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activate it. However, to his horror, the storage ring on his finger had somehow vanished!
The very next moment, a huge maw manifested from right below his feet, and before he could utter any shrill cry, his entire body shredded into pieces.
Every living behind experienced the same phenomena as their storage rings vanished, and then that huge maw appeared below their feet and shredded them into a bloody mess like a meat grinder.
Theft Successful!]
[Theft: 10]
[Open to look at further the details]
[Reward: 36,700 House Points]
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[Noa Night Thief House Point(s): 261,720]
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Noa coldly put away the Bloodthirsty Beast Formation after she make sure no one was alive anymore!
After five minutes, Noa appeared again, thereupon the entire shop was closed without anyone knowing why. She had left another bloody mess behind and moved on to create another one!
On the west side of the inner market area,
The same phenomena were happening, but something even more strange was going on.
A small capped figure exited a shop before the shop was closed.
"Look, that little demon is wearing a cape." Someone spotted the small capped figure.
"Hmm? Where I didn't see anyone?" The other looked confused.
The same demon suddenly had this blank look on his face before he murmured, "What? Why can't I remember what I see?"
Others sent him disdainful glances as if he was a lunatic, and left.
Winter appeared inside a dark alleyway as she oozed a mysterious, inviable mist around her like flames. They suddenly vanished at this moment.
'This 'Faceless Aura' is really something.' She was ecstatic as she moved toward another target.
The Faceless Aura was the very first innate skill she gained after she cultivated the cultivation technique from the system.
The Faceless Aura can make others forget her appearance or, more accurately, her existence if they weren't strong enough. She can probably roam freely among other races as long as she cultivates to a high enough realm.
Furthermore, it was just her first innate skill!
On the north side,
Freya was sitting on top of a rooftop with her eyes closed.
Inside a shop, a burly demon with a blank look on his face had activated a trapping formation and all the staff members of the shop were now stagnated on their spot with anxious expressions on their faces.
Freya suddenly opened her eyes, which were pitch black right now. She jumped off the roof and entered the building as the demon holding the formation plate opened a path for her.
She catwalks toward every staff member before she pick-pockets their storage rings, one by one.
She finally stood in front of a blue demoness who was a river core realm cultivator, but she was still stuck because of this high-grade-4 trapping formation.
'Evil Rule!'
A dark ray suddenly manifested from her slender finger and entered this blue face demoness's head, and the very next moment, the light of hostility in her eyes vanished as now she had the same blank look on her face as the demon holding the formation plate.
"Release her." Freya commanded the other demon before she looked back and smiled charmingly as she said, "Open the treasury."
The blue demoness didn't even flinch as she quickly stood up and moved toward another room with a blank look on her face.
The Evil Rule was her first innate ability, which she gained after entering the Soul foundation building realm.
This ability gave her complete control over someone's mind as long as they had a weaker soul than her. Once it was cast successfully, there was no escape. If Freya didn't release them, they would be forever under her control.
She can give commands via her thoughts as long as she was within a one-mile radius of the Evil Rule's victim.
The moment she left this range without releasing her target, those victims have only one end; death!
After the blue demoness opened the treasury, Freya took everything.
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[Theft Successful!]
[Theft: 13]
[Open to look at further the details]
[Reward: 30,000 House Points]
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[Freya Witch Thief House Point(s): 460,000]
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Freya smiled in satisfaction. She had already accommodated over 300,000 HP after robbing more than half of the shops in the north area because of her unique skill set. It was much easier for her to find treasuries as long as she controlled the others.
Her dark eyes suddenly turned ruthless as she commanded, "Kill all of them and then commit suicide."
She left the shop without looking back as she took the demon with the formation plate as well.
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It has been eight hours since the progress interface has been activated. Ace looked at the interface with glowing eyes as it refreshed just now.
