In Kamsid City, crowds thronged the marketplace held to welcome the arrival of spring.
"Fine porcelain from Hephaestus Ceramics Company! Only the last batch remains, so don't miss out!"
"Get yourself some new clothes! The printed cotton from Mercury United Trading Company is cheap and beautiful!"
"Face cream made by Sekhmet Biomedical Company! Beautiful ladies, why not try a bottle...?"
In the philosophy of the "Prosperity Angel" and the "Lord of Gold," commercial activity was the best way to accumulate wealth.
If they could find a way to improve economic circulation throughout the entire world, every race could achieve further development and prosperity, bringing lasting happiness to all human society.
Gods and humans alike should strive to break down every barrier hindering trade and social development. Otherwise, they would only be completely swallowed by the surging tide of the times.
It was also the future trend He had foreseen.
Therefore, even though nearly all mid-to-high-end goods in Kamsid City were monopolized by the duchy, the city administrators could not betray the path of the True God and arbitrarily impose trade monopolies.
At this moment, one person in front and several behind were chasing one another through the marketplace.
They all wore identical gray robes marked with the same emblem—a silver triangle surrounded by mist, representing the church force known as the "Order of Mist," under the Justice Angel Ai Huote.
"Barke, stop right there! Explain why you didn't attend High Mass today! Where is your devotion? Where is your dedication?"
Slimy tentacles occasionally danced beneath the robes of the pursuers behind him, shoving aside the crowd. But the market lanes were too narrow and packed for them to pick up any speed.
The citizens living in this city had long undergone countless rounds of conditioning. They deeply understood that, apart