"Can we only take the blood of the weasel?"
The Sword Weasel was the crazy-level special blood beast that Gray, Sophia, and Theresa jointly killed.
The limit of his ability is the mad level. After reaching the barbaric level, he will be eliminated. For this reason, Gray always feels that it is a pity to use the opportunity to swallow blood.
The blood warrior training system in this world does not mean that one can improve infinitely by implanting a bloodline. Instead, each bloodline has its own limit.
When the limit is reached, a higher-level bloodline must be implanted in order to continue to improve.
It's a bit like the genetic modification of animals that existed in science fiction movies in previous lives.
A modified person who is genetically modified based on the genes of a wolf will have all aspects of physical fitness comparable to the wolf he is based on, but will not surpass this species.
For this reason, the ability Gray gained by swallowing the blood of blood beasts also has its own growth limit. Once this limit is exceeded, it will be difficult for this ability to grow.
Except for a few abilities that can help Gray even if they don't grow, such as feedback, shadow ability, and infrared perception, other abilities will inevitably be eliminated as Gray's strength increases.
Elimination is inevitable, and all Gray can do is try to take high-grade blood beast blood every time he takes it, so that elimination will come later.
The Sword Weasel bloodline is obviously the kind of blood that will be eliminated in a relatively short period of time, so Gray does not want to swallow Sword Weasel blood unless absolutely necessary.
"There are still five months left. Let's see if we can get a more suitable bloodline in these five months."
If he couldn't find a high-level special wind bloodline within the next five months, Gray would have no choice but to swallow the blood of the Sword Weasel.
Although it is more wasteful, compared with improving one's strength by leaps and bounds, it is acceptable to waste some.
"Master Gray."
"Master Gray."
…
Leaving the woods and returning to the castle, Gray walked into the castle hall amidst the respect of the castle servants.
"Master Gray, the Viscount just came to see you!"
Standing in the hall, her maid Barbara seemed to be specially waiting for him to come up to her and greeted him respectfully.
"Did something happen?"
Gray asked.
"No, I just asked you to go to the garden pavilion if you come back."
"oh."
Gray nodded and walked towards the garden pavilion.
"coming!"
There are many tables, chairs and coffee tables in the garden pavilion. Viscount Fergus and even other members of the Fergus family are there, with smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere is quite harmonious.
Seeing Gray arriving, Viscount Fergus waved with a smile on his face.
"Um."
Gray responded and sat next to Sarah. As soon as he sat down, the latter came over and said with a smile.
"Sister Bernice is pregnant."
"pregnant?"
Gray looked at Bernice with a happy smile on her face in surprise, then looked at Bernal who was smiling so hard that he could hardly close his mouth, and said with a smile.
"Congratulations!"
The grudge between him and Bernal had been resolved long ago. When he heard that his wife was pregnant, he congratulated her from the bottom of his heart.
"Thanks."
Bernal smiled in response.
"Sister Bernice is pregnant. She must have a sumptuous meal today to celebrate. I suggest eating blood beast steak."
Next to her, Sarah cooed, causing everyone in Gray to smile kindly.
The flesh and blood of blood beasts is not only rich in nutrients, but also becomes extremely delicious after special processing.
Gray brought back a lot of blood beast flesh last time, and all of them were from mad-level blood beasts. Needless to say, they were delicious.
After Sarah ate it once, she obviously liked it, and would encourage "a big meal" from time to time.
"Let the kitchen prepare!"
Viscount Fergus smiled slightly and gave an order to a servant next to him. The servant respectfully left.
Soon after, the servant returned, but with him was a middle-aged man.
The man was Nick, the butler of the Fergus family. He walked up to Viscount Fergus and said.
"Lord Viscount, news just came from Maifeng Town that a group of suspicious people have settled in the town. They arrived probably more than half a month ago, and the time just matches."
"I understand, you go down first!"
Viscount Fergus nodded, waved for the other party to retreat, and frowned slightly.
Gray looked at the other party in confusion and asked.
"Father, has something happened in the territory recently?"
"Well, something did happen."
Viscount Fergus nodded.
"Since more than ten days ago, people have been missing in the territory one after another. I asked all parts of the territory to pay attention to suspicious objects. News just came from Maifeng Town that a group of suspicious people were discovered."
"Bernard is currently following up on this matter, but now that Bernice is pregnant, he needs to spend more time with Bernice. It seems that you need to go over and investigate this group of people."
"no problem."
