User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 484: The Monstrous Six, Review./@comment-7418318-20160509222727

I see one very big flaw in Brandish's idea (if she's honest with it).

If you intent to negotiate, you have to give the enemy something. Saying "please go away" is begging, not negotiating.

What does Fairy Tail have to offer in return for a cease fire or a delay of the attack that could interest Alvarez or August? He won't delay out of the goodness of his heart.

Furthermore, Alvarez suffered quite a few losses. Sure they kicked ass in the north, but both the initial air-attack on Magnolia and the naval attack from the south failed and were wiped out. And they lost both Jacob and Serena from the small team. They already lost most of the Spriggans.

If that filters through to the remaining troops that might easily cause some morale issues and on top of that other countries could potentially arrive to aid Fiore, not to mention that Fiore itself also should have a lot of mages and troops available, even if they aren't as strong as the top guilds fighting already.

Put together it'd be in Alvarez best interest to finish this fight sooner rather than later. So again the key question: What could Fairy Tail (through Brandish) possibly bring to the negotiation table that stands even a tiny chance to make August agree to a delay?