Oliver's Castle, Viscount Oliver's study.
"The Jason family was destroyed, suspected to be the work of the Shadow Snake..."
After receiving this news from the territory, in the study, Viscount Oliver and his eldest son Keppel both looked strange.
Now in the entire Marquis Territory, they are the ones who know the whereabouts of the Shadow Snake the best. After all, the Shadow Snake is currently being settled by them in a secret residence in the territory.
And based on their current relationship with the Shadow Snake, the Shadow Snake will naturally not attack the nobles in their territory, but what is going on now? There is actually a family in the territory that is suspected of being destroyed by the Shadow Snake.
"Father, this must be another family pretending to be the Shadow Snake to take revenge on our Oliver family."
Keppel said with a cold face.
"I know."
Viscount Oliver nodded. He could naturally think of this, and he could probably think of which families were responsible.
Over the years, he has asked Hank Jason to assassinate the children of other Viscount families many times. Those who will target him must be people from several other Viscount families, but he does not know which Viscount family did it.
"Father, will the family that attacked this time know about the Shadow Snake from Hank Jason?"
Keppel said worriedly.
"Probably not. I didn't let him have any contact with the placement of the Shadow Snake. He probably doesn't know about it."
Viscount Oliver shook his head.
"But the last time the Shadow Snake stayed in the castle temporarily, he came to the castle once. Kepel, please go and notify the Shadow Snake later and ask them to be careful."
"Yes, father."
Keppel nodded, and then said worriedly.
"Father, we are so deeply involved with the Shadow Snake. If the Shadow Snake is captured, we will probably be involved."
"There is no turning back."
Viscount Oliver shook his head with a wry smile.
More than two months ago, the spy he placed in the Fergus family learned about the animal control potion. He immediately made a plan to use the animal control potion as bait to lure the Shadow Snake to destroy the Fergus family.
Unexpectedly, the movement of the Shadow Snake was greater than imagined, and they directly took this opportunity to launch revenge on the Marquis of Sidney.
Not only did they attack the Fergus family, but they also attacked many noble families in the Marquis territory. They also destroyed the Viscount Shirley family, which made the Marquis of Sidney furious, and he launched a nationwide siege against the Shadow Snake.
One can imagine what would happen to the Oliver family if the Marquis of Sidney knew that the Shadow Snake was caused by the Oliver family.
"But this might also be an opportunity for us."
Viscount Oliver said as if he was comforting Keppel, and also as if he was comforting himself.
"Opportunity, what opportunity?"
Kepel wondered, this was obviously a disaster that could lead to genocide if not careful, how could there be a chance
"A chance to go further!"
Viscount Oliver said mysteriously.
"How could it be possible? With the current situation of our Oliver family, even if it is not affected by the Shadow Snake incident, we cannot compete with the other viscount families."
Keppel became more and more confused.
"The situation is indeed unlikely now, but what if a lot of resources are obtained?"
The expression on Viscount Oliver's face became increasingly mysterious.
"A lot of resources? How could the Sidney family give us a lot of resources?"
If his father hadn't spoken normally now, Keppel would have almost thought that his father was crazy.
"It's naturally impossible for the Sidney family, but other forces are possible."
Viscount Oliver said with flashing eyes.
"Other forces? Father, you don't mean the Shadow Snake, do you?"
Keppel said in surprise.
"Of course not. Although Shadow Snake has such financial resources, there is no reason to do so."
Viscount Oliver shook his head.
"I'm talking about the forces behind the Shadow Snake."
"Is there any force behind the Shadow Snake?"
Keppel was shocked when he heard the breaking news.
"Of course, when the Shadow Snake attacks the Marquis of Sidney, revenge is on the one hand. On the other hand, it is also driven by interests. It is this force behind them that drives them."
Viscount Fergus said.
"And this force also has a grudge against the Sidney family. Through the Shadow Snake, I have already contacted this force."
"This force promised that after this time, it will provide us with a large amount of resources and make us a hidden thorn in their Marquis of Sidney territory."
Viscount Fergus' study.
"The Shadow Snake is lurking in the Oliver Viscounty?"
After hearing the report from Gray and Edge, Viscount Fergus tapped his fingers on the long table and frowned slightly, thinking about the credibility of the news.
Next to him, Bernal frowned after hearing the news, and spoke after a moment.
