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Originally Posted by Knicknevin

I kind of wonder about Lambda's motivations myself.

Spoiler for space:

She's been helping Battler off and on since she first appeared in Episode 2. Granted, she usually only helps him when he's about to lose.

But consider this- if she hadn't picked up where Beato left off and played through Episode 5, the whole trial charade would have never taken place. Without the trial, Battler wouldn't have been thoroughly trounced by Dlanor and Knox's Decalogue. Without that defeat, he wouldn't have taken the time to think through all the things Dlanor and Virgilia taught him, and he wouldn't have solved the mystery.

Instead, he would have lounged around in the Golden Land, vainly trying to make sense of Beato's moves while Virgilia gives him the occasional pointer, and gotten noplace. The same thing would have happened if Lambda debunked Erika's theory by saying that Kinzo is dead with the red. The trial would have ended and it'd be back to business as usual for Battler.


And remember, Lambda isn't just all too happy to give Battler a retrial, she even hands him the Game Master's position, status as a Sorcerer, overrules Bern's objections, and lets him win the new trial:Battler is not the culprit in any game. She could have trashed his crazy theory and given the win back to Erika, who would have had a mangled but still workable theory. Hell, when Dlanor was denying any red or blue regarding Kinzo, Lambda even hinted there was another option.

Is Lambda helping Battler, hindering him, or trying to make the game reach a perpetual stalemate?

Wasn't there some mention of a rock-paper-scissor analogy? I remember that Lambdadelta is weak against Bernkastel, and Bernkastel is weak against (X), and (X) is weak against Lambdatelta. Who was (X) again?

Anyways, Lambdadelta claimed the title of Game Master under the assumption that she is playing Battler. That way, she could have continued this series of games perpetually, albeit with her personal twists. But the fact that Bernkastel unexpectedly took over meant that Lambdadelta was likely to lose her bet. Remember, Dlanor was introduced by Bernkastel, not Lambdadelta.

And strangely, Battler the Golden Sorcerer makes a better Game Master against Bernkastel than Lambdadelta does. But that's simply because he finally realized that there is a single absolute truth, and he can employ it.

Edit: Granted, it probably means Lambdadelta will lose her bet anyways, but for her, it is better to make sure it goes on for at least a few more rounds than to kill it off immediately.