"You… what are you doing?!"
Eula was stunned. She was trying to run away, yet Amber was charging forward to her death.
Watching Amber rush ahead like a maniac, Eula felt a surge of frustration. She waved her hands frantically while chasing after her.
"Still not fast enough?"
Amber frowned. She was already going at full speed—how could it still not be enough?
"Come back! Get back here!"
Eula was furious. Wasn't this just walking straight into death?
Klee wasn't on their side, and she had catapults. Amber might get eliminated without Klee even knowing who she was.
As if to prove Eula right, a massive stone came flying from the distance.
"So far?!"
Eula's eyes widened. The distance was enormous.
Seeing that Amber was beyond saving, Eula immediately turned and fled in the opposite direction.
"Eula… you…!"
[Attention: Player Amber has been eliminated by Player Klee.]
Back in the elimination lobby, Amber sat there in a daze.
Didn't you say you'd protect me at critical moments?!
Why did you run instead?!
And you were the one who told me to go!
She silently cursed Eula. Just wait until you get eliminated—I'll definitely settle this with you.
Finding a seat, Amber slumped down, unwilling to move.
She had bought a missile… and didn't even get to hear it go off.
Meanwhile, Bronya and Seele stood face to face.
"You… you… you actually used a missile on me!"
"Didn't you attack first?"
"Well… even so, you didn't have to use a missile!"
"I didn't have any weapons. What else was I supposed to use?"
Bronya rolled her eyes at Seele's accusation. She was the one who attacked first—how did she have the nerve to complain?
"Sigh… what a disaster."
After listening for a while, Jing Yuan finally understood.
So the two of you were targeting each other… and dragged all of us down with you?
There was no reasoning with that.
If he had known, he would've led the Luofu team far away.
On the other hand, the Belobog group felt pretty good about it.
At least their points went to Bronya.
Even though she was eliminated now, that massive gain earlier still gave her a strong chance at placing.
"Bronya, how many points do you have now?"
"Hmm… 16 points."
"Good."
Cocolia nodded in satisfaction.
She was pleased—but someone else wasn't.
"Damn it… how did she suddenly get so many points?"
Yae Miko was furious.
She had worked hard to get 7 points, and with so many players left, she had a good chance of securing a ranking.
But now Bronya had jumped ahead.
That pushed her down to second.
And when the game ended, the last survivor would gain 10 points—meaning…
At best, she could only be third.
But the game wasn't over yet.
Klee was still in.
If Klee gained more points, Yae Miko would be completely out of the rankings.
Unless Klee died early—which was unlikely—she had almost no hope left.
"It's all your fault. If not for you, I wouldn't have been eliminated."
The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she got at Raiden Ei.
If not for her interference, she would've gained even more points.
"Hmph. If not for me, you would've been eliminated long ago."
Ei snapped back immediately. She had saved Yae Miko from Sampo earlier—without her, Yae Miko wouldn't even be in contention.
"Hmph."
"Tch."
The two glared at each other before turning away, refusing to speak.
[Attention: Player Alhaitham has eliminated Player Nahida.]
[Attention: Player Alhaitham has eliminated Player Nilou.]
[Attention: Player Alhaitham has eliminated Player Cyno.]
[Attention: Player Alhaitham has eliminated Player Kaveh.]
[Attention: ...]
Another wave of elimination notifications rang out, shocking everyone.
What kind of item did Alhaitham buy to eliminate so many players at once?
And why were they all from Sumeru?
In the chat—
[Miyabi: What's going on… so many eliminations at once?]
[Yanagi: They probably teamed up.]
Yanagi saw through it instantly.
All the eliminated players were from Sumeru—meaning they had likely funneled points to Alhaitham.
But wasn't that a bit too shameless?
[Caesar: Girls, we can do that too! Give me your points, and I'll surpass them!]
[Rin: Why should we give them to you?]
[Caesar: Because only I can lead us to victory! Can anyone else do it?]
[Koleda: I think I can too. Why not give them to me?]
[Attention: Player Klee has eliminated Player Jean.]
[Attention: Player Klee…]
Another wave of notifications exploded across the screen.
Everyone was stunned.
Now Mondstadt was doing it too?
[March 7th: Wow… that's so unfair!]
[Jade: We should unite. Otherwise, we'll never win.]
[Acheron: Fine. Give me the points.]
[Sunday: Why not give them to me?]
[Acheron: You think you can handle it? Know your limits! First you lose to Sumeru, then Mondstadt, then Inazuma… at this rate, you'll lose everything. Shameless.]
[Stelle: Is that really Acheron?!]
[March 7th: Why do I feel scared…]
[Valerius: Where did you even copy that from?!]
Valerius covered his face.
Acheron was supposed to be top-tier… when did she start quoting nonsense like this?
It was funny, but Valerius quickly realized a serious issue.
If players kept teaming up like this, future games would lose all meaning.
If every match just turned into "who has more people," then what was the point?
But the game had already started—he couldn't change the rules midway.
This time, he could only let them exploit it.
"System, from now on, add a rule: deliberately feeding kills in large numbers will result in immediate elimination."
[Understood.]
[Due to this incident, the system will implement a new update. Please await further changes.]
"A new update?"
Valerius was surprised.
He only intended to add a restriction against intentional feeding—why was the system rolling out a full update?
A brand-new version…
That actually made him curious about how future games would evolve.
[Attention: Player Acheron has eliminated Player Aventurine.]
[Attention: Player Acheron…]
More elimination notifications rang out.
Valerius's mouth twitched.
A perfectly good game…
Completely ruined by these people.
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