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Title: Open Up! Water Meter Inspection!

Late at night…

In a luxurious mansion, almost all the lights were off.

Guards stood in front of the gate, and they were adventurers of considerably high levels.

In the courtyard, there were also many patrol officers walking around.

In terms of security, for the status of a minor noble, this could be said to be very tight, or rather, it was precisely because it was so tight that it felt strange.

And in a tree not far from this luxurious mansion, two figures concealed their presence and hid there, observing silently.

“That’s the mansion of a nobleman named Undyne. He’s known as a black-hearted noble who will do anything to get what he wants, he even bought one of his Divine Treasures from the black market illegally...”

The long white hair shimmered even in the darkness. Although she wasn’t wearing her usual priestess robes, but black thief attire, her silhouette was still recognizable.

It was the object of the Thanksgiving Festival’s gratitude offering to Eris—the Goddess Eris!

Not long ago, Eris visited Ethan’s room. Of course, it wasn’t a night raid or a late-night invitation for fun, but rather an invitation to go out together.

In short, she invited Ethan to become a thief!

Yes, a thief!

According to the blacklist of suspects issued by the royal family, there were several black-hearted nobles who secretly oppressed the common people to obtain great wealth, even acquiring lost Divine Treasures on the black market.

As a goddess, Eris certainly couldn’t just sit idly by and watch these nobles. But unfortunately, her profession was an Arch Priest. Besides having an absolute advantage over the undead and demons, in other aspects of combat, she couldn’t even defeat a Giant Toad!

Naturally, Ethan, as the strongest member of the adventurer party and also having learned many thief skills, became the first candidate to help her.

However, even so…

The corner of Ethan’s lips formed a faint smile. The possibility of alone time between him and Eris had most likely long been lost after Yunyun and Iris joined. This was just another date under the noble guise of saving the people through theft, wasn’t it?

‘In that case, I’ll get involved in this matter. And I also want to know what Divine Treasure this noble is secretly hiding...’

Ethan was currently using the thief skill, Sneak. Once used, this skill could conceal the user’s aura, figure, and traces, as well as those of anyone in contact with them.

Initially, if he wanted to directly investigate this black-hearted noble, the simplest and most crude way was to come as the ruler of Axel. However, this would also wake the snake from its nest, causing the other party to take various actions to avoid inspection, or directly hide their dirty tracks.

Plus, as mentioned before, although Ethan had learned many thief skills, he had never been a thief in the true sense. He wanted to take this opportunity to try something new, especially since this was an invitation like a private date from Eris…

Shifting his gaze to the luxurious mansion in front of him, its tight security was too abnormal. Let alone others, even Ethan himself, as the ruler of Axel whose status was among the highest of the nobles, his own home didn’t have such tight security.

Although one of the reasons was because his own strength was so great that he didn’t need other guards, the other party guarding so tightly must have hidden reasons they didn’t want others to know…

Now was a bright moonlit night, not suitable for doing sneaky things like thieves do.

Moreover, around this mansion of the noble named Undyne was a vast open space. Once they got close, most likely even before they had time to react, they would be immediately discovered by the tight security.

If ordinary thieves wanted to sneak into a house silently, there were usually two ways. The first was to choose when the moonlight was obscured. At that time, there was no light, which was a great obstacle for patrolling humans, and it was the best time for thieves to act.

Another way was to go around to the back of the house. They not only had to climb high walls but also face so many patrol guards, and look for an opportunity that might not appear all night, to sneak in quietly through a window, and had to move carefully and slowly so as not to make noise and be discovered.

The first method required the help of time, while the second method was very troublesome. Therefore, Ethan did not choose either of these methods. He chose the simplest and most direct way to steal.

Ethan walked forward openly!

*BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!*

The entire mansion instantly emitted a loud alarm sound, which startled Eris. Seeing the guards constantly arriving, she shouted panickedly at Ethan: “Hey! What are you doing!?”

They didn’t call out their real names because both planned to hide their identities, which was why Ethan and Eris were wearing black thief attire.

It was just that Ethan was performing the coolest act of theft in history!

“Who’s there!? How dare you trespass into Lord Undyne’s mansion without permission!?” A group of guards quickly gathered, each emitting a not-weak aura, likely including a group with considerably high levels in this beginner village of Axel.

In response to this, Ethan only showed a cold grin. After all, not a single one of this group of people showed up when he and the others conquered the Mobile Fortress Destroyer. They were the type of people who became guards for cowardly and weak nobles to make a living, so there was no need to hold back!

*BOOM!*

The ground shattered from a single heavy stomp of his foot that weighed thousands of pounds. The strong recoil force generated unparalleled speed. Even before the other party had time to react, Ethan was already in the middle of the guards.

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

“Aaa!”

“Ugh!”

“......”

Fists swung as fast and powerfully as a storm, producing many afterimages! In an instant, a large number of the surrounding adventurers were either directly thrown into the air, then fell to the ground and couldn’t get up again; or directly slammed into the ground, forming small human-shaped holes, and then couldn’t get up again.

“I...impossible!”

“How could there be such a strong thief!? Who exactly are you!?”

These were the last words spoken by the few remaining people in that place. After that, Ethan, who moved like a ghost, didn’t even give the other party time to react, directly finishing them off with a few kicks! Making them meet the same fate as the other guards.

Ethan stylishly turned around and gave a thumbs-up to Eris, who was still dumbfounded in the tree!

Then, he turned his head, directing a cold and merciless gaze at the tightly closed large gate. His sharp hearing could hear the commotion inside, likely a large number of other guards had appeared, hadn’t they?

However, what did he care?

Walking up to that luxurious, tall, and sturdy gate, Ethan raised his foot and kicked!

*BOOM!*

The door instantly collapsed!

“Open up! Water meter inspection! I’m a city official! If you don’t want to die, grab some noodles and hang yourselves!”