User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 471: Until the Battle is Done, Review and Commentary/@comment-70.179.149.246-20160202003956/@comment-70.179.149.246-20160202144434

True. All of what you said are possibilities. But we can't really rule any of them out (including what I said about him healing Serena) since it still is a possibly unless proven otherwise. I believe August wanted him to fight the Saints because he wanted to see his powers again.