The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2554 Your Name - Temperance

2555. Your Name: Temperance

Tang Xiao had made up his mind. He raised his hand again, and another black Kyber crystal flew out and sank into Jerrick's heart.

Soon, his body twitched, and a ray of Force light flashed through his bare eye sockets, and then he sat up. His empty eye sockets faced Tang Xiao, and he used the unique Force vision of the Miraluka people to look around directly through the Force.

Finally, he knelt on his knees in front of Tang Xiao and said respectfully: "I am willing to obey your orders, my lord."

"I will grant you eternal life and power, and you will give me everything you have... your loyalty, your soul, everything you have..." Tang Xiao said coldly, "So tell me now, what do you want?"

"Serving my Lord faithfully is all I want." Jerrick prostrated himself.

"Why did you choose to betray Darth Sidious?" Tang Xiao asked a question.

Jerick paused, his expression was somewhat complicated. He clenched his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, then loosened them weakly and said slowly: "I am looking for knowledge... I long for knowledge... The Jedi Order restricted me and refused to let me touch the dark side. But they paid the price for their arrogance. During the time I served the Emperor, I studied the ancient Sith Empire, their culture, their traditions, and their knowledge... But the Emperor also rejected my path to further knowledge... He just used me as a tool."

His expression became ferocious. "Not only that, he killed my subordinates! And he didn't even ask me what I thought! Or maybe he just acted on impulse! Or maybe he just thought that Sarris and the others couldn't stop the enemy's attack! I don't have any future there..."

Tang Xiao glanced at him and said, "So, you want to gain knowledge from me?"

Jerrick lowered his head and began to slowly tell his story.

His story is actually very simple, because as a Miraluka, he is born with the power of vision. Miraluka people tend to understand the essence of the world through their senses of this world. They will not sigh at how exquisite or talented a painting is, they will only touch the painting and tell you the mood of the author when he put down the brushstrokes. Or they will tell you indifferently that the molecular structure of this painting will completely disintegrate after thousands of years.

So when Jerick was very young, he was full of curiosity about the world around him. Later, when he was a child, he was discovered by Jedi Master Jocasta-Nu. Jocasta-Nu was the curator of the Jedi Collection. Under her careful guidance, Jerick was able to access and study a large amount of information collected by the Jedi Order, which greatly expanded his horizons.

After that, he became one of the best archaeological experts in the Jedi Order, and was sent by Jocasta Nu to an unknown star region to search for ancient ruins - yes, the Jedi Order was also very interested in the lost catastrophe one hundred thousand years ago, and was also investing its efforts in research.

However, at that time, the technology of hyperspace navigation had not yet experienced the rapid development in recent years, and the exploration in the unknown star field was difficult and had little effect. Unsatisfied, Jerick began to focus on the study of the dark side of the force. Taking advantage of the opportunity of being far away in the unknown star field, he began to try to contact the dark side.

At this time, when the Clone Wars reached their climax, the Speaker of the Galactic Republic, Sheev Palpatine, announced that the Galactic Republic would be reorganized into the First Empire of the Galaxy, and he became the Emperor of the Galactic Empire. At the same time, the Jedi Knights were accused of murdering the Speaker and provoking war, and were wanted by the entire galaxy.

Jerick, who was far away in an unknown star region, escaped the pursuit of Order 66. When he received the galaxy-wide hyperspace communication and saw Anakin Skywalker repeating "Execute Order 66!", he felt only indifference in his heart.

After that, the Imperial Inquisition was established and a large number of inquisitors were sent to hunt down escaped Jedi Knights all over the galaxy. As the most famous archaeologist of the Jedi Order and the chief disciple of Jocasta Nu, the director of the Jedi Archives, Jerick was naturally at the top of the wanted list.

However, when the Imperial Inquisitor came before him, Jerick gave up resistance and embraced the dark side of the Force. He was also personally received by Emperor Palpatine.

With his help, Palpatine opened the Jedi Collection, obtained a large number of collections, and analyzed a large amount of sealed knowledge. Not only that, Jerick was finally allowed to access the collections of the dark side of the Force, some of which came from the Jedi Collection and the other from Palpatine's collection.

Jerick showed extraordinary talent. He quickly mastered the language of the ancient Sith Empire and several nearly extinct secret languages. He translated a large number of documents of the ancient Sith Empire and even analyzed the documents of the Eternal Empire and the Infinite Empire. He can be said to be the chief archaeologist in the Galactic Empire. In addition to Darth Vader, who had no interest in these obscure knowledge, Palpatine's other two powerful Force-sensitive people, Black Hole and Dark Prophet Kadang, also valued Jerick.

Therefore, although Jerrick was only a high-ranking judge, his power was even greater than that of many great judges. Moreover, his erudite and mysterious image also won the support of many military and political officials, allowing his influence to span multiple fields.

At his peak, there were even rumors that if Darth Vader was not there, Jerick would become the Emperor's apprentice. For a while, Jerick also regarded Darth Vader as his biggest goal, and like Allman Tag, he regarded Darth Vader as a stumbling block on his way forward.

Palpatine was very keen on playing such games of power and balance, creating various enemies for Darth Vader.

However, gradually, Jerick began to feel alienated from the Emperor. Palpatine cut off his source of Sith Empire books and prevented him from getting more dark side knowledge, which made Jerick extremely angry. So he started his old job again and went to the unknown star region to seek his desire for knowledge.

Until this time, when he was abandoned by Palpatine, he finally saw everything clearly...so, he betrayed Palpatine at the last moment.

Tang Xiao looked at Jerrick who was talking freely, but at the moment he was thinking about another person. A person who was also crazy about knowledge, and was eventually influenced by knowledge and became a stubborn paranoid...

Oreja.

He said to Jerrick coldly: "I can give you a chance to continue your research. I can even provide you with something you have never imagined - the catastrophe that happened 100,000 years ago."

Jerrick, who was half dead telling his story and his desire, was struck by lightning and jumped up. "My Lord, you mean! The catastrophe a hundred thousand years ago?!"

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "You will take over the priestess's position as the principal of Twilight Covenant. Help me manage the academy, train students, and teach people. And I will give you the opportunity to study the secrets from a hundred thousand years ago."

"Yes, sir! Yes! I will obey!" Jerrick was almost kneeling down and kowtowed.

"Do you think it's easy?" Tang Xiao said coldly: "What I need is the answer from one hundred thousand years ago. And this answer may very well involve the fall of God. The consequence of touching the God's domain may be the scattering of the soul and the reduction to ashes."

"I'm never afraid of any consequences!" Jerrick said firmly.

"Then hand over your lightsaber." Tang Xiao stood up and stretched out his hand.

Jerick immediately took the hilt of the lightsaber from his waist and presented it with both hands.

Tang Xiao did not take it either. He just exhaled the Force lightly, and the hilt of the lightsaber immediately began to decompose into countless parts, and then fell to the ground with a clang. "From today on, you are no longer qualified to touch the lightsaber. Jerrick also died today..."

He raised his hand and placed it on Jerick's forehead, and said slowly: "From today on, your name is... Temperance."

(End of this chapter)