Charlot unwrapped the bundle and took out Whale Butcher and Whale Slayer.
Anne's eyes filled with disbelief as she asked in astonishment, "Is this lance the legendary Whale Slayer?"
Charlot said indifferently, "Yeah! I got it from a pirate. Its quality is pretty good."
Anne said, "Legend has it that Whale Slayer and Whale Butcher were forged by an anonymous Holy Alchemist. Used separately, they are merely an ordinary high-order Transcendent Weapon and a mid-order Transcendent Weapon, but when combined, they possess a marvelous ability!"
"When someone holds one of the lances, a shadow knight will appear, wielding the other Knight's Lance to aid them in battle!"
Charlot was greatly startled. "Anne, how do you know that?"
Anne said with a faintly smug expression, "I did my homework."
Charlot muttered to himself slightly and did not dare ask further. He did not know that the full version of Anne's words was: "I did my homework on every one of your spoils of war."
But a man's sixth sense wisely led him to choose another topic: the novel they had "created" together.
At the mention of the novels, Anne's eyes immediately lit up. "Charlot, you have no idea how popular your books are. They are selling not only in Fars, but also in Inglima, the Lionheart Dynasty, even Byron and the Black Phoenix Dynasty. They are wildly popular in all the smaller countries as well."
Charlot smiled faintly. "It was your hard work that made these novels such bestsellers. I merely reaped the rewards."
Anne knew full well that Charlot was just saying nice things. The novels were popular entirely because their original author had written them so well, but she still happily went on and on about the various "difficulties" she had encountered in getting them published.
For example, she