Ultra: Dark Shadow Mage, Founding a Magic Empire

Chapter 12: The Long March, Hollow Earth

"Your Majesty, everything is fine in the country. Half of the refugees who were originally gathered have awakened their bloodlines. Because their power is enhanced after awakening their bloodlines, the construction of the country is progressing very quickly..."

In the Sunflower Castle, Norman sat on the brand new throne, listening to Edward's report from afar.

"That's right. You are all jointly responsible for domestic affairs. Prioritize the livelihood of the people. We don't need to rely on food, but we can't stop collecting food. It's also best to collect seeds of various plants."

"Also, you also know about the nightmare beasts, right? Go back and try with our livestock and war beasts to see if you can continue to absorb them."

"As ordered."

Edward nodded, then turned around and left to deal with business.

Norman is now serving as the king's expeditionary general. He fights in the front, while Edward follows behind with organized royal officials to take over.

His mission was to help Norman reorganize his troops, replenish his combat power, absorb population, build one city after another, and ensure Norman's logistical supplies.

It has to be said that Edward has gotten used to it over the past ten years and has been "tortured" by Norman into a super logistics boss who can rival the famous ministers in Chinese history!

After Norman entered the long march mode, no one else could keep up with Norman's speed!

Only Edward, only he could arrive with supplies and reserve troops right after the Normans conquered a castle or a country!
As Edward started to make arrangements, Norman also got up and went out to inspect.

After being tested, the monster's meat was broken down and sorted. Part of it was used to comfort the surviving people in the city, and the rest was processed and stored away.

The monster's blood became the soldiers' strength and was absorbed cleanly by them.

The city is now in ruins, and the officials of the Black Kingdom are directing the people here to rebuild the city walls, repair houses, and create areas suitable for them to live in.

Outside the city, there is a temporary military camp and a giant dragon sinking in the river, which secretly looks up when it senses Norman's arrival.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Get up and get ready. The long march ahead won't be easy."

"As ordered!"

When the soldiers saw Norman, they could not hide the enthusiasm in their eyes.

They are all Norman's die-hard fans, who worship and respect Norman immensely. Before the system was built, they were willing to fight to the death for Norman. After the system was built, they were even more willing to go through fire and water for Norman, even if it meant dying!

Norman nodded in satisfaction.

This unit is the reserve of the Black Knights. When the Black Knights are damaged, they will be the first to fill in.

During this long march, Norman not only needed cavalry, but also an infantry that could cut through mountains and build bridges over rivers to help him clear the way.

What Edward sent was this special infantry unit.

After viewing the army, Norman walked to the river.

When the dragon saw Norman coming, it obediently put its head on the shore, waiting for Norman's instructions.

"Not bad, then are you willing to surrender completely?" Norman said as he condensed another drop of ancestral blood and presented it to the dragon.

The dragon looked at the drop of bright red blood, and a human-like fear appeared in its eyes.

Because the ancestral blood condensed by Norman was not for Caitlin and others to take, it was the ancestral blood that could stimulate the bloodline.

It is the bloodline of the Son of Night, which comes from the vampire's ability to create vassal blood slaves!

After eating this drop of blood, it will be like being embraced by a vampire, and you will become a blood slave of the vampire.

As long as the vampire is not given higher-level blood, he will never be able to break free from the suppression of his bloodline level and become the lowest-level slave!
Although the dragon didn't know this, its instinct made it afraid of the thing in front of it. But compared to this, it was more afraid of Norman himself!
Compared to what it doesn't know, Norman's murderous intent is more obvious!
The dragon opened its mouth obediently, and Norman smiled and poured the blood into its mouth.

As the ancestral blood entered the dragon's stomach, the dragon's body began to change. The low-level blood of the Son of Night was implanted into the dragon's body, turning it into Norman's blood slave.

As it offered its loyalty, the system began to ring again.

[Ding! Absorb new subordinate species! Reward fantasy species bloodline: giant dragon, five-color dragon, blue dragon bloodline! ]

As the blood was implanted, the giant dragon that was still being transformed suddenly stopped. The blood belonging to Norman merged with the newly emerged blood and turned into a giant dragon, or the special blood of a blue dragon.

The five-colored dragon is a kind of evil dragon in the fantasy system. It is the offspring and creation of "Tiamat", the mother of the five-colored dragon.

They are a powerful species of dragon, but because they are chaotic evil, their IQs are generally average, and most of them are very low.

But its low IQ doesn’t matter, what matters is the power it provides to Norman!
The power provided by this one blue dragon is enough to match the combined power of 10 million evolved people!

Originally, Norman's power was at the surface level, which meant he was basically invincible on the planet.

And now, his power has almost reached the planetary level!
For example, the current Norman can easily kill the previous blue dragon with one hand.

It is equivalent to having four blue dragons in one hand, with the power of full-force attack!
In other words, he doesn't have enough supernatural power, otherwise Norman could fly out of the planet and go to outer space to see what's going on!

"Very good, now tell me, where are you from? Why couldn't I see you on the surface before?"

Norman patted Blue Dragon's face. Blue Dragon blinked, then understood what Norman meant and motioned for him to sit on his head.

Norman jumped and sat on it, and the blue dragon then retracted its head and dived into the river.

Norman grabbed the blue dragon's horn and watched it swim towards the depths of the river.

Swimming to the bottom of the river, Norman saw a blue curtain.

The blue dragon took Norman through the curtain, and for a moment, it was like the environment at the center of the earth in Godzilla's monster universe.

It turned upside down in an instant, broke into it from the bottom of the sea, and then fell above a space.

"Whoosh!"

"Roar!"

The blue dragon spread its wings and glided in the sky, roaring excitedly below, announcing its return.

Norman's guess was correct. There was indeed a hole underground, and the monsters on this planet originally lived in the hole.

This blue dragon is one of the kings in the cavity inside this planet!

When the blue dragon roared, some monsters that were originally flying in the sky fell down one after another and hid in the tree branches, not moving.

The monsters on the land also lowered their heads to show their submission.

"Not bad, it looks like you can be of some use. Gather them over and let them all eat this."

Nuonuo took out a pile of ancestral blood and controlled it to float beside the blue dragon's head.

The blue dragon did as he was told and roared to summon all the monsters here, then roared to signal them to eat the ancestral blood.

As the monsters consumed the ancestral blood one by one, system prompts popped up.

After a while, three prompts popped up...

(End of this chapter)