User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 439: Albareth Empire, Review./@comment-1153699-20150608231059/@comment-1153699-20150609001953

@Wrath Natsu saw his father for the first time since he was a kid, die in front of his eyes. Laxus saw his comrades dying also in front of his eyes. They had a real reason to train as hard as they can.

I'm not saying other characters like Jura didn't train, but also characters like Jura didn't have any real reason to leave everything behind and head for the hills. FT was disbanded. They had plenty of time to get stronger. Jura is currently in the council and has his own matters to take care of. So do characters like Lyon, Sting, Orga etc. They are in a guild taking jobs, going on vacations and doing their thing.

So far, we haven't seen anyone besides FT members temporarily leave their guilds to train.

And we don't really know how strong Warrod is. I do think he was stronger than Jura during GMG but I don't know by how much. Nobody knows for sure.

I didn't think Warrod was wrong when he said that, but the thing is FT just got so strong now it's ridiculous. By now, Laxus should be able to make even his GMG version look like fodder. I doubt there are many people in Alvarez that can give current Laxus a challenge.