Somewhere in the kingdom.
The old man with malicious eyes was sitting in the main seat. His face was so gloomy that it could drip water. After a good while, he opened his mouth and said.
"Leona is dead!"
"What?"
Hearing his words, the purple-haired man stood up in surprise. The short-brown-haired man was also shocked.
Leona with the strength of a Berserker was dead?
How could this be?
Even when facing the encirclement and suppression of the Sidney family last time, there was no loss of Berserker. This time, assassinating a small viscount family, they actually lost a Berserker?
When Leona took the assassination mission, they didn't think about the possibility of the mission failing.
However, even if the assassination failed, in their view, with Leona's strength, she should be able to escape. This was also the reason why they didn't worry about Leona going to the assassination.
But now they actually heard that Leona was dead. Their first reaction was disbelief.
"Sir, could it be that the news is wrong?"
The short-brown-haired man's eyes widened. He didn't believe it or didn't want to believe it.
Assassinating a small viscount family, how could a Berserker be killed?
This was really too unbelievable. He was more willing to believe that Leona was temporarily unable to contact the organization for some reason.
"It has been confirmed many times. It can't be wrong."
The old man shook his head. His face was extremely ugly.
It was not only the two who didn't want to believe it. Even when he first heard the news, he also thought that the news was wrong. After repeatedly confirming it, he had to believe it.
Leona with the strength of a Berserker was dead. Not only her, but the assassins with her also couldn't escape.
"How could this be?
Could it be that they were ambushed by the Sidney family? "
The purple-haired man's face was full of surprise.
"But how could this be?
Half a year has passed. How could the Sidney family not withdraw? "
"This matter is indeed strange. However, this is the only explanation that makes sense."
The old man said with a gloomy face.
Whether it was him, the purple-haired man or the short-brown-haired man, they never thought that this was the power of the Fergus family.
It was really too hard to believe.
Killing a Berserker was something that even a Count's family would find difficult to accomplish. As for a Viscount's family, they definitely wouldn't believe it.
"From today onwards, all members of the Shadow Serpent are not allowed to step into Siderni Hill, nor are they allowed to accept assassination commissions related to Siderni Hill."
After a long while, the old man with a malicious expression made a decision and gave the order in a deep voice.
"Yes."
The purple-haired man and the short-brown-haired man both nodded in agreement.
From the beginning to the end, neither of them mentioned anything about avenging the eye-patch woman, Leona.
On the one hand, they did not have the ability to do so. On the other hand, they did not have a close relationship with the eye-patch girl, Leona.
Assassins were cold people, and they were more wary of each other. They didn't have much friendship with the woman with the eye patch, so naturally, they wouldn't put themselves in danger for the woman with the eye patch.
…
One month later, in Fergus Castle.
As expected, the assassination of the Shadow Serpent did not come. Instead, another matter caught them off guard.
"The herbs were robbed and Lord Corgi was killed?"
Hearing this news, Gray was stunned at first, then a cold murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Lord Corgi was a person that Gray had met a few times. When Gray was passing through Marquis Oka from Siderni City, he had taken a ride on the Fergus family's caravan that was transporting herbs.
He was a person that was easy to get along with, and he had given all the money he had collected from the robbers to Gray. To a certain extent, Gray owed him a favor.
Yet, such a person was already dead. Moreover, he was killed by the robbers. This made him furious.
"How could this be?"
Bernal's face was also filled with surprise and anger.
"Lord Corgi had the strength of an upper level Blood Warrior. Could it be that more than two upper level Blood Warriors joined forces, or perhaps a Murderous Blood Warrior was involved?"
"I don't know. All the guards were killed, and there were no survivors."
Viscount Fergus shook his head with an ugly expression.
"Father, there are more than two upper level Blood Warriors, or perhaps a Murderous Blood Warrior. Such a bandit group is rare in Siderni. Could it be a noble force in disguise?"