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[House Mission: Progress Interface]
-House Mission: A Grand Entrance
-Time: 16:54:18
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[Thief Assassin (Noa Night)]
-Current Progress Status: 332,900 House Point(s)
-Required Progress Status to Pass: 1,500,000 House Point(s)
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[Evil Thief (Freya Witch)]
-Current Progress Status: 400,010 House Point(s)
-Required Progress Status to Pass: 1,500,000 House Point(s)
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[Faceless Thief (Winter Fox)]
-Current Progress Status: 256,550 House Point(s)
-Required Progress Status to Pass: 1,500,000 House Point(s)
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-Total Progress Status: 989,460 HP
-Required Progress Status to Complete the House Mission: 5,000,000 HP
507 Moon Robbers
[The Bouns Chapter release starts this week (14-11-2022).
1st Bouns Chapter at 500 Power Stones!
2nd at 1000.
3rd at 1500 and so on.
#Wahi (:]
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"What in the world is going on? There's some kind of invisible wall blocking my way?" A demon exclaimed in bewilderment.
"Not only you, but others also obstruct from going into the main street. Do you think the Puppeteer Demon Clan is behind this blockade?"
"My guess is as good as yours. I just wanted to buy a runic sword for my son from Puppeteer Demon Company, but it seemed they are also got close like the other shops in the inner market as well."
"Just what the fuck is going on today with the inner market of Black River City? The outer market is still open and running like usual."
Many demons were discussing this strange event, and even city guards were clueless about what was happening.
Typically, the inner market guarding duties were handled by the Black Knights of Black River City under the Puppeteer Demon Clan. So, those normal city guards didn't have any authority over this place.
However, those Black Knights also went missing with this mysterious barrier appearance.
"Make way quickly. The Puppeteer Demon Clan's Second Elder is coming!"
Someone proclaimed loudly and everyone quickly scattered around with a hint of fear when they heard the Puppeteer Demon Clan was here!
Thereupon, a small carriage appeared, surrounded by many demons clad in black armor.
The carriage stopped a few meters away from the main street. and its door opened.
A dark-gray skin demon disembarked the carriage with a frown on his elderly face.
Without anyone telling him about anything, he hurried toward the main street as if he knew about the mysterious restriction.
A burly demon respectfully followed him behind.
"Do you find out why the inner market shops are close all of a sudden?" The Second Elder questioned sharply.
The burly demon replied with uncertainty, "I had my men look into this, but all the shops are locked. and we can't break in without authorization. But according to the witnesses, those shops closed one by one and those customers who got in also mysteriously vanished, nor did anyone notice any staff members coming out."
The Second Elder's expression dimmed.
They had received reports about inner market shops closing 10 hours ago, and they simply thought it wasn't a big case. Those owners can close or open their shops whenever they wanted.
However, as the dawn was about to break, only the closed shops didn't show any signs of opening again, but the entire inner market was now deserted.
Moreover, when they heard the report that the main street had somehow become inaccessible half an hour ago.
The Puppeteer Demon Clan was finally alarmed and sent their Second Elder to investigate and find out who was messing with them in their territory.
They even locked the entire city until they reached the root of these strange events.
"Knock down the doors of some low-level shops. I'll handle the aftermath." The Second Elder ordered without any hesitation, as he was feeling uneasy about all of this.
The burly demon also knows the gravity of this situation and quickly leaves to commence the order while Second Elder moved toward that invisible barrier.
Fifty meters away from the crowd, three capped figures were standing on a rooftop while observing the Second Elder and other demons moving.
"It seemed your plan works." Freya's crisp voice sounded.
Winter chuckled coldly as she said with a hint of smugness, "Why, of course, it worked. They're just a bunch of incompetent fools thinking they controlled everything with just merger power. But when push comes to shove, they're the ones who panic with just a little firework."
Freya chuckled, "Agreed. Since they took the bait, let's motivate them. We have little time. Sister Assassin." She looked at Noa.
Noa merely nodded before a dark Qi flashed past her eyes and the very next moment.
"Boom… boom… boom…!"
Ten explosions sounded on the main street!
The Second Elder's face turned ashen when he heard those explosions. "Someone is attacking the main streets!"
Without any hesitation, he took out a ten-meter-tall humanoid figure from his storage space. It was a stone puppet!
Dark Qi strings suddenly shot from Second Elder's fingers, and they all connected with the limbs of this stone puppet. He started to move his fingers extremely fast, and the stone puppet's empty eyes suddenly lit up in dark light as he started to move.
