With Gray, who was known for his strength even among the upper-level Blood Warriors, leading the way, Polly, Bognar, and the others safely rushed out of the restaurant.
* Pa! Pa!
Pa! * A large number of soldiers surrounded them, protecting them.
They had all rushed over after hearing the commotion. To avoid alerting the assassins, Gray and Polly only informed the eight guards of the Sidney family and Lord Linde.
"Go to the basement!"
Bernal ordered, and the soldiers protected everyone as they headed to the basement of the castle.
The basement of the castle was a building specially prepared for emergencies like this. It had a gate and was extremely sturdy, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Moreover, there were rations and water inside, enough to keep a few hundred people inside for half a month. Moreover, there was a tunnel in the basement that led outside the castle. In an emergency, they could escape from here.
Entering the basement, everyone let out a sigh of relief. There were many soldiers protecting them, and the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even the Ferocious Warriors would not be able to break in quickly.
"Who are those people?"
Madame De Milan's face was deathly pale, still in a state of shock.
No one could answer her question. Even Gray, who was the first to discover these black-clothed people, could not answer this question.
He only knew that these people were hiding in the restaurant, but he did not know who they were and why they wanted to assassinate the Fergus family.
"Gray, do you know something?"
Caroline's face was also somewhat pale. Thinking of how Gray had taken the initiative to sit next to Viscount Fergus, she looked at Gray and asked.
"I don't know either."
Comforting Sarah, Gray bitterly smiled and shook his head.
"I only discovered that there were assassins in the restaurant, but I don't know who they are."
From the commotion just now, four of the five assassins were Ferocious Warriors, and the last one was of the same rank as Master Tulu and was clearly stronger than the Ferocious Warriors. He should be a Berserk Warrior.
He really did not expect that a small family like the Fergus family, whose strongest was a Ferocious Warrior, would attract five assassins.
If it weren't for Master Tulu and the marquis' daughter, Polly, who happened to be in Fergus Castle, the Fergus family might have been doomed.
Polly frowned and said after a moment of hesitation.
"They might have been attracted by the Beast Controlling Potion!"
"Beast Controlling Medicine?"
Bernal was puzzled.
"But Miss Polly, our Fergus family didn't get the formula for the Beast Controlling Potion."
"Those people didn't know that, but because McCarthy Thompson was killed by the Fergus family, they thought that the Beast Controlling Medicine was in the hands of the Fergus family."
Polly guessed.
"I'll go help!"
Gray stroked Sarah's head, who was trembling slightly. After a moment of hesitation, he turned around and walked outside.
Regardless of whether Polly's guess was correct and the assassin had arrived, he was considered one of the top fighters among the high-ranking Blood Warriors. Naturally, he needed to contribute at this time.
Otherwise, if Viscount Fergus and the others were defeated, everyone here, including himself, might not be able to survive.
As for escaping, Gray didn't think there was much of a chance of escaping when faced with existences whose strength surpassed the Ferocious Warriors.
"Brother."
"Gray …"
… …
Bernal and the others wanted to call out to Gray. After all, with Gray's strength as a middle-ranking Blood Warrior, he wouldn't be of much help in a battle of that level.
However, they were surprised to find that Gray was extremely fast. In a few moments, he had already disappeared from their line of sight.
"How can he be so fast?"
Elise was puzzled.
Although he wasn't a middle-ranking Blood Warrior, he had been in contact with the middle-ranking Blood Warrior Bernal for a long time. How could he not understand how fast a middle-ranking Blood Warrior should be? The speed that Gray displayed just now definitely surpassed that of a middle-ranking Blood Warrior.
"He should have already reached … high-ranking Blood Warrior!"
There was a trace of amazement in Polly's voice.
Previously in the dining hall, she had already vaguely felt that Gray's speed and combat strength were different. Now, Polly was finally certain that Gray's strength had already reached that of a high-ranking Blood Warrior.
She also finally understood why Gray had rejected her invitation to battle this morning. Obviously, the other party didn't want to rely on the strength of a high-ranking Blood Warrior to fight her.
"High-ranking Blood Warrior?"
Bernal had also vaguely guessed before. Now that he heard confirmation from Polly, he still couldn't help but be shocked.
How long had it been since Gray became a middle-ranking Blood Warrior?
Now he was actually already a high-ranking Blood Warrior. This rate of growth …
Caroline, Elise, Madame De Milan, and Sarah were all stunned. They almost thought that they had misheard. It took them a while to react, but their eyes were still filled with disbelief.
Gray was already a high-ranking Blood Warrior?!
After leaving the basement, Gray rushed towards the dining hall. When he got closer, he saw that the windows and walls of the dining hall had already been shattered. The two parties who were fighting had already appeared outside the dining hall.
