User blog comment:Jopjopjop/Volume 18 Spoilers/@comment-66.225.161.184-20140626233427/@comment-24866657-20140627013305

After becoming chimera Freed still got the oneshot, and that's Kiba whose striking strength at that time was lower than Issei, if anything then Freed would be someone that held a tainted holy sword just like the avenger.