Eternal Thief

Ace and Leona were walking in the imperial demon palace's grand galleries. Ace had already killed and robbed those high-ranking demons in the throne hall, so they were no longer his concern. 

In fact, his action directly crippled the entire imperial domain, and once he got their treasury, they could forget about rising again. But he also has another goal in coming here and showing himself. 

"So, I heard from my men that you've used to pay visits to my little sister?" Ace asked in a mild tone. 

Leona trembled slightly as she couldn't sense anything from Ace. She had already experienced how Ace turned her court into a blood puddle even without lifting a finger. 

All she could capture was pitch-black lightning. She knew he was too strong to resist; she could only follow his instructions and hope he'd let her go. 

But this question posed by Ace robbed her of that hope as well, and she suddenly stopped and faced Ace. 

Ace was surprised by her sudden action, but he didn't stop her as she couldn't even scratch his clothes, much less him, and watched coldly. 

The next moment, Leona suddenly kneeled and started to kowtow in front of Ace. 

"Please forgive me for what I've done!" She begged with a fearful voice, "I'm willing to be your slave. Please don't kill me!" 

Looking at the dignified Demon Empress banging her head before him, Ace felt… nothing. Neither joy nor hate, he just looked at her begging as if he was looking at an ant. 

It was pretty strange as he never expected he could feel such a way. Maybe it was high cultivation or something else. Still, he found himself becoming more stoic and calmer after he inherited the First Authority of Darkness, and this effect became more apparent as darkness increased.

Still, Ace would never pity his enemy. He was sure if their positions changed, Leona would make sure he would experience a living hell. She has the nature of a true demon. She was confident and knew how to bend to the circumstances. 

But there was one thing he couldn't understand, 'Why is she a light golden color fate point? She had nothing in her storage ring nor her memories…' He mused. 

"Sigh… you have no shame, do you? I thought you would at least try to act dignified. But in the end, you are just a lowly tramp who wants to climb higher, even if it means letting an old debaucher play with your body or the lives of your family. 

"You could've been a great deviant thief of our time with your skills. Oh, well, I guess we are just born under different circumstances, you and me. 

"I thought I might feel good by making you experience what Alina had, but now, I think she didn't even put you in her eye and just took you as a whetstone. That's why she didn't tell me. 

"You're not worth my time, O' the most talented prodigy of the demon race, who tarry from your path for mundane power. Farewell." Ace's emotionless words shocked Leona as a hammer struck her heart, and boundless emptiness enveloped her mind. 

When Ace took a second step, the light in her eyes was gone as she was still kowtowing towards him. The demoness who did everything for her greed for control and power died because of it! 

Ace didn't think much of the event, nor was he sad about losing a golden fate point; sometimes principles were more important than treasures, and he didn't want to end up like Leona because he stepped over his principles. 

In a sense, she was just being molded into that monster because she was born in such a place, and her ambition was just her way to escape this hell, which she couldn't have. So, she thought she could strive to control it. 

For Ace, this was a kind of lesson never to cross his bottom line, or he might never be able to return. As for reprieve her to suffer, he knew she was too stubborn for it, and leaving her behind was nothing but trouble. 

With the help of Leona's memories and the formation key of the palace, he quickly reached the treasures and cleaned them. 

Thereby, he looked at the thief points he collected in three days.

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[Thief Point(s): 7,050,004,000]

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Ace instantly felt refreshed when he saw the thief points, 'Now not only can I create the avatar, I'll still have more than enough to spare.' 

Ace then couldn't help but look at the notification he received a few hours ago.

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[Congratulations, you have completed all the Advanced Deft Thief Rank requirements!]

-Thief Rank: Advanced Deft Thief

-Thievery Required for next Rank: 

-Low-level Thievery(s): 1,000,000/1,000,000

-Middle-level Thievery(s): 100,000/100,000

-High-level Thievery(s): 10,000/10,000

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[Congratulations, Host, on overcoming the three Intermediate Thief Ranks of Deft Thief [Initial, Intermediate, Advanced]]

[All the conditions have been completed, and the host has unlocked the second thief job mission to enter the level of Advanced Thief Ranks!]

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[Job Mission]

[Alert!]

[The Heaven's Stealer Mission is still active!]

[Job Mission has been integrated with the active Heaven's Stealer Mission!]

[Mission: Heaven's Stealer Mission Completion]

[Reward (1): Thief Connate Ability Token]

[Reward (2): Advanced Thief Symbol]

[Reward (3): Advanced Thief Rank]

[Reward (4): New Thief Title]

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[Mission Fail Punishment: Thief Panel Reset]

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[Note: Until the Host completes this Job Mission, the thievery count will remain stopped!] 

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Truth be told, he quickly completed all these thievery counts and didn't hurry to complete Heaven's stealer mission because he wanted to take advantage of the system loophole he discovered when the system automatically cleared the last thief mission and thief promise mission given by Thomas. 

He thought it would also be the same case for the job mission. 

But that wasn't the case. That only happened because Thomas wasn't under system control, nor was Ace's timing to encounter triggering the heaven's stealer mission. 

However, the Job Mission was completely under system control, so now, he could only earn TP, not thief count after each thievery, which was a letdown. Nonetheless, this was still an advantage that now he doesn't have to complete a different mission and get the rewards after completing a single mission. 

Besides, Ace was happy about finally accumulating the TP for the Avatar of Holy Twilight.

At this moment, Ace suddenly received another notification. 

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[Detecting all House Members have proven their qualification of Veteran!]

[Thief House Upgrade conditions have been met!]

[Thief House upgrade mission has been issued!]

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[Thief House Upgrade Mission]

[Alert!]

[The Heaven's Stealer Mission is still active!]

[Thief House Upgrade Mission has been integrated with the activated Heaven's Stealer Mission!]

[Mission: Heaven's Stealer Mission Completion]

-Requirement: Please issue missions to House Members related to Heaven's Stealer Mission and help them earn 50 Million House Points each at the end of the Heaven's Stealer Mission! The system will set the House Points rewards at the end of each mission created by the House Leader!

-Thief Assassin: 0/50,000,000 House Points

-Evil Thief: 0/50,000,000 House Points

-Faceless Thief: 0/50,000,000 House Points

-Reward (1): Level-2 Thief House!

-Reward (2): Depend on House Leader Performance!

-Reward (3): Depend on House Members Performance!

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[Mission Fail Punishment: Thief House Reset]

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'Shit, I almost forgot about this damn mission!' Ace couldn't help but curse seeing the house mission appearing for the house upgrade, and it was not as simple as the Job Mission either!