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 of

[Greater Full Slash], and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working

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

a lot of convincing to bring

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

She had thought to herself back then. 'There has to be another

was what Britta kept

them for a long period of time, and

still wanted to

at least to find out the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those two weren't… that Jet

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

to herself the moment she witnessed

to her. Back when her weak father died,

and became rebellious, but

desecrated like that took her over the

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

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

least

to make

her even more

just abandon these feelings

now, after witnessing all of it, was she yet to completely drop all

spent in his embrace, and the warmth of

was mad

she could not let

that was why she

current state of things, her instinct took over, and the resolve she couldn't find

Skills and relied heavily

just so she

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