User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 489: Universe One, Review./@comment-84.197.239.101-20160613182420

Will Mavis start taking the lives of those around her now?

It seems Zeref had no control over it and it occured when he "cherished" life, so Mavis wanting to protect her entire guild/country/planet/whatever should be enough trigger for a little soul-absorbing.

August nuking the bystanders was just shit. If they survive it, that means the number 1 mage in berserk mode is incapable of breaking the almighty plot armor. I mean, if he can't do it, than no Spriggan Shield can and the author should just skip the "eventual" battles of Invel and Raheid.

At least let Mest die or something, sure he can teleport and play mind games, but he has no defense + I take it August wants him dead most of all for what he did to Brandish.

As for the country-rewriting magic or whatever Irene did, it's bound to be something either crazy, stupid or both. So just reveal Acnologia interupting it in the next chapter.

Good thing Gajeel isn't revealed to have escaped or something. Was about damn time someone died here, I mean the almighty Alvarez who had far more manpower then Fiore, not to mention August, Zeref and Irene, have been taking far too many losses in this war. A war that was stated to be near-impossible for FT and company due to an enormous difference in power and numbers.