Chapter 623 A Thrilling Banquet

"Take this fifty thousand taels of gold as a betrothal gift for marrying Isis," said Rocky as he showed the gold in the box.

However, this scene shocked everyone in the room upon seeing what Rocky had just done.

In that room, no one had ever thought that Rocky could be that rich. It was fifty thousand taels of gold! The money he gave was so huge that it had everyone's jaws almost drop to the ground. In fact, most of the people in the room could not make that amount of money even for a lifetime.

"Here. Take this box as well. It contains different jewelries for Isis." Right after he finished his words, Rocky asked the servant to open the other box that was beside the one containing gold. Inside the box, there were various pieces of valuable jewelry that could be worth a lot—pearls, agates, emerald, and jade.

And in no time, all the three remaining boxes were opened, brimming with treasures and valuable objects with so much worth.

In total, all of the things inside the boxes were estimated at a worth of at least a hundred thousand taels of gold. Anyone with common sense could guess the amount for everyone knew how valuable each piece was. Everything Rocky had given Isis as the betrothal present was of so much value that it was equal to a huge sum of money.

Seeing Rocky's lavish presents, both Lance and Isis were also surprised. As a matter of fact, they had never heard Rocky mention anything about betrothal gifts. The proposal for today was supposed to just go through the motions, but Rocky had already brought such expensive betrothal presents without letting them know in advance.

Rocky had initially intended to keep the whole thing as short and as simple as possible. However, right when he realized how Isis was very much willing to sacrifice her lifetime of happiness just to help him, he felt that he needed to do more and show his gratitude to her. After all, he knew that no one other than Isis could make a sacrifice this big. Feeling that he needed to give more to Isis, he wanted the proposal to be so eye-catching that it would certainly grab everyone's attention. He thought that he could make a simple proposal even grander. Moreover, he thought that the gifts could also give Isis some comfort for all of her sacrifices. To make this happen, he went to the Super Beast Farm on purpose. There, he asked Shawn to prepare several boxes of betrothal presents for him. After all, he could actually afford several gifts for money was not an issue to him. It was no big deal for him since the treasures that he had put up for sale in the Super Beast Farm were several times more expensive than the total cost of the betrothal presents that he had just purchased.

Despite of how all the people present there were astonished at the sight of the grand display of betrothal presents, they also thought that Lance would not think too much of those things. Being one of the Three Great Generals in the Holy Dragon Empire, Lance and his daughter were very known and popular with all the citizens. Even though Rocky gave his all, the citizens were still unsure if he would succeed with his proposal.

But of course, none of the onlookers in the area kn

epped forward to facilitate this joyous occasion gracefully.

The whole room quieted down after that. It was such big news and nothing could ever change Lance's decision. Seeing it as final, the onlookers had nothing to do but congratulate the future couple, Isis and Rocky, and also Lance, in succession.

"And since there is a war approaching us, I will select their wedding day as soon as possible. By then, I will hold a grand banquet to celebrate this joyous occasion, in which all of you are invited to attend," Lance added.

Meanwhile, after their play had ended, Lance and Allen went straight to the conference hall along with some Elite Commanders to discuss their current military situation. The onlookers left the hall, too.

Suddenly, Isis walked up to Rocky as she looked at the boxes suspiciously. Curious, she could not help but ask, "Where on earth did you get all the money for this? You have never mentioned giving betrothal gifts before. And about that bottle of miracle liquid you gave to my father, I guess it was not the one I once took, right? That was a very unusual elixir, and yet you gave my father a bottle of it. And you also offered four middle-grade Dark Heaven Eggs. You are really generous!"

"So what? You don't mean you also want to take my private coffer, do you? You are not my wife yet," Rocky asked back. "Do I have to hand all the money that I earn to you for safe keeping from now on? Is that how it's going to be, my future Mrs. Rocky? Yes indeed, it took me a significant investment of money and effort to marry you, my lady. Imagine that I only have four middle-grade Dark Heaven Eggs and now I gave all of them to you..." Rocky said as he joked around.

"Stop kidding me, Rocky. I'm serious. You know that this is just a fake engagement between us..." But before she could end her sentence, Isis suddenly stopped talking for she saw a young woman walking towards them, glamorously.

"Marin..." Isis called the lady at once.

Turning around, Rocky saw Marin, who was already standing beside them. However, something was pretty odd as she didn't look so well on her face...