Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

Chapter 52 First Contact with the Outside World: The Primitive Form of the Baltan Aliens

The Shadow Empire, the Space Age, Year 123 of the Pioneer Era.

"This is Shadowwalker 3. We are approaching the signal target and are expected to arrive in outer space of the target planet in fifteen standard days."

Captain's oral record.

This isn't a broadcast; it's a flight log.

They are now too far away from Azure Star, a full hundred light-years away!

With the aid of magic, the Shadow Empire can broadcast and communicate in real time within a range of ten light-years. However, once it reaches the cosmic scale of hundreds of light-years, even the Shadow Empire cannot achieve precise transmission.

Furthermore.

During its 123-year exploration, the Shadow Empire discovered many signals that appeared to be from an advanced civilization!

To be on the safe side, all of the Shadow Empire's exploration teams operate in a semi-stealthy manner, and data transmission is only done once every ten years or so.

Now, Shadowwalker 3 has received a new mission: to make contact with these advanced civilizations.

The planet in front of us is the target of this mission.

It was a planet illuminated by a star, but it appeared gray from the outside.

This may be related to the Dyson sphere they built, or it may be related to their lifestyle. In any case, after entering the outer orbit of the planet, the captain and crew all felt a sense of comfort.

This indicates that the dark energy in this area has reached a certain level.

This place is perfect for them to live in!

"It seems to be a civilization that reveres darkness. Is that normal in the universe?"

"I don't know, but we didn't pursue darkness before."

"That's true. Perhaps they encountered some danger and chose to merge into the darkness."

"Let's go down and take a look."

The spaceship landed in the outer space of the planet and released probe magic towards the planet.

Having suffered themselves, the people of the Shadow Empire, who had just entered the universe, still held goodwill towards other civilizations, even though they were often negatively affected by dark magic and shadow magic.

In the mindset of the Shadow Empire, darkness is not synonymous with evil, and choosing darkness does not mean that the civilization or the individual is bad.

So when they saw that this civilization had also chosen darkness, they didn't see anything wrong with it.

As the detection magic was released, the entire planet's full view was revealed to the captain and crew.

This is a technologically advanced civilization that also possesses an outer space station, but it is still some distance away from becoming a spacefaring civilization.

They couldn't even detect or see through the Shadow Empire's magic, let alone the slightly inferior technology it had developed.

Compared to the Shadow Empire, they were like a primitive civilization.

The evolutionary direction of these creatures is completely different from that of the humanoid, or even human-like, beings of the Shadow Empire. They are diametrically opposed, and it is impossible to connect them to any developmental history or evolutionary process.

These are a group of creatures that look like lobsters.

It also walks upright on two legs, but its hands are pincers, and its head and upper body look like an upright lobster, which is a bit creepy.

"They... seem a little different?"

"Hmm, a strange social structure. They seem to have removed ethics and morality, and everyone is cloned. Children born this way have no talent whatsoever."

The captain, pipe in hand, expressed his disappointment with this civilized society.

Although I don't have any good feelings towards this civilization, the mission still needs to be completed.

The captain said, "Let's go down and take a look. Their civilization level has reached the required standard, but it seems they don't have any government institutions. I don't know if we can establish diplomatic relations."

The spaceship descended, then deactivated its concealment mode, revealing itself blatantly above this civilized city.

within the city.

The "crayfish" that were active were all a little panicked when they saw the spaceship that suddenly appeared above their heads.

In their "government," a group of distinctly different "crayfish" are standing around a round table.

"This is clearly an unknown alien civilization. They sent us an unknown communication that looks like a greeting message."

Do you want to reply?

"Perhaps the other side is the ancestral species our ancestors spoke of?"

"The king said that our original species has been destroyed."

"Impossible! They were once so powerful!"

"Are you defying me? Do you want war?"

"Stop arguing, now is the time to think about how to deal with these unknown entities."

The attention of the "crayfish" enthusiasts has returned to the main topic.

"Attack them, capture them and study them."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

The proposal was quickly passed unanimously, and the group of high-ranking officials, who were also the ten strongest individuals in the entire civilization, walked out of their conference room.

They floated up and surrounded the spaceship.

"What are you doing?" the crew member asked.

The captain squinted and said, "Perhaps some kind of welcoming ceremony? Let's activate the magical defense first."

"Yes."

Just as the crew activated the magic circle to activate the magical defense, the "lobsters" surrounding them raised their hands.

"Sizzle sizzle—"

Red light emanated from their pincers, striking the surface of Shadow Walker 3 and quickly forming a layer of frost.

But just when they thought they were about to succeed, their red freezing ray failed!

"How is that possible?"

"What?"

The "crayfish" were shocked, and at the same time, the captain spoke up angrily.

"We came to you in good faith, and you dared to attack us! Then bear the wrath of the great Shadow Empire!"

The captain cursed and then said to his crew, "Fire! Shoot these guys down!"

"yes!"

The crew members were also furious.

They are always the ones who provoke others and lure them into attacking them, but no one ever dares to retaliate against them!

The spaceship remained suspended in place, but a powerful small spatial magic circle quickly formed around it.

The moment the spatial magic circle took shape, terrifying dimensional slashes appeared out of thin air, cutting the three closest individuals in two!

After severing these individuals, the magic circle flashed again, freezing the remaining seven individuals in place.

Fourth-tier spatial magic: Spatial Lockdown!

The "crayfish" locked by the spatial magic did not stop moving. The spatial blockade was just creating a closed space, which is equivalent to putting people in a jar.

After trapping the seven individuals, the spaceship extended its mechanical claws and pulled them into the spaceship.

The spaceship then began deciphering the civilization's language.

After successfully deciphering the code, they learned the name of this civilization—the Baltans.

At the same time, the captain broadcast this news to the entire civilization in their language.

The spaceship then temporarily evacuated, preparing to study these creatures a little more.

Secondly, of course, we wait for the army to arrive!

I have a bit of a headache, so I'm taking a day off.

(End of this chapter)