User blog comment:IlyPsyx013/FAIRYTAIL CHAPTER 477/@comment-97.104.196.55-20160314133244/@comment-7418318-20160314140319

So you think August, rather than putting up fakes, is redirecting the signature?

That could explain why the fallen Spriggans correctly disappeared, but then again Zeref's group been crawling along very slowly from the beginning and the got mauled by Natsu on his was to Zeref. It wouldn't surprise me if they took some time to reorganize the front ranks and get a change of clothes for their Emperor.