Chapter 987: The Vice Commander and the Family Representative
At dusk, the Elf-descendants and High-Rank Knights stood in two orderly rows inside the hall at East Pillar Mountain.
At the end of the rows, Prince Stuart and Louis Shendu stood side by side, watching Hark Gallop approach the hall entrance in formal attire.
As the music began, Hark and Ryan, who followed behind him, each raised a tray in both hands and walked into the hall with solemn expressions.
The trays carried the inventory of spoils from their recent exploration of the Goblin Ruins. The lists detailed the Ruins, Magic Furnaces, remains, Magic Pattern Equipment, Gold Coins, Magic Beasts, and more.
The two walked slowly at the front, while Raul, Dugan, and the others followed behind, carrying two High-level Magic Beasts—naked mole rats frozen into solid blocks of ice. Under the watchful gaze of the High-Rank Knights, they approached the Legends.
"The Gallop Family presents its report of victory to His Majesty the Demon Emperor and His Majesty the God Emperor," Hark shouted loudly, his instincts taking over as he forgot every phrase Albert had taught him. "The Gallop Family is willing to offer everything to the gods and Their Majesties!"
"Hahaha." Stuart and Louis exchanged smiles. The Gallop Family still had its share of honest, straightforward people. Not everyone was like a certain someone who haggled every day, falsified accounts, made a spectacle of himself, and went around with his arm around a panda.
Stuart and Louis each took a report from Hark's and Ryan's trays, then pulled out a document and placed it on a tray.
By protocol, Hark, as the nominal leader of the Ruins expedition, had to offer everything they had obtained to humanity's two True Gods: the God Emperor and the Demon Emperor. The two