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.

her Skills were active, with the

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

As Britta's blade neared Lux's

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

Jet and Lux—the two Adventurers who saved her life

She had thought to herself back then. 'There

Britta

tracking the two of them for a long period of time, and connected so many dots that it

wanted to believe

agreed to help bring them in, at least to find out the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those two weren't…

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

herself the moment she witnessed

a father to her. Back when her weak father

became rebellious,

being desecrated like that took her

in her mind—concerning Jet,

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

least

struggling to make the choice, Sebas held

her even

abandon these feelings and

even now, after witnessing all of it, was she yet to completely drop all hope for the man clad in

spent in his embrace, and the

was mad

was a monster underneath, she could not

that was why she went for

current state of things, her instinct took over, and the resolve she

and relied heavily on

so she

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