User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/Fairy Tail Chapter 416 (Tartarus Arc - Last Chapter) Review/@comment-1776824-20150120015722/@comment-4449950-20150120020654

Agreed, I think the disbanding was a good idea, but it did shock me immensely none-the-less. I do think Mak did the right thing though. He has been saying for ages that he doesn't really want to be master any more... heck, he GAVE the title to Gildarts, so it makes sense that he would close up shop at a good time. Otherwise he has to stay around for long enough to see the guild rebuilt, get their members back, organise ALL that crap that would come from the reformed Council and the people of Magnolia. It's just too much. He can't handle it, he doesn't want to force that onto a successor, and, as you said, all of the main, strong members are gone. It's just not worth it at this stage.