Back on the battlefield, Rita hid herself at the base of a flying stone statue, waiting until the nearby Wigeon Sparrows moved away before slipping out.
By now, the battlefield was in chaos. The Rabbits were hunting other players of the five remaining forms, the Neck-snakes were killing each other and the Ginger Bears, the Ginger Bears and Snail-scorpions were in a constant brawl, and the Wigeon Sparrows occasionally dove to the ground to finish off Snail-scorpions and Mango Puddings.
The concept of Match-3 eliminations was now in full view.
As the players who had been slow to realize the situation turned into stone statues, Rita estimated there were around 3,000 players left. The presence of stone statues seemed to have stabilized the area, with the number of players continuing to decrease but the size of the battlefield remaining the same.
