User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 495: I'm Hungry As Hell, Review./@comment-96.240.41.48-20160726041050/@comment-7418318-20160726151829

Don't get this wrong, but they don't matter right now.

They are too far away to arrive in time to intervene in this core-conflict and no matter what outcome there is in Fiore, they won't change anything.

If Alvarez wins, there's no need for them to do anything.

If Alvarez loses it means that Zeref and the 12 Shields along with all their troops were beaten. Once they hear/realize that they are practically guaranteed to surrender and even if they don't, they'll still fall quite easily against FT & Co.

And if it somehow ends up in negotiations they'll be little more than a bargening chip in favour of Alvarez and once a conclusion has been reached bound by said conclusion.