User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Chapter 356: Tartarus arc - Prologue, Predictions./@comment-11525161-20131014040653/@comment-7418318-20131014082811

Why would the story need another swordsman when it already has Erza.

And I think Hiro Mashima avoided the "Gandalf-type" stereotype for a reason so far and isn't about to change that.