Eternal Thief



Within the inner court of the Azure Wind Mountain Sect, Winter, in Niele's disguise, was sitting in a massive library, and a large sack of books was lying in front of her. She had a very deep frown on her face, and she seemed quite exasperated.

As for the reason for her exasperation, it was none other than Alina's whereabouts!

It had been more than four months since she had infiltrated the AWM Sect, but her progress had stagnated from that point on. 

Although she has become a personal disciple of an inner court elder, which gave her many benefits, one of them was access to this historical library, but despite that, she had yet to discover any clue about where Alina was being held. 

It wasn't like she hadn't tried investigating in another way, but the problem was no one had no idea where she was. The closest answer she had managed to get was the Peak Court, and going to that place would draw too much attention to her. 

Nevertheless, she was still hoping to get at least a definite clue before she could take that risk, but alas, she found nothing yet. Furthermore, she also noticed something was going on as many Inner Court Elders were being called toward the Sect Leader Peak; even her master was called. 

Right at this moment, her thought process was broken when an interface appeared in front of her, and she couldn't help but ground her teeth in even more frustration.

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[Incoming House Call!]

-Caller: House Leader (Ace White)

-Accept (Automatically Accept in 10 Seconds) 

[NOTE: You can't Reject or Ignore House Leader (Ace White) call!] 

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'He better calls me to tell me that he's on his way!' Winter grumbled inwardly as she was not very pleased with Ace still reaching the Azure Wind Continent yet, and he was using her to do all the manual labor, which was simply too dangerous. 

In the end, she let the time runs out before the call was automatically accepted, and she felt a little bit good about letting him wait for 10 seconds. 

"How are you, Winter?" Ace's jolly voice rang in her head at this moment which only made Winter's expression even darker since he didn't seem bothered by the wait at all. 

She replied grumpily, "You're working me like a salve; what do you think?" 

"Now that's a false accusation. You're well compensated for what you're doing, and I never force you to take that mission, remember?" Ace refuted. 

Winter clenched her fist as she knew he was telling the truth, but she still felt exasperated by all the work she had to do. 

Furthermore, she noticed Ace now sounded like himself, not as cold as before, so there might be something good that had happened to him. 

"Do you finally decide to greet me with your presence?" She asked doubtfully. This was the only reason she could think of that could make Ace's mood this good. 

Ace replied in a happy tone, "Of course, I just managed to find my way out of the Union, and now I'm hitching a ride with humans of the Azure Wind Continent, I'll be there in around twenty months or even faster, hopefully, if I don't encounter any hurdle in the endless sea like the last time." 

Winter's eyes winded, and a hint of relief appeared, "Hmph, by the time you arrived, it would be too late to do anything. I'm stuck here as well." 

"About that, I've called you to solve this exact problem. I know when I'll be there, it might be too late, or security around Alina might be far tighter than it is right now. Furthermore, I think it is the perfect time to rescue her because the bigwigs are not present in the Azure Wind Continent at all. I don't think there is anyone who can stop you as long as you don't encounter any Law Awareness Realm Expert." Ace confidently declared.

Winter's eyes narrowed, "What do you mean? How do you know all this?"

She didn't understand how Ace was able to reach this conclusion, but she did know that he wasn't the one who would put her life in jeopardy on a whim like this. 

But she was still in disbelief that despite not being here, he knew so much more than she did, and she felt a ping of embarrassment and more frustration. 

"Heh, you won't believe it, but with Noa and Freya's help, we were able to capture the First Azure Elder of the Azure Wind Mountain Sect and turned him into Freya's evil seeds, and now I think we know as much as the Sect Leader of the Azure Wind Mountain Sect…" 

Ace then fully described what happened outside the secret realm, and Winter's eyes were winded with shock and disbelief the more she heard. She never expected that Ace would appear in the famous fiery hell secret realm and even enslave the entire upper echelon of the human entourage. 

She was quite smug after breaking into the Soul Manifestation Realm, but now, she was nothing but depressed as she found the other house members even more powerful than her, and they were now in the same realm. 

Nevertheless, Ace's information about the Azure Wind Mountain Sect and the absence of their Grand Elder as well as the other high-ranking members of allied races, were nothing but good news for her, and this made her mission even simpler when Ace revealed Alina's accurate whereabouts. 

It took Ace about half an hour to fully divulge all the information he had gathered from Glen to Winter. 

"That's the gist of it. Now do you think you are capable of taking Alina away?" Ace questioned sternly. 

Although he wanted Winter to take full advantage of the absence of the bigwigs, he didn't want to jeopardize their only chance of rescuing her. If Winter was still not feeling up to the task, then he won't force her.

Winter's eyes shimmered coldly, "Prime Azure Mountain, you say? I think it's the same forbidden mountain in the center of the AWM Sect and closer to the Peak Court. I should've guessed it. As for whether I can do it or not, if what you told me is correct, then give me some time, and I'll deliver you your sister!"