The Reverie was far more boring than Hades had imagined.
He had already anticipated all the issues raised.
Sitting there through the meetings had little to do with him.
Hades had only come to go through the motions. Many kingdoms newly admitted as World Government Member States were eligible to attend the Reverie, making it little more than an introduction.
Of course, the trip had not been entirely fruitless.
Gerald had already obtained contact information for many affiliated nations.
Far too many powers wanted to cooperate with the Kronos Kingdom.
The trade islands merely linked the Four Seas, allowing goods to be shipped directly across the Calm Belt into those waters.
But each sea was vast, and many kingdoms were far from the trade islands.
Only shipping companies could deliver bulk goods to every corner of the world.
The trade system established by the Kronos Kingdom also required large numbers of transport ships to deliver goods worldwide.
This was the core of the trade system.
If transportation by island turtle, combined with the trade islands, formed the main arteries of the trade system,
then the shipping network formed by countless transport ships was its branching vessels.
Together, they formed a vast web that enveloped the entire world.
Shipping companies played an important role within it.
Seeing the profits shipping offered, countless powers would flock to this untapped market.
Numerous shipping companies had been established this way, and all the different transport ships they needed came from Putt Island.
Every year, Putt Island built hundreds, even thousands, of transport ships.
The shipbuilding industry across the entire sea had entered a period of prosperity.
Before this, when the Great Pirate Era had driven the shipbuilding industry into decline, the Kronos Kingdom had already begun laying the groundwork, buying shipyards and shipbuilding companies