He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 625. Dwarfing Perception

The spaceship of the RustFang Corsairs travelled unhindered and undetected in the starry sea.

Several bounty hunters, mercenaries and assassins were at work.

Their eyes scanned their vicinity for prey. The Rustfang Corsairs slipped by them without any notice.

" This spaceship is really one of a kind" one of the members of the Rustfang’s said.

Everyone else nodded.

The members of the group were exchanging mundane thoughts, and discussing mundane topics.

Suddenly, an ethereal, ancient and dignified voice spread throughout the place.

" Took a while to find you guys"

The Rustfang’s were on high alert.

What the hell was going on?

How could they have been identified?

The mind of the boss, and that of his wife worked in tandem, trying to figure out what kind of situation they were in.

"We cannot be detected by intermediate stage universe level powerhouses"

They exchanged thoughts.

" That means only a supreme stage universe level powerhouse can locate us"

Shit. Shit. Shit.

What should they do?

The other crew members were equally frightened.

They were not stupid. They knew what kind of predicament they were in.

Inwardly, they were all trying to think of solutions.

However, it occurred to everyone that the person who had just spoken to them could not be seen anywhere. Not in the current area, not in the vicinity. The person had terrifying concealment abilities. No, he was a supreme stage universe level powerhouse. Too powerful to deem them worthy of revealing himself to them.

He was probably in some isolated location, tracking them.

" Herosi Empire, 500 years ago. I was in seclusion" the voice reverberated again. "You performed a raid in one of the Central Chambers of Commerce in the Bornbred Galaxy. You massacred the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and every other person in the chamber of commerce. Then, you took everything that belonged to the chamber of commerce and left. The chamber of Commerce I founded"

When the voice with no appearance, no perceived presence spoke, the eyes of everyone widened.

Of course, they remember. This was one of the most memorable raids they had performed. It was one of the raids that propelled their infamy.

From the senior’s words, the chamber of commerce they had raided was founded by him? And he was in seclusion?

If they knew someone so powerful was behind that organisation at the time, would they have targeted them? Definitely not.

Bang!!!!!

The head of the chamber of commerce hit his head on the ground of the spaceship.

" Kowtow you fuckers! How dare you disrespect the senior" he bellowed, eyes gleaming with fear.

Everyone else, his wife included, kowtowed, hitting their heads on the ground.

" Shit shit shit shit shit!"

The man cursed inwardly. They were fucked.

Maybe an apology to the senior would suffice.

Maybe they could sign rune oaths and become his slaves? It was better than dying right?

Kailen was observing everything from his living room through the eyes of the mysterious shadow hound he was using to communicate to them.

" Senior, we are extremely sorry for what we did to your chamber of commerce. We know we can never make up for what we did. But, we can serve you, as your slaves. If you give us a chance, we will atone for our sins" the leader chose his words carefully. He didn’t want to offend the senior. Also, this was the only alternative he could think of.

Kailen was in thought for a moment. It was not a bad idea to make them his slaves and let them sign rune oaths to serve him. As long as they signed the rune oath, even if they found out he was that beginner stage universe level powerhouse in the auction hall who had fooled them, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to him since they’d be his slaves.

But, they were wanted criminals across the starry sea. He personally, was trying to keep a low profile with a different identity so that those who wanted him gone would not find him.

There was no need to ruin that by associating with individuals of their caliber. If they were ever sighted with him, he’d be branded a criminal too, and sentenced to whatever punishment their crimes demanded alongside him.

All these thoughts flashed through his mind in a moment.

But that moment gave the Rustfang’s a flicker of hope. What if it could work? Would they survive?

Even if they became the slaves of a supreme stage universe level powerhouse, it was better than death right?

Plus, he’d protect them.

" Ahahahashashahahah" the voice of the senior they could not see reverberated across again. "That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. Spare you? Make you slaves? After you killed my wife, my children, my grandchildren, lifelong friends? Who the fuck do you think I am? Will that bring them back?" the voice bellowed, causing them to shudder, crushing their hopes of survival.

" Come out of the spaceship"

They didn’t dare disobey him.

They came out of the spaceship.

What was this senior going to do to them?

Is this how powerless people felt in the past when they did all sorts of things to them?

The moment they came out of the spaceship, their presence was revealed in the starry sea. After all, the concealment of the spaceship was masking their presence. But they were out of it now.

" Reveal your actual identities. I know this is not how any of you look like" they didn’t even bother to think about how the senior had been able to identify who they actually were when they had disguised themselves, even though he had discovered their spaceship because of his awakener rank.

As a matter of fact, they were too frightened to think about anything.

Quickly, they complied. They revealed their actual identity.

" You are too filthy of a scum for me to deal with you myself" the senior who they could see or sense said again, his voice laced with disdain.

" Your kind will deal with you"

Of course, this statement he just made, was just Kailen manipulating their perception further. His actual self could not deal with rank 5 intermediate stage universe level lifeforms. By saying they were too filthy of a scum for him to deal with them himself, and that their kind will deal with them, he was further reinforcing the deception that he was some powerhouse who deemed them too much of scums for him to dirty his hands with them, and his way of avenging the people he held dear that they killed, was to let people like themselves kill them.

He was already aware of the fact that there were mercenaries in the vicinity who could handle them. That is why he had chosen this region and time to execute his plan.

Kailen had literally guided them to their own deaths without lifting a finger.

Just after the Rustfangs revealed their identity though, a mercenary group full of rank 6 intermediate stage universe level powerhouses in the vicinity identified them.

" The Rustfang Corsairs. Those bastards. What are they doing here?"

" Does it matter? Don’t you know the absurd bounties on their heads?"

" Quick, we’ve lucked out. Let’s get rid of them, cut of their heads and take videos as proof and claim the bounty"

The mercenary group surrounded the Rustfang Corsairs.

The Rustfangs were completely paralysed. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The mysterious senior sent thought transmissions into their heads. "This is how it feels, to feel powerless, just like you made my wife and children and friends feel"

Those were the last words they heard.

In the end, they died regretfully. Maybe, they could have just stayed in the Khantu Empire, instead of getting this spaceship?

Who were they kidding? The senior seemed desperate. He would have found them anyway.

As these thoughts flashed in their minds, they were helplessly bombarded with the law attacks of the rank 6 intermediate stage universe level mercenaries that killed them

Kailen nodded.

The shadow hound Kailen was communicating through returned to the spaceship and went inside it.

At this moment, Kailen called Legoland.

He used umbral replacement. They both appeared in the spaceship.

Legoland stared at Kailen and shook his head. How this fellow had managed to pull it off was not something he even wanted to think about.

There was one thing he had learnt about this former Arbiter during this short while of partnering with him. He was not someone to be viewed with common sense. This guy must have used one of his tactical methods again. Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.

As for Kailen, he simply nodded to Legoland.

"I will be cultivating for a while"

Legoland replied.

"Alright. I’ll be here overseeing our travel to the RiverBlood Empire. Take all the time you need"

Kailen nodded and left for his room in the spaceship.