Ace smiled slyly as he said, "It's quite simple, actually. Why won't the Silver Ice Hunter Clan evacuate from the Blood Continent while Blood Ancestor is still not there? This way, you guys don't have to live in constant fear of the Blood Ancestor."
Herman retorted coldly, "You want us to leave our ancestral lands and become wanderers? Are you out of your damn mind? Not everyone is like you, who can roam the lands while completely forgetting about their roots!"
Ace didn't mind Herman's last remark as he continued, "You are right, I have no roots to return to, and I sure hope there won't be any in the future as well. It is far better than living in constant fear like slaves.
"But we are talking about you guys. For a moment, let's just assume you guys wouldn't leave your so-called ancestral lands. Then, tell me, are your roots more important than your lives?
"Or your loyalty towards the Blood Ancestor is more important; who is threatening and tormenting your clan for years and even holding your lives hostage to intimidate Alina?"
Ace's sharp questioning made Herman speechless and pale as he couldn't find words to retort Ace. It was just as Ace said if they could just leave the Blood Continent, they could escape their misery, but they were too afraid of Blood Ancestor's pursuit and also their attachment to their birthplace.
Alina and Lillian were also thinking in Ace's favor. His suggestion was really doable, and they knew since the Blood Ancestor was absent, they could pull this off and can be really free from reign once and for all.
Herman finally spoke after suppressing his raging emotions, "Even if we leave, you have no idea just how powerful the Blood Ancestor is and just how deep her connection runs. As long as we remained on the ten continents, she will hunt us down eventually. It's impossible to hide from an existence like Blood Ancestor!"
"Heh, you won't know until you give it a try. Besides, you still didn't hear about my complete suggestion." Ace snickered, drawing everyone's attention, and stated, "As you just said, as long as you guys are in the 'ten continents,' you can't escape her chase. But what if you are not on the ten continents at all? The endless sea is called endless for a reason, and she won't be able to search for you guys at all there!"
"That's even more impossible! If you want us to rote on some Qi-less islands, then we rather are hunted by the Blood Ancestor!" Herman rejected it without even hesitation.
"Sigh, just hear me out. If you agree to my suggestion, then I will provide you guys with a high-grade-7 Qi drawing formation design that can draw Qi from 100 miles radius and focus it on a single place; the area can be adjusted. You can even add Qi stones or Soul crystals to make the Qi density even richer.
"Second, I will provide your clan with an Eighth Realm Cultivation Technique, 3 low-grade-8 treasures, 2 Sky Breaker Grade Skills, 1 Sky Breaker Grade Art, 1 Sky Break Grade Secret Skill, 10 Sky Grade Skills, Arts, and Secret Skills.
"Third, Alchemy, Crafting, and Runic Inheritances up to Low-7 Grade…."
Ace continued to add treasure after treasure, making everyone's eyes widen with shock and disbelief. Even Winter was astonished by just where Ace got all those treasures. Then she remembered this guy had come out of a secret realm, and this wealth might be just a fragment of what he was showing!
Nevertheless, everything that Ace added could cause bloody wars between ten continents, yet he was giving them to the Ice Hunter Clan so that they could let Alina leave in peace and with their blessing.
The three hunters were dumbstruck by all those items, and Alina looked at Ace in a daze, and she remembered those hills of storage rings in Ace's living space. She finally understood why Ace was so arrogant and why he didn't want to leave the path of a thief.
Although it sounds like a path for degenerate, it was also a path towards riches!
"…and finally, in the future, I will robe the entire Blood Continent and deal with the Blood Ancestor. Once I've done it, you guys can come back and become the continent master. It's my promise to you and Alina.
"Now, tell me, how do you like my suggestion?" Ace grinned deviously as he looked at Herman, who seemed to have lost his soul.
He had added so many treasures that not even the five elemental clans of the blood continent could compare to him or, as a matter of fact, even the ten continents!
Just the eighth realm cultivation technique was enough to make the Silver Ice Hunter Clan hard to reject. But made it impossible to reject him. Now even if someone was reluctant to leave, he was pretty sure most of the people won't even take a heartbeat before agreeing.
'Everything has a price…' Ace thought with hidden scorn in his eyes as he looked at Herman.
The old hunter was just blabbering about all those beliefs and difficulties, yet now, he was too overwhelmed to speak. Ace knew how people's hearts worked when it came to greed.
Even an upright person has needs, and if someone can grasp those needs, manipulating them to one own advantage is quite easy.
Ace had already investigated the Silver Ice Clan's situation before coming here. He knew they were at the bottom, and their conditions were not great at all. The Blood Ancestor was clearly suppressing their growth so that she could keep them in check.
So, he knew all he needed to do was to show them a new path that led towards nothing but happiness, and for a clan who had suffered so much misery, just a ray of warmth was enough for them to move them.
Now, even if Herman was a short-sighted old man, Ace believed that the others weren't, and they would no longer dare to obstruct Alina's way or make her anxious.
If this small price can make her feel happy and relieved, he will pay it as many times as it would take, and this way, she can be free like him!