User blog comment:Derax-Pagani/Chapter 507: Voice/@comment-5894890-20161025000918/@comment-1776824-20161025011118

I...don't think it matters how they got strong. The fact of the matter is just that they are strong, but for a few, it's just simple. Dimaria was given Chronos' power. God Serena has eight dragon slayer magics, and rose with that power to the top of the Ten Wizard Saints. Wall is a machine with the ability to analyze the weaknesses of others and extort that, as well as change his physiology to suit his needs. The villains that are the Spriggan 12 don't need that much depth into their pasts, I mean, this isn't Naruto where everyone including my grandma got a backstory. What matters is that they are written well in the present, which the majority of them are not, which is where the problem lies.

Also, @FTF: I would agree about Jellal and CS, except that they are fighting August, the king of magic. If they were faring reasonably well against him when he's been hyped to this extent then I would be in total outcry. As would others.