Eternal Thief

Inside the secret underground chamber, Ace was sweating profusely, while his face was pale.

He did not know what was happening inside his knowledge sea, as his entire focus was on enduring the stabbing pain in his head. 

However, the moment that pentagon coin completely vanished inside Ace's dark knowledge sea, the pain suddenly vanished. 

Ace was bewildered by this abrupt change and with a bemused expression, he mumbled, "Strange, I got all this humongous information within minutes?" 

Thereupon, Ace's pale complexion slowly returned to his natural state, and he also stopped mulling over the strange thing that had just happened. 

Ace was now skimming through all the information of Heaven's Stealer Dismantler Manual's three principals. 

Just like that, hours passed and Ace was still engrossed in Heaven's Stealer Dismantler Manual with an impassive face while his eyes were tightly shut. 

When his eyes were open, they were filled with incredulity and wonder. His expression was solemn. 

Strangely, Ace looked at his hands and with a thought, 'Heaven's Stealer Dismantler Gloves!' two dark hand symbols emerge on the back of his palm. 

'So, the part about they're merged with me is true, and I can't take them off, either. Only death can part us now. Well, this is also acceptable since these two gloves are essential for Heaven's Stealer Dismantler Manual, and they can't be destroyed!' 

Even though Heaven's Stealer Dismantler Gloves didn't have any combat or defensive power, they were far more precious than any kind of treasure! 

Ace was elated and full of excitement because of this heaven-defying technique. 

With another thought, those two dark hand symbols again vanished in the back of his palm with no trace. He knew these two gloves were always active, and he didn't need to summon those symbols every time he wanted to use them. 

Suddenly, a small dagger appeared in his hand. It was a three-star rank. With no further delay, black mist gushed out from his hands, completely enveloping the small dagger. 

'So, this is the 'Dismantle Qi' that can only produce with Dismantler Gloves after filtering the Heavenly Darkness Qi!' Ace scrutinized the dark mist like Qi. 

'Next step is to synchronize the dismantle-Qi into the object. I wanted to Dismantler and then used the pertinent Dismantler Principle suitable for the object. Since this is a weapon, and it falls in the category of Treasure Dismantler Principles!' 

Ace carefully began to compress the dismantle-Qi with both hands or Dismantler gloves, and it entered the small dagger, which was the sign of synchronization. 

After compressing for a while, sweat was beaded on Ace's forehead, but his eyes were sharper and focused. Finally, the silver of dismantle-Qi completely synchronized into the small dagger! 

Before the small dagger was silver, however now it was completely black, and strange small royal blue dots had appeared on different parts of the dagger. 

Ace knew these small dots were proof of the successful synchronization, and the dagger was ready to undergo the next and most difficult phase. 

He recited the Treasure Dismantler Principles in his mind.

Although this dagger was of three-star rank, he didn't have any lower-level treasure than this one. Nevertheless, he was just testing. Even if he didn't succeed, he just wanted to see the magical effect of this profession that was made for a thief!

The very next moment thereafter, small royal blue strings began to emerge from Ace's fingers and entered those royal blue dots on the small dagger. 

Strangely, since there were only seven small dots on the dagger, the strings were also seven. 

Something magical happen thereupon, the small dagger started to break apart from the seven dots, and it was completely dismantled into seven small pieces hovering between his hands. 

Ace's eyes shimmered with ecstasy when he saw the second phase was also successful and only the third and final step was left! 

With a solemn expression on his face, he mumbled, "Treasure Dismantler Principles, Dismantle and Origin Condense!" 

The moment Ace uttered, the Dismantler gloves' dark symbols appeared on the back of his hands again and started to glow darkly. 

In Ace's astonished eyes, those seven broken pieces trembled before their forms started to change.

However, at this moment, a piece suddenly turned into dust while reforming and, one after another, this phenomenon repeated until only one last reforming piece was left. 

Ace's solemn expression didn't change. He knew this was bound to happen because he was applying the One-Star Treasure Dismantler Principle on a three-star treasure. 

But there was still hope since one piece was left. 

At that very moment, something magical happened. The last piece suddenly developed into the shape of a crude silver stone and the symbols of hands after disappeared just like they appeared as if their job was done. 

Ace also felt the Dismantler gloves also stop absorbing his Qi, which means the process was over and done. 

The small silver stone also stopped hovering and dropped into Ace's hand! 

"So, this is one of the seven materials that dagger was made of, and I recovered it with the Treasure Dismantler Principles! 

"This is unheard of since no one can recover the materials once they were forged into something, but this technique can disassemble anything and then returned them to their origin! 

"I finally understand why the system once says I can theft those treasure doors and rune symbols engraved in the places. Before, I never thought it was possible, but with Heaven's Stealer Dismantler Manual's three principles, I can simply disassemble anything and everything!   

"But I still needed practice and I have time as well. Once I reached the higher levels of three principals, I can simply disassemble those high-grade treasures and recover those materials!" 

The more Ace thought about the benefits of this technique, the more his heart thumped. With this technique, he was simply a fish in the water, and he also has ample treasures to practice with it as well. 

Furthermore, even if he runs out of materials for practice, he can always steal more. The thought of buying them never occurred to him even for a moment!