CHAPTER 417: CHAPTER 417.LIVESTREAM! MASSACRE OF VIMODIAL SOCIETY 1!

The twin moons above cast their glows on all beneath.

Silver and pale-blue light washed over the land, stretching long shadows across the forest floor, as if the night itself was holding its breath.

Kailen stood before the entrance to the Vimodial Society with the leaders of the Sword Tribunal Society—Ethan Revearson, Zarek Atrexia, and Arnold Kadmen—who had decided to tag along.

The air was cold. Heavy. Suffocating in a way words couldn’t fully describe.

"Why didn’t you come for the banquet?"

"Because I did not get an invitation?" Ethan Revearson replied to Zarek’s question.

"Yeah... anyone close to Kailen was automatically invited."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Let’s focus, guys," Esimo chimed in, his tone sharp, cutting through the banter before it could spiral further.

"I don’t see anything," Anaya squinted her eyes.

In fact, no one was seeing anything.

They were currently standing in an empty space—a misty, gloomy forest with nothing before them. No buildings. No lights. No signs of civilization. Only fog, twisted trees, and an unsettling stillness that gnawed at the nerves.

Well—

Except one person.

Kailen was already aware that there was a rune that separated them from the Vimodial Society.

His gaze never wavered. His posture never stiffened.

He had seen the female runesmith from Vesper Locke and Bryce Darkhaven’s memories perform some runesmithery before the Vimodial Society members disappeared to the actual location.

The memory replayed itself clearly in his mind.

With just a glance at the memory, Kailen had been able to understand the rune and replicate it, thanks to his extensive knowledge of runes.

"Unless there’s a rune at work preventing us from seeing anything."

Kailen nodded.

"Excellent deduction, Anaya... that’s the case."

After this, Kailen stepped forward before anybody could even ask how they would be able to go forward from here.

The silence deepened.

He simply drew the runes on the empty space with ease and fluidity, his fingers moving as if they had done this a thousand times before.

Rune alphabets glowed briefly and blended together into a rune—sharp, elegant, final.

After that, the group felt their vision warp, space folding and twisting unnaturally, until they stood at a different location.

Reality snapped back into place.

The group were currently standing in front of a large villa.

A grotesquely luxurious structure, hidden from the world.

The sound of music could be heard coming from the villa as shouts of people having fun and partying accompanied it. Laughter spilled into the night, careless and indulgent.

"So this is the villa of the Vimodial Society members?" Lian Yu spoke with a clenched fist, barely able to control his killing intent.

Everyone empathized with him because they knew he had a history with vimodial contractors.

Anaya held his hand.

"It’s okay, baby. When we enter the building, you can let loose for as much as you want."

After Anaya’s words, Lian Yu calmed down, though the tension in his jaw remained.

She then looked at Kailen with a pleading look and sent him a thought transmission.

Please, don’t kill them all by yourself.

Even if the rest of us won’t do anything, not Lian Yu. He hates vimodials and vimodial contractors as much as you do.

Kailen sent her a thought transmission in response.

"Don’t worry, Anaya.

Since we came here as a team, there’s no way I will do everything by myself. You guys volunteered to help, so I need to respect that. I will only target those that are too strong for everyone to handle. So the situation of Lian Yu not getting any kills is even out of the picture. Plus, the pain he feels, he has to let it out on them. It’s necessary."

"Thank you," Anaya sent him a transmission back.

Kailen nodded.

"You welcome."

As for Kailen, even though he looked extremely calm on the surface, the look in his enigmatic dark eyes was extremely ominous and scary.

Like the silence before execution.

Everyone could tell that this guy was calm on the surface, but the Vimodial Society was seriously fucked.

The party ahead of them had no idea what was coming.

"Do you guys know why I chose tonight for us to attack?"

Kailen asked.

Everyone stared at him curiously, waiting for a response.

"It’s because all the Vimodial Society members and leaders, including the staff members, will be here today. They have a gathering at the end of every month called monthly feasting, where they feed on the life force of people.

I’m not a hero, and I honestly wouldn’t have cared about what they do if it had nothing to do with me, Arrie, or you guys—Charles, Micheal, and the others—and my home world.

But the existence of vimodials and their contractors is something that cannot be overlooked as long as our safety, that of our loved ones, and that of places we have connections to are considered.

They are harbingers of chaos.

The purpose of creating the Sword Tribunal Society is not only to honor the name of my father, the Sword Tribunal Sect, and support in dealing with the Crown Prince—it’s to grow it into a formidable force, the Sword Tribunal Sect, that will be strong enough to terrorize the vimodial contractors in the low-tier civilisations.

As for when each of us moves to mid-tier civilisations to continue our cultivation, there will be juniors that will receive the mantle to continue what we started.

This way, even when we are not around, the low-tier civilisations would have an additional foothold against them, apart from the rank 7 Supreme Stage powerhouses and soldiers at the Frontlines, holding them at bay."

The weight of his words settled heavily on everyone present.

Everyone nodded at Kailen’s words in understanding.

He was right.

Apart from their personal hatred for vimodials and vimodial contractors—a hatred shared by nearly everyone in the universe—as long as these vimodials and contractors existed, they, together with their loved ones, were never truly safe.

Their habitats were never safe.

Apart from the reasons for revenge for which Kailen and Lian Yu had created the Sword Tribunal Society, there was a bigger picture.

One Kailen had just drawn their attention to.

After they digested his words, Kailen motioned forward, his presence pressing down like an invisible blade.

"Leave none alive."

A brief pause followed.

"Oh—and Arnold, start the live feed."

The slaughter was about to be witnessed by the entire empire.