He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 655. Reclaim

Everyone was quiet. The members of the third, fourth, and fifth clans. The audience who were watching the livestream of what was initially meant to be an execution of the members of the second imperial clan from across the empire.

Shock. Silence. Fear.

Kailen Darkhaven. The former tenth arbiter. A once-in-an-era kind of monster. The Mad Tactician.

The person who had caused the Fourfold Silence. His feats, from when he was in the low-tier civilizations to when he entered the high-tier civilizations, were no secret. Each one of his accomplishments was something even exceptional geniuses would pale in comparison to.

He was Karag Anvilheart? How? Were they not supposed to be two different people?

But the reality was before them. Actually, it made more sense if he was Karag Anvilheart. Several sighed. Karag Anvilheart’s feats had been too abnormal to have belonged to someone else, apart from Kailen Darkhaven.

Wait... why were they thinking of all this now? All eyes stared at him. Then across the imperial court. Dead bodies. Shriveled corpses. Terrified, static eyes in death. Chilling. All surrounded him.

He stood calm. As if it was nothing. His eyes were casual. His gaze was the gaze of someone who had deemed everything within expectations. Many may not have noticed this gaze, but those old schemers in the third to fifth imperial clans noticed this gaze.

Uvruth, the leader of the fifth imperial clan, chuckled dryly. It hit him. He blurted out a question he already had the answer to. Who could blame him? The thought on his mind was too staggering to believe. If it was really the case, then was Kailen Darkhaven, the Mad Tactician, not too terrifying?

"Lord Darkhaven, did you orchestrate everything that happened here today?"

Boom...

This question sent ripples across the whole place. Many widened their eyes in terror, shock, and realization. That’s right. This is the Mad Tactician we are talking about. Someone who could end four empires by pulling strings from behind the scenes without lifting a finger.

No one wanted to know how he had done it. How could they expect to understand this fellow? All they wanted was a confirmation to their thoughts—thoughts they were struggling to even entertain.

Kailen didn’t see the need to reply. But for people to not cause trouble for Legoland, for him to have the throne so that Kailen could get his special slot into the academy, this was the perfect moment to establish some psychological dominance over them.

So, he nodded. "Naturally."

His words caused some to even piss on themselves in fear. They were not cowards; the realization of what Kailen Darkhaven had done was just too terrifying.

Someone whispered, "His aura... it’s at the rank 2 intermediate stage universe level? Isn’t this speed of cultivation unheard of?"

"That means he’s a rank 8 Black Flask alchemist?"

"Wait... how the members of the second imperial clan died... it looked like some sort of gaseous poisons killed them..." an alchemist said.

"But some of them were intermediate stage universe level lifeforms?"

"Wait... he’s a rank 8 Black Flask alchemist at the moment?"

"Indeed. This person is too terrifying."

"Does it not mean that we can all die right now if he wants to kill us? What if some transparent poison is already lurking a few breaths away from us?" one of the elders of the third clan spoke with fear.

"Wait... the mysterious senior who was behind the first clan getting the proof of the second clan’s treasonous meeting..." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Another added, "It was him!"

"So he turned the first clan against the second clan?" someone muttered in fear.

Kailen merely stood by Legoland. This was what he was expecting. Psychological dominance. Fear could either be a hindrance or a weapon... well, when necessary. And he intended to use it as the latter. Each realization shackled them.

"And used a mysterious method to manipulate the wife of Malverion into pushing everyone into a state of shock, where everyone would be too late to react to her detonating herself to kill her own family?"

"What sort of terrifying methods did he use to achieve this?"

"I’ve heard of how terrifying he has always been. But seeing it myself is another thing entirely."

"Black Flask Darkhaven is not someone one would want as an enemy."

At this moment, the eyes of Uvruth flashed. He appeared before Legoland and bowed. "Greetings to the young emperor."

Everyone realized they had forgotten about the first prince. Legoland RiverBlood. He had been banished since he was a child from the empire.

"Wait..." Those who didn’t recognize Legoland by now muttered. "Legoland, the name sounds familiar. Was he not supposed to be the acquaintance of the Mad Tactician? Wait... that same Legoland is the banished Legoland RiverBlood? The rumored banished prince who was supposed to have been dead?"

Many whispered among themselves. They were all shocked. But the truth was before them. Why would the head of the fifth imperial clan make a mistake? Also... his looks were an exact replica of the late Emperor Xeulus RiverBlood, his father.

No doubt. The prince had returned. But without his mother; she had most likely died several years ago. The prince had returned to claim what rightfully belonged to him. He had also avenged his parents by utilizing the assistance of someone known throughout the whole universe. A person who was a myth at the moment. Kailen Darkhaven, someone even those who wanted him dead feared and respected.

At the moment, everyone watching across the empire, including those in the imperial court, sighed.

So all this while, the prince had been hiding among them, playing the role of one Thuldor Prime, an acquaintance of Karag Anvilheart—who was actually Kailen Darkhaven.

The heads of the three imperial clans shook their heads. What a terrifying level of patience. The first prince is really dangerous, to have waited all this while to claim back what was his. And now, they could not dare oppose him.

Everyone in the imperial court bowed to Legoland. He stood calm, tall. His calm red eyes betrayed his emotions.

"Father, mother, I’ve avenged you. I’ve reclaimed what is ours. Oh, and I’ve made an irreplaceable friend. His name is Kailen Darkhaven," Legoland thought inwardly.

"We greet the young emperor."

Everyone bowed. The only person who didn’t need to—the one Legoland owed this to—was Kailen Darkhaven. No one was dissatisfied. The Mad Tactician was a myth.

Again, he had done something legendary. What he had done today exceeded the events of the Fourfold Silence, or any of his previous feats. He had enthroned a young emperor who had lost his place wrongfully. He had eliminated the head of the RiverBlood Empire’s imperial faction—a rank 1 supreme stage universe level powerhouse with the law of darkness—alongside his whole family and the second imperial clan through pure psychological and tactical acumen.

He had done all this while he was at the rank 2 intermediate stage universe level. Again, he didn’t need to lift a finger. Many came to a terrifying conclusion about the Mad Tactician. If the events of the Fourfold Silence didn’t teach them anything, this event would.

Anyone who targeted him was dead the moment they did so.