Deeper Knowledge of the world.
It's been a long time so here is a little recap.
[ • Andhaka comes out after becoming strong from a strange and mysterious place full of darkness and then challenges Prahlada and defeats him after going into a destruction dominant special mode.
• He then finds Jaladhara, another son of Shiva in the Cosmic ocean where the battle was held and decided to take him to Pataal and raise him as his little brother.
• He makes a return to Pataal after being assumed dead for so many years which naturally surprises the Asuras.
• He then starts organizing the army and making the Asuras move forward toward a clear which is to Take control of Pataal before thinking of attacking Heaven or earth.
• The Asuras first decide to attack the Krodhvasas as they are an easy target. ]
the current structure of patala was as such
1) Atala - Ruled by Danava Balasura
2) Vitala - ruled by Danava Hayagriva and Danava Vainateya.
3) Sutala - Ghosts, Goblins, some Vampires. Chaotic land.
4)Talatala - Krodhvasas. ( Angry spirits )
5) Rasatala - Asuras, Danavas etc.
6) Nagaloka - Nagas headed by Vasuki. ( Snakes )
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Now since everything in Pataal was going normally and moving in a progressive direction, he can finally get some time to look into some of his own personal matters and he also had a thing or two that he needed to discuss with the old man Shukra, as for the matters related to Mahishasura? they can wait for now as he is not going somewhere and not Mahishasura.
He tapped the ground with his leg and darkness erupted from the ground, covered him in an instant and soon disappeared, along with that.
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Shukra who was currently meditating in his quarters suddenly opened his eyes and spoke in a soft tone.
" What happened my dear Child? "
" Old man I have some questions that I needed to ask you. " Andhaka directly entered the but without asking for any permission or anything as he has been doing this since childhood and His teacher also didn't get angry over things like this as their relationship was much better than just a student and teacher relationship.
to Andhaka, Shukra was no less than a grandfather and since the old man also liked to spoil him whenever he was not teaching so all these things have become a habit for him.
" Old ma --- "
" Andhaka next time you come please come after asking for permission, you are not a child anymore. " Shukra said in a somewhat stern tone, previously he was easily able to detect whenever Andhaka was near his hut but now he can only perceive him after he had already entered the hut.
" ....Ok, a teacher I will keep this thing in my mind and in future, I will enter after asking for permission. " Andhaka spoke with a poker face and nobody was able to tell what he was thinking.
" Well then, " Shukra gestured for him to sit with his hands.
" Teacher I have something I needed to ask you," Andhaka spoke in a thoughtful tone.
" Well, what is it? that my dear disciple wants to know? as long as this old man knows then I will tell you about it. " Shukra spoke in a gentle tone, when he was little there were some things that he naturally cannot tell him but now it doesn't matters.
" Teacher I have many things that I am curious about and as you know I only came out of a dark place so my understanding of the world is only limited to the knowledge you gave me in childhood. "
Andhaka continued seeing that Shukra nodded in acknowledgement as it was indeed as Andhaka said.
His general knowledge regarding the world was only limited to the introductory teaching which is given to Children, you can say it would have been fine if he was just a normal soldier but it wasn't good considering that he was the king of Asuras now.
" So teacher after I came out from that dark place, I have naturally learned everything that happened in the world during my absence in detail and there are some things which I find very intriguing, like what are Avatars? I mean when Vishnu wanted to kill My uncle and father why does he needs to Take an Avatar to fulfil the condition of the boons given to them? isn't he also an equal to Brahma so can't he just appear and kill them directly, why take a special form? " Andhaka quickly spewed out his doubts.
Shukra smiled a little after listening to Andhaka's questions.
" What is an Avatar? that is a really nice question but think it this way, Avatars are a part of the Trimurti and sometimes when the characteristics of the Avatar are too strong they appear to have to have a thinking of their own, considering it like having a mind of its own and not being a part of Vishnu itself but being a part of Vishnu at that Same time. "
[ Brahma gave a boon to Hiranyakshipu, the small brother of Hiranyaksha who was Mc's Adoptive father. ]
Seeing the Confused look on his disciple's face Shukra broke down in a smile.
