User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 521: The Strongest Wizard, Review/@comment-3290324-20170211205746/@comment-7418318-20170215071944

The problem with that is that the last time we saw them Ajeel was easily overpowering them to the point where it looked like he was just playing with them, rather than fighting seriously.

If he was so low on magic, why would he bother to waste time instead of just finishing the fight as fast as he could? He might be flamboyant and overbearing, but he's not stupid.