The audience did not notice and even the players that are competing, but the timer ran out. Just as the Two Headed Dragon of the 62nd Devil God is only 15% health; the time ran out and every player got pushed out of the event map.
The players jumped out of their pod and immediately looked at the score board as they wanted to know who won the event. Too bad for them, the scoreboard is still calculating all their achievements. The anticipation of the announcement of the winner made everyone's anxiousness reaches its peak.
The teams, who knew that they did not reach the quota, could only watch in envy as those that held hope had their eyes glued to the projected screen. The announcer suddenly came towards the stage and started to announce the results while clips of the event are flashing in the projected screens.
We achieved a million words guys! Woot woot! Thank you!