At noon on September 4th, the Legendary Dragon Zoleika and the legendary panda Xiu Ming each opened a Teleportation Portal and left the goblin ruins known as Moge Castle. The Dragon Race had recovered a demigod inheritance and remains, the Panda-kin had gained a new cultivation base for magic bamboo, and Landen had, for all intents and purposes, claimed the gold coins, metal plates, and Goblin Cannons here for himself.
"Landen, I really didn't expect you to tell Red Dragon Rock about those remains," Gleia murmured after the legends had left.
"The only use I could think of for those remains was for you to receive the inheritance and become a demigod," Landen explained. "But if that happened, you'd still have to answer Red Dragon Rock's questions afterward. Better to tell them now!"
"Mhm." Gleia nodded.
In truth, over the past several thousand years, countless dragons had become demigods or legends. Many had found inheritances from who knew where; once they ascended, they ascended. Red Dragon Rock might ask about it, but they could not truly pursue the matter.
Gleia knew that, and so did Landen. But there were too many elements within these ruins: the magic furnace, gold coins, the goblin library, magic arrays, dragon remains. Landen was not sure which of them the Dragon Race would be interested in, so he simply brought in representatives from Red Dragon Rock and the Goddess of Wealth to lay everything out face-to-face.
The remains Landen had handed over were less a return to Red Dragon Rock than a sharing of the spoils with the dragons. That way, Landen could rightfully claim everything else as war booty.
As for turning the ruins of Moge Castle into a city-state with a magic furnace, that was also a sharing of profits with the local