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.

with the

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

neared Lux's neck, and she saw her surprised expression, her thoughts

It took a lot of convincing to bring everyone to his side, but

she have accepted that Jet and Lux—the two Adventurers who

thought to herself

Britta

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

still wanted

out the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those

seeing the Guildmaster's corpse and the culprit casually handling the situation, all her hopes

to herself the moment she

like a father to her. Back when her weak father died, he became the pillar she

rebellious, but still… Britta loved and

being desecrated like that took

she had in her mind—concerning Jet, and his partner

still took her time to pull together enough resolve to do what she was about to do. It was disgusting how she couldn't even find the strength

At least not

to make the choice,

even more angry at

couldn't she just abandon these feelings

it, was she yet

she spent in his embrace, and the warmth of

mad at

monster underneath, she could not let go of her feelings for

why she went for

over, and the resolve she couldn't find

her Skills and relied

so

she was able to close the distance between her and Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about