User blog comment:Besteverunited/What do you all think will happen in chapter 476 Bid Farewell to the Magical Girl?/@comment-24228963-20160303073549/@comment-7418318-20160307092700

I can't speak for the anon, but for me it would make absolutely no sense for her to be there in this situation.


 * 1) Lucy is more than a full day's march away. Even if Mest was there (WHERE is he anyway? Did he stay at the guild? Did he join any frontline? Has Mashima kept him under wraps for some planned surprise? Did Mashima just forget he exists?) he would still need too much time to get her there, judging what he showed in the Tartaros arc in regards to his teleportation speed, range and stamina.
 * 2) Lucy doesn't know that Wendy and Chelia are in a pinch.
 * 3) Lucy isn't isolated from Dimaria's ability to freeze time.
 * 4) Her magic is likely ill suited for taking on Dimaria. Unless the link between the Spirit and Summoner propagats the protection (which I doubt), Ultear will have to protect each Spirit Lucy summons individually, which will be a strain on her. Ultear's body is falling apart as it is already, more strain is the last thing she needs on her hands.