User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 483: Seven Stars, Review/@comment-14155342-20160508074340/@comment-7418318-20160508095834

Well... Doranbolt could get of his ass and finally DO something for a change perhaps? :P

But (half-)joking aside, with all the Spriggans on that front-line taken out, I doubt it'll take long for the regular foot-soldiers to surrender, retreat or be mopped up, so it's only natural for the alliance mages to either go and reinforce other front-lines or go to a HQ-like location to regroup, take care of the wounded and consider their next move.

The FT guild hall would be a natural location for such a re-grouping and Invel is currently headed exactly there, along with the main army and Zeref himself.

With the travel time they'll probably miss whatever conflict will happen with August, but will be there to either defend agianst the main army or be part of the counter-push to hunt down August if he manages to snatch Fairy Heart.

Speaking of "snatching Fairy Heart"... that might bring Brandish back into the war proper, since she could shrink FH down to a size to be easily carried by August.