Talk:Alma Elma/@comment-189.10.185.34-20140129182217/@comment-24442375-20140131151751

First of all, the entry does state that she prefers powerful warriors to challenge her; it doesn't imply that she has met anyone that does. I can also quote Granberia's 2nd Monsterpedia entry where it talks about the poor quality of human soldiers nowadays which is shown a lot in-game: "She’s proud of her skill, but has found capable opponents lacking recently".

Yes, I agree that she did contribute significantly to Luka's training w/ Sylph (or not much depending on if you choose to go to Grangold or not) but why couldn't she "stop and go out of her way"? She was already fighting him at the Colosseum, all she did was give him a few hints on how to use the wind in her dialogue so I don't see how complicated it would be. She did in fact, "leave and go  sayonara" each time after seeing Luka's skills improve (aka forfeiting her battles) and the only reason she didn't drain Luka outright in her 2nd battle was because it was against the rules then. She certainly showed no qualms about draining Luka in her last battle at the Monster Lord's Castle, before and after getting serious.

Also, if you think about it, "stepping down" from her position as Queen would undermine the whole authority structure of monsters since a Queen (leader) is determined based on the survival of the strongest/fittest and that's how most monsters are governed / reigned in so to do that would encourage coup d'etat under the facade of benefiting the entire monster race. Black Alice was able to do that cuz she could legitimately be called the Monster Lord as well.

Finally, yes I agree that Alma Elma is often blamed as a cold-blooded villain without good cause but I also don't agree with giving her too much credit or portraying her as a martyr. She does contribute to Luka's quest but again not too much. Let's face facts, even Alice was incredulous when Luka wanted to call her for help at Succubus Village in Chapter 3. Most people who dislike her seem to forget other monsters who've done worst things to Luka, heck there's other monsters that kill/devour (w/o the rape) men in general including Luka like the Canaan Sisters (he ejaculates involuntarily, for those wanting to be specific).