"I can only take the blood of the Knife Weasel?"
The Knife Weasel was the special blood fiend that Gray, Sophia, and Teresa had jointly killed.
The limit of its ability was the Mad level. After reaching the Barbarian level, it would be eliminated. Gray felt that it was a pity that he had to use the blood of the Knife Weasel once.
The blood warrior cultivation system of this world did not allow unlimited improvement after the implantation of a bloodline. Instead, each bloodline had its own limit.
Once the limit was reached, a higher-level bloodline had to be implanted in order to continue to improve.
It was a bit like the genetic modification of animals that existed in science fiction movies in his previous life.
A person who had undergone genetic modification based on the genes of a wolf would have a maximum physical quality that was comparable to that of a wolf, but would not surpass it.
Because of this reason, the ability that Gray obtained from swallowing the blood of the blood fiends also had its own growth limit. Once this limit was exceeded, it would be difficult for the ability to grow.
Except for a few abilities that could help Gray to a certain extent even if they did not grow, such as reverse nurturing, shadow ability, and infrared perception, other abilities were bound to be eliminated as Gray's strength increased.
Elimination was inevitable. The only thing Gray could do was to take the blood of a higher-level blood fiend every time he took it, so as to delay the elimination.
The Knife Weasel bloodline was obviously the kind of bloodline that would be eliminated in a short period of time. Therefore, Gray did not want to take the blood of the Knife Weasel unless it was absolutely necessary.
"There are still five months left. Let's see if I can find a more suitable bloodline in these five months."
If he could not find a higher-level special wind bloodline in these five months, Gray could only choose to take the blood of the Knife Weasel.
Although it was a bit wasteful, it was acceptable to waste a little compared to the leaps and bounds in his strength.
"Young Master Gray."
"Young Master Gray."
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After leaving the forest and returning to the castle, Gray walked into the castle hall under the respectful greetings of the castle servants.
"Young Master Gray, the Viscount was looking for you just now!"
Barbara, who was standing in the middle of the hall and seemed to have been waiting for him, came forward and greeted him respectfully.
"Did he say what he wanted?"
Gray asked.
"No, I just want you to go to the gazebo in the garden if you come back."
"Oh."
Gray nodded and walked towards the garden pavilion.
"He's here!"
In the garden pavilion, there were many tables, chairs, and tea tables. Viscount Fergus and the other members of the Fergus family were all present. They were all wearing smiles, and the atmosphere was rather harmonious.
Seeing Gray arrive, Viscount Fergus waved his hand and said with a smile on his face.
"Yes."
Gray nodded and sat down beside Sarah. As soon as he sat down, the latter came over and said with a smile, "Let's go.
"Sister Bernice is pregnant."
"Pregnant?"
Gray looked in surprise at Bernal, who had a blissful smile on her face, and then looked at Bernal, who was grinning from ear to ear.
"Congratulations!"
The grudge between him and Bernal had long been resolved. Now that he heard that Bernal's wife was pregnant, he congratulated him from the bottom of his heart.
"Thank you."
Bernal smiled in response.
"Sister Bernice is pregnant. Today, we must have a sumptuous meal to celebrate. I suggest we eat the blood fiend steak."
Sarah cheered from the side, causing Gray and the others to smile kindly.
The flesh of blood fiends was not only rich in nutrients, but after special processing, it would also become abnormally delicious.
Gray had brought back a lot of blood fiend meat the last time, and it was all mad grade blood fiend meat. It was needless to say how delicious it was.
After eating it once, Sarah clearly liked it. From time to time, she would encourage them to have a "sumptuous meal".
"Get the kitchen to prepare it!"
Viscount Fergus faintly smiled and gave an order to a servant beside him. The servant respectfully acknowledged and left.
Not long after, the servant returned, but there was a middle-aged man with him.
The man was the butler of the Fergus family, Nick. He walked to Viscount Fergus's side and spoke.
"Lord Viscount, we just received news from Mai Feng Town that a group of suspicious people have settled down in the town. They arrived about half a month ago, and the timing just matches."
"I understand. You may leave first!"
Viscount Fergus nodded and waved his hand, indicating for the servant to leave. His brows were slightly furrowed.
Gray looked at him in confusion and asked.
"Father, did something happen in the territory recently?"
"Yes, something did happen."
Viscount Fergus nodded.
"Since about ten days ago, people have been disappearing in the territory. I ordered everyone in the territory to pay attention to suspicious people. Just now, news came from Mai Feng Town that a group of suspicious people had been discovered."
