User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 445: The Ugly Fairy, Review./@comment-24.200.220.241-20150718070611/@comment-967403-20150719232145

The "Days" part was because they were taking a normal old-fashion boat, which is reasonably slower then something automated like a Olympus. That normally cuts days out. Apparently here, it really does the trick. Also, don't forget that Yajeel knew about Fairy Tail being on the island. A few days could of passed. Weeks maybe. They wouldn't know instantly until Brandish returned so depending on how long that took...who knows?

And how does teleportation not stop a high level magic spell? He can be the most powerful mage. Doesn't do crap If you attacks don't land. Mest is also extremely fast. He swopped Wendy way back in the Tartaros arc and was able to be hit by a explosion near point blank in the next second. He's just that fast.