User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 457: Naked Battle, Review./@comment-24039234-20151019192313/@comment-5693502-20151019195023

She has been training for a year, but does one years worth of training make Erza equal in power to the strongest mage in Ishgar (or thereabouts) ?

I've gotta agree with anon here. The Spriggans have been hyped up as being equal to or above God Serena, the strongest mage in Ishgar, in terms of strength. Erza really shouldn't be able to defeat him by herself at this point in time without her whipping out another Ass Pull.