At midnight, Gray and others returned from attending a banquet hosted by Earl Ford's family.
Ever since the Donn Ford brothers personally sent the invitation letter to the auction, there has been more interaction between the Fergus family and the Ford family.
"Gray, come to the study!"
At the banquet, Gray, who spent a lot of energy dealing with the overly enthusiastic aristocratic girl, was slightly tired and prepared to go back to the bedroom to sleep, but was stopped by Viscount Fergus.
Following Viscount Fergus to the study, Gray was filled with doubts.
I don’t know what happened to Viscount Fergus, and why did he choose this time
"Father, what is going on?"
Sitting opposite Viscount Fergus at the coffee table, Gray asked directly.
Viscount Fergus also knew that Gray was very tired at this time, so he asked without much hesitation.
"What do you think of Miss Hazel?"
"ah… ?"
Gray was startled by Viscount Fergus's unreasonable question. After a moment, he looked at Viscount Fergus with a strange expression.
"Father, isn't it Earl Ford who wants to betroth Miss Hazel to me?"
Hazel was the girl who came with Dunn Ford last time to deliver invitations to the auction. In recent months, Gray had met her from time to time at banquets.
"No."
Viscount Fergus shook his head, and Gray breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, but the next moment, he was hit hard again.
"But I can feel that Earl Ford has this intention."
Viscount Fergus continued.
"If we can marry with the Ford family, it will be beneficial to both the Fergus family and the Ford family."
"Of course, this depends on your own wishes. The Fergus family does not need to benefit from your marriage."
It was Gray who was so good at negotiating with each other. If it were Bernal and Ellis, he would have made a direct decision long ago.
There is no way, the current strength of Gray is not inferior to him, and it is the hope of the Fergus family to become an earl family in the future. If there is a gap between Gray and Gray because of the marriage, it will do more harm than good.
"What do you think?"
Gray thought carefully before answering.
"I'm too young now and don't want to think about it too early."
In terms of beauty, Hazel is indeed quite beautiful. However, not all beautiful people are suitable as wives. Gray does not want to make a hasty decision, and he really does not want to consider such a thing prematurely.
"That's fine."
Viscount Fergus nodded. Since Gray had said this, he naturally only supported it.
While Gray and Viscount Fergus were talking in the study.
Six figures quietly climbed over the Fergus Castle wall and entered Fergus Castle.
They were shrouded in shadow and walked along the shadow of the castle building. There were patrolling castle guards who passed by them more than ten meters apart, but they could not find these six people at all.
Among the six people, one of them is a woman wearing an eyepatch, one of the three captain-level figures of the Shadow Snake who possess the strength of the Blood Warrior.
Relying on their shadow abilities, the six of them evaded several waves of patrolling guards and successfully entered the hall of the castle. Then, they followed the stairs leading to the second floor and groped towards the second floor.
The second floor is where the bedrooms of the Fergus family are located.
Soon, the person walking at the front entered the second floor. He looked carefully at both sides of the corridor on the second floor. In his night vision, he could see no sign of life.
In order to prevent assassinations, some noble families will bring hunting dogs to the floor where the bedrooms are located after nightfall. With their ears and keen sense of smell, they can detect assassins in advance.
They had anticipated and prepared for this situation, but now it seemed that the Fergus family was less vigilant than expected and did not do so.
He turned back, stretched out his hand, and gestured to his companions to follow.
At this moment, in a shadow in the corridor on the second floor that he had seen before but had not noticed life, a huge creature suddenly jumped out, with a strong wind, and slapped his back with a claw.
boom!
A loud noise suddenly sounded, as if something hit the wall heavily and collapsed the wall.
"No, something happened!"
In the study, Gray and Viscount Fergus looked shocked. They picked up the spare weapons in the study, opened the study door, and ran towards the direction of the sound.
Because they had already experienced two assassinations, how could the Fergus family be unguarded? There used to be a hunting dog placed in the corridor on the second floor.
However, after Gray discussed with Viscount Fergus, he replaced the hunting dog with a leopard-shaped blood beast with a sharper sense of smell and hearing.
As for the leopard-shaped blood beast, as the body of the controlled blood beast, it is natural that it cannot sense body temperature. This is why the assassin of the Shadow Snake did not notice the leopard-shaped blood beast hiding in the shadows.
"It's an assassin, please don't come out!"
When Gray and Viscount Fergus arrived near the stairs, they saw the leopard-shaped blood beast being surrounded by six men in black.
There was a hole in the wall next to the second floor that looked like it had been knocked out by someone.
There is no doubt that this is an assassin!
He immediately shouted to stop everyone who was about to come out of the bedroom.
"How come the Fergus family has a mad-level blood beast?"
