I have to laugh at the obsessive need to glorify every little thing that comes out of White Chain's mouth. How else is this supposed to work? Solomon David training a student in a Sith system? That's gonna lead to a Sidious style takeover where the new ruler actually isn't powerful enough to protect Rayuba, and some jackass comes rolling in and extinguishes the sun again.
Err, look at the chapters so far in Rayuba, the alt texts, and the chapter description texts.
Like, seriously, you have, going back only a few pages:
"Solomon is typically suspiciously slightly better dressed than his opponents during these matches"
"Chief among the concerns of any code of punishment is that it is important for the executed to have dignity. A man's death must be treated with reverence and not treated at some soiled thing. It therefore transforms from a wrongdoing into a spectacle."
"Enyis reached the city of Golden Flowing Water, which was at the time the most brutal domain in the world. For spitting in public there, one could lose a finger. It was a thirsty, conquering city that took many slaves, enjoyed the whip, and worshiped the sword.
Enyis was surprised to find the streets sparkling clean and orderly. The buildings were well constructed, airy, and it was scattered with well tended gardens redolent with many colorful flowers.
'They must enrapture you with splendor,' said the Boar King, who had noticed Enyis' confusion. 'Otherwise, you might look down and notice the blood-matted beast who shoulders this city, and your mind will fill with unpleasant truths.'"
"Every single warrior that comes to that gods-cursed ring thinks they have a chance at their drop of blood. The great tragedy is their inability to perceive that the long line of contenders has stretched not only over months, or years, but over many times the natural lifespans of wiser and saner men who have died old in their beds. What the Emperor wants to see in them, I don't dare to know. He will drink oceans of blood before he does."
EVERYTHING is pointing out to a superficially beautiful utopia that underneath is an oppressive, bloody dictatorship, all built to feed his ego. Coupled with his stated desire to leave it to a heir and then go on a road trip, and White Chain's words are merely another grain on the mountain of blatant foreshadowing.
As for how it's supposed to work, did you read the posts you're answering to? How about just picking someone promising and training them for both the strength to stand up against outside threats and for rulership? He's had a long,
looong time to find someone.
Instead, he set up a pointless tournament he repeats regularly where hundreds are slaughtered, where he says he expects someone to just show up with the ability to wound him, despite this failing to happen every single time.
