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 [Night

Full Sense], [Greater Full Slash], and [Mortal Enlightenment]; all

Britta's blade neared Lux's neck, and she saw her

about all of it, she found it ridiculous to believe. It took a lot of

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

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

Britta kept

had been tracking the two of them for

still wanted to

the truth, she

corpse and the culprit casually handling the

whispered to herself the moment she witnessed

her weak father

course, she eventually outgrew him and became rebellious, but still… Britta loved and respected

corpse being desecrated like that took her over

had in her mind—concerning

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

At least not

to make

made her even

abandon these feelings and

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

the time she spent in his embrace, and

was mad

monster underneath, she could not

why she

her instinct took over, and the resolve she

all her Skills and relied heavily on

just so she

able to close the distance between her and Lux, and that was