Eternal Thief

“The Auction Attendant No.19-213 just made the first bid of 10,500 Qi stones!”

Everyone looked at the attendants standing behind them in bewilderment.

Lilly elaborate, “As everyone knows, our attendants are all honorable members of our association, and even though they are on duty, this didn’t mean they can’t take part in the auction.

“Don’t forget, we all have the equal rights to bid as much as everyone. Even I can bid for an item using my unique auction number, so there isn’t anything startling about it.”

Everyone thought this made sense since the life demon association members were all very rich and they had every right to join the auction as long as they can pay. It wasn’t a problem.

They weren’t servants but life profession experts, and their wealth was no joke.

This made many in open stands and VIP stands frown because they completely forget about the existence named; Alchemists, Rune Crafter, and Crafter Smiths.

Until now, the items were all from the association, so no one bothered to bid, but since this old book came from a different source, and as long as it piqued their interest, they can bid as much as wanted.

The other nine Auction Attendants looked at Peterson, who had a small glowing array plate in his hand. They knew he was the one who bid just now since they all had the same bidding arrays.

“Sir Peterson, do you know anything about that book?” An old demon standing a few meters away asked with curiosity.

Peterson shook his head. “No, but I have a habit of collecting such things.”

The others looked at Peterson, including VIPs, as if he was a wastrel, but none of them said anything since it was his money he can waste as much as he wanted.

After clearing everyone’s misunderstanding, Lilly smiled and start counting, “10,500 going once…

“10,500 going twice…

“Last chance folks…”

She was about to sell when a new bid appeared.

“Room NO…” Her expression changed slightly when she saw the room number and she continued, “Room No.0 bid 100,000 Qi stones!”

Everyone was confused and curious when they heard this number. Because they all knew the VVIP room number started with 1 all the way to 5,000 and the lower the number, the higher the status of a VVIP. That’s why they were curious about who could be in this room.

‘So, someone can tell. I wasn’t wrong to choose this book.’ Ace’s lips curled slightly, and bid again.

Lilly’s smile stiff slightly as she spoke, “The Auction Attendant 19-213 made another bid of 100,500 Qi stones!”

‘Why are you bidding?!’ She wanted to slap this ignorant attendant right now. She knew what kind of demons were in that room, but she was helpless. They didn’t tell those attendants about them.

Inside the room no.0,

The masked demoness had an array plate in his hand as she increased the bid directly to 1 million.

“Oh, your highness, do you know the origin of this book?” Instructor Alden asked curiously.

Everyone looked at her. They were all curious about that mysterious book as well.

She coolly replied, “No, but that writing seemed fascinating. You know, I like collecting these kinds of things.”

They all could relate to her and didn’t ask any more questions.

However, the masked demon on the side wanted to take out his own bidding array plate when the bid increased again and he was stopped.

This time, the bidder directly raised it to 10 million!

Ewan’s eyes slightly narrowed. If it was someone else, he wouldn’t care, but this person was from his side and he didn’t want any trouble with these people. He was about to contact the level managers to have this demon back down when the demoness chuckled lightly.

“It seemed someone is more eager to acquire this piece of history. I give up.” the demoness said as if she lost interest.

‘Well, you can keep it for me for now. If I keep bidding, this brother of mine might get in my way.’ She thought.

When everyone saw the bid of 10 million, they couldn’t help but exclaimed because it was the peak grade-2 Qi stones, not high-grade-2. If covert into high-grade-2 Qi stones, the number will reach 100 million!

This price for an unknown book was really out of everyone’s expectations. They also started to see those attendants in a new light. They were just too damn rich.

But they didn’t know that even those attendants were speechless by this guy’s wealth and wondered if he was a life master.

Lilly was the same. With a stiff smile, she started counting and to her relief, room no.0 didn’t bid this time. But she vowed to give this ignorant fellow a piece of her mind once he came collecting this treasure.

Ace, on the hand, was secretly excited because he could clearly read what was written in that book, unlike everyone else, and that’s why he didn’t hesitate to raise the bid so much.

While it also served another purpose!

Even if he had to a hundred million, he would’ve done so.

Lilly announced, “Everyone, we’ll be back in two hours for the second round!”

She quickly left the stage.

The arena turned extremely lively as everyone started to chat about the auction and some started to stroll around the arena halls.

Ace was about to find a quiet location when a beautiful demoness approached him. She said, “Life Master Ville wanted to see you. Please follow me.”

Ace’s lips curled. ‘That was fast.’

He followed the demoness quietly under many watchful eyes.

Ville’s had his personal chamber where he can observe the auction and bid.

When a knock sounded on his door, he coolly said, “Come in.” When he saw Peterson, he frowned slightly.

“Are you the one who was bidding at the end?” His eyes narrowed. He had a pleasant expression of this demon, but this has to be done for his own sake.

Peterson lowered his head. “Yes, life master. Did I do something wrong?”

Ville take a deep breath and sighed, “Although you have done nothing wrong. But the person you just bid against can’t be offended, no matter what. I want you to hand over your item ticket and 10 million peak-grade-2 Qi stones so we can salvage this situation, or even the President can’t do anything if they took action against you.”

Ace felt the greed in Ville’s eyes, and his lips curled into a wintry smile. He said, pretending to be frightened, “If that’s the case, then I’ll have to thank you. B-but can I look at the book at least? I have spent all my life saving to buy it. Please grant me this favor!”

Ville’s eyes slightly narrowed, but he felt this made sense and Peterson didn’t say he won’t give up on his demands so he can let Peterson take a look at the book before he could hand it over to the President and get into his good graces.

Every life master and demon with equivalent ranks knew who was in room no.0.

Albeit he didn’t receive any order to stop Peterson from acquiring that book, he knew Ewan would not be pleased because of it.

So, he decided to strike first and got the ticket from Peterson, while he would also take those ten million peak-grade-2 Qi stones for himself.

Although he didn’t know how can someone like Peterson had this much wealth. Since Peterson knows what was good for him. He won’t make it hard on Peterson.

He said, “The treasures are in the treasury and can only be collected at the end of the auction. Once the auction end, I’ll let you see it for 5 minutes. That’s all I can do.”

“Thank you for this favor, Life Master. The ticket and Qi stones are in this ring.” Peterson had a grateful expression on his face as he suddenly took out another storage ring and moved toward Ville as if wanted to give it to him.

Ville suspected nothing and let him come closer, while his eyes were fixed on the ring as a greedy glint flashed past his eyes.

10 million peak grade-2 Qi stones were his five years of income, and he never thought he would have earned it with simple words without doing anything.

“Please.” Peterson presented the ring very respectfully.

Ville had a content expression and move his hand to pick up the ring.

However, suddenly, Ville’s soul was shocked by an unexpected soul-piercing bullet. He left himself wide open since Peterson would never try anything funny because of their cultivation gap and status.

But alas, it wasn’t Peterson, but Ace.

Ace’s eyes were ruthless, as he took complete advantage of Ville’s soul deviation caused by his fully mastered soul-piercing bullet and his short sword appeared instantly in his hand, which was too close to Ville’s chest.

Dark lightning flashed on the dark blade before Ace thrust it into Ville’s neck!