Eternal Thief

"Paul Poison Wood, the First Son of Poison Wood Grand Demon Duke of Poison Wood Demon Duchy of Royal Demon Nation. Am I right, or Am I right!"

Paul was appalled when his identity was exposed by his captor and he seemed completely nonchalant about it as if he didn't fear his background at all!

"W-who are you!?"

His eyes kept darting around to find the owner of this voice, but there was nothing but darkness.

Ace had created this small prison cell with a special grade-4 ore called Dark Steel Gem, which can completely cut off the senses and trap any cultivators below the manifestation realm.

Because this was the Thief's Space, his cultivation was completely suppressed, and he didn't feel any kind of restriction placed on him or he simply wasn't strong enough to find them. This realization gave him even more fright.

'Did she sell me out?!' When this thought surface in his mind, the light in his eyes visibly decreases as icy chinless grip his heart.

Ace's snickering voice rang. "Who I am? Weren't you guys searching for me all along?"

Paul's lips contorted as coldly reply, "There's no need to play dumb anymore. Just use me as you see fit. Just tell her this, I will love her…"

"Wait, wait!" Ace quickly cut the guy's passionate speech. He was completely speechless since Paul took him for someone else.

Paul pursed his lips and coldly rebuked, "What? Didn't you apprehend me because of 'her' order, so you could take me back and then use my act of sneaking into the outer continent as a bargaining chip to force my father to choose a side?"

"Oh, you're quite sure about it, huh? Then why did you even bother sneaking out if you knew this a treason for Royal Demons to enter the outer continent without permission?" Ace sounded amused.

A painful glint flashed past Paul's eyes as he felt thousands of blades stab in his heart. He gritted his teeth menacingly.

"You lowly thrall dared to question me! Do you think just because you're working for Leona, this will give you the right to look down on the Royal Demon?

"If she hadn't given you that grade-5 killing formation and set this trap for me, even your ancestor won't be able to touch my hair, much less capture me!"

"Heh, you're giving yourself too much credit. How about you take a look at your hand and then try saying the same thing again!" Ace coldly retorted.

This guy was simply delusional and thought too highly of himself just because he's a high-born.

"What do me…" Paul's fierce words instantly caught in his throat when he glanced at the back of his hand, and his eyes almost popped out from his sockets with appalling.

Because there's an imposing owl imprint with 'Want to Kill Me? Watch me Steal!' words written on its wings.

A chill ran down his spine as a name appeared in his mind like a raging thunder.

"S-S-Sky… Sky… Sky Stealer!" He stuttered just by calling this name and understood what Ace meant by his previous words.

Aghast realization dawned on him at this moment.

"Y-you… you were here all along!"

When he thought about how much security the life demon association put in this auction just to make sure nothing goes wrong. But the person they had put so much effort into had already infiltrated deep within their ranks!

As for all those forces searching for Ace out there, they were simply looking for a ghost. They didn't even have a chance to see his shadow, much less capture him.

Furthermore, no one had thought of this point, but with all the stolen formations in his possession, only a Demon King can restrain him. The others don't stand a chance, and he learned it in a painful way!

"What, does cat got your arrogant tongue now?" Ace scoffed.

Paul's eyes were filled with appalling and disbelief, as a sigh filled with sorrow and relief escaped his mouth all of a sudden as he muttered in resignation, "At least she didn't betray me."

"You're really lovesick, aren't you?" Ace couldn't help but sneer.

Paul's expression turned resolute as he coldly sneered, "I don't have anything to say to you, thief. I don't know how you know my identity, but do your worse! Eventually, you'll be judged for your crimes, and if you think you can handle the repercussion of my sudden disappearance, then you don't know the power of the royal zone at all!"

Now that he knew he wasn't betrayed. He was completely relaxed because he knew no matter how astute the Sky Stealer was, he can't hide his disappearance.

The reason being he was completely sure once his 'lover' contacted him about the result of his assignment. She would instantly know it wasn't him.

Even if Ace impersonated him, he would never know how to repose, and once that happened, she would quickly sense something amiss and search for him.

At that time, Ace would be a trapped mouse, and he'll also get his freedom.

'Even if he abandoned whatever he's doing here and decides to flee, he can't take me with him unless he wanted to draw unwanted attention. As for killing me or using soul search, I want to see if he has guts!' Paul inwardly derided.

"Heh, you're overthinking things. I don't want anything from you. Because I had already gotten everything." Ace jeered before he cut off the connection.

He simply sneered when he saw how Paul had a huge misunderstanding about his situation.

Ace had Paul's entire memories, and he knew everything about him, even his stubborn personality. But when he thought about how Paul was dancing on someone else palm despite knowing it, he didn't know if he was an idiot or simply didn't care.

Nevertheless, Paul's appearance had given him a massive boon, and with Paul's memories and appearance, his motive for coming here was 90% complete!

In these two months, with Freya's help, he had already got the news that the invigilators from three demon institutes were already in the Demon Tamer Domain, and they weren't alone but bring some youths with them.

The real reason for Ace to attend this auction was he wanted to see if he could grab the weakest person from the group and annex his memories of the royal zone before he moved out on his own while the demons were busy with their trails.

However, to do this he had to first approach room no.0, which was almost impossible, but he had a plan for that as well, and he was about to start it when Paul came knocking on his door and solved everything!

Furthermore, Paul's identity was far nobler than those of institute members because he was the genius of a Grand Demon Duke Clan.

Although Paul was a genius and regarded highly by his clan, he had a major flaw which was his blind love for the one and only Imperial Princess Leona, who held the title of the most beautiful demoness of the demon race and the Wise Demon Lady.

He had accidentally seen her appearance once and instantly fell head over heels for her on spot and just like many other Grand Demon Duke heirs, he devoted himself to court her with every sliver of his being.

But the strange thing was; Leona answered Paul's persuasion, and in a brief time at that.

However, Leona strictly prohibited Paul to tell anyone about their relationship and instills it in Paul's head with her honey-coated words.

From that day forth, she would sometimes talk with Paul on the communication cube, which can only be used by her to make the contact while Paul always waits eagerly.

But soon, Leona started to have peculiar requests for Paul, like his clan's secret poison techniques, precious herbs, pills, and even assassination, and he does with his eyes closed because Leona always says it was for their future together.

This time wasn't any different. Leona used the same honey-coated words and even the promise of intimacy to drag Paul here because he had a supernatural ability that will allow him to hide from even Demon Kings, and he was an excellent assassin.

His task was simple; to find Ace and capture him before the Grand Demon Duke could who was currently present in this auction.

Even Ace felt his heart turn cold when he absorbed this memory because he did not know someone like a Grand Demon Duke was here, and waiting for him to make a mistake and felt extremely glad he didn't go through with his original plan!

This guy was simply a lunatic, who wanted to undermine the Grand Demon Duke just because of a few words.

As for why Paul appeared here, it was for three reasons.

First, they wanted to destroy Leona's brother's plan which was also to capture him, and he had a very high chance with his 'bait'.

Second, Leona wanted to acquire the ticket of the mysterious book Ace won against her on the first-day bid, and Paul was naturally the one insured with this task since she didn't want her dear brother to find it.

Lastly, Paul required a face to complete the first mission, and after he found from Peterson that a life master took the receipt, he decided to target Ville for that face as well since his profile matched his requirement.

But in the end…

Ace's lips curled upward into a cold yet mischievous smile!