Eternal Thief

"What happened to you?" Ace's astonished voice sounded when he saw Winter's new 'makeover'.

He had seen Winter in her former humanoid form, and one could easily tell she was a transformed beast. However, now, she didn't have those fox ears and beastly eyes, but she looked completely human without any flaw, even her beastly aura was gone!

She now looked like a six-year adorable girl with long pink hair and pristine white skin, with pinkish fox eyes, no one would be able to tell that she was a fox in disguise!

Cross-armed, Winter pursed her lips and retorted in her adorable voice, "Hmph, I have archive perfect transformation, what do you mean what happened to me?!"

She was unhappy about how Ace seemed to underestimate her from her childish appearance.

Although, she also didn't like this childish appearance. But she knew if any magic beast in the beast continent found out that she was able to achieve a perfect transformation as soon as she cultivated in Faceless Thief Secrets, those beasts would die of envy!

"What Perfect Transformation?" Ace was intrigued, he could tell this Winter had received an incredible boon from the cultivation technique.

Freya and Noa also seemed quite interested in hearing about this, since it was their first time seeing a beast taking humanoid form.

Winter knew this wasn't something worth hiding from the house members so she explained with a hint of smugness, "Well, since you all are not outsiders I'll tell you the biggest secret of our Magic Beast Race.

"You should probably know there are two types of demonic beasts. The vicious type and the intelligent type. But those beasts earn their name as the 'Demonic Beasts' for a reason.

"It's because they couldn't transform no matter how long or how high they cultivate, but they can reproduce even faster than humans and it's their basic instinct to kill any lifeforms.

"That's why these demonic beasts are spread all over the world and other races used them as whetstones to train their younger generations and they don't feel threatened by them as well.

"However, everyone thought that the beast on the beast continent is the same as the demonic beast and band us together with those cannon folds. They simply call us a beast with Royal Bloodline or Royal Beast."

She sneered with disdain as she continued, "That's their biggest mistake because we are not Demonic Beast but Magic Beast, a race transcends those inferior animals!"

Freya couldn't help but exclaim at this moment, "How can that race exist in this world?!"

Winter's eyes narrowed when she looked at Freya and said, "You know about our race? It seemed we had a lot more in common than I think."

Freya sighed, "It seemed everyone had underestimated the beast continent."

"Stop playing riddles." Ace's vexed voice sounded, these two women hid many things from him.

Freya replied, "I have read records about the Magic Beast Race, and they are from the same world where my ancestors came from. Although there isn't any information about them, it said that the Magic Beast Race is one of the overlords of that place and they aren't inferior to the Witch Race at all."

Winter was slightly surprised, "Which Race? I never heard of you guys."

She could tell this woman was extremely dangerous, and she was quite knowledgeable as well. But it seemed she had underestimated her, and her race wasn't inferior to hers at all.

"How about you finish your explanation or we might offend Leader." Freya smiled meaningfully. She was extremely interested in Winter's race background.

A peculiar glint flash past Winter's eyes as she looked at Freya, she said, "As I was saying we are the Magic Beast Race a race far superior to those inferior beasts.

"The magic beasts were different because we didn't really need cultivation techniques to grow and as long as we consumed high-level materials or our own kind, we can strengthen ourselves and even our bloodline.

"Most importantly, we gain Beast's Transformation when we reached the Beast King Realm (Manifestation Realm) and gain powerful abilities with it.

"However, the Beast's Transformation is extremely difficult to achieve without a royal magic beast bloodline. Furthermore, there are different transformations 'Basic, Intermediate, High, Advance, and Perfect'.

"The higher level the transformation we achieve, the more potential and advantage we had over others.

"As for the Perfect Transformation, it's the highest transformation the magic beast can achieve and a legend in our magic beast race. In this transformation, we don't have any flaws, like if a magic beast achieved just a High-level Beast's Transformation, they would still have their beastly features.

"Now you understand what it means to me?"

Winter remembered just how shocked she was when she achieved the perfect beast transformation the moment she started cultivating the Faceless Thief Secrets. It was like the bloodline limiter didn't apply to her anymore.

Not only that, but she also gained startling abilities with every major realm breakthrough, which she didn't reveal yet.

Although she bragged about how the Magic Beast Race didn't need cultivation techniques to grow, what she didn't tell them was only a handful of magic beast clans had cultivation techniques that suited them.

The optimal cultivation technique for a magic beast was the inherited cultivation technique from their bloodlines, like the demon and devil race.

If they cultivate any other technique, they will never bring out its hundred percent, but those inherited cultivation techniques can only be gained if someone in their clan achieved Law Awareness Realm or higher realm, and unlocked those memories in their bloodline!

But how could it be so easy to achieve?

They were bound by the limits of their own bloodline, heaven makes everyone with flaws and no one was perfect!

Even that dark mist only helped her achieve only High-level Beast Transformation and she could be considered at the peak of the beast continent with that transformation.

That's why Winter was even more devoted to the 'Thief Goddess' and determined to achieve the higher perks of the Thief House.

"I must congratulate you on this, then." Ace sincerely acknowledged.

He never thought the magic beast race transformation would be so complex and powerful.

Nevertheless, he was glad since he gained another powerful helper and they all had a higher chance to complete the house mission now.

"Hmph, as long as you know." Winter snorted with a hint of smugness.

"Alright, since is out of the way, how about we discuss the house mission now?" Ace's voice turned solemn.

Everyone's expression turned stern, although they all achieved heaven-defying results in this past year of seclusion, they knew they were still not out of the woods yet.

"What you have in mind?" asked Noa.

Ace spoke, "First, we have to raise both Freya's and Winter's ranks. Before I thought it would be a problem, but now, I think it'll be quite easy." His voice was filled with confidence.

Freya's eye narrowed. "It seemed something happened while we were here?"

She knew how difficult it was for them to raise their ranks because they needed to theft and they would draw massive attention after Ace's recent thievery.

But from Ace's confident voice, it seemed something major had happened!

Ace chuckled, "You can say that."

"Out with it!" Winter's eyes also narrowed.

"You guys are going to be bandits of Demon Tamer Province!" Ace told seriously.

"Demon Tamer Province? Do you know what you're even saying?" Winter couldn't help but reprimand.

The Demon Tamer Province was the most powerful and most guarded province of the entire eight provinces of the demon continent, and no one dare to cause trouble here.

Now, Ace was telling them to become bandits in this province? She simply thought Ace was trying to get rid of them!

Freya also had the same thought.

"Please elaborate." Noa was the only one who didn't think like this.

Ace solemnly said, "Demon Tamer Province is the safest place on the continent, where no one would dare to make trouble. That's why they didn't have any bandit groups or criminals.

"However, this is also their biggest flaw. You guys just need to raise your rank while portrayed as bandits. Not only you will not raise any suspicion this way, but the majority of the powers in Demon Tamer Province will also disdain acting against you or using their actual prowess since it was simply beneath them.

"By the time they start taking you all seriously, we have already moved on to the second part of our plan, which is our proper goal."

Freya's tri-pupils shimmered with a hint of astonishment, "This can also be used as a distraction and if we play it carefully, we can even use it to distract everyone's attention while we perform our actual mission!"

However, Ace's replay was completely different from everyone's expectations. "No, we don't need to distract anyone. You guys have two months to raise your ranks before the biggest auction of eight provinces starts, the Life Demon Auction!"