Joey is a thief in Icestorm City in the Northern Kingdom, or more accurately, the best thief in Icestorm City and the entire Northern Kingdom.

The reason why he said this is not because of how good his stealing skills are, in fact, his stealing ability can only be regarded as one of the middle in the Northern Kingdom Thieves Alliance, no different from other ordinary thieves, and the reason why he can be recognized as the best thief in the Northern Kingdom is because he can enter the royal city ruled by the gods and bring back the royal city items alive.

This incident caused quite a stir in the League of Thieves, and he also changed from an ordinary thief stationed on the street all year round to a high-level member of the League of Thieves, and the only thing he had to do was to enter the royal city every month to get an item with the obvious characteristics of the royal city.

Joey, who enjoys power and wealth, is naturally unwilling to give up all that he has obtained, even if he knows how dangerous the royal city is, and he may not be able to come back the next time he enters, but he is still willing to take this risk, and at the same time, his subconscious also feels that his home should be in the royal city, not in this war-torn world.

As for the situation of the royal city, the northern kingdom from the king and ministers to the common people are not very clear, but from the ancient books, we know that there was once a city ruled by the gods, there is a powerful kingdom there, this kingdom is a country of many countries, and a team of knights can sweep the whole world by sending a team of knights.

I don't know when it began, the gods gave up the royal city, and the royal city that lost the light of the gods also entered the decay, after a civil war, the royal city completely disappeared from the world, I don't know where it went, some people say that the royal city was taken away by the gods, and some people say that the royal city has been destroyed in the civil war, in short, the boundary where the royal city was located before has become a huge bottomless hole.

For all the countries on the continent, the disappearance of the royal city is not a bad thing, but a very good thing, because in this way, the sword that weighs on the heads of all the countries is removed, and all the countries do not need to worry about the opinions of the royal city. They can do whatever they want.

And the first thing that all countries did turned out to be much the same, that is, to provoke neighboring countries, provoke wars, expand territories, and for a time the war swept the entire continent in an instant, and no country was spared.

A large number of wars were naturally accompanied by a large number of deaths, and these extremely staggering casualties had long been expected by the high kings and ministers, so death did not slow down the pace of war.

However, what death could not do, the living dead did.

It is unknown where the earliest living dead appeared, and it is estimated that it should be on the battlefield, because so many people will die on the battlefield, and only then will there be conditions to give birth to the dead.

Although the time and place of the earliest appearance of the living dead is unknown, the influence of the living dead is very large, and during the earliest period of their appearance, all wars on land have stopped as if the war pause button has been pressed.

Burning the living dead was the only way for the living dead to be treated, even if each of those living dead retained the wisdom of their previous life, was able to speak like a normal person, and needed food and water.

However, it soon became clear to the top of the world that burning the living dead would not solve the problem at all, because the burned living dead would soon be resurrected somewhere near where they were killed, as if they had not been harmed.

Most people were troubled by this, but there were also a few countries whose populations had been reduced by war, but they saw another way to save themselves from the kingdom, so they secretly collected and captured the living dead in the countries of the continent, and then organized these living dead into armies and trained them into armies for use in the most dangerous and difficult battles.

Because of the immortal nature of the living dead, and the nerves in the body have failed, they will not feel pain, so the battles of these living dead are extremely ferocious, almost all of them are fighting in a crazy way of exchanging lives for lives, and the amazing results of destroying the main force of the enemy army and capturing the enemy king's capital also indicate the war history of the living dead army on the mainland.

Almost at the same time, the living dead, who were shouted and beaten a moment ago, became the sweets in the eyes of the high-level people of various countries, and they were called from all over the country and formed an army, replacing ordinary soldiers, and becoming the main force in the continental war for a long time afterward.

However, after several years of war, almost all the armies of the living dead were exterminated at least once, and the living dead who died the most often even died dozens of times, and suddenly one day the living dead who had died the most in an army died in the war again, and suddenly lost their minds after being reattached, and frantically attacked all visible living creatures.

The power of this mad living dead has also become incomparably huge, so huge that even a whole garrison of fifty people cannot resist it, and more importantly, this mad living dead will be resurrected after being killed by someone for a long time, and continue to kill all visible life, the only way to think of is to tie up this living dead.

Just as the development of the first living dead on the continent at the beginning, after the appearance of the first crazy living dead, some crazy living dead appeared in the armies of the living dead in various countries on the continent, and it was only then that the upper echelons of each country realized that the living dead were not the medicine given to them by the gods to continue the war, but a cup of poison that was enough to perish all nations and all lives.

For this reason, all the countries had to stop the ongoing war and sit together to discuss how to solve this almost unsolvable problem, and the war on the continent that had never stopped was once again quelled, this time by the living dead.

After a series of discussions, the think tanks of various countries soon came up with a temporary solution, which was to build a huge prison next to the bottomless abyss where the original royal city was located, and hold all the living dead there, and once a living dead went crazy, they would throw that living dead into the bottomless abyss, so that there would be nothing left.

This solution was quickly adopted and implemented at the top of the countries, and the army of the living dead, which was previously regarded as the treasure of the country, was once again in a state of shouting and beating, and all the living dead were imprisoned in a huge prison called the House of the Dead. Of course, not all the living dead are willing to be imprisoned, some people choose to hide and escape, and some people choose to resist directly, but in the end these methods have no effect, the escaped living dead are hunted down by hunting teams that specialize in capturing the living dead, and the living dead who resist are directly cut off their hands and feet, made into adult chrysalis, and sent to the immortal hospital, life is better than death.

