User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 401: Igneel vs. Acnologia, Review and Commentary/@comment-24467372-20140922162609/@comment-24467372-20140922181415

@CNBA3: No....actually. Levy getting off her big butt and Jellal fighting blind,getting healed by Wendy or even revealing that he never went blind at all is more likely than a random Gildarts showing up randomly. Like I said...too random.

DeS Gray basically one-shotted Tempesta with ease. He is obviously incredibly effective against demons. Out of the main cast and the supporting cast(not including powerhouses ofc),he has the best chance to take him on. Of course it'll be a LOT harder than Tempesta. But if he can take Tempesta out with no difficulty....he might be able to take out Mard with extreme difficulty.

Jellal being blind is iffy like I said.He can be blind...or his eyes can be just damaged.

What we do have about his involvement is this...He has a direct contact with Cobra...he can use Telepathy to contact Doranbolt,who is with Wendy. Doranbolt can take Wendy to him to heal him....then Jellal comes in. It actually makes sense and is much easier than having Gildarts involved in the story. Heck,we've seen Jellal foreshadow Tartaros himself. He went "Will they make a move?" as in suggesting that he is interested in it. Plus,he has methods of direct contact with characters with the necessary means of information(Cobra and Wendy) and transportation(Doranbolt)

I disagree about CSK and Gildarts. I don't think he is on that level. I would give him a benefit of doubt if he was in his prime...but the dude is old and is lacking important limbs..I don't think he can go toe-to-toe with someone as fast and agile as Mard.