Luka



Luka (ルカ) is the main protagonist of Monster Girl Quest. He is a boy of undetermined age (although Alice mentions that he’s younger than 21), and he hails from Ilias Village. He is the current wielder of Angel Halo, a sword with the power to seal monsters. He is the son of Marcellus and the second Seraph Lucifina, the nephew of the first Seraph Micaela, the descendant of the legendary hero Heinrich (on Marcellus' side) and the princess of Remina Edina (on Marcellus' side), and in a loose sense the grandson of Goddess Ilias (on Lucifina's side), and at the end of the game, the husband of Alice and father of her expected twin son and daughter.

Personality
Luka’s most defining character traits are his optimism, hastiness, naivety, and lack of intelligence, usually needing Alice or others to explain every single detail to him or mindlessly rushing into a fight while being unaware of the whole story and the consequences his actions could bring. He believes in the possibility of coexistence with man and monster, and wants to see a world where they can live together peacefully. However, Luka has bursts of insight during key moments, showing he isn’t completely ignorant to the way the world around him works, such as acknowledging Alice as his traveling companion after discovering she was the Monster Lord and understanding her intentions, or when he persuaded Alice to give up her ideals of sacrifice and her trauma by using Alice’s words as well as his experience in traveling the world with her to justify his point.

Even though he is usually meek and easy-going, witnessing injustice, especially in the form of strong ones oppressing the weak, it ignites an extreme and sometimes destructive blind anger in him. For instance, he single-handedly defeated the entire armies, leaders and champions of the insects and plants of Plansect Village due to their civil oppression, when he nearly strangles Lupton (a ranking member of Ilias Kreuz) to death for lying about slashing hundreds of monsters at the Bird God Shrine, or when he threatened and attempts to kill Lazarus in Ilias Kreuz Base in Gold Port after Lazarus insults and berates Luka’s father.

Past
Luka was born from a woman and a man, much like any other human. Not much is known from his early childhood, only that his parents moved to Ilias Village. This village, in the south of Ilias, was a very conservative place; strangers weren’t welcomed or treated well, as Luka and his family came to know.

Luka's father was named Marcellus and was a “hero,” the leader and founder of the extremist group Ilias Kreuz, driven to this extreme view by the fact that a woman he loved was killed by monsters on a quest to destroy the Monster Lord, a quest he participated in like many heroes before and after him. Luka's ideals are mostly a direct result of his father's extremism. His father was eventually killed by the monsters he killed himself, or so it was said.

Luka shared a much closer bond with his mother compared to his father; one could say he loved his mother as much as that he hated his father. A sweet woman, she tried to live with her husband and the animosity of the villagers. She always tried to keep Luka on the right path and turn him into a real hero, that, too, is a great pillar on which his ideals are built. But one day, his mother suffered from a deadly disease that the villagers refused to treat nor pray for, leaving his mother to die. But just before she died, she begged Luka to not feel angered by this and his father and to always follow the path of the true hero.

Soon after, another deadly plague spread through the village, killing off most of the inhabitants. This led to an increase in immigration, and all those newcomers made the people depend on them. The hostility towards newcomers faded away, just like the stench of newcomers on Luka; in one swipe, he had become one of the senior members of the village.

Present and Meeting Alice
Luka has been happily living in Ilias Village for a while now. He is somewhere between 15 and 20 and training daily, because he has a dream: a dream about coexistence between man and monster. And he finally is able to get the baptism of Ilias that day: a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get blessed by the goddess that very day, something he had trained and waited for it for a long time. Even the goddess visits him in his sleep and tells him that he must become a true hero by defeating the Monster Lord, much like Heinrich, his idolized hero, who had actually slain a Monster Lord 500 years ago. But on that very day, something unfortunates happens: a Slime Girl attacks the village, making mayhem break out; not many monsters attack Ilias Village, for it’s heavily guarded. But instead of letting the guards take care of it, Luka charges towards the menace, ignoring his sweet neighbor Betty. However, if Luka decides to run off in the mayhem, Ilias will attempt to redirect him into fighting the monster, but if he runs off again Ilias punishes him and renders him unconscious, resulting a Game Over.

Luka at first tries to convince the Slime Girl to go away, but she insists on raping him, something that would violate Ilias’ commandments. Before the two engage, Ilias appears to Luka and tells him how to fight; however if Luka asks for help twice, Ilias will accidentally KO him (due to Luka not receiving any healing when Ilias explains receiving damage works for the second time), resulting a Game Over. Though the Slime Girl seems to have the advantage with a preemptive strike, dodging, and recovering from his attacks, he finally manages to beat her in the very uncontrolled fight by flailing wildly. Even so, he had beaten a monster, and for him that had been a very special occasion. Happy as he was by that, he walked into the forest, wanting to enjoy the great feeling of victory, but, of course, also to enjoy the nature. While walking through the forest, Luka thinks back about his dream of coexistence: 30 years ago there were scenes of coexistence, until a horrid event known as the Slaughter of Remina where it was believed monsters massacred all of its villagers, not leaving one survivor; Luka has to defeat the Monster Lord so coexistence will return. Suddenly, a huge impact shakes the forest and his eardrums, interrupting his monologue. Startled by it, he goes to find out what could make such a sound, which turns out to be a lamia monster girl lying in a crater. Luka has a mind-blowing dilemma in front of him: take care of the monster girl that lies there unconscious and have a chance on missing his baptism, or just go away from the forest to get baptized.

If Luka decides to leave the monster girl and pretend he didn’t see anything, she immediately wakes up once he departs. Unfortunately, he had missed Ilias’ baptism, but as he leaves the church, he suddenly wounds up back at the forest, with the monster girl pissed at him. Angered, she immediately unleashes her devastating onslaught of unavoidable magic and rape on Luka, thus ending his life and resulting a Game Over.

Luka’s soft heart leads him to his choice: he is going to take care of that strange-looking monster girl. As he inspects the monster girl, she immediately wakes up and asks Luka where she is and who he is; Luka can respond honestly, lie, or not respond. Lying results Luka saying that the monster girl is in heaven because she died and that Luka is a slime, however lying or not responding results the monster girl hypnotizing him into responding in an overly pathetic manner. Knowing that the monster girl is all right, Luka tries to leave for his baptism, but she stops him, states Ilias’ baptism is foolish, and asks him why he didn’t take advantage of her conscious state and kill her. Luka responds with his big dream of coexistence, something that she laughs off, hurting his feelings and making him act childish. The monster girl then releases Luka, but it already is too late; when Luka arrives at the temple, Ilias did not appear, practically denying him his baptism. Luka is shooed away by the priest and he returns to home, looking so bad even a traveler takes pity on him and mistakes him for being poisoned.

But in his house, there is a surprise waiting for him: the very same strange monster girl lies in wait. Luka then begins asking her who she is, how he found his house, why she came here, and even questions who he is. After all the questions, the monster girl hints to have been responsible for Ilias not appearing at his baptism, stating the goddess attacked her, something that Luka is too stupid to notice even though he gets the hint. The monster girl then rudely demands for food, something that Luka is forced to comply with (either willingly or unwillingly, the latter resulting the monster hypnotizing him and Luka nearly attempts to offer himself as food when he couldn't find anything in his kitchen due to cleaning it out for his journey, dismaying the monster and releasing the hypnosis), but is satisfied and positively compliments the proper seasonings on just dry meat. She then tells Luka that he is interesting for believing in coexistence and that she will follow him on his journey, which is made possible by her words. He can’t seem to understand her motivations for doing so, but he accepts her following him, knowing he couldn’t possibly stop her. Before the monster girl leaves his house, she reveals her name as Alipheese Fateburn, or Alice for short, to which Luka thinks odd of.

En Route to Iliasburg
After saying farewell to everybody, Luka leaves the village where his mother died and where he grew up. Outside of the village, he meets up with Alice again, who once again chastises him for having ridiculous thoughts of baptism and heroism. She then asks him where he intends to go, but is annoyed with almost everything on their continent named Ilias. Suddenly, their conversation is interrupted by a Slug Girl; Luka tries to turn to Alice for help, but can’t seem to find her as if she disappeared, and she has. Like the Slime Girl, Luka struggles in this fight; he can’t hurt the slug with his sword, so he eventually gives a rare display of his intelligence by taking out some salt and throwing it all out at the slug, causing her to flee.

Alice appears again, stating that she didn’t run away, but does not want other monsters to see her; she isn’t his companion nor ally, but a mere observer who will abandon him if he falters in battle. She then notes that Luka made a big mistake during the fight: he threw away all the salt, so she doesn’t see how he is going to season her food the right way any longer. But her worries aren’t correct, as in camp, he seasons her food in a way she enjoys, even without the salt. This makes her actually hand out a compliment for once, but the compliment is immediately followed by an insult. She calls his swordplay horrible, even though Luka states that he has learned it from combining techniques learned to him by travelers for five years, in exchange for a house to call their own for the duration of their stay. To improve his chances, Alice teaches Luka Demon Decapitation and SP. Luka is, and he will continue to be, grossed out by the cruel story behind the skill, but beggars can’t be choosers; Luka learns the skill and it will turn out to be a nice ally. Before they sleep, Alice notes Luka’s Keepsake Ring, sensing something faint from it, then they talk about their family and Alice’s motives where she ends up showing the 500 year old World Traveler guidebook that supposedly has information on sightseeing places and local delicacies.

The next morning, Ilias appears to Luka in his dream briefly to tell him that she will always be watching. After finishing breakfast, Luka prays to his goddess as it is a commandment, which Alice is disgusted of and is a contradiction to his goals. They then continue onto to Iliasburg, where Alice states its famed for its Sutherland Inn and its Ama-ama Dango, though nothing much happens until Luka runs into a gigantic plant in the middle of the road. He has a choice whether to yank it or not. Yanking it makes Luka fight the plant, a Mandragora, whose scream paralyzes him and renders him vulnerable to her fellatio until he finally resists the paralysis and attacks, causing her to flee; Alice comments that he really is nothing but a barbarian behind his mask of coexistence. Not yanking it will result in missing the fight, though Alice praises him and reveals that it was actually a monster but still insults him for being possibly barbaric.

Iliasburg
Finally, when the sun is setting, Luka sees the large and imposing Iliasburg. Thinking that Iliasburg might be even worse in its anti-monster sentiment, he asks Alice if she can look like a human, causing her to reluctantly take on human form. They enter the city and Luka notices it's oddly quiet. The reason behind that appears in front of him: the powerful monster Granberia, one of the Four Heavenly Knights, here to take over Iliasburg. As Granberia declares the town hers and plots to move onto Ilias Village, Luka must decide whether to confront the Heavenly Knight or remain hidden.

If he chooses to cower, Granberia announces that she'll soon take over Iliasville. Luka is shortly spotted by the Heavenly Knight, who tells him that his action was a “wise choice” before leaving. From then on, he never encounters Alice ever again, and is forced to abandon his journey and return to his hometown, effectively resulting a Game Over.

If Luka decides to stand his ground against her, he approaches the Heavenly Knight. Granberia is slightly taken a back at this, although she treats Luka as a “warrior and not a boy” for wielding a sword at her. When Luka tries to pull a bit of his weight, Granberia easily trips him and commends him for his courage, but warns him that there won't be a second time. Her pity annoys Luka, which causes him to stand ground and ultimately decide to use Demon Decapitation. Shocked, Granberia recognises the technique and quickly evades. Knowing how unskilled Luka is with very little possibility of him coming up with the technique himself, she demands to know who taught him the skill. Luka refuses to comply, not particularly because he cares about Alice, but more for his own pride. Even after receiving a heavy blow, Luka still refuses. Before Granberia can finish him off, Alice appears and chides them both for their ignorance. The Heavenly Knight kneels to her, which surprises Luka. Alice questions Granberia’s actions, ultimately ordering her to leave. Luka assumes that Alice knows Granberia in some way, much to her annoyance.

