User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 448: Fight the Power! Review and Commentary/@comment-24264679-20150817160616/@comment-24367018-20150817164458

Yeah cuz a country with 700+ guilds, + Spriggan 12 + Zeref vs. Fairy Tail only would be completely reasonable when Ishgar is already undermanned in terms of number of guilds.