He was getting old, and by definition means his skills are rusty, Brandish would harm Aldoron if she had DS attribute to her which was the only reason Gajeel was there, not for his stats. Prove that Gildarts got stronger, at least everyone else was stated to have gotten stronger.
and yet not a good comparison, That is Erza’s will power, not defensive, he asked two questions, yet they were not sured they were attacked so they had to recall it so they were unconscious, which is common for anyone who was knocked out To recall such things. Here:
https://v2.mangapark.net/manga/fairy-tail/i1628837/5 &
https://v2.mangapark.net/manga/fairy-tail/i1628831/6, yet he said that he could have brought them back to that point since he was the best but that was not his job, yet he did not since he had the same amount of strength when he fought against Natsu the second time, you just answer my point, strength is his character so he is as strong as he’s been, and yet Spriggans would be slightly Dragon God level too would support this too since the former and even Natsu couldn’t make Aldoron budge then. You have no proof that I am not sincere, you are arguing about things that have no proof, I never said that it wasn’t magic, I said magic and nature are the same, Wendy’s element is air as that is what she eats, and Gildarts is as strong as he’s been, not everyone who believes differently than you so you are wrong there too. It is simple, provide evidence that he got stronger or move on.