Cho'Gath landed heavily in the center of the hall, making the entire mountain of bones tremble slightly.
He lowered his head to look down at Kalu and asked in a deep voice:
"Nothing went wrong here while I was away, did it?"
"Any news from outside?"
"My lord, everything in the territory has been proceeding as usual, and resource trading has remained steady," Kalu answered respectfully, then added:
"But there has indeed been some news from outside."
"Word of Demon God Brett's death has spread everywhere. Several quick-acting Demon Gods have already joined forces to carve up most of the territory it left behind."
"And news of Aker's death has caused an uproar throughout the Home Planet Galaxy. It's just that..."
At this point, Kalu's tone grew somewhat hesitant.
Cho'Gath's eyes turned cold, and he snorted:
"Just what? Stop hemming and hawing. Speak!"
Kalu started in fright and said:
"There are a lot of nasty rumors about you going around outside."
"Some Demon Gods learned that you appeared in Aker's territory and destroyed the Space Wormholes to prevent other demons from interfering."
"After checking with Aker's subordinates, they guessed that Aker was already dead."
"Now they're saying everywhere that you kept everything for yourself, that your greed was... unseemly!"
After delivering the report in one breath, Kalu bowed even lower, already bracing for the Demon God's fury.
As far as it knew, with Cho'Gath's savage temper, hearing other Demon Gods mock and slander him like this would definitely send him into a rage on the spot. He might even storm straight into their territories to demand an explanation.
Yet the anticipated thunderous fury never came.
"Hahahahaha-"
Cho'Gath burst into deafening, wild laughter.
Kalu furtively raised its eyes and stared blankly at its heartily laughing lord, Cho'Gath, utterly bewildered.
How could