Stratos has style, but his style involves self-righteously manipulating everyone.
Anyway, I finished that mission, banishing Buta. It was pretty enjoyable, yes. Banishing Buta was pretty easy, as I was lucky enough not to get magma in my face and he had donated most of his souls to be in suicide attacks. After I rushed the Dynamo, I was left only with two Sylphs and Gammel. I summoned a Taurock hastily and managed to destroy it just in time.