" Let's put it in simple terms. For some reason, The Trimurti doesn't seem to appear on the earth in their original form and thus they tend to take the form of an Avatar or make an Avatar. Avatars can be considered of two types. one that has its own free will and lives off freely even after completing its own purpose like the Matsya and the Kurma avatar of Vishnu who both live in the Cosmic ocean and the second type is the directly controlled Avatar like Narsimha and Varaha which got absorbed into Vishnu once they completed the work for which they were made. As for why take an Avatar by considering the boons? It's just to give a face to God Brahma and the Avatar itself isn't on the level of Trimurti itself so it's better to consider the weaknesses of the boons given by Brahma and in a sense, Vishnu just reduced a portion of his own power from the making of Matsya and Kurma as they didn't return back to him and this is all I know after all the matters of Trimurti isn't something which I can have deep knowledge about. "
Andhaka fell into deep thinking after listening to Shukra's words as if even an Avatar of Trimurti can kill two Asura lords who had conquered the heavens then it can be seen how powerful the Trimurti is and he must figure out the level of power the Trimurti processes otherwise no matter how much of a big army he has it will just be like sending deer in front of a lion.
Naturally, he had more questions after listening to his teacher's words but since his teacher knows only this much then he can only move on to the other doubts that he has.
" Then let's move on to the next question, Teacher what is the substance from which the weapons of the Trimurti are made? "
" I don't know and I guess nobody except the Trimurti or maybe some Sage knows this answer, but one thing I am sure of is that the Bone like thing you had around you in the fight against Prahlada, that thing has a very good potential from what I can see. "
" Why do Devas and Asuras have so much difference in appearance, I mean I get the thing about being 'Good' and 'Bad' but that shouldn't affect our Appearances after all we all descended from the same father, so why is there such a big difference in the way how both the races look? " Andhaka quickly moved on to the next one.
" Your blood certainly plays a big part in it but it also depends on the place where you live, Heaven as it seems is the place for positive energy whereas Pataal is the place where Evil and Monstrous Races live and but the main reason is the blood and don't try to find the logic in it as the Nagas are also descended from the Same father as you and the Devas but they don't even have legs in their normal forms and I am surprised how you can ask such a silly question? " Shukra spoke with a little bit of dissatisfaction as he can't understand Andhaka who has been a Human in his previous life.
"why do I feel I certain kind of Connection with something incomprehensible, it's like I can't figure out what it is but I can sense that there is something. "
" Hahaha hahaha, Andhaka why do you think that the Asura and the Devas are the most powerful races in the world, I mean it was the Nagas who came first but why is it that only the same two races compete for the world all the time? strictly speaking, you aren't a mortal race but a near-perfect race, The God race and the God race have a very high affinity with the world itself and that is why Gods can easily become powerful when they grow up without any need for practice, but that is also the reason why they have such a slow growth rate, which is also one of the reasons why the Human race is the favourite of Gods of Heaven and the Trimurti when you see it from a pure view of power they don't have any kind of inherent or racial advantage but they have an exceedingly high level of talent in learning and using that knowledge, yes they are born weak with weak bodies, low lifespan compared to all the other races and have to work the hardest to become powerful but they do it in the most fastest speed compared to all the other races. That is why humans are such a terrifying race and can occupy the realm of Prithvi, although all this sounds terrifying but they still have a kind of upper limit, there hasn't been a normal human who has even reached the level of God class and the highest in humans currently is only at low Satan class and in history, the highest only reached Mid Satan Class, so you see that even though they have advantages but the disadvantages are still too many for the Human race to rise. "
Shukra spoke in a little contempt full tone as he personally didn't seem to like the Humans too much as this was a race with too many sin qualities and he can be sure as the time progresses the Humans will start to become more and more of a vile race filled with a large number of Sinner, of course, he himself being the Teacher of Asuras doesn't have the right to say this but he doesn't consider Asuras and Humans in same in any way.
Andhaka saw the contempt in Shukra's words and didn't know how to react as there seems to be quite some logic in The old man's words.
Of course, he as a Reincarnated person knows that in Future there will be many great human warriors but nearly all of them were either Demigods or Avatars of some gods, whether it be Karna, Arjuna or Rama but still there will naturally be some exceptions but he doesn't remember that much and naturally wouldn't bother too much with the Human race as the day when Asuras will face danger from Humans exist only in Fantasy.
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[ I know this chapter is too much Knowledge related content but I had clear all this as it would have been confusing in future and the theory of Gods having high affinity with Earth looked plausible to me as they grow slowly in strength and can also get Strength in the form of worship so in this fic, Each world has its own group of gods which are birthed by the planet itself. ]
Next Chapter, I will release it soon as this one was delayed a full one month from what I said previously in a notice chapter. ]