"Ruling Sword has never broken any rules. At most, they've just broken your rules," the female representative corrected him coldly. "This is our mistake this time. We'll take some responsibility for it, but we're definitely not doing anything to Ruling Sword."
If they had designed the event better, they could have prevented this awkward situation.
For example, they could have set the quest item to be untradeable. However, there would still be some problems with this as it was mostly the trade skill players who competed. They weren't interested in leveling up, so there was no use giving them experience. Usually, the items that they fished were sold in exchange for some retirement money.
