User blog comment:MrSolomon/MGQ Fanfic: War of the Seraphim/@comment-7475345-20150505073139/@comment-2037710-20150506195612

You did say the protagonists are not really getting stronger. Well, Adam's only used Sylph once and Gnome once, and has yet to received their upgraded forms during his stay in the Noah region, unlike Luka.

Likewise, none of the protagonists have yet to gone under any sort of training. Luka got a lot of experience with fighting monsters and learning new skills under Alice during campfire, but these protagonists have yet to undergone any growth. They're just fighting and getting kind of lucky, but at some point no one will be around to save their asses.

Since that's the case, how will he handle Deeny? How will he handle Ivan once his aegis is perfected? How will he handle Maria? How will he handle Ivan once he regains full power? And most importantly, how will he handle the Grand Meister and Eden?

Don't get me wrong, it's a great story, but the characters seemingly not getting much stronger when they're trying to surpass Eden is kind of a critical flaw to the overall plot.