The following afternoon, the Holy Roland Empire hauled cart after cart of gifts to the camps of the various allied forces.
Clearly, after returning, Marshal Adolf had given the matter some thought instead of following Holy Roland I's instructions to the letter.
In any case, he had already mentioned at last night's victory banquet that they would send gifts to the various allied forces to express their gratitude.
The gifts naturally could not have been prepared so quickly. Their top priority had been preparing for the upcoming expedition.
But now that this had happened, and since His Majesty had specifically brought it up, they might as well seize the opportunity to send gifts to all the allied forces at once.
That way, their gift to Great Zhou would not stand out so much.
After all, this matter also concerned the dignity of the Holy Roland Empire. At yesterday's banquet, they had not only been humiliated—now they even had to come bearing gifts to apologize?
If word of this got out, the Holy Roland Empire would truly lose all face.
Yet under these circumstances, Marshal Adolf could not hand the matter of delivering Great Zhou's gift over to one of his subordinates.
Therefore, he had raised the specifications for the other allied forces as well, arranging for a Vajra Realm general to deliver each of them their gifts of thanks.
As for Great Zhou, he naturally came in person. This both demonstrated their sincerity and made it convenient for him to handle things. At the same time, Great Zhou's gift was clearly much more generous than those given to the other forces.
But that was only reasonable. In terms of combat strength, there was no doubt that Great Zhou had contributed the most among all the allied forces and played a