Eternal Thief

The moment Eva revealed this information, the system interface suddenly popped up in front of everyone, including Ace, which startled them all. =====

[Thief House Notification!] (For Everyone, including Ace)

-Abyssal Architect Thief (Eva A. White) has unlocked the Abyss Mission Series!

-Introduction: The Abyss Missions Series is a unique set of missions taking place in the Abysses and can only be triggered by an Abyssal Architect Thief upon completing a specific series of house missions in the Abyss! (For Everyone, including Ace)

-Importance of Abyss Mission Series: Opposite to the Everlasting Heavens, Eternal Abysses are filled with darkness and estranged lifeforms. But Abysses are also places of opportunity for the Heavenly Beings just as much as the Heavens are for Abyssal Beings. It is imperative for Thief House to have experience in Abyss, for a thief never left riches to rot, and every successful Abyss Mission Series will add a new feature in the Thief’s House that can only be unlocked through the Abyss Mission Series! (For Everyone, including Ace)

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[Rules & Regulations of Abyss Mission Series] (For Everyone, including Ace)

-1: The Abyss Mission Series and Mission in the Series will only be triggered by the Abyssal Architect Thief, and the Thief House can only participate in the Finalized Missions of Abyss Series!

-2: The Abyss Mission Series will only continue with each successful Abyss Mission. If Thief House fails an Abyss Mission, the entire Abyss Mission Series will be abolished, and Abyssal Architect Thief will no longer be able to Ranked Up or earn rewards in the failed series’ abyss while also losing all the ranks and rewards gained in said abyss!

-3: The Abyss Mission Series will have four different difficulty mission routes that only the House Leader can select! From the least dangerous route, Easy, Medium, Hard, and the most dangerous ‘Abyss’ with 95% mission failure chance with a single mistake!

-4. Depending on the Mission Route difficulty, the mission designs, preparations, participants, requirements, prerequisites, goals, and rewards will also be varied. Please remember that the ‘Design’ and ‘Preparations’ can only be done by the Abyssal Architect Thief!

-5. Only the House Leader will or will not be permitted to ‘interfere or help’ the Abyssal Architect Thief a certain number of times during an Abyss Mission design and preparation period.

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[House Mission: Abyss Mission Series] (House Leader Panel)

-Abyss Mission Series: First Enteral Abyss (Abyss of Wandering Souls)

-Total Abyss Mission in First Eternal Abyss Series: Three

-Abyss Mission: First

-Please Select the Mission Route to start the Abyss Mission Series!

[NOTE: Please thoroughly read and remember the Rules and Regulations of Abyss Mission Series before selecting your Mission Route. This choice is one time and can’t be changed once selected and confirmed!]

-Mission Routes: 4

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-Easy Difficulty Route (Overview): This Abyss Mission Series route will revolve around the second-rate (Second Grade Sects) subordinary powers of Evernight Council!

[Mission Participants Allowed: 2 (Abyssal Architect Thief and House Leader!)]

[Easy Route End Reward: Projection House Call Function]

[Select Easy Route]

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-Medium Difficulty Route (Overview): This Abyss Mission Series route will revolve around the third rate (Third Grade Sects) subordinary powers of Evernight Council!

[Mission Participants Allowed: 3 (Abyssal Architect Thief, House Leader, Select one member from the Thief House!)]

[Medium Route End Reward: House Return Function]

[Select Medium Route]

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-Hard Difficulty Route (Overview): This Abyss Mission Series route will revolve around the Lord Council Circle of Evernight Council!

[Mission Participants Allowed: 4 (Abyssal Architect Thief, House Leader, Select two members from the Thief House!)]

[Hard Route End Reward: Select Choice between Projection House Call Function & House Return Function]

[Select Hard Route]

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-Abyss Difficulty Route (Overview): This Abyss Mission Series route will revolve around the King Council Circle of Evernight Council!

[Mission Participants Allowed: 6 (All Thief House Members!)]

[Abyss Route End Reward: Two Selection Choices between Projection House Call Function, House Return Function, and House Teleportation Hall Function!]

[Select Abyss Route]

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-Time for Selection: 6D:23H:59M:59S

-If you choose not to select, the entire Abyss Mission Series for the First Eternal Abyss will be abolished, and Abyssal Architect Thief will lose all the rewards and thief rank progress done in the First Eternal Abyss forever and will not be able to earn anything in the First Eternal Abyss! [NOTE: Additional rewards, punishment, and time will depend on the difficulty routes you select!]

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Ace inhaled sharply after he was done reading about the Abyss Mission Series. Everything was in detail, especially its importance and how it would affect the entire thief’s house.

‘The most important thing about these Abyss Mission Series are the Mission Routes…’ Ace’s eyes flickered with a hint of astonishment, ‘Although I know the house functions are the main attractions of Abyss Missions, I never thought the higher the difficulty route, I’ll get to select from different options and if I choose the Abyss difficulty mission route, I can get an addition selection, meaning two house functions that can only be unlocked through Abyss Missions at once.

‘Furthermore, the House Return Function and House Teleportation Hall Functions should be about retuning and escaping. Although I don’t know the details, their names give me various ideas about what they can be. But the latter is only available in the Abyss route!’

But Ace’s infatuated expression soon turned somber as he glanced at those rules, ‘Even if these rewards are once-in-blue-moon house functions, they all came at Eva’s expanse. The harder the Mission Routes, the more she’ll face danger, and I can’t even help her if the System doesn’t allow it during the preparation period.

‘These missions are just like my Heaven’s Stealer missions, where I need to clear prerequisites before I trigger the actual mission. However, it’s not as exaggerated, but it’ll still relatively stagnate Eva’s growth since she thrives in the Abyss, and her status as the Abyssal Being can put her in terrible danger here…

‘Now, I understand why this mission was only triggered after every member was summoned back. Eva’s role is also quite crucial since she gave her general introduction and had all the information to help me decide which route to choose from…’

Ace looked towards the House Members as they were all reading about the Abyss Mission Series, including Eva, who also looked astonished. It was clear that she wasn’t aware of the Abyss Mission Series’ complete ins and outs.

Her eyes especially turned cold when she discovered how this mission series could directly affect her growth and status in the Thief House.

‘So, it doesn’t matter no matter how much faster I ranked up in abysses. With a single failure, everything will be reset! How vicious, and here I thought I was given a special privilege because I’m his wife. But this damn Thief House’s goddess, or whatever Ace called it, is simply unbiased. If it gave you benefits, it’d also give you disadvantages…’

Eva thought bitterly as she glanced over at Alina, who seemed to have a strange glint in her eyes. She appeared to be reading the same thing; the others were the same.

Eva pursed her lips and looked toward Ace, and she was surprised when she found he was looking at her. She could directly sense his worry for her; he didn’t have any other thoughts at all; he was purely worried and anxious for her, making her heart flattered and her own anxiety wash away.

After all, the final decision may not be in her hands, but since it was upon her husband to decide which difficult route to choose, she wasn’t worried about him being greedy for rewards.

If she needed to be worried about anything, it was for him to choose the lowest difficulty for her sake, even if it was a walk in the park for them!