Bernal was bewildered.
It was common for nobles to disguise themselves as bandits and make huge profits without any capital. Based on the current situation, this possibility was very high.
"No matter if it is a bandit or a noble force in disguise, they must pay the price."
Viscount Fergus's eyes were cold.
"Gray, I hope you can go and find the bandits or forces. No matter what, don't hold back and kill them all."
"But I'm not good at tracking!"
Gray frowned slightly. The abilities that he had were not good at tracking, and he had not specifically learned how to track.
If he found the culprit, it would not be a problem for him to act, but tracking was a little difficult for him.
Viscount Fergus seemed to have thought of this long ago, so he said immediately.
"Don't worry about that. I'll let Baron Harry, who is good at tracking, follow you. You just need to act last."
"Then it's no problem."
Gray nodded. Since he was only responsible for acting last, of course, there was no problem.
"This bandit might have a Murderous Blood Warrior. Bring the leopard blood beast with you."
Viscount Fergus continued.
"Ok."
Gray nodded.
Out of the 4 blood beasts, the leopard blood beast was the easiest to take. As for the other 3 blood beasts, they were too big and would cause too much noise.
The next morning, Gray rode away from the Fergus family with a short and fat man and a few guards. The short and fat man was Lord Harry that Viscount Fergus mentioned yesterday.
Other than that, there was also a leopard blood beast following behind them.
This was their final trump card. If Gray could take care of it, then it would be the best. If even Gray couldn't do it, then they would have to use it.
They didn't bring too many people. If Gray and the leopard blood beast couldn't do it together, then it would be useless no matter how many people they brought. The guards they brought were only responsible for logistics and sending messages.
Tap, tap, tap!
Considering the leopard blood beast, Gray chose to travel on a secluded path. Although Lord Harry was confused about why Gray did this, he didn't ask.
They stayed in a village for the night. A day later, Gray and the others arrived at the place where the caravan was killed.
The bodies of the guards had been cleaned up, but there were still traces of a battle.
There were dried bloodstains, arrows that had fallen to the ground, pieces of leather armor that had been hacked off, and even broken weapons … …
All signs pointed to the fact that a brutal battle had taken place here.
"Lord Harley, please track the whereabouts of the robbers and see if you can find them!"
Green looked at Lord Harry and said.
"Yes, Young Master Gray."
Lord Harry replied and dismounted from his horse. His attitude was very respectful.
Although Viscount Fergus hadn't announced it in public, how could he not guess that Gray had been selected as the successor of the Fergus family? Therefore, he was very polite when facing Gray.
Besides, Gray was an upper level blood warrior. He was even stronger than him now. He couldn't help but be polite.
Under Grey's watchful gaze, Lord Harry began to search the vicinity.
He either squatted down to observe the footprints or reached out to touch the tire marks. After a while, he stood up with a frown.
"Lord Harry, how is it?"
Seeing that the other party seemed to have come to a conclusion, Gray asked.
"When the bandit retreated, they cleaned up their tracks. However, they left with several carriages carrying herbs. Some of the tracks couldn't be completely cleaned up. I can try to follow them."
"That's good."
Gray let out a sigh of relief. It was good that they could follow. He was afraid that they couldn't.
He didn't know what kind of force robbed the Fergus family's caravan, but he didn't care.
With his strength and the leopard type blood fiend hiding in the dark, he was confident that as long as he could find them, he would be able to destroy them.
What he was afraid of was that he couldn't track them down. Even if he had the strength, there was nothing he could do.
He finally saw where his weakness was. He hoped that he would have the chance to meet a blood fiend with tracking abilities in the future.
The few of them walked and followed the tracks. A day later, a city appeared in front of them.
The city walls were more than ten meters high. The huge city gate was completely made of metal. It was majestic and majestic.
Although it was slightly smaller than Sidney City in terms of scale, it should still be a city with a permanent population of more than 100,000.