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.

were active, with the exception of [Night

and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working

it.' As Britta's blade neared

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

Adventurers who saved her life and inspired her to be better—were

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

what Britta kept telling

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

still wanted to believe

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

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

herself the

was like a father to her. Back when her weak father died,

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

desecrated like that took her over the

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

together enough resolve to do what she was about to do. It was disgusting how she couldn't even find the strength in her to avenge the death of her father

least

was struggling to make the choice, Sebas held

her even more angry at

she just abandon these

of it, was she yet to completely

remembering the time she spent in

mad at

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

was why she went for

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

and relied heavily

just so

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