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

Sense], [Greater Full Slash], and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working in sync to connect

want to believe it.' As Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and she saw

she found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of convincing to bring everyone to his side, but she

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

can't be!' She had thought to herself back then. 'There has to be another

was what Britta kept

tracking the two of them for a

still wanted to believe

the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those two weren't… that Jet wasn't … a

corpse and the culprit casually handling the situation,

herself the moment she

to her. Back when her weak father died, he

became rebellious, but still… Britta

corpse being desecrated like

the excuses she had in her mind—concerning Jet, and

she was about to do. It was disgusting how she couldn't even find

least

struggling to make the choice, Sebas held

even more angry

Why couldn't she just abandon these feelings

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

the time she spent in his embrace,

was mad

could not let go of her feelings

that was why she went

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

Skills and

so she could

and Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about to slice