Eternal Thief

Chapter 1227: White Raven!

In the main hall of the Everlasting Endearment Palace, Ace was sitting on a throne-like chair at the top of a long obsidian jade table. Freya, adorned in a lavender dress, showing off her perfect figure and bewitched face, was sitting right next to him on one of the two thrones at the same level while she poured him a drink with an enthralling smile.

Normally, these two thrones belonged to Eva and Alina since those two arranged these sitting positions, but since they were not here, Ace didnʼt think much of it and let Freya sit whenever she wanted.

Ace summoned Freya here using the new thief houseʼs function, the House Meeting. This function lets him summon the house members from any distance after he spends 100,000 House Points for a hundred minutes, and they return automatically to their initial

summoning positions.

But the House Meeting had a cooldown of sixty days for each member he summoned, which means, after today, he wonʼt be able to summon Freya before the 60-day cooldown period has passed.

Ace had already told everyone about the House Meeting function, which was exclusive to him, so the house members would know they could contact Ace to save themselves from any dangerous situation.

This function can also be used in other ways. Right now, Freya used it to give Ace all the information she had gathered from the black market, which wouldʼve taken too long on the house call, within a minute using a Jade Scroll.

Speaking of Jade Scrolls, it turned out that normal Jade Scrolls were a common commodity among the Law State community. They were sold in markets all over Mortal Ascension Heaven and made by 1-Star Spirit Rune Crafters.

Still, these commonly sold Jade Scrolls were of the lowest quality, and the higher ones with other features were not sold in the market, or one at least needed contacts to acquire them.

Freya was using these common jade scrolls to stow all the knowledge from her knowledge sea that she wanted to divulge to Ace, and he was going through it all.

But Freya suddenly pulled wine glasses and started pouring him drink, which made Ace somewhat uneasy. He knew this cunning woman was up to no good and might be scheming. Still, he acted like nothing was out of the ordinary and focused on the information he got.

Ace picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He was surprised when he found dense spirit Qi in it, but what surprised him most was the intoxicating, strong taste.

”Where did you get this wine from?” Ace asked curiously.

Freya smiled with a hint of pride. She seemed pretty happy about Ace liking the wine. She replied, ”I know Leader likes wine, so I paid a ʼvisitʼ to a famous wine collector in the black market and ʼaskedʼ him nicely, and he gave me everything he had.”

Ace instantly understood the hidden meaning behind Freyaʼs words. He pulled a wary yet acknowledging smile and joked, ”If youʼd shown your face, then there is no way heʼll decline your ʼrequest.”

Freya was startled. Her golden eyes shimmered with a peculiar glint, and she asked, in a soft tone with a hint of expectation, ”So, youʼre admitting Iʼm beautiful?”

”Of course you are,” Ace answered without hesitation as he looked deeply in Freyaʼs eyes, suddenly making her avert them. He smiled victoriously, ”Alright, enough for playing around. Iʼve retained everything in the jade scroll, and I must admit, this Nightfall Ravenhood is really worthy of being thieves.”

”We had never encountered such a proficient and disciplined group in thefts. Based on all the information, their every theft was performed almost flawlessly. I can only imagine how much preparation and scouting they had done before pulling these thefts.

”I might be willing to befriend the leader of Nightfall Ravenhood if our paths crossed and heʼs not insisting on becoming our enemy.” Aceʼs praise was genuine, from a thief to a thief. In Mortal Sky Heaven, Ace has inspired many thieves and even knows an organization has been formed after him. But Ace never admired them since they followed in his footsteps. However, if the information about their debut was correct, Nightfall Ravenhood was active in the Mortal Ascension Heaven for over two thousand years.

In a sense, the Nightfall Ravenhoodʼs Leader is his senior, and after reading all the information about the leader, he acknowledged it.

Freya looked at Ace with a hint of disappointment when he changed the topic, but she didnʼt show it. She pulled her playful smile again as she nodded, ”Indeed, I think the same, and there is another similarity between the Nightfall Ravenhood and you. Look at this.”

Freya then took out a black scroll and opened it in front of Ace. The moment Ace saw the contents of the scroll, his eyes instantly narrowed with astonishment and disbelief.

On the black scroll was a picture of a vivid white raven, spreading its wings as if about to take flight. It was holding a golden coin with its sharp talons, and two words were written on this golden coin: ʼWhite Ravenʼ.

Freya explained without needing Ace to speak since she could tell what he was thinking because her reaction was the same.

”Quite surprising, right? This Ravenʼs posture is just like your Owl symbol, with the only difference being the coin gripped in its talons. Apparently, this White Raven is the brandmark of the Nightfall Ravenhood.

”But unlike your Owl Thief Symbol, which can appear on another personʼs body or the location of theft and canʼt be removed, the White Raven is a sculpture made of precious White Rainbow Crystals that the Nightfall Ravenhood leaves on their theft locations.

”Furthermore, Nightfall Ravenhood never steals from any individual as they only target the Prime Heavenly Bank, so no one knows how many members they had, but it is confirmed that there are more than one, and there is a rumor that the White Raven is the alias of the Leader of Nightfall Ravenhood, but it is not confirmed,” Freya revealed with a hint of curiosity.

As a woman, the more mysterious things are, the more she feels attracted to them. Since the Nightfall Ravenhoodʼs White Raven could possibly rival the Sky Stealer, she was even more interested in this band of thieves.

Nonetheless, she never considered them an opponent for Ace but only his stepping stone since she knew Ace had gathered his fame in a very short time, and once his power grew to a sufficient level, he would be even more infamous than the Nightfall Ravenhoodʼs White

Raven.

But it wasnʼt Aceʼs main concern as he looked at the white raven. No matter how he thought about it, it just looked the same as his thief symbol when he acquired it, and it had evolved two times. Now, that Devilish Wise Owl was quite different and far more imposing.

Still, this matter irked him as he looked at Freya and asked, ”Are you suspecting that Nightfall Ravenhood might be related to our lineage?”

Freya nodded thoughtfully as she said, ”I think there must be some connection, but they are clearly not on the same level as your Heavenʼs Stealer lineage, or they wonʼt be leaving just sculptures and stealing from only one target all this time.

”My theory is someone mightʼve found another Heavenʼs Stealer inheritance or something related to it, and this person is most likely the White Raven, who is using it for revenge or personal vendetta against the Prime Heavenly Bank.

”After all, youʼve told us there were previous Heavenʼs Stealers, right? So, it wonʼt be wrong to assume they mightʼve left some inheritance behind or treasures. But they are just speculations since we donʼt have any accurate information about Heavenʼs Stealer.”

Ace nodded, completely agreeing with Freya. However, he also knew more about it and believed that there could only be a single Heavenʼs Stealer at a time unless there were more Eternal Thief Systems.

Even if some Heavenʼs Stealers leave behind the exclusive cultivation technique, it is

impossible to cultivate without the system. So, he didnʼt think there was another Heavenʼs Stealer out there, and the White Raven of Nightfall Ravenhood was definitely not one.

So, he also agreed with Freyaʼs conjectured Nightfall Ravenhood, finding something related to the previous Heavenʼs Stealer that might also be the reason for their rise. Furthermore, now that he knew there was such a thing, he wanted to get his hands on it because this might be helpful to him or reveal some secrets.

If before he treated the Nightfall Ravenhood as rivals he needed to surpass, this revelation made them the target he needed to steal from!