He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact

" You seem oddly calm, husband. " Samantha Darkhaven stared at her husband in surprise.

This kid, Kailen Darkhaven, was becoming more of a threat every day with every stunt he pulled in the academy.

The various reports she, alongside her husband, had received recently about him were really perplexing. The young fucker had managed to give them headache after headache.

Not only was he untouchable at the moment, he had even secured the backing of the Atrexia clan, the financial bulldozers of the empire, to a point where the Atrexians had even completely cut ties with the Darkhavens, an action that would affect the finances of the clan for a while.

The Atrexia conglomerate had openly declared that they were on Kailen's side.

Apart from that, in the academy, he had the backing of Ross Kadmen, one of the most reputed and mysterious men of the empire—someone even the royal family had to pay respects to for some untold reason.

This kid was becoming too powerful, and if something was not done, he would become untouchable. And that would not be good for them.

This was why she could not wrap her head around why her husband was oddly calm about all this.

Cyrus, bearing a calm demeanor, revealed an insidious glint in his eyes before he said, " Oh, don't worry. There's a surprise ahead. They have no idea who they've offended. "

He added inwardly with amusement, " If they knew who they have actually offended by picking his side instead of mine, I would wonder the kind of terrified expressions they'd have on their faces. "

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Bryce currently stared at the holographic screen, completely shocked.

He leaned back in the chair, ignoring the sounds of rock music in the club and people dancing in weird angles to the sound of the electric pop music, then mused.

" He can't be the one that killed Vesper, right? "

It was an extremely terrifying and absurd thought to have.

If that were the case, then Kailen Darkhaven was more dangerous than he thought he was, and his plans would have to change.

" Now that Vesper is dead in one of the treacherous regions of the academy, it all makes sense.

The fact that my society members were able to act without my permission indicated that one of the councillors were at work here.

I had a feeling that one of the councillors instigated the whole incident of the Sword Tribunal Society members being killed, swooped in to save them to gain Kailen's trust. But for what reason, I didn't know. Turned out it was someone I thought was helping me.

He actually wanted to gain Kailen's trust and ambush him on an academy mission, kill him and absorb his life force.

Turns out Kailen is more powerful than he, or we, or anyone anticipated, so he ended up dead instead.

What do I do? He's growing too powerful. "

Bryce creased his brows in frustration.

However, a sudden realization dawned on him.

" There's no way he could have killed Vesper on his own. He had the help of someone.

This means I have to be very careful and bring reinforcements along when I'm ready to get rid of him. "

Just when he was in his thoughts, someone interrupted him.

" Change of plans. "

It was his Vimodial. " End him during the upcoming society wars. "

" I thought you said you wanted— "

" I know, " the Vimodial interrupted his thoughts again. " That was a miscalculation on my part, " the Vimodial added in a displeased voice. " He's growing too strong, not just in personal prowess but in connections. You know he has the backing of the Atrexia Conglomerate recently, right? "

Bryce nodded. " So that means it was probably Zarek that helped him kill Vesper Locke. "

" Could be, " the Vimodial added. " Or he did it all by himself. "

Bryce's eyes widened in surprise at the later words of the Vimodial.

" That boy is unpredictable, " the Vimodial added, a reasoning Bryce agreed with.

" You never know what he's gonna do next, " the Vimodial furthered.

" Point I was trying to make actually by mentioning his connection to the Atrexia Conglomerate is, if we don't strike now, by the time we realize, he'd be untouchable.

He even has the backing of Ross Kadmen, that mysterious fellow, the Long Hai training hall and the alchemy association of the empire, not forgetting he's now a certified runesmith with monstrous rune skill proficiency. This means the rune Smith society values him highly now.

What's the possibility that those fellows won't have mysterious means of backing him up when he's in the daunting regions of the academy? "

Bryce agreed. What the Vimodial was saying made perfect sense.

This meant that the society wars was the perfect place to get rid of Kailen Darkhaven.

But there was one problem.

The society wars would be watched by the whole academy and even the empire.

How was he supposed to absorb Kailen's life force without exposing his Vimodial ability?

Plus, could he achieve that alone?

" You'll obviously have to find allies with similar interests, " the Vimodial replied.

" You mean… "

" Yes, that's exactly what I mean. Band with other society leaders. As for exposing yourself as a Vimodial contractor, is someone on the board of academy directors not a Vimodial contractor?

That person is more interested in the demise of Kailen Darkhaven more than you think.

Let your petition be known to the higher ups of the Vimodial society on campus. They will forward it to him, and that will be taken care of. "

Bryce nodded. He was equally curious about this mysterious and veiled person on the academy board of directors who was a Vimodial contractor.

But he couldn't be more relieved and expectant.

If everything went according to plan, he would be able to get rid of not just an enemy, but an obstacle standing in his path.

*****

The Sect leader of the Arcane Empowerment Sect had been in a really bad mood these days.

He kept receiving bad news after bad news.

Instead of the death of Kailen Darkhaven, the members of the Arcane Society on the academy campus were being pummeled and disgraced by Kailen Darkhaven.

" What is the fucking society president doing?! "

As usual, the whole room was completely silent. None of the sect higher ups dared to speak up.

They could understand the sect leader's frustration.

First they lost Jin, then Cimeris and Sanguine in an extremely humiliating and gruesome manner to Kailen Darkhaven's ruthlessness.

All of them knew that Kailen Darkhaven had not just killed them, but done it in such a ruthless and humiliating manner to slap them in the face.

What followed next were pictures of Arcane Society members murdered in the academy flooding social media handles and even virtual universe forums from some anonymous accounts.

What kind of leader would the sect leader be if he didn't react this way?

Keep his cool?

Be level headed?

That was bullshit!

How could he be level headed in this kind of situation?

They were actually more offended about the whole thing than he probably was.

" Answer me! " The man roared furiously at his subordinates, releasing waves of palpable crimson curse energy that caused some of them to cough mouthfuls of blood.

Realising that the man was in no mood to joke around, one of them steeled himself and answered.

" The President of the Arcane Society on the academy campus just reported something crucial—a collaboration between societies during the upcoming society wars to get rid of him. However, she wants to know if she can proceed with the plan first? "

The sect leader, finally managed to calm down on hearing this, revealed a pleased expression.

" Tell her to proceed. If she manages to succeed, she will become my direct disciple. "

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