Conquering the Thousand Worlds

Chapter 27- Unnoticeable Theft

He became panicked but then he realized that this might be the doing of Ace so he calmed himself first and asked, "Haha! You are indeed formidable my friend. To be able to steal my treasure without me noticing is not a simple feat. I become more eager to befriend you!"

"Steal? Are you accusing me as a theft?" The figure's voice became serious.

"No. No way! I didn't mean in that way. You are clearly misunderstanding this. It is more like a compliment to you." The patriarch hurriedly said.

"So you are saying that I am the one who stole your treasure?" The voice of the figure surely contained some dissatisfaction.

"Mister, don't make me look like I'm just framing you. We all know that you are the only one who is capable to do such thing." The patriarch bitterly smiled. He couldn't get angry because they don't stand a chance in front of this figure so they can only please him for them to avoid of getting killed.

"Now that I think about it, I think I had lost it somewhere after obtaining it. Anyway, such treasure is only trivial and only an insult if being given to so I will just present another gift to you which will surely please you." He said arrogantly.

"Is that so?" Ace asked as if he was doubting the words of the patriarch.

"Of course!" The patriarch can only grit his teeth and then began to search in his storage pouch.

It took him nearly a quarter of an hour and he was sweating a lot from each minute passed. He became silent in the end and signal his companion to give him their storage pouches.

The group was stounded but they gave their storage pouches in the end. The patriarch hurriedly scanned them but he suddenly staggered back as he fell on the ground in the end.

His appearance was full of despair as if he had given up on living!

"Patriarch!" The group surrounded their patriarch when they suddenly felt the pressure increasing.

"Bang!"

All of them knelt on the ground. They tried to resist the pressure but it will only become heavier every time they do so.

"You Kouzlo's people are nothing but all talk, you dare to trick me? Then, let's see if you can survive this!" He clenched his and the space began to distort.

All of them tried to free themselves from this space to no avail but it seems like a futile resistance.

"All of you! Sacrifice your lifetime's worth of cultivation to free ourselves here!" The patriarch finally regained some senses so he hurriedly commanded.

"Yes!" The group had some hesitation at first but considering their current situation, they can't do anything but to sacrifice their lifetime's worth of cultivation.

"Boom!"

The space around them only had a little reaction after all the great price they had to pay. Their expression is full of despair.

"It's not enough! Hurry and use your life force. I will ensure you all that once I leave here safely, your family will be treated well!" The patriarch suddenly uttered.

The group can only clench their teeth as they began to sacrifice their live. They didn't protest nor got angry. They simply said in a firm voice, "Patriarch! Please keep your words!"

"I will." The patriarch said in grief and anyone can clearly see the sadness in his eyes.

He also doesn't want to do this but he had been cornered and all he can do was to sacrificed his loyal companions.

'I will have my revenge! I will avenge my companions!' He firmly vowed as he readied himself to escape as fast as possible.

"Boom"

There is a loud explosion after the collision of both sides and it was like they are in a stalemate.

Ace loosened his grip as he smiled wryly and he seems to be thinking of something.

"Crack"

The space suppressing them suddenly became weak which the reason why it broke through the suppression and made an opening for escaping!

"Swoosh"

A three figure were moved at a lightning speed and scattered in three different directions. One of them was the patriarch and the other two was the remaining companion of patriarch who didn't sacrifice themselves. This was clearly the strategy of the patriarch. It's to create a diversion and a higher chance for all of them to escape or at least one of them were be able to.

"Surround him! Don't let him move out of this place! Don't let him catch our patriarch!" Someone from the dying group shouted and all of them surrounded Ace.

"Truly admirable. Even though we are enemies because you allied with that Old magician, I can't help but to admire all of you." Ace rarely praised others even on his old world.

'They are willing to sacrifice themselves for their patriarch and even for the better future of their families. They didn't hesitate to do so even if it will cost them their life.' Ace murmured as he was taking a pity to them.

Ace clearly weakened the power of space that pressured them so it is naturally broke apart after it lost its resisting power. He did this in order for them to feel accomplished with their tasked and not feel despair for sacrificing their lives all in vain.

The group firmly surrounded Ace as they are trying to buy time as much as they can.

"You have stalled more than enough time. Just use your remaining life to be with your companion." He disappeared suddenly. The truth is Ace had been keeping the patriarch on check so he will not have lost a track to him. He can travel through space so catching up was not a problem to him.

He had been very merciful with this group but he thinks that they deserve it.

When the dying group heard those words of Ace, they suddenly realized that they are about to die and they know that they can't buy any more time. In fact, from the very start, they already lost the capability to do so.

So they follow the advice of Ace and used the remaining time of their life with their companions which are like brothers to them.

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Ace's silhouette appeared again. The distance he traveled was about fifty kilometers in the blink of an eye!

This is half of what the Patriarch had traveled tirelessly as if he was running with his own life.

The protagonist didn't really seem to be anxious about the desperately escaping patriarch because he can catch up to him in a few breaths only!

He was clearly taking his time with this "hunt" and currently standing on a branch of tree when a group of people rushed and stopped in front of Ace.

They looked at him and threw a small bag to Ace, "Brat, just give a false direction to the person who will come after as if she ever asks you."

They didn't wait for Ace's reply when they decided to hide in a distant.

Only a few seconds had passed when a lady which is at the same age with Ace came to him and asked, "Did you see a group passing by here? Which direction did they take?"