1. Artic Flame

I am Carl first of my name the flame of the north the shroud of Ophelia the scorch of Daria the tune of sorrow that plagues Sienna the Scorch of Tengri I address all those who shall hear of my words what I do is not motivated by cruelty or resentment it is motivated by desire the desire to see us as the master of this world to stop these pointless conflicts i tell you this to remind all of you that everything I have acquired is for Arkenshire and forever forth no demon nor God has gifted me any ability I have achieved this by myself and only me for my power I hold is divine I shall tell you this as long as I live all of my enemies shall never be known.

Ten days it had been 10 days since I remembered

My life had never been the all happy life you'd expect someone of my situation.

Carl Rockford, My parents were wealthy and they loved me greatly however I was sick always no matter what no one ever told me what it was.

So there I was spending my days doing what I love watching cartoons and always seeing the villain lose I never understood why they were so stupid since I was young I always wanted them to think logically use their head and their resources instead they always lost, why cuz they were stupid . All i could do was watch as they lost always never winning until i came across history my first intrest probably was when i was 4 i remember watching a lot of napoleon at the time, he instantly became my idol just at 4 i had already idolised a man who caused war and chaos to a whole continent to the point he reduced the population by an estimated 6 million that's the kind of Pearson I wanna be. He was evil he manipulated his entire country into thinking he was a hero and used them for his own self glory that's what the history channel told me. Next thing I know I started reading about him and his battles being 4 years old sickly and parents that cared about me and had all the wealth in the world I got all the books and videos I wanted I watched everything all of his strategies his feats tactics everything his stratergy of deviding the enemies by force and his ability of using speed to outpower enemy forces larger than his it was genius. Than along the way i hear about his failed invasion of Russia what a shame that was he was a great economist administrator and strategist but he needs to learn geography if I was him i would've waited until spring and focused on trying to bankrupt the British by forcing them into a war with the United States and providing the Indians with guns rather than trynna colonize them you may say that the Indians would than become a capable power but nahhhh quite simply i would make the British lose land hegemony in India forcing them to settle on ports. It's just like afghanistan several groups fight against each other but the moment an outside force invades they Unite to destroy them but in India's case the British set them against each other so what would I do simple bring in religion and magic will happen though it will take a while britan will be economically drained regardless than invade Russia slowly cus the thing is Russian troops were mostly conscripts not trained guys so what I would do is invade central parts of Russia destroy everything before the Russians can and send a clear message to the populace that this will happen again unless their government complies cause a revolt and watch as Russia has to comply cus at this point they don't have the population to waste and quite simply the longer the war the more time for the Russians to get a better disciplined and trained army so I ain't gonna risk it simple as that.

Speaking of discipline another guy called Karl of sweeden tried to invade Russia during winter i read about him at first I thought he was awesome and should've won like Napoleon but than i read more about him and realised he and Napoleon were not the same. He was insanely overconfident in my opinion he hardly strategised he just saw an opening and attacked nothing else, why this worked simple his army was the best most disciplined and trained one in Europe so it worked heck the moment he lost his main army he than waged a war with Denmark Norway he tried invading with a new army he made and got wrecked why because he didn't have a stratergy he lost his super army and without it couldn't win simple as that and you know what along the way I Came across his journey to the Ottomans.

Apparently them and Russia were constantly figuring over who was the successor to the Roman Empire I had no clue how the Ottoman Empire even stood against Europe like the only remarkable thing was the jannissaries like let's be honest i read about the fall of Constantinople which was apparently the empire they claim to be the successor of, basically at first I read mehmed was only 20 something when he conquered Constantinople and I gotta say I have no idea how it was remarkable the damn city was literally crumbling the people starving for years and their numbers beyond low and worst of all you know what they almost lost like damn how do you lose such a situation the only reason they won was cus a buncha traitors opened the gates to be honest I realised that the Ottomans were the bad guys but unfortunately not the ones i wanted to be like who the hell relies on betrayal for evil it's just lame. So of course the fall of Constantinople got me to this random ass city in the Mediterranean, Rome and I gotta say what a cluster fuck I shouldn't be swearing as my parents don't like it but it's the only way I can describe it literally constantly at civil war why it succeed quite simple the best General would always win the civil war so being the best General he obviously would bring military victory to the country like I read about some of their best Generals like Julius Caesar and I gotta say his tactics were good but than i realised something along the way the reason they dominated was cus they kept on fighting against weaker tactics compared to the spear formation which everyone used at this point the Romans used big knives which I don't know what it is called but basically they would get close and stabb them to death but when they fought against an opponent with similar tactics they started getting demolished to the point they left it.

Like take Hannibal for example he constantly used the tactic of encirclement and they got demolished,

so what do they do they leave trying to beat him and wait till he blunders they called it flavian tactics I think 4D chess weird stuff.

But the Romans were the ideal they committed genocide on a daily basis quite the idols.

But however they got their asses kicked by the Germans I to this day have no idea how but however i started reading about Germany and I have to say they truly made me realised what it means to fight a war and be truly evil.

What is the best tactic speed you need to be fast you can't give your opponent time to organise itself.

Germany had a horrible navy their opponent britan had a great navy that made me realise why they lost world war one they just couldn't supply their people while the German soldiers were eating turnip bread and turnip soup British and French soldiers were eating proper meals I guess as proper as it gets in a war I have no clue honestly I wasn't allowed to eat a variety when I was in my previous life it was all about diet i think that's what they said.

But anyways in world war 2 they again tried to invade this time they beat France why cus of lightning warfare blitzkrieg all about that speed they beat France but however Russia was to big to blitz through combined with the winter they eventually lost cus they had less soldiers and less resources to win a short term war you need speed to win a long term war you need power and resources so its quite clear which one is easier.