Thinking that Luka and Alice drove off Granberia, the citizens treat him with much respect. They are then led to the Sutherland Inn, although it is too expensive for them. A self-proclaimed hero arrives and demands the hero’s rate, only to be shooed off for his cowardice with the Heavenly Knight. The Innkeeper notices Luka and Alice and agrees to give them the discounted rate, as heroes are defined for their actions whether or not they are baptized. Staying for the night, Alice happily munches on Ama-ama Dango and learns that the Inn needs more Happiness Honey to create more Ama-ama Dango, prompting them to head to Happiness Village. A semen-hungry Alice then “trains” Luka with a handjob.

The next morning, the two search for information before heading out. They then stumble upon Amira, who Luka is immediately annoyed with. She then explains about bandits attacking travelers in the city and pleads him to diffuse the problem. After hearing that the bandit group involves a vampire and a dragon, Alice asks if Luka's an idiot but the hero decides he can push on anyway.

Four Bandits
As they're crossing through the Irina Mountains, Alice asks if Luka's plan was to randomly travel through the mountains until they find the bandits, and she's shocked to learn that it was indeed his plan. However, Goblin Girl attempts to mug the hero, but she still gets beaten and flees to the cavern where the others are hiding. Luka feels tension rise as he realizes he will have to fight powerful yomas, before Alice sniffs the entrance and understands the truthe of the situation. Luka decides to push forward and easily beat Tiny Lamia, Vampire Girl, and correctly guesses that Dragon Pup is a young monster too. Alice reappears after he beat her, and when Luka tries to come up with a solution do deal with them, Alice says that she don't care and that he can as well "violate them, kill them or sell them as slaves", making them cry. Ultimately, when he forces them to apologize to the people of Iliasburg, the citizens decide to hire the bandits and actually accept them to Alice's surprise. The duo then decides to move on to their next destination.

Happiness Village
Defeating a Bee Girl along the way, Luka arrives at the village. He spots a Harpy attacking a young male boy and intervenes, driving the Harpy off. He and Alice learn about the village's situation. Alice then convinces the women to stand up for themselves, and they all agree to head out for the nearby Harpy Village, where the males are being kept.

The plan is for Luka to defeat the Queen Harpy while the rest of the women wait for his signal. He is spotted by Harpy Twins and defeats them. He then meets the Queen and, when she refuses to return the kidnapped men, he fights and defeats her. However, the kidnapped men rush out to defend the Queen Harpy, who reveals that she ordered her clan to kidnap males as they were afraid of dying out. Confusion spreads all over the village as some harpies are revealed to be step-relatives of the humans.

At nightfall, the humans and monsters negotiate: the harpies will no longer forcefully kidnap humans while the humans provide mates, in return they must help Happiness Village with beekeeping and farming. The next morning, Luka decides to set off and continue his journey.

Enrika
As Luka and Alice approach Enrika, the former is attacked by the village's dark elf guards. After he defeats them, he and Alice encounter a strange woman named Micaela. Micaela demonstrates that she knows about Luka's mother and father. However, she tells him to turn back. After leaving, Alice senses something amiss and is led to believe that Enrika is more than an isolated elf village.

Iliasport
After dealing with a few more monsters including a Roper and a Rafflesia, the hero arrives in sight of the sorry state of Iliasport, as most of the city is closed because they had to shut most of their activities because of a powerful tempest that appears each time a boat goes at sea. As he asks around, Luka gets the confirmation that no boat would leave the harbor as is, but he also learns of an item named Poseidon's Bell: an item which would supposedly protect any ship against inclement weather, and would be hidden in Selene's Treasure Cave not far from here. The hero decides to try his luck and go grab it anyway.

En Route to Cave of Treasures
While travelling, Luka finds that the cave actually is far away from Iliasport, such that he has to spend the night in a camp. He comments that "if I knew it would take this long, I would have spent the night in Iliasport. I thought it would only take a few hours, but we're barely halfway there." As usual, Alice decides to train him and teach him a new skill, which Luka quickly master. As he's exhausted and overthinking things, Alice suggest trying meditation, saying in the process that a fallen angel named Erigora was supposedly even able to heal her wounds. To her surprise, Luka manages to do the same once, then a second time to confirm that it wasn't a fluke. A dumbfounded Alice poke his body in an attempt to find out what's wrong with him, irritating him. Eventually, they decide to move on.

Cave of Treasures
Upon arriving in the cave, Alice shows her fear of ghosts for the first time, to much comedic effect as she gets extremely close to Luka. She even coils around him when she hears an eventual noise, although she calms down when she smells thin fried tofu and realizes it's only a kitsune. The small fox let slip that she has to keep everyone away to Tamamo as the latter is busy, and when Luka candidly asks who's Tamamo, the kitsune engages him in a fight. When she's sealed, Luka pets her to reassure her before getting bitten for his trouble. However, when he sees her trapped by a Spider Girl a bit later, he doesn't hesitate to step in to save her, even as Alice decries his intervention in the natural food chain. As a reward, Luka gets bitten again by the kitsune who then rushes deeper in the cave yet again. When he encounters a suspicious chest in the middle of the way, he either open it to reveal a mimic girl and gets mocked by Alice for being an idiot, or get actually praised for avoiding her. Ultimately, the hero arrives in front of the treasure guarded by Nanabi. Luka gets intimidated by her power, but still challenges her for the access. During the fight, Nanabi puts the hero to sleep to make her job easier. To her surprise, her following attacks fail and she ends up sealed after Luka uses abnormaly powerful skills in his sleep.

He wakes up to see Nanabi sealed, and Tamamo comes out of the treasure room right afterward as he's still trying to understand how he beat the seven-tailed kitsune. He first thinks that he can take her on because of her youthful appearance, but when Alice asks him to count her tails, he realizes her real power and really wonder if he can still beat her. He's further surprised when Tamamo accidentally calls Alice the Monster Lord, revealing the truth to Luka. They get interrupted by the small sealed silver kitsune who explains that she got saved by the hero, and Tamamo consequently offers a reward to Luka between her fluffy tail, some thin fried tofu, and Poseidon's Bell. If he chooses thin fried tofu, Alice gulps it and leaves, ending his quest as he has no means to cross the sea. If he chooses the fluffy tail, Alice calls him an idiot, and Luka gets to pet Tamamo's tail before the kitsune disappears as well, leaving him alone once again. When he chooses the bell, she leaves it to him before leaving with the two kitsunes.

Afterward, Luka and Alice find themselves alone, with a hero still in disbelief from the realization he was accompanied by the Monster Lord, his end goal all along. Alice insults his intelligence at the late realization as several hints have already been dropped by then. Luka can either challenge her now, resulting in him getting devoured without a second thought, or he can decide to further explore the world to better understand its working. In the latter case, the party returns to Iliasport.

Southern Sea Crossing
Once back, Luka and Alice manages to convince a ship to carry them to Sentora thanks to the Poseidon's Bell as well as Alice's Demon Eyes. When they're crossing the sea, Alice trains Luka to use Demon Skull Beheading, which he can only do if he can climb to something to attack from a vantage point. Afterward, the storm picks up, but the ship is unaffected by the weather, protected by the bell. The source of the storm, Alma Elma, shows up, and decides to attack Luka openly using the self-defense rule as an excuse to attack him. However, for the sake of fun, she decides to handicap herself by only using her tail, and when Luka attacks with Demon Skull Beheading, she reflexively catches the blade with her hand. She calls her fight a loss and leaves after further teasing Luka about their next encounter. Luka gets elated at the idea that he beat back one of the Heavenly Knights, however Alice quickly brings him back to reality by saying that the handicap Alma Elma gave herself was ridiculous, sending Luka into a slump.

Port Natalia
After leaving the ship, Luka arrives in Port Natalia. Here he finds a mermaid-run pub and a mermaid who serves questionable food from her stall (the latter selling an item needed for the Hero’s Proof side-quest). Luka also sees Lazarus, the leader of Ilias Kreuz, who has come here to bomb a mermaid school. The bomb successfully explodes, and when Luka sees him, he goes into a rage, and they decide to take a break in an inn. There, Alice interrogates him on the matter, and Luka tells more about his past: Lazarus was a friend of his father, and the two went on an adventure to kill the Monster Lord. However, they apparently returned after having failed and instead funded the terrorist organization Ilias Kreuz to attack innocent monsters. One of the reason Luka wants to make co-existence come true is to atone for the crimes of his father, although Alice reassures him that he shouldn't have to bear his burden. Afterward, she decides to help him cool down by giving him a tailjob.

The next day, they decide to start going to San Ilia, as Luka wants to meet the king who's also the leader of the faith in Ilias.

San Ilia
Luka and Alice go to San Ilia after leaving Port Natalia. Luka goes to the castle to meet the San Ilia King, expecting him to offer advice for his journey, but there's a long waiting line. However, prior to this, the San Ilia King was told by Ilias in a dream that he would meet an unbaptised boy named Luka, and the hero is granted audience. Luka is excited to be able to visit the castle, even as Alice finds the place boring. When they see the statue of Ilias, Luka explains that one of her comandments is to not point the sword at her, making him move around awkwardly to avoid doing so. Simultaneously, when he explains that the statue was a gift to guide humanity, Alice quesitons what kind of goddess gives a useless statue like that.

The king welcomes Luka and tells him to meet three wise sages and complete their task to obtain the Goddess Sword. Alice steps in and shatters the sword, sending the king into a delusional state. She tells Luka to seek out the power of the Four Spirits instead, as the other quest is a load of bullcrap. A guard rushes in and is told that the Monster Lord is attacking, causing him to increase the castle's security.

Afterwards, Granberia shows up and challenges Luka. She leaves him when he shows his new techniques, as she considers that he has the potential to make for a good opponent.

Luka and Alice use the opportunity to visit the Underground Library to retrieve a book on the Four Spirits. However, Luka has to fight against three book monsters—Page 17, Page 257 and Page 65537—who were previously sent by Alice to guard the book. As he's busy fighting, Alice starts burning books to cook a potato, aggravating the hero who still pushes on. As Luka questions why there are monsters guarding the book, Alice not-so-subtly says that she has no idea but hints that the last monster might be a powerful one. He struggles against Page 65537 as she is immune to sealing. Fortunately, Alice has accidentally started a fire and this seals Page 65537 (who is weak to fire). Unfortunately, the guards notice the fire and rush in. Luka can tell them the truth of what happened, lie that Granberia was responsible, or play dumb. In all three cases, the guards try to put out the fire while Luka and Alice leave the library, the latter shamefully sneaking the book out with her before apologizing to Luka for her responsibility in this mess.

Within the city, Luka acquires Sacred Anti-Ghost Water on Alice's request when they hear about ghosts, notices a request coming from Port Natalia, and hears various rumors from the citizens about a Haunted Mansion. Additionally, Amira tells him that Sylph, the spirit of wind, lies within the Forest of Spirits.

Meia's Quest
Luka and Alice later return to Port Natalia to fulfil the quest of a mermaid called Meia, who wants someone to assist her in marrying her lover. To help them to fulfill her request, she lends them the Ball of Guidance, an artifact that allows a human to travel underwater. When he reaches his destination, he's surprised to learn that the mission is to deliver a marriage pledge to the queen of the southern, which is traditionally done by the couple getting married. He's also aghast when a boy enters, and said both is revealed to be Meia's husband made younger because she slipped him some mermaid blood. Even then, the hero accepts to help them and gets handed down the Ball of Guidance. Alice derides Luka for doing something so mundane, but Luka remarks that this little help makes differences. Once they reach the beach, Luka deals with a Crab Girl, and then moves on to the sea itself.

