Eternal Thief

Archie was one of the young decedents of Soul Life Demon Clan, the ruling Clan of the Life Demon Tribe.

Albeit he wasn’t from Grand Demon Duke’s direct lineage but from Grand Demon Duke’s younger brother’s line.

But just this status was enough to make everyone revere him and make his status above many and blow only a few.  This made Archie aloof.

With a huge amount of resources at his disposal as well as his backing, he had nothing to worry about. He just had to show his talent, and he’ll get anything he demanded.

Archie was naturally talented, in fact, he was talented enough to compete with his cousins from the Grand Demon Duke’s lineage. But he was too lazy and ambitionless.

Cultivation didn’t interest him, he only cultivates for lifespan and luxury.

Furthermore, he was a debaucher and visited the red district almost every other day, which made his reputation among his peers hit the rock bottom. But Archie didn’t care at all.

Today was just like any other day for him with his entourage of henchmen as he headed toward the red district in their luxurious carriages. Or a member of the Life Demon Tribe would seldom appear in public eyes.

Nevertheless, everyone minds their own business. It was the territory of the Life Demon Tribe, so they could do anything they wants as long as they didn’t antagonize anyone publicly.

Archie sat inside his carriage with a bored expression as he sipped on wine. He had a handsome sharp face with emerald eyes and light green skin. His bend pair of sharp horns were covered under his long emerald hair.

Furthermore, he was a peak Golden Soul River Core cultivator and a hair away from reaching the Diamond Soul River Core. If he wasn’t lazy and didn’t want to, he would have had a breakthrough a long time ago.

But he deliberately held it back because once he does, his freedom would be gone because of a certain rule of the Royal Demon Nation.

That’s why his parents let him enjoy while he could and weren’t worried he’ll destroy his life.

If he wasn’t talented, then it would’ve been another story, but he was talented, and he can’t escape his fate no matter how much he delays it.

As pour himself another glass of wine, he looked outside the window and glanced at those demons bowing in reverence, contempt flashed past his eyes.

He thought severely, ‘Why do we need to follow rules when we’re superior to those talentless nomads? We should be living a lifestyle suitable for our titles, but here we are living in a vast golden cage…’

He always hated doing cumbersome things and wanted to live a free life without doing anything and indulge himself with debauchery and the pleasures of life.

But the demon race wasn’t a typical race. They were strong for a reason and that reason was their strict rules, which were embedded in their blood.

Archie could be said one in a million who had this kind of revolting mindset and thought about himself before his race.

At this moment, he saw the scenery suddenly change, and he no longer saw any passersby bowing, but eye-catching buildings lit in red lights.

Archie’s lecherous eyes lit up. ‘This is the only place where I can run wild!’

He wasn’t in the least concerned about his safety or even thinking that someone would dare to attack him in the Life Grand Demon Region.

However, right at this moment, ‘Bang.’ the door of his carriage suddenly blasted open!

”yiii…” Archie yelped in shock, and wine spilled over his clothes.

The carriage came to an abrupt stop as a guard dashed in front of the door and anxiously said, “Young Lord, are you alright?”

Archie’s aghast expression was replaced with indignant as he asked sharply, “I’m fine. What happened?”

If he weren’t outside, he would’ve beaten these incompetent fellows silly.

The guard horridly answered, “I-I don’t know, but it seemed the lock array malfunctioned just now.”

Archie frowned as looked at the door, and a white mist filled his eyes. It was a runic eye skill to examine the symbols. Although he was lazy, it didn’t mean his parents were also lazy. He was an Intermediate Grade-3 Rune Crafter!

The Soul Life Demon Clan was famous for its rune crafting, so Archie didn’t have a choice in this matter. He can be lazy at anything but rune crafting!

After he was done examining it, he coldly looked at the guard. “It’s completely fine. It must be you who didn’t close it properly.

“Since we’re almost at the Pleasure Palace, I won’t make a fuss, but you’ll be answering me after we returned. Now tell everyone there’s no need to panic and continue moving!”

The guard trembled as his face turned pale. He knew his career was over, and he’ll be beaten by Archie when they returned and might even be crippled!

It wasn’t something new for Archie!

Archie didn’t care about the guard’s felling and shut the door with a cold harrumph.

However, the very next moment, darkness engulfed Archie within a moment, and he didn’t even have time to react!

His entire body felt like it was glued on its spot, as his cultivation was completely suppressed.

‘It’s an attack!’ He thought with a horrified expression. He finally understands that the gate hasn’t malfunctioned, and someone has targeted him.

‘Is this an assassination attempt by me cousins?! But I never get in their way! No, they didn’t have any reason to assassinate me. I always keep a low profile, never offend anyone and mind my own business…’

Many possibilities flashed through Archie’s mind, but none of them made any sense.

“There’s no need to struggle. It’s a Grade-5 Limit Talisman, the Dark Dimension Bead. No one will be able to hear or found about it unless they were in the Manifestation Realm. We’re completely isolated in this carriage space.” A snide voice rang.

‘Someone is using a limit talisman just to kill me?!’ Archie’s expression turned ashen when he heard this, but even his speech ability was suppressed so he can’t make a sound. He can’t even see anything in this darkness.

He knew the limit talismans were also called the ancient talisman, and their creation method has been long-lost in the river of history.

The method of making limit talismans was so profound even his family, who were well versed and called the top rune family of the demon race, didn’t have any way to decipher it completely.

They only had a handful of them, and every use of these talismans was extremely precious, especially a grade-5 limit talisman.

Now, someone is using it just to assassinate him. He never remembered having this kind of feud with anyone.

“Heh, don’t worry. No one hired me to assassinate you.” The voice snickered as it saw through Archie’s thoughts.

The owner of this voice was clearly Ace who was following Archie’s entourage from the moment Ace noticed the emblem of the Life Demon Tribe.

He never thought he would encounter a direct decedent of the Life Demon Tribe without even entering the central district. It was a windfall for Ace.

So, he followed them, and when his fate mapped to see the danger level, he didn’t find any black fate point, which means there wasn’t any fatal danger level character in this entourage.

After he used his soul sense, which was slightly powerful because of the [Psyche] law, he only found two soul realm guards with this entourage.

In the end, he decided to make his move when they entered the red district’s territory. It’s not as crowded as the other regions.

With his speed, he simply used his treasure-opening hands to unlock the 9-star runic lock, and before anyone could react, he was already inside the carriage!

No one noticed him with his heartless stealth at perfection, and when the door was locked again, he simply used the limit talisman he got from Paul.

It was quite useful in this kind of situation.

Although the limit talisman now only has 2 more uses left, it was all worth it since with Archie he could complete his Job Mission!

“Alright, we don’t have time, so I’ll tell you why I use a precious talisman to isolate ourselves.” Ace speaks coolly, “First, my name is… Sky Stealer. You must’ve heard of my humble name?”

Archie’s eyes went wide when he heard this name.

How could he not know about the legendary thief who his family hated the most, as well as the person who dared to expose Imperial Princess Leona’s schemes in front of millions of demons?

‘S-Sky…. Sky Stealer already infiltrate this deep into the Royal Demon Nation while everything is still searching for in the common provinces!?’ Archie’s mind turned into a mess, and a strange feeling of fear surfaced in his heart!

Ace observed Archie’s reaction and smiled faintly before he continued, “As for why I approached you, you can imagine. You guys made it very difficult for me to move freely, so I have to hide in a place where anyone would least expect me to.”

Archie’s heart turned cold when he heard it, and despair filled his eyes. ‘He wants my face!’