Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Rivers of Blood (Part 1)

The banquet was brimming with a lively atmosphere, with toasts and greetings exchanged freely.

The golden and splendid palace witnessed its most bustling and grandiose day in recent years.

Numerous nobles and royal family members were all in attendance, filling Ilinor's largest palace, which served as the venue for welcoming the imperial envoy.

Ordinarily, the delicacies that the common folk might save up for weeks before affording to indulge in just once were now served as if costless, dish after dish brought to the long tables by attendants.

Not to mention, the luxurious and shiny clothes on the royals and nobles, the sparkling, dazzling variety of gold and silver jewelry, and the gemstone rings.

Usually, they might hide these to avoid suspicion.

After all, there are always those, the sightless lower classes, who might question and envy their wealth.

They could understand this.