After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Current Experience Bar: 133080/400000.

It's still 270,000 experience points shy of leveling up to 37.

The higher the level, the more exponentially the required experience points increase.

Lin Da had no idea whether the Goddess's Divine Gift could help him level up.

After all, they were three adventure teams, joined in a united hunt.

After the experience points were shared out, there probably wouldn't be much for each of them.

With a loud bang, a golden light sphere, resembling a miniature sun, split into ten parts.

The ten light spheres varied in size.

The smallest was only the size of an apple.

The largest was comparable to a watermelon.

There was nearly a tenfold difference in volume!

The "apple" light sphere zipped toward the Fire Mage from Ice Flower, who was staring blankly at the "apple," and stammered, "Why is there so little? Did the Goddess make a mistake?"

Standing beside the girl was Fannis, the commander of Ice Flower, an Ice type Mage.

Fannis pushed her thick round glasses up the bridge of her nose and said with a satisfied smile, "Ho ho ho, that's where you're wrong. The Goddess would never make a mistake in distribution. The fact that your reward is so small shows that you were slacking off during the hunt!"

"I, I didn't! It's just that the giant ape's fur was too thick..." the girl said, blushing, "Plus, Captain Lin Da also said that the giant ape is resistant to Fire Series."

Fannis said, "It's just a joke, don't take it to heart!"

As Fannis suggested, after the hunt of the large magical creature, you could estimate the contribution of each adventurer by the size of their light sphere.

This could be colloquially understood as "KPA" or "MVP," as the big boss would give different rewards based on the adventurer's performance in battle.

In mid-air, a light sphere, twice the size of Fannis's "apple," floated over to Isa.

Lia's was not small either, but it was somewhat inferior to Isa's.

The giant ape's resistance to the Fire Series meant Lia couldn't exert her full strength in this hunt.

Then, Lulu received the largest light sphere so far.

Berserk Lulu inflicted tons of damage and received recognition from the World Tree Goddess.

Gradually, only the three largest spheres remained.

These were "Melon," "Pomelo," and "Watermelon."

The owner of the Watermelon light sphere was basically guessed by everyone.

His contribution was evident to all, and even Lia, who was the hardest to convince, admitted that without him, the White Dove City Alliance wouldn't have been successful in the hunt.

As for the distribution of the Melon and the Pomelo...

The two who had not received a light sphere were Aiko and Monica.

"Oh my, Monica's so amazing. That big pomelo surely belongs to you," Aiko said with a faint smile, maneuvering her Magic Wheelchair beside Monica, "Having such an exceptional Mage like Monica must make Lin Da very happy."

"Eh? I-It shouldn't be mine," Monica said, her face turning red as everyone stared, and she hung her head low.

During the hunt of the giant ape, she saw Aiko casting spells rapidly and couldn't help but feel envious. In terms of total damage, she was definitely not a match for Aiko.

Monica's talent lay in the increased power of her magic, but with slower casting speed.

Mages like Aiko, who could cast quickly and Adapt in battle, had always been what Monica aspired to.

But to her surprise, Aiko valued her so highly and even thought the larger Pomelo light sphere belonged to her...

Monica was flattered and felt too highly praised, her cheeks burning with embarrassment.

"Even if this light sphere isn't yours now, Monica, it will surely be yours in the future. Your talent is truly high," Aiko said with a smile, like a thoughtful big sister.

She seemed not to care about the distribution of the light sphere, appearing generous and magnanimous.

But in reality, Aiko was inwardly elated.

That was the strength of a top-tier Light Mage.

As long as she was serious, she could effortlessly outshine all members of the Phoenix Tail Flower.

Her Rain of Light enveloped a twenty meter diameter, releasing thousands of light spears.

When fighting lesser creatures, at most they'd be hit about a dozen times.

But against a mountain-sized Silverback Giant Ape... hit every time.

Her damage output exploded.

Aiko glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw that Lin Da was indeed looking at her with an admiring gaze.

