"Kill the king-level blood beast? Can you tell me more about it?"
Gray looked at Jessea with slight surprise. It was naturally not difficult for him to kill the king-level blood beast now, and he could even do it without him taking action.
He definitely wanted to help. After all, it wasn't too much trouble, but he was a little curious as to why the other party wanted to kill the king-level blood beast.
"Since some time ago, the Cumberland Territory is close to the night forest area. Blood beasts have been coming out almost every day. Many villages have been attacked by blood beasts."
Jessea's voice was solemn.
"Having sensed something abnormal, the Cumberland family sent people into the Night Forest to investigate. The investigation found that a king-level blood beast actually left the depths of the Night Forest and came to the outskirts of the Night Forest."
Jessea looked at Gray, her voice pleading.
"You also know that the Cumberland family is not capable of killing a king-level blood beast, so I can only shamelessly ask for your help."
A king-level blood beast actually came to the outskirts of the forest. This is a very serious situation. If the opponent leaves the forest, many towns will suffer. In history, many large-scale cities were destroyed by king-level blood beasts. Under attack by beasts.
But such a king-level blood beast is obviously not something that the Cumberland family can contend with and kill. It is for this reason that she thought of asking Gray for help. Although she can also ask the royal family for help, it is obviously more difficult to ask Gray for help. quick.
"The king-level blood beast actually came to the outskirts of the forest?"
Gray looked slightly shocked. Although there are many records of king-level blood beasts attacking and destroying cities in history, in fact, it is very rare for king-level blood beasts to leave the forest. The probability of it happening is not high. After all, king-level blood beasts are generally ordinary. They are all located deep in the forest where food is abundant, and they generally do not leave the forest for food and other reasons.
Now that a king-level blood beast actually came to the edge of the forest, and coupled with the recent frequent blood beast attacks, Gray became more and more aware that there was something unusual behind the frequent blood beast attacks on villages and towns.
Finally, Gray and the sisters Jessea left Fergus Castle, and he decided to personally kill this king-level blood beast.
Although Barnet Nahum's king-level strength, coupled with the increase in silver weapons, has the strength to kill king-level blood beasts, it cannot end the battle in a short time. This can easily trigger a beast tide. Especially now that this king-level blood beast is on the outskirts of the night forest.
Gray still remembers the beast tide that happened in the Sidney Territory. It also happened around the Night Forest, but it was in the Sidney Territory. Because of that beast tide, the Sidney Territory was close to the Night Forest. In this area, many villages have become uninhabited villages.
Naturally, he did not want to attract a tide of beasts to Cumberland in the process of killing the king-level blood beast, so he decided to take action himself. Only his strength could kill the king-level blood beast in the shortest time.
After practicing in the castle for more than three months, he regarded it as giving himself a little vacation, and even if he went out, his daily practice would not be interrupted. In fact, it did not have a big impact on him.
"Sir Gray, I'm going to trouble you this time!"
Arriving in Cumberland City in a carriage with the Jessea sisters, Gray was warmly welcomed by the Cumberland family.
The Marquis of Cumberland and his feudal nobles greeted Gray at the city gate. This was the highest level of courtesy. Generally, this kind of courtesy would only be given when the prince and princess were traveling.
However, with Gray's current status, he is no worse than a prince or a princess, or even worse, so it is natural for him to receive such treatment.
The Marquis of Cumberland was riding in a carriage with Gray, Jessea, and Audrey. He looked middle-aged and could vaguely see the handsomeness of his youth, but his hair was a little thinner.
He looked at Gray with a slight sigh. When he first met Gray, Gray had already begun to show his strength, but he could never have imagined that the other person could grow to this point.
Facing the other party, even he couldn't help but feel slightly nervous. This was caused by the huge gap in identity and strength.
"You're welcome, Marquis of Cumberland!"
Gray responded politely, not arrogantly, but he could still feel the Marquis of Cumberland's slight nervousness.
No matter how polite a king-level strongman behaves, his identity as a king-level strongman will never change. People who are far weaker than him will always involuntarily think of his identity when they see him, and they will always involuntarily think of him. Tension arises even if you know the other person will not hurt you.
Gray was already used to this situation.
King-level experts are all aloof. On the one hand, it is because they live a long life and have experienced too much. Many things can no longer cause their emotions to fluctuate. On the other hand, it is because people around them will subconsciously fear them and behave extremely. I'm so reserved that I can't communicate with them naturally.
After spending one night at Cumberland Castle, Gray, the Marquis of Cumberland, Sister Jessea and others set out for the Night Forest the next day.
As we approach the night forest, we will pass by some villages from time to time. We can clearly see the traces of destruction by blood beasts in these villages. There are collapsed wooden fences and collapsed houses. In some places, we can even see dry patches. of blood.
