A few days later, in the newly decorated banquet hall of Fergus Castle, a grand wedding banquet was being held.
Many nobles who were on good terms with the two families, or nobles who had been enfeoffed by the Fergus Castle.
Even the Sidney family had sent Zaloyan and Polly to represent the Sidney family.
Of course, other than attending the wedding banquet, they had other motives.
As for the Ford family, which was interested in being on good terms with the Fergus family, they were personally led by Earl Ford. They were the highest-ranking nobles present.
Before the conflict between the Fergus family and the Smalley family, the Fergus family could still be described as a family with the potential to become an earl. However, after the conflict between the Fergus family and the Smalley family, the Fergus family could no longer be described as a family with the potential to become an earl.
Two mad class blood fiends, two mad class blood fiends!
With these two mad class blood fiends, the Fergus family was already an earl family, even though they were not yet an earl family.
They were completely capable of opposing the Ford family and the Smalley family, and even made the two families feel threatened.
The Ford family naturally had to spare no effort to be on good terms with such a family.
Fortunately, the Ford family and the Fergus family had been on good terms recently. The Smalley family was the one with a headache. After offending such a strong enemy, they did not know if they could still sleep well.
Bernal and Bernice Yvelines, the newlyweds, stood in the center of the banquet hall and became the focus of everyone's attention and blessings.
The Fergus family, on the other hand, was busy.
Even Gray was forced to shuttle back and forth in the banquet hall to liven up the atmosphere.
Many noble ladies approached him, causing his face to stiffen from smiling.
Fortunately, the main characters today were Bernal and Bernice Yvelines, as well as Zaloyan and Polly, two important figures from the Sidney family, and a heavyweight like Earl Ford. Only then did the pressure lessen.
From yesterday to today, he had not been idle at all.
Yesterday morning, he had gone to the Yvelines family to welcome the bride. Today, after returning to the Fergus family, he was busy greeting the nobles who had come to attend the wedding.
He felt more tired than training. He found a remote table and sat down, preparing to slack off.
"Why? Are you tired?"
Behind him, a voice suddenly rang out. He turned around and saw a beautiful blonde woman in a light blue dress walking over.
Seeing the visitor, Gray didn't have the intention to get up and greet him. Instead, he let out a sigh of relief and continued to sit at the table.
"I'm so tired that I don't want to move. I feel more tired than people who are getting married."
"Puchi."
The woman chuckled and sat down at the table. She rolled her eyes and said, "Don't worry.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"You'll know when your elder brother gets married."
Gray shrugged.
Polly Sidney was one of the two representatives sent by the Sidney family to attend the wedding.
He had stayed with the Fergus Family for more than half a month because he had accompanied Master Tulu. Gray was quite familiar with him, so he didn't bother to greet him.
Of course, the most important thing was that he was too tired to move.
"Then it will be hard to wait. My big brother has very high standards."
Polly glanced at Zaro, who was surrounded by many noble ladies.
Like Bernal, Zaro was also of marriageable age. Although he had interacted with noble ladies of similar status, Zaro didn't seem to have met anyone he liked.
"I can see that."
Gray nodded.
He was surrounded by many noble ladies, many of whom were rather beautiful. Although Zaro had a smile on his face, he did not show much enthusiasm. It was obvious that the next successor of the Sidney family had very high standards.
As if sensing Gray's gaze, the woman looked over and apologized to the surrounding noble ladies. She then took the opportunity to slip away and walk over with a glass of red wine.
"Young Master Zaro."
Seeing the woman walk over, Gray picked up a glass of red wine, stood up, and clinked glasses with her.
As an adult, he could naturally drink.
"Gray, you really gave me a shock. You actually became a Ferocious Warrior so quickly. My status as the number one genius of the Sidney Territory is going to be snatched away by you!"
Looking at Gray, Zaro joked.
"Young Master Zaro, you must be joking."
Gray replied with a wry smile.
"I'm not joking …"
After chatting for a while, Zaro jokingly said in a relaxed tone.
"I heard that the Fergus family has two berserk blood fiends. When will you take me to see them?"
Gray's eyes flickered slightly.
"If Young Master Zaro is interested, we can do it now."
"I want to see them too."
Soon, Gray led Zaro and Polly out of the banquet hall and toward the castle's basement.
"Three, there are actually three of them?"
