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

Enlightenment]; all working in sync

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

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

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

herself

Britta kept telling

expert who had been tracking the two of them for a long

wanted to

help bring them in, at least to find out the truth, she still believed that Sebas was mistaken, and that those two weren't… that

and the culprit casually handling the situation, all her hopes

the moment she

her weak father

became rebellious, but still… Britta loved

desecrated like that took

she had in her mind—concerning Jet, and his partner Lux—were

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

least not

struggling to make

made her even

Why couldn't she just abandon

even now, after witnessing all of it, was she yet to completely drop all hope for

in his

mad at

was a monster underneath, she could not let

was why she went for

seeing the current state of things, her instinct took over, and

Skills and relied heavily on

just so she

was able to close the distance between her and Lux, and that was why—as the blade was about to slice off Lux's neck—she felt