Luka heads to the coast and descends into the Southern Seas. Along the way, he is confronted by a Jellyfish Girl, a Sea Anemone Girl, and finally an Anglerfish Girl. He eventually arrives at the great temple that houses the Southern Seas' ruler, Kraken. However, when Luka tries to explain his intentions and lets slip that he's a "hero", Kraken immediately assumes that he wants to steal the Blue Orb and attacks. During the fight, Kraken is driven to use Aqua Pentagram, a barrier that stops all of Luka's attacks. However, Alice secretly uses Eye of Hypnosis to put Luka to sleep, causing him to use his hidden power and defeat Kraken. Kraken still refuses to give up the Blue Orb, so Luka explains his intentions. She agrees to the marriage, then slingshots Luka back to the surface as "compensation" for her hasty actions. Luka then receives a blowjob from Meia as a reward, surprising him as the mermaid is supposedly married. He's then mocked by an obviously jealous Alice when she notices the mermaid's scent and connects the dots.

Haunted Mansion
Luka visits the mansion to investigate the rumours. He sees a small girl (Chrome) eying him from the upper floor. He enters the manor and fights various monsters: a Ghost Girl, a Cursed Doll and multiple Zombie Girls. During these events, he is separated from Alice due to her fear of ghosts. After Luka defeats the Zombie Girls, Chrome shows up, shocked at the turn of events.

Luka chases Chrome back to the foyer. The necromancer introduces herself and her ultimate creation: Frederika, the daughter of the mansion's former owner, and Luka concludes that all the rumours told in San Ilia are true. Chrome orders Frederika to attack Luka. During the fight, Frederika’s soul begs Luka to destroy her body, which he soon accomplishes.

However, the battle causes the floor to give in and the two fall into a small crypt where Chrome battles Luka. The fake hero eventually triumphs, and the necromancer flees. Luka gives chase and encounters Alice praying to escape the ghostly hellhole. After Luka tells her what happened, Alice pops open a coffin containing Chrome and slaps her for frightening her. When Luka says that she shouldn't slap a child, Alice remarks that Chrome is at least a hundred years old, which leads to Luka correcting himself that she shouldn't assault her elders then. Chrome agrees to stop her ways and is released. Afterwards, all the spirits whose bodies were used by Chrome appear and thank Luka, also causing Alice to faint.

As Luka leaves the Haunted Manor (dragging Alice with him), a strange woman wearing a labcoat appears to deliver supplies to Chrome. She sees that Chrome is defeated and leaves.

After clearing the Haunted Mansion, the ghosts there begin invading San Ilia and treat it as a haven for them.

Forest of Spirits
As they proceed to the Forest of Spirits, the duo takes a break midway, and Alice says that Luka still having "Flail Wildly" in his skill bar is an insult. She teaches him Death Sword Chaos star, a skill that combines several attacks in a single, efficient movement to take down opponents. When they reach the forest itself, Alice decides to hang back to avoid stirring a panic while Luka goes in to explore the forest. He face several fairies, then an elf shows up after he sealed them. When he seal the elf, the latter does acknowledge that he's quite innocent as he didn't kill the fairies, and warn him of a dangerous monster roaming the forest. Luka then accidentally steps on a flower hiding even more fairies. Should he react rudely, he will be forced to fight them, but if he apologizes, they offer him a magical acorn and go on their merry way. Luka ultimately meets Sylph, which, to his surprise, challenges him after she asked the wind about his goal and got the full answer. She uses a wind barrier to protect herself, but her fighting stamina isn't enough and she's forced to drop her guard, allowing Luka to score an easy win. After crying, she eventually accepts to join Luka on his adventure. When Luka gets his power, he finds his senses extremely augmented but not overwhelmed as he can feel every living things thanks to the power of the wind.

He then returns to the entrance of the forest, only to be greeted by an indifferent Alice for getting the power of the Spirit. However, he suddenly feels the wind going in a panic, and a strange monster suddenly appears. Said monster attempts to attack Alice, and the latter strikes back with an unsuccessful Omega Blaze. Luka tells her that it's his duty to take her on, and he manages to beat her thanks to the power of SylphAfter Luka defeats the Chimera Dryad, the Fairies invade San Ilia and begin playing pranks on the citizens. As he sets off for the Safina region, Luka wonders if everything will be okay with undead souls and monsters invading a religious place.

En Route to Sabasa
As they cross the continent, Luka complains about the weather getting hotter whilme they go through a thick forest. He ends up facing a tarantula girl before finally reaching the unbearably hot desert. After the fight, Luka realizes that they're lost in the seemingly endless dunes, before Alice shows a small cage filled with scorpions that she captured, frightening him. They end up camping in the desert and dining on the edible scorpions, Luka asking himself how a place so hot at day can be so cold at night. As they get up, Luka sees a falling star, and takes it as a sign used by Ilias to guide him. A now jaded Alice insults him before moving on.

While travelling through the Safina desert, Luka encounters various clothes and luggage lying around and shortly comes face-to-face with the Lamp Genie; he rubs her lamp and she pops out from it. She then prepares to grant one of Luka’s wishes while tempting him with lust.

If Luka chooses “Shake Off Temptation”, Luka quickly regains his senses, shakes his head and explains that he has no wishes, just one goal. Admiring Luka’s willpower, Lamp Genie uses Blessing of Power, giving Luka the same amount of experience for defeating her. Wishing well for his journey, she then retreats back into her lamp, and Luka takes it to prevent more victims to her cause.

If Luka chooses “Give in to Temptation”, Lamp Genie removes her pants. Just then, Luka draws his sword, realizing that it was a trick. Fighting her is optional but is required to complete the Monsterpedia.

Sabasa
Luka and Alice finally arrive in Sabasa and explore the city. They eventually make their way to the castle, and, upon being identified as skilled warriors, are asked to see the king directly. As he waits, Luka is surprised to learn that the mountain of a man close to him is actually the Sabasa King. He tells them that Sara has (in his view) been kidnapped. Luka agrees to rescue the princess. Afterwards, they head to an inn where Alice confronts Luka about his beliefs. Luka tells her about his past, namely how he was ostracized by his neighbors in harsh times and his father had abandoned him for the sake of his own crusade. These make for the reasons he chose to become a hero, as he wants to show that people can live together. Alice encourages him, then proceeds to rape him with her breasts.

They go to the Pyramid and encounter a female knight who introduces herself as Sara. Luka agrees to venture into the pyramid with her while Alice decides to wait outside. In the Pyramid, the two fight against several monsters, though Sara proves to be much weaker than Luka. Along the way, Sara reveals her backstory and her reasons for taking the Dragon Seal Trial. When she reveals that she was saved by Granberia and instantly fell in love with her, Luka thinks that the story is incredibly cliché. They meet Sphinx, who starts with the usual riddle before asking them why she asks riddles. Luka deduces that it has to do with understanding human transcience, which is correct, and when she asks why they're undertaking the trial, Sara answers that she's doing it for someone she loves. When Sphinx falls silent, Sara wonders aloud if it was the good answer, but Sphinx reveals the whole truth of the trial: people have to understand that monsters live longer than humans, meaning that their lover will live on just like she continued to live on after the death of her husband, the first king of Sabasa. Luka and Sara sympathize, and understand it. After successfully answering her questions nonetheless, they have dragon markings to be engraved on their hands as proof of completion. Luka then asks about the missing princess, leading Sara to reveal that she is in fact the princess. Sphinx also decides to give Luka the Yellow Orb as she doesn't quite know to do with it. With the trial over, Luka and Sara leave the Pyramid.

Back in Sabasa, the king thanks Luka for his actions and puts on a feast. During the festivities, the king brings Luka to the princess’s room, only to purposely break the door handle and lock them in. Sara then rewards Luka with a blowjob.

The next morning, the two part ways. Luka and Alice leave Sabasa.

Witch Hunt Village
Before they arrive, Luka has a dream remember his mother dying of a plague while the other villagers pushed them back. When he explains to a worried Alice, she sympathizes with him, and say that he shouldn't play down a traumatic event like that.

Soon after Luka and Alice arrive, a female villager tries to warn them not to enter the village, but is interrupted by the arrival of two guards. The guards accuse Alice of being a witch and subject her to a test: drawing a knife across her hand that, supposedly, will not cut her if she is a witch, although Luka already has an idea of what's going on. Alice uses her unique biology to create a cut on her hand, frightening the guards as they think that she's actually a witch. Luka then checks the knife and confirms that it's a trick, as it uses a retractable, dull blade. They speak to the villagers to gather more information, then Luka head to the mansion alone, worried. He uses Sylph's power to blow off the guards' helmets, frightening them as they think he's a witch as well.

Luka enters the mansion and encounters Lily herself. She explains the truth behind the witch hunts and her intention to make him another subject, then escapes through a nearby door. Luka chases after her. He encounters Lily's victims: female villagers transformed into tentacle monsters (including Suck Vore, Worm Villager and Iron Maiden, and the male villagers being used as semen sources. He is forced to fight the former, and is aghast at the idea that someone could torture her fellows like that. Eventually, he catches up to Lily and pushes her to the brink. When she tries to appeal to the hero's sympathy and say that it's nothing compared to the hell they put her through, Luka says that this excuse nothing and seal her.

The captured villagers are freed and Lily herself is placed in prison. However, many of the villagers are dead. Furthermore, the female villagers still have their tentacle arms, though they are able to hide them from the others. Luka and Alice leave, but not before briefly seeing that mysterious scientist once again. Luka starts to ask himself questions, and even Alice is slightly concerned by his reaction.

Safar Ruins
As they approach the Ruins, Alice warns Luka that Gnome is shy but also curious, which means finding her in the large ruins will take time. Luka soon catches a glimpse of a mud doll, and chase after the strange contraption. However, he falls in an Antlion Girl trap, and barely manage to escape her by beating her. He then sees another doll, and this time his chase is interrupted by a quake created by a huge Sandworm Girl. He manages to beat down the oblivious monster as well, and eventually finds the Spirit of Earth. The latter challenges him, and when she's starting to lose, she summons a large sand tsunami that Luka barely evades. However, her own attack knocks her out, and Luka ends up being the one who pull her out of the sand. She then lends him her power, and Luka feels every little creature in the soil and the quaking of his own walk.

When he returns to Alice, she congratulates him to his surprise. They decide afterward to move on to Grand Noah, as Luka has to get the spirit living there, and also because the hero wants to see the proof of people and monsters coexisting together.

Chapter 2
On their way to Grand Noah, Luka panics a bit when they encounter a nun while Alice is showing up in her full form. Unphased, Alice asks the nun to show her real self, and the latter answer in kind by showing her identity as Sister Lamia. The unusual monster says that she takes on this form for traveling, but that she didn't need it the Noah Region. Luka is surprised to see that a monster follow Ilias, but the nun answers that it's natural to want to follow a benevolent goddess. After she leaves, Alice regards the notion of monsters worshipping Ilias as ridiculous, but she feels a bit relieved at the idea that she'll be able to freely roam around with her real form. This doesn't stop monsters from attacking Luka though, as he learns how to better handle the spirits while dealing with an Alraune, a Centaur, and a group of Frog Girls.

Grand Noah
Luka and Alice visit the city and learn about how humans and monsters coexist here. Alice is interested in a tail ribbon in the tool shop, acting unusually meek, so Luka buys it for her. He feels surprised by how happy she acts, and how expensive the accessory is. After visiting the town, they go to the inn and Alice uses her hair and flowers to rape him.

The next morning, they watch an event in the Colosseum while Alice enjoys the local food, during which they attract the interest of a noble woman. Said woman leads them to the castle and reveals herself as the Grand Noah Queen. She then convinces Luka to participate in the upcoming Queen’s Cup, for the sake of restoring the Colosseum's honor as it has become a rape show. Luka agrees.

As they leave the castle, they run into Amira once more, and they learn about the troubles in Yamatai Village and Plansect Village. Luka wonders if he will either get familiar with her unusual appearance.