It threw the punch toward the barrier, resulting in a tremendous blast.
Second Elder's face paled when he saw the barrier was still not damaged, and he knew it was at least a grade-4 barrier since his high-grade-3 stone puppet can't put any crack on it.
Their patriarch with grand elder and youths were gone in the auction, and they weren't at their full strength at this moment. He finally understood this was an organized attack on their firms, and if they didn't handle it seriously, they might suffer this time.
Freya's eyes shimmered when she saw that huge stone puppet. "Interesting technique. I got dibs on it, alright."
Winter didn't retort and merely chuckled, "If you're interested in puppetry, you should come to my place. That thing is powerful, but it can't hold a candle to a mature corpse puppet."
"I thought you won't ask." Freya agreed in a heartbeat. She was very interested in puppetry and controlling others. Especially after cultivating the Evil Thief Scripture, her grit has increased even more.
Noa coldly said at this moment, "Let's go. He's contacting the others. Let's get it over with and leave before they find out about the real motive."
She wasn't interested in controlling others, and she was only interested in killing techniques.
Freya and Winter agreed, and they all turned into blurs before they vanished in the direction of the Puppeteer Demon Magistrate Estate!
The Magistrate Estate was at the very center of Black River City, and there were gigantic walls surrounding it and powerful demons guarding the gates.
However, the usual tranquil Magistrate Estate Gate was bristling with activities now, as many carriages and knights were exiting and marching toward the main market in a hurry.
Furthermore, two elderly demons exited the gates while riding on wooden mounts, and they hurried toward the market at full speed with grave expressions on their faces.
After fifteen minutes they leave the gates. Three shadows snuck inside the estate without any interruption.
Security was almost none exist.
With great familiarity, they moved toward the castle-like mansion.
However, their footsteps come to a halt when they saw a green barrier surrounding the entire mansion.
"So, they're not complete idiots after all." Winter sneered disdainfully.
Freya also didn't seem too worried about that barrier as she took out a golden formation plate with white symbols. "But they still underestimated us." She giggled darkly before she activated the formation plate.
Suddenly, a ten-meter golden circle surrounded the tree.
There were white symbols giving off a sharp aura, and there were twelve empty circles could be seen between these symbols.
"Put a hundred thousand Qi stones in each activation circle. If the leader didn't have peak-grade-3 Qi stones, I'm afraid this formation was completely useless." Freya spoke with great admiration in her eyes as she looked at the Demonic Sword Killing Formation!
Noa knew what to do, and she quickly placed 1,200,000 peak grade-3 Qi stones into those activation circles.
The very next moment thereafter, all the Qi stones piles suddenly turned lit up before the golden circle around them started to expand at an alarming rate.
As it expanded, those Qi stones started to turn into dusk.
Freya carefully controlled the formation, and she only stopped the expansion when it covered the entire mansion and the barrier.
"Who are you, and what are you doing?! You dare to attack a magistrate clan?!" An aged voice reverberated in the area, filled with fury and killing intent.
Freya coldly replied with a hint of mockery, "I can't hear you with that turtle shell. Let me get rid of it so we can hear you clearly."
As her voice trailed off, the entire golden circle suddenly shimmered before thousands of golden swords manifested.
"Y-you… stop this at once! What do you want?" The old voice was filled with panic this time.
However, Freya pretend as if she didn't hear it and used the formation plate, and those golden swords turned into sword lights and rained toward that barrier!
"Noooo…" An anguished howl rang when the entire barrier crumbled under the bombardment of those sword lights.
However, Freya didn't stop, and with a thrilled expression, she continued to rain the entire mansion with those swords lights until it turned to ruin. She finally stopped.
Injured demons started to crawl out from the rubble, and between them was an old demon with bloodshot eyes as he looked at the three capped figures standing.
Freya didn't mind his murderous look as she mocked, "Now I can see you clearly. Alright, I'll tell you what we want."
Her voice was icy as she said, "We are the Moon Robbers, and this is a robbery. So, if you don't want your entire clan to extinct today, hand over your storage rings and open the treasury vault!"
508 House Mission Complete!
The Life Demon Auction was still moving smoothly on the third day.
