User blog comment:Derax-Pagani/Fairy Tail Chapter 494: The Hill Extending Towards Tomorrow Review/@comment-6401212-20160717094147/@comment-5303512-20160720165655

Again, I see your point, but unlike the previous armies, FT members like Gray full heartedly admitted that these soldiers are better trained and impressive magic power compared to others, and this is a first time thing that's happened in the series, unlike the more elite enemies.

With the whole Mystogen thing, sorry to say but in reality, when we last saw of him, I don't think he would get any more powerful than what he already was at that time considering he is of Edolas. No saying that he could best a bunch of Alvarez soldiers, but nothing else really.