Eternal Thief

The auction area was as lively as ever.

Everyone was waiting for the second last day of the Life Demon Auction to begin.

Many demon clans had acquired item tickets in the last eight days and those who were still empty-handed were anxious because they knew it was their last chance to win something or the grand finale was the stage for VVIPs.

It was already announced that in the Grand Finale of the Life Demon Auction, only a hundred items will be auctioned, and the last ten items going to be extremely precious.

Inside the Room NO.0,

Everyone looked at the final item list they were given by Ewan just now with somewhat bored expressions on their faces.

For demons like them, this auction didn't have any allure, and there were waiting for it to end soon so they could start their own business and get it over with.

In these past eight days, there wasn't anything that drew any instructor interest or the interest of imperials on the side. Only those youths bid here and there when something caught their fancy.

However, at this moment, Instructor Kain's calm expression crumbled as he looked at a particular item with disbelief and questioned President Ewan, "Is there really a Jade Scroll between the final ten items?"

The others also seemed to read the same thing and looked at Ewan with sharp eyes. They all wanted the answer to this question.

Even the Grand Demon Duke's eyelids trembled slightly at this moment, but he still didn't open his eyes.

Ewan liked everyone's reaction. He was simply tired of watching their arrogant and indifferent looks when they looked at the auction he had arranged with so much effort.

He pulled a humble smile and nodded in affirmation, "Lord Instructor has good eyes. It is indeed a real Jade Scroll called the Sky Sword Manual."

"Who put it in the auction?" Instructor Axton questioned in disbelief.

He thought the person was simply a fool, and if it were him, he would never even share this information of possessing a Jade Scroll, much less auctioning it.

They all knew just how precious these Jade Scrolls were to any race, and every knowledge recorded in them held astronomical value.

Furthermore, they doubted this item, even more, when they thought about how Ewan agreed to put it on the auction and didn't take it for himself.

Ewan knew what they were thinking, so he told the truth, "Truth be told, this Jade Scroll was put into action by the Blade Demon King. The reason being, this Jade Scroll had an extremely difficult requirement to unlock the knowledge."

"Oh? What kind of requirement?" Imperial Princess Leona asked with great interest.

She didn't pay attention to any other item in the auction except the Myriad Hex Manual. She also looked down at the items in this place. But a jade scroll was another story.

'If I knew, I would've told that fool to replace it with another fake as well.' She thought with regret, 'Well, I have to win it in the normal way then. These guys won't dare to cross me, and the only problem is my annoying brother.'

Ewan promptly replied, "To acquire the knowledge of Sky Sword Manual, which is a secret cultivation art, one is required to have Element Sword Intent. That's why the Blade Demon King decided to auction it for another powerful sword art."

Realization dawned on everyone when they heard it, and those instructors looked meaningfully at Ewan and had the same thought.

'No wonder he didn't pocket it.'

Instructor Alden sighed in regret. "What a sham. With this requirement in place, it might self-destruct the moment we try to forcibly open the seal."

The others all nodded with a hint of pity in their eyes because even among the genius of the royal zone, there wasn't a single demon with an element sword intent. There were some demons with complete sword intent, but that was the limit.

However, the Imperials had different thoughts than the others in the room.

Leona and her brother both simultaneously looked at the Grand Demon Duke, and when they saw the corner of his lips rose ever so slightly. They silently looked away as if they saw nothing.

'It's not like there isn't anyone with Element Sword Intent exists. It's just that she exists on another continent and only beings with our status know about it. Once this news got out that we have a secret sword art for element sword intent. They will pay any price to acquire it, even that…' Leona thought as her heart raced.

The Imperial Prince had different thoughts from Leona, 'If I can get my hand on this secret sword art, I can use it as a dowry to arrange my marriage with her, and then no one will be able to stop my ascension to the throne!'

Right at this moment, Lilly appeared and walked on the stage gracefully with a charming smile on her face. Everyone stopped whatever they were doing and attentively looked at the stage.

They knew the ninth day of the life demon auction was about to start.

Lilly was now completely relaxed since everything went smoothly, and she also didn't find anything wrong with the treasury vault when she entered the stage.

She radiantly announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the second last day of the life demon auction. I won't waste anyone's time. Let's start the auction of the first item. Behold!"

Just like usual, the platform in the middle of the auction started to rise slowly while everyone looked eagerly, waiting for the item to emerge.

However, to everyone's astonishment, the 'item' on the platform was an unconscious, naked demon, and on his head was a glowing cube, which was none other than a communication cube, and it was also active.

Lilly was nonplussed when she saw the naked demon, who was emitting a powerful aura despite being unconscious.

Furthermore, the demon race had banned the slavery of their own kind long ago, so she knew he wasn't a slave for sale either.

Inside room no.0, when Leona saw the naked demon, she abruptly stood from her seat as if someone had stepped on her tail.

Not only her but the Imperial Prince and the three instructors who knew about him and were familiar with the famous Paul Poison Wood of the Poison Wood Demon Clan were also stunned.

At this moment, an eerie overlapping voice rang in the entire arena, which came from the active communication cube.

"Everyone, My Name is Sky Stealer, and this man is the son of Poison Wood Grand Demon Duke. He was sent here to rob the auction vault on Imperial Princess Leona's order so they could frame an 'Honorable Thief' like me.

"They had been doing this kind of thing for months and sully my honorable name, but don't worry folks, the hammer of justice is invisible, and it can strike at any moment, just like now.

"Leona, you, scheming little crone, I'm returning your plaything to you. But there won't be the next time. Oh, and thanks for the help with the treasury vault.

"Everyone, please don't believe any rumors spread by these people about me. I'm an honorable thief who only theft but not kill wantonly…"

<strong>"Presumptuous Thief!"</strong>

Before Ace could continue any further, a thunderous roar filled with indignation reverberated in the entire arena.

The next moment, a tall demon emitting a ghastly aura appeared in the center of the stage and waved his sleeve.

The very next moment, a glass-like formation barrier appeared right above Paul shattered, and the communication cube also incinerated with it.

The demon didn't stay, and after picking Paul with an invisible grip, he disappeared. Just like he appeared.

The entire arena was deadly silent as everyone dumbfoundedly looked at the empty stage in perplexity as if this was a dream.

Aliya, who also witnessed the whole thing, almost fainted with palpitation when she realized just what happened. She was appalled.

Thomas almost fell from his position when the mysterious person claimed himself to be Sky Stealer, and in the end, he had this inexplicable expression on his face.

It took a while before everyone realized what just happened wasn't a dream, and the Life Demon Auction had become another stepping stone for Sky Stealer's fame!

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Ace crushed the dormant communication cube in his hand the moment when the connection was broken.

He was already a few miles away from the arena. He left the moment the auction was about to start when he heard Lilly's voice through the cube. Furthermore, he knew this was his chance.

So, keeping his side mission requirements in mind, he chose what kind of words he should use, and Ace knew he had little time before someone will destroy the cube, despite being protected by the formation barrier he left.

'Well, this much is enough to ruin the Imperial Princess's reputation, and even if it doesn't, I was only indicated to expose her to the world, not to ruin her reputation. I just hope she won't take it personally!'