He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 610. The Mad Tactician

"Senior Brother Christove, all the mountain peaks in the vicinity are currently occupied. I don’t think there’s any need to stress ourselves," a dwarf lady spoke.

"Lordina, I understand your concerns," Christove replied. "However, we need to make good use of the secret realm as much as we can. Finding a mountain peak may not necessarily help us to break through to the next level. After all, breakthroughs from one level to another at the universe level can take a lot of time, even a decade to centuries. Even those with elemental mirroring do not have it easy.

But ,that’s all the more reason why we need to treasure and seize every little opportunity to increase our strength. Small accumulations will pile up to become big achievements. We need to find a mountain peak as soon as possible."

"Indeed, senior brother is right. We should focus on finding a mountain peak. However, I can’t believe that those Seasoned Prime Sect bastards on that mountain peak were so tyrannical," another fellow said.

"If we encounter any of their sect members again, and we outnumber them, we need to return the favour." A glint flashed through another’s eyes.

Everyone nodded.

The whole empire was watching the events of the secret realm. How could they allow another sect, or even other individuals, to humiliate them without returning the favor?

"Since everyone agrees, then we should find a mountain peak," Lordina nodded. The group had managed to convince her. Initially, she wanted to suggest they find some cave where they could all cultivate in peace with the energy orbs they had obtained from slaughtering some members of the Seasoned Prime Sect and the Crimson Veiled Sect.

However, the senior brother also had a point here. They needed to find a mountain peak and do everything possible to secure it. If the mountain peak was occupied by someone they could not handle, they could just run away.

Suddenly, as the group were travelling through the icy region, they came across 180 energy orbs laying across a pile of snow.

"Is that what I think it is?"

Someone gestured.

"This region is a mountainous area. It’s only natural for energy orbs to naturally form here. We’ve lucked out," Senior Brother Christove, the leader of the group, said.

Quickly, he approached the energy orbs, took the energy orbs, and the group shared them among themselves.

Since they were thirty people, everyone had 6 energy orbs.

"Let’s quietly find a place to cultivate with the energy orbs before we continue our search for an unoccupied mountain peak in the vicinity," Lordina suggested.

The group agreed.

Since they were about to find a cave and cultivate, no one saw the need to put the energy orbs away. So, they used their laws to make the energy orbs float with them. They found a cave soon after.

However, someone’s eyes narrowed all of a sudden.

"My energy orbs are gone?"

"What? How’s that possible?" another commented.

"Look, I have about three left now?"

"Me too?"

"What’s going on?"

Christove checked too. He had no energy orbs with him.

"It’s either someone stole our energy orbs mysteriously or..." A glint of coldness flashed through his eyes. "...some among us didn’t feel satisfied with the way the energy orbs were shared. The only way to confirm both options is for us to sign rune oaths and conduct a search through that."

Everyone nodded. None of them felt scared. To them, they had not taken the energy orbs of any member of the group. This was just something they were about to do to confirm if someone had used mysterious means of stealing their energy orbs. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

After all, news had been circulating in the secret realm lately that people’s energy orbs had been disappearing and no one knew who was taking them. They didn’t believe it at first, but it was now that they were leaning towards the possibility.

The group signed a rune oath that if any of them had more than the exact number of the energy orbs they had just received after they shared the energy orbs equally, they would lose their cultivation immediately.

This ruthless rune oath was to ensure that everyone was on board and make sure that the possibility of an external party responsible for the missing energy orbs would be confirmed.

The audience outside the secret realm, observing this outcome, felt very dumbstruck.

This outcome had occurred right after Kailen Darkhaven had said he knew how to handle these fellows and that Legoland should leave things to him.

The next scene was the AshenBorne Sect members finding the energy orbs, then this followed.

Then this outcome.

What was he playing at?

Was he manipulating them to initiate self destruction without their knowledge?

The AshenBorne Sect elders felt like rushing into the secret realm to inform their disciples it was a trap. But it was not possible. The secret realm had closed.

Also, there was no way for them to send messages to their disciples.

They could only watch helplessly, as something chilling happened.

For a second, nothing happened in the cave.

Christove, Lordina and the others sighed in relief.

Everyone was about leaning towards the possibility of an external party being responsible for this.

Until everyone looked at Senior Brother Christove with shock.

"Why is everyone looking at me like that?"

Someone pointed to his side.

He stared at his side. There were ten energy orbs there.

"Oh no ..." Someone had manipulated them.

The rune oath they had signed had been used against them. The rune oath indicated that as long as more than the energy orbs each of them received after they shared it equally was found with any of them, they would die.

They didn’t have to actually steal it from one another for the energy orb to be found with them, right? That means even if someone outside their party stole the energy orb and placed it in front of any of them, and the number of stolen energy orbs placed in front of them was more than the amount they initially received after they shared it among themselves, the rune oath would still apply and they would die.

They had been manipulated by someone. The person didn’t want to steal the energy orbs. The person was most likely the one who had planted the energy orbs in the first place for them to find it. The energy orbs would go missing, leading them to sign this rune oath for the person to use it against them. It was all planned.

Who the hell was this person?

Everyone in the cave had these trains of thought. They had realized what had happened here.

"Former Arbiter Darkhaven. The mad tactician.."

These were the last words of Christove before he died as realization dawned on him. Who in the secret realm could pull off such a psychological tactic if not that bastard?

This fellow had a track record of being a very tactical person from his accomplishments in the mid tier and low tier Civilisations. During his inauguration as a former Arbiter, his tactical ways of dealing with situations had been publicised after all.

Christove’s eyes had turned lifeless.

He was dead.

The rune oath had killed him.

Everyone in the cave had looks of horror on their faces.

What the hell was going on?

Was it him?

That guy?

But he was not even in the secret realm right?

Wait... there was a rumor circulating a few days ago that he was in the secret realm, and he had concealed his identity before he entered as a member of the Seasoned Prime Sect. This rumor was circulated by some Crimson Veil Sect disciples.

So it was true?

Could it be that he was on a mountain peak in the vicinity and didn’t want them coming there?

That’s why he orchestrated this whole situation to get rid of them?

Wait... did that even matter now?

They had to escape.

They’d die if...

Suddenly, Lordina found eight energy orbs in front of her.

Her eyes turned lifeless and she died.

The rune oath had acted.

She was dead.

The others shot out of the cave.

The sight was very chilling and unusual.

The audience watching outside the secret realm sighed in disbelief.

Awakeners were running from energy orbs?

Because the energy orbs coming into contact with them would trigger a rune oath mechanism that would kill them?

Kailen Darkhaven was very dangerous.

No matter how and where these AshenBorne core disciples fled to, seven or eight energy orbs would come into contact with them.

The rune oath mechanism would be triggered, and they would die.

Very soon, none of them were alive.

All of them were dead, sprawled across the snowy ground with lifeless terrified expressions and disbelief on their faces.

Kailen Darkhaven had killed 30 rank 1 intermediate stage universe level core disciples of the AshenBorne Sect, without even lifting a finger. The leader of the group Christove even had a special law. In direct combat, Kailen Darkhaven would have been no match for him. Kailen Darkhaven knew that, and he had found another way to end him and his group.

He made them pull their own trigger.

However, everyone watching the event of the secret realm knew that it was not simple to pull off such a manipulative and tactical feat.

This young man was simply dangerous... far too dangerous...

The mad tactician... indeed.