On the outskirts of the night forest, a large open space was cleared.
In the open space, clusters of tents stood, and around the perimeter were blood warriors leading soldiers to patrol back and forth.
This is the camp of the Sidney family and its nobles, and it is also the base camp for the clearing of the Night Forest.
Gray, who withdrew from the depths of the night forest, arrived here.
"who?"
Looking at Gray approaching the camp, a small group of people gathered around him.
The leader was a middle-aged man in a battle uniform. If nothing else, he should be a bloody warrior.
"I am Gray Fergus, from the Fergus family."
Gray said calmly.
"I've met Master Gray."
Upon hearing Gray's name, a look of awe suddenly appeared on the middle-aged man's face.
Although he has never met Gray, he has heard of Gray. In fact, in today's Sidney aristocratic circle, there are very few people who have not heard of Gray's name.
The nineteen-year-old ferocious warrior was so eye-catching that it was hard not to hear about him.
"Is Viscount Fergus at the camp?"
Gray asked, nodding to the other party.
"Yes, Master Gray, shall I have someone take you there?"
The middle-aged man said respectfully.
"Thank you very much."
After thanking the other party, Gray, led by a soldier, came to the tent area where the Fergus family was.
"Master Gray."
"Master Gray."
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In addition to people from the Fergus family, there were also feudal nobles from the Fergus family's territory in the Fergus family tent area. Naturally, they all knew Gray. When they saw Gray arriving, they all greeted him warmly.
Today, Gray's status in the Viscounty of Fergus is only inferior to that of Viscount Fergus. Coupled with Gray's status as the future heir to the title, these people are naturally eager to please him.
"Gray, you're here."
Hearing the noise, Viscount Fergus and Bernal came out of the tent. When they saw it was Gray, Bernal couldn't help but smile and say hello.
"Um."
Gray nodded and looked at the two of them, focusing on Viscount Fergus.
Seeing that the other party's face remained normal, he understood that the injury he suffered when he encountered the Bronze-armored Rhinoceros should have recovered.
The three of them entered the tent. Before Gray could speak, Bernal had already spoken first.
"There is news from the castle that all the blood beasts controlled have died. Just now, my father and I were worried about whether something had happened to you. Seeing that you are fine, we are relieved."
"What about the corpses of those blood beasts?"
Gray raised an eyebrow.
When he heard Bernal mention it, he remembered something.
The four blood beast corpses in the castle have lost control of their corpse-controlling abilities and will probably rot soon. This problem was ignored before.
With his current strength, it would not be difficult to obtain the corpses of ordinary mad-level blood beasts, but it would be a pity if the corpses of the Jasper Lizard and Wind Riding Leopard rotted.
"Don't worry, it has been sent to the ice cellar for preservation as soon as possible."
Bernal said.
"Gray, what happened to those four blood beasts? Why did they suddenly lose control?"
Viscount Fergus asked with a frown.
Gray did not answer immediately, but stood up, came to the tent entrance, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else nearby, he sat back to his original position and said.
"Because it has exceeded the upper limit of control."
"Sure enough, the upper limit of control has been exceeded, and you have regained control of the blood beast?"
Viscount Fergus and Bernal both knew that the "magic weapon" had a control limit, and they also had vague speculations in this regard.
"Well, I regained control of a blood beast. It's a barbarian blood beast. It's too difficult to control. I can only control one."
Gray nodded and whispered.
Since he asked, he didn't intend to hide it.
Both Viscount Fergus and Bernal are people who can keep secrets, and there is absolutely no need to hide this matter.
"What, can you still control... a barbarian-level blood beast?"
Bernal exclaimed, fortunately realizing that he was not in the Fergus family now, he quickly covered his mouth, lowered his voice, and said in surprise.
Like him, Viscount Fergus also looked stunned, with a look of surprise and shock on his face.
He originally thought that the four mad-level blood beasts were the limit of the blood beasts' abilities, but he did not expect that he could actually control the barbarian-level blood beasts.
Although I can only control one, it is undoubtedly more powerful than before.
Having been on the battlefield before, he knew too well how powerful the Barbarian level was.
Suddenly, a look flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but think of the barbarian-level blood beast that he encountered a few days ago that accidentally saved their lives.
"Gray, could it be that you controlled the barbarian-level blood beast Forest Ape that day?"
After being inexplicably saved by a barbarian-level blood beast, Viscount Fergus always felt a little unreasonable afterwards.
Now, after hearing Gray say that that "magic weapon" could actually control barbarian blood beasts, he couldn't help but immediately think of it.
"Um."
Gray nodded and then said.
"The other families don't know about me being a mad blood warrior, so it's not convenient for them to take action, so I let this forest ape take action."
"That forest ape is actually controlled by you?!"
Bernal's face was both surprised and happy.