There are people in the village, but it is obvious that these people have a slight look of sadness and numbness on their faces. Facing the death of their loved ones and their uncertain fate, they have no strength and are in confusion, not knowing where to go. .
Seeing these people, Gray shook his head slightly. This is the sorrow of those who have no strength. Without strength, they have no ability to protect their loved ones. Without strength, they can only live a life of fear, not knowing when they will die.
"Although extra manpower has been deployed, the area near the Night Forest is too vast and cannot be guarded at all."
Seeing Gray looking at these villages, Jessea said with a hint of sadness in her purple eyes.
Some nobles treat the civilians in their territory as livestock and don't care about their life or death. As long as the casualties are not too large, they don't care too much, because when people die, there are people being born at the same time, and the number of deaths can be replenished quickly.
The Cumberland family is not such a family. They attach great importance to the lives of civilians in the territory. Therefore, after the blood beast attack, they immediately sent additional manpower. Unfortunately, they were unable to do so. There were simply not that many manpower to protect this place. .
"This is not because of you. It can be seen that the Cumberland family is very loved by the people!"
Gray comforted them, and along the way, when their carriage passed by, it was obvious that every civilian could be seen looking at the Cumberland family carriage with respect and admiration.
"It's a pity that we can't give them the protection they deserve."
Jessea smiled bitterly and shook her head. Now she is already participating in the governance of the Cumberland Territory. In a few years, she will take over the Cumberland Territory and cannot provide the people in the Cumberland Territory with the protection they deserve. She feels deeply guilty, so Only then would he shamelessly go to the Fergus family to seek help from Gray.
"I can't blame you for this. After all, it is a king-level blood beast. Such a thing would be a headache for any family."
Gray shook his head and looked at the night forest not far away. There must be a reason why the king-level blood beast left the night forest. He planned to enter the night forest to investigate after killing the king-level blood beast.
Arriving at a small town near the night forest, and then finding out the latest location of the king-level blood beast from the team monitoring the king-level blood beast, the group entered the night forest and headed towards the location of the king-level blood beast.
"That king-level blood beast is right in front of the river!"
A middle-aged man pointed to a rather wide river that could be vaguely seen in the distance, lowered his voice and said solemnly.
His name is Luke, and he is the captain of the Cumberland family exploration team. He was once a hunter. By chance, he joined the Cumberland family, gained the opportunity to practice blood magic, and became a blood warrior.
Because of his background as a hunter, he is very good at searching and tracking blood beasts. It was his team that discovered the king-level blood beast this time.
"Well, just come here, wait for me here!"
Gray nodded slightly to the Marquis of Cumberland and Sister Jessea, and stepped towards the river in the distance.
"No... Lord Marquis, hurry, stop him!"
Seeing Gray actually walking towards the river, Luke and other members of the exploration team almost stared out of their eyes. Cold sweat slid down their foreheads, and they looked at the Marquis of Cumberland with panic and horror on their faces.
When he heard that the Marquis was coming, he thought it was just a routine check, and he would only take a look at it from a distance. However, he did not expect that someone actually planned to approach the king-level blood beast.
He is fully aware of the terror of the king-level blood beasts. Even if they are hiding in the distance and monitoring from a distance, they can easily be discovered by the king-level blood beasts. For this reason, their exploration team has lost several people.
Now this young man had the audacity to approach the king-level blood beast. If the king-level blood beast was disturbed, none of them would survive.
"Captain Luke, there is no need to panic. For other people, the king-level blood beast is extremely dangerous, but for him, the king-level blood beast is not dangerous at all."
The Marquis of Cumberland waved his hand to interrupt Luke's words, looking at Gray's back with a little awe. King-level blood beasts are also dangerous to king-level warriors, but this does not include the man in front of him.
"Lord Marquis, he, who... is he?"
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Luke looked at the calm Earl of Cumberland in surprise. On the way here, he could see how polite the Cumberland family was to the young man. He thought he was a big family. A descendant, but now it seems that he is obviously not as simple as a descendant of a big family.
"He is Duke Fergus, you should have heard about him!"
Looking at Gray's back, Jessea had a complicated and inexplicable look in her eyes.
"What...what? He, he is...Duke Gray Fergus?"
Luke and other members of the exploration team could not help but look dull.
They had naturally heard of Duke Gray Fergus, who had a record of killing demonic lights and was named a Duke by the royal family of the Purple Moon Kingdom. However, such a figure was too far away from them, as out of reach as the stars in the sky. But I never thought that one day I would meet him and spend so much time with him at such a close distance.
(End of chapter)