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.

Skills were active, with

Enlightenment]; all working in sync to connect this one, vital

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

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

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

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

what Britta kept telling

who had been tracking the two of them for a long period of time,

still 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 Jet wasn't … a

the Guildmaster's corpse and the culprit casually handling the situation, all her hopes

She had whispered to herself the moment she witnessed all

was like a father to her. Back when her

rebellious, but still… Britta

corpse being desecrated like that

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

her shame, it still took her time to pull together enough resolve to do what she was about to do. It was disgusting how she couldn't

least

struggling to make the choice, Sebas held

made her even more angry

just abandon these feelings and march

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

spent in

was mad at

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

was why she

instinct took over, and

activated all her Skills and relied heavily on her Class

so she could

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