Only a few hours were left before the end of the third day, and the participants were still eagerly bidding against each other for the items.
At this moment, inside the VVIP Room No.84,
Eight dark gray demons were sitting haughtily while the oldest of them was bidding for a grade-3 talisman on the stage.
"Father, room no.90 belonged to the Eastern Moon Clan of the Moon Demon Tribe." A middle-aged demon told the old demon with a hint of contempt.
"Yet they still dared to bid against our magistrate clan? Hmph, they're overestimating themselves!" The old demon sneered as he increased the bid by a hundred thousand high-grade-2 Qi stones.
The six youths behind them also smiled with disdain.
The bid from room no.90 finally stopped at this moment, who kept bidding against them from the start.
Their scornful smiles grew, even more, when Lilly started to count.
"… and 4.9 million going thrice and sold!" Lilly announced.
The old man grimed disdainfully as he said, "See that? Our magistrate clan is far nobler than those muncher clans of the other Demon King Tribes. We have our own domains, and we won't need our Demon King's help to deal with our matters."
The other youths nodded in understanding with great pride.
The middle-aged demon smiled in satisfaction.
A knock sounded on their door.
"Come in." The middle-aged demon spoke.
A beautiful Auction Attendant appeared with a ticket in her hand as she said with a smile, "This is your item ticket."
"Here, there are five million Qi stones. You can have the rest." The old demon generously tossed a storage ring toward her.
He was on a brilliant moon after winning one item on the third day, despite continually fighting and losing many bidding wars all day long.
She quickly thanked them before she left after handing them the ticket.
Just as the door was closed, the old demon felt something as he took out a communication cube, which was blinking nonstop.
The middle-aged demon frowned slightly. "From the clan, why did they contact you, not me?"
"It's little first. He's just checking on us. Don't overthink things." The old demon merely smiled and activate the communicator without bothering to hide the conversation.
He was about to greet when a panicked voice rang, filled with rang and shame, "G-Grand Elder, w-we got… robbed!"
The smiles on everyone's faces suddenly stagnated, and those youths had this blank bewildered looked on their faces as if they just heard something impossibly absurd.
The elder frowned and berated, "Little First, you dare to play a prank on me? Do you need a beating?"
"I-I really wish it was just a prank, illusion, or a fucking dream…" His voice was filled with abhorrence and frustration as he didn't care who he was talking with or what he said, "I don't know how, but three degenerates got their hands on an extremely powerful formation and destroyed our protective formation and raised our home to rubble.
"If I don't have handed them the treasury, our legacy skills, and storage rings, they would've killed our entire clan and raised our city to the ground. They were totally capable of such a thing since they had already turned our inner market into a graveyard before hitting our mansion!"
Everyone's eyes were wide open as if their eyeballs would fall at any moment.
'Thud…'
The middle-aged demon collapsed on the ground as his face was ashen and filled with disbelief.
As for the old demon, he felt a metallic taste in his mouth. While his heart was on the verge of exploding, through gritted teeth he said, "W-who…"
"Those decadents called themselves Moon Robbers. and they're the same bandit gang who we were ordered to detain but… put it on hold for the auction!" His voice was filled with regret.
"A mere bandit gang robbed you?!" The elder finally bellowed with extreme fury as blood trickled from the corners of his mouth as his eyes went bloodshot.
The only thing keeping him sane was the fifty percent of their wealth he took here, or he might've really gone mad.
"I…" The voice was filled with mortification and resentment. He didn't know what to say because even he was at a loss just how this kind of thing happened.
"Handle the situation. I'm coming back!" The elder calmed his boiling rage and close the communion.
He glanced at the middle-aged demon who had an ashen expression on his and said, "Don't bid on anything anymore. You must ensure our clan's youths get on the trail safely. Is that clear?"
The middle-aged demon finally snapped out of his daze and horridly stood up. "Let me go. You stay with them, father."The old demon sternly shook his head and said, "Just stay here. Don't worry, as long as I'm alive, no one can get away after stabbing us in the back."
His eyes turned deadly cold at this moment. "Besides, I'm going to call in a favor from His Majesty. Those bandits and people behind them can't get away with this!"