At this moment, in the garden outside the dining hall, under the faint yellow light of the night, five assassins, Viscount Fergus, Master Tulu, and the others were engaged in a fierce battle.
The fiercest battle was between Master Tulu and a purple-haired assassin dressed in black.
Master Tulu probably practiced some kind of Blood Spell that could control plants. With a light stomp on the ground, all the plants in the garden suddenly grew wildly and rushed towards the purple-haired assassin.
Meanwhile, the purple-haired assassin wielded two short knives. He was so fast that only afterimages could be seen. The various plants that rushed towards him were easily cut down by him.
Moreover, any plant that was cut by the short knives would quickly corrode and turn black at the roots. It was unknown whether this was an ability or the purple-haired man's short knives had an innate ability.
Elsewhere, Viscount Fergus and the captain of the Sidney family's guards were each fighting a black-clothed man.
The other eight, including Lord Lind, were attacking the remaining two assassins.
One of the assassins had his left arm cut off by Viscount Fergus at the beginning. His arm was still bleeding and he was successfully surrounded by Lord Lind and the other three guards.
And in another direction, there was a female assassin fighting with four guards of the Sidney Family, no, three guards.
"Not good!"
Holding a sword that he had obtained from a soldier, Gray rushed in this direction.
When Gray and the others had left, there had been a total of four guards fighting with this female assassin. But now, there were only three of them, and all three of them were injured.
The condition of the last one was self-evident.
Clang!
There was a sharp sound of collision, and one of the guards who was attacking the female assassin was knocked back. The wound on his chest was bleeding profusely, and his face was turning paler and paler.
Peng!
The female assassin stomped her foot and suddenly shot out, pouncing towards the guard with a wound on his chest like a leopard hunting its prey.
"Not good!"
The other two guards cried out and tried to stop the female assassin. However, the female assassin nimbly twisted her body twice and dodged them.
There were no more obstructions as the female assassin pounced towards the injured guard. She had three sharp claws on her hand and quickly slashed towards the guard's throat.
The guard with the wound on his chest couldn't even stabilize himself from the impact, much less dodge. He could only watch as the female assassin's sharp claws slashed at his throat.
Whoosh!
The shadow of a sword suddenly appeared and slashed towards the female assassin's waist from the side.
The sword whistled and the sound of air being torn apart could be heard.
Hearing this sound, the female assassin's hair stood on end. The power of this sword was not far from the Ferocious Blood Warriors. If she was hit, even if she didn't die, she would be heavily injured.
He retracted the sharp claw that was aimed at the guard with an injury on his chest and crossed it with the sharp claw on his other hand to form an 'X' shape, blocking the sword that was coming at him.
Clang!
The sword and the crossed claws collided. In the night that was about to turn dark, a large amount of sparks blossomed.
Pa! Pa!
Pa! The female assassin was forced back several steps by the force of the sword.
Opposite her was Gray, who had also been forced back several steps.
Gray had used the power of blood to increase the strength of his arm. Moreover, the female assassin had hastily blocked his attack, resulting in a stalemate between them.
Behind the female assassin, the two guards had caught up. Although they were surprised by Gray's appearance, they did not hesitate.
Pu!
They raised their weapons and slashed at the female assassin. The female assassin dodged to the side, but her back was grazed by the other guard's attack. Her black clothes were immediately dyed red, but because it was too dark, it was impossible to see that it was red.
"You're courting death!"
The pain from her back caused a savage expression to appear on the female assassin's ordinary face. She steadied herself and used one of her claws to block the weapon of the guard who had slashed at her, while the other stabbed towards the chest of the guard who had slashed at her.
Whoosh!
But in the next moment, the female assassin quickly retreated as if she had encountered a snake. This was because a sword was already slashing at her from behind.
She saw that Gray, who had been behind her, had appeared behind the guard at some point in time and was slashing at her with his sword.
"What speed!"
She had not expected Gray to be so fast despite his great strength. As this thought flashed through her mind, the female assassin poured the power of blood into her legs and retreated, using her claws to block her chest.
But before her sharp claws could protect her chest, the long sword had already slashed through her chest.
Pu!
Dark red blood splattered. In the evening, it was as dark as ink. If not for the thick metallic smell, one would have thought that it was ink.
"Hmph!"
The female assassin grunted and retreated, leaving behind a long trail of blood.
Before the sword slashed at her, she had already retreated rapidly. Although she could not completely avoid it, she had managed to avoid part of it. The injury caused by Gray's slash was not considered serious.
But her heart was already burning with rage. She had actually been injured under the siege of four high-ranked Blood Warriors, and she had been injured twice in a row.
This made her angry, but at the same time, she was faintly shocked. Her gaze was slightly wary as she looked at the youth who had appeared last.