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

[Mortal Enlightenment]; all working in sync to connect

As Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and she

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

Adventurers who saved her life and inspired her to be

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

Britta kept

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

wanted

to help bring them in, at least to find out the truth, she still believed that

culprit casually handling the situation, all her hopes were

herself the moment she

her weak father died, he became the pillar

rebellious, but

like that took her

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

what she was about to

At least not

struggling to make the choice, Sebas

made her even

just abandon these

yet to completely

she remembering the time she spent in his embrace,

was mad

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

was why

instinct took over, and the

activated all her Skills and relied heavily on her

just so she could

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