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On the 19th floor,
Ace looked at the progress interface with shining eyes at this moment.
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[House Mission: Progress Interface]
-House Mission: A Grand Entrance!
-Time: 05:04:53 (Stopped)
-Status: Compete!
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[Thief Assassin (Noa Night)]
-Final Progress Status: 1,900,300 House Point(s)
-Required Progress Status to Pass: 1,500,000 House Point(s)
[Final Evaluation: Pass (Below Average)]
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[Evil Thief (Freya Witch)]
-Final Progress Status: 2,303,430 House Point(s)
-Required Progress Status to Pass: 1,500,000 House Point(s)
[Final Evaluation: Pass (Below Average)]
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[Faceless Thief (Winter Fox)]
-Final Progress Status: 1,650,950 House Point(s)
-Required Progress Status to Pass: 1,500,000 House Point(s)
[Final Evaluation: Pass (Poor)]
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-Total Progress Status: 5,854,680 HP
-Required Progress Status to Complete the House Mission: 5,000,000 HP
[Final Evaluation: Pass (Poor)]
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[Claim Reward(s)/Later]
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Seeing those poor evaluation grades, Ace merely scoffed, "You and your high evaluation standards. I guess something never changes."
He claimed the rewards. He was eager to see those law fragments.
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[House Mission (For House Leader)]
-Mission: A Grand Entrance!
-Description: All the Thief House Members have been assembled in the Thief's House, it's time…!
-Task (1): Guide newcomers!
[Final Evaluation: Satisfactory]
-Task (2): Plan A Heist!
[Final Evaluation: Above Average]
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[Mission Evaluation: Satisfactory]
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[Reward(s)]
-Law Fragments:
[Shadow]: 2
[Despair]: 2
[Sword]: 1
-Clam?
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-The House Call has been unlocked!
[House Call: The House Leader or House Members can spend 10 House Points to use this function to contact anyone in the Thief House at any time and at any place.]
-Activate House Call?
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[Extra Reward(s)]
[House Members Kill (EXP): 5,400,000]
-Claim?
[House Members Kill (SP): 220,900]
-Claim?
[House Points: 5,854,680 HP]
-Convert into TP/ Add into House Points
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Ace looked at EXP and SP and wondered, 'Just how many they kill to accommodate this many EXP and SP?'
Although he never told them not to kill others, he never expected them to kill so many on their first thievery.
'That deathly trio. It seemed they forced their way through this thievery, and made it more like banditry. No wonder their evaluation was so poor.' He couldn't help but smile wryly.
'In the end, they were all desperate because of the system's punishment and didn't have time to learn more skills. I can't blame them for taking such measures.' He sighed and stopped caring about it and commanded,
"I'm claiming everything, as well as activating the house call. This thing can finally solve our communication problem, and it would be more reliable than these cubes, and add those house points to my house points state. I have more than enough TP for now."
The system instantly obeyed his commands.
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[House Call function has been activated.]
[Law Fragments can be used from [Law(s)] state in Host Status.]
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[Martial Cultivation: Heavenly Dark Sea [Stage-9]]
[EXP: 10,000,000/10,000,000]
[Soul Cultivation: Orange Wind Soul Core [Stage-9]]
[SP: 6,340,900/10,000,000]
[Elemental Orb: 0/1]
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[House Point(s): 6,038,080]
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"Laws state in my status?" Ace quickly opened the Law state, which was at the end of his status.
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[Law(s): 3]
-Despair: 0.03%
[Law Fragment Available: 2]
-Shadow: 0.05%
[Law Fragment Available: 2]
-Sword: 1.00%
[Law Fragment Available: 1]
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Ace questioned while looking at those available law fragments eagerly, "How did I use these law fragments?"
"[Host just required to give the command, and the law fragment will be released. However, with the host's current cultivation state, a safety protocol has been placed.]
"[It would take the host 30 Days to absorb one law fragment. Afterward, the host required 30-day rest before absorbing another Law Fragment.]"
Ace couldn't help but frown, "So long?"
"[Th Host's law comprehension is too low while the host's mind is too fragile to comprehend law with law fragments continuously. That's why this safety protocol has been placed. As host breakthrough in higher realms, this protocol will be abolished eventually.]"
