User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 433 & 434: Ikusatsunagi & Demolition Fist, Review./@comment-5551986-20150511174141

This is probably a warm up. As in, these guys will be fodderised. Its a time skip after all and one where they actually done some training. They are probably just there to add a background to the arc and then some stupidly powerful mages will no doubt show up. Avatar = Small time.