Luka fights various monsters including the Dullahan and Cerberus, and when the queen announces that all the other men lost, he promises to win the cup and beat Kyuba, the current champion. However, as he waits, Alice tells him that he doesn't stand a chance, and is only "as strong as one of her tooth". If Luka agrees, he becomes afraid of monsters and give up his quest. If he accepts, he encounters Alma Elma in the finals. She teaches him how to better use the wind and then surrenders after teasing him, causing Luka to win the Queen's Cup. The Grand Noah Queen rewards him with the Green Orb for his help and is elated, although Luka feels frustrated by the result. Even Alice reassures him, saying that while she could have beaten him, he still made a lot of progress and showed a lot of courage.

Yamatai
The way to Yamatai Village involves trekking over mountains. While an old man they meet say the path is quite easy, Luka ends up disagreeing. The route ends up as a fairly risky affair with Alice happily rocketing off in the snow for the fun, leaving Luka waiting. As night falls and the temperature drops, Luka finds himself at risk, not only due to the freezing cold, but also due to the advances of a Yuki-onna. After defeating the Yuki-onna, Luka falls unconscious due to the cold, but is rescued by Alice who carries him to the other side of the mountain leading to their final approach to Yamatai Village. They're slowed by an hungry Nekomata that will attack Luka for his food, unless he offers him a grilled starfish bought in Port Natalia. In that case, she offers him a magic bell as a souvenir.

As they approach, he wonders if Alice should transform back in human form, but the latter point out that a nekomata is wandering around. To his surprise, a villager gives an offering to the nekomata and call her mighty cat. The man then explains that they worship monsters, but not in the sense that they worship Ilias. Instead, they treat monsters with offering, as they're spirits to be appeased. While Luka is slightly surprised by this turn of events, Alice openly appreciates the idea of being worshipped. The duo then proceeds to visit the town, and, to his surprise, Luka sees Tamamo No Mae in the Fox Shrine. He readies up as he asks her if she came to attack the village, but the villager says attacking Mighty Fox would bring bad luck while Tamamo says that this village is basically her home. After Alice pulls her tail, Tamamo chides her, making the Monster Lord leave in a huff. Luka asks Tamamo what was that, and learns that she had a role in educating Alice even if she remains evasive on the matter. Afterward, she asks to see his keepsake ring, and while Luka keeps it, she notices an abnormality: The item itself isn't magic, but is rather made to stop it. Eventually, the chief comes to ask for the hero and his companion's help. Tamamo comes to to Luka's surprise.

They hear from the chief about the powerful lamia Yamata no Orochi, who demands a man be sacrificed to her each year. Luka is horrified, although the chief tells them that they always come back alive but sucked dry. As the victim chosen is the worst worker, this leads to a problem, as young people have become incredibly lazy. Luka then accepts to fake being the sacrifice to take on her, even as he hears that it will be a dangerous foe. Alice and Tamamo pitch in along with the fake hero to help get rid of the issue.

They head out at night. Four of the male villagers attempt to stop Luka but are easily dealt with. Alice appears and informs Luka that Tamamo left him the Tamamo Ball, and that, like before, she will not assist him, leaving immediately afterwards. The chief then ferries Luka to the hideout of Yamata no Orochi. When Luka draws his sword, she decides to "play" with the sacrifice first. Luka barely holds out, only for the Tamamo Ball to transform into Tamamo, who helps him use Gnome's power more effectively while completely ignoring Yamata No Orochi's attacks, shocking the two fighters. Tamamo then takes Angel Halo to seal Yamata no Orochi once and for all.

The very next day, they come back to their village and Tamamo gives her farewells before asking Luka to take care of Alice. After she disappeared in a flip, Luka asks if she's actually bad, and Alice answers that if he's talking about relationships with humans, then she's only a little bad.

Plansect Village
When they approach Plansect Village, Luka encounters two plants, Alra Arum and Alra Rooty, who are being cornered by a trio of insects. He saves the plants by defeating the insects. The two plants then take him to meet their leader Alra Priestess. After they give him a history of the war from their perspective, Luka agrees to help overthrow the Queen Bee despite Alice’s repeated warnings not to get involved.

He then sneaks around and manage to deal with a Silkworm Girl and a Hornet Girl before reaching the queen herself, but after Luka finally finishes the deed, the plants gleefully keep fighting, despite the insects' surrender. Alra Arum and Alra Rooty arrive and suck a Hornet Girl dry. When they refuse to stop, Luka turns his sword against them and seals them both. He then fights another group of plants before going on a rampage and singlehandedly fight and seal the plant army until reaching Alra Priestess. The latter expresses her disappointment in Luka's betrayal, but the latter remarks that he agreed to help them stop the fight, not to exterminate insects. After sealing her, he deals with the mercenary Canaan Sisters who were responsible for the worst acts of cruelty. Once done, he ends in a slump, and Alice comforts him by saying he at least attempted to make things right. To their surprise, a large number of plants and insects show up and thank them for ending the war, as they just wanted some tranquility. Luka has difficulty accepting the praise and that his decision ultimately led to good results. The group then decides to move on.

If they return to Plansect Village right afterward, they find out that both groups made peace, and Alra Priestess thanks him for his help. She even turns the acorn gifted by fairies and the nekomata's bell in the jewel of friendship, a tool that allows him to communicate with them.

Undine's Spring
Luka and Alice arrive at the spring so that the former can make a contract with Undine. From within the spring, Erubetie calls out to discourage Luka from entering. He enters regardless.

Through the cave, Luka fights a group of slimes, starting with Jelly Girl, then Blob Girl, then the Green Slime, the Blue Slime, the Red Slime, and the Purple Slime, only to be met by Erubetie after he is found “invading their home”. Erubetie proceeds to attack Luka and almost kill him, only for Undine to come to his rescue. Erubetie decides to leave and let Undine deal with the human. Undine tests Luka by requesting that he use Sylph and Gnome at the same time. When Luka eventually succeeds, she grants him her power.

As he comes out, he asks Alice questions about Erubetie, and learns that the slime got cornered by human pollution, explaining her hatred of humans. She then fused with a large number of slimes to gain more power, making her even more unstable. However, Luka still hopes that he'll be able to help her coexist with humans one day.

Grangold
As they progress, Alice gets less enthusiastic at the idea that a wasteland would have less delicacy for her great gourmet tour.

When Luka arrives at Grangold, he is confronted by Golem Girl and, mistakenly thinking she's attacking the city, defeats her. The soldiers arrest him to his surprise.

Luka is released after a carrier pigeon from Ilias Village confirms his birth and parentage. Reuniting with Alice, the two of them explore the city and see how the humans here use the Ant Girls and various types of artificial monsters as slaves. Even the Grangold King is no exception, letting the Ant Girls handle government affairs and being more interested in hearing about Luka's adventures. Disappointed with the truth, Luka spends the night in the inn, refusing service from an Automata Girl but is "rewarded" with a blowjob from Alice.

The next morning, Amira shows up once again and gives Luka the rundown of the troubles in the region once more, informing him of the upcoming purple sabbath and the disappearance in Lady's Village. Alice insults Luka when he expresses his interest in the former. Before Amira leaves, Alice asks the lamia informant to look into the Six Orbs and the Garuda Girl to Luka's surprise. Suddenly, the Ant Girls and the artificial monsters suddenly start attacking the citizens after a mysterious explosion. Still disappointed with the actions of the people in town, Luka has the option of leaving Grangold, letting the citizens reap what they sow, but he can return later to help.

If he decides to help, Luka defeats a Mud Golem Girl and then an Automata Girl, but then realizes that fighting the rampaging monsters at random will be meaningless, and decides to go straight for the castle, where Queen Ant was supposed to be sealed. He fights a trio of Ant Girls here to rescue the humans they've taken captive.

Alice appears and, wondering how the humans sealed Queen Ant, leads him to some hidden steps downward, where a magic engineer is trying to fix the machines. Alice hypnotizes her and forces her to reveal the truth: the technology of Grangold was given to them by an unknown scientist, who wanted to test sealing powerful monsters so she could eventually seal the Monster Lord. Alice leaves.

Queen Ant soon appears, and refuses to stand down. Luka defeats her but before he can deal the sealing blow, Alice returns with the Grangold King. The Queen Ant recognizes the Monster Lord, but Alice quickly dismisses it as it is not important. The Grangold King apologizes and, with help from Luka and Alice, convinces the Queen Ant to stop fighting. As a result, Grangold truly becomes a city where humans and monsters coexist, and Luka and Alice move on.

Succubus Village
Luka and Alice arrive at Succubus Village. There, they meet a prostitute, two farmer sisters, a bunch of men here to get raped, an odd soothsayer, and the suspicious village chief. They head to the inn to wait overnight. Alice tells Luka the truth behind the Purple Sabbath, namely that monsters don't sweep from the sky. Luka wonders if Alma Elma might show up, but Alice doubts it. With her usual lack of concern, the Monster Lord leaves and Luka drifts off into sleep.

Luka wakes up after the Purple Sabbath has started. He rushes around the village, encountering several succubi who try to rape him. He defeats the prostitute Maccubus, the younger farmer girl Mincubus and the older farmer girl Lencubus. He arrives at the village chief's house and can either ask her about the current situation or directly confront her about her true identity.

If he asks her, she recognizes his lack of intelligence. If he confronts her, she reveals her true form. Either way, the succubus chief and the soothsayer reveal themselves to be senior succubi: Succubus and Succubus Witch. They also reveal that this Purple Sabbath is a special occasion, as they plan on reviving Lilith & Lilim, ancient succubus sisters from 500 years ago. The soothsayer exits while the succubus chief tries to extract Luka's semen for the ritual. Luka defeats the chief, then Succubus Witch, but the latter uses the remainder of her energy to revive Lilith & Lilim. They recognize the Angel Halo, the very thing that sealed them, and also realize that Luka is related to Heinrich.

After resealing Lilith & Lilim, Luka tries to assist the fallen men. Alice reappears and uses her magic to revitalize them, also unintentionally unsealing the succubi. The lustful demons state they don't want to fight anymore; they're obviously no match for Luka. Their real plan was to create a haven for their own race (since human women dislike them out of envy and competition). Fortunately, the drained human men are touched by their story and agree to coexist as succubi and human livestock.

Lady's Village
Luka visits the village and is told by the inhabitants (including its leader Cassandra) that there is nothing wrong. However, Alice points out to him that there is, however, something suspect. She asks him if he had spotted something unusual. Luka either replies that it is filled with ladies (which is not the answer), that it will be his (to which Alice calls him insane), or the fact that there are no men.

Luka re-enters the village and the ladies drop their human disguises, revealing themselves to be monsters. He fights Madame Insect and then Madame Umbrella. Luka realizes the true nature of the village and heads to Cassandra's mansion. He defeats Scylla Maid and Cassandra's daughter Emily, after which Cassandra herself shows up. Cassandra shockingly consumes her own daughter, stating the world revolves around survival of the fittest and that she had no use for a "weak" and "stupid" daughter, and attacks. Luka barely manages to hold on until Alice intervenes. Cassandra reveals that both Alice and her late mother wish for coexistence between humans and monsters. Alice kills Cassandra by using her hypnosis to make Cassandra's body digest itself. Luka and Alice leave the mansion to find that the other villagers, having lost their leader, have abandoned the town. Luka tries to ask Alice for more information about his mother's dream, but the latter only give the smallest of answers, not wanting to dredge up bad memories.

If Luka decides to return, he and Alice will discuss the issue of human-eating monsters, and whether it is possible for them or not to coexist with humanity.

Gold Volcano
As they move toward Gold Volcano, they decide to take a break before entering the place. Alice remarks that Luka made no progress with mastering Undine's skill to reach a serene mind. She decides to train him by forcing him to keep his eyes close while she slaps him to attempt awakening his instinct. The only thing gained are a few handprints on Luka's face, and the duo decides to give it a rest.

