After appearing as an observer, the first thing Maggie did was not congratulate Rabbit Girl on clearing the stage. Instead, she remained silent for a long while before saying,
"I don't really approve of the way you cleared it. You used too many out-of-bounds items. You... directly killed the competition."
Not "won" the competition, but "killed" it.
Maggie's choice of words represented exactly what she thought.
Winning a competition meant victory in a contest of wits; killing a competition meant crushing it through superiority of rank.
It was like a transcendent taking part in an ordinary people's sports meet. Under such a dimensionality-reducing blow, the sporting spirit promoted by victory would be diluted without limit.
If one had to put it into words, there was only one sentence that could sum it up... the competition had been killed.
And now, Rabbit Girl was exactly like that.
Relying on items that lay "outside the rules," she had directly ignored Golden Country's game mechanics, rendering this battle meaningless.
Although Maggie's words were harsh, Rabbit Girl herself actually thought the same way.
Lies did not hurt people; the truth was the sharp knife that pierced the heart.
That was why, despite ascending the Golden Throne, Rabbit Girl was not in high spirits afterward.
As Rabbit Girl stood silently, the others seemed to sense the congealed atmosphere as well. Though they did not know what she was thinking, they guessed that something must have happened during the clear.
Just as everyone was considering whether to ask what had happened or offer some words of comfort, Maggie, who had been watching from the sidelines, slowly spoke.
"I don't like using out-of-bounds items to kill a competition. It goes against Golden Country's original purpose."
Her opening was still "offensive," but then her tone shifted. "However, those