Ultraman: The Dark Shadow Mage, Creating a Magic Empire

Chapter 92 A True Coup

The Shadow Empire's calendar is 26,000 years old.

Nearly a thousand years have passed since Augustine began preparing to annex planet L77.

A thousand years have passed, and the entire Leo and Draco star systems have been developed into the territory of the Baltan Trading Company.

The goblin merchants established many space cities, turning these habitable planets into their commercial centers.

Countless space commercial streets were established, and within a single star system, a large number of bridges were even built spanning two adjacent planets.

Under the cover of the intricate commercial city, Augustine's Southern Theater Fleet was able to expand silently, secretly controlling the entire Leo region and sealing off the surrounding star system.

Leo and Draco became the Shadow Empire's gardens outside!

The garden was built simply to enclose two planets!

……

Planet L77, inside the royal palace.

The Lionheart Emperor, who had not transformed, stood in the courtyard. Outside the palace, people were everywhere, holding banners and shouting their demands.

They wanted to join the Baltan Trading Company's business world system and become its citizens!

"Why……"

The Lionheart Emperor sighed and looked up at the spaceship that was faintly visible in the sky.

That was the outer space trade route established by the Baltan Trading Company, which increased the speed of trade routes by more than a hundred times after its completion.

This not only brought huge profits to the royal family, but also made the people of L77 rich overnight!

But despite the success of this move, the people were not grateful to the royal family...

Because the royal family is now their "enemy," the culprit preventing them from joining the Baltan Trading Company!

And all of this has to do with the actions of the Baltan Trading Company over the past thousand years...

A thousand years ago, under the guidance of the Baltan Trading Company, planets L77 Leo and D60 Draco had limited exchanges.

After the exchange, Lionheart also gained a general understanding of the situation in the universe.

He understood the "moral character" of the Baltan Trading Company and knew that the Baltan Trading Company might secretly sabotage him, or even directly seize planet L77.

But back then, he also saw the crisis in the universe!

The Baltan Trading Company showed him the most real scene in the universe!

The constant warfare and the scenes of civilizations being destroyed every moment were deeply imprinted in his mind.

He understood that L77 alone could not survive in space. To protect his people, cooperating with Baltan Trading Company was the only and best option at this stage!

So back then, he chose to cooperate with Baltan Trading Company and outsourced many things to them.

However, this very action led to two extreme consequences.

On the one hand, it's good that planet L77 has developed and become a giant in this star system!

On the other hand, the inhabitants of planet L77, in the process of developing this, gradually turned to the Baltan Trading Company!

A thousand years have passed, and when he finally realized it, he discovered that from the moment they first made contact a thousand years ago, every single one of their descendants had studied at the Baltan Trading Company!

The inhabitants of L77 today are all descendants of people who studied on the planet of the Baltan Trading Company and are enthusiastically promoting the Baltan Trading Company!

So although he was very worried about it, he couldn't change anything.

Even Lionheart himself once considered giving up.

After all, the Baltan Trading Company is full of cunning, but their attitude towards ordinary mortals is known throughout the universe!

Even Lionheart admitted he couldn't achieve such fairness and impartiality, nor could he do the most basic thing the Baltan Trading Company did—

Treat everyone as a human being!

This is the most normal thing in the Shadow Empire.

But this is something that L77, a civilization still in the feudal era, could not do!

"Lionheart, abdicate!"

"Abdicate! Abdicate! Abdicate!"

"Don't hinder the progress of our civilization!"

"That's right! The royal family has done nothing wrong. Don't side with those landowners!"

"abdicate!"

The deafening shouts outside the palace interrupted Lionheart's reverie.

As he looked outside, his wife and two sons came to his side.

"Your Majesty, is this really necessary?" The Queen looked worried; she was concerned about her husband.

The Lionheart Emperor turned to them and sighed, "The choices we made back then have led to everything we have today. Perhaps it's time for us to make a choice."

"Your Majesty, we still have an army, and the royal family and nobles support us..." the Queen couldn't help but say.

"An army? Used to kill our own people?"

The Lionheart shook his head, then said firmly, "If we use the army to suppress them, wouldn't that just be fulfilling their wishes and turning us into what they imagine us to be?"

"Listen to what's going on outside. If the royal family didn't still have some power, these young people would probably be rushing into the palace right now and taking off my crown."

"But there's nothing wrong with that."

"Our people have their own ideas and pursuits. They will surely stand on the stage of the universe in the future and pass on our civilization."

"Therefore, we must also fulfill our historical mission and take our civilization a step further."

The two young men standing nearby only looked worried and dared not say anything more.

The Lionheart Emperor looked at them, stepped forward, and reached out to pat his two sons on the head.

He is very tall, so even his two sons, who are already young and according to Ultraman's lifespan, are not as tall as him.

His two sons were Leo and Astra!

They are now six thousand years old, but due to the special circumstances of Leo, they have never experienced battle and are still academic warriors.

"You two brothers should set off tomorrow to study at D60. Don't come back until things here are finished."

"But Father..." Leo tried to say something, but was interrupted by the Lionheart Emperor raising his hand.

"Don't worry, you don't need to blame Baltan Trading Company for this. You can join them later and protect L77 in your father's place."

Lionheart looked at his eldest son, a rare smile appearing in his eyes.

He was very satisfied with his two sons.

Throughout this thousand years, Leo has always taken care of the people of L77, helping them build facilities and fighting for their interests with the Baltan Trading Company.

It was precisely because of the actions of the Leo brothers that the royal family regained some public support.

If it weren't for these trivial matters, Leo's strength might be much greater than it is now!

"Go ahead, don't worry about me here."

As the Lionheart Emperor spoke, he instructed Leo to take his mother and brother away.

Leo hesitated for a moment, but did not argue with his father. He obediently led his mother and younger brother, who were crying softly, away.

After they left, the Lionheart Emperor took a deep breath and walked towards the palace gate.

What happens next might not be too bad, but he didn't want his son to experience such a humiliating thing!

I'm having writer's block... I'll take one more day off... the last time, yeah, I guess...

(End of this chapter)