Ultra: Dark Shadow Mage, Founding a Magic Empire

Chapter 52: First Contact, Baltan in His Original Form

Shadow Empire, Space Age, 123 years of development.

"This is Shadow Walker 3. We are approaching the signal target and are expected to reach the outer space of the target planet in fifteen standard days."

The captain took oral notes.

This is not a broadcast, but a flight log.

They are now too far away from the Blue Star, a full hundred light years!
Through magic, the Shadow Empire is able to conduct real-time broadcasting and communication within a range of ten light years. However, once it reaches the cosmic scale of hundreds of light years, even the Shadow Empire cannot achieve accurate transmission.

Furthermore.

During 123 years of exploration, the Shadow Empire discovered many signals suspected to be spread by advanced civilizations!

To be on the safe side, all exploration teams of the Shadow Empire operate in a semi-covert manner, and data is transmitted only once every ten years or so.

And now, Shadow Walker 3 has received a new mission and is ready to contact these advanced civilizations.

The planet in front of us is the target of this mission.

It is a planet that has a star shining on it, but looks dim from the outside.

This may be related to the Dyson sphere they built, or it may be related to their living habits. In short, after entering the outer orbit of the planet, the captain and crew all felt a sense of comfort.

This is a sign that the dark energy here has reached the standard.

This place is very suitable for them to survive!

"It looks like this is also a civilization that worships darkness. Is this normal in the universe?"

"Not sure, but we didn't pursue darkness before."

"Yes, maybe he encountered some danger and chose to blend into the darkness."

"Go down and have a look."

The spacecraft fell into the outer space of the planet and released detection magic to the planet.

Because of the suffering they have experienced themselves, the people of the Shadow Empire, who have just entered the universe, still have goodwill towards other civilizations, even though they are often negatively eroded by dark magic and shadow magic.

In the minds of the people of the Shadow Empire, darkness does not equal evil, and choosing darkness does not mean that this civilization or individual is bad.

So when they saw that the civilization before them also chose darkness, they did not think there was anything wrong.

As the detection magic was released, the entire picture of the planet was presented to the captain and crew.

This is a civilization with highly developed technology. They also have an outer space station, but they are still some distance away from becoming a space-level civilization.

Not to mention discovering the Shadow Empire's magic, they couldn't even detect the less advanced technology developed by the Shadow Empire.

In front of the Shadow Empire, they were like a primitive civilization.

The evolutionary direction of these creatures is very different from that of the humanoids or even human-like creatures of the Shadow Empire. It can be said that they are going in opposite directions and their development history and evolution process cannot be associated at all.

This is a group of lobster-like creatures.

It also walks upright on two feet, but its hands are claws, and its head and upper body look like a lobster standing upright, which is a bit creepy.

"They...seem a little different?"

"Hmm, what a strange social form. They seem to have gotten rid of ethics and morality. All members are cloned. The children born in this way have no talent at all."

The captain, holding a pipe in his hand, expressed his disappointment with this civilized social form.

Although I don't have a good impression of this civilization, the mission still needs to be completed.

The captain said, "Let's go down and take a look. Their civilization level has reached the standard, but it seems that they don't have any temple institutions, and I don't know if we can establish diplomatic relations."

The spacecraft descended and then released its stealth mode, revealing itself clearly above the civilized city.

within the city.

The "crayfish" that were moving around all became a little panicked when they saw the spaceship suddenly appear above their heads.

And in their "government", a group of obviously different "crayfish" are standing around a round table.

"This is obviously an unknown alien civilization. They sent us an unknown communication that looks like a greeting message." "Do you want to reply?"

"Perhaps the other party is the species that our ancestors once talked about, our original source?"

"The king said that our source species has been destroyed."

"Impossible! They were once so powerful!"

"Are you disobeying me? Want to start a war?"

"Don't make a fuss. Now is the time to think about how to deal with these unknown entities."

The "crayfishes"' attention returned to the main topic again.

"Attack, capture them and study them."

"Agree."

"Agree."

Soon, the proposal was passed unanimously, and this group of senior executives, who were also the ten strongest individuals in the entire civilization, walked out of their meeting room.

They were seen floating up and surrounding the spaceship.

"What is this for?" the crew member asked.

The captain narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe it's some kind of welcome ceremony? Activate the magic defense first."

"Yes."

And just as the crew opened the magic circle and activated the magic defense, the "crayfish" surrounding them raised their hands.

"Zizzi-"

Red light was released from their pincers, hitting the surface of Shadow Walker 3 and quickly forming a layer of frost on the surface of the spacecraft.

But just when they think they're going to succeed, their red freeze ray fails!

"how is this possible?"

"what?"

The "crayfishes" were very shocked, and at the same time they were shocked, the captain made a very angry sound.

"We came to you in friendship, but you actually wanted to attack us! Then you will bear the wrath of the great Shadow Empire!"

The captain cursed angrily, and then said to the crew around him: "Open fire! Shoot these guys down!"

"Yes!"

The crew was also very angry.

They are always the ones who take the initiative to provoke others and lure others to hit them, but no one has ever dared to hit them back!
The spaceship was still suspended in place, but a powerful small space magic circle quickly took shape with the spaceship as the center.

When the space magic circle was formed, terrifying dimensional slashes appeared out of nowhere, cutting the three closest individuals into two!

After these individuals were cut off, the magic circle flashed with light again, freezing the remaining seven individuals.

Fourth-order space magic: space blockade!

The several "crayfish" locked by space magic did not stop moving. The space blockade only created a closed space, which is equivalent to putting people in a jar.

After trapping the seven individuals, the spacecraft extended its mechanical claws and grabbed them into the spacecraft.

The spacecraft then began to decipher the language of this civilization.

When they successfully deciphered the code, they learned the name of this civilization - Baltan.

At the same time the captain broadcast the incident to the whole civilization in their language.

After that, the spacecraft temporarily evacuated and prepared to study these guys a little.

Secondly, of course, we have to wait for the arrival of the army.
　I have a headache, so I'll take a day off.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)