"Young Master Gray, we're already 300 miles away from Duke Nehem's territory."
After walking out of the Thunder Forest and observing the surrounding terrain, Alice took out a map and carefully compared it.
"That's good!"
Gray nodded.
Since they knew that the identities of the two young nobles might not be simple, Gray and the others naturally couldn't go back to the small town.
During the process of hunting the barbaric-level blood fiends, they didn't travel aimlessly. Instead, they hunted the blood fiends while heading out of Duke Nehem's territory.
As for things like carriages and horses, they could wait until they left the Thunder Forest before purchasing them.
This time, both Gray and the Red Wing had a bountiful harvest, so this amount of money was naturally nothing to them.
"I'm afraid the other party's strength is quite great. Although we've left Duke Nehem's territory, it doesn't mean we're absolutely safe."
Gray said.
"To be on the safe side, don't enter the towns around the Thunder Forest. Once we're far away from the Thunder Forest on foot, let someone enter the town to buy carriages and horses."
"Understood."
Hobbes nodded solemnly and then said.
"Young Master Gray, I want to let someone disguise himself and sneak into Duke Nehem's territory to inquire about the identities of the two nobles."
"Okay, but be careful. Don't expose us because of this."
Gray thought for a while and agreed.
Knowing the other party's identity would allow them to take precautions in the future. If they didn't even know the identity of the enemy, they might inexplicably bump into them in the future.
Moreover, Gray also wanted to know what kind of power the other party came from. How could they be so arrogant as to send someone to intercept and kill when they couldn't buy it? They were simply unscrupulous.
Although the person who sent someone to intercept and kill them had been killed, this matter obviously wasn't over. Whether it was for the other party or for Gray, this matter was far from over.
The other party was determined to get the silver metal ball and would never give it up so easily. And Gray himself would never let them go so easily.
First, he had to find out the other party's identity. Even if he wasn't a match for them at the moment, he would definitely make the other party pay for this matter when his strength was enough in the future.
Gray was quite confident about his future strength. With the blood of a king-level blood fiend in his hands, he already had the key to becoming a king-level blood fiend. He didn't believe that he would never be a match for his opponent.
Far away from the Thunder Forest, Gray bought a carriage in a small town and returned to Sidney with the Red Wing.
Along the way, they were quite cautious. They did not enter the cities and towns, but set up camp in the wilderness for the night.
More than ten days later, they appeared not far from Sidney. At this time, the people who were sent to gather information had returned.
In a huge tent, Gray, Hobbes, and Alice were inside.
"Bowen, how was it? Did you find anything?"
Hobbes looked at a young man in his twenties and asked. This young man was the one who had been sent to scout for information.
He was a very steady and clever mercenary. It was because of this that he was sent to scout for information.
"Got it."
Speaking of the information, the young man's face suddenly became serious. He lowered his voice so that only a few people in the tent could hear him.
"The other party is … … a member of the Nahum family!"
"Hiss … …"
There was the sound of a breath of cold air in the tent. Gray and the other two's faces changed. They were all shocked by this news.
Duke Nahum's territory, the Nahum family. Just from the name alone, it was not difficult to connect the two. The other party must be from the Nahum family, one of the three duke families in the kingdom.
"It's actually the Nahum family … …"
Hobbes's eyes were filled with fear, and Alice's face became extremely serious.
"The Nahum family … …"
Even Gray's face could not help but change slightly.
At this moment, he finally understood why the other party dared to be so insolent and unscrupulous.
The Nahum family was one of the three duke families in the Purple Moon Kingdom, and there was no need to doubt their strength.
Three hundred years ago, this family had produced a king-level warrior. After such a long time, this king-level warrior should have passed away, but it was not difficult to see how terrifying this family was.
Compared to the Marquis family, the foundation of the duke family was a level higher. There was no guarantee that they would have king-level warriors, but they definitely had Wild Blood warriors.
With this kind of strength and background, it was no wonder that they dared to be so unscrupulous. If they could not buy it by force, they would snatch it, not caring about the background of the other party.
"We've really been targeted by an incredible existence … …"
Gray took a deep breath, his face solemn.
The other party's strength was beyond his expectations, and he could not help but feel a great deal of pressure.
"This matter is only known to the few of us. Don't spread it."
After a long time, Gray calmed himself down and spoke.
"We understand."
Hobbes, Alice, and the young man who inquired about the news all nodded solemnly. If this matter was known by the other members of the Red Wing, it would definitely cause panic.
The team continued their journey without entering the city. A few days later, after entering the Sidney Territory, Gray and a few others who knew the situation were completely relieved.
