User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 45: September 2015/@comment-25111584-20151003185436/@comment-25111584-20151004105819

@Rai: Yup, you and many others, I'm sure. Which is why I said that people underestimate him. I tend to rely more on how people interact with each other to gauge power levels. Gray always seemed to treat Loke as an equal. In PL arc, Gajeel found a weakened Loke to be somewhat interesting before the CS, y'know ... Pretty sure I'm in the minority here though. ( ._.)/