The conversation gradually moved away from the Life Fruit and the Ancient Tree of Life. Lincon casually set the box containing them on a nearby table.
Violet came running over from who knew where, drawn by the scent. He first cast a fearful glance at the Abyssal Lords kneeling on one knee before Lincon.
In the end, he could not resist the Life Fruit's allure. He edged closer to Lincon and tilted his head to stare at it on the table.
His brilliant violet eyes brimmed with longing. Drool trickled between his sharp teeth.
"That isn't for you to eat. If you dare stick your tongue out at it, I'll revoke your permission to enter Longwind City and beat your mouth bloody," Lincon said flatly.
Violet's ears drooped. He forced himself to look away, rubbed his head against Lincon's leg, then simply lay down and watched Alashu and the other Lords with an air of borrowed authority.
Lincon paid him no mind. He contacted Luo Chiyou mentally and asked her to bring over the rewards he had prepared long ago.
Those rewards were the items Wei Xing had sent to Longwind City.
[A-Rank Arctic Insect Wing] [A-Rank Frost Dragon Horn] [A-Rank Spirit-Devouring Demon Eye]
For Longwind City as it stood, these A-Rank biological materials had little practical use.
Longwind City's strengths lay in Rune Industry and Spirit Plants. Its research into biological materials lagged behind even the front line's longstanding exploration of Dark Energy.
So Lincon intended to use some of the materials suited to the Hive Legion as rewards for the assault on the Lin Province Abyss Rift, granting them to Alashu and the other Lords.
Huge chests were set before them one by one. Their heavy iron lids sprang open with a thunderous crash beneath