I find it incredible how he relativizes things.
Ajeel was horrified by Laxus's attack, making it necessary for August to save his Spriggan companion. That's a fact.
But even knowing this, he ends the argument leaving uncertainty about whether Laxus would have succeeded or not.
Then, in the subsequent argument, he uses a context where Erza wasn't even giving her all against Berserker soldiers, as a way of saying that Erza is inferior to soldiers and consequently extremely below the Spriggans.
As if Erza, wielding an enchanted sword, hadn't already destroyed Irene's best spell and undone her dragon form, causing her considerable damage.
The worst is the argument involving Whal. He considers it a demerit for Laxus not to be able to quickly defeat the Spriggan without the use of magic. A mage without his main form of fighting, his magic, sick, fared poorly against Whal, therefore this raises the power level of the Spriggans.
And worst of all, he treats Erza and Laxus as characters who don't evolve, as if they were still the same as Alvarez's. The passage of one year and the pace of evolution throughout the 100-year quest arcs have no influence whatsoever on the power level discussions against the Spriggans. None of that matters to him.
It's a level of logic I can't comprehend because it makes no sense.