Arriving at the basement, Zaro and Polly couldn't help but be surprised by the light of the rune lamps.
There were actually three gigantic blood fiends in the basement.
Didn't that mean that the Fergus family had three berserk blood fiends?
"The Fergus family actually has three berserk blood fiends?"
After being stunned for a moment, Zaro and Polly came back to their senses and looked at Gray in surprise.
"Go closer and touch their bodies."
Gray didn't immediately answer their questions. Instead, he gave them a hint.
Confusion flashed across their faces, but they still approached one of the blood fiends and stretched out their hands to touch its body.
They weren't afraid that the berserk blood fiends would suddenly go berserk. As members of the Marquis family, they naturally had some means to protect themselves. Although they couldn't contend against the berserk blood fiends, they had no problem protecting themselves for a short period of time.
"So cold …"
Polly hurriedly withdrew her hand and looked at the blood fiend in front of her with a stupefied expression.
The blood fiend in front of her didn't have any body temperature. Its entire body was ice-cold.
Zaro squinted his eyes and approached the head of the blood fiend, carefully examining its eyes. A moment later, he raised his head and said in astonishment.
"Dead?"
"Yes, they're all dead. In fact, they're all corpses of blood fiends that I obtained from a ruin some time ago. They were controlled by a magical weapon. There are a total of four corpses of such blood fiends. The last one is placed outside the castle."
Gray nodded his head and explained.
After learning that the Sidney family would send Zaro to attend the wedding, Gray and Viscount Fergus guessed that Zaro's visit this time wasn't just for the wedding. It was likely that he was here to test the Fergus family's attitude towards the Sidney family.
After some discussion, the two finally decided to inform the Sidney family of the fact that the berserk blood fiend was controlled by a magical weapon.
The other two berserk blood fiends would be exposed sooner or later. No matter how one looked at it, it was abnormal for a viscount family to have four berserk blood fiends. It was better to explain it clearly once and for all. This way, they could gain the favor of the Sidney family.
If the Fergus family wanted to become a count family, they had to have enough berserk warriors and enough military achievements. These were the most basic conditions. The most important was to gain the trust of the Sidney family.
If they couldn't gain the trust of the Sidney family, why would they hand over such a large territory to the Fergus family?
"So that's how it is."
After hearing Gray's explanation, Polly opened her mouth in shock. Zaro's face revealed a look of understanding.
His previous suspicions had been confirmed. The only thing he didn't expect was that the Fergus family would reveal such an important secret. This made him view the Fergus family in a new light.
"Four berserk blood fiends. Doesn't that mean four berserk warriors?"
Polly exclaimed.
"Of course not. After all, they are the corpses of blood fiends. In terms of strength, they can't be compared to living blood fiends. Moreover, they can't use their abilities."
Gray shook his head.
"Gray, can you increase the number of blood fiends you can control?"
Zaro's eyebrows twitched.
"This is already the limit. The number and level have already reached the limit. I can control a total of twenty berserk blood fiends and four berserk blood fiends at most."
Gray shook his head.
"As expected."
Zaro was not surprised by Gray's answer. Regardless of whether it was the magic weapon or the abilities of the blood fiends, there was a limit. A limit of four berserk blood fiends was already a rather powerful magic weapon.
In the end, Zaro and Polly left the basement in shock.
They didn't request to control the magic weapon or the like.
This was because in their hearts, they knew very well that this was beyond the Fergus family's bottom line.
No family would hand over their ultimate trump card to another family, even if the other party was an upper-class aristocrat.
The enfeoffed aristocrats were only subordinates of the upper-class aristocrats, not slaves. The relationship between the two was one of mutual benefit. Even the upper-class aristocrats couldn't plunder the wealth of the enfeoffed aristocrats.
By revealing the existence of the magic weapon, the Fergus family had already expressed their goodwill as an aristocrat. If they still asked for the magic weapon to be "handed over", it would only cause dissatisfaction and resistance from the enfeoffed aristocrats.
In fact, this was exactly the case.
If they had asked to see the magic weapon, Gray would have directly refused.
Not being able to take it out was one thing. Even if he could, he would definitely not take it out. This was the bottom line of a family.
If they were really pushed to the brink, they could just give up their territory and leave the Sidney family.
With power, why would they be afraid of not being able to survive?