Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

Chapter 15 The Legacy of Another Civilization: Shadow Magic!

An exploration team quickly assembled in front of Norman and his men.

Following Norman and the others, the leader walked forward, explaining the general situation to Norman as they went.

"Your Majesty, we have already explored this area before. It is a highland plain, covering approximately 3 square kilometers."

"At the edge of this highland plain is a cliff. We found a waterfall that flows down, but we can't see the boundary. It is likely a mountain peak that is more than a thousand meters high."

"There are no living things in this area anymore. We didn't find any living creatures, only ruins and remains, but the remains are very well preserved."

Norman nodded as he listened to the introduction, and then led Caitlin and the Iron Guard on a tour of the surrounding area.

Just as the exploration team leader reported, Norman carefully sensed the area and indeed found no signs of life.

Compared to the Azure Star, which has only been plunged into darkness for a year, this world before us has already sunk into darkness and fallen into eternal silence.

"Go and take a look inside those ruins."

Norman had the exploration team lead the way.

The exploration team was exceptionally professional, not only because of Norman's proactive training and guidance, but also because Azure Star itself possessed this inherent quality.

The Blue Star is different from Earth, but because it has more land and a unique magnetic field, it has created many geological wonders.

For the people of Azure Star, those geological wonders are the masterpieces of the gods. As long as they are buried in them, they can receive divine protection and ensure the eternal existence of their dynasty's power.

For a time, Norman found himself in the same awkward situation as Boss Cao, so...

Ahem, I made a small attempt to imitate it~

Closer to home.

With advancements in technology, exploration methods have become highly sophisticated, so as long as the aliens are still humanoid in size, excavating an alien civilization would not actually be difficult.

The exploration team led the way, lighting torches along the way to prevent getting lost, and then explained the geological structure to Norman and the others.

"Your Majesty, this is undoubtedly a magical civilization!"

"Moreover, this civilization's fate was similar to ours; before their demise, they left behind some unique magic and methods of translation!"

"Director Allen has discovered many well-preserved documents here and is currently deciphering the text. We believe it won't be long before we are able to completely decipher them and learn about this civilization!"

"Your Majesty, look."

The tour leader pointed to the murals in front of them and said, "This is the center of this ruin. Behind it is an altar, and the murals here are covered with many runes."

"These runes, like the ones we discovered, can be activated with magic!"

"Therefore, we have a bold hypothesis: it's very possible that our civilization originated from here! A portion of our people once traveled to Azure Star through a magical portal!"

"I see, it seems that's quite possible."

Norman nodded, because those runes had been found not only in the Black Kingdom's territory, but also in other regions!

So this guess is quite possible, but further confirmation is needed.

If these documents and runes can be matched with the script of Azure Star, then the origin of Azure Star's civilization may indeed have come from here!

But if that were really the case, wouldn't that be a bit...

A hellish joke?

Norman stepped forward and gently stroked the runes on the wall.

The runes here are imbued with a faint magic. Even though they are ancient, this magic still protects these runes and stone carvings. It is because of this magic that they have not completely disappeared into history.

After passing this mural, the altar that the tour leader mentioned is right behind it.

It looks like a simple three-tiered earthen platform, but it is covered with runes and magic circle patterns similar to blood magic.

The Children of the Night's lineage is unsystematic; they only know how to use blood magic, but lack the deeper principles behind it.

Norman's lineage is relatively complete, possessing all the blood magic, magic circles, blood alchemy, etc. of the Children of the Night bloodline, but it still lacks a systematic learning method that allows one to learn from childhood to adulthood; it usually involves dabbling in different things here and there.

But on this altar, Norman saw the numbers, or symbols, used for division.

From one to nine, and then there are specific categories, as if they correspond to something.

"Have you found the corresponding items for these symbols?" Norman asked.

The team leader nodded excitedly, "As expected of His Majesty! We searched for so long before finally finding it!"

"Yes, deep within these ruins lies a library, and this altar corresponds precisely to the division of books within that library!"

"So that means there's a complete magical heritage here?"

"That's right!"

"very good."

Norman was delighted to hear this, exclaiming, "I never imagined I'd inherit the legacy of an entire civilization here!"

Norman walked up to the altar and carefully examined the magic array patterns on it.

These array patterns spread upwards from beneath the altar, eventually converging at the center to form a palm-like pattern.

Norman watched as he slowly squatted down and placed his palm on the pattern.

"Is Your Majesty also curious? We tried it before, but there was no reaction. It must be some kind of... um?"

The team leader was about to explain when he was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless.

The altar began to glow after Norman placed his hand on the design and unleashed the power of his progenitor bloodline as a child of the night!

The blood-red magic unique to blood magic spread downwards from the direction of the palm pattern, quickly covering the entire altar.

In an instant, the altar turned blood red!

The light that emanated from above also turned into a layer of hazy mist.

Norman, shrouded in a thin mist, also disappeared from everyone's sight!

"His Majesty!!"

Caitlin gasped and leaped forward, but just as she was about to step onto the altar, she heard Norman's voice.

"It's alright, don't worry, it's just the magic hidden in this altar."

Norman waved his hand, dispelling the magic. The hazy mist dissipated, replaced by a dark, somber atmosphere.

Norman remained standing in the same spot, only now he had a book in his hand.

At the same time, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! A new magic system has been absorbed—Shadow Magic! Fantasy route activated! Reward: Dark Magic!]

Shadow magic—that's the name the system gave to this magic system.

Very appropriate and suitable.

After obtaining this inherited magic book, Norman also learned the name of this civilization—Shadowmoon.

Contrary to their previous assumptions, the world in which this civilization resided was semi-dark from the very beginning.

In their star system, there is only one dim, dark star.

Dark stars, also called brown dwarfs, are known as "failed stars" because they lack sufficient mass to become burning stars.

The light was dim, only a hazy layer.

The destruction of this civilization was actually caused by a supernova explosion...

(End of this chapter)