Swish!

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but move closely following the movement of this letterhead, and their eyes showed nervousness, for fear of hearing any bad news again.

"Whew-"

Viscount Fergus couldn't help but take a deep breath before reaching out to take the letter, opening it quickly, and looking at it.

After a moment, he raised his head and said in the nervous gaze of the crowd.

"The Marquis has sent a team of guards to Fergus Castle, and it is expected to arrive this afternoon, when he will be able to escort Master Duru and Miss Polly back to Sidney Castle."

"Phew—"

In the living room, there were obviously people shouting, obviously relieved, really afraid of hearing any bad news, but fortunately it was not bad news.

"Other than that."

But at this moment, Viscount Fergus said again.

Everyone's hearts that had just been relieved couldn't help but hang again, and their eyes looked at Viscount Fergus tightly.

"The Marquis is very angry about the assassination of the Shadow Serpent, and has joined the two earl families to form a search and pursuit team dedicated to the Shadow Serpent, asking all noble families to cooperate in the search and find the traces of the Shadow Serpent."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The search and pursuit team formed by the Sidney family and the two earl families is undoubtedly strong, and with such a powerful team to deter, presumably even the Shadow Serpent should not be as rampant as last night.

The next step is to find the traces of the Shadow Serpent and destroy the Shadow Serpent Assassin who infiltrated the Marquis of Sidney, and you should be able to survive this crisis.

At noon, the Fergus family had carried out the orders of the Marquis of Sidney and began to search all parts of the territory for traces of the Shadow Serpent.

In the evening, guards from the Sidney family arrived.

Day 2.

In the morning, escorted by Sidney's reinforcements, Master Duru and Polly left Fergus Castle in a two-horse carriage.

In the afternoon, Viscount Fergus sat in the study, where Viscount Fergus, Bernal, and Gray sat in.

"Father, all parts of the territory have been searched, and there have been traces of suspected shadow snakes in Fergus City, but they have been withdrawn, they should be the assassins of the night before, as for other places, no trace of the shadow snake has been found."

Bernal spoke.

The search for the Shadow Serpent was arranged by Viscount Fergus to be in charge of him, of course, he was in charge, but he was just staying in the castle, under the heavy protection of the soldiers, making search arrangements for various areas in the territory, receiving and summarizing the search results from various places in the territory.

"Hmm."

Viscount Fergus nodded, he was not surprised by the result.

If the Shadow Serpent's traces are easy to find, then the other party is not called the Shadow Serpent, as an assassin organization, it has extraordinary means of hiding, that is inevitable.

"Father, if we search for the Shadow Serpent with all our might, will it arouse the hatred of the Shadow Serpent and come to assassinate it again?"

Thinking of the Assassin who had appeared the night before, Bernal worried.

"We are already mortal enemies with the Shadow Serpent, even if we don't cooperate with the Marquis's full search, the Shadow Serpent will definitely not let us go."

Viscount Fergus shook his head.

"And now, the Marquis and the two counts have formed a special pursuit team against the Shadow Serpent, the Shadow Serpent does not dare to go out easily, and they are also worried about whether this will be a trap, so they boldly search for it."

"I see."

Bernal replied respectfully.

Viscount Fergus nodded, then looked at Gray and asked.

"Gray, do you remember the two high-ranking blood warriors of the Oliver family who assassinated you in the Stonewall?"

"Remember, one of them was killed on the spot by your father, and the other one finally escaped, if I'm not mistaken, this person should be the man named Hank."

Gray wondered why Viscount Fergus would ask that, but he replied anyway.

"That's right, it's this man who has fled, his name is Hank Jason, a lord of the Oliver family."

Viscount Fergus nodded, confirming Gray's suspicions.

"Father, is there something wrong?"

Gray didn't quite understand why Viscount Fergus suddenly mentioned it after such a long time.

"Hmm."

Viscount Fergus nodded, his gaze solemnly at Gray.

"I want you to kill this man!"

"Kill this man? At a time like this? ”

Gray frowned, the crisis of the Shadow Serpent was like a fish in his throat, at this time, Viscount Fergus would actually let him kill the person who had assassinated him.

Although he did want to kill this man, after all, this man had almost killed him, and he was not so broad-minded that he could tolerate a person who once wanted to kill him, but at this time, it always felt that the time was not right.

"Yes, father, at this time, it is not suitable to attract attention, and although Gray already has the strength of a high-ranking blood warrior, he is the only one......"

Bernal also frowned.

"No, it's just the right time to blame the Serpent of Shadows."

Viscount Fergus shook his head.

