Eternal Thief

Sofia put a white mask on her face before she quickly exited the teleportation hall, and two imperial guards stood outside.

They were startled and quickly kneeled, "Welcome back, Imperial Princess!"

They knew only the imperial family members could use this teleportation hall, and within the entire imperial family, only the princess was most mysterious.

"Un…" Sofia nodded before she coldly asked, "Where is his majesty?"

"Reporting to the princess, a few hours ago, many people appeared with Second and Third Imperial Highnesses, and they were led to the throne hall. We don't know anymore." One of them respectfully replied.

"Stay on high alert," Sofia commanded because she quickly left toward the throne hall.

Within the spacious throne hall, the old ancestors from the golden lands were sitting on two rows of majestic chairs, and in the top center was another giant in imperial robes sitting on a golden black throne, giving off a majestic aura. He was the current mortal emperor of the Mortal Sky Heart Empire, Antonio Skylar.

The atmosphere in the hall was quite gloomy. Antonio was frowning deeply since he heard what had happened in the golden lands a few hours ago. But what he was mostly worried about was Sofia.

She hadn't come back with her ancestors, and she was very important to the imperial family because of her special meridians. But alas, they can do nothing since the ruined city was very deep into the Ancient Sky Battlefield.

Even these ancestors would have a hard time going back since the teleportation formation within the ancient city had rendered them useless.

Furthermore, now that they had lost the golden lands, their core strength had been wounded, and these old fossils wouldn't survive for long, which would put the imperial family in a very bad situation if words got out.

Then there was the mysterious person who was behind all this, so Antonio felt even more pressure and uneasy.

At this moment, a powerful voice rang in the hall, "Imperial Princess Sofia is seeking an audience!"

Everyone was surprised, and Antonio's eyes lit up as he said, "Allow her to enter!"

The closed doors of the hall opened, and Sofia appeared. Seeing the ancestors were present in the hall as well, she was somewhat glad. But there was no trace of her second and third brother neither the sixth elder was present. This simply means they were not qualified to be present in this discussion.

Sofia kneeled down and solemnly greeted, "Long live the Mortal Emperor!"

Antonio sighed in relief, seeing Sofia fine, and nodded, "Rise, my child. Where were you? Did something happen back then?"

The ancestors were also quite curious about Sofia's delay, especially the women among the ancestors. They were quite close to Sofia as she practically grew up in the golden lands, and they even gave pointers to her.

So, they knew it shouldn't be a problem for her to come back because of her space abilities. Furthermore, with their keen sense, they could feel the leftover aura of killing intent on her body.

Sofia quickly stood up, and without hesitation, she began to tell them about what happened after they left. But she hid the fact about approaching Ace on her own accord; instead, she changed it with Ace interfering with the teleportation talisman and forcing her to work with him.

When they all heard about this mysterious man and his uncanny abilities, they were all shocked, and their expression turned solemn.

Antonio's expression grew ugly when he heard that this mysterious person proclaiming himself as Black was able to reach the core of the Ancient Sky Battlefield and take the sword there.

They all knew just how ghastly that place was, and the treasure there wouldn't be any less impressive; now it had fallen into someone else hands, and this person wanted to harm their clan.

According to Sofia, she was only able to escape because Black's focus was drawn by the sword. He captured her so she could help him enter the imperial palace, and everyone believed her.

"Lastly, that person seemed to know about the temple as well!" Sofia gravely concluded her report, which was a mixture of truth and lies.

"What?" Antonio jumped to his feet in horror, and the ancestors weren't any better.

"How can that be? No one can know about the temple. It's impossible!" The old ancestor blurted with a dark expression.

"I was also surprised, and he was even able to say its complete name without any consequence. Could it be he didn't have any restriction on him like us?" Sofia hurriedly asked.

This was the entire reason she was willing to reveal all the information because this was the question of her entire clan's survival, including hers.

Antonio and others fell into deep silence with forlorn expressions. They could still accept the fact that this Black was capable of moving the mystery plains unscratched and even claim its biggest secret, but it was hard to accept that someone else knew about their well-guarded secret, and he also didn't have any restraint on him.

They were even indignant as well as wary. They knew if this secret was exposed and that 'entity' got wind of it, their entire clan would be wiped out in a single breath.

"I don't think it's that big of a problem since the Temple and the Deity haven't appeared for thousands of years now. As long as we handle it well, no one would notice it." The old ancestor finally spoke with a bitter tone.

"No." Antonio shook his head vehemently, "Ancestors, since you were all in sleep, I didn't get the chance to tell you, but around twenty years ago, the Temple resurfaced again, and simultaneously, I received the Deity's edict that he is back.

"Although the Deity didn't tell me where he has been for thousands of years, the Deity clearly wanted to show its presence as a warning so we won't take his absence as an opportunity.

"That existence has no emotions, and if he found out about this blunder, we won't be spared. First, let's try to handle this person ourselves. Since he wanted the location of the temple, he'll come here searching for it eventually.

"Even if we can't handle him, we'll just alert the Deity; this way, we can at least escape the death penalty. But if dare to spread this news, then let's just kill everyone before the deity finds out.

"This is the question of our clan's survival, and we can't wait to be slaughtered." Antonio solemnly declared with killing intent!

A huge calamity was coming in the Sky Heart Plains!