Eternal Thief

Ace landed a couple of meters away from the giant crater, which was now burning like a fire pit.

This crater was formed because of the Flame Turtle’s abrupt landing, and right now, the rocky body of the turtle was deeply stabbed into this crater listlessly. Only the ruby flames on its body were still burning, but they were not as strong as before.

Within that crater, Ace could clearly see Noa’s fate point, which was now named ‘Thief Assassin’ in the treasure blueprint mood of the live fate map.

“You really killed it.” Ace transmitted while looking at the rocky mess in the crater.

No one would believe that those burning rocks were the carcass of a living creature, and more absurdly, it had been killed quite easily!

“It wasn’t much with my daggers.” Noa’s impassive voice rang with a hint of pride present in it.

Ace didn’t know what to say as he knew Noa’s path was related to killing her target at the first contact and the quickest way possible. So, this kind of thing would be normal for her.

She also helped him quite a lot by giving him the window to catch the Grim Winged Serpent by surprise, and this was a successful mission.

Now that he has sent the Grim Winged Serpent into his thief’s space, it was as good as dead. He also got the Spirit Fire for Noa, so everything goes according to plan.

“You get what you’re looking for? I’m afraid we need to get going. Although you didn’t seem to be restricted by this place, if you stay far too long, something might happen.

“We can’t take that risk, and I’m pretty sure you also want to get your hands on that spirit fire as well. This ought to keep you busy for a while, and hopefully, I’ll be out of the Union once you’re done with the spirit fire.” Ace stated.

“Yes, I got the Spirit Fire Core of this Spirit Creature which has been born with the Spirit Fire and has been with it ever since and absorbing its undying fire. This was the rarest material to find for the final three grades of the refinement liquid.

“I need two more, and according to Leader, there are two more spirit fire, so there is a chance they also have their Spirit Creatures guarding them. That’s why I would be troubling you to let me get those Spirit Fire Cores from those other two Spirit Creatures if they exist.” Noa revealed the knowledge she got from the Night Demon Body Transformation Technique.

She never expected she would actually get her hands on the Spirit Fire, not to mention the Spirit Creature with it, and there seemed to be two more. This was a windfall for her, and she didn’t want to miss it.

However, she also knew Ace was in a bind here, so if it weren’t possible, she wouldn’t push the matter further. She already got one Spirit Fire, and she might find the last two Spirit Fire Cores from somewhere else.

Ace has already done her a huge favor by finding the Spirit Fire for her, which is the hardest to find and mandatory to cultivate the Night Demon Body Transformation Technique above the 9-Star Rank.

Ace was astonished when he heard the true background of that flame turtle. He was only interested in the Spirit Fire because of Noa and didn’t actually need it for himself.

But this undying fire seemed to be even more fascinating than he had imagined. This was a Law Source like the Elemental Orbs as well.

Nevertheless, he was planning on grabbing those reaming Spirit Fire, to begin with, and now he also has that lamp which seemed to have powerful containment properties on the Spirit Fire.

So, this was quite easy as long as he got the Grim Winged Serpent’s method to drawing the Spirit Fire out. He can do the same as the Grim Winged Serpent did, and he needed to do is to kill the Spirit Creature.

At least that’s what he thinks and promises, “Not a problem. That snake seemed to have quite a lot of information on the spirit fire, so I’ll give you all of them when I get them out of him. You just focus on refining the spirit fire.”

“Wait? You don’t need my help with him?” Noa questioned. ．𝙘𝙤𝙢

‘I’m afraid the devil and bird residing in my thief’s space is more than enough. That snake will regret even being born after those two are through with him…’ Ace thought as he felt somewhat pity for the Grim Winged Serpent.

Furthermore, the thief’s house members still didn’t know about Eva, and he wanted to keep it that way for as long as he could, at least until Eva was part of the Thief’s House.

“No, it’s all under control. You should know how terrifying Cyrus is, so you should just focus on refining the Spirit Fire now. We might need that lamp empty to capture more Spirit Fire.” Ace quickly explained.

Noa found this quite convincible and agreed, “Alright, I’ll follow Leader’s arrangement.”

Ace was glad this all turned out perfectly and said, “Good, now just stay in your stealth, and when I’m about to pass you, grab my hand. Even if someone is watching, it would appear you just appeared and vanished out in the wind.”

Ace had been using the Unseen Thief ability for a while now, and he was pretty sure no one would be able to see him. However, the same couldn’t be said about the others.

But his options were limited, and he was willing to take this sort of risk because he knew it was worth it.

The flying sword under his feet lifted from the ground again, and he started to fly over the crater while keeping an on the map. Anyone would only think that Ace was observing, but in trust, he was just pretending.

Just as Ace instructed her, Noa instantly moved without losing her window and easily grabbed his hand. The very next moment, she vanished without a trace.

“Leader, I would like to learn this flying weapon technique as well. It’s quite useful. Of course, if it’s your exclusive skill, then forget I ever asked.” Noa’s hesitant voice sounded at this moment.

The moment she laid her eyes on Ace’s flying sword technique, she was fascinated by it and wanted to learn it. But she was hesitant all this time. However, now she couldn’t contain her longing to learn this powerful technique if she could.

Ace smiled as he said, “This technique I learned from the Union. So, you can learn it as well. I’ll give a Sky Breaker Sword Art, which also has a special flying sword technique written into it.”

Noa ecstatically said, “Thank you, Leader!”

Ace brushed it off with a chuckle as it was hardly any effort for him to give her the Sun Chasing Sword Art. She might get some inspiration from it so that he won’t hold back on her.

After getting Noa back, he flew toward the third layer’s entrance while he shifted his focus to his thief’s space as he wanted to get all the information on that mysterious lamp first.

Because they still don’t know how to release the spirit fire from it yet.

However, when he saw the scene in his thief’s space, Ace was speechless as well as his expression darkened because Eva had a very dangerous smile on her devilish face as she sat on a comfortable chair while she looked at the kneeling figure.

It was an unfamiliar woman in a very sorry state!