Chapter 208: The Death of the Death Chosen One, Secret Sword and Kael's Maid Squad (10K)_6

This displaced anticipation led to an unprecedented sense of loss.

It was in that moment that he suddenly had an epiphany and finally understood a truth, why, many times, when a top nation has a conflict with another top nation, do they always want a country like Shadow Country to cheer them on?

For a long time, he didn't understand why this was necessary. Wasn't this just creating enemies out of thin air?

Why couldn't they just refrain from getting involved with either side?

Until... after returning from a trip to the Silver Moon Forest, he seemed to grasp something in a moment of clarity.

The reason those great nations wanted these smaller countries to cheer for them was not only to have a bit of noise in their favor, but most importantly—

Countries like Shadow Country were only useful for this very purpose.

What made him even sadder was another point.