After the system's explanation, he didn't retort anymore.
Ace knew the law concept was something he shouldn't have come in contact with so early. But he had powerful skills that required law comprehension, which could make him extremely powerful.
That's why he longed for law comprehension, and the system made it happen as well. So, he should be thankful for that, not complaining!
At this moment, a new interface appeared in front of him all of a sudden,
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[Incoming House Call!]
-Caller: Noa Night (Thief Assassin)
-Accept/Ignore/Reject
A few hundred miles away from the Black River City.
Within a mountain range, inside a cave, three capped figures were resting on each corner.
They were one other than Noa, Freya, and Winter, who completed their mission and fled far away from the Black River City.
Now, they're resting before they start to move again.
While resting, they also finally got the chance to see their rewards.
They all opened their mission respective mission panels.
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[House Mission (Noa)]
-Mission: A Grand Entrance!
-Description: All the Thief House Members have been assembled in the Thief's House, it's time…!
-Task: A Memorable Heist!
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[Mission Evaluation: Below Average]
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[Reward(s)]
1. 500,000 House Points
[Claim?]
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2. A Single Bloodline Evolution
[Claim/Later]
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3. A Secret Skill:
-Shadow Escape: Secret Soul Skill
-Description: A secret skill used to escape within shadows.
-Condition to Cultivate:
1. Soul Embryo Realm
2. Grade-1 Night Demon Body
[Claim?]
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[House Mission (Freya)]
-Mission: A Grand Entrance!
…
…
…
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[Mission Evaluation: Below Average]
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[Reward(s)]
1. 500,000 House Points
[Claim?]
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2. A Single Bloodline Evolution
[Claim/Later]
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3. A Secret Skill:
-Empty Sleep: Secret Soul Spell
-Description: A Dark Witchcraft Secret Spell.
-Condition to Cultivate:
1. Soul Embryo Realm
2. Illusionary Dark Pupil (Tier-3 Control)
[Claim?]
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[House Mission (Winter)]
…
…
…
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[Mission Evaluation: Poor]
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[Reward(s)]
1. 500,000 House Points
[Claim?]
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2. A Single Bloodline Evolution
[Claim/Later]
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3. A Secret Skill:
-Flawless Aura Disguise: Secret Martial Skill
-Description: A skill of perfect disguise!
-Minimum Condition to Cultivate:
1. Qi Soul Realm
2. Myriad Beast Body Transformation (Hundred Transformations)
3. Faceless Art (Tier-3 Mastery)
[Claim?]
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When they all saw the evaluation, their elated expressions vanished, especially Winter's who had received the lowest grade among the three.
'What kind of evaluation is this!?' They all thought.
They had completed the mission, and they knew they had stolen over 5 million HP worth of goods, but they still didn't get any extra reward. On the contrary, they felt like they had angered the goddess and they were afraid that some divine retribution will befall them.
However, when they saw the promised rewards were ready to be claimed, they felt relieved.
Freya looked at the secret skill with shining eyes. 'I got a secret spell that required my pupils even with that kind of evaluation? What if my evaluation was higher?' She didn't dare to imagine.
She knew better than anyone a spell was completely different from a skill, especially; secret dark spells.
This Flawless Aura Disguise secret skill also astonished Winter because it was almost impossible to mask someone else aura completely, but this skill can make it possible!
Meanwhile, Noa was quite thrilled with Shadow Escape because she probably got it because of her bloodline since it required Grade-1 Night Demon Body.
Although she wasn't sure when she'll be able to use it, she was looking forward to that day.
As for the one-time bloodline evaluation chance, they didn't even think of using it because it didn't have an expiry limit, which means they can use it at any time and any grade of their bloodline.
So, they all decided to save it until they reached either seventh or eighth grade in their bloodline before using it.
Furthermore, they had acquired quite a lot of HP in this endeavor, so they all were planning to buy every skill in their shops and cultivate hard so they would achieve higher evaluation in the next house mission and rewards!
Suddenly, a mutual notification rang in everyone's minds.
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[The House Call Function has been unlocked and activated!]
