From the outside world's perspective, mid-to-lower-tier commanders can make hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins from a major war, and as an Army Marshal, he would surely add a couple of zeros to that amount.
As for the probability of that happening, it was ignored by many who are habituated to only seeing the successful ones.
With more people joining the competition, naturally, there will be no pre-decided positions. The Kingdom Government also has to consider the feelings of local powers and simply summoned everyone to the Capital to discuss together.
Though it was called a summons, the moment the Governors received the news, they rode Flying Magic Beasts straight to the Capital.
Calculating the time, even the last arrival was only a day and a half later than Hudson, clearly having traveled day and night to get there.
