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.

Skills were active, with the exception

Full Slash], and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all

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

her about all of it, she found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of convincing to bring everyone to his side, but she was the last to

who saved her life and inspired

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

Britta

to being an expert who had been tracking the two of them for a long period of time, and connected so many

wanted to

she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those two weren't…

culprit casually handling the

herself the moment she witnessed all

Back when her weak father died, he became the pillar she

eventually outgrew him and became rebellious, but still… Britta

corpse being desecrated like that

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

to pull together enough resolve to do what she was about to do. It was disgusting how she

least

to make the choice, Sebas held

made her even more

couldn't she just abandon

all of it, was she yet

she spent in his embrace, and the warmth of his

mad at

was a monster underneath, she could not let go of her feelings

was why she

and the resolve she couldn't find before suddenly took control

and

so she could

was 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