"Are you OK?"
Bernal still showed his usual gentle smile and greeted Gray.
"No, it's okay..."
Gray shook his head. When the dagger was knocked away by the burly man, his right hand was slightly sprained, but it was not serious.
On the contrary, the strong smell of blood on his body made him very uncomfortable. However, after taking blood beast blood twice, he had developed a certain resistance to the strong smell of blood.
It's just that he still doesn't understand what is going on. What is the force behind the plot to kill him
To be able to dispatch two high-level blood warriors is quite a powerful force. At least the average baron family cannot afford two high-level blood warriors.
On the other side, Viscount Fergus had already walked up to the burly man.
"Leighton Heck, it is indeed you..."
The burly and muscular man's body shape was so iconic that when he saw the burly and muscular man, Viscount Ferguson had already guessed his identity.
"Fergus... Viscount, so calculating... and that one... is not an ordinary person, he can actually resist... the temptation of a title."
The burly man bled a lot. There was a large pool of blood under his body, and the soil was stained red. He looked at Viscount Fergus feebly and said.
Obviously, by now he had figured out why Viscount Fergus appeared here.
"Then I can only blame you for finding the wrong person. People in the Fergus family will never betray their own people..."
Viscount Fergus said with a cold face.
"Indeed... I didn't expect..."
The burly man laughed at himself.
"Did the Oliver family instruct you?"
Viscount Fergus did not want to discuss this issue further and asked directly in a cold voice.
"no… "
The burly man shook his head with difficulty.
"Do you think you can deceive me? Why, do you want to take the blame for the Oliver family before you die?"
Viscount Fergus snorted coldly, obviously not believing what the burly man said.
"Ahem, since you know... I'm about to die, don't... waste your efforts..."
The burly man coughed several times and vomited a few mouthfuls of blood. He became weaker and weaker, and finally became completely silent.
The Wind Blade is a powerful method that can only be used by those who practice "Wind Wolf" and reach the level of a fierce blood warrior.
This is the killing move that Viscount Fergus relies on. Even if a fierce blood warrior takes a hard blow, it may be seriously injured or even killed, let alone a high-level blood warrior.
"died… ?!"
Looking at the burly man who was completely dead, Gray's face turned pale, and something was churning in his stomach, but he suppressed it.
In his past life plus this life, this was the first time he saw someone die in front of him, but he was an adult soul after all, so he forced himself to endure it, and finally endured it.
He moved his eyes aside, and in order to divert his attention, he thought about the conversation he just heard between Viscount Fergus and the burly man.
The content of the conversation between the two concerned him a lot. First of all, judging from the meaning of the burly man's words, the other party seemed to have found an informant in the Fergus family to assist them in completing the assassination.
According to the two people's opinions, this spy did not become their spy as the burly man thought. Instead, he reported the matter to Viscount Fergus, and Viscount Fergus took the opportunity. Use the trap to lure the burly man and others out.
As for the person who was selected as the internal agent, Gray had already made a guess. Although he didn't understand why the title was involved, he came to hunt because of Bernal's invitation. Therefore, Bernal must be That internal response.
Now that I think about it, Viscount Fergus forcefully asked him to participate in this hunting. His behavior was quite strange. It turned out that there was such a calculation behind it.
"I could clearly feel that Bernal had deep hostility towards me, but I didn't expect that at the critical moment, he would actually make such a decision... "
Gray's impression of Boral changed a lot. He originally thought he was the mastermind behind the scenes, but suddenly he discovered that the other party was not the mastermind behind the scenes, and actually foiled an assassination attempt on him. His emotions were inexplicably complicated.
"From what the burly man said, it seems that the title between Bernal and me is involved. Does Viscount Fergus intend for me to inherit the title?"
Gray was surprised by his speculation. He had read a lot of books in the library during this period. He knew that illegitimate children had no inheritance rights. If he wanted to pass the throne to an illegitimate child, there would be considerable resistance. He did not expect that Viscount Fergus would actually plan to do so. Do so.
"Leaving aside whether Viscount Fergus intends to pass the title on to me, why is the Oliver family targeting me?"
