The purple moon disappeared, and the sky gradually turned from dark to hazy before becoming bright. Dawn had arrived.
Near Oliver Castle, a village that did not exist on any map was immersed in the tranquility of the early morning.
From the outside, it looked like an extremely ordinary village, but upon closer inspection, one would discover that it was not ordinary at all.
That was because there were actually sentries set up in some of the more secretive areas around the village.
The people in these sentries were all wearing excellent leather armor. Under the leather armor were bulging muscles. Their eyes were sharp, and their bodies emitted a valiant aura, as if they were soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles.
For a village, such a situation was definitely abnormal.
Pu, pu, pu!
Almost at the same time, the people in the sentries in the four directions of the village were assassinated amidst groans.
Then, a large number of people in battle armor coldly looked past the corpses and walked into the village from all four directions.
As they walked, all the people they met were quickly killed without exception before they could even make a sound.
"Wu —"
However, as an assassination organization, their alertness was naturally extremely high. Naturally, they could not completely leave the security to the subordinates of the Oliver Family, so they had their own guards.
Not long after this group of people entered the village, they were discovered by the hidden sentries of the Shadow Serpent, who blew a sharp whistle.
"Not good!"
Hearing the whistle, the purple-haired man, the short-brown-haired man, the eye-patch woman, and many of the assassins of the Shadow Serpent all became alert.
With weapons in hand, they rushed out of their respective houses. They were as swift as venomous snakes.
"We've been surrounded!"
As soon as they rushed out of the house, their expressions changed. Around the house, in all four directions, there were many people in battle armor quickly approaching. They had been surrounded.
"What's going on?
Was it the Oliviers who told the Sidney family? "
The short-brown-haired man said with an unsightly expression.
The people who had surrounded them all had powerful auras. Without a doubt, for there to be so many powerful people in the group, this group was definitely the group formed by the Sidney family and the two Earl families.
"Impossible, it's impossible for the Oliver Family not to know. If we fall into the hands of the Sidney family, they won't be able to escape annihilation either."
The woman with the eye-patch shook her head.
"Hmph, we've underestimated the information gathering ability of the Sidney family!"
The purple-haired man pulled out two short blades, his expression solemn.
The commander of the Sidney family and the two count families was a handsome blonde youth. It was Zaro Yang. At this moment, his eyes were cold as he spoke.
"Kill them all!"
Immediately, the assassins from four directions quickly surrounded the Shadow Snake Assassins.
Clang, clang!
The two sides quickly clashed.
Suddenly, the entire village was filled with the sounds of fierce fighting.
None of the combatants were weak. Even the weakest among them had the strength of an upper-level Blood Warrior. One could imagine the destruction they caused.
The houses in the village collapsed one by one, and a large amount of dust rose as if there was an earthquake.
Puff!
An assassin with the strength of a Ferocious Blood Warrior had been slain by Zaro with a single slash.
He was only in his twenties, yet he already had the strength of a Ferocious Blood Warrior.
Practicing a special blood technique allowed his strength to far surpass the average Ferocious Blood Warrior. After a dozen or so exchanges, he killed the Ferocious Blood Warrior without paying any price.
He quickly pounced on another assassin with the strength of a Ferocious Blood Warrior.
Poof, poof, poof!
Soon, blood dyed the village red. The walls and floor were covered in blood.
Shadow Snake assassins were slain one by one.
The team formed by Marquis Sidney and the two earls also suffered casualties. Occasionally, there would be people who could not save them in time and were killed by the Shadow Snake assassins.
… …
The Oliver Clan.
The four members of the Oliver Clan were eating at a long aristocratic dining table.
Tap, tap, tap!
At this moment, the middle-aged housekeeper ran into the dining room, panting.
"What's the matter?"
Seeing the middle-aged housekeeper like this, Viscount Oliver could not help but frown. He was considering whether appointing this middle-aged housekeeper had been the right decision.
"Lord Viscount, the spy we planted in Viscount Fergus' territory has sent back urgent news."
Saying this, the middle-aged housekeeper hurriedly took out a folded letter with a red seal on the back, representing an urgent matter, and handed it to Viscount Oliver.
Viscount Oliver took the letter and unfolded it. The next moment, his face turned pale.
"Father, what's the matter?"
Seeing Viscount Oliver like this, Kepel suddenly had a bad premonition and could not help but ask anxiously.
"Last night, Viscount Fergus secretly gathered all the nobles in his territory and mobilized a large number of soldiers."
Viscount Oliver said in a heavy voice.
"Secretly gathered all the nobles in his territory?
Mobilized soldiers?
What is the Fergus family trying to do? "
Suddenly, his expression turned ugly. Or rather, it should be said that he was shocked.
"Could it be that our collusion with the Shadow Snake … has been exposed?
The Fergus family received orders from the Sidney family and are preparing to … encircle and annihilate us? "
"Father, Brother, could it be a mistake?
Perhaps it's just a coincidence. "
Boyle's expression was ugly as he spoke hopefully.
He knew that the Sidney family was colluding with the Shadow Snake, and he naturally understood what would happen to the Oliver family if the Sidney family found out about this.
"Whether it's a coincidence or not, let's leave the castle first!"
Viscount Oliver stood up and made a prompt decision.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
… …
However, at this moment, miserable cries sounded one after another, followed by a large number of footsteps approaching.
"Let's go, we'll leave the castle through the secret tunnel in the backyard!"
Viscount Oliver led his wife and two sons to the backyard of the castle, where there was a secret tunnel that led outside.
If they had previously thought that it was a coincidence that Viscount Fergus was secretly gathering all the nobles and was not targeting them, they were now certain.
When the four of them arrived at the back of the castle and opened the secret tunnel, preparing to escape through it, a voice suddenly sounded.
"Viscount Oliver, please wait!"
Following the voice, several people rushed over. The one in the lead was Viscount Fergus, who was wearing golden battle armor.
The others were all high-class Blood Warriors within Viscount Fergus' territory, including Gray.
"I'll stop them, you guys leave quickly!"
Oliver's face was pale. He knew that today was not a good day, so he drew the long blade at his waist and blocked the tunnel.
"Father."
"Let's go quickly."
Kepel's eyes were red as he pulled Boyle and the middle-aged woman and rushed into the tunnel.
There were mechanisms set up in the tunnel that could block the escape route. As long as they could set down the mechanism, they still had hope of escaping.
"No one can leave!"
Viscount Fergus shouted coldly as he slashed his sword at Viscount Oliver, entangling him as he shouted to Gray.
"Gray, chase after them, don't let them escape!"
"Yes!"
Blood power poured into his legs, and Gray was like a phantom as he passed by the fighting Viscount Fergus and Viscount Oliver, charging into the tunnel.