5. New King of Pataal

For years I have been understanding, practicing and evolving my powers and growing to be the best of myself. And now I have finally achieved another breakthrough in my powers the fift and the one that took the most time, almost 500 years. Now I don't think this will be a feasible way to develop and evolve myself.

Now I can only evolve myself through combat with some sentient beings, not just these mindless beasts, and outside stimuli like Amrit which is yet to be churned. So I finally decided to leave this place and to rule my kingdom.

First, I went towards the Ashram of Guru Shukracharyaa. But while approaching there I forgot to control my aura which I keep around myself at all times in this place. There Guru Shukracharyaa was shocked after seeing me as I haven't met anyone for thousands of years. I greeted him and he was delighted to see me.

"Gurudev can you please tell me what happened in all this time." I asked him

Than he told me how my father, Hiranyaksha tried to conquer the world but in the process throwed the earth in the cosmic Ocean and than how Vishnu in his Kurma avatar killed him.

Than after him my uncle, Hiranyakashyap waged war against Deva and conquered the three worlds, Pataal, Swarga, and Earth. But when his own son, Prahlad turned out to be a devotee of Vishnu, the killer of his brother, how angry he was. How he tried to convince him, threaten him, even punishing with death sentence but he didn't stop his devotion to Vishnu, which he learned while in the womb of his mother in the residence of Divine-Sage Narada who protected his mother while she was pregnant during the war between Devas and Daitya. How during trying to convince him by scaring him my aunt Holika also died.

How Hiranyakashyap enraged tried to kill his own son but how Narasimha avatar of Vishnu, the lion headed man with lion claws for hand, killed him. And later made Prahlad the king of three worlds who later freed the Devas from his rule and later Earth as well.

"Where is this fool who is trying to pretend himself as the king of us Daitya." I shouted. Seriously speaking, I was not angry over the death of my father, uncle and aunt, not his devotion towards Vishnu. But I am angry at how easily he let the power he held go away.

"He is holding the wedding of his son, Virochana, today." Shukracharyaa told me. Even he was upset with his student as he doesn't like Vishnu because Vishnu killed his mother for giving Daityas a safe heaven in their residence when their husband was out doing his daily prayer. While his father revived his .other but the anger still stayed inside him.

I went to marriage hall and shouted "Prahlada I Andhaka the son of Hiranyaksha, the first king of Daityas, and Rishabhanu challenge you for the throne of Pataal. If you have the courage, come and face me." Even I felt the cringe while speaking these lines but they have the desired effect.

Soon Prahlad along with wife, son, future daughter in law's and our whole remaining family that means both of our mothers and his children came outside. "Who are you and how dare you challenge me." He asked.

"Are you deaf. I just said that I am Andhaka the son Hiranyaksha, the first king of Pataal, original crown prince of Pataal, student of Ardhnarishwar." Hearing meany of the first generation and old Daityas recognised me. I understand they didn't recognise me because of my lack of public appearances but everyone has heard my name.

"I don't have any greed for throne, if you want it than you can have it but you have to swear on your honour as a Daitya to follow the dharma and to not wage unnecessary wars and commit atrocities." He said.

I couldn't control it, I laughed a full belly laugh. He just sounded like a protagonist of a story with his attitude of doing the right everytime. But it seemed he was not impressed by it.

"It's always the victor who decide the good and evil cousin. As for wars, it is also a kings duty to expand his empire. And I am the student of Ardhnarishwar, I never wanted to go against it. But you have shown that you don't have any honour within you. Either leave everything you have and run away with your life or fight me and I might spare you and your family and let them live peacefully in seclusion." I said.

He atleast showed a little spine and decided to face me. We decide to fight in another layer of Pataal, Sutala. This layer is filled with very strong beasts, some of them have the strength of a Maharathi.

This is also the layer where I plan to banish him and his sons. I don't want to kill him because my uncle has tried many ways but was not successful. And if I killed him I don't want unnecessary attention from Vishnu even if I am neutral about him.

It was witnessed by many strong Asura and Danavas including Vritira, Svarbhanu, Kalanemi, etc. along with Shukracharyaa. Shukracharyaa acted as the judge of our duel.

We decide to fight directly with our fists as the fight with weapons can turn really destructive. And at the signal of Shukracharyaa we lunged at each other. I had an upper hand in the battle from the start because of my training under Shiva and Parvati.

Not being able to get an upperhand in our battle he decided to go in his Asura form which turns his normal human like features into that of a demon and increases his physical parameters many times.

But even than he was not a match for me because I have been holding back this entire time and soon he also started using his powers. Now I have to turn a little serious. I easily kept dodging his attacks and playing with him.

Soon I started getting bore so I decided to end it fast and started to attack. He was not able to keep up and defeated him with a strong punch to the head which split his head open and almost killed him.

But Virochana who was standing there thought that his father died and screamed "Father. You killed my father, I will kill you." And launched himself at me. I may have left his father alive because Vishnu is protecting him but his son. Not a chance. I punched him with my full power and his head exploded right there.

All the Daityas and Danavas witnessing the duel were stunned at how easily I killed them because they were not weak by any means. You have to be strong if you want to rule the Daitya because, the kingdom belong to the most powerful and so does the throne, is the rule of Pataal.

Shukracharyaa healed Prahlad and told him how his son died. He was very disheartened and looks like he was broken from inside at this news.

"You and your sons are banished to this Sutala Lok for eternity Prahlad. And if you don't like it, pray to your Vishnu to give you residence in his Vaikuntha." I deliberately said it so that he gets involved in this and leave the world soon so that I don't have to worry about Vishnu while doing whatever I want because I know how to keep it the things in limit.