User blog:Bato of the Heavy Iron Rock Hammer/Erza's Father's fighting ability?

Okay as much as I completely despise that Shouta wannabe for all of Irene's painful past that led her to become one of Zeref's cruelest and powerful followers in Alvarez, my mind seems boggled to the fact how the hell did he manage to survive Acnologia's rampage that also killed Belserion and walked away unscathed with Irene?

I mean sure he did fought alongside Irene during the entire Dragon Civil War prior to his dumbass racist/misogynist actions towards his wife and unborn daughter when the former starts turning into a Dragon but how exactly?

He doesn't appear much of a powerful fighter from the looks of it unless he's more of a tactician from the back than a front-liner.

But then again, if he didn't survive, that would entirely saved Irene from that cruel fate that made her into the Scarlet Despair in the present day and also left the mother and daughter relationship between her an Erza intact. Such a shame that asshole lived to do that on her.

Hope you guys can help with the answer to that mystery.