Because the challenge had to be completed within a single day, and no food was allowed until it was over, there was no way to replenish one's stamina. Meanwhile, the royal family had already selected an heir in advance and could wait in rested condition, giving them better odds than the challenger.
That said, they still had to be at least in the same league to take advantage of that, so Elbaf's royal family could not be too weak. At the very least, there was a guaranteed lower limit.
From this perspective, Mousse felt that although the "Dwarf King" had some selfish motives, he was still far more decent than those rulers on Earth who insisted on passing the throne to their own children and grandchildren, even if they were idiots or mentally ill. Or, from another angle, perhaps he was simply much smarter.
Even on Earth, where great power belonged to organizations, a monarch who was too incompetent could not hold onto the throne. When the time came, not only would they lose their kingdom, but they might not even be able to save their own lives.
And in the Pirate World, where great power belonged to individuals and the differences between people were so vast they might as well have been different species, someone without the ability was even less likely to hold onto the top position. Forcing the seat onto an incapable descendant was not love—it was harming them.
Speaking of which, although Elbaf's Giant race had no precise metric like Doriki Value for measuring Combat Power, thanks to the Elbaf Spear created by the "Dwarf King," they had developed their own standards over the centuries:
Mastering the Elbaf Spear was a symbolic threshold for Elbaf's Giant race. Once one crossed it, they would not only receive