"Father, it's impossible that the Oliver family doesn't know the consequences of being involved with the Shadow Snake. Could this be a random fabrication by Hank Jason to save his life?"
"It's possible."
Viscount Fergus nodded.
"But there is another possibility."
Having said this, Viscount Fergus sneered slightly.
"What clues about the Oliver family fell into the hands of the Shadow Snake, forcing him to provide shelter for the Shadow Snake."
"handle?"
Gray's eyes lit up. If the Oliver family really had any clues that fell into the hands of the Shadow Snake, then everything would be explained.
Even if you risk being discovered by the Sidney family and destroyed by the Sidney family, you must provide a hiding place for the Shadow Snake, because if the Shadow Snake is caught by the Sidney family, the Sidney family will probably know about it. With that "handle", they will also be destroyed by the Sidney family.
"Father, what should we do next?"
Bernal's eyes also lit up and he asked with a happy face.
The Oliver family is a competitor of the Fergus family, and has also assassinated the children of the Fergus family. If there is an opportunity to overthrow the Oliver family, the Fergus family will naturally not miss it.
Moreover, if they can provide effective intelligence on the encirclement and suppression of the Shadow Snake, the Fergus family will definitely be rewarded with resources from the Sidney family.
"Let us investigate secretly with the spy buried in Oliver Viscounty and confirm whether the Shadow Snake is in Oliver Viscounty."
Viscount Fergus said.
"But before that, let's go meet Hank Jason and confirm whether the news is true or false."
The dark underground prison has a thick wall that is completely filled with molten iron. The wall is covered with various metal cuffs. At this time, two people are handcuffed to the wall that is poured with molten iron like specimens.
One of them was a young man whose clothes were stained with blood in many places.
The other man was a middle-aged man, who looked worse than the young man. The clothes on his body were stained red as if stained by blood. Moreover, his two arms, his right arm was broken at the shoulder level, and his left arm was also broken at the wrist level.
Da da da!
The footsteps approached, and the two raised their heads, revealing their bloodshot eyes. When they saw Viscount Fergus walking in the front, Garth glared at Viscount Fergus, while Hank Jason stared at him fiercely. Weak and weak.
"Fergus... Viscount, good... means."
There was a hoarseness in his voice. He had been tortured and interrogated all night last night. Now, he was exhausted and it was difficult to even speak.
"You should have thought of this outcome when you assassinated a member of my Fergus family."
Viscount Fergus said coldly.
"Give us... a treat."
Hank Gass said without arguing.
After falling into this situation, he no longer expected the Fergus family to let them go, he just hoped to suffer less pain.
"Yes, but you have to tell us whether the news is true or false."
Viscount Fergus said in a cold voice.
Even if a high-level blood warrior loses his arms, it is very dangerous to be detained for a long time, so killing him as soon as possible is in line with his plan.
"Don't think about getting away with it just for the sake of relief. I won't kill your son for the time being. Only after I confirm the authenticity of the news will I decide whether to kill him directly or kill him after being tortured."
"The news is... really, okay, can you give me... a happy break?"
Hank Jason said hoarsely.
"Gray."
Viscount Fergus nodded and looked at Gray.
"yes."
Gray responded, pulled out his sword from his waist, and walked towards Hank Jason.
"It was you... that person last night... was you!"
Hearing Gray's voice and seeing the sword in Gray's hand, Hank Jason immediately judged that the person who cut off his arms and captured him last night was Gray.
Originally he thought the man was Bernal, but now it seemed that it was the younger Gray.
He stared at Gray with eyes filled with shock and regret.
Shocked that Gray was already a high-ranking Blood Warrior at such a young age, regretting not being able to kill Gray in the first place, or regretting participating in that assassination...
puff!
There was a soft sound, and the tip of the long sword penetrated his left chest, piercing his heart.
The look in his eyes gradually dimmed, and after the fixed body twisted a few times, it softened weakly.
Gray let out a breath of bad breath in his heart.
Because the other party could assassinate him at any time, he didn't even take a walk around Fergus City, which was a few hundred meters away from Fergus Castle. He had a bad breath in his heart, but now the bad breath has finally subsided a lot.
Of course, this is not the end, the culprit is still the Oliver family.
This time, if the Oliver family is really involved with the Shadow Snake, it will definitely anger the Sidney family. For him, it is an excellent opportunity for revenge.
(End of chapter)