After my death I guessed it was the end I wasn't sad my family was all with me as they watched me play total war it was one of the best times I had, yet after my death which I recollect nothing of I hear one voice

and than a light.

Arise child.

Who are you.

I am God your God.

Wow mama and papa always said you weren't real for what you did to me.

Misguided thoughts though I can understand their pain, you have been chosen I shall give you a task for a second life.

Wow what's you're name.

Lucius though it nought matter for you're task is not religious now off be sure to entertain me well

wai-

In a distant world light years away a man awaited outside of a door, your majesty a maid approached him from the door, the Tsarina has birthed a healthy baby boy she said.

I needed a girl for my plans but none matter I will just try another day I suppose.

He entered the room and approached bed covered in a net.

The child give him to me he said.

A maid grabbed a baby wrapped in cloth and handed him to the man.

very well than another child well don't he said as he started towards the shrouded bed, though a monarch he still held some affection for his children as such due to his upbringing by his tutor.

He shall be named Alik Carllo Val Siegfrid.

As he gazed upon the child it opened its eyes.

A blue so dark that it could be called black was the colour of his iris.

At once he screamed we have pleased the lord inform the priests at once as he raised the child above in the religion of his nation a child born with such Dark blue eyes was considered a sign that they had pleased their god Lucius, though it did not mean that the child was destined for anything just that they had pleased their god. However what they didn't know was that the iris were caused by a disease rather than a blessing one of many which would plagues the child.

As a sign of acknowledgement Carl as he was called grew into an extremely pampered and overprotected child often relying on a staff to help him walk. His relationship with his siblings was plain normal aside from royal duties he fulfilled every once and than His older brother Tsarveich of the empire often carried him along as he proceeded to wreak chaos on his servants every time he visited him.

His older sister Grand Duchess of the Tsardom hardly did anything other than gossip his ears off until he slept.

As for his younger sister he hardly saw her as she was young lady of montbreak just two years of age and already married quite the life ain't it.

So his life carried on mainly with him having an insane passion for war and reading every book he could find on it until a faithful day on his 7th birthday where he fell terribly I'll bedridden for days until finally in the middle of the nights he awoke.

I I I I'm alive he tried to scream with nothing but a whimper coming out.

Everything I remember everything.

He could not help but happily cuddle his pillow overjoyed at his second chance at life.

After spending some time in bed he got up and grabbed a cane nearby he used to walk.

He headed towards the mirror and turned on a lamp and started at himself.

A pale unhealthy skin tone blonde hair which was so light it appeared white and above all eyes a dark sapphire which appeared black.

Grand Duke Alik Carllo Val Siegfrid he thought to himself as such he got into a deep thought I need to plan what I do next in a childish tone come on what are the Great nations again.

My home which is Tsardom of Arkenshire we have roughly the size of Russia and a population of 738 million our country is basically sweeden of this world but without the Baltic sea and with the entire country being mountainous and constantly cold though in this world food can be grown anywhere under any conditions as such starvation is not the biggest issue but the cold is.

Than there is the commonwealth of Maltria a bunch of sizeable plots of land loosely connected to the mainland by bridges but with a sizeable sea between each of their lands as such thyre the naval power while everyone else uses what I can only call tiny ships they use those large pirate ships their population is about 134 million their size is that of Australia

The theocracy of Sierra is next apparently in a theocracy the god is the leader not sure how that's possible since they worship the wrong guy they are roughly the size of South eastern China with a population of 234 million apparently theyre main stratergy is to have faith in God rather than plan out a stratergy quite weird honestly their size is something like i geuss that of the middle East but with a mountainous terrain but with a much hotter Mediterranean climate.

Than come the Volgard Khaganate basically it's just a bunch of flat land which happens to be the most fertile and rich in resources however this makes them an ideal target as they are in the middle of everything

so what basically happens is that if anyone ever gets too much of its land or manages to influence it's politics if it can even have one the others team up and beat that guys up, the people live a very nomadic lifestyle which is why they only have a population of 83 million despite having the most rich land in the world as they have no medicinal development or agriculture, the nation is roughly the size of all the turkic nations excluding Turkey

The guys that pose quite the issue though is the blessed Corinthian empire which is basically the holy Roman Empire but however it was formed by all the other insignificant nations so guess what they have damn population of 1.4 billion cus everyone who was too weak teamed up together but however they mostly spend their time fighting against each other but when they agree on something it becomes a nightmare for everyone.

Than lastly comes the Alrian Empire who basically hold world hegemony with a population of 583 million why, well first of all they have the most efficient administration transport logistics and military organisation along with having the most militarist society and stable political standard They are the size of Europe.

Aside from these nations there are various other minor and regional powers but these are the great powersof the world

Now why such a population from what I basically understand in just about every country the time it takes for a baby to develop is an outrageous four months except there are some exceptions which are quite rare where the child takes 24 months quite weird stuff but regardless that's why this world is constantly at war they can replace all their losses.

And to top it all of the royals are literally worshipped here why quite simple we live up to a damn 500 years so I guess we are considered demigods but our birth rate is low cus from what I understand s ingle pregnancy takes at least 4 years.

and the final cherry on top everyone speaks the same language we are just divided by religion funny stuff honestly.

Their used to be more land but from what I learnt we went to war so often that most of the world became uninhabitable cus of some special fire whose formula was intentionally Destroyed so now we are forced into this last continent.

Well I'm feeling too sleepy to do anything might as well sleep, in the end Magnus was still a child as such he forgot about his objective at once choosing to sleep.