Chapter 1240: Malservus!

chapter 1240: malservus!



hearing ace's straightforward words without any of his usual fake fawning, the woman laughed, "fufufufu... how bold of you!"

ace's nerves instantly tensed as he thought she was angry and might try to do something, but he didn't sense anything amiss from the soul resurrection bead or from the woman's voice.

furthermore, since the system had told him that the soul resurrection bead was now his bounded treasure, it couldn't harm him despite his lack of control over it.

although he didn't know what kind of treasure the soul resurrection bead was, and the system could still not completely analyze it, especially now that this woman was residing in it, he was sure that this was some extremely high-level treasure that was even useful to an ancient monster like this woman.

"but you know what?" the woman said with a hint of teasing, "i liked it! after all, only this kind of attitude befits heaven's stealer and my steward!"

ace was astounded by this unexpected response, "are you still on about that steward business? although i admit you are strong, very strong, and i can't fathom your true power, i'm not stupid to believe that you were sincere with words at that time and even more so now.

"furthermore, it seemed you know a lot about heaven's stealer. can you tell me since i'm not informed about any of the previous heaven's stealers?" ace couldn't help but ask since this was the main reason he wanted to agree to work with her, at least until the system was strong enough to deal with her.

"fufu~, i sure do know about heaven's stealer; in fact, because of mutual occupations, i even have close ties with one," the woman revealed.

ace was shocked by this unexpected answer. he knew what it meant to have ties with a heaven's stealer; it was like becoming the enemy of the entire world because of what a heaven's stealer represented. he also knew that a heaven's stealer wouldn't reveal itself to just anyone at least he hadn't yet, except for the thief house members.

if he didn't know the rules of the thief house, he would even suspect her of being a member. furthermore, he can't just take her word for it since she might be lying to earn his trust. but alas, he had no way to verify it, and she also told him that she was in her current predicament because she had robbed someone's ancestral grave.

"i know you're not going to believe me, but i'm not going to tell you anything either since it was all in the past, and knowing that will only hinder your own path, or it might lead you into the wrong path all along.

"i've been observing this place ever since you crossed the path of ascension, and it is no longer the same world i used to know. it seemed those old ghosts had succeeded, and with your weak cultivation base as a heaven's stealer, it's also clear that they had learned how to deal with heaven's stealers.

"i never expected i would be into this kind of surprise after escaping my imprisonment..." her tone was filled with dismay and a tingle of chilling killing intent.

'besides, even if she knew about the thief promise, she didn't seem to know its rules...'

at this moment, ace finally made his up mind and said, "alright, as long as you won't scheme against me or put me or anyone close to me in danger, i give you my word that i'll do three things for you and won't harm you, and i expect the same thing from you!"

the moment ace uttered those words, the system voice rang,

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[host has just made a thief promise]

-thief promise: an unbreakable promise of a heaven's stealer

-abstract: theft is not just about stealing for one's own benefit and motives. sometimes, theft is done

for the greater good and for others who are in need.

-description (1): a thief promise can only be triggered when the host willingly agrees to take a mission from someone else who's desperately in need of the host's thieving abilities.

-description (2): the system will instantly trigger a mission when the possessor of a thief promise declares their reasonable request.

-description (3): if the bearer had any malice against the host, the thief promise will be deemed void

by the system.

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"fufufuf..." the woman instantly burst into joyous laughter as if she knew that the thief promise was established among them, which made ace even more sure that she knew.

"alright, it's a deal, heaven's stealer! please take care of your master from now; you can call me malservus!"