The Arbiter Whose Moral Standards Had Gone Completely Off the Rails, Disintegrate!

With Joy's completely game-like mindset, this display of surprise actually made Lu Ce pause for a moment.

"Oh?" Although Lu Ce still did not understand what had happened, that did not stop him from noticing the issue. "Looks like... there's an unexpected surprise."

The Arbiter was stunned as well, holding that cluster of white light in its hand and remaining motionless for a long while.

How could this be... Knowledge looked like it was about to disintegrate?

For a god to disintegrate was equivalent to—death!

Since ancient times, the only god who had died was Pain! And it was still questionable whether that guy was actually dead.

What did this mean?

Knowledge was equally bewildered. It raised its hand before its eyes and watched the energy gradually dissipate.

Was it...

Going to disappear?

How was that possible? Could it die too?

That wasn't right, Arbiter.

Despair could no longer hold back. Unable to keep pretending to be profound, it chose to speak up first.

What kind of referee were you? Wasn't this your dereliction of duty?

Knowledge had gotten carried away and wagered too much power, but it absolutely should not have reached this level. What were you doing before the game began?!

"I..."

"I warned it. The wager did not exceed the maximum limit."

Even the Arbiter itself sounded somewhat uncertain, but after thinking back for a moment, it felt that there was no problem.

At the time, it had practically been urging Knowledge to hurry up and begin the official game, telling it that it could not keep raising the stakes.

The reason given then was that the wager had already reached the maximum. Any more losses would cause fundamental damage and pose a threat. As the Arbiter, it had to stop it.

That was its duty. Yes,