The next morning, Luka finally assaults the Gold Volcano. He feels worried when he notices Undine doesn't appear to be with him, but Sylph reassure him that she's just temporarily evaporated as the place is uncomfortably hot for the water spirit. He then faces a basilisk, a lava girl, and lasts a dragon girl. As the last of them shows up, Luka's gets scared by the perspective of fighting a legendary monster. The fight doesn't start well, as his attacks are unable to pierce through his hide. However, Luka somehow manages to reach a serene mind during the fight, becoming able to deal powerful strikes while avoiding her attacks. He even parries her fire breath, and when he gets called on that, he drops his mind in surprise. The dragon lunges at him, and, in a panic, Luka manages to seal her at the last second. Alice shows up and says the last attack nearly took half her lifespan, which Luka doesn't understand.

Luka eventually reaches Salamander, and learns to his surprise that the Fire Spirit that she's the teacher of Granberia as well. Salamander remarks that the student has long overtaken the master, and Luka understands that if he wants to beat the Heavenly Knight, he'll have to beat Salamander first. The fight turns in a sparring session as Salamander teaches Luka how to better use the power of serene mind. As he's successful, she entrusts him with her power.

However, troubles for Luka don't end up as Granberia arrives to attack him. Alice chides Granberia for attacking Luka out of the blue again, but the dragonkin answers that he's different from the other heroes. Alice then let the fight proceeds, and when Granberia prepares to unleash her vaporizing rebellion sword, Luka is forced to counter with Death Sword Chaos Star, but the counter is insufficient and he does end up losing. Granberia wonders if he should dispose of him before he becomes a threat to monsterkin, but Alice calls out to her blood knight nature, telling her that he will finally become the opponent she always wanted to face. To everyone's relief Granberia agrees and Luka gets escorted away.

Gold Port
As he's unconscious, Luka has a flashback of the time Alice's mother sacrificed herself before Alice attacked the adventurers that had just killed, right after the latter goup realized that the Monster Lord had gotten herself killed in an attempt to sooth humanity. He then wakes up in Gold Port's inn under Alice's gaze, and the lamia informs him that he's been passed out for a day at most, and that he should rest more after Granberia's assault. She tries to keep him down when he answers that he feels perfectly fine. To her surprise, he easily gets up from the bed. Thinking that this has to do with his quick mastery of water, she teaches him Serene Demon Sword. When he practices the skill, Luka nearly hits Alice and creates a large gash in the room. Dumbfounded, he leaves the room and pays the innkeeper extra.

They discuss what to do next and how Luka could reach Hellgondo, then Amira appears again. The lamia reveals the location of the Six Orbs, and should Luka have gathered the red, yellow and green one, she will award him with the jewel of victory. As Amira leaves, Luka thanks Alice for thinking ahead, which the lamia plays down. As he visits the city, he tries to ask Alice about the dream he had, and she remains silent on the matter. When he notices an old church that makes for the headquarters of Ilias Kreuz, he becomes agressive and when Alice tries to ask him for more, he decides to move on to her shock.

Luka can exchange the lamp he received from the Lamp Genie to the Tool Shop Owner to obtain the Lottery Ticket which will then grant the jewel of fortune, a required item for the Hero’s Proof. Should Luka manage to get all the three jewels, he can see the three sages who will give him said proof. However, when he reveals that he's not baptized, they take it that their decision is incorrect and gives back the jewels for his silence. A sulking Luka leaves the grotto, as he starts to ask himself if the faith in Ilias isn't more phony than he thought.

He gets noticed by a guard of Sabasa who asks for his help, as the princess Sara got kidnapped for real. While Alice remarks that it makes for quite the detour, Luka decides that they should still take a look in it.

Gathering the Orbs
To retrieve the Blue Orb, Luka returns to Port Natalia. He speaks to Meia to borrow the Ball of Guidance again or (if her request was not previously done) purchases it from the mermaid merchant. He encounters the Crab Girl again, the latter saying that she will have her vengeance after having mastered new skills. However, just like the first time, Luka defeats her, attempts to lecture her, and gets pinched before she runs away.

He visits Kraken, who mistakenly thinks that she'd previously wedded him and Alice, much to the latter's chagrin. After apologizing, Kraken willingly gives them the orb and wishes them well on their journey. If Luka did not take Meia’s request and thus had never met Kraken, she refuses to hand over the orb. Alice appears and declares that it was an order from her. After thinking over it, Kraken agrees and says she expects much from the human the Monster Lord believes in. When she offers to throw him back to the surface to make up for his trouble, he hastily declines and hurriedly escapes the place.

The Silver Orb is held by Poseidoness, queen of the Northern Seas. Luka travels to the Northern Seas and encounters and defeats a Dagon who camouflaged herself as a harmless mermaid. If he fell in her trap, Alice will wonder if Luka can learn to not fall in such obvious traps. He eventually reaches the Northern Sea Temple and meets Poseidoness. The powerful monster accuses him of a thief and attacks him. After a fight, Poseidoness stops and reveals that she was actually testing him, having already been told of him by Kraken. She hands over the Silver Orb, and when Luka starts thinking that she's more reasonable than her southern counterpart, she offers to throw him back to the surface. Luka once again hurriedly declines.

Luka and Alice return to Gold Port and encounter a strange woman named Selena, who claims to be the granddaughter of the famous pirate captain Selene. Selena asks them to accompany her on a quest to revisit Selene's lost ship. He's surprised when they reach the harbor to see that Selene is the owner of a large ship. They ride Selena's ship, during which they learn that she is a pirate like her grandmother. While Luka enjoys the ride, Alice feels fidgety. On the way, Luka deals with a siren, reassuring the crew on his skills. After a little more time, they finally arrive at the Ghost Ship.

Luka fights and defeats a Starfish Girl, then heads inside the ship. Selene tells him that the Calamity Box is in the captain's cabin, reveals that it housed a monster, and tells him he must stop it before mysteriously vanishing. Luka drags Alice (who is frightened, though he doesn't know why) to the cabin and finds three powerful fly monsters, the Beelzebubs, waiting for him. Luka fights them first while Alice recovers from her fear. When he defeats the first Beelzebub, the remaining two decide to fight seriously. Alice then steps in and fights alongside Luka, and kills the other two monsters.

With the issue dealt with, Luka claims the Purple Orb and leaves the ship. Selene reveals her true identity as the ghost of Selene (the reason why Alice was frightened earlier) and thanks him, then she and her crew vanish. Luka accepts her thanks, and sees that Alice has somehow fainted while remaining straight up, dumbfounding him. The ship they came on magically sails back to Gold Port on its own, as if it were controlled by Selene's invisible power.

Fairy's Island
Luka hears from a Sabasa soldier that Sara has been kidnapped again, so he rushes to Sabasa Castle to ask the Sabasa King about this. The king informs Luka that his daughter has been genuinely kidnapped this time. The culprits are the elves and fairies of Fairy's Island, as they sent a threatening letter. The king sends Luka out there by himself (as soldiers would simply get in the way and Alice once again refuses to take part).

Shortly after arriving, Luka fights off an attacking Trick Fairy. He then meets the Queen Fairy and Queen Elf, who have indeed taken Sara hostage. They reveal that they plan to retake Sabasa (which was once their territory) by turning its princess into a monster and then sending her to do the same to the rest of Sabasa’s nobility. Sara and Luka try to reason with them, but to no avail.

Queen Fairy then distracts Luka while Queen Elf begins the ritual. Luka seals Queen Fairy and then defeats Queen Elf. However, the ritual succeeds and Sara becomes a queen-class succubus; her monster blood, inherited from Sphinx, has awoken. As Sara is enjoying her newfound power as a succubus and giggling madly while lecherously looking at the weakened queens, Luka asks them to step back so that he will handle her.

Luka fights and defeats Sara’s succubus form. Afterwards, Queen Elf seems ready to listen, until she holds up a dagger to Sara’s neck. Suddenly, Granberia intervenes and attempts to execute the Queen Elf for possible rebellion against the Monster Lord, but is stopped by Sara, saying that the Monster Lord would disapprove of her subordinates killing each other. Queen Elf assures her allegiance to the Monster Lord and Granberia replies that she is working to alleviate their problems. Sara and Luka also agree to find a conclusion for the elves and fairies to coexist with humanity, and Queen Elf finally looks forward to it. Before she departs, she reports to Granberia about Black Alice, a character believed to be leading a rebellion against the Monster Lord. After Luka and Granberia exchange words about how far they’ve come, Granberia attempts to teleport, only for Sara to accidentally bump into her and be taken away.

Luka returns to Sabasa and can either lie or tell the truth to the king. If he chooses to lie, he states that Granberia showed up and kidnapped Sara. If he chooses to be honest, he states that Sara jumped on Granberia and was accidentally warped. Regardless of how Luka answers, the Sabasa King knows that Granberia won’t bring any harm to his daughter. He has also been aware of Sara’s true feelings for Granberia all this time and does not mind the next generation of Sabasa not being ruled by her. Luka vows to return Sara in one piece, but the King requests to let her do as she pleases.

The Garuda Girl
After having finally gathered the orbs, Luka and Alice move on to the Holy Wings Shrine where the egg of the divine bird should be located to be revived. When they reach the altar, Alice starts panicking. Luka asks her what's the issue, and she answers that the egg should be there. As they look around, they find a man named Lupton who's a member of Ilias Kreuz. The man presents himself as a monster killer, but when he gets grabbed by an angry Luka, his bravado completely falls apart and he reveals that the egg had been brought in to their headquarters in hope of finding a way to break it. Completely furious, Luka rush back to Gold Port, followed by Alice who's worried by his behavior. When they approach, Luka presents himself as the son of Marcellus, and they instantly let him pass in awe. When he arrives downstairs to see Lazarus with the egg, the latter greet him like one would greet a friendly colleague. Luka shows no patience for him, and Lazarus retorts that he's just like his father, always rushing in without thinking things thoroughly and getting in trouble before asking if he comes here to get his revenge, confusing the hero.

Lazarus then explains the truth to Luka: he's the one who killed his father. Lazarus explains that they were part of the team of heroes that killed the Monster Lord, but the woman they both loved got killed by the berserk Alice. They formed Ilias Kreuz to avenge those that got killed, but Marcellus softened after a while and Lazarus killed him in anger.As Luka is still reeling from the information, Lararus says that a strong hero can't understand the plight of common people. Alice then shows up, and after recognizing her, Lazarus insult her for killing his companions before taunting her as he killed her mother. An enraged Luka pulls out his iron sword with the intent to kill Lazarus, who declares his intent to die as a martyr. However, Alice stops the conflict before anyone can make a mistake, and she uses her demon eyes to petrify Lazarus, denying him martyrdom. When the guards show up, they recoil in terror at the sight of their petrified leader and flee. Alice decides to bring Luka to a mountain close-by so that the hero can cool his head.

Alice reassures Luka, saying he is a true hero for standing up for the weak and persecuted. After cheering Luka up, Alice finally breaks down and tells him the events that happened before and after her mother's death. She feels she needs to atone for destroying her mother's wish, but Luka tells her that instead of atonement, she’s inheriting her mother’s will just like he is with his father.

After resolving their problems and determination renewed, Alice decides to give Luka an “experience” of the “pleasure of women”, and rapes him via vaginal intercourse in her human form, a loophole to Ilias’s commandment of not having sex with monsters. At the end, Alice reveals that she had just given Luka her virginity and was prohibited from having contact with humans at a young age. Luka is completely dumbfounded by the idea that the Monster Lord could be a virgin.

They return to the basement of Ilias Kreuz headquarters to carry out the ritual to revive the divine bird. However, Alice notices an issue as two monsters are needed for the ritual. Fortunately, Amira happens to be passing by and is willing to give a hand. They carry through the ritual successfully, and Luka thanks a weakened Amira for the help she always brought during their adventures. When the huge bird appears, she instantly takes a liking to Luka, and the hero wonders how they should name her. Eventually, Alice settles on the name "Galda", and while Luka thinks the name isn't very original, he agrees as she seems to like it.

