User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 334: Sin and Sacrifice, Review/@comment-5840892-20130607181616/@comment-7418318-20130608085746

I don't mind him staying dead for an arc or two.... or forever. Maybe let him visit as a ghost at some point to pacify the fangirls :P.

What I heard a lot in this regard is "Why was he killed in such a lame way by smallfry?" Probably to show that those smallfry aren't your usual helpless cannonfodder, but really dangerous foes that should not be underestimated.

So far we only heard the characters comment about them being dangerous, but they were still always easily dispatched, giving the feeling that nothing bad can happen unless one of the actual Dragons turns up (or a mountain shattering stray-roar hits their position by chance).

Now we know that those Glare-spawn are really dangerous and people aren't save just because there is no Dragon around.