Chapter 1678: Sacred Duel (1)
Once King Kashou came to a decision, he didn't waste any time at all.
The next day, the news that a Sacred Duel would be held was spread all over the Mofu Mofu Kingdom.
I learned that there was another reason why King Kashou had called for this Sacred Duel so soon after the invasion from the forces of Destruction.
It was simply because of how important the Sacred Duel was to the people of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom.
The moment that this news was announced, it didn't seem like they had just gone through a disaster with how spirited the people became. It seemed like they all put the matter of the forces of Destruction behind them to focus on the Sacred Duel.
This was one of the things that King Kashou did well as a king.
When it was necessary, he knew just how to raise the spirits of his people.
But the Sacred Duel was a large event that would take time to prepare, so it wasn't as if it would happen overnight.
Putting aside the fact that all of the different tribes that were invited would need time to gather in the capital, it seemed that the hosts needed to prepare a proper location for this Sacred Duel.
The capital was one of the few places that had been protected, so it was actually the perfect place to hold this Sacred Duel since there were the facilities and resources for it.
When I asked the right minister about this, I found that there was another reason.
Even if they didn't win the Sacred Duel, it was customary for the representatives of the different tribes to take back a participation prize. This time, it would be aid disguised as a prize.
Some people had pride that wouldn't allow them to take aid even when they needed it.
So by disguising it as a prize that they earned, it would make it easier for them to accept.
Of course, it wasn't as if King Kashou had thought of this.
With my observations of him, I knew that he wouldn't actually think of something like this.
It was more the right minister who was like my own prime minister that thought of this plan.
But before the Sacred Duel came, there was something else that we had to do.
"We'll be counting on you to help us take care of this."
That was what King Kashou and his ministers said before sending us off.
Though the battle with the forces of Destruction was over, it wasn't as if there wasn't any lasting damage. The corruption energy that had been released all over the Mofu Mofu Kingdom had left its mark on the lands of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom.
Many parts of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom were ruined because of the corruption energy's influence.
That was why we had to go around and purify those lands.
At the same time, there were many parts of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom that were filled with ill people.
The illness that they had was the influence of being overexposed to the corruption energy.
So the only way to cure them was to purify the corruption energy that plagued them.
That was a job for me and the people from the Holy Empire.
Since there was still time before the Sacred Duel, we headed out to help the demi humans of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom.
It wasn't just us that was helping them, it was also the other races that were also helping. Though in terms of the help that they provided, it was different from the help that we provided.
Since they couldn't purify the corruption energy like we could, they just left most of that to us.
Instead, they provided help in terms of supplies that were needed by the people of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom.
This was managed by the right minister and slowly sent out to the different settlements across the Mofu Mofu Kingdom.
As we traveled from place to place, we could see the supplies being sent.
However, the representatives that had come to fight against the forces of Destruction didn't stay like we did. They didn't have to stay since there wasn't anything for them to do here and they all went back to their countries.
They had spent quite a bit of time here, so they were needed back in their own countries.
However, there were a few that did stay to watch the Sacred Duel.
As representatives of their different countries, it was only natural that they would watch the Sacred Duel since the Mofu Mofu Kingdom had now joined the racial alliance.
Though the ones that left right away were those from the Democratic Union and the other countries that tried to force me to share my powers.
They just couldn't remain here because they didn't have the face to remain in this place after what they had tried to do. But that didn't mean that they didn't send supplies either since they were still part of the racial alliance.
They didn't have a way to deal with the forces of Destruction on their own, so they still had to be a part of the racial alliance.
It was for the best that they didn't remain since they didn't hide their greed at all.
People like that didn't have a place in the Sacred Duel.
Though they certainly didn't miss out on their fair share of benefits as they negotiated deals with the Mofu Mofu Kingdom before leaving.
Since they had done all this, they naturally wouldn't miss out on what they could gain from it.
After we had finished doing what we could for the people of the Mofu Mofu Kingdom, we headed back to the capital for the Sacred Duel.
The moment that we arrived, it was as if we were stepping into a different world.
That was because the capital had transformed into a completely different place with how many demi humans had gathered there.
As expected of the Sacred Duel.