Chapter 442

Rules of the Area is the 442nd chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.
After Team Natsu manages to defeat the Alvarez Imperial Army, the Mages get quickly overpowered by Marin Hollow, a member of the Alvarez Empire's Brandish Squad, with Erza and Lucy being spirited away. Shortly after their battle, Brandish μ arrives, frightening both Natsu and Gray, who sense a huge amount of Magic Power coming from her.
==Summary==
Standing against the Alvarez Imperial Army, the Fairy Tail Mages decide to fight them all. Wendy, Happy, and Carla, however, opt to lead the girl to her missing father instead. Mest also leaves to go locate his informant, while Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Erza effortlessly defeat all of the guards. 
Natsu wonders if they should ask them about Makarov's whereabouts, but Lucy disagrees saying that would blow their cover even more. Whilst waiting for the army's reinforcements to arrive, the group visits a gelato shop where the shop owner expresses his wish to leave for Ishgar one day in order to popularize Mango Gelato and make good desserts. Erza expresses her approval of his idea, and shortly afterwards, the shop destroyed.
 
The culprit then kindly introduces himself as Marin Hollow, member of the Brandish Squad of the Imperial Army and congratulates the Mages. Erza, angry at his actions, tries to use Requip, but fails as Marin explains to her that he owns the area. Lucy then tries to summon Sagittarius, failing to do so as well, and both are subsequently sent to what the former claims to be a relaxation area. 
With them gone, Marin suddenly changes his kind personality and becomes enraged as he reveals a defeated Mest and expresses his anger for them trying to use spatial Magic. Natsu and Gray then try to fight Marin, but both fail and are outmaneuvered by the latter's abilities. Before they can go any further with their battle, a mysterious woman arrives, soon revealed to be Brandish μ of the Spriggan 12. Her arrival frightens both Natsu and Gray, the latter sensing an immense amount of Magic Power coming from her.
==Characters in Order of Appearance==
==Battles & Events==
*Makarov Rescue Operation
==Magic, Spells, and Abilities used==
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===Abilities used===
*Hand-to-Hand Combat
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===Items used===
*Celestial Spirit Gate Keys
**Gate of the Archer Key
==Arc Navigation==