Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

Caitlin looked at Norman with surprise and tears welling in her eyes, and nodded vigorously.

"Just as I swore my allegiance to you, I will follow you wherever you go, whether you come or go!"

Norman chuckled and put his arm around Caitlin, saying, "This time it's not just about following me, you know~"

Caitlin blushed, then took the initiative to hug Norman and drag him into the bedroom.

Then, suggestive sounds drifted from within the palace.

Of course, Norman sealed it off with magic; outsiders can't see or hear it.

……

Norman and Caitlin officially got married.

At the same time, a grand wedding banquet was held, with celebrations taking place in more than a dozen parallel universes' galaxies.

Countless citizens of the Shadow Empire cheered with joy, especially the veteran officials, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time!

Some veterans in various departments even expressed that they had no regrets in their lives and were preparing to resign without notice!

Of course, all of their resignation letters were returned.

Norman originally intended to retire them, but due to the sudden expansion of the empire's territory, they suddenly ran out of officials!

The officials recruited from the Land of Light and the Kingdom are still in training and are expected to take at least ten years to graduate, so they will have to endure at least another ten years.

Norman did not leave the Empire immediately, as there were still some minor matters that required his attention.

"Welcome back, Katarina."

The pure white and holy saint kneels devoutly before her god.

"As you wish, I have brought back all the souls of those who died loyal to the Empire." Katarina respectfully offered a shrine.

Through the shrine, Norman could see the ever-flowing souls within, those souls always retaining their final forms from life, still roaring and fighting, shouting for the great Evil King, fighting to the very last moment.

"The warriors who fought for me should not be allowed to perish; let them awaken."

Norman released Valhalla and the Pantheon.

The Pantheon soared high, radiating endless divine light, revealing the faces of every supreme being within the Shadow Empire. Each person had their own statue and their own temple.

Even Katarina, who was always treated as invisible, has a statue and palace that belong to her.

The Hall of Heroes, on the other hand, is located within the Shadow Empire and serves as a public exhibition building that anyone can visit.

And within it are statues of all those who are warriors of the Shadow Empire.

Their souls rest here, and are able to awaken periodically to meet with their relatives and friends.

If necessary, they can even step out of Valhalla and fight once again to protect the Empire!

Of course, given the power of the Shadow Empire, this day may never come, because it is impossible for anyone to reach the capital of the Shadow Empire!

"this!"

As the victor, Katarina was so shocked by this scene that her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. Wasn't this the miracle she had always dreamed of?

"Your Majesty is merciful! Praise be to Your Majesty!"

Katarina knelt down in ecstasy, repeatedly uttering the same few words.

"Get up. This is what I should do. Those who fight for the empire cannot be disheartened."

Norman smiled and reached out to help Katrina up.

Norman is becoming increasingly satisfied with this man who was originally just a tool.

It wasn't just because she created a shadowy empire to stir up trouble in various universes and recruit more followers to provide power for Norman.

It was also because her self-brainwashing was so perfect that it made her incredibly loyal!

Who wouldn't like a smart, useful, and loyal assistant?

"I'm going on a long journey now. You continue with your mission, develop more followers, and also pay attention to cultivating other saints. It will be very tiring for you to work alone."

"Yes, Your Majesty. We will obey Your Majesty's decree."

"It's not some decree. As an old man, you won't be shortchanged on the treatment you deserve. Forget it, you don't care about these things anyway, just do it."

"Yes, sir!"

Katarina left.

However, she was extremely excited when she left because she had witnessed what she considered a miracle!

She wants to spread this glory to every corner of the universe, so that everyone knows how great His Majesty is!

"She's still the same as always. I don't know how she brainwashed herself back then," Caitlin said.

"Who knows? Let her be."

Norman stood up, smiling as he took Caitlin's hand and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to get going."

"Um!"

The two stepped out of the palace together, then crossed the barriers between the multiverses to travel to other multiverses.

At the same time, an imperial edict was also issued.

Prince Ace was regent, with generals and powerful figures such as Edward, Belial, and Tregear assisting him.

Ace and Belial were both unhappy with this arrangement.

It wasn't dissatisfaction, but rather that once they became regents or assistant rulers, they would be unable to go out to fight and conquer.

But they did it anyway, only more eager than anyone else to find an heir!

"Really, it's too much to dump these trivial matters on me."

Beria looked at the mountain of documents and files in front of him and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He's now wondering why he accepted this promotion. He could have continued conquering far and wide!

Now, not only do I have to sit here and look at documents every day, but I also have to deal with all sorts of miscellaneous things!

"Let's hurry up and finish this. Maybe we'll have a chance to go out and lead troops into battle after we're done."

Ace said with distress, "Belia isn't the only one who longs to go out."

Apart from Edward, everyone who accepted the regency now has some regrets.

Only Edward was laughing, because he could finally let others experience his work!

Although they were complaining, the Dark Empire was peaceful.

Even with a headache, Beria still worked diligently, handling many things every day, and his way of doing things was quite unique.

"Is it just the two of you having a fight?"

Beria sat in the courtroom, legs crossed, watching the two men below.

"Yes, sir, I know I am a foreign national who joined later, but even foreign nationals shouldn't be bullied like this! He blatantly stole my goods and then falsely accused me of smuggling. Please investigate, sir!"

The foreigner, dressed as a businessman, was filled with righteous indignation, as if he had been greatly wronged.

"You're talking nonsense! That's contraband! There's no way that could have gotten through customs; you must have smuggled it!"

The young official opposite him blushed. He never expected that this foreign businessman would distort the truth and talk nonsense in front of Beria!

