Eternal Thief



"What is that? A demonic beast?" Lillian's eyes narrowed in scrutiny as she looked at the silhouette flying right in their direction. 

Herman's eyesight was far more powerful than Lillian's as he grimly uttered, "That's clearly not a demonic beast but a humanoid figure flying over some object. I think we have been discovered!" 

They were still close to the Azure Wind Continent despite leaving its periphery, and they knew if the humans got wind of their whereabouts, they would be in massive trouble.

Because while they were still had been on the continent, almost every day, they had to sneak past a powerful searching party and almost got noticed two times. If not for Winter's heaven-defying disgusting skills, they might've never made it out here without drawing attention to themselves first. 

"You might be wrong, Grandpa." Alina spoke at this moment as she could also see the silhouette getting closer with squinted eyes, "For all we know, that person might be a wanderer. Don't forget we are in the middle of an endless sea, and this is a secret route for humans. So, we are not the only one who knows about it. We can't reach a conclusion so quickly." 

"Clap…clap…"

Sounds of clapping rang from behind them, and they didn't have to guess who it was as a hooded, graceful figure walked out. 

"I expect nothing less from my favorite princess, and I feel disappointed like always by you, old man." Winter's sarcastic voice sounded as she walked over. 

Herman's expression went cold as he looked at Winter and said, "Lady Faceless, what are your instructions?" 

This is how Herman behaved around Winter, as he knew this woman seemed to make things difficult for him, but getting rid of him was far more tiresome than Winter could begin to imagine. 

Alina, with a hint of unhappiness, glanced at Winter and couldn't help but think about what Lillian had just said to her, 'Don't tell me she's really….' 

A tint of redness appeared on her face again, but her eyes went colder than ice, "What do you have in mind, Miss Faceless? If I guess correctly and by how you dealt with these kinds of situations in the past, we will be killing that stranger, right?" 

Winter couldn't help but giggle darkly as he replied, "You know me well, princess. Truly, I wish, but alas, I'm afraid no one here is capable enough…" 

Winter's ambiguous reply caused the hunters' expressions to change ever so slightly since they weren't expecting this answer from this ruthless woman at all. 

Herman suddenly thought of something, and his expression turned dark, "Is that someone you know?" 

'Damnable, just she alone is a headache enough, and now if another gets involved, it would be extremely hard to achieve what I want. Could it be she had guessed my intentions and called reinforcement?' Herman's heart sank as he felt even more terrified of the mysterious thief in front of him. 

Alina and Lillian were also surprised as this was the only sane, logical explanation of that mysterious person and Winter's words. 

Winter's lips behind her mask curled up in a mocking smile as she looked at Herman and nodded, "Old man, you guess right this time, but unfortunately, you're wrong at the same time." 

Herman felt extremely uneasy by Winter's words, but he couldn't think of why. 

Nevertheless, since Winter had confirmed that it was someone in cohort with her, then there was no need to attack or become alarmed. 

The hunters then turned toward the silhouette, which was now only over a mile away. Now they can see clearly see a tall, dark robe figure in a dark hood, making it wave toward them while leaving behind a crimson streak. 

"Is that a sword?" Alina was shocked when she noticed that the hooded figure was flying over a sword. She never thought such a thing was even possible. 

Winter's eyes narrowed with a hint of resentment, 'He has learned some new tricks, huh? How typical of him, humph!' 

"This person…" Herman muttered as he was also astounded by the flying sword and tried to sneakily use his soul sense since that person was in his range so he could probe him. 

But he was thoroughly shocked because his soul sense didn't pick anything at all. It was like that person didn't exist at all. It was the same result when he used it on Winter. But the thing was, that person was using Qi, yet he still did not pick up another, which was extremely strange.

Now he was starting to wonder just how deep Ace's forces were and how he could nurture such experts. 

Alina also tried to secretly use her soul sense to probe the Qi emitted by the sword as a sword user herself. She was instantly captivated by that unusual way of using the sword as a flying medium. 

She even wanted to learn it on her own if she could analyze it, but just like Herman, she got nothing which made her somewhat flustered and thought.

'Can I shamelessly ask for this person to teach me? Since he's Ace's subordinate, he won't reject me, right?' 

However, when that person on the flying sword was only a hundred meters away from her, she suddenly felt her heart race for some reason because she felt a foreign yet familiar gaze on her, and confusion surfaced in her eyes. 

At this moment, the person on the flying sword stopped only ten meters above the ground and the hunters. The next moment, the sword under his feet suddenly vanished, and so was the person! 

Before the hunters could react, they were all shocked because the very next moment, that hooded figure was standing right in front of dazed Alina. 

Alina's heart beat wildly at this moment, and she didn't react at all as she confusingly looked under the dark hood as if she wanted to peer through that darkness and see the face of this person who suddenly made her heart race so much because of that familiar feeling of warmth.

She didn't have to go through the trouble, though, as that person removed his hood, revealing his peerless face in front of everyone!