purgatory artist

Chapter 240 The Great Thief

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Liu Ping rode a horse, crossed mountains, rivers and wasteland, and traveled all the way on the spacious road.

"stop--"

At the intersection ahead, two soldiers in simple leather armor waved.

Liu Ping let the horses go forward and only nodded slightly to the soldiers as a greeting.

In the void beside him, a card book suddenly appeared.

The soldier's expression changed, and he said respectfully, "It turns out that he is a distinguished lord."

They get out of the way.

Liu Ping asked, "How far is Fulun City?"

"Go along the main road, don't go into the side road, it will be about fifty miles away." The soldier said.

"By the way, what are you doing here?" Liu Ping asked again.

"The Baron of Mill Village is missing. The Viscount suspects that he was murdered, and he is looking for all professionals with swords throughout the territory-of course, card masters are not included." The soldier said.

"No matter how stupid he is, he won't come to trouble our card master." Liu Ping said flatly.

The soldier lowered his head, not daring to answer.

It is said that the murderer is not a card master, but a professional who uses a knife.

But it's not easy to reveal this to an unfamiliar card master.

Liu Ping's legs pinched the horse's belly lightly, and the horse immediately sped up and ran towards the road ahead.

When passing by a lake, he paused slightly.

"This lake is as clear as a mirror, reflecting the floating clouds in the sky, it's so beautiful." Lilith praised.

"Yes, everything here belongs to Viscount Ayton, whether it's the people or the scenery, but I guess his days are coming to an end." Liu Ping said.

"He's such a big villain, are we going to deal with him this time?" Lilith asked.

"Of course, otherwise I would have no chance to be a stable baron, and it's even more impossible to get promoted, so we have to solve this obstacle."

As Liu Ping said, he took out a card book.

There is a faint fire light floating on this card book, which looks quite extraordinary.

A line of small burning characters appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:
"Thanks to the power of your knight's crown, your identity is no longer restricted. This is the blessing of the heroic spirit of the Eternal Night Pillar."

"You can have different card books at the same time."

On top of his head, that halo appeared again.

This time, the halo is no longer empty.

Two small luminous runes quietly floated on both ends of the halo.

One rune exudes ominous and death, while the other is full of fiery breath.

They represent two card books.

The first card book is The Omnipotent.

The second book is the card book that Liu Ping got from killing the card master——

Book of Flames.

"Liu Ping, why can you use two card books? I've never heard of such a thing." Lilith asked curiously.

"Maybe it has something to do with my choice on the 10th level node." Liu Ping said.

Yana's voice sounded: "The average person can only use one card book for a lifetime, and very few people can take care of different powers in the mysterious side. What did you talk to the heroic spirit on the Eternal Night Pillar?"

"When I was level 10, I went to the Pillar of Eternal Night. At that time, I had to choose my own direction. At that time, I felt that I couldn't restrain myself." Liu Ping said.

"There are too many people who feel that they can't restrain themselves, and the Eternal Night Divine Pillar has never looked at them differently." Yana said.

"Liu Ping is different from them," Zhao Chanyi's voice sounded: "When he was in our world, he knew almost nothing."

"So that's the case, I'm afraid the Eternal Night Divine Pillar has also recognized a certain characteristic of you."

"Liu Ping," Yana laughed, and said softly, "When I saw you for the first time, I thought you had nothing but beauty. I never expected..."

"He was not so good-looking back then." Zhao Chanyi said.

"Ah, is it?" Yana said.

"I once specifically looked for his childhood photos, do you want to see them?" Zhao Chanyi said.

"Come here, let's take a look together." Yana said.

"Okay." Zhao Chanyi said.

The voices of the two gradually became smaller.

Liu Ping was speechless.

He simply ignored the two women and turned his attention to the Book of Flame.

A line of small burning characters quickly appeared:

"The Book of Fire."

"With this card book, you will automatically get the card master profession: Arsonist."

"Card specialization conditions: release flames."

"Description: Whenever you release flames, you can turn a card in the book into an exclusive card for the arsonist."

At this time, he had already passed the lake, and a city appeared in front of him.

Fren City.

This is a majestic city belonging to Viscount Ayton.

Staring at the city, Liu Ping gently pulled out a card and threw it out——

Bang!
A tattered banner appeared.

