He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 499. Offensive

In a conference room, several captains, majors, and unit heads were seated around a long table.

Among the many unit heads included familiar faces—Zarek, Arnold, Lawrence, Everlong, Lian Yu, Anaya, Pan, Miranda, Esimo—each one was a lieutenant now.

The captains included Captain Jackson, Bianca, Nuel, and Cyco, who had been promoted to Captains on the day of Kailen’s promotion, too, were present. They were now in charge of their own units. They were not here because they were Kailen’s friends. They were here because they were competent, and the operation about to be embarked on required the best operatives at the base on it.

There were several other really outstanding captains present too.

At this moment, a discussion was ongoing.

Colonel Kailen Darkhaven was seated at the head of this table.

Everyone stared at the holographic screens in shock. No one knew how the Colonel had gotten the information, but he didn’t bother to mention how.

Kailen wouldn’t tell anyone about Jackson’s ability to access the memories of opponents whose blood he absorbs, and Jackson himself preferred it this way.

That way, Jackson’s ability won’t leak to the public, and the enemy won’t place a target on his back.

Jackson would simply utilize his memory access ability against the enemy quietly, without being targeted.

Kailen had just briefed them about the operation.

It was a swift, decisive blow they were about to unleash on the enemy.

"We will start from the hidden bases of the enemy that the intelligence I’ve received highlighted. If everything goes as planned, we will then proceed to the surrounding bases they’ve claimed."

"When do we strike, Sir?" Major Seth, the man Kailen previously took orders from, asked.

"As soon as possible. We will be swift and decisive," Kailen said as the screens zoomed in. "Each coordinated campaign will happen simultaneously, and we will return before the enemy has the chance to launch an attack on the base when we are not around, since the base will be more vulnerable in our absence."

Everyone nodded at the Colonel’s plan. No one objected. The Colonel had proven his tactical prowess many times. They trusted his plan completely.

"As for the protection of the base in our absence, I have a few people to help with that."

At the moment, the auras of several powerhouses, veiled from view, radiated into the conference room. Everyone knew that the Colonel had considered things from all angles. From the auras the invisible powerhouses watching over the absence were radiating, unless a supreme stage galactic level lifeform launched an attack, the base would be extremely safe.

Kailen had employed the help of the two elders from the Long Hai and Kazuka training hall, whose children he saved. Also, Zarek’s father, Esimo’s parents, and even Miranda’s parents had honored his request.

At that moment, Kailen sent thought transmissions to them. "Thank you, seniors."

"No need to be formal with us, Colonel."

"It’s our pleasure."

"You go do your thing and leave the base to us."

Kailen nodded as their thought transmissions rang in his mind.

"We move according to the plan."

Several spaceships left the docks of HQ base 322 under the gazes of several operatives, headed towards different directions.

They did not know the details of the meeting between the higher-ups of the base, but they knew that something big was gonna happen.

*******

"Man, I really need a change of shift. I’m really tired of this."

"Tsk, honestly. I wonder when we will be allowed to even join the troupes leading the attacks against the empires."

"Tell me about it."

"But at least we are alive."

"Aren’t we vimodial contractors? Our consciousness will be taken over by our vimodials, even when we feed and get to the dao level."

"Well, at least before that, we will get to know what strength and the pleasures that come with it tastes like."

At that moment...

"Hey, what is that?"

One of the guards asked as he looked upwards.

"Shit, enemy attack."

Fire blazed around the figure of one of them. Rocks shot out of the ground and encased the figure of the other.

The duo shot towards the approaching large spear surrounded by ice, heading their way.

Then, just when the spear reached them, it disappeared.

Then... Puchi...

The spear suddenly appeared in their temple region, pinning their heads against the ground.

A figure and several unit members shot out of a spaceship. She floated calmly above the base. The spear shot back to her.

"Kailen’s runesmithery is really on another level," Miranda said. The teleportation rune inscribed on the weapon had made it extremely easy for her to kill the enemy.

With the rune-inscribed weapons, and even the poisons the Colonel had handed the units involved in this operation, the enemy was fucked.

"Enemy attack."

"Kill them all."

"Leave non alive."

"Fuck, how did they find this place?" A superior in charge of the base was puzzled.

Another shouted, "Do we even have time to think about that?"

Miranda and her unit members shot towards the base.

"Let the hunt begin, comrades."

****

Each unit had been deployed to a vimodial base their strength could overwhelm.

Kailen had taken into consideration the strength of the units and the threat level of the enemies at the different bases before he deployed them there. This was in consideration to the rune-inscribed weapons and poisons he had given to them.

Due to this, the bases of the vimodial contractors were completely overwhelmed.

The enemy bases had been a bit complacent because they thought there was no way information about them would be known to the enemy.

They had let their guards down with regards to preparing for an enemy attack.

More resources and personnel had rather been sent to empire bases they had claimed for themselves, as they wanted to use these claimed bases to strike deeper into empire territory, leaving these hidden bases less guarded. The empire operatives had taken them by surprise.

Vimodial bases were disappearing overnight.

The empire military was broadcasting this operation to the citizens of the Astral Empire. HQ initially had mixed feelings about this operation of Colonel Darkhaven. However, from his track record and his psychological profile, they did not interrupt his plans. They decided to observe.

But from what they were seeing at the moment, the citizens had to know that the vimodial contractors were being crashed. Their spirits had to be lifted.

At the moment, several eyes were glued on various holographic screens across the empire.

Enemy bases were being destroyed by units of HQ base 322 overnight.

At the moment, Colonel Darkhaven stood above a 30th hidden enemy base. He had destroyed 29.

And the most ridiculous part was that all the nine bases had been destroyed by an army of shadow creatures. These bases had been leveled by rank 7 beginner stage galactic level lifeforms.

His about 9000 rank 7 beginner stage galactic level shadow creatures had been unleashed to these bases. They had flattened these bases, each full of thousands of enemy operatives, without his actual involvement.

But this time, he stepped out of his spaceship.

The citizens of the empire, watching the stream with blood-pumping emotions, knew that he was about to act.