World Domination System (Web Novel)
World Domination System (Web Novel) - Chapter 306-307: Creativity

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As a huge block of what looked like stone fell from the sky due to the Mage in charge of it losing control, the people below screamed in fear as they tried to run away.

It was a cube of around 10 m in length, width, and height, making it so that there was quite a large area for people to evacuate in case they did not want to get squashed by it.

A young man, who seemed to be new to the job, froze in fear as he saw his death approaching.

He had just joined the construction organization, and it was actually his first day here.

Never had he imagined that it might be his last.

He knew that he had to run, but his legs refused to move as his brain was too scared to send any message to his body.

Just as he was about to close his eyes knowing that it was all going to end, he heard a strange sound which made him look up.

As his jaw dropped, he realized that the enormous block which weighed over a thousand kilos was hovering in midair, as if it had been caught in the hands of some invisible giant. It blocked out the sunlight, so he had to squint his eyes and adjust them in hopes of seeing just who it was that had come to save him.

Alas, without pause, the block slowly drop to the ground beside the man, making him finally regain control of his body as he scurried away due to the fear setting in.

There was no one above him, but he thanked the one responsible for saving his life anyway.

As those in charge of the construction started to run towards the location to find out what had happened, Daneel smiled on seeing the thankful face of the man and flew back up into the air from where he had been watching this area.

It was the sight of the construction of the stadium where the event that the entire continent was talking about would soon take place.

Known as the Devil's Pit, this location had a large canyon which was around 70 acres in area. The humongous stadium that was quickly forming in it had a capacity of around 200,000 people, which was more than any stadium that Daneel remembered from Earth.

He had tasked Kellor with finding the best individuals to spearhead the construction, and he had been very surprised with the metrics that were given to him when he had asked what the size of the stadium would be.

This was a unique project even for the large company, but they had been confident that they would definitely be able to complete it and set down their name in history mainly because this was an opportunity that hadn't come in the continent for a very long time.

The biggest stadium in the continent right now was in the Kingdom of Axelor, which could seat around 100,000 people and had been built for the purpose of the Battle Royales that were really popular among those people just like in the Black Raven Kingdom.

As the stadium was easily double that size, the company that built it would definitely gain so much fame that they would have no lack of projects in the continent.

The budget was a whopping 2.5 million Gold Lans, which was equivalent to $ 2.5 billion.

Yet, Daneel had actually been quite happy with this amount as he knew the average cost that was needed to build a stadium back on earth.

Although he didn't remember the figures exactly, he knew that budgets of billions of dollars were nothing out of place when stadiums with capacities of over 100,000 people were being built.

In fact, the price was so high in this case because the stadium had been ordered to be built in weeks.

When taking into consideration that it would take years or even a decade to undertake such a project on Earth, the cost was quite understandable.

Besides, no corners were being cut at all as Daneel envisioned this stadium bringing back much more revenue in the future than he was going to invest right now.

Curious about how exactly the construction would take place and also wanting to get away from the Palace for at least a little bit of time, Daneel had made the journey to the Black Raven Kingdom.

Although he had considered asking for permission and directly teleporting inside, Daneel knew that discretion was the better option.

Hence, he had used the same disguise as before to sneak in.

When he had reached the location, he had been witness to the strange sight of an enormous metal platform in the air from which the large stone block had slipped and fallen.

After acting to save the man who had been about to die, Daneel immediately left the location.

While the people below were puzzled about who the savior was, Daneel turned his attention to the many fascinating trinkets and the construction method that was being used below him.

This location had been chosen jointly by Faxul and Daneel both due of the canyon which was mostly level and was perfect for the stadium, and also because the land sloped downwards slightly to the canyon, making it appear like a bowl with two parts: an outer one which had a slight slope and an inner one which was like a deep pit.

The depth of the canyon was around 50 meters, but the stadium would only be 40 meters tall.

This would make it so that expansion would be easy, as they would simply have to build additional spectator stands on the land outside the canyon if they wished.

Of course, as there would be an enormous amount of distance between that spot and the stadium, they would have to consider deploying display trinkets so that people sitting on the far edges could get in on the excitement even though they couldn't actually see what was going on inside the stadium with their own eyes.

