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Chapter 832 - 832 70 The Divided Kingdom and the Coliseum_3

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When the two greatly contradictory interest groups separated, their chances to undermine each other decreased, which allowed them to play a bigger role on the battlefield instead.

What came next was all about protecting their own interests, and they would certainly put all their effort into it.

Even if the Warhammer Kingdom fell, many Noble Castles would still stand firm.

Ancient tribes is a general term, and only they themselves can understand how many species are actually included internally.

With more people come more problems, let alone a multi-species Alliance.

At this moment, when they’re fighting to conquer, they can struggle together for shared interests, but once there are results, that’s when things start to break apart.

Not every species harbors grand ambitions.

Most of the ancient tribes just want a piece of land suitable for survival, and those vying for continental supremacy are almost non-existent.

It’s not that these people lack ambition; it’s really because of the limited population of their species.

Especially for those small tribes with only tens of thousands of people—for them to vie for continental dominance, do you really think their average strength equals that of a Giant Dragon?

In Hudson’s view, as long as the Warhammer Kingdom could withstand the first wave, division would occur within the ancient tribes.

Realizing that the Human Race was tough to deal with, some species without ambition would opt to quit while they were ahead, turning from offense to clearing up their rear.

For the Alpha Kingdom, one less enemy meant a better chance of victory.

Even if it was just a few small species, at a crucial moment, they could be the last straw to break the camel’s back.

Standing on the pavilion, watching the knights challenge Magical Beasts in the arena, and looking down at the cheering crowd below, Hudson realized that opening a “Coliseum” wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Once the knights of his own territory finished their challenges, he could lift the restrictions and use the slogan “Whoever subdues the Magical Beast shall keep it” to attract knights from outside to take on the challenge.

Not only could he sell tickets, but he could also collect a registration fee.

After all, the remaining Magical Beasts were the stubborn ones in the beast world, not so easily subdued; even if they were defeated, it was mostly in vain.

If you didn’t want to pay the fee, that was okay, just help out once.

Hudson’s demands were not high, during the continental warfare, following him and lending a hand was enough.

“Mr.

Jose, you came from the Capital, how much do you know about the Coliseums?”

Hudson asked with concern.

Though the plan was good, it needed people for implementation.

In the entire Southeastern Province, only Bera City had a Coliseum, which said a lot.

If it was easy to make money in this business, the Nobles everywhere would have followed suit long ago, it wouldn’t have remained unexpanded to this day.

“Earl, the management of a Coliseum is very simple, it’s nothing more than a venue, plus ‘beasts’ and ‘people’.

Given the situation in the Mountain Domain, these conditions are not hard to meet, but the key issue is the difficulty in making a profit.

Relying solely on ticket sales, at best, you could break even.

The real profit comes from commissions on gambling.

Beyond that, selling some food, providing special services, and compensations for fights and brawls also constitute important sources of income.

Taking into account the actual situation of the domain, unless the Coliseum is placed in Dardiel City to attract Nobles from neighboring counties to watch, it would be hard to break even.”

After listening to Jose’s analysis, Hudson felt quite helpless too.

The Mountain Domain may appear to have everything, but this sparrow was ultimately too small after all.

The light industry was textiles, the heavy industry was iron smelting.

But these were all craft workshops, and the workers completely depended on him, the Lord.

Their purchasing power was a joke.

Even if Hudson was willing to pay cash as wages, these people wouldn’t spend it, or rather, couldn’t bring themselves to do so.

With clothing, food, shelter, and transport provided by the Lord, everyone’s desire to consume was almost equal to zero.

Of course, their deflated purses also dictated their low desires.

Life goal: to eat enough.

A further pursuit: to eat well.

Spiritual pursuits could maybe be pandered to with tickets as rewards.

After all, one can’t expect a bunch of guys who can’t fish out a few copper coins from their pockets to spend money.

To increase everyone’s income and switch from a food ration to cash payment system was just wishful thinking.

The majority of the domain’s income was invested by Hudson back into the development of the domain, with a small part going to maintaining the military forces.

The Mountain Domain was still running at a fiscal deficit.

What surplus value could there be to distribute?

If internal purchasing power was negligible, external purchasing power was equally unable to rise.

With the continental war looming, the Nobles were all busy expanding their armies and preparing for warfare—who had spare money to spend?

“Then let’s set up the Coliseum in Dardiel City!

The remaining Magical Beasts are a stubborn breed, having been defeated over a dozen times with no signs of submission.

We’ve tried both intimidation and inducement, to no avail, the likelihood of them being reclaimed is very low.

We might as well offer them as prizes, to attract knights from all over to come and challenge.

Following our rules, whoever can subdue the Magical Beast after fighting it can have it.

The registration fee can be set at fifty Gold Coins.

For such a small sum of money in exchange for a chance to become a Magical Beast Knight, I reckon plenty of people will take the bait.

After all, taking on the challenge in the arena is much safer than trying one’s luck out in the wild.

If only a few lucky ones succeed, we won’t have to worry about attracting more contestants later.

In this way, we can even save the money we would have paid to hire Gladiators.

If managed well, the Coliseum could even make some money.

Of course, whether or not the Coliseum makes money is not the point; the key is to promote the spirit of valor!”