After ruling for 2-3 decades, I decided to retire from politics and as a king. To choose the best heir for my new empire, that I established with my own blood and swear and dynasty I established a competition which will be used in every generation. The judges and organizers will the elders of the family from the main branch, teacher of students, ministers of kingdom and renowned sages. They will test all of the next generation on everything that a king and emperor should be good at and will choose the best as the heir of the emperor.
This generation, among my children it was my favourite daughter, Jayanti who won the competition. She proved herself best in warfare, combat, economics, state affairs etc. and become the my successor and the first Empress of my empire.
After this I moved with all my wives to my Hawa Mahal. A palace built on the peak of a small mountain where soothing cool winds blow. The palace is built in such a way that winds reaches every room and keeps the palace cool.
There after all my wives died I also feigned my death and when they took me to my funeral pyre I vanished from there using a technique I developed to travel using wind, in which I turn myself into wind and can travel anywhere.
Than I went in search of a rumoured city mentioned in our Purana, Shambhala. The Mystique city hidden somewhere in the towering peaks of Himalayas where all the divine sages resides in Kaliyug.
I searched the whole stretch of Himalayas. Asked the various tribes living there and searched all their stories for any clue of it but I couldn't find any clue or even a single rumor pointing towards its direction.
After being unsuccessful for many years, I went with my backup plan, Kamara Taj. It will be a little hard to find it as well. I know it lies somewhere in the area of Kathmandu, Nepal but not the exact location.
It turned out to be easier than I thought it would be. Yes I didn't know it's exact location but it was also easy because there was not much in that place right now. Just a small village, nothing else. After investigating a bit, I found the correct place.
I politely knocked on the door. It was opened by an old man. He wore the old style robes and has the Eye of Agamotto locket around his neck so I guess he is the current Sorcerer Supreme.
I politely did a Namaskar and greeted him in Sanskrit because I remember that it was one of the languages disciples needed to learn in Kamara Taj to learn the mystic arts. My assumption proved correct and he greeted me back.
"May I come inside." He invited me inside.
"Can I ask your purpose for this visit." He asked me.
"I don't like to beat around the bush, so I will directly come to my purpose for coming here and that is to learn mystic arts." I said bluntly as he is likely already aware of my reason.
"Hmm I have been sensing that there have been divergences from the path of future I have seen and in all those that I have seen, I never saw your visit to Kamara Taj in the old ones." He subtly enquired.
"Assuming that you can see the future and there are multiple timelines according to how you talked in plural, I guess it was just one of the least likely outcome that you never saw. As according to my religion future is ever changing and nothing is fixed." I half lied as I know that all the changes has been because of me.
"Perhaps. So you came here to learn the mystic arts. May I ask how you learned about us." He asked.
"Just heard somewhere that here I can learn magic and while tracking your residence I came upon the term mystic arts." I lied.
"Hmm than let's start with your initiation." And than he suddenly striked his hands on my chest, I could have stopped but I expected it and I went through the same inter dimensional rollercoaster of Dr. Strange movie. It was actually fun like a real roller coaster ride of you remove the part where there are some inter dimensional beings who can kill me with a thought.
"Now you understand what are you joining." He said.
"Absolutely." I replied.
"Your training will start from tomorrow at dawn." He told me and motioned for a disciple to show me my room.
And so my training started and I progressed very fast. I was deemed a prodigy of mystic arts by how fast I learn everything. I think it was due to my experience in chanelling my powers over element that I know how to control the energy.
Within a year I have learned almost everything other than the things reserved for masters of the mystic arts and the Sorcerer Supreme himself decided to train me further.
After another year, I have mastered the mystic arts completely but unfortunately I wasn't selected by any artifacts there. Well most of them didn't suit me as well because my fighting style currently is using spells till I reach near the enemy and than using melee combat. And I already have elemental powers and flight capability.
After completing my training I stayed for a few years to gain some experience in fighting other worldly threats and than I asked the Sorcerer Supreme about Shambhala and he told me that it really exist in a valley near Mt. Kailash hidden from the world and how to enter there.
So, I asked for leave from them and went towards my original goal, towards reaching Shambhala and learning from the sages there who even know the martial arts to kill demons just by hands.