The next day, Wood and North Wind's wedding and banquet were held as scheduled.
Limited by time, Wood had not invited many guests, but the quality of those guests was exceptionally high. If they went out together, they would be enough to blind countless gold-spending dog eyes.
There was naturally no need to mention Wood's friend, Rafe Kavat, head of mining for the Northwest Republic; the former and current presidents of the Carpenters' Association had both come as well; and practically all the major figures of the arts world, represented by Hugh, were present. Beyond that, there were Philex Isuka, Grand Archon and head of construction and development for the Northwest Republic; Archon Asna, head of township development; Qiao Xiu, the Crimson Flame Dragon and military commander-in-chief of Glimmerstone City; Clito, deputy director of the Fisheries and Hunting Resources Survey Office... What surprised Wood most was that even Madam Tig, Grand Archon and head of civil affairs for Void City, and Mr. Palin, the second president of the Northwest Republic Mages' Association and director of the library, had come!
He had no friendship with either of those two...
But his surprise was not over yet. Just as the evening banquet was about to begin, three more heavyweight guests arrived.
The God of Arts, the God of Pleasure, and the founder of the Republic—the Lord of Void Mask, who had carved out this great undertaking in the Wasteland!
The three gods all appeared in the forms they commonly used. The God of Arts was an elegant bard holding a harp; the God of Pleasure was a youth as beautiful as a woman, smiling happily with narrowed eyes; and Void Mask was, naturally, still a green jellyfish floating in the air.
Speaking of Sui Xiong's appearance, there was actually a little joke