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

and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working in

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

found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of

have accepted that Jet and Lux—the two Adventurers who saved her

be!' She had thought to herself

what Britta kept

them for a long period of time, and connected so many

wanted to

in, at least to find out the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken,

the Guildmaster's corpse and the culprit casually

to herself the moment

was like a father to her. Back when her

eventually outgrew him and became rebellious, but still… Britta loved

being desecrated like

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

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

At least

struggling to make the choice, Sebas

even more angry at

Why couldn't she just abandon these

of it, was she yet to completely drop

remembering the time she spent in

was mad at

Jet was a monster underneath, she could not

that was why she went

and

and relied heavily on her Class

just so she could

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