User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 435 & 436: The Cry of Victory & Memoirs, Review and Commentary/@comment-25324252-20150518174304/@comment-36.85.222.207-20150518181356

well technically mard was dead, while acnologia still alive, also there are no proof that markings on his coat matched the ones on Acnologia mean anything.