The elegant smile on her face nearly turned into wild ecstasy.

Lin Da was finally looking at her properly!

The horn of success had sounded.

The Melon and Pomelo light spheres flew towards her and Monica.

This time, Aiko did not play the joker.

A larger grapefruit light sphere stopped in front of her.

Aiko humbly declined.

Then, together with everyone else, she turned to the last and largest watermelon.

As everyone expected, it flew towards Lin Da.

Feeling the surging power within the light sphere, Lin Da's emotions swelled, and he slowly extended his finger, jokingly saying, "Stop looking, everyone, if we don't touch the light sphere soon, the World Tree Goddess might confiscate it."

"That's not going to happen." Lia rolled her eyes at Lin Da, protectively opening her little hands to shield the light sphere.

The others also made their touches.

Boom.

In an instant, golden light pillars descended upon the plains.

"Power, power is surging forth from inside me!"

"Comfortable..."

"Yay, I'm now a level 32 Heavy Armored Warrior."

Lin Da felt a buzzing in his head.

A stream of wondrous energy flowed into his body.

In the night sky of his mental world, a golden speck of light appeared.

At the same time, within the light sphere in front of him, a pear-shaped fruit condensed.

The pear was entirely golden and emitted a refreshing fragrance.

Even the sensor ladybug in the sky was attracted and landed on Lin Da's shoulder.

"This is..."

Lin Da murmured, reaching out to hold the golden pear.

It felt tender and supple in his hand, with a faint warmth, as if the pear was composed of liquid.

Lin Da stared fixatedly at it, his mouth uncontrollably salivating.

His instinct told him that this must be the most delicious fruit he had eaten so far.

The sensor ladybug projected the image of the golden pear onto the big screen of the viewing building.

A murmur swept through the hall.

The adventurers stared at the golden pear, stammering in disbelief:

"Go, go, golden pear? A golden pear actually appeared, what kind of incredible luck is this!"

"Ah? Isn't that a fairy tale?"

"I just read this story to my son in a comic book yesterday,

it tells of a good-for-nothing adventurer named Tom who learned only one skill in his lifetime. That skill was extremely terrifying, but no one could master it. Find your next adventure on My Virtual Library Empire

Tom ate the golden pear and immediately mastered the skill, thereafter vanquishing giant dragons, winning over the princess, and living a happy and fulfilling life."

"It's fake, it must be fake, I don't believe it!"

Watching the golden pear in Lin Da's hands, everyone began to doubt whether they were dreaming.

How could something from a fairy tale appear in reality?

"No, the golden pear truly exists."

On the 17th floor of the building, Wez stared at the golden-like fruit, speaking with complex emotions:

"My brother told me himself that in the Ice Abyss, you could exchange cultivation points for a golden pear. This magical fruit really exists."

Even Wez, a Nine Star Adventurer, said as much, so it seemed there was truth to it.

The skeptical voices in the hall instantly disappeared, and one by one, they looked enviously at the golden pear.

"To come across something like this, his luck is way too good..." Sterry felt a little sour in her mouth.

She, an adventurer from a prestigious family, had only seen the golden pear at an auction.

The greatest effect of the golden pear was to randomly improve an adventurer's skill.

It sounded somewhat similar to the Inspiration Fruit.

The biggest difference was that the enhancement from the golden pear brought a skill directly to its peak potential.

It is well-known that after a skill is mastered, it becomes very difficult to improve further.

Many adventurers struggle their entire lives without being able to advance their skills.

But the golden pear could elevate a skill to its pinnacle.

Though the golden pear only worked for adventurers below Light Rank, it was still invaluable. It could only be found deep within the Magical Beast Mountain Range or in the trials of the World Tree Goddess, extremely rare and not something one could just find.

This time, even big shots like Bervis of the Moon Rank in the hall displayed envy.

Even for them, obtaining a golden pear was exceedingly difficult.

If not for the World Tree Goddess's bestowed golden pear, which was bound to the recipient, they would have even considered trading with Lin Da.