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

and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all working

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

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

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

be!' She had thought to herself back then.

Britta

expert who had been tracking the two of them

still wanted

she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those

culprit

She had whispered to herself the moment

her weak

and became rebellious,

corpse being desecrated like

excuses she had in her mind—concerning

still took her time to pull together enough resolve to do what she was about to do. It was disgusting how she couldn't even find the

least

was struggling to make the choice, Sebas

even more angry at

abandon

after witnessing all of it, was she yet to completely

she remembering the time she spent in his embrace, and the warmth

was mad at

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

that was why she went

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

Skills and

so

her and Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about