Eternal Thief

“Lord Marquis, recently there have been reports of thefts in the capital which are similar to the infamous thefts of the Bone Mercenary City!”

The moment Marquis Kayleigh heard this report, her cold eyes flashed with a hint of surprise as she clearly knew what the Black Hall Minister was talking about, and not only was she, but almost the entire Abyssal Plains were aware of those strange events of the Bone Mercenary City.

The Bone Mercenary City was actually a neutral power residing between the border of the Strata of the Lost and the Strata of the Civilized Realms (Abyssal Plains). Furthermore, this city was a haven for Abyss Wanderers and unafflicted Abyssal Beings.

Moreover, Bone Mercenary City actually has a City Lord at the realm of the Half-Abyssal King, and it also enjoys the protection of the enigmatic Moonless Wandering King, which is one of the main reasons this city has remained intact and hasn’t been occupied by powers like the Evernight Council.

Anyone who wanted to enter the Strata of the Lost for adventure would always first go to the Bone Mercenary City, and also those who came back alive rest in this place and can even sell whatever they had acquired from the lands of the wandering souls, not to mention almost all the big powers have a branch in the Bone Mercenary City!

That’s why a strange balance kept the city intact because everyone required such a place to rest or retreat into if they wanted to venture into the depths of the Strata of the Lost, and all these powers also helped the Bone Mercenary City to keep the order. It was a win-win situation for everyone.

However, something unexpected happened for the first time in the Bone Mercenary City ever since its establishment; in fact, these events were so strange that the entire Abyssal Plains were shocked because nothing like that had happened before.

Everything started with small thefts!

First, no one paid attention to it since robbing others for their treasures was the norm in a place like the Bone Mercenary City, as long as no one got caught and was careful.

However, soon the Abyssal Beings started to realize that these weren’t just mere robberies because the ’robbers’ didn’t kill or use coercion, but they ’steal’ without letting their victims react until it was too late, and they were already gone.

This was something unique in the Abyss of Wandering Souls, as those who know the difficulty of achieving something like stealing a storage ring without its master’s awareness until it was gone required an extremely high and unique set of skills and abilities.

The victims always left reeling with grievances and hatred, but they had no suspect. Furthermore, another unique aspect of this thief was that every time they stole someone’s storage rings, they left an Abyss Gem carved in a unique coin shape, and on both sides were etched a symbol of imposing ’ten angelic wings’, and on the other side was a name, ’Evil Venerable Angel!’

This name, within a few months, gained huge notoriety in the Bone Mercenary City, and her victims numbered in the thousands. Only at this point did the higher-ups of the Bone Mercenary City start to notice this thief and even took her seriously as they used various methods to capture this arrogant yet skilled thief, Evil Venerable Angel!

However, just when those victims cried in joy and those who were wary of her thought the thief would be either captured and receive retribution or scared away by the might of the Bone Mercenary City, the opposite effect occurred instead.

Within a month of the investigation’s initiation, the thefts increased instead of decreasing, and the number of victims suddenly surpassed 10,000.

The entire management of Bone Mercenary City was taken aback. Even the City Lord of the Bone Mercenary City was furious, and he was even seen personally patrolling the city a few times.

Yet, to everyone’s dismay and horror, the Evil Venerable Angel never stopped, and her ten angelic wings symbol became the source of fear and hatred.

First, this news remained confined to the boundaries of the Bone Mercenary City, and the city management even attempted to suppress and conceal it, as it was a significant embarrassment to the City’s management, not to mention humiliating.

But how could a paper hold fire? Within a year, this news soon reached all the powers, and even the Evernight Council deemed it worthy enough to investigate.

This also led to powers like the Evernight Council being willing to recruit the Evil Venerable Angel due to her terrifying stealing abilities and stealthy skills, which even a Half-Abyssal King seemed helpless against.

They even announced this recruitment notice and offered complete protection as long as the Evil Venerable Angel was willing to join them, to the dismay and protest of the Bone Mercenary City’s management.

However, who would’ve thought the thief would not only ignore their boon, but instead do something even more bold than she had ever done before!

Within a month after those powers tried to recruit her, the Evil Venerable Angel stole again, and this time she didn’t steal storage rings like her usual style.

Moreover, at this point, people no longer dared to wear storage rings and hid them because of their fear of the E.V.A. Instead, she directly stole the entire treasury from one of the big powers’ branches within the Bone Mercenary City, which tried to recruit her!

This news shocked everyone as they finally realized that the E.V.A. didn’t just know how to steal storage rings; she could even steal the entire treasury without leaving any traces, and her victim this time wasn’t alone or without protection either. She had stolen from a well-guarded branch headquarters of one of the big powers of the Bone Mercenary City!

Now, not only were the Abyssal Beings wary and afraid of E.V.A., but even those big powers became furious and afraid as, within a few days, they all tightened their security and defenses around their treasury vault, and some even directly sent the accumulated wealth back to their main headquarters.

After this incident, the E.V.A. suddenly vanished for five whole months, and everyone sighed in relief as they all thought the thief had finally been scared away by all the powers who were after her.

However, this was only until she struck again, and this time, her victim was none other than the Lord Castle of the Bone Mercenary City!