India still continues to surprise me, from the beauty to the massive army currently staring down at myself and my troops and the rumbling of war elephants in the background.
Truly scary.
"Who is the dead man that dares to attempt to conquer the people of India?!" A man on top of an elephant roared out.
Compassating for something aren't you? Huh, buddy.
I inhaled as I stepped out of the line my troops made.
"Hello, I am" I was interrupted.
"How weak, they have both women and children among their troops, no shame and no honor! Come forth you horrible, cowardly dog!" The man I assumed to be the Raj barked out.
Is this what it's like to be interrupted by me?
Man I suck.
I flexed a bit of my magic, not enough to be seen but enough to affect the war elephant he was on.
The elephant knelt before me.
"Get off the elephant," I spoke as I crossed my arms.
The Raj seemingly instantly changed from shock to sudden awareness. He stared at me with the same gaze a trauma-using parent would use.
"I am the Prince of Persia, here to conquer India" I spoke as I walked a bit forwards as he slid off his now laying elephant.
"Is that so? Is your King so sure of himself that he'd sent his son to conquer us?" He tilted his nose up.
"My king is my older brother, of 10 years" I said as I analyzed the ancient clothing of India.
I do like the silks.
"I will offer the same I offered your northern neighbors, kneel, the taxes are generous and the laws are lenient. Resist, and I will install a new Raj to rule for me" I gave my usual spiel.
"Is that so?" The Raj raised an eyebrow, clearly this Raj was never told about something called 'entitlement' and 'arrogance'
Interesting.
"I am the Raj of southern India, I have conquered Chōla and I will take everything you've taken from us!" He declared.
When did he take Chōla? Did I get the wrong information?
"I will take India into my hands and become one, one kingdom, one empire, a land to be envious of!" He threw his hands into the sky as his men cheered behind him.
He's kinda charismatic.
"So we will fight?" I raised an eyebrow.
"I will never fight a child, I am better than most" he smirked down at me.
"Surrender child, I will see the lands you've taken return to its rightful owner and you shall return to your brother unharmed."
I guess it's my turn for my ultimatum.
I scratched my ear "okay, cool and all, but are you going to ignore that I made your elephant kneel to me"
He stumbled a bit "that doesn't matter!"
"Uh huh… listen buddy, I don't want to shed blood over this land so just go ahead and kneel so I can go away from you" I spoke honestly.
"Never!" He snarled as pointed at me.
"Okay, I guess I'll be forced to take drastic measures then" I sighed.
"You know there's still time to-"
"No!"
"Are- are you sure?" I blinked again.
"Yes!"
"Okay, then you can't blame me for doing what I'm gonna do" I sighed as I snapped my fingers.
My troops didn't move, neither did his
"Was… that supposed to do something?" The Raj raised an eyebrow confused.
The skies parted and meteors came crashing down onto his men as screams echoed out, flashes of molten earth came through the bloody mist and chunks of dirt were flown through the air.
"What?!?!" The Raj screamed just as I began to walk towards him.
"What's wrong? You wanted this, I gave you a chance to kneel so watch, watch as helpless as you are underneath my might" I gestured towards the hell that I unleashed.
"Child!" The Raj turned to me "cease this sorcery at once!"
"No"
Why did he seem even more shocked at my words?
"Raj, I gave you an opportunity to accept my rule and you insulted me. I may not be as prideful as you, but I still have pride in myself." I pointed at him.
"The only one here to blame is yourself for not kneeling" was I being cringy?
Yes.
Did it matter?
No.
"Monster" the Raj sneered at me as the meteors finally stopped coming down and the screams stopped and weeping began.
"Monsters do not care, I would argue that I care too much" I spoke as I stared into his eyes.
"I will take either your head or your oath of fealty; which one is it?" I have never seen someone so appalled at having their knee touch the ground.
"Easy as cake… also how far south did you go?" I turned to the Raj.
"As far as south as India is"
What does that even mean man?
Fuck it, all of southern India is conquered.
"Now I got to conquer Pala" I rolled my shoulders "after I placate everything I done… actually, hey Raj, want to see something cool?" I smirked as I turned to the kneeling Raj.
