Ultra: Dark Shadow Mage, Founding a Magic Empire

Chapter 91 Annexation Plan
"General, this is the information the exploration team has brought back from L77."

"Let me see."

Augustine opened the report and saw the report on L77's civilization level, social system, and power strength.

On planet L77, there is a unified regime, and everyone is united under the rule of the kingdom. It is a typical centralized dynasty.

Their king is called "Lionheart Emperor". He is of royal blood and can release his power through a gem to transform into Ultraman. The form after releasing the power is his true appearance.

As for their level of civilization, they are still in the medieval period of the former Blue Star. They have not yet completed the industrial revolution and are still in the ancient agricultural era.

It can't even reach the lowest level of mother-star civilization.

As for the level of strength, it cannot be compared with his legion. Even the strongest Lionheart Emperor is only at a planetary level.

The time they have evolved is still too short. Not only can they not master their own power, they have also not developed enough power to protect themselves.

"I understand. Let's try to make friendly contact, in the name of... Baltan Trading Company."

"As ordered."

After his subordinates left, Augustine took out the "Capital Annexation Manual" compiled by the big goblin merchants of Baltan Trading Company and began to study it.

Contact them in the name of Baltan Trading Company, then allocate funds to train young people to contact the outer planets of the Shadow Empire, and then let them go back to become high-ranking officials. When they are all loyal to the Shadow Empire, they will "vote" to join.

"It will probably take nearly a thousand years to complete this process, and they also have a powerful 'king'. It will be very difficult to change this, so we still need Edward to do it..."

Augustine thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a good reason to call Edward to the front line.

Edward is still the Prime Minister. After more than 20,000 years of experience, he is already smart and good at politics. He is almost like an old monster and can easily solve any institutional problems.

He was known as the "Wisdom of the Empire", a core figure in the governance of the empire, and an object of emulation and learning for many later generations.

The most impressive thing about Edward's achievements, apart from his previous achievements in governance, was that he established a governance system for the empire. At the same time, he used political tactics to incorporate many civilizations that had established connections with the "Baltan Trading Company" into the Shadow Empire!
If Edward came, it would be easy to deal with a civilization like L77 that had just awakened its extraordinary powers.

No matter how much the Lionhearted King resists, he will never be able to resist Edward's plan!

"Forget it, let's go find His Majesty. If I'm not mistaken, the value of the civilization on Planet L77 is probably much higher than expected."

Augustine looked at the planet L77. His intuition told him that there must be some hidden power behind this civilization that seemed to have only one planetary-level strongman.

If he attacks by force, it may not cause too much damage to his fleet, but it will definitely cause a lot of trouble!
So it’s better to take a long-term view.

Not long after, Augustine's report was transmitted back to the Blue Star.

……

And when his report came back, Norman was checking the attributes of civilization and the latest additional races.

Civilization: Dark Empire

[Owner: Norman (Emperor)]

【System Capability: Integration into One】

[Population: 3 trillion (Note: The system only counts the population that sincerely belongs to civilization)]

[Civilization Abilities: Son of Night (bloodline), Technology First, Country of Etiquette, Barbarian, Shadow of Night (Royal Blood), Gigantic, Energetic]

[Civilization Development Route: Fantasy Route]

[Main species: People of the Shadow Empire (people on the five major planets are all humans of the Shadow Empire), tree people, mermaids, dwarves, goblins, Baltan people, light and dark tribes]

[Subordinate species: unicorn, magic beast, magic dog, magic snake, five-color dragon, metal dragon, Magma star, imperial star, monster...]

...The civilization capabilities listed in the system are always in effect.

The ability to excel in technology allows the Shadow Empire to maintain rapid technological development even if it chooses the fantasy route.

The two abilities of the State of Etiquette and Barbarians are one of the main reasons why the Shadow Empire can expand peacefully or "peacefully"!

Then there are the civilized species that Norman is concerned about.

The main species is a race that has been fully accepted by the Shadow Empire and become a citizen-level race.

Apart from the species absorbed before the expansion, the only aliens accepted so far are the transformed Baltan and the newly-accepted Light and Dark Clan.

The biggest difference between the main species and the subsidiary species is that the former can obtain the blessing of the bloodline of the Sons of Night, while the latter are simply counted as population and can only obtain secondary bonuses.

"There are still too few types of races. We need to absorb more..."

Norman turned off the system and turned to look at the report document sent by Augustine.

"L77? Interesting."

Norman laughed when he saw the name, and then issued an order: "Edward, you go and find a way to get their king to join and incorporate their royal family."

Norman's order was issued from a distance. Edward, who was thinking about the policy of a certain planet, saluted towards the palace after receiving the order.

"I will obey your command and will not let your majesty down."

After Edward saluted, he handed over the work at hand to his apprentice, then opened the portal and came to Augustine.

"Augustine, you are really good. You actually asked His Majesty to call me."

"Edward, you're finally here, come and see, we've already started contacting."

Augustine was very happy to see Edward. He ignored Edward's contempt and pulled him over to discuss a strategy.

Seeing that Augustine was still playing dumb as usual, Edward decided not to argue with him and walked over to check the current intelligence.

"Well, it's right to contact them first. The countries on this planet are very stable, and the breakthrough should be in their king."

Edward looked at it for a while and quickly came to a conclusion.

He took a pen and paper and quickly wrote down a lot of details of the plan. He then divided it into two copies, one to be sent back to the imperial capital and the other to Augustine.

"I think I know what to do. The annexation of this world is very simple. Just do as I say."

"When the time is right, I will ask His Majesty to come in person."

Augustine looked at the plan Edward handed to him. After reading it carefully twice, Augustine gave Edward a thumbs up.

"As expected of you, kid. You're still as cunning and resourceful as ever!"

"You will get most of the credit then, I'll treat you to a drink when we get back!"

Augustine laughed, and without waiting for Edward to retort, he turned around and left to make the arrangements.

Edward just shook his head, then sat there and began to plan...

　review!
　　[A nation of etiquette: When you first meet other civilizations or species, your friendship level will remain constant and your cultural development speed will increase! (Note: Although you can rule the country with technology, I chose cultural victory!)]

　　[Barbarian: Tribal type civilization friendship is constant at intimate, the army's combat effectiveness is enhanced, and it is immune to reputation attacks from declaring war! (Note: I am a barbarian!)]

　　
　
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