up to Natsu after the latter hears of how Elfman spent the last year training, and offers him a chance to test his mettle. Their brawl escalates after Natsu retaliates against Elfman by punching him into Gray; Gray kicks Elfman in the back of the head, which sparks a full-scale guild brawl. Sitting down, Elfman begins to shed happy tears at his friends' re-acceptance of him, now being finally free of the guilt of destroying their guild's building a year ago. However, their brawl is cut short by an intimidating Erza, who angrily declares that everyone is to go back to rebuilding.

After Gajeel assembles a "B-team" to rescue Makarov from the Alvarez Empire, Elfman asks if Gajeel is sure Laxus is there as they all approach a new area. Gajeel states that his intel says Laxus and his lackeys are there, while Elfman corrects him by saying these so-called lackeys are the Thunder God Tribe. Cana laughs at Elfman, stating he only came along for Evergreen's sake. Later, they all head to the Pegasus Village hot springs to relax; where they meet up with Ichiya, who tells them that Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe have joined Blue Pegasus, surprising Elfman. Ichiya then accidentally flashes Elfman, causing him to retaliate by punching the Pegasus ace in horror. Elfman keels over in shock, attempting to forget what he just saw.

Elfman part of the reunion

After Elfman and the B-team raucously burst into Blue Pegasus and successfully retrieve Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe, they take Ichiya's Christina and fly towards Natsu's and the others location. Having arrived in time, Laxus saves the group from Ajeel attack. As Gajeel and Levy carries out info to the group, Elfman shouts they should let him talk too, but Lisanna blatantly shuts him up. Mest then teleports his group inside the airship, before Laxus deals a final lightning blow to Ajeel. As they all leave the location, Elfman jokingly asks if everyone is okay. He then, along with his comrades, watch as Makarov breaks into tears over Fairy Tail being the best family he could ask for. Following Makarov's return back to the guild, Makarov states he will have to be the master until he dies, prompting Elfman to call him a real man. After Erza states you can't have Star Mango in Fiore, Elfman questions if it has a manly taste. When Makarov finishes a speech and Natsu riles everyone up, Elfman states he will protect the guild in the upcoming war. After Mavis reveals the true nature of Fairy Heart, Elfman questions if Alvarez is attacking to get their hands on it. When the topic of Zeref's immortality is brought up, Natsu mentions that his right arm is something that can do the job, but he refuses to tell what it is, causing Elfman to attack him. Shortly after, Elfman listens as Makarov goes over all the information he gathered about the Alvarez Empire. Out on the streets, Elfman looks to the skies as Alvarez begins their attack from above.

Elfman praises his sister's magnanimous nature

Later, sensing that Alvarez has broken through Fried's Jutsu Shiki barrier, Elfman and his siblings run to the source of the infiltration. Arriving just as Gray and Juvia are fighting, Elfman barges in, knocking out a few opponents while offering his help. As Mira then activates her Satan Soul: Mirajane Seilah, Juvia and Gray are in shock and Lisanna explains Seilah would have died otherwise as Elfman says Mira is just too nice sometimes. After Mira causes all the opponents to sleep, she says those that are left will have to be dealt with the old-fashioned way, causing Elfman to exclaim how manly that is. After Erza deals a devastating wound Ajeel, the latter summons a sandstorm over the entire Magnolia, capturing Elfman as well, impairing his vision. However, the calamity is soon ended as Bisca manages to locate and save Erza from Ajeel, after which Erza attacks her foe with Nakagami Starlight.

As the sandstorm dissipates, Elfman and the others notice five mechanical beings standing before them. Elfman tries to attack one, but due to the robot's speed, he is unable to land a hit. His comrades face similar trouble as they one by one realize that their foe is specifically designed to exploit their weaknesses. As Elfman and the others wonder how this is possible, Wall Eehto explains that exploiting his opponent's weaknesses is the ability of his Magic, Weakness. However, Elfman and the others determine that to defeat the robots all they have to do is switch opponents, so Elfman takes on the robot facing Mirajane that looks like him and easily defeats it. He also contacts Evergreen and the others and tells them to do the same. Suddenly, the victorious group is surprised by a large explosion. Realizing that Kardia Cathedral is the source of the blast, Elfman anxiously exclaims Evergreen's name.

Elfman gets ready for the battle

Soon after their victory in their first confrontation against the Empire, the Fairy Tail Mages gather in the Guild building and decide to reinforce their allied Guilds, Elfman being sent to the north to fight alongside Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus. At that moment, everybody realizes that Natsu has headed out with Happy to face Zeref, but Elfman is surprised to see Erza planning to follow their original strategy. The forces heading to assist the north later mobilize; however, they set up camp that night to rest, where Elfman sleeps next to his sisters. Upon arriving at the battlefield the next day, Elfman notes Blue Pegasus' and Sabertooth's absence, but prepares to aid his guildmates nonetheless. However, the Fairy Tail members are greeted by a gruesome sight as the approaching enemy army carries the unconscious forms of their absent allies, the two Guild having been completely wiped out. Elfman immediately engages the Empire's forces, and, unfazed by the sudden change in weather, backs up Gajeel in obtaining revenge for their allies, proceeding to rampage through the enemy's forces in his beast forms. Suddenly, he notices a bright light covering the battlefield, and ends up in an unknown location, acknowledging Zera's message when she telepathically requests all Fairy Tail Mages to gather at their Guild to guard Mavis.

As Elfman explains that only Fairy Tail members can hear the message and leads his companions, Frosch, Lector and Yukino, towards Fairy Tail, they run into Sorano. The revelation that she is Yukino's elder sister and the ensuing exchange between the siblings leaves Elfman and the other confused yet moved. They later reunite with their allies near Fairy Tail's Guild building, now under the Empire's control, and aid in the attempt to storm it. Stalled by God Serena's Historia, Elfman is astounded by the Dragon Slayer's versatility, but his attention is soon diverted towards Ajeel as he teams up with his younger sister to take down the Desert King. However, the two are easily overwhelmed by his immense power, but Elfman still swears to protect both Lisanna and the guild at any cost.

Ultimately, after the death of Universe One's caster and the return of Fiore to normal, Elfman and Lisanna defeat Ajeel, but when his grandfather Yajeel appears and begs them to not kill his grandson, but the two reassure him that they will not, pointing out that they are brother and sister in the process. When Ajeel says they look nothing alike, Elfman expresses his anger.