With one hour left before Fire Thief's "three-hour deadline," every buyer received the Hidden Rules details sent by Guan Tong.
Once they learned the information, nearly every buyer could not help crying out that they had been cheated.
This Hidden Rule allowed teammates to betray one another. The information was important to individuals, but it was not particularly valuable to these buyers.
After all, every buyer represented a nation or a major organization. That meant they could quickly obtain vast amounts of information.
Once the challenge officially began, these major powers would probably learn of teammates betraying each other soon enough.
Seen that way, it was as though they had wasted five hundred thousand Ascension Coins just to learn the news a little earlier.
But complaining that they had been "cheated" was one thing. They knew perfectly well that they would definitely have to buy it again next time.
After all, many "important figures" remained teamed up with several elite guards around the clock. If they did not buy the information in advance and only learned the rules after they had been released for some time, they would surely break out in a cold sweat.
No matter how small the possibility, this Hidden Rule had made betrayal by guards a real possibility.
After receiving the information, the various factions finally began making decisions.
The Solloma Empire was the first to make an official statement, declaring that it would not interfere with the choices of Ascenders within its borders. Whether they discarded their invitations or kept them and became "contestants" an hour later was an individual right.
However, that did not mean contestants who chose to participate could freely slaughter one another in the city to seize points. Anyone wishing to compete had to first register with a designated Official Department,