Eternal Thief

Ace and others were shocked when they witnessed the Flag and Sword’s excessive reactions and heard grave warnings. It was completely out of their expectations.

Zaria was the most startled of them all because it was her first time hearing about the God Runes. Then she saw the two treasures, which were out of her wildest expectation because they were true spirit treasures with weapon spirits as intelligent as her or even more so.

Because of her background, Zaria knew this kind of spirit treasure only existed in legends. Yet now, she had seen two of them under the control of Thief House members. But she remained silent and observed since she was also curious about the ‘God Runes’ and the reaction of those astounding spirit treasures.

Ace glanced over the Heavenly Devil Soul Flag. Eva had told him about this damaged treasure she found in the Mortal Sky Heart Empire, and it was most likely on the same level as the Calamity Star Sword. But it was his first time seeing it.

Nonetheless, since Star revealed itself and explained the reason for Flaggy’s actions, Ace no longer suppressed the Flag. But his curiosity was aroused as he looked at the stele in his hand with the so-called ‘God Rune’.

When he thought about what Star had just said, he couldn’t help but think about the Ancient Remnant and those words he had found in the secret passage.

‘Could it be really true? Furthermore, that prophecy in the House White was also in the Language of Ancient Gods…’

Calming his nerves, Ace questioned, “Explain yourselves! If what you’re saying is true, then why would Eva and Alina be attracted to the God Rune, and Eva even unseal memories after touching it? Doesn’t this mean the Void Abyssal Devil Race also researched the God Runes at some point? And if I’m not wrong, if Alina touched it, she might awaken memories like Eva, right?”

Eva and Alina also looked at their treasures with suspicion. Although they had powerful bloodlines, they weren’t born with them, and the mysteries behind them were still countless; they were too weak to unravel them. The God Rune really attracted them in a strange way.

“It’s true, if Alina touched the God Rune, she would also unseal introduction memoirs about the God Runes,” Star confirmed Ace’s suspicion.

Alina questioned with narrowed eyes, “What’s going on, Star?”

“The God Runes are undoubtedly filled with secrets and arcane knowledge. In fact, all the ancient clans researched them because God Runes can increase not only cognitive abilities and comprehension of laws, but they also hold the wisdom of the universe.

“However, because of this exact reason, they are extremely dangerous for that wisdom is sacred, and the more someone researches them, the more they’ll fall into a bewitched state and madness, especially mortals. Most terrible of all, whoever had researched the God Runes has always met with one ending, ‘Death!’

“I can’t tell you more, but it’ll be wise to stay away from the God Runes at your current cultivation realms, or you’ll bring yourselves terrible misfortune. Even if you found more God Runes, just destroy them, for even keeping them can bring disasters! If you didn’t believe me, then ask the Old thing over there!” Star stated gravely.

The ‘Old thing’ or Flaggy also affirmed, “The ‘old stick’ is right. For the same reason, I can’t tell you more than the old stick already had. But for now, staying away from the God Runes will be best for everyone!”

Silence reigned in the Thief’s Space, as these revelations were too shocking for everyone. Those three women couldn’t help but glance at the stele in Ace’s hand with a hint of apprehension.

Ace was also shocked as he wasn’t expecting the Language of Ancient God to be so ‘infamous’. If not for Flaggy and Star’s origin, Ace would’ve scoffed at them, but he couldn’t because of the proofs.

“Fufu~, they are correct, you know. Unless you are an ‘Immortal, ‘the God Runes will only bring you misfortune. However, you are a Heaven’s Stealer, so whatever you choose, I won’t interfere with it anymore.” Malservus’s voice also rang, but she sounded more casual and left the decision to Ace.

Ace’s eyes flickered with confusion as he looked at the ‘God Rune’ because, unlike everyone else, he could clearly understand what it was. He wanted to tell them that he could not only understand God Runes but could even write them correctly and speak.

But at this moment, the system’s voice sounded and gave him an unexpected hint.

“[The misfortune only exists for those who don’t completely understand the Language of Ancient Gods. However, revealing this fact would bring even more misfortune, not for the host, but for those who are privy to this information!]

“[Furthermore, anything related to the Language of the Ancient God will be completely forgotten by others once they lose the ‘Word(s)’ in their possession. Only those with a complete understanding of the Language of the Ancient God are exceptional to this phenomenon.]

“[Therefor, even if Host unseal the knowledge sealed in this stele, no one will be able to tell or spot it unless they are like Host!]”

Ace was startled by the system’s words, and his eyes shimmered with realization as he looked at everyone. The system had no doubt given him a crucial clue, which also contained a warning not to tell others about his talent for ‘language’.

Furthermore, the system also hinted that the stele contained some knowledge that was actually sealed by the character ‘Seal’ in the Language of Ancient Gods. That’s what the glyph means, ‘Seal’ on this stele.

Even Malservus didn’t know about this, so Ace decided to keep to himself, just like the system suggested. He’ll unravel the secrets about the Language of Ancient Gods in the future, just as he’s gotten the information about the ‘God Runes’ just now.

Moreover, he can’t let others come in contact with the Language of Ancient Gods, especially Eva and Alina, because of their bloodlines.

Ace finally stated, “Alright, we should heed Star and Flaggy’s warning, and you guys should stay away from God Runes in the future. I’ll tell the other house members and others about it as well.

“However, if you do find them, give them to me because as long as I keep them in this space, they can be contained here without bringing misfortune to us. But we still can’t study them until we are strong enough.”

Ace quickly made an excuse with a believable variable, which startled the others, but they didn’t find any fault with this since, in their minds, the Thief House was as mysterious as God Runes.

He looked at everyone and sternly asked, “Is that understood?”

Ace then suddenly glanced over the two ‘listless’ women, “Besides, our ‘guests’ have woken up!”