Fairy Tail 343 gets interesting, Fairy Tail members reach the Village by the help of Warrod, after realizing that they can’t do much damage to the ice directly, they will need to find another way. We quickly notice a few bandits, Treasure Hunters with the name of Sylph Labyrinth and the return of Minerva in a new Dark Guild with the name of Succubus Eye.

Fairy Tail 343 begins as Natsu and the others arrive at the Village of the Sun, in which they’re surprised by how quickly they got there. Carla and Happy mention that the surrounding area seems to be covered in ice. Erza mentions that she doesn’t see any people there, Natsu looks at the surrounding to notice that they’re not people but in fact giants.

Carla quickly notices that Warrod forgot to mention that they’re giants. Gray looks at one of the giants and is reminded of the beast that killed Ui, Lucy notices that it was the Deliora that did this. Wendy notices that they even have dogs, Natsu notices that they need to help them out either way.

Natsu begins by melting the ice with his flames but doesn’t work, Gray notices that the ice in front of him is something that he’s never sensed before and that, he tries to melt it but can’t seem to do it either, it also reminds him of someone elses magic. There are three guys on top of a large rock looking down at Fairy Tail who mention that someone else got there before they did.

Erza notices them asking who they are, they introduce themselves as a treasure hunter guild called Sylph Labyrinth, they repeat it again to only piss Erza off. They mention that the treasure that sleeping there is theirs thus they should stay out of their way. Gray mentions that they don’t care about the treasure, they ask why they’re their, Happy mentions that they’re there to save the villagers. They quickly shout at them mentioning that they’re going to get in the way.

They mention that the Eternal Flame is a mythical flame that has burned on for centuries on end, it’s an S-class treasure by which they want to catch it. The giants would always prevent anyone from getting close and thus this would be the best opportunity for them to take it away from them. Wendy mentions that the flames have also been frozen.

They get pissed off that they’re being told not to take anything, Gray asks how they’re going to do it. They mention that they’ve got a treasure called Moon Drip which can melt ice. This was the same Moon Drip which Lyon used previously. Natsu mentions that they can use the moon drip in order to bring back the villagers. They chase after them, as quickly as they can while the treasure hunters keep on running.

We go to a situation in which a man notices what’s going on, he mentions that both treasure hunters and now mages have arrived, they have made a troublesome start to their job. A woman there mentions that the thieves are nothing, however the mages are troublesome. She mentions the guild’s name while the man doesn’t know the name, he’s surprised that she knows it.

She mentions that he must be living under a rock if he doesn’t know about Fairy Tail, he mentions that he doesn’t care about anything. She mentions that her chance for revenge would come this easily. She also mentions that the underworld isn’t all that bad, he mentions that it’s their job, adding newbie to her name. She quickly corrects him mentioning to address her as Milady. Fairy Tail 343 ends here.

A great continuation to which Erza may finally have her fight against the notorious Minerva on a one to one fight. This should be great! Can’t wait to see the actual fight, however it may take a few chapters before we get there. Can’t wait for the next chapter Fairy Tail 344, titled “Mages vs Hunters”, this should be good.