User blog comment:Iron.Shadow.Dragon/Nine Demon Gates Match-up Predictions/@comment-24016459-20131011204741/@comment-7418318-20131012214443

He could let Tartaros strike several legal guilds simultaneously. That way it wouldn't really be an alliance, since each guild would fight for themselfs. Though I guess that's just mincing words, since for the story it wouldn't be any different from an alliance with all the teamwork being intra-guild only.