Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

Chapter 26 Cicada Humans, so the one they were fighting was Desrem!

"I'm going to see what's wrong on the planet. For the next ten years or so, Caitlin will be in charge, with Edward and Caesar as her assistants."

Augustine guarded the Azure Star continent, Caesar resided on the central continent of Shadow Star, and Generals Lancer and Howard participated in governance, while simultaneously continuing their conquest of the other two continents of Shadow Star.

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing Norman's voice, the seven people who were called out immediately knelt down and paid their respects, regardless of where they were.

After they bowed, the decree that Norman had prepared in advance was delivered to them.

Having finished his explanation, Norman also arrived at the observatory.

The moment Norman raised his hand, more than a dozen magic circles appeared simultaneously, generating tremendous power that lifted Norman into the sky.

At the same time, many illusory steps appeared in front of Norman.

Norman climbed the steps, and with each step he took, the magic around him doubled!

This is the fifth-tier magic, Shadow Staircase.

It is a magic that has not been completed, or rather, has not been proven.

The person who invented this magic was a fifth-tier archmage who invented a special ritual.

By condensing the ladder to heaven, one can quickly gather the magic of the entire world, helping oneself achieve a qualitative change through quantitative change, thereby advancing to the level of a sixth-order archmage!

Unfortunately, the great magician failed.

The reason for the failure...

It was because he was unable to condense the magic power of the Heavenly Ladder, and he died halfway through when his magic power was exhausted.

And now, Norman has realized his vision!

When Norman climbed the last step and arrived in the outer space of Azure Star, the magical ritual of the Shadow Staircase came to a complete end. A large amount of magic power gathered from the universe, which Norman absorbed without hesitation!

"Is this what it feels like to be full of magic? It looks pretty good."

Norman's current strength is at the planetary level, which refers to his physical strength.

Before this, the magical power within him had never been equal to his own level.

Even if you drained the entire Shadow Star, a planet-level amount of magic wouldn't be enough!

Only this kind of advancement ritual, which helps Norman directly draw magic power from the universe, can replenish the magic power of a planetary-level powerhouse!

Having obtained enough magic power, Norman used blood magic, transforming into a crimson mist and heading towards the star.

In the Heng system where Azure Star is located, besides Azure Star, there are five other planets of varying sizes.

The largest one is on the outermost edge; it is a gas giant that looks similar to Jupiter in our solar system, but is a size larger.

Then there was a terrestrial planet, but it looked devoid of any signs of life, with one side covered in impact craters, and it was similar in size to Mars.

Behind this planet is another planet with a dozen moons and a meteorite belt.

That was a planet with obvious rivers and signs of life!

Unfortunately, it's probably gone now...

Then there's Azure Star, which is smaller than the previous planet, but several times larger than Earth.

Further ahead is an asteroid, which, because it is so close to the star, has been ravaged beyond recognition and could not possibly show any signs of life.

Norman flew for a long time, and he roughly calculated that at his speed, it would take him about a year to travel from Azure Star to the asteroid at the very front.

Based on its own flight speed, the distance from Azure Star to this planet is more than twice that from Earth to Mercury!

That is about 4 million kilometers!

Norman was able to arrive so quickly because he flew at full speed, increasing his magical output to a staggering 13 km/s, surpassing the second cosmic velocity!

13 km/s per hour is converted to Mach 38!

It's almost twice as fast as the numerical monster Taro!

Of course, this is not without its costs.

Energy is conserved, and those who practice magic must also abide by this law to some extent when it comes to magical power.

Magic can bring about miracles, but even miracles require a corresponding amount of magical power to activate them.

Norman's high-speed flight also required the support of corresponding magic.

After landing on this asteroid, he consumed about a quarter of his planetary-level magic power.

"There seem to be signs of renovation here."

Norman landed on the surface of an asteroid that had lost its atmosphere; its surface, apart from dust, consisted of traces of mountains and rivers that once existed.

But that's in the past.

Under the scorching sun at such close range, only a trace remains, indicating that life once existed here.

Norman walked around the surface and then saw a very conspicuous "bulge" on the sun-facing side of the asteroid.

"This is?"

Norman walked over and used magic to dismantle the "bulge," revealing a spaceship inside.

It looks like the kind of escape pod mentioned in science fiction works from my past life.

Inside the escape pod lay a strange humanoid creature with a cicada-like head and six arms, appearing to be an incompletely evolved being.

"Is this... a cicada-human?"

Norman paused for a moment.

As a fake Ultraman fan, he was fortunate enough to see "Ultra Q," a show that could be considered a childhood nightmare, thanks to the recommendation of his good but mischievous friend!

Cicada-humans are a special kind of extraterrestrial beings.

Later, the Baltan aliens, veteran actors in the Ultraman series, evolved from cicada humans and can also be called cicada aliens.

And now, he actually saw a cicada-human here.

In the Ultraman Secret History, the Cicada Humans were once portrayed as a race that tampered with the Plasma Spark Tower when it was activated.

In other words, in the old setting, the birth of Ultraman and the birth of various monsters in the universe were all related to humans!

Now that we see cicadas among humans, does this mean that this origin exists here?

Since it exists, it means that some of the settings in the comic also exist.

This leads to another question—

What era is the universe in now?

Let's use the process of elimination. First of all, there are already Desre Nebula people now, and he has even mentioned things like "Emperor" and "Your Majesty".

First of all, it is definitely not the time of the Gua Legion 400 million years ago.

Secondly, it may not necessarily be from 50,000 years ago, since that period was the time when the Great Demon King of the Universe, Gakkaru, fought against the King of Ultra, Pix.

Although there are few records about Gakaru, he certainly would not have called himself "Emperor".

Furthermore, his battle with the King of Ultra ended quickly, and the King of Ultra used a cosmic prison to exile him to a black hole in a certain star system with extremely negative energy. It was absolutely impossible for any of his subordinates to still remember him.

Judging from the leisurely state of that Desre Nebula inhabitant, this is likely around 20,000 years after the era of the Great Demon King of the Universe.

That is, 30,000 years before the Earth storyline took place.

So the Desre Nebula person was talking about must be the Dark Emperor, Alien Empera, right?

So, the guy I killed with one punch was actually Desrem?

Norman's expression turned strange, and he rubbed his head in distress.

If planetary-level beings can be compared to the best of the Ultra Guard, namely the Ultra Brothers, then galaxy-level beings can be compared to Arc Belial and Zero when he first debuted.

The overturned Alien Empera was roughly at the level of a super-large galaxy!

Even at his peak, it's uncertain whether he could rival a galaxy-level being.

Moreover, the Emperor Alien is an ultimate life form. Although Norman doesn't know what an ultimate life form is, this thing is ridiculously strong. It's not impossible that he has reached the super-galaxy level!

Killing one of Emperor Alien's subordinates is tantamount to inviting a great enemy.

Once he receives the signal, he'll likely come back to cause trouble!

This is such a formidable enemy, it's going to be difficult...

(End of this chapter)