User blog comment:Real Godisme/469. What I want to do/@comment-6401212-20160118202536/@comment-5303512-20160118234137

Well when we transitioned from the point of when Lucy, Aquarius and Brandish were in th room it was still noon and it is now currently dusk, so a lot of things could have happened between them and even giving the Ishgar guilds a reasonable time to retreat.

The same situation could go for the Northern Alvarez forces, days at sea could cause the soldiers to be tired and must rest. The Spriggans can't just go off by themselves or else they would be out numbered, not counting the eastern front where there was only the 3 IG and Jura.

Well, remember what Zeref said, they can't take any chances so they must send everyone.