An Extra’s POV

It was checkmate.

Lux' Magic was potent and versatile, but for her to match the kind of power that Sebas was unleashing, she had to pour all of her Mana to restrain him—albeit barely.

As a result of that, she had no proper defense in place around her.

With Britta's swift motion, and the deadly power she wielded with the blade, Lux's survival without a defensive barrier was zero.

Britta was an Elite Swordsman, which made her practically invincible to most when it came to the blade. Her Skills her buffed her physical state and attacks to an absurd degree. Plus, since she was a Heroic Rank Adventurer, her Stat were not to be discounted.

If anyone could kill Lux as she was now, it would be her.

However, this wasn't the only reason why the current situation was a deadlock.

Even if Lux was fast enough to focus on her own defenses to stop Britta's attack, she would have to ignore the constraints that currently stopped Sebas from landing a fatal hit on her partner—who was just initiating a process of counterattacking.

If she stopped the Constraint now, Sebas—the much faster and stronger one—was bound to deal the first strike and probably finish Jet off.

Everyone knew what kind of state Jet was in, so it was very possible for a point-blank explosive assault from Sebas to end his life.

Hence, a difficult situation.

No matter what choice Lux made—if she could even make any, given the suddenness of the whole thing—one of the two would have to die.

The only question was who?

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"Rahhhhh!"

Britta's voice pierced the air as her blade she made a powerful horizontal slash. Her target was Lux's head, and based on the trajectory of her swing, she wasn't going to miss.

active, with the exception of [Night

Full Slash], and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working in

don't want to believe it.' As Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and she saw her surprised expression,

Sebas first told her about all of it, she found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of convincing to

Jet and Lux—the two Adventurers who saved her life and inspired her to be

thought to herself back

was what Britta kept telling

of them for a long period of time, and connected

still wanted to believe

help bring them in, at least to find out the truth, she still believed that

and the culprit

herself the moment

like a father to her. Back when her weak

she eventually outgrew him and became rebellious,

like that took her

had in her mind—concerning Jet, and his partner Lux—were

her shame, it still took her time to pull together enough resolve to do what she was about to

At least not

she was struggling to make

her even more angry

she just abandon these feelings and

after witnessing all of it, was she yet to completely drop

the time she spent in his embrace, and

was mad

a monster underneath, she could

that was why

her instinct took over, and the resolve she couldn't find before suddenly took control

her Skills and

just so she could

able to close the distance between her and Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about to slice off Lux's neck—she felt a sting in