"Oh, I understand."

Beria smiled and asked the merchant, "He said your goods are smuggled. What's your explanation?"

The merchant became stammering, "That's...that was a gift from my friend! So I brought it along with the goods."

"I see, but that's not what you just said."

"Didn't I just say that? No, that can't be..."

"Alright, drag him away and give him 50 lashes!" Beria sneered. "You really know how to cause trouble for me."

"No! I'm a foreign national with citizenship, you can't treat me like this! I demand arbitration! What right do you have to punish me so severely!"

"Why should I? Because I'm Belial! Shout again and I'll kill you."

Belial's unleashed power terrified the foreign businessman so much that he wet himself.

"It's so annoying, I have to deal with this kind of thing every day."

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for clearing my name!" The young official bowed to Beria excitedly.

Belial simply waved his hand casually and said, "Alright, don't be so spineless next time."

"There's no need to be too nice to these disloyal bastards. It will only make them think we'll tolerate them indefinitely. You should save your good temper for the true imperial people, not for these who haven't received the blessing of blood."

"yes!"

Seeing this, Edward couldn't help but sigh, "The world has changed. Even Belial has started lecturing."

"You talk too much! Can't you take your things back?"

"Hey, those were given to you by Regent Ace, they have nothing to do with me~"

Edward instantly transformed into a seasoned veteran, infuriating Belial.

Such everyday occurrences happened frequently over the next few thousand years.

……

"Let me see if this multiverse is... DC or Marvel, right? It's a complex and ever-changing universe. This one doesn't seem very interesting. Want to go in and have some fun?"

"Since we're already here, let's go take a look."

"it is good."

Norman smiled and nodded, then tore open a rift and entered the multiverse before him.

The moment they entered, two enormous figures appeared before them.

Who are you?

OAA is suspended in this space, and he is the only one in the entire multiverse.

"You can call me the Evil King or the Shadow Emperor. I just came here to take a look around, stopped by for a bit, you don't mind, right?"

Norman squinted. The OAA in front of him was also a multiverse-level powerhouse, and even stronger than a typical multiverse machine!

But Norman remained unfazed, because he was no match for him!

"All right……"

OAA replied lazily, completely unconcerned about Norman's arrival, as he had seen far too many time travelers like him.

There's absolutely no need to make a big fuss or overreact because of one or two time travelers.

"Let's go inside and have some fun."

Norman, holding Caitlin's hand, fell into a cell within the OAA.

After Norman and Caitlin entered a cell of the OAA, they landed on an Earth in a universe and witnessed a chaotic battlefield in New York.

"Everyone, I'm going to push the nuclear bomb to close the portal. Please give my regards to Chili Pepper."

The tin man in the Fukagawa exoskeleton power armor said with a death-defying air.

But just as he pushed the nuclear bomb into the portal, two figures descended upon Earth.

As these two figures arrived, the Chitauri who had invaded Earth were instantly reduced to dust by their boundless power.

Iron Man, who had just arrived on the other side of Earth through the portal, stared blankly at the young man radiating boundless light before him and posed a question from the depths of his soul.

"Who are you?"

Norman smiled and said, "Just an emperor passing through."

(End of the book)

……

postscript.

Imperial calendar year 40000.

"This is the Eighth Legion. I am Legion Commander Orn. ​​We have reached the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy. All known species in the Andromeda Galaxy have been conquered. We are now heading to the unknown universe beyond."

Orn picked up his pen and updated his navigation log. Standing beside him were the mechanical races he had once fought against, and "Mother" had also become a member of his fleet.

On this extremely special day, in the fourth ten thousand years since the Shadow Empire began to develop, he chose to let his fleet stop for a short rest.

This is no act of kindness. In this celebratory moment, few are grateful for Ornn's decision, as it has undoubtedly hampered their progress!

They are about to leave the known universe and head to the edge of the main universe, even though they have explored many parallel universes and even conquered their multiverse to some extent.

However, the development of each universe is limited to a few galaxies surrounding the Milky Way, while the more distant places remain unknown.

There is competition between each legion, and they all hope that their legion will be the first to uncover this secret.

Therefore, any legion would scoff at the idea of ​​taking a break.

If you ask them, they will all say that they don't need to rest; what they need is to successfully explore the secrets of the unknown universe!

But Ornn felt that even the martial Shadow Empire's legions sometimes needed to rest, stop their pace, and enjoy life.

Anyway, Ornn himself likes it this way.

After writing in his voyage log, Orn raised his hand and unlocked a spatial lock, taking out a treasured item he had kept for a long time from a fixed piece of time magic—a cake he had bought from Earth.

"Then I'll start eating."

Orn smiled, picked up the fork, and carefully forked at the cake that was only the size of his finger.

"Thump!"

But just as his fork was about to touch the cake, a huge jolt shook it off...

Ornn: ...

"Thump!"

"Who is it!"

Orn was somewhat angry, and soon he saw the culprit: a fleet he had never seen before was launching a surprise attack on them from the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy!

Ornn angrily raised his hammer and slammed it down on the fleet.

The first few ships in the fleet were instantly reduced to dust, but more ships followed and attacked them.

"Get those war-loving bastards moving and kill these damned creatures!"

"Oh, oh, oh!"

Upon hearing the order, the Imperial warriors became excited and steered their ships toward the enemy without hesitation.

An enraged Ornn added another entry to his trading log.

"In 40000 years of imperial history, the enemies are never-ending, there's never even time to rest! I think I might need to step back temporarily and enjoy a little cake!" (End of Chapter)