"Currently, Bernal is following up on this matter. But now that Bernice is pregnant, he needs to spend more time with her. It seems that I need you to go over and investigate this group of people."
"No problem."
Gray nodded in agreement, and then said again, "Don't worry.
"Who are the missing people?"
"They are all young girls."
"All young girls?"
Green raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, all young girls. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the work of mercenaries. After you go over, don't alert this group of people. Secretly investigate before taking action."
Viscount Fergus said.
"I understand."
Gray nodded.
The nobles of this world knew how to enjoy themselves. Some of the more debauched nobles would collect beautiful young girls for their own 'enjoyment'.
Some mercenary groups had their eyes on the huge profits and would engage in human trafficking.
The missing people this time were all young girls. If there were no surprises, they should have been captured by a mercenary group that trafficked in human beings.
The nobles would never forgive such mercenaries if they were discovered.
After all, population was the foundation of a territory. If the disappearance of people caused a riot and caused a loss of population, the consequences would be severe.
"They actually trafficked young girls!"
"How can there be such mercenaries?"
Caroline frowned, her face full of disgust. Bernice also frowned.
"These mercenaries are really bad people."
Sarah also frowned. Then she turned her eyes and shook Gray's hand.
"Big Brother, take me with you!"
"Next time?"
Gray raised an eyebrow. He was not worried that something would happen to Sarah. With him, a Berserker, there would naturally be no such thing.
It was just that this time he was going to secretly investigate that group of people and not go on an outing. If he followed, he would inevitably suffer.
"No."
Sarah shook her head like a wave.
"Okay, I can take you, but you have to listen to my orders."
Gray's face became serious as he said seriously.
"I know."
Sarah hurriedly nodded.
Viscount Fergus saw that Gray agreed to let Sarah go with him and had no intention of stopping him.
It was just an ordinary disappearance. It should be done by a small mercenary group. Otherwise, he would not have handed it over to Bernal. With a Berserker like Gray taking action, there would naturally be no mistakes.
After lunch, Gray and Sarah sat in an ordinary carriage and headed to Mai Feng Town in the south of the territory.
Mai Feng Town was one of the few towns that Viscount Fergus led. It was the most important source of food for the Fergus family and provided a large amount of income for the Fergus family every year.
Because he did not want to alert the enemy, Gray did not bring any guards with him. He even changed his carriage to an ordinary one.
With his strength, he did not need any soldiers to deal with these mercenaries.
Furthermore, Mai Feng Town was a town with a population of thousands and an important source of food. The Fergus family naturally had soldiers stationed here. Even if they needed soldiers, they only needed to dispatch them from Mai Feng Town.
In the afternoon, the carriage drove into the house of the town's mayor.
"Quick, quick, greet Young Master Gray and Miss Sarah."
The town's mayor was an old man in his sixties. He had seen Gray and Sarah at the Fergus family's New Year's banquet before.
Seeing Gray and Selina arrive, he hurriedly brought his family and bowed to Gray and Selina.
He had thought that it would be Young Master Bernal who would come this time. He did not expect it to be Young Master Gray. He could not help but feel excited.
Among the young masters and young mistresses of the Fergus family, it was obvious who had the most power. If his family's descendants could be valued by this young master, the benefits would be obvious.
"Young Master Gray."
"Miss Sarah."
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Behind him, there were two middle-aged couples, two young men, two young women, and one young man. They all bowed respectfully to Gray and Selina.
"Mm."
Gray nodded slightly and looked at the few of them. He finally returned to the old man and said, "We came this time secretly.
"This time, we came here quietly. Don't spread the news of us."
"Understood, understood."
The old man nodded repeatedly.
"How are those people doing now?"
"They are still in their residence. In order not to alarm them, we did not send anyone to monitor them."
"We only know that they have been leaving the town every day for the past few days. Sometimes they come back on the same day, sometimes they come back the next day. We don't know where they went."
The old man hurriedly said.
"Prepare a set of ordinary clothes for each of us, and then have someone bring us over to take a look."
Gray thought for a moment and ordered.
Half an hour later, Gray and Sarah, who were dressed in ordinary clothes, were led by one of the two young men from before to a remote street at the edge of the town.
"Young Master Gray, they live there."
The young man looked at a house in the distance and said.
Gray's gaze followed the other party's gaze and saw a slightly old and dilapidated house.
"This house belongs to a poor family in the town. These people bought it at a high price."
"Let's go."
Gray took a look and did not stay for too long. He brought Sarah and casually strolled around the town before returning to the mayor's house.
He planned to come over at night to check if these people were the "human traffickers" he was looking for.