Immediately afterwards, a thief turned around from behind the banner, looked at him and said:

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Are you a thief from Fulun City?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Take me to our place."

"Is this the mission?"

"By the way, tell me about the customs and customs of Fulun City."

As Liu Ping said, he stretched out his hand and threw out a silver coin.

The thief took the silver coin and said happily, "My lord, please come with me, and I will tell you slowly."

……

Fren City.

In a castle.

Liu Ping ordered a glass of wine and put his thief ID card on the table.

Soon.

An old man came to the seat opposite him and said, "Young thief leader—you are too immature. Someone has picked up the ID card of a thief killed in battle before. Are you the same?"

No, I killed them.

Liu Ping smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I am here this time to complete my status promotion."

"Okay, let's do a couple."

The old man took out a list and read: "First, steal property worth fifty gold coins."

Liu Ping threw out a small bag.

The old man picked up the small bag, weighed it, and said, "Are they all gems?"

"I won't fool around." Liu Ping said meaningfully.

——In the case of stealing property worth fifty gold coins, the focus is not on stealing, but on being able to take out property worth fifty gold coins as a tribute to the organization.

"good."

The old man smiled and put away the gemstone bag, and continued to read: "The second item, defeated three professionals of the same level; the third item, met at least one distinguished card master; the fourth item..."

While reading, he looked at Liu Ping, and finally put down the list and said: "You look only fourteen or fifteen years old—if such an immature big thief appears in our Assassin's Guild, it will cause ridicule and criticism, and..."

"And what?" Liu Ping asked.

"How many days have you practiced fighting? Have you ever defeated someone of the same profession?" the old man asked suspiciously.

"Victorious." Liu Ping nodded.

"What kind of weapons are you good at? I don't think you have even grown up, so how do you fight people?" the old man said.

"I'm good at daggers and bows, and some hidden weapons, like this—"

Liu Ping threw out a gold coin.

The gold coin flew over the long table, landed on the old man's cup, rolled around on the rim of the cup, and landed in the scalding hot drink.

"Please believe me, I have mastered all kinds of thieves' skills." Liu Ping said seriously.

The old man stared at the cup of hot drink, and said slowly: "I think——you may still need some tempering, after all, you are only fourteen or fifteen years old, and you are too young—by the way, how old are you?"

"14 years old." Liu Ping said.

"I'm only 14—"

Just as the old man was about to continue, his voice suddenly stopped.

Under the table, Liu Ping put a bag of heavier gems on the ground, and gently pushed it to his feet.

"... It's been a long time since we've seen a genius assassin in his teens." The old man said thoughtfully.

"You're right - I can't just say that I have completed these tasks without proof, I need someone to prove it for me." Liu Ping said.

The old man looked at him with admiration, and said in admiration: "I always think that you have done a very good job, only the second item has something wrong with you."

He picked up the bag of gems and put it in his pocket.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ping asked.

"I remember one time, you defeated two professionals of the same level at the same time, so you defeated four opponents in total!" said the old man.

"No way, you may remember that they insisted on going together." Liu Ping sighed.

"Pretty mean."

The old man sighed and asked further: "So, do you want to be an assassin or a great thief?"

"What's the difference?" Liu Ping asked.

"Assassins kill people, thieves steal treasures—but there is no rule that assassins cannot steal treasures, and thieves can also kill people, it just depends on which name you like." The old man said.

"I don't like killing people, so I just want to be a big thief." Liu Ping said.

The old man said "wait a moment", then stood up and left.

Not long after, he placed a brand new card in front of Liu Ping.

The card showed two interlaced daggers surrounded by a dark mist.

"You are welcome to join us."

The old man said solemnly.

Liu Ping also corrected his expression and picked up the card.

Lines of burning small characters appeared in front of his eyes:
"This card represents the identity of the current world: the great thief."

"With this identity, you can command two thieves chiefs and fifteen low-level thieves to complete your mission."

"—Your connection with the Thieves Guild has grown stronger."

"Then, now you are a great thief. Frankly speaking, you can order those low-ranking thieves to do many things now, and you don't have to do it yourself." The old man said.

"I want to take a look at the bounty tasks of this level and look up some information." Liu Ping said.

"Go to the hall, everything you want is there." The old man smiled.

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

(End of this chapter)