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

Enlightenment]; all

believe it.' As Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and

found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of convincing to

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

herself back then. 'There has to

what Britta kept telling

admitted to being an expert who had been tracking the two of them for a long period of time,

still wanted to

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

culprit casually handling the

She had whispered to herself the

when her weak father died, he became the pillar

eventually outgrew him and became rebellious, but still… Britta

being desecrated like that took her over

had in her mind—concerning Jet, and his partner

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

At least not

was struggling to make the choice, Sebas

made her even more angry

just abandon these

it, was she yet to completely

time she spent in his embrace, and the warmth

was mad at

underneath, she could not let go

was why she

instinct took over, and the

her Skills and relied heavily on her

just so

the distance between her and Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about to slice off Lux's neck—she