"Did the blood of the Shadow Snake only strengthen my defense?"
Gray thought about this problem as he left the clearing.
In the distance, Barbara, dressed in a black and white maid uniform, walked towards her. She was slender and graceful. Looking at the approaching figure, Gray's eyes suddenly opened slightly, but they soon returned to normal.
"Master Gray!"
The maid Barbara didn't notice Gray's small moment, and walked up to him and saluted him respectfully.
Gray nodded and ordered.
"Go tell Butler Nick and ask him to find someone to repave the flagstones in that vacant space!"
"Yes, Master Gray!"
The maid Barbara responded. She was used to the fact that the flagstones in this open space needed to be repaired every few months.
Green stared at the other person's leaving figure with a strange look in his eyes.
"As expected..."
At this time, in Gray's eyes, the figure of the distant maid Barbara was no longer wearing a black and white maid uniform, but a vague human shape painted with red paint like an oil painting.
The humanoid appearance is extremely blurry, and the human shape can only be vaguely seen.
The red color on the surface ranges from deep to light and unevenly distributed, just like the random graffiti of an abstract painter.
"Could this be... infrared perception?"
Holding his chin with one hand, Gray guessed.
Snakes are animals with poor eyesight. They are said to be short-sighted, but they have an excellent ability to find prey. They can accurately find prey even dozens of meters away, even at night.
The reason is that they can feel the infrared rays emitted by living things, and this infrared ray is a kind of thermal radiation. As long as the living things are bound to have strong thermal radiation, they will not be able to escape the snake's infrared perception.
And now, he seems to have acquired this ability to sense infrared rays.
"How could it be? My strength has not reached that of a fierce blood warrior, how could I have the ability of a blood beast? No, I understand..."
Thoughts were racing in Gray's mind, and Gray came up with a reasonably reasonable explanation.
Infrared perception is a snake's ability, but this ability is not exclusive to snake-like blood beasts. Even if it is not a snake-like blood beast, just an ordinary snake, it also has this ability, so he will not Before reaching the level of Vicious Blood Warrior, he had the ability to sense infrared.
"I didn't expect that in addition to the defensive characteristics, I also gained infrared perception. Even if the strength is uncertain, the blood of the Shadow Snake Blood Beast is worth it."
A portion of Shadow Snake blood is enhanced in two aspects. From this point alone, Shadow Snake blood is more valuable than the previous Cold Tiger blood and Wind Wolf blood.
Moreover, both the defensive properties and the infrared sensing properties are extremely useful properties.
The defensive characteristics can enhance Gray's defense and can completely save Gray's life at critical moments.
But for example, in the last battle with the wanted criminal McCarthy Thompson, if Gray had acquired the defensive properties of the Shadow Snake, his ability to protect himself in the hands of the opponent would have been stronger, and his left hand would not have been injured in the end.
As for infrared vision, this thing is also extremely useful.
The last time he went to the imperial ruins in the Red Leaf Forest, he encountered a shadow snake on the way, which still gave him some inexplicable chills in his heart.
The other party was completely hiding in the shadows. Even Viscount Fergus was unable to notice it. The sudden attack really startled him.
Fortunately, Viscount Fergus responded in time, otherwise, he and Bernal would have been seriously injured even if they had not died.
At that time, if he already had infrared perception, he should be able to detect the opponent even if he was hiding in the shadows. In this case, he would be able to take precautions in advance and not be left defenseless at all.
As if he had discovered a new toy, Gray kept using his infrared vision in the castle.
Each servant, in his eyes, was like a random graffiti, with a strange abstract beauty.
The body seems to be painted with different shades of red paint. The color of the torso is generally darker, while the color of the limbs is much lighter, even with a faint red-green color.
If the person who had acquired this kind of infrared perception was an abstract painter, his inspiration would have burst out at this very moment, and his brushes would have been flying.
It wasn't until a figure that was shorter and slender than the others ran towards him that he turned off this infrared perception.
No, it can't be said to be turned off. It just adjusts the sensitivity of this infrared perception to the lowest level so that this infrared perception does not affect normal vision. However, if you are in a dark environment, you can still feel people in the dark.
The person running towards her was a cute girl about 1.5 meters tall. She was wearing a long white dress and had two pigtails on the left and right sides of her head, making her even more adorable.
"elder brother."
The girl is naturally Sarah. Just over a month ago, in the last month of winter, she turned 14 years old.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing the other party coming, Gray couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Brother, you promised me that after the snow melts, you would accompany me to play in Fergus City."
Sarah looked at Gray Road expectantly.
"Well."
Gray remembered that more than a month ago, on Sarah's birthday, she forced Gray to take him to Fergus City to play.
However, there was snow everywhere at that time and the weather was extremely cold. Considering that Sarah had not yet started practicing blood magic, her physical fitness was far less strong than theirs, and she could easily catch wind and cold, so we decided to wait until early spring next year before giving her supplements. superior.
He himself had forgotten it, but Sarah had not forgotten it. No, as soon as spring arrived and the snow melted, she immediately found Gray.
"good."
Since he agreed, there was no reason to refuse. Besides, seeing the expectant look on his face, Gray couldn't bear to refuse.
"Butler Nick, prepare a carriage for us and arrange a team of soldiers. We are going to the city."
He found Nick, the castle steward, and gave instructions.
After listening to his instructions, the butler Nick asked.
"Master Gray, do you need to call Lord Linde?"
According to the castle's convention, every time Gray needs to leave the castle for something, he needs to be accompanied and protected by Lord Lynde.
"No need to trouble Lord Linde. I just want to take a walk in Fergus City and have a team of soldiers."
Gray thought for a moment and shook his head.
After all, Lord Linde is a noble lord, so it is not good to bother the other party all the time. Besides, he already has the strength of a high-level blood warrior and is not afraid of assassinations from various viscount families, so he does not intend to trouble the other party.
"Yes, Master Gree!"
Butler Nick responded respectfully and left, instructing other servants to prepare carriage soldiers, while he jogged all the way to Viscount Fergus's study on the second floor of the castle.
Although this was Master Gray's own request, if something happened, he would definitely be punished, so he came to report the situation to Viscount Fergus as soon as possible.
"It's okay, just leave it to him. Just send an extra group of soldiers to follow!"
Viscount Fergus already knows the strength of Gray's high-ranking Blood Warrior, and naturally understands that with Gray's current strength, it is impossible for the viscount families to assassinate him.
Moreover, there are many soldiers stationed in Fergus City, and it is very close to Fergus Castle. If there is really an attack, he can arrive in a few minutes at most, so naturally he will not stop it.
They left the castle in the afternoon and walked around the city all afternoon. It was not until evening that the two returned to the castle.
Gray himself had a lot of fun wandering around the city all afternoon. After being in this world for so long, this was the first time he truly visited the city of Fergus, which is only a few hundred meters away from Fergus Castle. .
Although I walked around for a while on my way back from learning the noble dance last time, it was just a drop-in, not a real stroll.
At the same time, the big stone that had been weighing on his heart since time travel has also fallen. In this world, he finally has the ability to protect himself.
With the strength of the high-ranking blood warrior, as long as he does not commit suicide, there should be no problem in self-protection in this three-acre territory of Fergus Viscounty.
(End of chapter)