3 Suspicious Dark Energy

Suddenly, he stopped walking. After a moment, Flerix said, "No way. I must spread this dark energy to the rest of the population. I can turn them into my soldiers. To fight Planet Palladina, I cannot do this alone. Someone has to be the scapegoat. I must move quickly before anyone from other planets finds out that Planet Silverian already has new cosmic energy. They will surely destroy this planet once again!"

He then continued walking. On the way to the barren field, Flerix saw a young man with black hair and deep purple eyes sitting in front of a shabby house with a sad face.

"There he is! The one I've been looking for!" he muttered, approaching the man curiously.

He then approached the man and knelt before him, asking, "What is it, my friend? Why are you so sad?"

The man immediately turned to Flerix, then replied softly, "Sir, my sister! I found her body already hanging inside the house. She had just returned from Planet Osmia for her first day of work. However, once they found out that my sister was a Silverian, they bullied her! Sir, why have we become so lowly in their eyes?"

Flerix suddenly smiled sarcastically, then muttered in his mind, "This guy could definitely be the perfect scapegoat for me. His sadness makes it easier for me to manipulate him. I could make this man my right-hand man for carrying out my grand plan! However, I must first convince myself that he is the one!"

He then raised his left hand, and a black cosmic sword suddenly appeared within his grasp.

"Sir!" the young man shouted as he glared in surprise, then fear upon seeing the cosmic weapon.

Flerix immediately grabbed the man's shoulder while trying to calm him down by whispering, "You must not be afraid. This is dark energy. This planet has a lot of dark energy that we never knew about before, and I found it, studied it, and you can see, this is what I got!"

Still glaring, the man then asked, "Sir! How is that possible?!"

"You must breed in yourself a sense of vengeance, envy, and hatred for all those who have bullied us. Now, do you want to take revenge on them?" Flerix replied with a sarcastic smile.

The man immediately stared in awe at the black cosmic longsword in Flerix's hand, then swallowed and said firmly, "Dark energy? If what you say is true, of course, sir!"

"First of all, I'd like to know who you are," Flerix said as he straightened both hands, and his cosmic sword suddenly disappeared, turning into fine dust.

Startled again, the young man immediately replied excitedly, "My name is Dovrix, sir!"

"Ah, alright. Call me Flerix. Right off the bat, since I can't linger, do you really want to avenge yourself on them with this dark energy?" Flerix whispered with a stern face.

Dovrix suddenly felt refreshed. His face was no longer sad. He suddenly got up, then bowed and said, "Master! I want revenge so badly! Teach me how to use that dark energy!"

Flerix then stood up straight, smiled sarcastically, and replied, "Before that, I will give you a simple task, Dovrix. We will meet again tomorrow in the next town."

"Anything, sir!" exclaimed Dovrix, delighted.

Flerix then brought his lips to the young man's ear, whispering something. After a moment, he then left the Silverian man to stride off towards yesterday's barren field, to practice with his cosmic sword.

Dovrix, who was alone, then smiled sarcastically and muttered, "What the Lady said is true. He will indeed choose me as his right-hand man."

The next day, Flerix started traveling around the next town first, showing everyone his black cosmic sword. Of course, the sharp object immediately caught the attention of everyone, from children to adults. He then stopped in the center of the town, surrounded by people curious about the cosmic weapon.

Flerix then exclaimed as he held his cosmic sword up, "We, Silverians, have been demeaned, reviled, cursed, and even exiled by those traitors. It's outrageous!"

"That's right! That's right!" said one of the black-haired men at the back of the line to cheers from the people around him.

"They even proudly say that they are pursuing peace. However, as it turns out, their behavior towards this planet is very evil! They even accused this planet of being a thief, and drove us away from the position that rightfully belongs to us! Today, I'm going to prove that it's time we stopped being belittled by them!" Flerix exclaimed again, with a completely stern face.

"That's right!" the people said, raising their hands.

"We must live, rise, and move! It's time we unite and start fighting them all! Remember, our children need a better life! From now on, we will show them that Planet Silverian has a powerful force like no other in this entire universe. The dark energy! We must destroy the planets that have isolated us for so long and make them submit to us!" Flerix shouted furiously.

One by one, the Silverians who were there began to feel that what Flerix was saying was true, nodding their heads several times.

Flerix then said firmly, "My friends, remember, we must dare to show the power of this planet! This planet's current position gives us a great advantage, because no one will dare to enter here and disrupt our lives! It is time for us to show that Planet Silverian is a worthy planet that can compete with other planets in Metal Galaxy!"

The Silverians immediately shouted with annoyed faces, "Agreed!"

His speech was also followed by loud applause.

However, the black-haired man in the back row of people suddenly asked in a high-pitched tone, "Then, how can we fight them?!"

Hearing that question, Flerix raised his other hand up, and black mist suddenly poured out of his palm and spread slowly across the dark planet.

"I will share this dark energy with all of you!" he called out loudly.

Of course, this was illegal, as it involved mind manipulation and required a considerable amount of cosmic energy. However, it was the quickest and safest way to spread the impure dark energy with minimal side effects to them, for the sake of his great ambition.