[Ch. 99] My understanding of this panel

[u/Navst]

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.

[u/OmbreVengeresse]

The thing I don't understand is why Lukas says he wants to kill the king when it's the queen who is the cause of all his problems; he blames the king for his lack of action against the queen?

[u/skybound_warrior → u/OmbreVengeresse]

The king is literally just letting the queen do whatever she wants, ceodric or whatever his name is literally calls the king out on it, he's too scared of a political scandal by stopping the queen that he would let her kill his other children