Remaining players: 97.
Qiu Lu and Mirror Goose were eliminated at the same time, but the Chaotic Star Sea gave them both the treatment afforded to a victor.
The players began quietly discussing Qiu Lu's killing blow and Mirror Goose's "oasis," as well as the feud between With Mountain and Wind Whale. Everyone could see that Qiu Lu had been helping Mirror Goose at the end.
A game notification sounded overhead.
[Players With Deer Qiu Lu and Tingzhou Jing'e have both forfeited their victory rewards.]
Yu Xunge frowned. "Shouldn't both victory rewards be canceled in a draw?"
It was only because Qiu Lu and Mirror Goose had such a complicated relationship, both enemies and friends, that this had happened. Otherwise, wouldn't both With Mountain and Wind Whale have had to face execution?
Maple Sugar said coldly, "That's the Chaotic Star Sea for you. Maybe it has some other deeply moving reason that leaves it no choice."
The sarcasm in her words was undisguised, but none of the players who heard her argued, because they thought the same.
Amid the clamor, star fragments gathered overhead again, forming a new image.
A pair of bear ears and an acorn.
Autumn Bear and Oak Owl!
Yu Xunge and Mistblade turned simultaneously to look at Maple Sugar beside them. She was the only Oak Owl with a grudge against Autumn Bear.
They were not the only ones. The players from Zelan and Maiquan perked up as well, watching the image overhead turn into two names: "Melon Cub Bear Mud" and "Forest Sea Maple Sugar."
A coffee-colored Autumn Bear and fiery red wings appeared on the clock dial.
The first thing Bear Mud asked upon seeing Maple Sugar was, "You turned so many Autumn Bears into cookies and reduced them to