Putting on his battle uniform, taking his sword, and putting on a cloak, Gray and the man named Edge left Fergus Castle.
Riding horseback around the outside of Fergus, and after half an hour's journey, we entered a small village.
"team leader."
"team leader."
…
The small village should be the stronghold of the hidden force of the Fergus family. As soon as the two arrived in the village, many strong people appeared, greeted Edge, and looked at Gray curiously.
Edge nodded one by one and led Gray into a house made of stone slabs. In the house, there were two men.
One of the men had dark skin and short gray-brown hair.
The other man, on the other hand, had a bald head that was shiny and oily, as if it could reflect light like a mirror.
"Master Gray, these are the other two captains besides me. This is Watt and this is Kim."
Gray nodded and greeted the two of them.
"Hello you two!"
"This is Master Gray!"
Edge then introduced Gray's identity to the two.
"Master Gray!"
After hearing this, the two of them felt a little strange in their hearts. They didn't understand why Gray appeared here, but they both bowed respectfully to Gray.
"Captain, do you have any mission?"
Then, Watt, a man with short hair and dark skin, asked.
"Well, the Viscount ordered us to assassinate Hank Jason of Viscount Oliver tonight. Master Gray is already a high-ranking Blood Warrior, and he will also participate in this assassination operation."
Edge said with a nod.
"High-ranking blood warrior?"
Watt, a man with short hair and dark skin, and Kim, a bald man, looked at each other with shock in their eyes.
It is rumored that this young master Gray is the most talented person in the Fergus family. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. At such a young age, he is already a high-ranking blood warrior.
"Captain, shall I let the brothers prepare?"
Watt, a man with short hair and dark skin, spoke.
He didn't say that Gray would be a hindrance. Are you kidding me? A high-level blood warrior would hold back those of them, most of whom were low-level blood warriors, or even those who were not as strong as the lower-level blood warriors
Because the captain is a high-level blood warrior, they fully understand the strength of a high-level blood warrior. With this strength, even if they do not have corresponding assassination experience, their performance will never be weaker than that of a mid-level blood warrior like them.
"Well, go ahead!"
Edge nodded and told Gray about the strength of the upper-level Blood Warrior. Naturally, it was his intention.
As a team, trust is the most basic. If you cannot trust each other during the operation and do not dare to give your back to your teammates, it may lead to the failure of the operation.
He pointed out Gray's strength as a high-ranking blood warrior, just to tell the two of them and reassure them that Gray would never be a drag on them.
Half an hour later, a team of more than 30 people, including Gray, left the village and rode towards the Oliver family in the east.
An hour later, they arrived at the border between the Fergus and Oliver families.
As there was too much noise, they parked their horses at the border, leaving a few people to guard the horses, and entered the Viscount of Oliver on foot.
Of all the people present, the weakest ones were close to the low-ranking blood warriors. Naturally, their speed was not too slow. When the sun went down, they avoided the crowd and arrived at the residence close to the Jason family.
The Jason family is a noble family with seven villages and a small town in their fiefdom. The Jason family is located in the center of the only town, and they are now in the bushes outside the town.
"Master Gray, the town is too small. Once outsiders appear, they will be discovered immediately, so I plan to wait until dark before entering."
Next to Gray, Edge explained to Gray.
Although Viscount Fergus has already said that he is still the leader of the team, Gray is the young master of the Fergus family after all, so he naturally needs to ask for his opinion.
"Captain Edge, you can make your arrangements. For this operation, my father asked me to follow your arrangements."
Gray naturally understood that at this time, he should listen to the arrangements of the "professionals".
"yes."
Edge breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Gray didn't mean to "give orders."
It's not that he cares about the control of the team, he is just worried that after all, Gray has no assassination experience before. If he gives some inappropriate orders, it is not good not to obey them, and it is not good to obey them.
Now it seems that this young master does not have the arrogance of ordinary geniuses, but is unusually mature and steady.
As night falls, a purple crescent moon appears in the sky, casting down wisps of purple moonlight, casting a hazy purple light over the town.
In the small town, every household has closed its doors and windows, and little bits of light shine through the seams of the doors and windows.
"Walk!"
Edge said hello, took the lead and walked out of the bushes hiding his figure, and slowly sneaked towards the town.
Everyone, including Gray, also walked out of the bushes everywhere and followed him.
