Is this what they call fate?
My senses are telling me you have been unwell. I understand you are allergic to BS, so please refrain from reading Jko's post these few days. At least, until you heal up.
On a serious note though, August should have won the vote.
A regular, basic punch from Gildarts without magic could decimate a vast landscape of the earth.
Haja Kensē : Itten has a 100% track record of defeating the target in one hit the both times Gildarts was seen using the attack.
The kanji for
Itten, 一天, can be defined as One/First Heaven.
Gildarts'
Haja Kensē: Zetten was tanked by August with nothing but a bloodied lip, The kind of cut that I get when I chew too quickly on my food sometimes. And hurts a tiny bit for only a minute or two. The kanji for
Zetten, 絶天, stands for Absolute Heaven. The attack should be Gildarts' most powerful technique. He executed that attack with his mechanical arm constructed out of reinforced armour to bypass August's ability to negate it. In addition, he did so while trying to protect his daughter who was the dearest kin to him. One can safely assume Gildarts' gave everything he could muster in that instance, and August brushed it off like it was Erz . . sorry, like it was nothing.