They found a city and stayed in a tavern. They had been on the road for a long time, and they had been sleeping in the wilderness every day. Everyone was exhausted and needed to take a good rest.
"At least the strength of a desolate-level to be able to barely protect myself."
In the hotel room, Gray subconsciously tapped his fingers on the coffee table next to him, lost in thought.
The other party's strength had indeed given him a lot of pressure. If he wanted to have some resistance in front of the other party, he had to at least have the strength of a desolate-level. After all, for such a family, it was inevitable that they would have Wild Blood warriors.
"After swallowing the corpse hair ape's blood, I should be able to control four barbaric-level blood fiends or one desolate-level blood fiend."
For Gray, it was both difficult and easy for him to possess the combat strength of a desolate-level being.
It was easy because after swallowing the corpse hair ape's blood, if he guessed correctly, he would be able to control a desolate-level blood fiend at most. If he could find a suitable desolate-level blood fiend to control, he would immediately have the combat strength of a desolate-level blood fiend.
It was difficult because it was extraordinarily difficult to obtain a desolate-level blood fiend.
For a desolate-level blood fiend to have the ability to hunt, it had to be at least a Wild Blood warrior. Gray did not know such a being at all.
The only one he knew was the Sidney family's copperback dragon. However, it was extremely difficult to persuade the Sidney family to use the copperback dragon to hunt a desolate-level blood fiend for him.
"Other than that, if I can increase my strength to that of a Barbaric Blood warrior as soon as possible, I might be able to have the combat strength of a Wild Blood warrior with the combination of wind and ice abilities."
Currently, Gray's strength had yet to reach the level of a Barbaric Blood warrior, but with the combination of wind and ice abilities, he already had the combat strength of a Barbaric Blood warrior. When Gray's strength reached the level of a Barbaric Blood warrior, he might be able to use the combination of his abilities to cross a level and be comparable to a Wild Blood warrior.
"However, with my current cultivation speed, it will take at least half a year to reach the level of a Barbaric Blood warrior."
Gray's current cultivation speed was already extremely fast. If he wanted to increase his strength, he would have to obtain some precious magic herbs that could increase his strength.
Although these herbs were not as precious as the Evolution Fruit, which even King-level experts would fight over, they were still extremely rare and difficult to come across.
"In order to obtain this item, I've gotten into a lot of trouble."
Taking out the silver metal ball from the rune portal bag, Gray couldn't help but focus his eyes on it.
The silver metal ball, which was the size of a ping pong ball, shone under the sunlight that shone into the room. It emitted a misty glow and looked extremely beautiful.
It was extremely light, even lighter than ordinary wood. Holding it in his hand, he even worried that it would be blown away by a gust of wind.
Grimm clenched his hand into a fist and squeezed it with all his strength. With his current strength, even a solid titanium alloy ball would be flattened by him. However, when he squeezed this silver metal ball, there was no change at all.
Grimm opened his hand and looked at it. Not only was the silver metal ball not flattened, there was not even the slightest trace of deformation left on its surface.
This kind of thing was simply beyond common sense.
However, when he thought about how this kind of thing was needed by a strong person like the Spirit Merchant, he felt relieved.
Gray did not know how strong the Spirit Merchant was, but he was sure that the other party's strength should be beyond King-level.
Not only because the other party had existed since the time of the Empire and was now at least a thousand years old, but also because of the ability to completely drag a large area into an illusion when the other party appeared.
That kind of method was simply unimaginable.
Buzz!
Suddenly, a strange and inexplicable feeling attacked Gray's heart. In an instant, Gray had a feeling of space-time disorder and his head was heavy.
The outside world was silent. Suddenly, he was separated from the noisy world.
"This feeling?"
Gray's expression changed. He had experienced this feeling before. That was the last time when he was dragged into the Phantom World by the Spirit Merchant.
He walked to the window and saw that on the street, there were figures walking back and forth, and carriages shuttling back and forth. However, there was no sound at all. It was as if everyone had turned into silent ghosts.
"The Spirit Merchant has appeared?!"
He was almost certain that this was definitely the work of the Spirit Merchant because it was almost exactly the same as the last time the other party appeared.
He walked out of the room and saw Alice in the corridor. She was walking towards his room and seemed to be looking for him. He brushed past her, but she did not notice at all.
He walked out of the hotel and walked on the street where people were moving back and forth but there was no sound at all. After walking for a long time, what he saw was still this silent environment.
"It can't be that the entire city has been dragged into the mirage world, right?"