"What?" He raised an eyebrow and seemed confused.
Oh yeah, cool means cold here.
Ugh, I miss modern lingo.
"Watch this!" My hands shot towards the graveyard I made and light came forth from nowhere.
You see, I was reviving everyone I killed, why? Because I don't want to listen to weeping widows and crying children, let alone allow care resources to families that no longer earn money.
So I revived them.
The light enveloped the land and I saw weeds grow like wildfire, I'm making it flashy despite the fact that with a snap of my fingers I could revive them in just a second to emphasize my power to the people.
Let them think I'm an all powerful being, therefore the chances of a revolt when I'm not here is low.
"There, I've revived your men" I spoke as the light dissipated and the smoke gave way to reveal extremely confused men who seem to have their entire world shattered before them.
"My advisor will notify you of the law changes" the Raj only nodded.
Don't tell me I broke him.
"We have won!" I turned to my troops and announced as they cheered, they didn't do anything but they still basked in my glory.
Am I making them redundant?
Yes.
Do I care?
No.
They're like my friends of a friend, gotta be with them or my own friend will have an aneurysm.
Who's the friend in this situation? It'll be my advisor.
"Destruction is always beautiful" a powerful voice came from behind me, and an eerie presence filled the area, turning behind me I was only slightly shocked.
Shiva.
Red hair, a sharp jawline, golden jewelry, and a red silk like clothing covering his body. As for how I could tell it was Shiva, it was due to the sheer destruction energy that was surrounding him.
Oh and also the divinity that immediately touched the very concept of religion and as such I was able to immediately tell who this was.
"What's up?" I was answered by an attempted punch to the face.
Rude.
I didn't move as his fist touched me with no force, it honestly felt like a butterfly had landed on my nose.
"What?" The destroyer God of the Hindu pantheon seemed confused.
Didn't he know?
Fool.
I swatted his hand away "seriously did you think that would work?"
Shiva cooked his tongue as he took a step back, why would he even care about me?
"I am Shiva, I am the Auspicious One! I am the supreme lord!" Shiva declared.
Hasn't the age of gods ended? Why the hell os he here?
"Okay" I scratched my scalp, my messy brown hair moving freely.
"Why're you here?" I was confused and annoyed, I didn't want to deal with any god.
Yet.
"The drumming of destruction was beautiful, but then it was reversed, the domain of life and death was broken, and I found the culprit - as such! You must be punished for your transgression!" Shiva pointed at me.
"Huh? The only transgression here was that a peasant attacked his Prince" I pointed at him back.
Shiva laughed "what arrogance! It'll be a treat when I destroy your soul!" He grew two more arms from his side, it honestly looked kinda weird.
"Hey goofball, I just summoned meteors from the sky, doesn't that hint even a bit of power I have?" I pointed out.
"I admit that you have a fledgling amount of power, but against me? It's as easy as fighting a toddler. No offense on your age" Shiva smirked as he got into a stance.
"D-do you have any idea who I am? Sorry, what I am?" I pointed at me slightly concerned.
"No, you are the Prince of Persia, it's easy to tell when you go around yelling like a moron" Shiva waved away my question.
"Oh, you sweet sweet fool" I shook my head, I think I might play around with him first before I break his world view.
"Now!" Shiva slammed his foot down and the ground cracked in a cobweb "prepare for divine judgment"
I stood there, hands at my side "I'm waiting"
Shiva did not like this as he rocketed forwards and attempted to invoke his domain of destruction and 'destroy' me.
Instead his palm touched my forehead and nothing happened.
"Huh?" Shiva blinked once as we both stood there like two siblings that got caught by the mom after bedtime in the kitchen attempting to sneak a snack.
I punched him in the gut and he rocketed back.
"Jeez, aren't you able to tell what races are?" I asked as I teleported behind him and clotheslined him as he skipped on the ground and created a brand new ravine into the ground.
New geological feature unlocked! God formed a ravine!
Just don't ask how or he'll get embarrassed.
