Having access to the thoughts and memories of the Midas twins, Kuzon resonated himself with the Marionette Worms, allowing for property immersion into their consciousness.
Thus, the very secrets they tried to hide now became revealed to him.
All in plain sight.
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The Midas Empire had been around for thousands of years.
Many often attribute their existence to that of evolution, and claim that they share a common ancestor with humans.
Perhaps they were right, considering how similar both Races looked.
The only difference between the two, obviously, was power.
The Midas Race could drawn out and absorb more power than the humans, making them somewhat superior—both in the eyes of the humans and the Midas themselves.
They took this superiority to mean seclusion, thus deciding not to interact with the outside world.
They remained in their own comfortable patch of land, more than large enough to occupy them.
However... even though they expected to continue down this path, the most unprecedented thing occured.
Their resources slowly began to get depleted—specifically the minerals and rare plants that they used for relevant purposes within their Empire.
Ask a result of their limited and depleting resources, the Midas Empire began to set its eyes on the outside world.
They noticed just how many resources existed outside their tiny rock, and slowly this observation morphed into something more.
Greed!
Their desires were sparked, and they began to wonder how to go about their plundering while maintaining the high status of the Midas.
Then, as they deliberated, an opportunity suddenly presented itself to them in the form of a Celestial War.
They used this chance to subdue the other Races while claiming to have a righteous and just cause.
At first, the people saw this as a much needed intervention. In fact, most of the lay people belonging to the grassroots appreciated the effort of the Midas Empire.
But who could have known that this was only a means to their true end?
The Midas Empire used their power and technology to suppress everyone else, threatening death if their stipulations weren't followed.
They began the Inquisition to prevent anyone from using Magic, so as to maintain peace and complete submission.
As expected, though, not everyone sat right with this tyranny that the Midas Empire began to express.
Heroes and villains teamed up to stand against the Midas Empire. Unfortunately for them, they were outmatched.
The Midas Technology exceeded what they could even imagine; and thanks to them plundering resources from the continents outside theirs, they were able to make their machines more powerful.
Also... their denizens, specifically the Royals, were immensely powerful.
The entire war did not even last a day, yet the Midas Empire achieved flawless victory.
One would think the bloodshed was just done. How naive that was.
No, the true horrors were just beginning.
In order to prevent any further insurrections, the Midas Empire began secret raids, and witch hunts.
They would smoke out any potential insurgent, and then kill them. They planted spies in every settlement to ensure they could always have access to streams of information.
Plus, they made their Magic Detector Satellite, which told them of Magic activities all over the planets.
Their suppression was flawless, but they could see that the people they were oppressing slowly began to dwindle.
Their lack of prosperity, and their broken will seemed to hinder their productivity and subservience to the Midas Empire.
And so, they created the 'Zone System.'
They made prosperous cities, granting roles to citizens with high prospects, rewarding them based on merit.
As for the worthless trash, they were taken to the slums, where they would be given the most minimal amount of care.
Still, the fear that these people could once again go against them remained among the Midas Upper echelon.
This birthed yet another sinister plan—indoctrination.
By creating institutionalized breeding grounds for indoctrination, the Midas Empire were successfully able to comstruct inescapable cage that trapped anyone and everyone inside.
The Academies and Institutes were made for the rich, while Shelter Resource Programs were made for the slums.
The children and youths brought up under this system would grow to adults, and then raise their own offsprings to think the same way.
This cycle would forever weave a web of dependency and loyalty to the Midas Empire.
It was perfect!
... Well, almost perfect.
Everything was going great until 'he' showed up.
An irregular that was not indoctrinated by the Academy nor higher levels of education. His opinions and views showed a sharp contrast to what everyone had been led to think.
It made him a dangerous variant that had to be suppressed.
However, when they tried to, they realized the boy could use Magic.
He had been using it in secret, yet he avoided their absolute detection.
How?!
How was he doing that?!
It made no sense!
In any case, the suppression of the boy failed, and he became the greatest blot in the history of the Midas Empire.
As well as their greatest pain.
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"I see..." Kuzon whispered as he took in the last vestiges of the memories his targets had to give him.
"It seems this person is the same one I'm looking for. He's the number one enemy of the Midas Empire, and pretty much all the higher-ranked Inquisition Divisions spend the majority their time searching for him."
That meant he was a very difficult man to find. Strangely, Kuzon felt relieved that he wasn't the only one having a tough time when it came to this mysterious person.
'These two don't have any concrete information on him too. Just a couple of sightings. Looks like they're a dead end on that front. However...'
Kuzon's gaze narrowed as he stared at the two of them.
'They still have their uses.'
He had been trying to decide whether to go to the Midas Empire all this time, but thanks to these pawns he didn't have to.
'I'll simply use them as extensions of myself. It's safer and more efficient.'
Thus, he could keep searching for the mysterious man while also gaining more information from the Midas Empire.
'It's perfect.'
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[A/N]
I just wanted to give you all a bit more context about this world's history, and all of that.
I wonder who this mysterious person is, though....
