User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 447: Escape Battle, Review./@comment-5693502-20150803213535/@comment-26350059-20150804170529

If Fairy Tail cant beat the Spriggan 12 Outside of Gilldarts and Laxus then they wont win. We all know that's not going to happen. Erza, Gray, Lucy, and Wendy have to play apart in the defeat of some of the Spriggan 12. In fact if Gray is going to play a significant part in the battle of END then he has to grow in power (We all saw the scene at the end of the Mard Geer battle).