“Ave carens simili,” Lucas said.

“Oh, quam sancta, quam serena, quam benigna, quam amoena ” the voice continued.

“Oh, castitatis lilium, tuum precare filium.”

“Verification completed. Welcome members of the House of Lorien. This facility is under lockdown due to the protocol Withered Garden is in effect. Verification by a member of the House of Lorien is needed to lift the lockdown. Would you like to lift it, My Lord?”

“Yes, lift the lockdown.”

“Verification confirmed. Lifting the lockdown, protocol Withered Garden is no longer in effect.”

The door in front of them opened. Lucas and Max went inside the facility. The facility had electricity running through it and powering the lights in the corridors they entered. Lucas and Max explored the facility, they discovered living quarters, a canteen, a bio-garden and even a common room. They finally arrived at the door to the Facility Commander office’s room. The door was automatically opened when Lucas used his eyes to verify his identity–It seemed the voice or AI automatically stored his data and made him able to access the whole facility.

Lucas went inside the room and immediately went to check on the computer to see records about this facility. He found records written by the Facility Commander. There were multiple entries and Lucas opened the first one titled 111th Lilium Army Base;

111th Lilium Army Base

This base is to be used by the 111th Division of Lilium Empire, the division is responsible for the security and protection of the eastern side of the Sudeten Continent together with the 7th Division. The base must be hidden as the purpose of the division is to be used in the case of insurgency or rebellion on the planet by the citizens of the Lilium Empire. The base must have its own power generator and must be able to grow its own food. The base must be stocked with a year's worth of supplies and must be able to survive and independently operate for 2 years in the case of a total communication blackout from the Imperial Family.

This base is one of two possible evacuation places for the Imperial Family when a catastrophe, such as a rebellion or an alien attack, were to happen. The other place [REDACTED] is preferred to this base as the evacuation place, as they have better support and are more secluded than this facility. The 111th Lilium Army Base is designated as TOP SECRET by the Imperial Family and its existence shall not be known to most of the military.

The 111th Division of the Lilium Empire is a special division. The division is a specialised combat tactic of infantry and armoured elements. The division reported directly to the Emperor of Lilium. The division consisted of 5.000 personnel

The 111th Lilium Army Base is able to hold 6.000 personnel and 100 Main Battle Tanks. The base has multiple armouries of weapons of many kinds–mostly service rifles.

Lucas then opened another entry titled The Rebellion, it was a diary entry written by the Facility Commander or the 111th Division Commander;

The Rebellion

Today is the 5th of November 7790 of the earth year. A rebellion led by General Stirling Roberson happened. Most of the military of the Empire was on his side and now the Royal Family are trying their best to consolidate its forces. An order came from the Emperor to immediately mobilise and protect the Capital. I have ordered 4 regiments to reinforce the Capital, I and the last regiment are guarding this place. I hope the rebellion is quickly suppressed, I don't know what is going on in Stirling’s head, has he gone mad? Why did he rebel like a fucking child?

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Another entry below it was titled Our Last Defence;

Our Last Defence

It has been a year since the start of the rebellion and the rebels have won. 3 months ago contact with the Imperial Family was cut off and I heard they were all killed by the rebels. Those bastards, how dare they kill the blood of Lorien. Who do they think they are? Killing the noble family like that. The rebels knew this location and they began attacking this place. I’m going to enact the protocol Withered Garden and protect what’s left inside this facility. I and all of my surviving men will fight to the last and protect this facility at all costs.

After reading the entry, the mystery of the Lilium Empire and the origin of this civilization was solved. It was indeed the lost expedition from the Duchy of Lorien that established the civilization of this planet and looking at the date of the rebellion, it had been 2100 years since the rebellion of the Lilium Empire that threw this world into the mediaeval age era.

Mixed feelings went into Lucas' mind, he was relieved that he discovered the origin of the human civilization on this planet and at the same time felt sadness, because the Lorien dynasty was destroyed by the rebellion. This entry was the proof of their existence. But, Lucas wondered where the Capital was located. Do the rebels still exist or have they gone backward as well?

Lucas suddenly got a call, it was from Max. Now that he finished reading, he just realised that Max had gone away.

“Yes, Max? What is it?”

“Come here, I’ve found an armoury.”

“Alright, I’m going there.”

Max activated his tracker so Lucas could go to his place. The entry of the base told him there were multiple armouries around the base, however, Lucas guessed the armoury would be emptied because the weapons were already used by the division when the rebellions happened. He was wrong.

When he arrived at the armoury where Max called, Lucas was taken aback. It was a huge armoury, inside were service rifles, service uniforms and multiple weapons.

“We hit the motherload,” said Max with a grin.

“Yes, we are!”

Lucas picked up one of the rifles and looked at it. It looked like an older model of rifle used by the Galactic Empire. In fact, the Galactic Empire now used rifles created by the Duchy of Lorien’s Small Arms Factory. The ammunition used by these rifles is the same as Lucas’ service rifle. He was sure this rifle was an older model of the current gun used by the military.

He then looked at the uniform of the Lilium Empire left in the armoury, it had the same colour and motif as the uniform of the Duchy of Lorien. With white colour being the majority of uniform colour. A lily flower insignia was sewn on the uniform at the same place as the Duchy of Lorien’s uniform.

“This is… Lorien’s stash? So it is true that this was the lost expedition of the Duchy of Lorien.”

“It is, yeah…”

“Amazing, I never knew they would be in the same place as we are.”

“We should use these weapons to our advantage.”

“Right, we can use this. I can make multiple things with the help of the reactors. Do you still need me to industrialise this world or..?”

“Yes, go ahead and industrialise this world, I’m sure this base’s database contains a lot of data useful to you.”

“Right, I’ll tinker with the base’s network and database to ensure we fully control it.”

“Good, I’ll assign people here… no, Max you stay here for a while and do whatever you want in here, I’ll leave 20 people with you in here. Let me know if you need something else later.”

“Alright.”

Lucas and Max then continued exploring the facility. They saw a knight running in their direction.

“My Lord,” shouted the knight.

“What is it?” said Lucas.

“You must see this!”

The knight led them to an area with a huge room, it was like a hangar. There they saw something they least expected. Something they thought would not exist in this world.