He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 440. Mission complete

"Let’s let the shadow hounds scout the five supply routes to see the strength level of the Vimodial contractors there from up close, and gather some intel."

After this, Kailen sent the three shadow hounds to scout the five supply routes and summoned the rest of the shadow creatures back to the shadow expanse.

Since the shadow hounds could literally be invisible without anyone’s notice, they were perfect for this.

Kailen didn’t want to risk exposure without knowing the strength level of the enemy first.

Also, if the Vimodial contractors noticed an overt enemy attack, there was a possibility that they would flee, send signals for reinforcements, or have the ability to counterattack.

He wanted to work within the confines of the mission and finish it covertly and swiftly as soon as possible.

"Supply route 1. Thirty spaceships. Strength level of guards, rank 7 beginner stage galactic level. Captured soldiers meant to be food for the Vimodial contractors, a thousand. Weapons...."

"Supply route 2. Twenty spaceships. Strength level of guards, rank 6 beginner stage galactic level... captured..."

"Supply route 3..."

"Supply route 4... strength level of..."

"Supply route 5... oh no..."

Kailen halted midway as he was taking in the information and details of the fifth supply route.

There were thirty guards, all at the rank 2 intermediate stage galactic level.

He was currently not a match for them.

"What do I do?"

The time dilation artifact observed him calmly, hovering around him in the room of the outpost.

Kailen, in the room with her, asked, "Any suggestions?"

"Tsk! Cheapskate. You on your own on this one."

Kailen sighed.

Of course. Why would she spoon-feed him?

His mind churned for solutions as he observed the fifth supply route through the eyes of hound three.

"Are there any of the captured soldiers at the rank 2 intermediate stage galactic level... if... nah... that won’t work. I cannot manage to use an alchemical product to help them recover and attack the soldiers on the fifth supply route, since I am a rank 1 Black Flask. Also, from what I’m seeing, none of them is in any state to fight.

"Also, the fact that the fifth supply route has thirty guards at the rank 2 intermediate stage galactic level means that there’s something they are guarding.

"Let’s see... huh... rank 1 poisons... these Vimodial contractors definitely have a rank 1 Black Flask alchemist among them."

As Kailen was in thought, a glint of realization flashed through his eyes, striking him like a bolt of lightning.

"I should leverage on the invisibility of my shadow hounds.

"If I cannot disrupt the fifth supply route and eliminate enemies, I should instruct the shadow hounds to make neutralizers and slip them silently into the poison vials as soon as possible.

"As for the captured soldiers of the fifth supply route, I can’t do anything for them. I’ll just have to destroy the four supply routes and report the rest to the base.

"I can only operate within my means.

"As a matter of fact, I was only meant to destroy one route, and now I’m getting rid of four. I’m actually making an extremely profound contribution here."

Silently, the shadow hounds slipped some lethal poisons via shadow needles and swiftly planted the shadow needles into the necks of the Vimodial contractors of the first, second, third, and fourth supply routes.

The poisons didn’t have any torturing agents.

Just swift, lethal, and quick assassinations.

Kailen was not aiming to torture.

He was aiming to complete a mission.

Swiftly. Efficiently. Covertly.

He was pressed for time.

The Vimodial contractors in the four supply routes died in mere moments.

However, it was as if nothing had happened.

No one would notice anything if they looked at the ships of the four supply routes from a distance.

Vimodial contractors who had been standing remained standing even in death. Their bodies were frozen , eyes dull and devoid of life.

Those who had been seated remained seated, still.

There was no collapse.

No sound.

No visible struggle.

Just stillness.

As if life had been quietly erased while leaving the scene intact.

Kailen had utilized the poison this way because he didn’t want to leave behind an immediate alarm that he had killed them, so as to avoid alerting the Vimodial contractors of the fifth supply route as soon as possible.

By the time they were dead, the poisons in the fifth supply route had also been neutralized.

The three shadow hounds had been very efficient and swift.

Kailen sent the other shadow creatures to retrieve the prisoners from the four supply routes, now that there was no Vimodial contractor alive in the spaceships or at the supply routes to notice the arrival of the shadow creatures.

It was nothing personal, nothing heroic , he was just following orders- save some captured prisoners, if possible.

Because of the space storms, several warriors died during the covert transport.

But those who survived were brought back safely to the outpost.

After the work was done, Kailen commanded hound one, two, and three to actively destroy the spaceships of the four supply routes, after which they would return to the shadow expanse.

He was currently sipping a cup of coffee in his room as he watched the fireworks—the fruition of his plan—through the eyes of the shadow hounds.

"Checkmate."

Boommmm... boommmm... boommmm... boommmm...

"What the hell is going on!"

"Intruders! Intruders!"

"Fuck... how come we didn’t notice this!"

"Quick! Sound the alarms!"

The fifth supply route erupted into chaos when they heard the explosions of the other four supply routes.

However, it was too late.

By the time they arrived and tried to check for any intruders, there was nothing.

The spaceships.

The supply routes.

The supplies.

Their personnel.

The prisoners meant for food.

All intercepted.

All completely destroyed.

With no intruders on site.

"This is simply inconceivable. What sort of monster did the fuckers from the Astral Empire unleash this time? How is this possible?"

One of the rank 2 intermediate stage galactic level lifeforms—the chief in charge of the supply route operations—rubbed his hands through his hair in a frustrated and terrified manner.

"How am I gonna explain this inconceivable occurrence to the higher ups? Check the cameras. Check everything!"

One of his associates returned, floating before him, puzzled and terrified.

"Sir... there’s no one caught on camera. No intruders were noted. Absolutely nothing. Please, have a look."

The man reigned in his puzzlement and decided to look at the camera feed.

What he saw left him frozen.

All of a sudden, the feed showed the personnel from the first to the fourth supply routes—still, lifeless, with frozen expressions .

A chill crawled up his spine.

The cameras were extremely high quality, engraved with runes capable of detecting even veiled assassination arts from rank 7 intermediate stage galactic level lifeforms.

So how was this possible?

What sort of monstrous assassin had the empire’s military gotten their hands on?

Then he saw it.

"What are these obsidian-looking creatures? They are rescuing the captured prisoners? Where did these creatures come from? ...wait... no... no..."

His associate,who was staring at the screens with an equally stunned expression since he had not played the camera recording earlier to this point , spoke in resigned realization.

"Yes sir... these creatures, they look familiar. That bastard who openly humiliated and destroyed the Vimodial society in the Astral Empire academy... they are definitely his shadow creatures."

"Kailen Darkhaven? The bastard who was recently announced by the higher ups to be killed on sight with ridiculous rewards and promotions for whoever managed to get rid of him?

"He’s behind this impossible assassination?

"I need to report this to my superior as soon as possible.

"Fuck... how am I gonna explain this?"

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Meanwhile, at the military outpost of x69...