User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 453: A Father's Job, Review and Commentary/@comment-1454981-20150919144511/@comment-24546844-20150919173216

If Laxus, someone who spent seven years frozen and trained for only three months could train and become so strong then spent another year training and became a monster, why can't anyone else do the same? I doubt everyone would just stop and do nothing for a year while only FT trains seriously. And the wizard saints should be aware of the Alvarez threat so they should t least try to get strong enough to fight back.

And even if they are no match for a Spriggan they should still be able to take on the minor threats like Marin and the other 750 guilds. It would be stupid o think that only hose who can take on an Spriggan should join bcause that'd leave them with a dozen fighters versus a whole country.