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"Panther God!"
Looking at the massive figure in front of him, the term popped into Luca's mind without a second thought.
No other reason.
What was originally just a small amount of black-gold fluid from the shattered Black Panther suit had rapidly expanded in front of the mecha.
Finally, it transformed into a gigantic, translucent beast whose shoulder height, even while crouching, nearly matched the height of the Gundam.
He called it a beast because, although the creature before him had the agile build of a leopard, its head was closer to some kind of sabertooth tiger.
A pair of enormous fangs added a fierce aura to its otherwise elegant posture.
Honestly, the way this giant saber-toothed black panther appeared was surprisingly similar to how Luca had condensed the 'Quincy Dragon Arrow' earlier—just swapping the gathering of blue particles for black ones.
And after this phantom of the Panther God appeared, the Wakandan warriors, who were bewildered and despairing just moments ago, seemed to find their backbone. Light returned to their eyes as they knelt uniformly.
However, in reality, not all tribes in Wakanda worshipped the Panther God.
Crocodile God, Lion God, Ape God...
Each tribe had its own totem belief.
But when faced with true despair, and when a god truly displayed a miracle before them, it seemed the beliefs of all Wakandan tribes unified in this moment.
Even the Wakandan people hiding in the underground shelters of the city, watching the battle remotely through video feeds, regained a shred of hope from their despair. They bowed their heads in unison, sincerely praying to the Panther God.
But just then.
A seemingly ordinary miniature missile suddenly flew out from the mechanized army formation behind the Boxer Gundam, which was supposed to have ceased fire.
It flew straight and true, hitting the giant phantom of the Panther God on the plain.
BOOM~
A loud explosion.
This unassuming miniature missile actually created a huge fireball and shockwave.
At this moment, confusion appeared on the faces of the Wakandans who were praying just a second ago.
In their understanding, they couldn't imagine what kind of person would attack a deity.
Fortunately, the Panther God, which looked like nothing more than a translucent phantom, remained motionless in the explosion.
She only glanced casually at the wisp of smoke rising from her shoulder, then looked back at the Boxer Gundam.
"Cough, glitch in the program. I clearly ordered a ceasefire."
Luca offered an utterly insincere explanation.
And the Panther God phantom before him didn't seem to care about this incident. She just continued speaking in her low, slightly raspy voice.
"Newborn Lord of Dimensions, I think we can now..."
The Panther God, who was about to continue, suddenly paused.
Then, Luca vaguely heard a few traces of helplessness in her unchanging voice.
"...Stop your probing. Relying solely on the Mind Stone in your hand, you cannot affect my main body through this avatar..."
Hearing this, Luca inside the Gundam cockpit quickly hid his glowing right hand behind his back.
However, even so, he waited another two seconds before slowly stopping his little tricks.
Knows about the existence of the Mind Stone, knows about the Hextech Dimension, confirmed to likely be the Panther God herself.
Can tank a bomb unscathed, confirmed to have decent combat power even in this state. If this body is made of pure Vibranium, it indeed seems hard to fight.
No extreme reaction despite my repeated probing. Either genuinely benevolent or wary of something.
We can talk.
In that instant, the active thinking brought by the Mind Stone allowed various thoughts to flash through Luca's mind rapidly.
After all, with Wakanda's technology, creating a holographic projection to save the day temporarily wasn't impossible. Plus, considering what he had done earlier...
It was better to probe roughly just in case.
After confirming the general direction, Luca spoke without any embarrassment.
"Alright~ let's chat."
The Panther God phantom's gaze seemed to penetrate the Gundam's armor, looking straight at Luca in the cockpit as she spoke slowly.
"I hope you can preserve Wakanda's independent sovereignty..."
Although not communicating directly through the mind, with the Panther God's ability, limiting the sound to just the two of them was easy.
Others didn't know what the human and the god talked about. The Wakandans could only continue to pray and wait.
After witnessing the combat power displayed by Luca's side, they, who were once incredibly proud, could now only entrust their future to the deity.
Finally, the huge phantom of the Panther God began to slowly dissipate, leaving only a majestic "Thank you" in the air.
And Luca opened the cockpit hatch directly and walked out.
"It's okay. As expected, can't exist for long?"
But got to give face where it's due.
"I didn't think it through before. Rushing into a mystical nation like Wakanda so forcefully was indeed a bit reckless."
After confirming the Panther God had truly left, Luca actually breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Although he had plenty of trump cards and wasn't truly afraid of just an avatar.
But she was an existence worthy of being called a god. Luca was already very satisfied with achieving the current situation.
Actually, blame the original story where the Panther God had such a weak presence.
Otherwise, if he knew the other party had such descending capabilities, Luca wouldn't have wanted to attack Wakanda on a large scale from the beginning.
But since things had come to this, let's harvest the spoils of war first!
Thinking of this, Luca leaped directly out of the cockpit.
He landed perfectly on the floating seat drifting towards him.
Then, controlling the seat, he slowly arrived in front of the remaining Wakandan soldiers.
And facing him right now was Ramonda, the former Queen of Wakanda, who had also held a spear in the charge but luckily survived.
"The battle is over. Take me to the Heart-Shaped Herb garden. I think the Panther God should have already told you what to do, right?"
Hearing this, Ramonda didn't speak, just looking at Luca with a complex expression.
Originally in her mind, after the great Panther God descended, she should have turned the tide of battle and driven out the foreign enemy.
But just now, the conditions the Panther God avatar told her to agree to before dissipating made her feel abandoned by the god she believed in.
Vibranium, Heart-Shaped Herb, technology reserves...
It seemed that in the eyes of that god, all of this wasn't worth a single promise from the person in front of her.
"Let's go? What are you still dazing for?"