At this time, everyone had a black cloth cover on their heads. The cover completely covered their heads, except for three holes for their eyes and mouth.
Under the illumination of purple moonlight, everyone walked along the road in the town, trying not to make too much noise, and headed towards the center of the town.
The town with a population of less than a thousand people was not big. Within a few minutes, a building appeared in their sight.
Compared with other buildings in the town, this building is much larger, covering an area of several thousand square meters, and is surrounded by stone walls more than three meters high.
This is where the Jason family lives.
"Stop!"
Raising his hand to signal everyone to stop, Edge touched the wall alone.
After approaching the wall, he jumped lightly with his feet and grabbed the top of the wall with a light hand. He easily turned over and jumped onto the wall.
The whole process was silent. Even Gray and others who had been paying attention to him did not hear any movement.
On top of the wall, he looked around, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to follow, while he lightly jumped off the wall and entered the inside of the wall.
Gray and others approached the wall and used their own methods to climb over the wall and enter the building.
Gray, Kim, and Watt jumped into the wall with a slight leap, just like Edge before.
Others are in groups of two, with one person serving as a stepping stone, and the other person climbing up the wall. Then on the wall, they pull up the companion who became the stepping stone, and then jump off the wall and enter the wall.
"Woo-"
Although he is only a Lord, he is still a noble after all, and there are soldiers patrolling the interior.
The two patrolling soldiers arrived at this location. Before they could say anything, the person who first discovered them covered their mouths and had their necks broken.
"Kim, take a team of people to clear out the patrolling soldiers, and be careful not to make too much noise."
After seeing everyone pass the wall, Edge whispered instructions to the bald man Kim.
"yes."
The bald man Kim immediately left with more than a dozen people, while the remaining people, including Gray, led by Edge, sneaked towards the brightest light in the building.
When they were about to get close, Edge stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop, and he, Watt, and Gray slowly approached.
Gray approached the window with the brightest light, tilted his head slightly, and looked inside through the colorful glass window.
Then I saw a round table in a room with an area of more than a hundred square meters, with three people sitting on three sides of the round table.
A middle-aged man, a middle-aged woman, and a young man.
There was a steak in front of the three of them, and they were obviously enjoying dinner.
"It's him!"
From Gray's direction, he could just see the face of a middle-aged man. He was a thin man with brown eyes. Gray recognized this middle-aged man at a glance as Hank Jason, who had assassinated him. .
He couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly and snorted in his heart.
"Three of the family are here, it's just right."
The reason why they chose to sneak in just after dark, instead of sneaking in to assassinate in the dead of night, was to choose the time for the three of them to be together.
In the dead of night, even though the alert is at its lowest, it is easy for other targets who have not yet been assassinated to become alert and run away due to unsynchronized actions.
And because we don’t know the internal structure of the Jason family’s residence, we don’t know which room is Hank Jason’s room, so we can’t arrange assassinations accordingly.
If you are unlucky and the person who arranges to assassinate Hank Jason is too weak, he will be killed by Hank Jason instead.
So they chose the time just after dark when they could accurately find the target.
"I broke the window to get in, and Master Gray and Watt broke in through the door!"
Edge pointed to the window and door and motioned to Gray and Watt.
Gray and Watt both nodded knowingly and quietly sneaked towards the door.
Click!
Bang!
The sound of glass breaking and the door being kicked open sounded almost simultaneously.
Then, the three Grays quickly rushed into the room and rushed towards their respective goals.
Gray and Edge assassinated Hank Jason together, while Watt assassinated young men and middle-aged women, and others outside, killing soldiers and servants who came over after hearing the noise.
"who?"
The sudden huge movement caused the expressions of the three people dining in the room to change. Hank Jason stood up suddenly and shouted loudly.
What answered him was Aiqi's long black knife, which was quickly swiped towards his neck.
"snort!"
He lifted the round table, and the dinner on the table was scattered on the floor, and he himself used the round table as a weapon and smashed it towards Edge.
Stab!
The round table was split in half, but Edge was also temporarily blocked by the smashed round table.
Uh-huh!
At this moment, a sword light suddenly appeared and struck at Hank Jason quickly.
The deeply white sword body shone coldly under the light, like a bit of cold light.
The one who took action was Gray who rushed in from the door.
(End of chapter)