The blindfolded woman was so confused at this moment that she almost thought she had chosen the wrong target.
I originally thought that with me leading the team, it would be easy to destroy the Fergus family, a viscount family with only one fierce-blooded warrior.
Unexpectedly, before the assassination started, he was attacked by a sneak attack, and one person was injured first.
What surprised her even more was that the blood beast that suddenly attacked them turned out to be a mad-level blood beast.
A family with only ferocious blood warriors would actually raise a precious mad-level blood beast. According to common sense, this possibility is almost slim, but now it has happened!
"Leave two people with me to intercept this blood beast. The other three, go kill them!"
Seeing Gray and Viscount Fergus arriving, she immediately gave the order.
Whoosh whoosh!
After hearing her order, three people immediately withdrew from the siege and rushed towards Gray and Viscount Fergus.
"drink-"
Gray and Viscount Fergus had no hesitation in facing the three people who were attacking them, and they both used their wind blades.
The space in the corridor is narrow, which is very suitable for displaying the blood beast's ability. Naturally, the two of them will not miss it!
Whoosh!
Two cyan wind blades attacked the three of them, one from the left and one from the right. The three of them hid to the left side, and then without hesitation, they waved their weapons and struck at the wind blade on the left.
Uh-huh!
The wind blade man on the right passed by them, while the wind blade on the left collided with the sharp blade in their hands.
Click!
Although the blood beast was powerful, it still couldn't help but shatter like glass when faced with the full blow of the three ferocious blood warriors.
But at this moment, the bone-chilling cold air suddenly broke out, and the icy frost filled the air and spread toward them. Dots of frost suddenly appeared on their bodies.
"not good!"
The expressions of the three of them changed drastically, and they all retreated sharply.
Fortunately, they were not hit directly by the wind blade, and there was only a little frost on their bodies due to the permeating cold air.
At most, the body is slightly stiff. With the physical quality of their blood warriors, it only takes a short moment to recover.
Whizzing!
But Gray and Viscount Fergus obviously would not miss this opportunity.
With a burst of terrifying speed, he quickly appeared in front of the three people, and each of the weapons in his hands slashed at one of them.
clang!
The man who was attacked by Gray hurriedly raised his short knife to resist.
The hasty resistance, coupled with the fact that he was facing the extremely powerful Gray, the result can be imagined.
It flew backwards like a cannonball!
clang!
Although the man attacked by Viscount Fergus was better off than the man attacked by Gray, he could not help but fall backwards due to his hasty response, with Viscount Fergus chasing after him.
Because it was not the primary target, the third person reacted, but at this time, Gray had already slashed one person away, freed his hand, and slashed directly at the person with his sword.
clang!
The weapon collided, and the man was also shocked back again and again. Even though he had reacted, his body was still slightly stiff. Facing Gray, who had terrifying power, he still couldn't help but be at a disadvantage.
Whoosh!
Gray appeared on the side of this man, holding a sword in his right hand, but in his left hand was a dagger flashing with a faint green light.
clang!
Blocking the opponent's weapon with his sword, the dagger in Gray's hand whizzed past the opponent's waist.
puff!
Blood splashed, but the splash was no longer red liquid. After the assassin staggered a few times, he fell down weakly, and the same green liquid flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
At this time, the assassin who was initially knocked away by Gray had already gotten up and pounced, and Gray caught up with him.
puff!
Not long after Gray killed the first assassin, the assassin who fought against Viscount Fergus was wounded several times and was wiped across the neck by Viscount Fergus with a sword.
Already having the upper hand, coupled with the fact that his opponent's body was frozen and his movements were inflexible, under such circumstances, Viscount Fergus had no reason not to win.
After killing the assassin, Viscount Fergus surrounded the assassin who was fighting Gray. The two of them worked together, and the third assassin was also killed.
"Damn it!"
Although she was fighting the leopard-shaped blood beast, the blindfolded woman still noticed the battle on the other side. When she saw three of her subordinates being killed, her face turned livid.
Complete miscalculation!
Not only is there a mad-level blood beast, but there is not one fierce blood warrior, but two!
And this leopard-shaped blood beast is even stronger than her.
The leopard-shaped blood beast's combat power is no different from when it was alive, and the blood method she practices is better at sneaking in and assassinating. Combat is not her strong point.
"Failed!"
There is no doubt that the assassination failed.
"withdraw-"
She shouted low, put her hand on the handrail of the stairs, slid down, and jumped from the second floor to the first floor.
puff!
The other two assassins also wanted her to escape like this.
However, the leopard-shaped blood beast had already reacted and suddenly intercepted him. He slapped away the person rushing in front with his claws and intercepted him at the entrance of the stairs.
(End of chapter)