User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 521: The Strongest Wizard, Review/@comment-3045936-20170212214706/@comment-7418318-20170212215910

There is one more thing. Makarov hit every enemy with Fairy Law, which would include the Spriggans. Sure they were strong enough to not be taken out by it, but they must have taken at least some damage from it. And then there was Larcade's magic too.

That way it makes sense. Ajeel wasn't fully recovered from his last beating and then he took heavy hits from Larcade and Fairy Law, barely leaving him standing and the Strausses just had to finish him off.