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

[Mortal Enlightenment]; all working in sync to connect this

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

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

and Lux—the two Adventurers who saved her life and inspired her to

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

what Britta kept telling

two of them

still wanted to

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

Guildmaster's corpse and the culprit

She had whispered to herself the moment she witnessed all of

her. Back when her weak father died, he became the pillar she could lean

became rebellious, but

desecrated like that

mind—concerning Jet, and

to her shame, it still took her time to pull together enough resolve to do what she was about to do. It was

least

to make the choice,

her even

she just abandon these feelings

of it, was she yet to completely drop

in his embrace, and

mad at

monster underneath, she could not let go of

why she

and the resolve she

Skills and relied heavily on her

so she

to close the distance between her and Lux, and that was why—as the blade