User blog comment:Derax-Pagani/Fairy Tail Chapter 494: The Hill Extending Towards Tomorrow Review/@comment-25395791-20160716142922/@comment-1359322-20160717005550

Not really, getting blast by the spell doesn't guarantee that Neinhart will die, especially since he has to hold back with Kagura and Erza being there, so naturally he has to use option 2, sink Neinhart into the ocean and let him drown.