Joey is also a living dead, of course, this kind of person is now called Ember, and after he was found to be undead, he was captured and imprisoned in the undead hospital.

Unlike the cruel rules of the early Immortal Houses, the Immortal Houses are now divided into several areas, and as long as the imprisoned living dead do not escape from prison and cause trouble, they will be placed in ordinary living quarters.

The living quarters of the Immortal House are not much different from the outside, and the things that can be bought outside can also be bought here, and as for the money required for the purchase, it is necessary to complete some not-so-heavy tasks assigned by the caretaker, such as weaving hemp rope, etc., as long as the tasks are completed on time, you can get some monetary compensation, and then use the money to buy the items you need, and this also makes this place like a small closed city.

As for the unruly living dead, their hands and feet will be cut off, their heads will be put on torture, their bodies will be tied up, and they will be made into adult chrysalis, and sent to the most terrible human pupal prison in the undead house for storage, and when the imprisoned people are completely insane, they will be thrown into the bottomless pit, and it makes no difference whether the undead themselves are crazy or driven crazy by them, in the eyes of the prison administrators.

Joey was already in despair when he knew he was the living dead, and he had no idea of escaping, only thinking about taking it in prison until he was thrown into a pit because he went mad.

However, one day, while completing a task of cleaning a cell arranged by the head of the living quarters, Joey accidentally found a very beautiful ring while cleaning the room of a living dead scholar who had been thrown into a deep pit because he had gone mad. At the time, he didn't really care about the ring, he just thought it was a windfall and took it with him.

Soon after, he was involved in a brawl and was able to take out three or four opponents in a row with the help of some techniques he had learned on the streets, and he found that with each opponent he solved, a cool air would arise from the ring on his hand.

At this time, he sensed that this ring was unusual, so he was full of curiosity and wanted to see what this ring was, so he would participate in almost every fight in prison, and each time he would solve several opponents, and for a time he also had a lot of fame in the Immortal House.

After killing more than twenty living dead, the shape of the ring changed, from a beautiful ring to a silver ring with a strange shape, the reason for the strange shape is because this ring is an Ouroboros, and this snake is different from other snakes, it is a strange snake with blood-red eyes, long ears, and large teeth.

At the same time as the shape of the ring changed, he also obtained a piece of information from the ring, that is, how to use the ring, but this information did not contain content such as the effect of the ring after use.

And when he hesitated and mustered up the courage to try to use the ring according to the method, he was surprised to find that the place he was in was no longer in the Immortal Courtyard, but on the streets of a majestic city.

The majesty of this city, the beauty of its architecture, cannot be described in words, and it is no exaggeration to say that even the kings of the northern kingdom put it together like a makeshift shack that had just been built by a dozen homeless people.

This was only the outermost part of the huge city, he looked up and saw that there were many layers in the city, each floor was more beautiful than the previous one, and the city at the top had been sunk into the clouds, although he could not see clearly, he could imagine that the city was probably incomparably beautiful.

At this time, Joey also quickly realized that this was the royal city that the legendary gods had built, ruled, and finally discarded, and he also found that his body had become like the living dead who were about to go crazy, all of them were as thin as wood, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.

Afterwards, Joey soon discovered the benefits of his physical changes, because this beautiful city was full of all kinds of living dead, and all of them were crazy living dead, but his body was now no different from other living dead, so he walked in this city without being attacked or in danger.

Joey didn't stay in the royal city for long, and after he found some beautiful items with the obvious royal city imprint, he left the royal city with the ring, and took those found with him as well.

It's just that after leaving the royal city, he did not return to the prison of the Immortal Hospital, but appeared on the outskirts of a secluded town in the Northern Kingdom, which made him immediately panic, because according to the current situation, he would definitely be defined as a prison escape, and the only result of the living dead who escaped from prison was to be made into a human chrysalis and sent to that terrible place.

Joey didn't panic when he discovered the problem, and he quickly thought of a solution, which was to return to the League of Thieves and use the items he had in exchange for the protection of the League of Thieves.

Things are also going as Joey thought, the mercenary alliance of thieves naturally can't resist the huge wealth brought by the items in the royal city, even if they know that their actions may bring great trouble to the alliance of thieves, but they don't care, they have devoted themselves to the endless wealth created by Joey.

For this reason, the hunters they paid to capture the living dead made another living dead into a human chrysalis and sent to prison to replace Joey's identity, name, and location.

In addition, Joey has also become a high-level leader of the League of Thieves because of Wangcheng's relationship, even if his high-level power is not very large, and he is restricted in his range of activities, and he still needs to carry out the task of going to Wangcheng every month to get items with Wangcheng's seal, but he feels that his life is much better now than in prison, and naturally hopes that this life can go on forever.

It's just that as the number of people he enters the royal city increases, his mentality gradually changes. He felt very comfortable in the royal city, far more comfortable than he was in Ice Ling City, even if he didn't enjoy the pleasure of power and money here, but it could relax his nerves a little bit.

In this regard, he has already made a decision in his heart, and after the end of this mission, he will try to get some items necessary for life to the royal city, and intends to live in the royal city for a long time, while Ice Ling City is used by him as a material replenishment location, and no longer intends to continue living there under the supervision of the League of Thieves.

Many searches in the past have made it clear to Joey which rooms in the surrounding buildings have valuable and useful items, and which buildings are just empty shells, just like the villa he is going to now is located next to the forest, which is a house that should have a lot of valuable items.