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 exception

all working in sync

want to believe it.' As Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and she saw her surprised expression, her

Sebas first told her about all of it, she found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of convincing

and Lux—the two Adventurers who saved her life

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

was what Britta

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

wanted

when she 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… that Jet

the culprit casually handling the situation,

herself the

to her. Back when her weak father

became rebellious, but still… Britta loved

his corpse being desecrated like that

her mind—concerning

to her shame, it 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 in her to avenge the death of her

At least

she was struggling to make the choice, Sebas held the

even more

just abandon

was she yet

was she remembering the time she spent in his embrace, and the warmth of his

mad at

a monster underneath, she could not let go

that was why she went for

and the resolve she couldn't find before suddenly took control

Skills and relied heavily on her

so she could

Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about to slice off