A month later, the wedding was held as scheduled in the castle Zangya had arranged.
The castle originally belonged to an old-fashioned nobleman. Raditz had bought it with wealth from Frieza's treasury and used it as a wedding venue for Tien and Launch. Officially, he gave Tien a martial arts dojo.
Everyone else had prepared exquisite gifts and helped with cleaning, buying custom-made dresses, and decorating rooms...
On this day, the entire castle had a fresh new look and was filled with festive atmosphere.
Everyone arrived on time, flying to the grand building and landing one by one before walking slowly toward the wedding venue. The male Saiyans wore black evening suits with their hair slicked back, looking like elegant gentlemen.
Nappa's powerful muscles made his suit bulge out, and his beard was carefully trimmed. He was escorting Ariel, who wore a plain and elegant silk dress—the two looked like another couple.
Vegeta walked ahead alone, still in his battle suit, while Bulma followed a few steps behind carrying little Trunks. Although Vegeta always kept his distance from Bulma, intentionally or not, his pace would slow down a little, waiting for her.
Behind them was Goku's family of three. Goku still wore his martial arts gi, Chi-Chi wore a new silk cheongsam, and Gohan was dressed in a delicate outfit. The family was happy and cheerful, laughing and talking about the wedding and Gohan's childhood.
Everyone crossed the white stone bridge, stepped onto the long red carpet, and walked toward Tien and Launch step by step. Beside the newlyweds stood best man Raditz and bridesmaid Zangya—the group had fought over who would be best man, but in the end couldn't beat Raditz.
It was Tien's first time wearing formal attire, and he stood there awkwardly shifting his shoulders, while Launch was currently in her gentle blue-haired state. She wore a pure white wedding dress with thousands of pleated layers, inlaid with faint silver edges and sparkling fine diamonds. The dress highlighted the girl's delicate and pure nature.
"Congratulations!" Master Roshi had also changed into bright formal wear, holding flowers as he handed them to the couple.
"Thank you, Master Roshi."
"Haha, I didn't expect you to be the first one. Launch is a real beauty." Master Roshi had just left when Yamcha came up. He and Tien hadn't known each other well initially, but their relationship had grown stronger over time.
Yamcha had originally thought he'd get married first, but Tien had beaten him to it.
"Your turn will come soon enough," Tien smiled modestly.
Fragrant flowers were specially arranged on both sides of the pathway, their sweet scent refreshing. Beyond that were large green lawns, neatly trimmed, creating a joyful and elegant atmosphere everywhere.
Guests came up one by one to congratulate the newlyweds while people chatted and laughed nearby.
Suddenly, Launch seemed a bit uncomfortable and sneezed! Her blue hair instantly turned blonde, and the gentleness in her expression changed to aggression. She looked around, and most of the people nearby were also stunned, staring at her.
No one had expected this change. Blonde Launch's temper was well known—she liked robbery and violence and might pull out a gun from anywhere.
Raditz suddenly noticed Zangya's smug expression and lowered his voice to ask, "What the hell are you up to? What's going on?"
"Just wait and see. This is the surprise I promised her." Zangya smiled mysteriously, not even telling Raditz.
Just as she finished speaking, blonde Launch happily stepped on an old brick on the ground. As if some mechanism had been triggered, the whole castle rumbled, countless gun barrels emerged from the towering walls and castle top, and rocket-like weapons slowly rose from corners of the ground.
The castle hadn't just been cleaned—it had been remodeled! When Zangya arranged everything, she'd stuffed countless weapons inside!
This was like robbing an entire armory!
Looking at blonde Launch, she seemed very excited, hooking her arm around Zangya's shoulders and saying she'd done a good job. Tien nearby was stunned—there hadn't been any mention of this in the wedding plans he'd been told about!
"Fire!"
With a loud shout, all the guns fired in unison, exploding into gorgeous fireworks that enveloped the whole castle, as if creating a colorful world. The combination of violence and dazzling beauty captured everyone's attention.
In the universe, similar fireworks were burning wildly—planetary debris was being blown apart, with light flying through boundless space.
Screams echoed through communicators, spreading throughout the entire Northern Galaxy.
"SOS headquarters! SOS headquarters!"
"Under attack!"
"The Ninth Guard has taken heavy casualties! The..."
The sound cut off halfway, and with it, the life on the other end stopped.
"Hello! Hello! Tenth Guard! Tenth Guard!" Jeice stared at another darkened screen in headquarters' communication room, sweating profusely.
His grip was so tight he nearly broke the communicator.
Since the previous month, news of planetary explosions had been coming in constantly. He hadn't paid much attention, thinking it was ordinary space phenomena. But since a few hours ago, this kind of thing had been happening more and more frequently, even affecting planets where the Galactic Justice League was stationed.
The guards had found strange creatures attacking them, destroying and even devouring entire planets!
As a result, tragedies continued occurring, with countless distress signals flooding headquarters' communication room.
"Planet Sagas is under attack! Please send Alliance protection!"
"Beep—" Another signal. "Headquarters, headquarters, this is Branch 17. Metal beings have launched an attack! Metal beings have launched an attack! Our combat power isn't enough! Expect half an hour... Ah! Monster! Let go... what!!!"
The sound cut off abruptly, and the last thing heard was the splashing of blood.
Jeice's eyes stared blankly, his red face fading to pale. Almost all planets were sounding alarms simultaneously—where were all these enemies coming from? How could they launch such a large-scale coordinated attack?
"Look, sir! This is the star map our detectors have sensed!" After several hours of analysis, the scientists around him had finally created a star map through the Alliance's detection network spread across the galaxy.
An electronic virtual screen suddenly appeared in the air, and everyone in the communication room was stunned by the scene before them.
The communicator in Jeice's hand cracked with a "snap," and his mind buzzed with fever.
"What, what should we do, Lord Jeice?" The people around him were so frightened their legs went weak, and they stammered out these words with trembling voices, shaking before the screen.
Jeice took a deep breath and swallowed hard, his throat feeling like an iron block:
"Contact Lord Raditz! Hurry! Otherwise we're all going to die!"
He turned and glared at someone, his eyes bloodshot, like a man-eating beast about to pounce.