A bit later, the duo take off on the back of the bird, Luka uncomfortable with his first flight experience. To his surprise, they get attacked by a wyvern guarding Hellgondo. Luka manages to push her back thanks to Salamander's power, and they eventually reach the last continent.

Hellgondo
As soon as they arrive, Alice appreciates the familiar air while it feels unbearably heavy for Luka. He wonders if she likes it because of nostalgia, or if it's him who's not used. In any case, he also stays on his guards as he knows monsters from now on are going to be extremely tough.

Remina
Alice is curious about the events of the Slaughter of Remina, and has Luka travel there with her. At the barren city, they find remains of both humans and monsters.

Suddenly, a Chimera Beast shows up and attacks them, followed by a second and then hundreds more. Alice and Luka fight against the beasts, becoming separated in the process. Wondering what is going on, Luka heads deeper into the ruined city while searching for Alice, passing by many chimera corpses slain by her. He spots Promestein, who quickly disappears. He wonders if she is a survivor of the Slaughter of Remina, then realizes that she may have been involved with the destruction.

A Chimera Dryad Vore attacks, and Luka manages to seal it after a long fight. He discovers a feather and reunites with a bloodied Alice. Alice identifies the feather as that of an angel, and reassures him that none of the blood is hers. She tells him it is time to leave, as staying around won’t give them answers to their questions.

Sealed Sinner's Prison
Luka feels that something in the prison is calling out to him. He and Alice head there, being attacked by a Vampire and a Behemoth along the way.

Upon entering the prison, Sylph is unexpectedly in a good mood as the place smells like her former master. They then notice the inscription on the monument: Heinrich Hein. This leaves them to wonder what truly happened to him, as according to legend, Ilias brought him to heaven. Their only conclusion was that he rebelled against her. Luka is in complete disbelief, but Alice tells him that standing around won’t bring any answers. As they leave, the Angel Halo suddenly shines with light then fades, seemingly reacting to some form of presence in the prison.

Monster Lord's Castle
After Alice teaches Luka Quadruple Giga as the two approach the Castle. When he asks what horrible origin this skill has, she smiles and answers him that this was the skill used by Heinrich to finish Black Alice. They part ways, with Alice admonishing Luka to fulfill a hero’s duty, however painful it may be.

Luka encounters and defeats an Elder Succubus, then Tamamo's aide Yao. A little later, he senses a horrible presence approaching; he steels himself, only to encounter a weak Imp. He defeats her and moves on to discover the true source of the horrible presence: Giganto Weapon, a biological weapon from the war between monsters and angels a thousand years earlier. Luka damages Giganto Weapon to the point that it uses its auto-repair ability; Salamander chimes in and teaches Luka to use Vaporizing Rebellion Sword, allowing him to finish off the bioweapon. Luka then thinks about the similarity between this and the Chimera he’s already fought; why are they so similar?

Finally, he approaches the Four Heavenly Knights. They all greet him with varying levels of friendliness, and when he asks them to step down for the final time, they refuse, and Luka must convince them with his strength. He defeats Alma Elma, Tamamo, Erubetie, and Granberia while reaching an even greater mastery with the Four Spirits. They all give their pledge to coexistence (grudgingly in Erubetie’s case), finally completing Luka’s goal once and for all.

However, Alice’s voice rings out, congratulating the hero on his progress and inviting him to face her. Dumbfounded, Luka runs in to confront her in the next room, ignoring Tamamo’s warning. Alice greets him as the 16th Monster Lord as if they’ve never met. Luka thinks it’s a joke until Alice reminds him that it is his duty to slay the Monster Lord. He realizes that she’s trying to sacrifice herself for peace, just as her mother did. Alice orders him to take up his sword and attacks. After being reduced to a sliver of health, she asks him to finish the job.

If Luka kills her, Goddess Ilias appears to congratulate the Hero She tells him to claim the treasure chest within the room, as it is his right. Inside, he finds the ribbon he gave to Alice, and Ilias then takes him up to heaven to rape him for all eternity.

If Luka spares her, he explains that killing the Monster Lord would be against his ideals as he wants to save lives, not take them. He says that if she died, an age of peace will not come; rather, humanity will oppress the monsters in a frightening turn of events. Luka likens this to their experience in Plansect Village. Alice, however, wants to make sure her mother didn’t die in vain (“But if I don’t fall here… my…my mother would truly have died for nothing…”), to which Luka replies that her mother’s method of achieving peace was wrong—a tiny, infant Alice easily shattered the fragile illusion of peace that her mother had created. Luka then promises that they’ll travel the world together again when everlasting peace is at last achieved.

However, Ilias descends, disappointed. Luka tries to reason with her, eventually turning against her as she is the one who is preventing coexistence and mocking her when she fails to smite him. Avoiding divine punishment, she announces that the castle will be a “Second Remina”, and disappears.

Erubetie comes in and alerts them that angels and chimeras have begun to lay siege to the castle; the two run out and confront them. The angel Promestein appears, revealing herself to be the mastermind behind the chimeras’ creation and the leader of this attack. Moreover, the Next Dolls—artificial monsters designed to counter the Four Heavenly Knights—appear and demonstrate their power by defeating two of the Knights. Luka tries to attack Promestein, but she avoids it with Zylphe and reveals that she's studied and mass produced artificial spirits. Alice tells him that he isn’t alone in this fight, and together they charge into the fray.

Chapter 3
Back in the Monster Lord's Castle, as he's the only one able to fight angels, Luka focuses on taking down Cupid and then Valkyrie. Afterward, he's shocked to see Archangel Ariel descend, but remains resolved and beat her down as well, even after being surprised to learn that she can hide her bloodlust and remain invisible to a serene mind. He then challenges Promestein, but the latter reveals that her plan is finally initiated, and Luka suddenly feels empty. He realizes that he no longer has access to his spirits while Alice gets sealed by the Six Ancestor's Great Seal, and Promestein asks him to surrender. If he accepts, he's used as a guinea pig for Promestein's machines. However, if he refuses, Tamamo save the day by barging in with Giganto weapon before scaring the Chimera Beasts with her aura. As she says that they teleported to Remina, Luka ignores her advice for caution and give chase.

Return to Remina
Luka chases after Promestein and suspects she retreated to Remina. There, he meets a strange girl who reveals to him a hidden passage before mysteriously vanishing. The passage leads to a hidden laboratory filled with advanced technology and bizarre chimeras. Most of the chimeras are too afraid to attack him, with the exception of Experimental Organism S-2 and Experimental Organism A-3. He also discovers traces of destruction across the lab, but finds it odd that they only come up to his waist.

Deeper in the lab, Luka encounters Promestein as well as Alice in a younger-looking body. Promestein transforms into a seaweed-like monster and attacks the two. Luka and Alice aren't doing so well in the fight until, at the brink of death, Luka somehow engages Serene Mind on his own. This allows him to evade Promestein's attacks and defeat her, much to her shock.

The defeated Promestein refuses to tell Alice how to undo the seal put on her and then attempts to inject herself with a dark, eerie drug, but is stopped by the strange girl from earlier. She tells Promestein it is too early to use the White Rabbit and teleports her away, then reveals to Luka and Alice that she is the infamous (and supposedly dead) Black Alice. Before leaving, she also tells them about Ilias's forces attacking the whole world.

Luka and Alice search the laboratory and discover silver discs containing data with some sort of code, but there are too many and deciphering them would take a lot of time. Tamamo then crashes through the roof, and reports that Ilias's forces are already attacking, with Luka's hometown of Ilias Village among the targets. Horrified, Luka and Alice immediately leave on Galda, ignoring Tamamo's warning.

Return to Ilias Continent.
To his shock, Luka finds his hometown burned to the ground by angels with several bodies gruesomely mutilated lying around. The culprit, Archangel Ranael appears and taunts the hero while showing off her monstrous organs. Luka becomes so furious his keepsake ring shatters, revealing his angelic power and lineage. After Archangel Ranael falls to Luka's assault, the hero gathers what remains of his ring and wanders a bit in despair. However, his hope rises back up when Alice notices that the number of dead doesn't quite match the number of villagers she initially saw. When she tells them that they may have been teleported to Enrika, he instantly decides to rush there.

Return to Enrika
Luka and Alice return to Enrika, now under siege by Ilias' wrathful angelic and chimera army. They help the elf defenders to repulse some of the invaders led by angel soldiers and Principality Nagael. Micaela arrives, and her aura causes the remaining invaders led by Rapunzel to retreat. Micaela reveals that she transported the majority of the villagers from Ilias Village to Enrika, and also reveals her true identity and the purpose of the village. Luka meets a wide variety of elves who serve as warriors, archers, medics and merchants and learns that the town is mostly comprised of elves. Eventually, he learns from Micaela the whole truth of the world: She explains the duo how Alipheese was an equal to Ilias and could create monsters with an ease the Goddess of Light envied, and how the latter eventually declared war before being forced to pretend to take the world hostage to force the Dark Goddess to seal herself. Luka then learns how he's the descendant of Lucifina, the second seraph created by Ilias, and Marcellus, the descendant of the legendary hero Heinrich. Luka is shocked by this reveal, before their conversation is interrupted by Tamamo. The first seraph then offers Luka an opportunity to take a short rest, which the hero accepts while Tamamo goes to train Alice. As they prepare to go on the quest to save the world from the invasion of Ilias, Alice explains that Tamamo taught her a spell that allows her to return to her real form, which elates Luka. He's disappointed when he learns that it's only for three seconds, although he knows that they can make those count.

Return to Iliasburg
Luka finds the the city of Iliasburg overwhelmed by the forces of Ilias, and arrives just in the nick of time to save a guard from a chimera beast. He then saves a few people from a chimera tentacle, including three of the Four Bandits who, while remaining weak, do enough to keep chimeras at bay which allows the hero to push to the central plaza where Mariel had already violated a large number of men. After dispatching her and forcing the last enemies into retreat, Luka sees the bandits who feel weak, and he reassures them that they still did their part and will grow stronger before he moves on.

Return to Happiness Village
When he arrives near Happiness Village, Luka defeats Chimera Medullahan whereas Queen Harpy arrives to deal with Chimera Prison, and urges Luka on to defeat Trinity. In the aftermath, Queen Harpy once again thanks Luka for his assistance and prepares for subsequent invasions. The hero feels awkward dealing with the praise he keeps receiving as well as the fact that the Queen Harpy hits on him once again with Alice present. After the small Monster Lord makes the ambiance unbearably tense, Luka wisely decides to move on to Sentora.

Return to San Ilia
The hero first stops at San Ilia, where he has to fight Chimera Bug and a familiar Sister Lamia. When he asks her what she's doing, he's shocked to hear that she's still blindly following Ilias even as the Goddess of Light is genociding both fellow monsters and cleric. After taking care of her, Luka assaults in the castle and attack a Catoblepas girl who was sucking dry the king. It looks like he's too late, but the ghosts and fairies present heal the dying king. The King, depressed, explains that the followers of Ilias, now martyrs, accept Ilias' grace of death, and the king himself has lost his way. Luka manages to convince him to give up his faith in Ilias while keeping on the good, and the two proceed to the temple to deal with the martyrs. Power Muzukiel arrives to grant their wishes, but Luka stops and seals her, and the King convinces the priests to also give up their faith in Ilias. The king then thanks Luka and Alice and wishes them well before they leave.

Return to Port Natalia
Luka returns to Port Natalia to find that it's being attacked by mermaids led by Laura, the Queen Mermaid, and her daughter El. He fights Mermaid who reveals that the Queen Mermaid is indeed the Laura of legends, the one who lost her husbands to humans who wanted her dead for being a monster to his shock. He then faces Mermaid General, El and finally Laura herself. After defeating the last of these, a nearby warehouse collapses and fatally injures a young boy. The injury could be healed using mermaid's blood. Laura herself refuses to help, but she decides to let her daughter choose whether or not to help, and El chooses to give the boy her blood. Laura retreats, along with her forces. Luka then wonders if there's a chance she'll forgive humanity, and Alice remarks that while it's still unlikely, she acknowledged herself that the decision itself was to be left to the next generation.

