User blog comment:Darknesslover5000/Fairy Tail 258 - Sabertooth/@comment-3061966-20111106203504/@comment-3061966-20111106210633

If Jellal, it was at the hands of the council who are his captors. There's no reason for Zeref to kill Jellal or even encounter him.

I'm just surprised Gajeel has an apprentice. It's gonna be interesting to see which Iron/Fire DS duo is stronger.