The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2827. Facing the Darkness

Dagoba is a planet shrouded in mist year-round, filled with toxic miasma and bottomless swamps.

The climate here is harsh, resources are scarce, and the location is remote. It has absolutely no strategic value, and unless someone gets lost, no one would come here.

The reason this planet still has a name is mainly because its temperature range is still within a habitable range, and it also has a rich ecosystem. Who knows, maybe someone will have a sudden inspiration and come here to develop it?

But very few people know that there exists on this planet one of the darkest places in the galaxy.

Dagoba itself is the purest place in the galaxy in terms of the Force—neither light nor darkness, but simply purity. It also possesses an incredibly rich and abundant flow of the Force, creating a bizarre and complex ecosystem on the planet.

On the planet Dagoba, there is a vast cave. Thousands of years ago, a Dark Side user was killed here by a Jedi, creating this dark place.

In reality, this user of the dark side of the Bpfasshi sect was not particularly powerful, and didn't even deserve a name. However, the place where he died was a place where all darkness converged on the planet Dagoba.

In Earth's parlance, that would be an extremely yin place.

After the Dark Side user died, his Dark Side Force was absorbed by the environment. Furthermore, due to the planet's excessively pure Force environment and abundant Force flow, the cave was gradually infected by the Dark Side, and over thousands of years, it has accumulated an incomparably profound darkness.

During the Clone Wars, Darth Malthael visited Dagoba to hone his Dark Side of the Force. There, he discovered a dark cave that seemed to possess the power to reach the depths of the human heart and even the soul. Within this cave, he saw another version of himself.

Why did Darth Preggs choose the name "Darth Masair" when naming him, and what did he see at the time?
After much internal struggle, Darth Masair had found the answer to this question: he saw himself. He had chosen the name Darth Masair himself.

But why Darth Preggs could see him, and what kind of existence was the "Darth Malthael" who was not in Darth Preggs' eyes? This was something Darth Malthael never understood, and it was one of the biggest mysteries in his heart.

Later, unable to suppress the growing power of his Dark Side and avoid being corrupted by it and losing his mind, Darth Malthael, after obtaining the ancient Sith artifact, the Dark Harvester, installed it deep within a cave. Whenever his Dark Side was about to spiral out of control, he would travel to Dagoba, activate the Dark Harvester, and draw upon his own Dark Side.

In this way, although Darth Malthael's strength grew very slowly, at least he retained his rationality, allowing him to lead the Kingdom of Dawn forward.

But now, as Darth Malthael continues to manipulate the corpses of his "sons" to fight Darth Sidious, he is once again on the verge of collapse. Darth Malthael knows that if he doesn't deal with the increasingly powerful, almost explosive dark side of the Force within him, he will lose his mind and become a madman like Darth Sidious.

Perhaps this would make him incredibly powerful, even capable of confronting Darth Sidious head-on. However, the consequence would be that he would lead the Kingdom of Dawn down a dead end of endless militarism. For the Kingdom of Dawn, it could very well be a path similar to the Galactic Empire in the original storyline: a path of constant expansion, exploitation, and war, until it is utterly destroyed by itself.

In recent battles, he has faced top-tier powerhouses such as "Son," "Father," and Darth Sidious. He has neither the time nor the opportunity to absorb the dark side of the Force within him. Instead, he has intensified his use of even more powerful Death Force to drive the corpse of "Son."

Darth Masai is now on the verge of collapse.

Even so, he still planned the Palancy Planet campaign for the northern battlefield of the Dawn Kingdom and made arrangements for the aftermath before leaving.

For a user of the dark side of the Force to be able to do so many rational things is nothing short of a miracle.

Now, with the Galactic Empire suffering defeat after defeat and the battlefield drawing ever closer to the galactic core, the true final battle is not far off. Before that, Darth Malthael must ensure he is in peak condition.

He came to the dark cave on the planet Dagoba to reactivate the Dark Harvester and absorb his own dark side Force, which was on the verge of collapse.

The Nemoidean Coleoptera-class shuttle slowly landed, the hatch opened, and a figure clad in a long black robe stepped out. With each step he took, the lush vegetation around him began to wither, and countless unknown animals and even insects tumbled up from the bottom of the swamp, dying instantly and beginning to rot immediately.

Darth Masair was like a moving plague, leaving a dead zone in his wake.

Then, he arrived at the dark cave.

This place was originally an extremely yin place, and Dagoba itself was a place with very rich connections to the Force. In addition, the dark side Force that I absorbed over the years had been accumulating here, making the darkness here almost inconceivable. Before even entering the cave, I could almost hear whispers coming from inside.

【who I am……】

【Who are you? 】

Where do I come from?

I come from Earth.

No, you come from the void.

No! You're from the mothership's cloning pod!

No! You're actually still on Earth!

No! You are originally a native of Endor!

This is a dream...

This is a dream...

This is a dream...

【who I am?】

【I am Darth Masaier!】

【Mathair? You're kidding me. That's from Diablo!】

Admit it, you're in a dream.

No! This is not a dream! This is reality!

What is reality? What you see and touch is all told to you by your brain! But how do you know your brain isn't lying?

Even the technology you rely on to fight against the Galactic Empire, isn't it all just something from a game?

Admit it, you're dreaming.

Admit it, you're dreaming.

Admit it, you're dreaming.

Those demonic whispers, if they were ordinary words, would be nothing, but these words struck at the deepest part of Darth Masaiel's heart!
These were questions that had always lingered in his mind. Now, they felt like sharp knives repeatedly cutting into his soul.

Why did he time travel? Why did he have a mothership? Why did the mothership possess technology from those games? And why did Darth Preggs see another version of himself, who told him his Sith title should be Darth Malthael! The name that should have appeared in Diablo! (End of Chapter)