Gray nodded in agreement, and then said.
"Who are the missing people?"
"It's all girls."
"All girls?"
Gray raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, they are all girls. If nothing else, they should be mercenaries. After you go there, don't alert this group of people. Investigate them secretly before taking action."
Viscount Fergus said.
"I see."
Gray nodded.
The nobles in this world know how to enjoy themselves very well. Some nobles with very corrupt styles will collect beautiful girls for their own "enjoyment".
Some mercenary groups take a fancy to the huge profits and engage in human trafficking.
The missing people this time were all girls. If nothing else, they should have been captured by a mercenary group that trafficked people.
For this kind of mercenaries, the nobles of each territory will never forgive them once they are discovered.
After all, population is the foundation of a territory. If missing people cause riots and lead to the loss of population in the territory, the consequences will be quite serious.
"Actually selling young girls!"
"How could there be such a mercenary?"
Caroline frowned, her face full of disgust, and Bernice also frowned.
"These mercenaries are really bad."
Sarah also frowned, then rolled her eyes and shook Gray's hand.
"Brother, take me with you!"
"Next time?"
Gray raised his eyebrows. He was not worried that something would happen to Sarah. With him as the mad blood warrior following him, it was naturally impossible for that kind of thing to happen.
It's just that this time he went to secretly investigate the group, not for an outing. If he followed them, he would inevitably have to suffer some hardships.
"no."
Sarah's head shook like a wave.
"Okay, I can take you there, but you must obey my orders."
Gray's face straightened and he said seriously.
"Know it."
Sarah nodded quickly.
When Viscount Fergus saw that Gray agreed to go with Sarah, he had no intention of stopping him.
It was just an ordinary missing person. It should only be done by some small mercenary groups. Otherwise, he would not have handed it over to Bernal before. With Gray, a crazy blood warrior, there was no chance of anything going wrong.
After lunch, Gray and Sarah took an ordinary carriage and headed for Maifeng Town in the south of the territory.
Maifeng Town, one of the few towns owned by the Fergus Viscount, is surrounded by the Fergus family's most important grain producing areas and can provide the Fergus family with a large amount of income every year.
Because he did not want to alert the enemy, Gray did not bring any guards with him, and even the carriage was specially replaced by an ordinary carriage.
With his strength, if he wants to deal with these mercenaries, he doesn't need soldiers to follow him at all.
Moreover, Maifeng Town is a town with a population of several thousand people and is also an important producer of food. Naturally, the Fergus family has soldiers stationed here. Even if they need soldiers, they only need to dispatch them in Maifeng Town.
In the afternoon, the carriage drove into the house of the mayor of the small town.
"Hurry, meet Master Gray soon, Miss Sarah."
The mayor of the town is an old man in his sixties who once met Gray and Sarah at the Fergus family's New Year's party.
Seeing the two Grays arriving, he quickly took his family to salute the two Grays.
He originally thought that the person arriving this time would be Master Bernal, but he didn't expect that it was Master Gray. He couldn't help but feel excited.
Among the young masters and ladies of the Fergus family, it is a no-brainer to know who is the most powerful. Needless to say, it will be a benefit if the children of your own family can be valued by this young master.
"Master Gray."
"Miss Sarah."
Behind him, two middle-aged couples, two young men, two girls, and a boy all saluted the Grays respectfully.
"Um."
Gray nodded lightly, glanced at several people, and finally returned to the old man and said.
"We came here quietly this time. Don't spread our news."
"understand."
The old man nodded repeatedly.
"How are those guys doing now?"
"Still in the residence. To avoid alerting them, no one was sent to monitor nearby."
"I only know that they have left the town every day in the past few days. Sometimes they come back on the same day, sometimes they come back the next day. I don't know where they went."
The old man said quickly.
"Prepare a common set of clothes for each of us, and then have someone take us over to have a look."
Gray thought for a moment and ordered.
More than half an hour later, Gray and Sarah, dressed in ordinary clothes, were led by one of the two young men from before to a remote street on the edge of the town.
"Master Gray, they live there."
The young man looked at a house in the distance and said.
Gray followed the other person's gaze and saw a slightly old and even dilapidated house.
"This house is a run-down house in the town. This group of people bought it at a high price."
"Let's go."
Gray took a look and didn't stay too long. He took Sarah for a casual stroll around the town and returned to the mayor's house.
He planned to come over at night to find out whether this group of people were the "human traffickers" he was looking for.
(End of chapter)