Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

"Come on, let's give it a try!"

Norman smiled as he injected the gene serum he had developed into Tartarus.

To be honest, what he was holding was the syringe needle, which was also a creation approaching the scale of a single universe.

There was no way around it; Tartarus had become a powerhouse nearing the peak of a single universe, and he was also an ultimate life form with the physical limits of his being, so ordinary syringes simply couldn't pierce his skin.

This meant that Norman needed to prepare some special equipment for him, but this was easy for Norman, who was not only the god of magic but also the god of forging.

To this day, the dwarves still worship him!

Orn was the most steadfast of the believers, and also claimed to be Norman's messenger.

"Ahhhhh!"

As the gene serum was injected, Tartarus began to roar and struggle in agony.

But the rope binding him was also a magical artifact; he couldn't break free and could only twist and turn wildly in place.

As the gene serum began to take effect, changes began to occur in Tartarus.

The forces of darkness and light intertwined within him, gradually forming chaos, which was then forcibly separated.

This constant separation and reunion caused a tremendous sense of tearing apart, causing Tartarus unbearable pain. At the same time, his body began to mutate, and the fixed life form of the ultimate life form was broken.

Different organs and tissues began to grow on his body, making him look like a monster.

But as his body began to change, his strength also increased rapidly!

In just a moment, his realm, which had increased due to the excessive injection of energy, began to stabilize, and he was completely promoted from the high-level of the single universe level to the peak of the single universe level!

At the same time, his own timeline began to converge, showing a faint trend of advancing to the multiverse level.

But just as he was about to be promoted, this momentum was averted.

Tartarus, at the pinnacle of a single universe, is not the strongest of him across all timelines!

In the endless parallel universes, there are many Tartarus, each at the pinnacle of its own universe!

They are trapped in their own universes and cannot travel to other real parallel universes; they can only operate on parallel timelines within their own universes.

But when this Tartarus attempted to advance in this way, the other Tartarus sensed this and began to actively stop him.

It was precisely because of their obstruction that Tartarus's promotion failed.

"What a pity, isn't it?"

Norman smiled and said, "He became a monster, gained power, but was prevented from succeeding because of the interference of his counterparts from other timelines."

"It's both pathetic and hilarious."

"If they had known, they might have supported you and sacrificed themselves to make you the first multiverse-level powerhouse of the Absolut race, but unfortunately they didn't do that."

"you……"

Tartarus stopped screaming at that moment. He looked weakly at Norman and saw his own reflection in the mirror behind Norman.

His body was originally golden, but now it was stained with a layer of gray, and many barbs grew on his shoulders, elbows, knees, lumbar vertebrae and other joints. A pair of new horns also grew on his head.

Furthermore, his power was permanently altered; the original spacetime and destructive power remained, but darkness and shadows were added.

At the same time, he could feel that his shadow power was being controlled by Norman, and this shadow power had become the key to the strength of his body.

If Norman wanted, he could use this control to cut off his power at any time, turning him into a powerless mortal!

In other words, from this moment on, even if he advances to the multiverse level, he will still be subject to Norman's control!

Norman could strip him of all his power at any time!

"That's a brilliant move, but you've overlooked something. I'm not the actual ruler of the kingdom; I'm just a general."

Tartarus said, forcing an awkward smile with all his might.

"Even if it means death, I will not let you use me to control the kingdom. Even if I lose all my power, I will not betray my civilization and my homeland."

"Yes, I never imagined you would betray your king."

Norman shrugged and said, "I was just using you as a guinea pig. This insurance is also to prevent you from using this power to attack the master of the Shadow Empire."

"Don't worry, as long as the kingdom offers a sufficient price, I will let you leave."

Norman smiled, but the smile was eerie.

He drew inspiration from Toregia's ideas.

Through the Plasma Spark, Tregear silently instilled the will of the Black Eye Empire into the minds of the people of the Land of Light.

Norman, on the other hand, was preparing Tartarus as a living embodiment!

The power he injected into Tartarus was not simply about control and obstruction; it turned Tartarus into a humanoid, self-propelled signal transmitter.

This signal transmitter constantly emits brainwashing-like signals, allowing the kingdom's people to receive them and subtly change their thoughts.

The experiment on Tartarus was to see if it was possible to break the form of the ultimate life form.

By breaking down his life form, we can study how the ultimate life form is actually constructed.

The result was obvious: Norman succeeded!

He disrupted Tartarus's life form, destroying his unique balance and transforming him into another form.

While causing destruction, he also figured out what the rescue life forms were all about.

The so-called ultimate life form can be simply categorized as the limit of the physical body, the end of genetic evolution, and the ultimate manifestation of a specific gene evolving to its extreme.

Theoretically, the Shadow Empire's inhabitants could also reach the limits of their genes.

All it takes is continuous evolution and optimization of the genes to bring them to a special state in which they are connected with the universe and authority.

This allows one's genes to remain stable and permanent, thus preserving that perfect form forever.

At the same time, it can continue to grow and advance further by virtue of its authority.

To put it in a slightly more complex way, it means modifying the composition of genes and flesh to the limit, until there is no further room for improvement, and then achieving perpetual stability.

In this state, your physical body can achieve what is described in fantasy novels as "indestructible through countless calamities, with an indestructible physical body"!

Even if the universe is destroyed, you can continue to survive thanks to the unique life form of the ultimate life form.