[House Call: Spend 10 House Points to use this function to contact anyone in the Thief House at any time and place.]
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They all looked at each other.
"Do you guys receive the same message?" Winter questioned.
Freya nodded, "Yes. This House Call is like communication cubes, but it's more than that since it came from the goddess."
Winter sternly retorted, "How can a measly communication cube compare to something from a god? Don't you see we can call at any time and place? That means there's no restriction, and we might didn't need to worry about someone's eavesdropping on our conversation."
"You're right. How about we try it with each other? We'll know how it works then." Freya suggested.
Winter quickly agreed she also wanted to try it.
Noa was also curious, but she was the last person who knows how to express herself in front of others.
In the end, she decided to try using it on Ace, and she also wanted to report their splendid success to him as well!
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Ace looked at the dark interface in front of him.
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[Incoming House Call!]
-Caller: Noa Night (Thief Assassin)
-Accept/Ignore/Reject
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Ace decided to accept it, but he also put a concealing formation around just in case her voice rang aloud.
However, when he accepted it, "Leader?' her voice rang in his head like the system not in the open.
He was astonished and even more thrilled about this house call feature.
Now, he didn't need to worry about anyone hearing their conversation. No one will be able to tell he was talking with someone. Especially; in a theft where he can easily pass orders without any worry.
"I can hear you." Ace said with his thought like he usually does with the system.
Noa, on the other hand, was also startled when Ace's voice rang in her mind like the goddess. She was speaking out loud before.
Freya and Winter also found it astonishing when they heard each other voices in their heads, and they tried to talk with their thoughts as well.
Noa does the same.
"C-can… you… he-ar… me…?" She spoke stutteringly since it was her first time talking with her thoughts.
Ace guessed why she was suddenly talking this way and chuckled, "I can. This House Call is pretty amazing, huh?"
"Y-yes!" Noa replied with a hint of reverence.
Ace said, "Good job out there. No one gets hurt, right?"
"N… no. Everyone is fine, and this was only possible because you gave us… those powerful formations and talismans…"
She slowly told Ace about how they slaughtered the entire inner market of black river city and then forced the Puppeteer Clan's First Elder in handing over their treasures.
Then they escaped after trapping them in another grade-4 formation.
"… although we left behind two grade-4 formations. We earn so much from this heist. You can take all the treasures." She quickly offered without even asking the other two.
She knew without Ace's formations and talisman, they won't even complete the inner market before alarming the Puppeteer Clan, and Ace didn't get anything out of it at all, nor did he ask for anything in return.
Ace merely chuckled. "I don't need anything. Do you think I lack anything or need those treasuries from a slightly better tribe from a Demon Duke level tribe anymore?"
Noa was speechless since she had a clear idea of just how wealthy he was. She had gone into his thief's space multiple times. Although he only allowed her to skim through the raw material area, the other sides were still filled with storage rings.
Especially the mysterious storage ring wall in the center of his space.
But this also made her slightly frustrated since she wanted to help Ace, but he was the one who always helped her and didn't ask for anything in return. He had given her so much from the day they met. But she hasn't returned anything yet.
Ace didn't think too much of this sudden silence and questioned as his expression turned serious. "So, where are you guys right now? You have a very small window to reach here.
"Remembered, every demon king is here as well as other hidden experts of eight provinces. Although we don't have a clear idea about how they will react when they find out about a bandit gang robbing a city like the black river.
"But since you guys used the grade-5 formation, in the end, they will soon figure out that it was the stolen formation from the treasure pagoda. But it was only if they spread this news.
"If they tried to keep it under wrap because of the royal zone presence, we have little to worry about and the chances of this to happen are very high. But there's still a chance they would seek their help, so you guys have four or five days to reach me."
They all discussed these scenarios multiple times. It also concerned Ace's aim in this auction. He can't move without making sure they were all out of the woods.
"Please don't worry. We're far away from the Black River City and start moving again at night. We'll reach there in three days if nothing happens." Noa assured Ace with confidence.
Ace had no choice but to believe her. "Fine then. But if you sense something amiss, use plan-3 without any hesitation. I'll be waiting for you guys in Life Demon Auction!"