Golden Holy Lance · Longinus

Even after Jerros and his wife's last visit, the "Golden Kingdom," which had been sealed off for a century, had reestablished contact with the outside world. However, that contact was limited to a few Sentient Creature settlements on the western side of the Shattered Star Sea.

They were all small, self-sufficient nations with little population. Before productivity truly underwent major development, commodity circulation could never properly flourish.

Moreover, the exceedingly cumbersome entry and exit procedures outside this semi-independent secret realm had also caused no small amount of trouble.

The sparse foreign population could not support any sophisticated third party service industry. In fact, few people were fortunate enough to enter this hidden kingdom ruled by deities, let alone speak of any "commodity economy."

The place where Evan and the other two stayed was merely a small tavern combining dining, entertainment, and lodging. Even so, it was already one of the few high-end service establishments in this city-state kingdom.

It was also at this time that the Essence Fruit grown using the "Child of the Sea Goddess" had fully ripened. The fourteen small trees were laden with seventy-six crystal-clear Essence Fruits, each as large as a watermelon.

Even the small fruits beneath their pale green rinds were each the size of plums. Altogether, they looked like flawless watermelon tourmalines.

Just one glance was enough to make one's mouth water.

Their quality far surpassed the hundreds of fruits Evan and Olivia had harvested on the battlefield where they protected the Sea Monster King Kraken. No matter how numerous ordinary sea monsters were, how could they compare to a fourth-tier Child of the Sea Goddess?

As Vinia had said, although the Children of the Sea Goddess in the Storm Belt were not very bright, their flesh and bones might have been sturdier than