Eternal Thief

”You were only there for one month and you already succeed in our plan this quick?” Inquiry Eve suspiciously while narrowing her lovely eyes.

The plan that was supposed to take at least one year just to set in motion was now complete in a month. This was simply unbelievable for Eva.

Ace ignores her questioning gaze and hastily asks her, ”Just tell me this; when Rylan plant this mask on your face, did the contract vanished after he drips your blood on it, in his left hand?” If this was true then Ace has succeeded in his quest to free Eva, but if not then he has somehow gone back to Grant’s family again.

”Yes! it was like he was using some kind of secret skill. He simply takes this mask and item slave contract out of thin air. But why are you asking this out of blue?” Eva was confused.

”Hahaha. Then this means, I succeed! It seems luck was with me this time.” Ace laughs delightfully. He has to thanks the system if not for it he would’ve never found out about this space ring existence and even alert the Grant family after infiltrating their treasury.

Eva looks around at Ace but she didn’t see any bag or other staff with Ace. Besides, he was perspiring profoundly and his face was a little pale.

’He’s empty-hand, did he hit his head?’ Eva worriedly thought about her ’team leader’ and said with a hint of anxiety in her eyes, ”But you didn’t have any bag of holding, where is the item slave contract?”

Ace was breathing heavily but there was a wide smile on his face, ”Hehehe. I’ll tell you after we clean Kelby’s family treasury. It has already been fifteen minutes since I steal Rylan’s ring he should’ve already started searching for me. We didn’t have time to waste, where’s the treasure? I’ll be right back and then we’ll leave this city.” Ace’s grin mysteriously and wanted to give her a big surprise after completing the system’s mission.

Eve looked at Ace’s pale face with concerns but his eyes were full of vitality so, she trusts him and told him where the treasury was located.

Kelby’s family territory wasn’t as big as Grant’s family. They only have one main mansion and two other districts under their control so it wasn’t hard for Ace to remembered all the details.

”Don’t alarm the family head of Kelby family he’s a peak of Qi Gates realm expert,” Eva reminds Ace warily.

”Don’t worry even that Rylan couldn’t find me what that old guy can do?” Ace snorted and vanished in the direction that Eva gave him.

The main mansion of the Kelby family was big and always protected by the elders of the family. It was where the main family lives.

Ace was hiding behind a tree and observing the big mansion of the Kelby family.

He didn’t see anyone guarding the gates of the mansion but he could sense two powerful experts hidden nearby with his soul sense.

’Hmm? They are weaker than that elder who was hosting the meeting of the Grant family. it seems they’re at the 4th gate of Qi Gates.’ Ace quickly guess their cultivation base by comparing them with Ezekiel.

Ace didn’t have much time to waste because he knows if Rylan didn’t find him in Grant’s family territory, he would ask for the help from Kelby family, and at that time they would also become alert as well. He has to do it quickly and without anyone noticing it.

He used stealth and silent steps with his True and Fales eyes simultaneously so he could see hidden traps as well as notice those two experts’ sudden movements.

Ace enters the mansion through the hidden passage that Eva told him about without alerting those two experts.

Inside the mansion were quite large and there wasn’t anyone here except for the attendants and the main family.

Ace remembers and followed Eva’s instruction and go towards a white pillar that was beside the stairs. When he gets closed the pillar, a panel pop out that he didn’t see for a while and heard the system’s voice,

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”[Target in range!] 

[Did the host want to scan the target?] 

{Cost: 10 Thief Points}”

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Ace snorted and ignore the system. Since he already knows everything about the treasury what is the point of wasting the thief points?

He active Ture and false eyes and saw a strange mechanism on the pillar. It was like Billy’s shop hidden doors but more advance.

Just like before he saw mysterious grey lines and a dark hole between them. He quickly active treasure opening hand second form ’two fingers as key’and arrange his metallic fingers on the hole.

The hole vibrates a little and his finger started to sink in it. With a light ’shhe’ sound, the illusionary array disables and the pillar shows a hidden door.

Ace fully activates his heavenly sense and confirms that they were no one behind this door. This door was not some simple door because Ace could see complex grey lines on it and it will not be open by simple means after all the whole treasury of the Kelby family was probably behind this door. 

This array on the door was not an ’Illusionary Array’, it was a ’Locking Array.’

After finding the ’dark hole’1 position of the ’locking array’, Ace close his eyes and begun to use the third form of treasure opening hands ’Pattern Key’.

Ace three fingers started to turn silvery and a strange symbolic pattern surface on them. He places his silvery finger on the locking array ’flaw’ or dark hole.

With a little vibration, his finger sinks in it, and a light ’papp’ sound rang, which means the door was opened.

Ace quickly open the door and saw an underground passage.

After confirming with his heavenly sense that there was no one, he went in. With silent steps, he reached the end of the pathway in seconds.

At the end of the pathway, he saw a silver color door that was probably made of some special metal and the treasures were unmistakably behind this silver door!

’The treasury of Kelby family!.’ Ace’s heartbeat races as he was filled with excitement.

Ace used the true and false eyes and this time he saw two little dark holes in the silver door array. He now has some idea that the more powerful or flawless the array is the black holes would be hard to find and unlock as well.

Now he has to use the fourth form of the treasure opening skill ’Lock-Eraser Key’.

Ace commences operating the skill with both of his hands, His pams turn silvery and a single golden mysterious symbol started to form in the center of his pams. The golden symbol looks like a spike with tiny needles around it. 