Return to Haunted Manor
When he passes by, Luka feels a feeling of death pour from the manor as a group of refugees got sucked dry by Experimental Organism XX-7, which itself got destroyed by Chrome. He decides to investigate against Alice's opinion. He fights off Shadow Girl and Paintgeist and then encounters Chrome in the basement torturing Alice with ghosts. After defeating her, Chrome explains that she was researching ghosts and had killed Experimental Organism X-7, and reveals to have received equipment from Promestein despite not actually meeting in person. She explains her motives are to revive the honor of her family, and she is not on Ilias' side. La Croix, Chrome's sister, then shows up and taunts all three of them, revealing her Cirque du Croix; seven extremely powerful monsters, including Alice XV (Fifteenth), leaving her daughter shocked, horrified, and angry. While Luka himself is disgusted, he holds Alice back as they're not in an advantageous situation in the slightest. As they cool down, Alice is thankful for his assistance, and they both swear to each other that they'll take down La Croix's grim gallery.

Return to the Forest of Spirits
Finally, going to retrieve Sylph, they move on to the Forest of Spirits, where they sense powerful angel resistance. They defeat Power Berryelle and Virtue Revel, but they do not find Sylph: instead, there is Gnome; Alice theorizes that if they did return to their original habitats, they would easily regain power, so they were sent to the original habitats with conflicting power. In order for Gnome to recover, Luka is forced to have vaginal sex with her while an annoyed Alice says that she'll take down trees in the meantime. When they leave, Luka remarks that the forest is slightly smaller than it was before. Eventually, the party returns on the road to rescue Sabasa.

Return to Sabasa
As he makes progress, Luka sees that the Sabasa army is chased by a Chimera Chariot. He jumps down and cleaves the large monster in two. The soldiers thanks him and ask him to go save their king who's in trouble.

Luka returns to Sabasa to find that it's being attacked by vampires. He defeats the vampire leaders—Carmilla, Elizabeth and Queen Vampire—and so liberates the city. The king thanks them and notes that, while he'd like to throw a feast for them, now is not the best situation. Before he can even ask if Luka wants to marry his daughter, Luka confirms that he has to move on, not wanting to deal with those shenanigans.

Return to Witch Hunt Village
Luka returns to Witch Hunt Village to find it being attacked by artificial monsters under the command of Lucia (one of Lily's former experimental subjects). The female villagers reveal their tentacles and fight against Lucia's forces. Luka defeats Chimera Homunculus and Iron Maiden v2, then defears Lucia herself. He defeats her and tries to convince her to change her ways. Lucia is reluctant to trust humans again, telling Luka to fight for her share and then leaving. While the men are befuddled by the reveal that the women still have their tentacles, they decide they can be accomodating and let it be.

Return to Safar Ruins
As they approach Safar Ruins, Luka feels an angelic presence one more. He fights Virtue Silkiel and Dominion Endiel, the latter surprising him by openly reveling in her role as a whore. When they arrive to Sylph, Luka is dumbfounded to see her fully sized, and she reveals that it's her form when she's out of energy. Just like Gnome, they have sex to reform their contract while Alice says that she will increase the spread of the desert to pass time, which escapes neither Luka nor Sylph when they leave the region.

Return to Grand Noah
Having no doubt that Grand Noah is under attack as well, Luka rushes there to support the guards as well. He helps Duhallan and Cerberus take down a Lamiaroid, and hurriedly rushes to the colosseum when he learns that the queen has been taken hostage here. He's shocked to see that most women of Grand Noah have been taken hostage by a chimera that names herself Knightroid. The strange monster say that she's looking up to Arc-En-Ciel and will only release the women if she's beaten. Luka manages to take her down to everyone's relief. As he receives congratulations, he feels awkward when the queen tells him that he would have married him if she wasn't bound by the obligations of nobility. Luka feels awkward from the compliment as much as the barely controlled jealousy from Alice, and he wisely decides to move on quickly.

Return to Yamatai Village
Luka and Alice arrive in Yamatai Village to find the place under assault from a group made of oriental monsters. As he fights a kejourou and Akaname, he's suprised to learn that they don't care for their fellows and want to make for the sole object of worship around, ignoring the fact that Ilias would wipe them out as well. He finds out Goblin Girl and the Nekomata he dealt with in his first trip cornered by a large group of monsters. Before he can think of a plan, Gnome appears and gives her a small boost of power. The goblin girl transforms in a more mature form and starts wrecking foes left and right. Eventually, Luka finds Shirohebi, the ringleader, in the Snake Shrine and manages to beat her in spite of the boosts given by Black Alice. To his relief, her sister comes out fine, and annoucer her intent to keep her sister imprisoned.

Return to Plansect Village
Overcome by a feeling of wrongness, Luka returns to Plansect Village. There, he saw the insect girls he initially meet asking for their help. He learns that the previously missing Queen Alraune has returned and demanded the extermination of insects, surprising everyone as she was known as gentle and pacifist. Alra Priestess refused, leading to the queen and her elite guards attacking everyone. Luka first deals with a Walraune, and when a Dryad suddenly changes personality mid-fight, he indeed thinks that something is afoot, which is clearly confirmed by Alice who notices brainwashing magic in the air. Luka rushes to Queen Alraune to be horrified by the sight of her draining everyone. He tries to reason her, but Alice tells him that it's useless, and they have to beat her down.

After beating her without sealing her, Queen Alraune returns to her senses and starts undoing her damage. They wonder who the culprit behind the brainwashing would be, as only Tamamo could use a spell on that level, and she's above suspicion. Tsukuyomi reveals herself as the culprit, as Promestein used Tamamo's spell to give the chimera unmatched magical ability. Luka and Alice realize that as they're currently, they're outclassed and the chimera knows it. Queen Alraune sacrifices herself and uses Aztec Rose on it, a poison so powerful it destroys itself after a few seconds. The chimera at first boasts that the attack would barely affect her, however before she knows it she's affected by powerful spasms and barely manage to escape to everyone's surprise. As the queen dies, she appoints Alra Priestess as her successor, and both Luka and Alice recognize her wisdom and her growth. She thanks them, particularly Luka who grew as well.

Return to Undine's Spring
Luka and Alice reaches Undine's Spring in hope of finding Salamander there. Luka is surprised to see Erubetie took in human refugees given her hatred of them. She dismissively remarks that she did it for pragmatic reason, as they need humans to survive themselves. Still, Luka welcomes this change of attitude, even if the Queen Slime apparently thinks nothing of it. When Luka asks where Salamander is, she points to a refugee covered by a blanket, as Salamander feels cold. As Luka prepares to remake his pact, the air suddenly feels heavy and a weaker slime girl dissolves. Confused, Erubetie asks what's going on. Slime Bess reveals that she poisoned the slime with magic mercury to force slimes to surface and attack humans, being promised a feast by Black Alice. As Erubetie is too shocked at the betrayal from one of her subordinate, Luka takes care of the traitor.

As Erubetie is in a slump, Luka tries to comfort her. When he feels a sudden sense of danger, he throws himself to parry an attack aimed at Erubetie. Erubetie mocks the hero for the seemingly pointless intervention as she would have been able to regenerate, but Amphisbaena reveals herself and says that she wouldn't, as the chimera's blade are made of a special, vibrating material made to destroy slime cells. Erubetie tries to attack her again, but Amphisbaena destroys the combat tentacle, and the slime is shocked when she's unable to instantly regenerate it. Luka steps us and ask her to focus on evacuating everyone, as the weaker people will be unable to escape the place as they're now poisoned. She uses copies to carry through Luka's instruction, and the hero tries to focus on Amphisbaena before Throne Eggiel shows up, requiring his attention while Erubetie is forced to face Amphisbaena. Luckily, he manages to dispatch the angel before Erubetie is done for. Alone and faced with so many people, Amphisbaena decides to fall back.

When he notices that Erubetie is still at loss after the betrayal from Slime Bess and humans saved her, Luka tells her that the crisis in the spring is not her responsibility. People are defined by their ideal and not their race, and she eventually slinks away. Luka wonders if she'll ever come around, and Alice answers that she did already change a lot. She then leaves Luka and Salamander get some privacy, drinking the spring's water as she waits. Luka remakes his contract with Salamander by having sex with her, and when he leaves, he notices that the level of the spring has notably decreased.

Return to Grangold
Luka eventually arrives at Grangold and assists in fighting against the spiders who have invaded it. He first deals with Tsuchigumo, and an Arachne Lord who have killed way too many humans, being each time brought in their pocket dimensions. When spiders threaten to overwhelm him, the magi of Grangold cast a large spell to slow them down, giving the hero time to og save the queen.

He manages to reach and defeat the Spider Princess, halting her ambitious goal and causing her minions to flee. He doesn't show a shred of sympathy to the monster when he sees how much she relishes in her cruelty, and humbly accepts the Grangold King and Queen Ant's thanks.

Return to Succubus Village
Luka returns to the village to find it being attacked by a succubus named Eva, one of many monsters empowered by Black Alice. Eva has set up the Great Barrier of Babylon, a high-level barrier that elevates humans to maximum sexual excitement to extract large amounts of semen. Luka defeats Naccubus (another succubus empowered by Black Alice) and three Imps (who are unrelated), followed by Eva. Although he defeats the one responsible, the Great Barrier of Babylon remains in place; causing Alice to theorize that the barrier is self-sustaining and can only be stopped if it was to lose its power. It is only the efforts of the Unfortunate Monsters—Amira, Pyhar, Diamrem, and Garfunkel—that cause the barrier to cease function and return the town's state to normal. Luka is completely aghast as to how the problem was solved, but thanks the unfortunate monsters nonetheless. He doesn't lag behind, as it's clear that they're all as colorful as Amira, and he can't quite deal with them.

Return to Sealed Sinner's Prison
Luka and Alice go to the prison to copy data of the holy seal. Black Alice appears, intending to toy with Luka while Alice copies the data. After a brief battle, Chamaeru, Granaeru, Runael, and several Veteran Angel Soldiers appear, having been sent by Seraph Eden to deal with Luka. The angels accuse Black Alice of interfering with Ilias's plan, prompting the 8th Monster Lord to leave. Suddenly, Heinrich's soul appears and possesses Luka's body, possibly released by Alice's interference with the seal. Heinrich swiftly defeats the angels one-by-one, demonstrating his own techniques: Quad Spirit Summon, Element Spica, and Quadruple Giga. However, once all the angels are dealt with, Heinrich's soul has worn himself out and fades away. Alice reminds Luka of their objective and that she has completed it, and the duo make haste back to the Monster Lord's Castle.

Alice
Initially the relationship between Alice and Luka started out a little rough due to Alice's conditions of refusing to help Luka during their travel, but came to understood that once he learned Alice's true identity. They eventually became good traveling companions, though they butt heads over many different things: Alice is interested by Luka's dream of coexistence and wants to see how it fares against the real world, but also likes to insult Luka and call him an idiot or "fake hero" when he acts stupid and dislikes Luka taking on "pointless" sidequests; Luka on the other hand, appreciates her assistance and advice, but criticizes her gluttony and willful personality and misses no opportunity to point out when she is doing something childish and out of character, such as playing in the snow as well as accepting candy from strangers (one of them being a lolicon, when Alice was sealed into a younger body at the time). Despite Alice saying she will not help Luka, she teaches him Cursed Sword skills and informs him of the Four Spirits to help him improve in combat, directly fights alongside him when she has to pass judgment as the Monster Lord, and comforts him and gives him advice when he comes face to face with personal issues. Alice also routinely has sexual contact with Luka for his semen, though as their travels go the reasons for initiating sex also branch into jealousy and eventually love, especially when Alice strips both of their virginities.

