Leaving aside how these low-ranking monsters had slipped out of the tightly restricted Demon Domain, It was only a Perfect Quality item. Did it really warrant repeated negotiations over twenty years?
There had to be something suspicious going on!
Harboring doubts, Wushe contacted the Kero Clan's upper ranks and summoned the three people involved.
They were Thin Armor Eldest, Heavy Armor Second, and Golden Skull Mask Third Brother, who had encountered Lu Li in the Gray Domain twenty years ago.
However, none of the three still possessed the equipment they had worn back then.
Not only was Thin Armor Eldest no longer wearing his light armor, Heavy Armor Second's heavy armor, [Blood Treasure Armor], had yet to be recovered.
Golden Skull Mask Third Brother's Golden Skull Mask had vanished without a trace.
Otherwise, they would have exchanged it long ago under the terms offered by the Goblins.
Because the Golden Skull Mask truly was just an ordinary Perfect Quality item.
There was nothing suspicious about it.
If it could secure greater benefits, then even if Third Brother, the mask's owner, refused, the Kero Clan's upper ranks would force the decision upon him.
Unfortunately, The item was gone.
In order to obtain the high-value trade goods promised by the Goblins, the Kero Clan's upper ranks had even considered buying a new [Gold-Eroding Mask] from the market and passing it off as the real thing.
But unfortunately, Once they put that idea into practice, the Goblins who came to trade saw through it almost immediately.
After that, the Kero Clan paid the price of having the entire population of one planet slaughtered.
At that point, even an idiot could connect the dots and pin the blame for slaughtering that planet on the Goblins.
Yet the Kero Clan's upper ranks were all intelligent