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

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

don't want to believe it.' As Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and

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

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

can't be!' She had thought to herself

what Britta kept

tracking the two of them for a long period of time,

wanted to

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 wasn't

corpse and the culprit casually handling the situation, all her hopes were

She had whispered to herself the moment she witnessed all

her weak father died, he became the pillar

she eventually outgrew him and became rebellious, but still…

corpse being desecrated like that took her

mind—concerning Jet,

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

At least

she was struggling to make the choice,

her even

abandon these feelings and march

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

she spent in

mad at

could not let go

was why she went for

her instinct took over, and the resolve she couldn't find before suddenly

her Skills and relied heavily

just so

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 sting