The latest chapter of “Fairy Tail” delved further on the battle between Zeref and Gray. As predicted, Gray has once again dodged death when he revealed his trump card. As he was about to complete the casting of the hidden Iced Shell magic, Natsu stops him in the nick of time, saving Gray from a sad demise.
With the said manga series finally entering its final story arc, “Fairy Tail” Chapter 523 shows the probable final battle coming into light. Gray barely makes it out alive in a fight against Zeref and the latter goes on to pursue Natsu. Meanwhile, Erza and the rest of the members of the Fairy Tail guild regroup while they mourn the loss of their master, the wise and old Makarov.
All of a sudden, Acnologia jumps down out of nowhere, surprising everyone, especially Erza and Wendy, who were able to sense his powerful presence just before he appeared. Acnologia’s return opened a plot twist that can be branched into various scenes in “Fairy Tail” Chapter 524, which includes the possibility of him fighting Erza and then going after Wendy next. Acnologia can also just easily brush off Erza since she’s injured and just go for Wendy, which could lead to a one on one battle between the dragon slayers. But given Erza's top skills, she would most likely be a force to reckon with.
If there are any new deaths coming to the final arc, it could be Wendy’s since Acnologia’s goal was to kill off all the other dragon slayers and Wendy is the one nearest to him at the moment. Then there’s also the part where August says that they had run out of time, just as Acnologia appears, shouting that he’s not satisfied and that he’s tired of this world’s black magic. This could probably mean that August is in cahoots with the Spriggan 12 and that they could go against Acnologia, hindering the latter's plans of hunting down the dragon slayers.
The upcoming chapter of “Fairy Tail” also teases the battle between the strong mages, Gildarts and August. The two are still exchanging blows and Gildarts is having trouble with the fight because it seems like his magic doesn’t hit nor affect August at all. And with Acnologia suddenly in the picture, there are speculations that August will reveal his true power and that Gildarts might lose this battle, based on the last chapter where August was seen standing alone when Acnologia appeared.
