Chapter 73: Removing The Obstacle
"It's coming along nicely," I hummed, my hands on my hips as I stared up at the half-completed stadium in front of me.
The huge stadium looked out of place in the huge plain around it, with metal beams and glass glinting in the sunlight and reflecting into the grass. The very basic huge plains area had been partially developed, with a long road stretching out from behind the stadium and leading towards the nearest city.
Most of the devils who came to watch the duel would just teleport in, but I was making use of Zekram's resources. The man was both paying for and providing the manpower to build the entire stadium, so I didn't decline the road being built since I'd want an easier connection between my territory and the rest of the Underworld eventually anyway.
On the inside of the stadium, there were already thousands of seats in a rising circular manner that surrounded the fighting arena. The main viewers I wanted there were the noble families, of which Zekram was guaranteeing the heads of each one would be in attendance, but they would also want to bring their family and peerages.
Sirzechs fighting in a duel was quite the spectacle, and my reputation had stretched pretty far across both the Underworld and the human realm at this point.
As a result, we needed a lot of seats. Seats that Zekram had no problem providing.
"It'll be done tomorrow," Zekram nodded next to me, the burly man grinning lightly at the grandeur of the stadium, "I've been overseeing its construction personally, so I can guarantee it'll be a setting befitting of the duel."
I knew he was lying, as it had been Zekrel Belial who was in charge of watching over the construction of the stadium, but I wasn't going to press him about it. The structure was being built, and that was all that mattered at the moment.
That was actually to my benefit as well - I much preferred Zekrel being the one in charge instead of Zekram.
The primary reason I wanted the stadium built in the first place was because it would be mine - as in, part of my [Territory]. I'd get a huge boost from being in my territory by my [Beast King] title, which would make my plan come along much more smoothly.
There was another reason, but that was more for theatrics than actual practicality. It would make things easier, but it wasn't entirely necessary.