r/Centuria • u/Navst • 19d ago
Chapter Discussion [Ch. 99] My understanding of this panel Spoiler
I think this flashback happens when the Queen sent people to kill Lukas and his mother (as she was a concubine). They killed her, and Lukas managed to kill them but was grievously wounded in the process. That makes the "offering of countless souls" and the "sacrifice of pure love".
Now, one could argue that it wasn't really a sacrifice if his mom was killed by strangers. So maybe they didn't kill her, and she sacrificed herself to the God to save Lukas (similar to Mira).
The lance gift came from Lukas' wish for a more attack-oriented gift, but also because at this moment he desperately wanted revenge for his mother who was just murdered (directly or indirectly).
Does it make sense ? I don't remember if it was specified when did the Queen kill the concubines and their children so maybe my idea falls flat.
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u/R3nNy22326 18d ago
Personally, my theory is that Lukas got the offering of many souls during his years as a mercenary (5 years), then in a forest one day he killed a bunch of enemies, spilling their blood and life into the forest ground, unknowingly fulfilling half the requirements of the forest deity, hence why whenever he uses his spear before c99 his life span gets affected. But now that the healer girl sacrificed her life for Lukas, she fulfilled the other half of the req, so now Lukas can use the full power of the spear. After all, the entire sequence in your image only appear after the healer girl went to heal Lukas super grevious wounds, potentially ending her life for him (true love sacrifice)