“Listen carefully, all communication items and their usage are prohibited during the competition. Any violations will be considered cheating! Also, you’re required to stay where you land for half an hour. Only after that are you allowed to move. Understand?”

The representatives from the sacred lands responsible for mediating the match emphasized this particular rule more heavily than the others.

This was to prevent participants from running into each other during the deployment process. They had to wait until everyone was in position before moving.

Every participant took the words...