Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

"My child, you must remember my words."

"Yes! Don't worry, Father, I won't forget!"

Taiga nodded excitedly, while Taro smiled with genuine satisfaction, then waved and said, "Go on, don't keep your companions waiting."

"Yes! I will definitely make something of myself and won't let you down, Father!"

Taiga smiled and waved goodbye, then found Titus and Fuma, and set off for Earth.

As he left, a black aura flashed in Taro's eyes again, and then he once again clutched his head and squatted down in agony.

He could see everything that his darker side had said and done!

He watched as he himself infused his son with the power of darkness, and instilled in him a wrong idea.

He couldn't accept it. After a brief moment of lucidity, he was in great pain. He wanted to resist, but the pain and self-blame made him sink deeper and deeper.

The forces of darkness regained the upper hand, pushing his soul to the very corner of his consciousness.

Then, the darkness regained control of his body.

This consciousness was born in darkness, and its behavior was exactly the same as its original behavior. Even Father of Ultra and Mother of Ultra could not see the difference.

The dark consciousness took control of his body, returning him to the prison, where he quietly awaited Zoffy's arrival.

……

Meanwhile, Taiga's trio set off and rushed to Earth without stopping.

Taiga's smile never disappeared throughout the journey, making Titus and Fuma feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Just as the two were about to ask a question, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly appeared in front of them, and then a portal opened in front of them.

"What is it?"

The three of them stopped and looked at the thing in front of them with curiosity.

"What is this thing?" Taiga asked curiously.

"I don't know either, maybe it's some kind of portal or something," Fengma said.

"In short, be careful—be careful!"

Before Titus could finish speaking, a blue figure suddenly emerged from the portal in front of him.

When I saw the face of that blue figure, Titus exclaimed in surprise.

Taiga and Fuma instinctively turned their heads to look, only to see Tregear with one hand behind his back, smiling at the three of them.

"Looks like we're quite destined to meet, to actually run into you here," Torregia said with a smile.

But in reality, this wasn't a matter of fate. The dark power controlling Taro was something he had set up, and there were many paths to Earth. Taiga, the leader, chose this path because he was following Taro's suggestion!

Everything was designed by Torregia!

"You are... Tregear!?" Taiga exclaimed in surprise.

He saw a portrait of Torregia in the mission issued by the academy.

As another major enemy of the Land of Light, the Space Garrison naturally issued a bounty on Tregear, not to kill him, but to explore and track his whereabouts.

"I didn't expect you to know me, but this is a no-prize quiz."

Torregia smiled and raised his hand, his fingers dancing as terrifying black lightning burst forth.

"Since we've run into each other, here's a little gift for you~ Hope you have a great time."

A terrifying black lightning bolt struck the three, instantly shattering them into particles of light.

Tregear then gathered their light particles, modified the Taiga Spark in Taiga's hand, stuffed all three of their light particles into it, opened a portal, and threw it towards Earth in another parallel universe.

"Go, go and help me prove what the difference is between the chaos formed by the fusion of darkness and light and the original chaos... Whether I can advance to the single-universe level depends on the performance of you three little guys."

Torregia smiled, raised his hand, and then disappeared.

at the same time.

……

The Empire received a special navigation log. Upon opening the log, one would find intermittent reports of voyages, as well as... news of the fleet's annihilation!

……

A shadowy empire expeditionary force traversing parallel universes is rapidly traversing the dark depths of space.

"This is Expedition Team No. xxxxx. We have entered a new parallel universe. The light content here is somewhat excessive, which may indicate the existence of a civilization similar to the Land of Light. We are currently exploring it."

The fleet commander sent a log to the Empire and then continued to explore, sending out exploration teams to draw star maps.

"We have entered a region similar to the Milky Way, where the star system is highly similar to that of the main universe's Milky Way, and signs of life have been detected."

After some time, the fleet sent logs to the Empire again.

The fleet then continued deeper into the area.

The last time was a tragic roar.

"We are the Empire's exploration team, warriors of the Shadow Emperor, we will never surrender! Charge!"

"Sizzle—hiss—"

This concludes the log entry.

Meanwhile, the shadowy Imperial officers in the command room fell silent.

"A complete expeditionary exploration fleet, equipped with a large number of magical weapons and possessing several Xin Qiji-level combat power, under normal circumstances, no one can stop our expeditionary fleet."

"This indicates that the other party possesses combat power on a supergalaxy level."

"The ability to quickly annihilate an enemy fleet not only indicates super-galaxy-level combat power, but also likely a powerful fleet comparable to ours."

"Hmm, it seems this universe is worth exploring."

"Send a few more shadow units to investigate secretly."

"Let's leave it at that for now. Should we report this to the generals?"

"Let's investigate first. If the opponent's combat power is beyond our imagination, or if they have already unified their universe, it would be very dangerous to go there rashly."

The officers in the command post were discussing it.

Soon, a shadow force set off towards that unknown universe, following the coordinates transmitted back by the expeditionary exploration team.

And in that unknown universe.

On a massive planet shimmering with golden light, Tartarus frowned in deep thought.

"The Dark Empire's fleet has actually found our location in space... but it should be an exploration force. You've done a good job. From now on, spread out our intelligence network and make sure to monitor every important star system."

"Yes, sir!"

The soldiers of the Absolut clan went down, while the Alien Empera laughed.

"Looks like this place isn't safe either. How about we go together to find more of the Dark Universe? That way we can escape faster."

"Your Majesty is joking. As long as we are within our kingdom's universe, even if the entire Shadow Empire were to mobilize, you would be powerless against us. I am not the strongest force in our civilization; our king is still asleep."

"yes."

The Alien Empera remained noncommittal, smiled casually, and turned to leave.

Tartarus, on the other hand, gazes with a sorrowful expression at the tower within the kingdom.

"Our time may be running out..." (End of Chapter)