This reminded Daneel of the sports stadiums back on Earth, where those in the back would have to rely more on the screens placed around stadiums because they would never be able to clearly see the match, unless they had equipment like binoculars.

A few meters away from the canyon, a large makeshift warehouse had been built from which loud sounds could be heard.

Rather than a warehouse, it was more accurate to call it a shed as two sides of the building were open.

Through the opening, Daneel could clearly see that there were around 100 Mages hard at work.

These were all easily Eminent Human level ones, which startled Daneel as they would be able to form a very powerful force which might rival the armies of many kingdoms.

These Mages was sitting in teams of 10 with around 30 m distance between them, and around 1000 people were constantly bringing in cartloads of sand and clay and dumping them in front of them.

After the materials piled up to a certain degree, each team of 10 raised their hands in perfect coordination and cast the spell which first shaped the materials into a cube.

Daneel was fascinated by the teamwork, as it required years of training to be able to do what they just did. If even one mage lost a slight amount of control, the stability of the entire cube would collapse as each of them were handling different sections of it and making sure that it stayed in shape.

After shaping it for around 20 minutes by using water and then extracting the moisture, the Mages cast fire spells with started to fuse the particles together, beginning the process of making the blocks which constituted the stadium.

Daneel was quite surprised to see that the concept of brick making which had been a very essential invention back on earth was already in use here. But, the process has been sped up a lot because of the presence of magic.

Brickmaking composed of four processes: preparation, molding, drying, and burning.

The first three had been compressed into one part, hastening the process by a large degree.

In preparation, impurities were extracted, and this had been done by the fine control of elementary particles that enabled the mages to make sure that they were only controlling the particles they needed, expelling all the unneeded ones.

Next, molding meant making the bricks into the shape that was required, which had already been accomplished.

As for the drying, again, moisture had been extracted by using elementary particles to make the water leave the block.

Finally, the heat resulted in the solid, humongous bricks which were quickly taken to the stadium and laid in place.

Opening his eyes wide and watching everything like a kid who had found his favorite toy, Daneel found himself awed at the creativity of these people that was allowing them to do their jobs effectively.

In each and every Kingdom and force in the Continent of Angaria, there were a few people whose job it was to collect all the top news and check whether any action needed to be taken about them.

Of course, the main kind of news that these people assessed was about enemy movements which would need strategic decisions by the higher-ups.

Yet, there were a few whose duty it was to check for news that might be left out.

It was these people who had obtained information about the Olympics that were going to happen in the Black Raven Kingdom. Immediately, they took the decision that this couldn't be ignored by those in charge.

The King of Lanthanor had sanctioned an enormous amount of money to make sure that news about this event would spread everywhere, and the money had done its job. Various means were being used to proliferate the news, and some had even hired Mages to teleport to different areas in order to let as many people know as possible.

Besides, one very enticing detail was that only the seats inside the stadium needed to be paid for. According to the s, there were also free seats outside the stadium where the events would be clearly shown using display trinkets.

Also, along with these s, many top organizations which were known for their specialties in wine or food had taken the opportunity to spread the word that they would be present in order to serve everyone who came.

In essence, the Olympics were turning into some kind of festival to which all of the Continent was invited.

A festival was something often used by rulers in order to cheer up people in the face of difficulties. Usually, Kingdoms would spend enormous amounts of money to hire top performers and entertainers to regale people with their respective arts.

In this festival, the performers would be hot-blooded soldiers who would compete in front of hundreds of thousands to show their skill and power.

As a Continent that had a major focus on strength and capability, such contests enticed people much more than the usual methods of entertainment that they were used to.

Reports started flooding in all around the Continent that people numbering in the tens of thousands had already started to make plans to start their journey to the stadium.

Courts began to be held and discussions began to happen to address just how the other forces in the continent would react in the face of such popularity.

One such court that had just been held was in the Kingdom of Eldinor where the Queen was sitting on the throne with her lips compressed into a thin line.

Queen Eldra had spent the past few months weeding out corruption in the Kingdom, and she had been quite successful and had even busted a few elf slavery rings which had brought her much acclaim from the citizens.