The matter of the title could not be concluded for the time being. Gray stopped thinking about it for the time being. In fact, he had never considered inheriting the title. He considered asking the "mastermind" he heard from the two people's words.
"Is it because of the old enmity between the Oliver family and the Fergus family, or for some other reason?"
"And why was it me, the illegitimate son, who was assassinated, and not Bernal, the first heir to the title?"
Gray thought hard.
"My biggest advantage over Bernal is probably my talent for cultivation. In other words, the Oliver family is targeting me because of my talent for cultivation."
"It's very possible that the Oliver family doesn't want me to grow up and is planning to kill me before I grow up? But is the reason really that simple?"
Although he had guessed the reason why the Oliver family assassinated him, Gray felt that it was not that simple. He always felt that there were deeper reasons, but the amount of information he had now was not enough to judge.
He looked at Bernal and asked.
"Brother Bernal, what kind of family is the Oliver family?"
"The Oliver family is a viscount family located to the east of our territory. Like us, it is also a family entrusted by the Marquis of Sidney family."
Bernal glanced at Gray with a slightly complicated expression and explained.
"This man is a lord from the Oliver family, so father is sure that it was the Oliver family who assassinated you from behind."
"Does our family have a bad relationship with the Oliver family?"
Gray asked with a frown.
"It's not good or bad. Families often unite with each other and often become enemies. This is very common among noble families."
Bernal nodded and shook his head.
"so… "
Gray couldn't understand it, but he could probably understand its meaning.
The relationship between nobles is sometimes close, and sometimes it is like a life-and-death enemy. Everything is driven by interests, so it is difficult to make a conclusion on the relationship between two noble families.
But the information he had was still not enough for him to determine the underlying reasons why Oliver assassinated him.
Xixisuosuo!
With the sound of bushes being pulled away, a man with a mustache came over. When he saw Viscount Fergus, he saluted respectfully.
"Lord Viscount."
This man was none other than Lord Linde, who had been stopped by a high-ranking blood warrior before. He didn't look surprised at the appearance of Viscount Fergus, and he had obviously heard about the plan before.
"Um."
Viscount Fergus nodded lightly and asked.
"Escaped?"
"Yes, after hearing the fighting here, he turned around and ran away. I couldn't stop him."
Lord Linde replied, and then he looked at the body of the burly man next to him.
"It's indeed Leighton Heck..."
He quickly recognized the identity of the burly man, and then looked at Viscount Ferguson and asked.
"Lord Viscount, how should we deal with this matter?"
"Tell all the families in the territory to bring their troops to the castle tomorrow and follow me to the Oliver family. How dare you assassinate the children of the Fergus family? The Oliver family must give an explanation for this!"
Viscount Fergus snorted coldly, with a dangerous aura about him, like an angry lion.
"Master Gray, Miss Caroline, great, you are all fine!"
Soon after, Thea, who was in the same group as Gray and the others, along with other nobles and a large group of guards, came over.
After separating from Gray and Caroline and realizing that she was not being pursued, Thea immediately ran to the meeting place outside the gravel forest and moved rescuers to rescue Gray and Caroline.
After hearing her words and learning that Gray and Caroline were being hunted, all the noble children present were worried. After all, if anything happened to Gray and Caroline, they would be implicated, so there was almost no hesitation. Then he came to the rescue with his own bodyguards.
Ian Ricardo, in particular, was even more worried. He was the initiator of this hunting activity. If anything happened, he would be most responsible.
"I have met the Viscount..."
Someone with sharp eyes saw Viscount Fergus next to him and quickly saluted.
When other people saw him, they also hurriedly saluted.
After learning that Gray and Caroline were being hunted, all of their attention was focused on the two of them, but they did not notice Viscount Fergus immediately.
"Thank you for coming to rescue Gray and Caroline, but don't worry, the assassins have been killed."
Fergus suppressed the anger on his face and said with his usual dignity.
"this is what we are supposed to do… "
All the noble heirs said respectfully.
The noble status of the families of the people present are all entrusted by the Fergus family. They are the retainers of the Fergus family. Protecting the children of the Fergus family is their obligation written in the noble decree.
(End of chapter)