"But this is a token of your esteemed nation's sincere goodwill, so I won't stand on ceremony! On behalf of the 125,835 brothers of the Dragon Mountain Empire Nineteenth Legion, on behalf of the 13,528 brothers of the Dragon Mountain Empire 127th Heavy Magic Beast Cavalry Division, on behalf of the 11,359 esteemed mages of the Third Division of the Dragon Mountain Empire Royal Mage Corps, as well as the 385 officers and 2,877 accompanying guards of our Gallic Empire officer corps sent to aid the Black Spirit Empire, I offer you our most sincere thanks!"
Falha's mouth fell open as he stared blankly at Enzo. His entire body had frozen stiff.
The gift meant for Enzo, to put it bluntly, was the Black Spirit Empire's attempt to bribe him into looking after them and keeping the Dragon Mountain Empire from swallowing the Black Spirit Empire in one bite. But how could Enzo do that? The Black Spirit Empire might be immensely wealthy, but they had never intended to give gifts to more than a hundred thousand people at once!
If they followed the list of gifts prepared for Enzo and gave every one of the hundred thousand-plus Dragon Mountain Empire soldiers a share, the Black Spirit Empire could declare bankruptcy on the spot—the little wealth in its treasury absolutely could not bear such ruinous extravagance.
"G-General Ente Malte, I... I don't understand what you mean!" Poor Falha stared blankly at Enzo, nearly dropping to his knees to kowtow before him.
Enzo flashed Falha two rows of white teeth in a smile, wearing the same expression he had once worn while following Lin Qi through University City in the Gallic Empire, wielding a thick club and collecting "monthly personal safety protection fees" from the children of wealthy families. He thrust