Well from how they described Zenos, he is basically the Lu Bu of the Garlean Empire. Powerful and has a strong reputation for being a complete beast/monster on the battlefield along with a love for always being at the heart of battles just for the thrills.
Of course you know why you should never pursue Lu Bu.
Add to that:
As I always say "There will always be someone far stronger in the world even if you never meet him or her"
For the WoL, he or she is finally meeting that person after being unstoppable for so long when the only times WoL is defeated it is because a group of people worked together against him or her. However, here the WoL is meeting someone strong enough to not require the help of others to defeat the WoL.
Zenos does not need neither trickery nor numbers to defeat the WoL like the other people in the past. He knows he is stronger and face the WoL head on where anyone else who done so would be defeated or struggle to the point they must ask for aid in the middle of the battle from others.
In a way it shows how small the the WoL view of the world has been as well since now he or she is facing someone that has done the impossible by himself being to bring the WoL to his or her knees without much effort. Until now no one has been able to do this by themselves which lead to other treating the WoL as their champion for all World Threat solutions since countless people think the WoL can't be beaten easily by one person unless they bring a Army with them since the WoL is a "God" Slayer. Heck the Warriors of Darkness had to work in numbers as a team to defeat a Primal where the WoL, lore wise, defeated a Primal by him or herself thus showing that the WoL is equal to power of the Warriors of Darkness working together.
People's reactions to how easily the WoL is defeated by Zenos basically reflects on the same belief the people of Eorzea see the WoL as. A person that can never be easily defeated and no one can be stronger than the WoL but that is also a interesting topic of the storyline which we see reflected at the end of 3.0 when Thordan became fearful of the WoL due to how he defeated what is basically a God. It brings up the question "Is the WoL really at the peak of power or are there people far stronger than the WoL in the world?"



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