"This is going to be embarrassing" I shook my head as I stood at the edge of the ravine as I saw the destruction energy yield up from the deeper part of it.
"Uh oh" I blinked as I conjured up a shield and blocked a destruction based energy beam as the area around me broke and evaporated.
This is kinda cool!
I side stepped and the energy beam continued up into the sky, I looked back and saw a flying god coming at me with genuine anger onto his face.
I did the only thing possible for me.
I conjured up cakes and threw them at him.
When in doubt be so ridiculous that no one can take this seriously, so that they can get embarrassed about it.
Like a cringy part in a movie.
The gaunt wedding cake got him and forced him to tumble end over end on the ground all while covered in vanilla frosting.
"How rude, I give you a gift and you destroy it and you roll around in it" I shook my head in mock shame.
A roar of anger came from Shiva as the cake evaporated around him and he glared at me.
"What's wrong? Not thinking you're good enough?" I raised an eyebrow as the Hindu Destroyer God huffed and puffed.
He looked like a raging toddler.
"Hey bud, are you upset that Parvati fucked another man?" I asked.
Now, hear me out, I may not know enough about Indian mythology to be an expert in it, nor in the Fate universe.
But! I do know that if you say something along the lines of 'your wife fucked another man' is going to set off any one.
Or make them excited.
Ew.
So was I shocked that he screamed in rage, was I shocked that he made a fucking Frieza Death Ball?
Yes.
"Die Mortal!" Shiva screamed as I let my Beast of Humanity domain out and all hell broke loose.
The land screamed out as the entire Hindu pantheon felt powerless immediately as I exacted my authority over every god in an instant.
"You were going to kill my new subject with that move, who do you think you are?" Shiva shook, it seemed he came to the realization of what I am.
"You're… a beast?!" His eyes widened.
"I'm taking India, you got a problem with that little god?" I asked, and he sneered at me.
"Beast or not, I am the Supreme Lord! Shiva the Destroyer!" His power didn't come forth and in all honesty it looked immensely lack luster.
"Go back to the heavens you goofy goober" I laughed as he started to turn into particles of dust as I let go of my authority as one of the few beasts of humanity.
The land looked different, besides the massive ravine that we made in our little bout the place where the meteors landed created a massive kilometer wide crater where several of the Raj's troops were curling no doubt praying.
"Shiva… the… the lord" the Raj was still in his previous place, I honestly thought he would've fled and go talk about 'I never knelt!'
Or something like that.
"Yeah, he's gone back to the heavens… like a bitch" I chuckled as I turned towards the Raj.
"Now, let's talk about the Pala kingdom" the Raj quickly went pale at me, turning my attention to him.
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(1999 University of Chicago)
"Okay class, with today we're talking about one of the largest empires in history, dwarfing Russia even today with it's size, you all know it, it's the Persian Empire from 640 to 890, it's a short lesson and we'll only talk about the Indian conquest for today" the professor, spoke as he held a clicker in his hands.
The moment he mentioned today's lesson it took the attention of most, with the Roman Empire being romanticized, and the Chinese Dynasties shattering every two hundred years, the Persian empire's meteoric climb and steady downfall as a huge history point and a gist lesson in how to balance pure power and bureaucracy.
"In the year 641 Persian launched a massive invasion into India, with the young and legendary Prince of Persia leading the helm at the young age of seven to eight, an estimation as we've not truly understand the age of the Persian Prince"
"Now, we'll talk about the Raj's ravine, this - today, is believed to be caused by at least a magnitude nine or higher earthquake, as the ravine stretches from the current day Nagpur to the old river of Godavari"
"Over all this ravine is a massive 691 Kilometers, with the depth reaching nearly a hundred kilometers in depths in some places." The professor emphasized this with a real life photo of the place.
"Now, this in mythology was said to be created by the Prince of Persia when he fought Shiva the Destroyer God, but since gods don't exist then the chances of this happening is… well, when pigs fly" the professor gestured.
"But if you think this is impressive, then let's talk about the crater of Pala"
A/N: trying out a different POV let me know if y'all like it or if this'll be a one time thing…