There are also special ultimate life forms similar to Reiblood, who do not exist in the physical form, but rather in the soul.

He improved his own soul to its limit, thereby breaking through a certain boundary and becoming the ultimate life form in terms of soul.

It is precisely because he is in a soul state that many powerful beings in the universe are helpless against him.

"Alright, I've finished my experiment on you. What you think is up to you."

Norman chuckled and said, "Oh, right, you can't leave yet. I'll let you go after our negotiations are over, but I believe it won't be long. The people of your kingdom are quite united, aren't they?"

Norman said something abruptly, then left.

Tartarus watched Norman's departing figure, his eyes, now black and red, gleaming with a strange light.

His feelings were complicated. On the one hand, he hated Norman to the core, but on the other hand, he admired Norman's magnanimity.

He could have taken Norman's torment as punishment for a loser, but when Norman destroyed his ultimate life form's special form and turned it into this monster-like appearance, he began to hate Norman!

Even if he went back, but became like this, no longer an ultimate life form, he would no longer be able to face his colleagues and people.

Honestly, he's contemplating suicide right now!

On the other hand, he also admired Norman somewhat. After all, if it were him, he would never have created an enemy that was close to the multiverse level, and he would have let the enemy go.

If it were Norman who lost, he would absolutely want to grind Norman to dust and torture him to death!

Even though he knew that Norman had some kind of ulterior motive in letting him go, he couldn't help but admire him.

He simply watched Norman's departing figure, then gradually fell silent and stopped speaking.

……

On the other side, after Norman left, he went straight to the Shadow Empire's prison.

He was going to use another guy in the prison for experiments.

The other guy imprisoned in this dungeon is none other than Dark Lugiel, who was captured by Ace and Caesar!

Having successfully completed one experiment, he is now preparing to conduct a larger one, building on his initial success.

—Reunite Dark Lugiel and Ultraman Ginga!

He wanted to see just how powerful these two guys would be after they reunited!

I also want to see if the two of them will turn into chaos after they reunite!

"You are Dark Lugiel?"

Norman arrived at the prison and saw Dark Lugiel bound up like a pretzel by a massive number of magic circles.

"Who are you?"

Dark Lugiel's mouth could still move, so during the time of the war between the Shadow Empire and the Kingdom before Norman arrived, Dark Lugiel was constantly cursing in the prison.

"My name is Norman, and I am the master of this empire."

"The master of the empire? You are the Shadow Emperor?"

"That's right."

"What? You want to persuade me to join you?"

"No, whether you join or not is irrelevant to us right now."

Norman shook his head, then smiled and said, "I came to you because I want you to help me with an experiment."

"experiment?"

"That's right, I'll go and capture Ultraman Ginga, and then see if I can put the two of you back together."

"So? Isn't this a brilliant plan?"

Dark Lugiel: ...

"You t—beep beep—"

"Very well, I understand what you're thinking."

Norman smiled and nodded, but since Dark Lugiel had already been muted, he simply took it as Dark Lugiel's agreement.

Meanwhile, Dark Lugiel was still cursing, wishing he could skin Norman alive, but he could only watch Norman turn and leave.

After Norman left, he began searching for Ultraman Ginga.

Because the entire Land of Light was forbidden from leaving, a large number of Ultra Warriors went to other universes to explore.

Ultraman Ginga also accompanied Zero to other universes to develop new colonies.

Moreover, to find him, one must travel to other universes.

Before that, we need to define our position.

"Let me see where they ran off to..."

Norman followed the signal to locate the position.

Because of Tregear's plan, all the Ultra Warriors have magical tracking abilities from the Shadow Empire.

So finding them is very easy.

found it!

Norman laughed, then opened a portal and suddenly appeared behind Ultraman Ginga, who was in the middle of a battle.

"Who are you? The Shadow Emperor!?"

"I didn't expect you to still remember me. Then there's no need for me to say anything more."

Norman laughed and tossed out a magic circle. "Come with me. I need you to help me complete an experiment."

"What!?"

Yinhe only had time to cry out in surprise before he was suppressed and sealed by Norman's magic circle.

Norman then ignored the dark monster opposite him and opened the portal to leave.

Upon returning to the Shadow Empire, Norman activated multiple forging magic circles, creating a brand-new magic laboratory. He then began manufacturing magical tools and a special device that would fuse them together.

"Let me see how to combine the powers of light and darkness?"

Norman thought of the experiment on Tartarus.

He also tried to merge light and darkness in Tartarus, but when the two forces merged, they inexplicably separated again.

There is a strange barrier between these two forces, because the existence of the powers of light and darkness prevents them from merging back into the power of chaos.

Although the authority of chaos still exists, the division of chaos into light and darkness is irreversible.

He couldn't reassemble it, so he could only try more.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Ultraman Ginga was released and started yelling at Norman, repeatedly questioning him about his intentions, but Norman did not respond.

Norman remained expressionless as he released Dark Lugal and began his experiment.

He first poured endless energy into the two of them, and then tried to merge them together, but his attempt failed again.

Just as he had tested before, the energy entered the two people's bodies, but then separated for some special reason.

Even these two beings, who were separated from the chaos, could not merge light and darkness back together.

They can only separate, and can never return to their respective bodies.

This is a difference in ideology, as well as a division of authority.

"Looks like some unusual changes are needed. You two are really not cooperating with me at all." (End of Chapter)