The grand award ceremony was held in the Radiant Hall in the Imperial Palace. That was because the Empire had not won a large-scale war in a very long time. Moreover, that was a crusade. It was the first time in two hundred years since the Empire had a victory as big as wiping out eight hundred thousand Roland invader.
The award ceremony was on an extremely grand scale. The largest in two hundred years. The last time such a grand award ceremony was conducted was during the reign of Abbas the Great.
The Radiant Hall had never been so busy in the past two hundred years. There was no such scene in previous years, even on National Day.
The Radiant Hall that could accommodate thousands had already been filled with people. Everybody of prestige in the Imperial Capital had already gathered there.
Being an award ceremony, it was different from an ordinary banquet. All the men wore their uniforms instead of their ceremonial attire.