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@Wrath It's going to take more than a few Mages of Gray's caliber and above to match the Spriggans and their army. The feats they've shown so far prove that.

@Sane And what, pray tell, could Laxus and Gray do? Even if they were to be sent, there opponent would still be Zeref and a Spriggan. I don't see them logically getting out of that alive. So if we're looking at this logically the choices are A) sacrifice one Mage B) Sacrifice two or three in pursuit of that one Mage. :/ A seems like the best bet by far.