Despite Ilias' commands to kill the Monster Lord, Luka is at reluctant to carry out such an order and gradually falls in love with Alice as well. Upon realizing that Alice taught him the Cursed Sword skills and Quadruple Giga solely to create a hero to kill her to achieve coexistence, Luka refuses, reminding Alice that self-sacrifice is not the path to coexistence.

Once Luka stops Alice from her path of self-sacrifice, along with Ilias then assaulting the Monster Lord and her subordinates, Alice's personality drastically changes. She interacts with Luka more positively than she did previously, willing to help and directly fight alongside him against their enemies while declaring the two as allies, and is gravely concerned about his deteriorating health due to overuse of his holy power. However, her jealousy is also more noticeable, as shown when she vents onto the landscape when Luka has sex with each of the Four Spirits, but despite this she has no objections, knowing how important it is for him to re-establish his contract with the spirits. During the final stages of the war, Alice becomes perhaps the most important ally to Luka, her presence giving him the encouragement to defeat Seraph Eden, Promestein, Black Alice, and Ilias, along with Alice promising to shield Luka during the final battle with her own physical body, and the two using their combined power to empower Quadruple Giga and put an end to Ilias, which is said in Amira's world-wide selling book to be a symbol of their love. One final show of Alice's deep and loving care for Luka is that she stays next to the bedridden, coma-induced hero for a full month, putting love before duties which is left to her subordinates.

At the end of the game, Luka and Alice become a wedded couple. In their vows, Luka thanks Alice for her help and making him who he is now, giving him the strength and courage to overcome his foes; Alice likewise expresses gratitude for saving her from regrets and self-sacrifice, and with him she can overcome any difficulty. Alice is eager to get impregnated by her husband immediately after the pact and relentlessly initiates sex for three straight days and nights, despite Luka's initial objects of their love going way too fast, and are expecting a twin son and daughter. With Ilias finally gone and coexistence has truly come to light, the fake hero and monster lord travel the world once again as they work together to maintain that peace for their children.

Goddess Ilias
Ilias acts as Luka’s guide throughout the game whenever he is defeated and the player asks for an evaluation, or in certain storyline events. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Ilias teaches Luka (and indirectly, the player) how to fight. Her subsequent appearances involve telling Luka in his dreams to “defeat the Monster Lord”.

While Luka’s initial faith in Ilias is somewhat strong, he does many actions against Ilias’s will (most notably his dreams of coexistence between man and monster), which accumulate and ultimately lead to the relationship between Ilias and Luka being severed at the end of Chapter 2. In addition, the fact that he can see fairies (said to be invisible to those with a strong faith in Ilias) is proof that his faith in her is actually very poor, or at least was already wavering by the time he entered the Forest of Spirits.

During the first two chapters, Luka gradually starts to break all of Ilias’s commandments (or at least the four commandments that are mentioned) by starting to neglect his prayers, letting Alice rape him several times, and eventually rebelling and pointing his sword against her once he realizes she is the true obstacle to coexistence. In spite of this, she keeps up her benevolent façade until he explicitly denies her, refuses to finish off the Monster Lord, and deems her the true obstacle of coexistence.

At the end of Chapter 2, Ilias reveals that she believed Luka could change her beliefs of humanity’s faults, being her “first failed creations”, but it’s quite clear she was wrong about him after he rebelled. However, when Luka confronts Ilias for the final battle, she reveals that everything that happened, from “guiding” him to his rebellion against her, was all part of her plan, using him as a pawn to complete her true goal of gaining Alice I's dark power. Luka then becomes extremely antagonistic and even taunts her when she fails to hit him with a thunderbolt. He then becomes resolved to take her and her goons down.

When he finally faces her, all trace of respect for the Goddess have disappeared, and he puts his threat in execution as she takes him down with the support of his friends and a powerful quadruple giga also imbued with light and darkness. However, the attack proves lethal to him as well.

Once Ilias is stopped, however, the last (and only) beneficial thing she does for Luka is curing the erosion of his body, having wanted to do something befitting of a goddess for once in her life. When he discusses with Micaela in the post-game, he does realize that her misplaced actions did come from a sense of loneliness experienced during millions of years, and ultimately feels pity for her.

Four Heavenly Knights
Luka often interacts with the Four Heavenly Knights, who all have different opinions of him.


 * Granberia: Although she praised him as a swordsman, she initially viewed him as a mere "hero" that needed to be crushed. However, when she discovered that Alice taught him Cursed Sword skills, Granberia saw potential in Luka’s and frequently sparred against him to see it grow. By the time he acquired all the Four Spirits, she saw him as a worthy opponent and greatly respected Luka after he finally managed to defeat her.
 * Tamamo: When they first met, Tamamo (perhaps jokingly) saw Luka as a potential husband, to Luka's dismay. Despite this playful demeanor, she entrusted Luka to look after Alice and also mentored him on using the earth element properly. After he defeated Tamamo, she came to greatly respect his growth and then tries to look after his well being, though he often ignores her and blindly rushes into danger. She also oversaw Luka's and Alice's marriage, testing Luka's ability to resist temptation and approved the marriage once he passed.
 * Alma Elma: She always saw him as nothing but a mere sex toy and often tried to seduce him. She was also very whimsical during their battles, such as giving herself handicaps and nonchalantly surrendering, but respected their fights and his request to go all out during their fight in the Monster Lord’s Castle.
 * Erubetie: Because of her hatred towards humans, Erubetie hated the hell out of Luka; she outright tried to kill him on their first encounter. Though Luka tried to reason with her during their fight in the Monster Lord’s Castle, Erubetie refused to listen but eventually realized that attempting to kill him if it meant killing herself was meaningless. However, Luka managed to get her to soften after explaining her wrongdoings when Slime Bess betrayed her and saving her life from Amphisbaena. By then, Erubetie becomes less hostile; she offered him jelly, invited him into her room to relax, and shows great intimacy in her final rape scene.

Four Spirits
Despite joining him on his adventure, the Four Spirits do not interact with Luka as much as Alice does. However, they all try to aid Luka and help him improve his ability when using their powers, and all of them have tested Luka's worthiness. Overall, the Four Spirits seem quite pleased with his growth and are satisfied with their journey with him. Luka also has sex with all of them once (only to restore the power that Promestein drained from them).


 * Sylph: She finds Luka's motives intriguing and somewhat helps him use her power. Luka is concerned for her welfare when the other spirits attack her. By the end of their journey, she is very satisfied on the exciting experience of their journey, being the first spirit to join him and also the first spirit to part ways with him.
 * Gnome: Due to her constant silence, Gnome's relationship with Luka is very vague. However, at the end of their journey, she feels that their adventure was fun because they've been together.
 * Undine: She despises humans, but not to the same level as Erubetie, seeing some potential in him when he recruited Sylph and Gnome. She advises him how to utilize the power of wind and earth together, and seems impressed when Luka quickly mastered water in a short amount of time. At the end of their journey, Undine is pleased with Luka changing her and Erubetie's opinions of humans.
 * Salamander: Acting as a mentor, she taught Luka the principles of water and fire, and is satisfied with his growth. However, she tries to divert Luka from following Heinrich's recklessness, and is quite unhappy when he tries to do so throughout Chapter 3 and the final fight with Ilias.

Amira
The “unfortunate lamia” who claims to be infatuated with Luka after he supposedly chases away Granberia in Iliasburg. When the two first meet, Luka is annoyed at her appearance and attempts to kill her, only to be stopped by Alice. Despite her unusual appearance or blatant lies, she provides very helpful information to Luka and Alice, and assists them by finding out where the Four Spirits and the Six Orbs were located during Chapter 1 and 2, along with averting the crisis with her “unfortunate” friends in Succubus Village in Chapter 3.

At the end of the game, Amira no longer proclaims her love for him and had created a world-wide selling book that overdramatically details his adventures and, under Tamamo's order, the marriage between him and Alice which had yet to happen. Though Luka is a bit bewildered upon acquiring the book, he doesn't mind how "silly" it is as it still brings out the message of coexistence.

Abilities
Due to his bloodline as a descendant of the legendary Heinrich and the angel Seraph Lucifina, Luka inherited their powers and abilities, having a tremendous aptitude for the Cursed Sword style (able to combat Granberia, an undisputed master of the style, on relatively even terms with comparatively little training time), and the Four Spirits from his ancestor while possessing all his mother's angelic skills and the abnormal regeneration ability said to be a Fallen Angel technique. Luka also quickly gains power far beyond that of a regular human, giving him the ability to defeat all sorts of monsters once he accumulates enough power. Luka is also a very quick learner, as it doesn't take very long for him to master the skills taught to him and eventually can perfect any skill right off the bat the moment he is informed about it, even mastering the power of water in a relatively short time when Heinrich was said to have taken a year to do so. However, his mastery of the Spirits falls short of Heinrich's, according to Heinrich himself.

As the game progresses, Luka slowly learns Cursed Sword skills, masters the Four Spirits one-by-one, and mysteriously taps into his abnormal regeneration ability. However, his angelic powers remain entirely sealed by his mother's Keepsake Ring, unless he's threatened while asleep, though this only happens twice in Chapter 1. The angelic power comes on full display when the ring shatters in Chapter 3. However, Luka is warned not to rely on his angelic powers too much as it will eventually consume and erode his human body, but he ignores the warning.

However, like all humans, Luka becomes submissive when the monster manages to make him ejaculate and proceeds to rape him: this phenomenon is referred to at some points of the game as Critical Ecstasy. In almost all the rape scenes, the monster at least once claims Luka as the “most pathetic” compared to other men she had raped.

Outside of combat, Luka also has highly refined skills in the culinary arts, which he learned in preparation for his journey. Although Luka is only seen cooking for himself and Alice, she often compliments and highly praises his culinary skills despite her initial disappointment on his first two presentations (dried meat and unsalted bread with omelette).

Trivia

 * Luka trying to become a martyr was foreshadowed when he was annoyed with Granberia’s pity, monologuing that he would rather have died instead.
 * Oddly enough, many monsters throughout the series have commented on Luka’s genes being of high quality, and how desirable his genes were. This is further proven when Alice and a few monsters, when they taste Luka’s semen, describe it to have a unique taste they could get used to. This could be a foreshadowing of his hidden lineage as an angel (and, as told in Paradox, as a royal). Also, every time that a monster tries to rape him, he reacts stating that he might be defective or sensitive. Which is probably why he has early climaxes. This might be why the monsters state him the most pathetic.
 * Said Q&A also confirms that his hybrid power is greater than this, but that the corrosion from his holy power would burn him out.
 * In all the images with Luka using an elemental attack, the Iron Sword is in place of the Angel Halo. This is likely due to the Angel Halo’s grotesque, deterring appearance, or a homage to the RPG cliché of always showing the same weapon on the character’s sprite.
 * Luka is suggested to be between 15 and 20 years old given that his mother died 10 years before, Alice states he is younger than her (21), and how he is depicted in the flashbacks. The baptism for heroes is also a coming of age ceremony. Despite actual age or appearance, Luka is of the age to be considered an adult in his society.
 * In Judeo-Christian Religion, the progeny of a fallen angel and a human are called Nephil (singular) or Nephilim (plural).
 * In Genesis, Nephilim were called "heroes".
 * According to Paradox, Luka`s birthday is on 1st of May.
 * According to the Q&A, his cooking skills come from his father, as they held an inn before he disappeared. However, this info conflicts in Paradox as Ilias then says that she recognizes Lucifina's cooking skills when she camps with Luka.
 * Throughout the game, whenever Luka fights alongside or against a human, he utterly overpowers them, even in the earlier stages of his journey.
 * However, at the beginning of his adventures, he would have roughly been on the same level as an imp.
 * According to Torotoro's Q&A, he passed the peak of ordinary humans after the Ilias Continent.