"Of course, he is not the only one who has assassinated, and I will let the others cooperate with him, of course."

Speaking of this, Viscount Fergus paused slightly and looked at Gray.

"It's ultimately up to you, and if you don't, I'm not going to force it, but I think you can consider it because it's a chance for you to play against your class."

Gray frowned slightly, thinking about the matter carefully, and after a moment, he frowned and said.

"I do!"

Indeed, the assassination of the Shadow Serpent had just occurred, and even if this person was killed, it was likely that the Shadow Serpent would be suspected, not the Fergus family, who had a grudge against him.

And as Viscount Fergus said, this is indeed an opportunity to play against his class.

Of course, the most important thing is that he really wanted to kill this man with his own hands, after all, this person was the one who almost killed him.

"Okay."

Seeing that Gray should come down, Viscount Fergus smiled slightly, and suddenly clapped his hands and said.

"Come in!"

Creak!

Then the door of the study was pushed open, and a man in a cloak walked in.

The man's face was white and beardless, and most of his face was hidden under his cloak, and when he entered the house, he saluted.

"I've seen Lord Viscount, I've seen Young Master Bernal, I've seen Young Master Gray!"

Both Gray and Bernal looked at the man who had suddenly appeared.

Although shrouded in a cloak, from the faint outline, it can be felt that the man's body should be extremely strong, if nothing else, this person may have practiced the blood method, and his strength should be not bad.

Nodding slightly to the man in the cloak, Viscount Fergus looked at Gray and Bernaldau.

"It's time for you to understand, you should know that each family will have some hidden strength, and our Fergus family also has such a hidden team of dozens of people."

"His name is Edge, and he is the captain of this team, in the team, he is the strength of the upper blood warrior, in addition to the two vice captains who are the middle blood warriors, and the others are all elite soldiers whose strength is close to or even reaches the lower blood warriors."

"An elite soldier whose strength is close to, even up to the lower rank of a blood warrior?"

Gray was puzzled, his strength was close to or even reached the lower level of a blood warrior, but he was called a soldier, which couldn't help but make Gray slightly puzzled.

"Yes, they're not blood soldiers, they're elite soldiers."

Viscount Fergus nodded and explained.

"Ordinary people who have not implanted bloodline, although it is difficult to reach the strength of a blood warrior comparable to that of a lower rank, it is also possible."

"This is the team that our Fergus family hides, everyone comes here like this, including Edge, and the other two mid-rank blood warriors who are the vice-captains."

"It's just that later, considering the heartfelt hearts of the three of them, they were implanted with blood, making them blood warriors."

"It's no wonder that some warriors in the territory whose strength is comparable to that of the lower blood warriors suddenly disappeared, and it turned out that they were recruited into this team by your father."

Bernal looked abrupt, after all, he grew up at Fergus Castle, and he had vaguely heard some rumors.

"Are they all practicing the Blood Law 'Wind Wolf'?"

Dozens of elite soldiers whose strength was at least close to that of the lower blood warriors, thinking that the Fergus family still had such a force hidden, Gray was slightly surprised and asked.

"No, the blood method they practiced was Shadow Worm."

Viscount Fergus shook his head.

"Speaking of which, this blood method is the blood method practiced by the Shadow Serpent Assassins, which was obtained by accident more than twenty years ago when the Fergus family surrounded and suppressed the Shadow Serpent Assassins."

"The Shadow Serpent's Blood?"

Gray instantly understood Viscount Fergus's intentions.

Since he practiced the same blood method as the Shadow Serpent, there must be similarities in the way he fights.

Going to assassinate with such a group of people, even if it fails, will inevitably lead to suspicion of the Shadow Serpent, not the Fergus family.

"Alright, Gray, you go and get ready, and then go with them."

Viscount Fergus instructed Gray, and then he looked back at Edge, and said.

"Although Gray is already a high-ranking blood warrior, after all, he still lacks experience, and this time he will still be led by you."

Gray and Edge, the white-faced bearded man, both nodded in response.

Gray was not dissatisfied with not letting himself be the team leader, and replaced him with another genius boy who became a high-ranking blood warrior at the age of seventeen, young and vigorous, even if he agreed at this time, he would inevitably be unconvinced.

But Gray is an adult soul in his body after all, and this big picture is still there.

Just as Gray left to prepare, Viscount Fergus looked at Edge's eyes again and said solemnly.

"Protect Gray, even if the mission fails, keep him safe!"

"Yes, I will definitely bring Master Gray back safely."

The face is white, and the man nods solemnly.