User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 425: Sabertooth X792, Review and Commentary/@comment-24039250-20150326034121/@comment-24039250-20150328230952

More or less. Avatar is just the beginning. Since they are more of a cult then a Dark Guild, them being beaten won't stop anything. The cult is similar to a religion. The only true way to eliminate Avatar is to take down the thing that influences it, in this case their "Avatar". I see other Dark Guild members following Avatar and their beliefs in hopes of it resulting in them gaining ultimate power and in the hopes of maybe becoming Zeref's equal.....like that will ever happen.