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.

active, with the exception of [Night

and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working in sync

blade neared Lux's

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

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

herself back then. 'There

Britta kept

two of them for a long period of time, and connected so many dots

still wanted to

them in, at least to find out the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and

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

had whispered to herself the moment she witnessed

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

and became rebellious,

his corpse being desecrated like

in her mind—concerning Jet,

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

At least not

to make the choice, Sebas held the

even more

abandon these feelings

it, was she yet to completely drop all hope for the man

spent in his embrace, and the warmth of his

was mad at

a monster underneath, she could not let go

that was why she

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

and relied heavily on

just so she

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