Ace has practiced this skill the most after pick-pocket and was a little bit away from mastering the fifth and final form.

He places, both pams on dark holes and the moment it happened the silver door tremble a little and the dark holes mysteriously started to spin.

Ace felt the golden symbol started to suck his Heavenly-Qi wildly and his face started to turn paler. 

The ’locking array’ on the silver door crack opens after twenty seconds.

Ace was panting and exuding profoundly because he was drained after using the fourth form ’Lock-Eraser Key’ together with his eye’s skill. Furthermore, he was continuously using Soul Qi form this evening that put a large burden on his mind and body.

’I should be able to escape with my remaining Qi.’ Ace deemed weakly as he gradually opened the silver door.

When the silver door opens, a strong medicinal aroma enters his nose and Ace felt his mind become a little clear. He immediately knew there were large numbers of alchemy pills in here and high-quality ones at that.

As Ace enters the treasury, his eyes brighten with glittering lights. He saw rows of shinning weapons and shelves of colorful pill bottles.

But he didn’t have much time left to appraise all of this, he quickly looked at the blue ring excitedly on his finger and questioned the system, ”System tell me, how can I use this storage ring?” 

Ace didn’t bring anything with him since he has this storage ring. He was thrilled about using this legendary storage ring.

”[If a Storage Space Treasures has owner then it is also bound by the owner’s ’Qi Mark’. Until the owner died or removes the ’QI Mark’ of its own free will, no one can see inside or use the storage space treasures. The system has already deducted 1 TP on its own since the host seems to be in a hurry]” System answered but this time its voice wasn’t emotionless but a hint of playfulness was mix within.

But Ace didn’t notice it at all because he was dumbfounded and started to panic after hearing; he can’t use the storage ring without killing Rylan. He didn’t even bring a bag after getting his hands of the space ring in excitement. Now how the hell he was suppose to bring all these treasures out? IN HIS HAND?!!

”[A free suggestion for the host, check the message panel.]” System voice rang in his head but this time it was emotionless and cold like always.

Ace snapped out of it by system voice and finally remembered that he has received some kind of notification when he steals the storage ring but he was in hurry to escape and didn’t pay much attention to it at that time.

Now that system points it out for him, he remembers about it and quickly opens the massage panel.

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[Message Panel]

[Pick Pocket succeed]

{Host Steal}

{Lowest-Grade Storage Space Treasure: 1},

{Lowest-Grade Pills (White-Ranked pills): 393},

{Low-Grade Pills (Green-Ranked pills):102}.

{Middle-level Low-Grade Pills (Blue-Ranked pills): 3},

{Lowest-Grade Weapons (1-Star): 44},

{Low-Grade Weapons (2-Star): 8}

{Middle-level Low-Grade Weapon (3-Stars):1},

{Techniques and skills of Lowest-Level (Mortal-Level): 4 Techniques, 9 Skills},

{Techniques and skills of Low-Level (Warrior-Level): 2 Techniques, 4 Skills},

{Ruby Coins: 12.4 Million},

{Qi-Stones Trash-Grade (Low-Level): 98,762},

{Low-Grade Slave Contracts (2-Stars): 3}

{Medicinal Herbs and Metal Ores of Low-Grade (Green-Ranked, 2-Stars): 87 Herbs, 52 Metal Ores},

[Rewards: 653 Thief Points]

[Thief Points: 703]

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Ace didn’t dare to believe what he just saw!

He rubs his eyes to check again, but that huge list was still there. That huge amount of TP was still there as well. He forgets that he was currently standing inside the treasury of the Kelby family as excitement fills his heart and laughs like a looney.

”I’m Rich! That old guy hides his wealth well, he even has these Pill, weapons, techniques, and even currency of upper-level lands. Where the hell did, he gets this from?” Ace mutter joyously but there was a hint of uncertainty in his eyes.

Ace wasn’t a brat of the outer region anymore. He has read an old book about Kingdoms and knew they used Qi-Stones as currency. He also knows these Warrior-level skills and techniques were monopolized by them and if they find out that Grant’s family has so many of them, they would probably annihilate the whole River flower city down to the last chicken in fury.

’That bastard surely robbed someone from a Kingdom or he finds this ring somewhere.’ He thought grimly, and his guess was extremely accurate.

Many years ago, Rylan finds an expert of a Kingdom. That expert was gravely injured.

Rylan was about to help him when he noticed him using the storage ring from afar. He was quite knowledgeable and he read about these legendary storage treasures in his family secret records. These space treasures were managed by upper-level lands just like skills. But one can get a storage ring if he has connections and Qi-Stones.

Rylan took advantage of the situation and killed that man and take the storage ring and all of his belonging in it. Rylan even burned his body to ashes and leave no trace behind so no one can trace it back to him.

That’s why Rylan was so panicked at that time when the storage ring vanished. He thought the Kingdom whom the cultivator he had killed, tracked him down and want to avenge their dead member.

But when he discovered, his ring was only stolen by a little boy of wastelands, he has a sigh of relief and starts to search for Ace before someone could figure out his biggest secret.

Ace calms down and notices another message below this big list.

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[Congratulation! The special conditions have been satisfied!]

[Host now has a storage space treasure and more than 500 TP]

[Now Host can unlock System’s new function!]

[Thief’s Space of 10 Cubic Meters]

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Flaws or Defects in an array.