Chapter 1003
After all that talking, it turned out he wanted money. Still, that let Nova Supreme breathe a sigh of relief. Xandar's commerce was especially developed. Though its military was weak, it had plenty of money, so to them, any problem that could be solved with money was not a problem.
The reason Xandar had been able to fight the Kree Empire for a thousand years despite being inferior in both personnel quality and military strength was its wealth and powerful productivity. Unfortunately, they never reached the point where quantity could overwhelm quality. Later, the Kree Empire underwent political reforms, gradually surpassed Xandar economically, while Xandar politically turned itself into sheep, and that was how it ended up in its current state.
One clause in this peace treaty required Xandar to pay the Kree Empire an enormous sum every year, called annual tribute.
The Kree Empire said it was compensation from Xandar for their military expenses. Xandar said it was to support the Kree Empire's economic development. But at its core, it was nothing more than bribing the Kree Empire, declaring itself a subject, offering tribute, and buying peace.
Yet the Xandarians thought this was quite good. Under such circumstances, as long as they paid the Kree Empire every year, the Kree Empire would not attack them. That was already an extremely worthwhile deal. Besides, once you took someone's money, you had to go easy on them. If the Kree Empire wanted to spend Xandar's money, it had to keep Xandar around. Otherwise, who would keep sending them money?
That was also why Xandar still harbored a sliver of hope for the peace treaty even now.
Now Evenson said that as long as they issued a government bond, they could delay Asgard's advance. Nova Supreme felt that this was