Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

"You mean they've concentrated all their military forces in that star system ahead, trying to force us into a decisive battle?"

Caesar sat in the conference room of the fleet's capital ship, listening to the reports from his subordinates with a somewhat strange expression.

He never expected that the Absolut army below would actually gather together and want to fight a decisive battle with them.

The funniest thing about Caesar right now is, why would they want to fight a decisive battle against a group of people who are destined to lose?

Should we go up and give them a chance?

"Perhaps they're using this as a cover to do something else?"

Ace said, "Perhaps we can look at it from a different angle. They're about to be defeated, and maybe they want to use this opportunity to gather everyone together. What if they just run away if we don't go?"

"This is a rare opportunity to annihilate a large part of their army."

"That's not impossible. Perhaps we should investigate and see what they're really up to."

Caesar nodded, acknowledging the possibility, but even so, he wasn't keen on accepting the challenge.

Because if they were to engage in battle at this time, they would only have one unit, and they would likely fall into an enemy ambush!

If we really fall into an ambush, then it would be a huge loss.

"Since it's possible, perhaps we can give it a try," Ace suggested. "We don't need to go directly there; simply deploying our fleet along the edge will create a deterrent effect."

"The Imperial forces will be quick. They'll realize that we'll be able to encircle them, and perhaps we can kill part of the enemy's main force in this battle."

"But what if the enemy thinks the same way?" Caesar countered. "What if the enemy also anticipated our first move and launched a successful attack while we were in a state of intimidation? How should we respond then?"

"Indeed, this is a challenge."

Ace nodded; he was aware of these potential dangers as well.

But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Diablo and the Titans are in charge of leading the team to stir up trouble in the inner corner of the main universe of the Land of Light.

Tartarus only appears occasionally on a battlefield and then quickly leaves, since the kingdom doesn't have the Shadow Empire's teleportation technology.

With Tartarus, a single-universe-level being absent, the super-galaxy-level combat power of the two sides is disproportionate, and the Shadow Empire has an absolute advantage!

Although the Kingdom's expeditionary force, which had gathered all its troops, was stronger in terms of fleet combat power than their single legion.

However, with the help of high-end combat capabilities, the gap will not be too large.

So no matter how you look at it, it's worth taking a gamble!

Caesar looked at the map, pointed to three locations in a row, and said, "We are now in the very center. The Second and Third Fleets are not far from us."

"Augustine and Alexander are traveling in the same direction as us. If we don't change course now and send them a message, we will meet up with them at this point."

Caesar pointed to a location ahead, which was very close to the assembly point of the kingdom's fleet.

"If we join forces with them and then go to set up a deterrent, we might have a better chance of winning. However, the other side might retreat before we even begin to assemble outside. In that case, we might find nothing, or we might even be attacked directly by Tartarus."

"Although we are all at the single-universe level, we are only beginners. Compared with veteran single-universe level powerhouses like Tartarus, our combat power is much weaker."

"That's true, but we're not without our advantages."

Ace smiled and said, "Four early-stage single-universe level powerhouses should be able to hold him off."

"Hold him back? You mean, His Majesty is going to make a move?" Caesar asked, somewhat surprised.

"Father won't do it himself," Ace shook his head and said, "but he will help us. He will summon darkness to help us build a huge magic circle on that battlefield."

With the magic circle's blessing, our strength will temporarily leap to the mid-tier of the single-universe level. Father wants us to practice on Tartarus.

"It's not entirely unacceptable that His Majesty would construct a magic circle and summon darkness to cover it..."

Caesar rubbed his chin. "However, I'm still a little worried. I'm afraid they'll bring all the strong ones over. If the darkness gathers... according to the intelligence, the Aliens of Empera, the three members of the so-called Gua Legion, and the two unknown dark powerhouses will likely be strengthened as well. In that case, we might not only have to face one single universe-level being."

"It will be tough, but we have no choice but to fight."

"That's true. Since His Majesty is helping us, let's have a showdown with them."

Caesar made up his mind, sent the message to Augustine and Alexander, and then led the fleet in the predetermined direction.

As they advanced, the power from Norman also arrived.

Endless darkness began to surge, and all the darkness and shadows in the universe were stirred up.

Countless gray-black smogs emerged from the unknown depths of space and then covered every corner of the Milky Way at an extremely fast speed!

The gray-black smog caused no harm wherever it went; the creatures that came into contact with it were unaffected.

Even those civilizations that needed starlight were not greatly affected; at most, the daytime became somewhat hazy.

As these shadows converged, the dark forces within the entire main universe began to intensify, and the powerful beings on the dark side could clearly sense this change.

"These are truly turbulent times... Could this power belong to that hidden super-strong individual who once used their immense power to interfere with the balance of forces in the universe?"

Within the Light Machine Kingdom, Father of Ultra, who was in charge of monitoring the battlefield, sensed the changes in the universe.

He was very worried, but felt somewhat powerless.

Because this terrifying power at the single-universe level has exceeded his capabilities, he has only come infinitely close to the single-universe level, but has not broken through that limit to reach that level.

"His power has surpassed the level of a typical single universe. Even I couldn't achieve that in a short time. He's really strong, stronger than any enemy we've ever faced before."

The King of Ultra appeared beside Father of Ultra, and he too was marveling at the power of Norman.

"What should we do now?" Father of Ultra asked.

"We can only wait. Judging from their current actions, they seem to be heading to fight a decisive battle against the Absolut clan."

"We can only follow behind them, hoping for an opportunity to intervene."

"This is the only way."

Father of Ultra sighed, gazing into the distant depths of space, his eyes filled with worry.

"Hopefully everything will be alright..." (End of Chapter)