Fairy Tail Thread (Spoilers)

Have you tried reading the manga prior to this arc? Yes? Then how could you possibly come to the conclusion that they would go over the top and not "show mercy" when they've done that virtually EVERY SINGLE ARC that involved the guild or one of its members being attacked in some capacity.
Holy jesus, Grimore Heart tried to murder the entire guild and very nearly did it, in a much more brutal fashion than being a plantain to one member of the guild, and still they let the entire guild walk away, barring anyone Zeref killed, which obviously had nothing to do with fairy tail.

I'm just saying. Don't rule death out yet. It's going to happen this arc, most likely.