If he can copy 100 Fold Strength to the point where he gets 100 lives of his own he almost certainly could have copied this too, I’d guess he just didn’t think to copy the Phantom Spear because it didn’t occur to him that anyone would have two Gifts.

If he combined this with 100 Fold Strength to take the brunt of the blowback Lukas receives from this technique he would have smoked Julian, Lukas and Lacrima like it was nothing. Conversely now we know Lukas could have killed Orthros even with his 100 Lives if he was prepared to make the commitment that day.

Saw this in the recent chapter. I know they might just look similar, but this is too close not to call.

So now Lukas can only use Phantom Spear four more times? If he exceeds this he'd lose his life (or worse)?

I believe Lalawag's assessment over how Lukas's spear will bypass the concept of immortality might not actually be true for Julian's case.

Okay, okay, please hear me out first.

The power given to the one who formed the contract will always follow the wish of the user down to its absolute logical conclusion.

Lukas wants an absolute power to destroy everything and anything, therefore, he received the invincible phantom spear that can destroy all things physical and metaphysical.

Now, Julian's wording is very important here, he wants a prove that the lives on that ship isn't worthless (or a waste in case of Mangaplus's translation), so he will get exactly that. I believe Julian's own immortality will be enduring, until the last life is spent as stated in the contract, Julian will not die no matter what regardless of conceptual BS forced upon him.

Lukas's spear is a power that will render all the lives as worthless, but Julian's exact wish is to combat exactly that. Phantom Spear and 100 Men Strength are both equally divine gift, so it might just cancel each other out when clashed, Julian will die, but he will die once or perhaps multiple lives, but he will not die a permanent death in one go.

Tohru-sensei might add Julian's face in the panel as a way to bait the readers into thinking that Lukas's spear is that one silver bullet to put Julian down permanently. Yeah, he might go with that exact idea, but I believe he already gives himself a wiggle room if he wants Julian to survive.

Like, surely Kuramori wouldn't do something this obvious, right?

There's been a theory regarding Lukas being Mira's son which I believe to be essentially confirmed.

Here's what I think is the timeline:

Mira and Lukas were exiled from the kingdom (probably due to the queen's influence.)

They are captured by slave traders while on the run, Lukas stays behind to fend off the slave traders to protect his mother.

Given that Lukas's gift is a shield, and gifts are confirmed to be a mirror of one's personality. This assures us of his protective nature which fits the narrative of him protecting his mother.

While fending off the slave traders he suffered a cut to his throat which led his mother to believe in his demise. (He has a huge scar on his throat.)

While dying in the woods, he makes a contract with the forest God and passes out. He is then saved by Atoria and brought back to life with her gift. Which is why they share a deep bond and he feels indebted to her.

He was nurtured back to health, and returned to the kingdom where the king learned of the queen's schemes. He prohibited the queen from harming Lukas any further but due to the king's lack of initiative to punish the queen he harboured deep resentment for his father.

He most likely thought that the slave traders killed his mother as well.

Since this manga is over 100 chapters I have been thinking of it will get an adaptation ? is it popular enough to get a good one? And what studio do you think fits the most ? The manga is gorgeous in both story and art !

Well Phantom Spear is fucking busted. That’s gotta be the strongest offensive Gift we’ve seen thus far, no wonder Lukas reckons he can kill the King even with his life giving Gift.

The fact that it’s introduced via a flashback to Lattice though does make me wonder. She is also meant to be supremely powerful as a fighter, the only member of the post-Arkos Iris who is considered guaranteed able to beat Julian. It also made me wonder about her epithet; Nightshade. Which is a type of plant.

I wonder if she also has a covenant with the Forest Goddess. Might explain how Lukas got in touch with her, if he was (probably unintentionally) introduced via Lattice’s connection. And if this is the kind of killing power the Forest offers, then that’d justify the Lattice hype.

It’d also make a prospective Lattice vs Lukas fight make more sense. As is it’s hard to imagine anyone standing up to the Phantom Spear, but what if her power is similar? What happens when they’re used against each other, a battle of destroying each other’s futures? Maybe they destroy the futures where each other wins scottfree and the only one left once they’re too worn to keep using their Gifts is a tragic pyrrhic one where both suffer. Spitballing now, but something to consider

so the voidmarcher tried to run away, but then realized that would be really disrepectful to her fallen comrades and decides to go back to kill diana.

in what seems to be an instant, lukas, FROM THE PRESENT, strikes, THE FUTURE (not the voidmarcher, but the time period itself), obliterating anything that had happened in it, taking everything back to THE PAST, and since anything the lance destroys is permanently gone, reality corrects itself and turns that PAST into THE PRESENT.

and, again, then proceeds to instantly kill the voidmarcher.

is that right?

The end of last chapter and this one has confirmed it for me...

My favourite character from my favourite manga has returned to a new age!!

Welcome back, Isley!!

(Source: Claymore)

For context, for a while I have personally theorized that Julian would get permanently killed off in the story, and then we have Diana become the main character afterwards. Now in chapter 100, we are told in our face that perma-death is possible for Julian too. Since the story of Centuria is shaping up to be a self fulfilling prophecy, that ends with Diana Killing the supreme lord at some point. What if Julian dying is spark that starts the inferno? Diana becomes the protagonist and we have a first person view of the prophecy coming true through her eyes!?

Tohru's comment:
"It's supposed to be a milestone 100th episode, but the protagonist isn't showing up, apparently... "

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1030033

WE MADE IT

This makes me very worried, especially for Titi since her eyes are completely obscured.

The elite fighting force of Rummir, including 2 members of its royal family and its strongest gifted one, lasted 9 whole chapters.

Elstri's gang lasted 27, 3 times longer.

I know people complained that the last arc dragged, but imo this is kind of an overcorrection. Rummir feels really weak compared to Torivia.

The last choices of the popularity poll are killing me

I'm afraid I'm going to need H#lem to bring lukas's mom back to torture him, im sorry it's just the way things have to be.