Gamora said, "The mission is complete. We hope your nation will pay the reward promised in the contract. Once it is delivered, we will leave immediately."
Ayesha's subordinates brought out Nebula in restraints.
Ayesha said, "I know she is your sister."
Gamora replied expressionlessly, "She is nothing more than a bounty I plan to collect on Xandar."
Ayesha said, "When our soldiers arrested her, she was attempting to steal the batteries... Do with her as you please." In other words, Nebula deserved to be caught, and she even took the opportunity to drive a wedge between the sisters.
What a vile personality.
So the Sovereign's physical and mental perfection was nothing but their own delusion.
Just as they were about to leave,
Rocket Raccoon said, "Hey, aren't we forgetting something? Like Abilisk's corpse."
Star-Lord said, "High Priestess Ayesha, according to the contract, Abilisk's corpse is our spoils of war, so..."
Ayesha looked at her subordinate.
The subordinate said, "The contract does not specify ownership of Abilisk's corpse. Under normal circumstances, it is indeed their spoils of war."
Ayesha cursed internally. Idiot! Why wasn't it specified? Then she remembered that she had reviewed and approved this contract herself.
She could only curse inwardly, not aloud.
Otherwise, her subordinate, whose emotional intelligence was practically nonexistent, might directly say, "But you approved this contract."
Then she would be utterly humiliated.
Ayesha's eyes shifted as she said, "Oh, but the corpse has already been burned. Reduced to ashes. Do you want it? I can have someone bring it over."
Even an idiot could tell she was lying.
The Sovereign had indeed taken an interest in the monster's corpse, mainly its tough hide. Their biotechnology was highly advanced; after genetic editing and splicing, they could create offspring with monster skin.
The problem was, what could