Ultra: Dark Shadow Mage, Founding a Magic Empire

Chapter 92: Really Forced to Abdicate
The Shadow Empire lasts for 2 years.

Nearly a thousand years had passed since Augustine prepared to annex the planet L77.

A thousand years later, the entire Leo star field and the Draco star field were developed into the territory of the Baltan Trading Company.

The goblin merchants opened many space cities and turned the habitable planets here into their commercial cities.

Countless space commercial streets were established, and within a galaxy, even a large number of bridges were built across two adjacent planets.

Under the cover of the intricate commercial city, Augustine's Southern Theater Fleet was able to expand silently, controlling the entire Leo region in secret and blocking all surrounding star fields.

Let Leo and Draco become the outer gardens of the Shadow Empire!

And this garden was built just to enclose two planets!

……

Planet L77, inside the royal palace.

The Lionheart, who had not transformed, stood in the courtyard. Outside the palace, there were people everywhere, holding banners and shouting their demands.

They want to join the business world system of Baltan Trading Company and become the people of Baltan Trading Company!
"Hey……"

The Lionheart sighed and looked up at the spaceship that was looming in the sky.

That was the outer space trade route established by Baltan Trading Company. After its completion, the speed of the trade route increased by more than a hundred times.

This not only brought huge profits to the royal family, but also made the people of L77 rich overnight!
But despite the success of this move, the people were not grateful to the royal family...

Because the royal family is now their "enemy" and the culprit that prevents them from joining Baltan Trading Company!
All of this has to do with what Baltan Company has done over the past thousand years...

A thousand years ago, under the leadership of the Baltan Company, the planets Leo L77 and Draco D60 had limited exchanges.

After the communication, the Lionheart also had a general understanding of the situation in the universe.

He understood the "virtue" of Baltan Trading Company, and also knew that Baltan Trading Company might secretly trip him up, or even directly usurp the planet L77.

But back then, he also saw the crisis in the universe!

Baltan Trading Company allowed him to see the most real scene in the universe!
The wars that were happening all the time and the scenes of civilization being destroyed every moment were deeply imprinted in his mind.

He understood that it was impossible for L77 to survive in the universe by himself. If he wanted to protect his people, cooperating with Baltan Trading Company was the only and best option at this stage!

So he chose to cooperate with Baltan Trading Company and outsourced many things to Baltan Trading Company.

But this behavior has led to two extreme consequences.

One is good, planet L77 has developed and become a giant in this star field!
But on the other hand, the people of Planet L77 gradually turned to Baltan Trading Company in the process of development!

A thousand years had passed, and by the time he came to his senses, he discovered that since they had made contact a thousand years ago, every one of their descendants had gone to study abroad at Baltan Trading Company!
Now, the people on L77 have all returned from studying abroad on the planet of Baltan Trading Company, and they are all promoting Baltan Trading Company with all their might!
So even though he was very worried about this, he couldn't change anything.

Even the Lionheart himself wanted to give up at one point.

After all, Baltan Trading Company is full of tricks, but their attitude towards ordinary mortals is obvious to the entire universe!
Even the Lionheart King himself asked himself if he could be so fair and just, and he couldn't do the most basic thing that Baltan Company did.

Treat everyone as a human being!

This is the most normal thing in the Shadow Empire.

But this is something that L77, a civilization still in the feudal era, cannot do!

"Emperor Lionheart! Abdicate!"

"Abdicate! Abdicate! Abdicate!"

"Stop hindering the progress of our civilization!" "That's right! The royal family is not at fault. Stop standing with those landowners!"

"abdicate!"

The deafening shouts outside the palace interrupted the Lionheart's memories.

As he looked outside, his wife came to him with their two sons.

"Your Majesty, is this really necessary?" The queen looked worried. She was concerned about her husband.

The Lionheart turned to look at them and sighed, "The decision we made back then led to everything today. Perhaps it is time for us to make a choice."

"Your Majesty, we still have the army, and the royal family and the nobles all support us..." the queen couldn't help but say.

"An army? To kill our own people?"

The Lionheart shook his head, then said firmly: "If we use the army to suppress them, wouldn't that be fulfilling their wishes and turning us into what they imagine?"

"Listen to the noise outside. If the royal family didn't still have some power, I'm afraid these young people would rush into the palace right now and take the crown off my head."

“But there’s nothing wrong with that.”

"Our people have their own ideas and pursuits. In the future, they will definitely stand on the stage of the universe and pass on our civilization."

"So, we must also fulfill our historical mission and take our civilization a step further."

The two young men on the side just looked worried and didn't dare to say anything more.

The Lionheart looked at them, stepped forward and rubbed his two sons' heads.

He is very tall, so according to Ultraman's lifespan, his two sons, who are already young adults, are not as tall as him.

His two sons are Leo and Astra!
They are now six thousand years old, but due to Leo's special situation, they have not experienced combat and are still academic warriors.

"You two brothers will leave tomorrow to study in D60. Don't come back until things here are finished."

"But father..." Leo wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the Lionheart who raised his hand.

"Don't worry, you don't need to blame Baltan Company for this. You can also join them later to protect L77 on behalf of your father."

The Lionheart looked at his eldest son, a rare smile appearing in his eyes.

He is very satisfied with his two sons.

During this thousand years, Leo always took care of the people of L77, helped them build facilities, and sought profits from the Baltan Trading Company.

It was precisely because of the actions of the Leo brothers that the royal family regained some popular support.

And if it weren't for these trivial matters, perhaps Leo's strength would be much stronger than it is now!

"Go ahead, don't worry about me here."

The Lionheart said, letting Leo take his mother and brother away.

Leo was still a little hesitant, but he did not refute his father. He obediently left with his crying mother and brother.

After they left, the Lionheart took a deep breath and walked out of the palace gate.

What happens next might not be too ugly, but he doesn't want his son to experience such a shameful thing!

　I'm stuck... I'll take another day off... This is the last time, um, I think...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)