Her popularity was constantly on the rise, and it seemed that she might even overshadow the love that her mother had had in her heyday.

Although there was much to be happy about, it was said in the Palace that the Queen was someone who rarely smiled and that she also had no one close to confide in, just like the previous Queen.

Although these were just whispers, they managed to reach Eldra's ears, pissing her off as she sat and listened to an elf talk extensively about the Olympics.

"-this is where the continent will be! So many people from so many kingdoms coming to watch, but it will only be two kingdoms who will have the chance to display their skills and steal the hearts of all the spectators. My Queen,-"

"Have you booked tickets yet?"

"No, I'm trying for the VIP seats."

Being interrupted suddenly, the elf answered without thinking and closed his mouth immediately while his eyes opened wide with surprise.

As chuckles started to sound around him, his face started to flush and he looked down at his shoes.

Eldra smiled inwardly, but nothing showed on her face. Since the time that she had taken the Throne and talked to her mother before she had been executed, the number of times that she had smiled could be counted on one hand.

In even those instances, it was just happiness that came from seeing elves freed from their misery.

Of course, she couldn't even say that she was unhappy. Although she had been a little lost in the beginning, she had quickly found her stride and she now enjoyed ruling this kingdom and being loved by so many people.

Yet, the link in the corner of her mind which was like an itch that she couldn't get rid of was something that perpetually lowered her mood.

That, and the words from her mother that she hadn't been able to forget.

Now, seeing a minister of her's speak so many praises about the event organized by the man secretly in control of the Kingdom of the Elves, she had felt the urge to speak like so and stop him.

"It's alright. I know that many of you are doing the same, so I don't understand why you are laughing."

As if they were school students caught red-handed by the teacher, half of those who were chuckling closed their mouths.

Elves were a species who had a lot of passion for skill in any field. Also, there were many elves who loved to study humans and their behaviors in order to understand them better.

This would be a golden opportunity to observe so many people and draw conclusions about how groups acted in such scenarios.

In any world, the feeling of superiority that a species might have over others wasn't something that could be kept from appearing. It was actually this feeling that led the elves to want to study humans, making them feel as if they were researchers treating those of the other species as mice to be prodded forward in a maze to note down and understand the dumb actions.

Of course, this only applied to a minority, but it just so happened that this minority was in the top echelons of the government of Eldinor and thus had the authority to attend this court.

In fact, the booking hadn't even begun, but the elves had started to pull strings in order to make sure that they would be the first when it did start.

"So, what is your petition?

The other aspect that came along with this superiority was that of pride. Pride which would be hurt if it saw the status of others rising far above in the hearts of many while they only stood on the sidelines, watching.

Looking up with determination, the elf said, "Elves must also take part, and we must showcase our power."

Eldra was startled by this. One known weakness of elves was that they were mostly Mages and that they actually had slower training speeds than humans in general when it came to training their bodies.

All of the events announced so far were meant for Fighters, so she didn't understand how elves could even hope to participate.

"Although I applaud your wish for Eldinor to rise in popularity, the events are all for Fighters. We would only embarrass ourselves if we insist on participating and then end up losing."

Those in the court were almost all older than her, and she sometimes forgot that they were also wiser.

This fact was shown to her again as she heard the reply of the elf.

"My Queen, we must challenge both of those kingdoms and mock them for not including any events for Mages. We must also anger them, saying that they are doing so because they know that their performance and skill cannot hold a candle to that of the wise elves of Eldinor. This will close the mouth of those who have started to talk that the other Kingdoms are too scared to test themselves in such a public scenario. If they refuse to include events for Mages, we will still have maintained our pride. But if they do include them, then we will crush them all and make it known to the continent once again that we are the Masters of Magic."

As the elf gave this pride-filled speech, Eldra chose to simply relay everything to Daneel through the oath.

As the King of Lanthanor received this message, his eyebrows raised as he realized that the Olympics were growing to become something even bigger than he had imagined.

"Alright. You're in. I'll send over the rules of the Mage games soon.", he replied, looking forward even more to seeing just how much of a grand spectacle the Olympics were going to be.