User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 497: The Winter Mage, Review./@comment-7418318-20160808184657/@comment-7418318-20160808203133

God I hope not... the best fights Gray had were the ones where he had to outsmart the enemy. If his mind get's bogged down by Invel's magic, it'll just degenerate into a raw power match without strategy or smarts... or end in some total bullshit way.

As I said I hope it's just him not immediately recognizing a chill on account to not having one for 10 or so years.