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.

with the exception

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

neared Lux's neck, and she saw her surprised expression, her thoughts

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

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

to herself back then. 'There has to be

was what Britta kept

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

wanted to

least to find out the truth, she

corpse and the culprit casually handling the situation, all her hopes were

herself the moment she witnessed all

when her weak father

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

his corpse being desecrated like that took her over the

had in her mind—concerning Jet,

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

At least not

struggling to make the choice, Sebas

made her even more angry at

she just abandon

it, was she yet to completely drop all

in his embrace, and the warmth of his

was mad at

she could

why

her instinct took over, and the resolve

all her Skills and relied heavily

just so she could

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