Eternal Thief

The royal capital of the Golden Hammered Kingdom was truly magnificent, there were unique beautiful buildings with a golden hammered emblem on them. 

People seemed cheerful and there wasn't a hint of poverty in this city, moreover, everyone was a cultivator since no mortal could enter or live here.

However, the Golden Hammered City seemed more active than usual; the reason being naturally the Treasure Mountain a few miles away from the city. 

Everyone who wanted to see the treasure mountain had to land in the city and then walk to the place since no carriages or flying beasts were allowed in that area. This doesn't stop curious people from paying a visit. 

Because of this attraction, all kinds of people were entering the Golden Hammered Kingdom, and this gave the nobles a huge headache since they can't stop anyone because the three giants approved of this. They could only grit their teeth and increase the security of the city to prevent any accident or mishap. 

At this moment, Ace was walking in the golden hammered city bursting streets with a stoic expression, his eyes were cold as he watched the prosperous city. 

He couldn't help but remembered the streets of River Flower City, which were like village streets compared with this city. 

But he still compared them and thought with a hint of killing intent, 'Even after having such a beautiful city at your beak and call, you still destroyed a little city like River Flower and massacre those innocent people. I once vowed to destroy your kingdom in front of your eyes, and it's time to complete that vow!' 

Ace didn't even care about the treasure mountain as his heart was filled with vengeance, he didn't know why, but he couldn't control his bloodlust after coming into his enemy's home. 

Before he didn't have the power to take revenge and maybe that's why his urge to kill was suppressed all those years, but now he was strong enough to deal with this kingdom alone and that surpassed bloodlust finally broke free!

Although he wasn't a killer nor did he enjoy killing wantonly, right now, all he wanted was to kill that bitch and her family before her eyes, and he knew they all deserved it! 

Ace waited till the night before he was in optimal condition, he was traveling non-stop for the last thirty or so days, so he needed to clear his mind. He knew the Golden King, Dulce's father, was a peak Qi river cultivator, and he needed to be in his peak condition to subdue him. Beside him, there were still other hidden experts in the royal palace, he wanted to do it as quietly as possible. 

Inside the golden royal palace, 

The palace was quite big and lavishing, even though it was the night the guards were patrolling and servants were moving around the palace. 

There was also an alarming formation surrounding the royal palace and if anyone dare to intrude the palace or sneak inside, it would instantly alert the royal guards. 

<br/>However, despite this powerful formation protecting the royal palace, someone still easily infiltrated it and entered the main palace right at this moment. 

This person was naturally Ace in his trainee hood. He was someone who can infiltrate Nightmare Ghosts hideouts, so, this kind of formation was child's play for him.   

Ace didn't know the structure of this palace and where the royal family lives. So, he searched for someone who does, and it didn't take him long before he found the living quarters of the palace's head maid.

After confirming, she was only at the empty Qi river stage, he probed her memories with no further ado. 

Just as he expected, she knew all about the royal palace and even some hidden paths, furthermore; she knew where each member of the royal family was located. 

However, Ace's expression sink when a string of memory entered his knowledge sea. 

'The entire royal family left the royal palace over thirty days ago!' When Ace saw this memory, his heart turned cold. 

Ace saw the Golden King leaving with his entire family and treasury, his last order was to look after the royal palace and only the most loyal servants know about the absence of the royal family, this head maid being one of those servants. 

Ace's expression was clouded as his killing intent intensified, 'That bastard knew I will come, and he even fled his own home. Truly a cunning king who rules over a kingdom. However, that Golden King left with the treasury as well, but he partakes in that treasure mountain the last time I heard it. Why did he go to three giants, for protection, or did someone even predict I would come after Dulce and decided to give the Golden Family asylum?' 

The more he thought about this matter, the likely it was possible, but what Ace didn't seem to comprehend was why did the Golden King didn't go in hiding and wait for the three giants to deal with him. 

If anyone were in Golden King's shoes they would've done just like Ace thought but this Golden King has done completely the opposite, he even dared to throw all the treasures of his kingdom in that treasure mountain which was also out of ordinary. 

'By the way, he acted, he's far from being a fool or gambler, what made him not hide and even make him put all his treasures on the line. It has to be someone with immense power, probably with the Qi river core. 

'No… I didn't think about it much before, but now that I think about it; why do three giants come together so quickly and even dare to openly create that mountain treasures in a place far away from those formations and their main cities? 

'Especially Nightmare Ghosts Organization, what made them obey and come all this way, it's only possible if… someone extremely powerful subdues the three giants from shadows and made them work together so much even combining all their treasuries. 

'The only person capable of making all this happen had to be someone from… Land of Empires, and this person had to be at the top of high lands to control all three giants so easily!' 

Ace's heart thumped while a chill run down his spine just thinking of this conjecture, and he knew this was probably the truth, he was targeted by a terrifying existence!