He was surprised that the savage-level blood beast that scared him to the point of trembling was actually controlled by Gray, and he was delighted that a savage-level blood beast was actually controlled by the Fergus family.
A barbarian-level blood beast, even if it cannot use the blood beast's abilities, will definitely be stronger than any mad-level blood beast.
If the Fergus family can have such a blood beast in charge, their strength will undoubtedly increase again.
To put it bluntly, in today's Sidney Territory, apart from the Sidney family, the Fergus family will not stand behind any family, not even the two earl families.
This couldn't help but make him feel deeply emboldened.
"Father, how is the settlement situation in Night Forest now? Who is in charge of the Sidney family here?"
Gray looked at Viscount Fergus and asked.
"Master Saroyan, who is in charge of the Sidney family here, is accompanied by a barbaric blood warrior."
Viscount Fergus said.
"As for the clearing of the Night Forest, it's very troublesome. The Night Forest is too dangerous now. Since even the mad blood warriors leading the team may be in danger, the clearing has been temporarily stopped."
"What is the Sidney family's plan?"
Gray is fully aware of the dangers that may be encountered when leading a team of mad blood warriors.
Today's night forest can be said to be full of blood beasts. There are not only ferocious-level blood beasts, mad-level blood beasts, but even barbarian-level blood beasts, but they cannot be left alone.
It is impossible for the blood beast to take the initiative to return to the depths of the night forest. If left alone, the area around the night forest will inevitably continue to be attacked by blood beasts. I am afraid that it will not be long before the surrounding area becomes a no man's land.
In fact, many areas that were originally cultivated land have become forests for this reason.
A large number of blood beasts gathered, and the surrounding area was forced to become a no-man's land. Over time, it naturally turned into a forest.
Nowadays, the safest way is to have the Barbarian Blood Warrior lead the team to clear out the blood beasts.
However, with this level of combat power, Gray estimated that the entire Sidney family, including the Marquis of Sidney, would probably not exceed three.
The night forest area is too vast, and it would be too time-consuming to lead the team with just two or three barbarian blood warriors.
Moreover, these barbaric blood warriors all have important places where they need to be stationed, and they cannot spend a long time here, so this method is simply not feasible.
"The Sidney family is already preparing to use the copperback dragon beast."
Viscount Fergus said.
"Bronzeback Dragon Beast?!"
Upon hearing this name, Gray's face suddenly became awe-inspiring.
The desolate-level blood beast Copperback Dragon Beast is a special desolate-level blood beast possessing the dragon blood beast. Its ability is to metalize its body, turning its body into metal, and being able to manipulate metal.
As a special blood beast, it has terrifying combat power that can crush blood beasts of the same level. It can be called one of the strongest blood beasts below the king level.
This is also the ultimate trump card of the Sidney family, the most intimidating trump card. Many books have records about "it".
It is said that the reason why the Sidney family was able to transcend many noble ranks and directly become a marquis family had an extremely important relationship with this bronze-backed dragon beast.
Unexpectedly, the Sidney family was actually planning to use it this time.
Gray then stayed at the camp.
As a noble son with the strength of a "Vicious Blood Warrior", he was actually within the recruitment range of the Sidney family. However, he did not receive the recruitment because he did not return from his trip.
Now that you are here, you cannot leave at will. This is the obligation of the feudal nobles.
It seems quite troublesome to drive the copperback dragon beast. A few days have passed and the copperback dragon beast still has not arrived.
For a few days, Gray wandered around the camp to pass the time.
In the process, he met Saroyan and the barbaric blood warrior.
The other party was an old man with thinning hair, who was said to be the uncle of the Marquis of Sidney.
Because there will be movement during practice, and through movement, it is easy to judge the reason for strength. Gray did not practice in the camp, so he was not ordinary idle.
In the current camp, it can be said that all the large and small families in the Marquis of Sidney are gathered together.
From the Marquis family to the Lord family, everyone is gathered here.
Wherever there are people, there will naturally be disputes, especially among the interest groups of the nobility.
The relationship between some nobles was even more intense, and duels would occur from time to time. This allowed Gray to watch a lot of "good shows" and gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between the nobles.
Of course, the Fergus family also has families with poor relations, such as the Lichens family, which was defeated by the Fergus family at Sidney Castle. For example, the Fergus family was destroyed by the Fergus family because of the feudal nobles. The relationship between the Smalley family and the family has reached a freezing point.
However, Gray's strength is there, no one from the Richens family or the Smalley family dares to challenge him.
I heard that before his arrival, the Richens family had a tendency to provoke the Fergus family.
But when Gray arrived, the opponent immediately withered.
Boom, boom, boom!
A few days later, huge noises came towards the camp. The ground felt like an earthquake, with violent vibrations coming from time to time.
(End of chapter)