User blog comment:R. Lawton/How strong are some the GMG characters in comparison to Fairy Tail/@comment-3290324-20130910235608/@comment-3290324-20130911003808

O yeah, I forgot she released it at the last minute. But that just goes to prove how strong Erza is - she was strong enough to face the combatants she was faced against even without training, and only had to release her Second Origin because she was worn down from previous battles.