Chapter Four: The Magicians

The world is not mutually exclusive to archenemies or any other race for that matter that could well define what within the world is substantial enough to be experienced as a manifested truth, and to be believed with its revealed evidence that covers the entirety of its testimonial form. There are many things in the universe that is left untouched by scientific inquiry, and most exist only in the form of theoretical understanding.

Thus, it is only fair to say that the current knowledge held to be the universal truth is far too limited to satisfy all understandings, and to attest to the sufficiency of what was substantially seen by the limitations of the views of the human faculty is simply a blind following of an ideology of limited discourse. To ask and challenge what has been held to be unassailable must persist in another form of methodology, which may come with the introduction of new ideas that may set the tone for a disagreement that may tilt the status quo, and not everyone wants to change and let that happen.

There are more capable races other than the Potioneers and Dark Masters that could be existing somewhere, but this is unknown to either of them; this truth exists as a matter of proof that there are many things in the universe that needed mastery other than themselves. The problems may be widely defined, but the purview is always limited. The understanding is confined merely inside the walls of our limited capability to interpret the findings.

So, in this instance, after these premises have been carefully considered, it is now within the precepts of reason to introduce the existence of the Magicians, the owners of the realm, and the perpetrators of the powers of the Potioneers and Dark Masters that they secretly enjoy. But magic is simply unclear with all the vagueness that surrounds the elements of its existence to the point of confusion. Some even link the term magic to a trick that conceals the secret of its execution, only to realize going forward that there was no concept of magic at all, but only the presence of an illusion that necessarily tricks the eye.

It may be true, however, that magic has been accurately defined as a simple vessel of an illusion, which means that its effect does not last, and its substantial effect on all matters is simply temporary.

Temporary. 

Not real. Non-permanent. An inconvenient truth. Something magical does not last, doesn't it? Or is it?

Treachery.

To simplify matters from unnecessary technical language, it was written in history that it was clearly decided long time ago that magic must adhere itself to something that exists in order to prolong its special effects, and, therefore, needing an agent to dispense all of its inherent properties. Magic must be embraced by a living soul, in order for it to become alive and its effects to be felt, seen, and motivated at will.

The Magicians have been tricked by their own magic, apparently. They have become an illusion while those people who had tricked them enjoyed the efficacy of their one and only talent. They simply lost their skill because of their gullibility towards the seemingly friendliness of the actions of their enemies that has soon betrayed them, by knowingly corrupting all the agency where their magic was hosted.

That unfortunate event happened a long time ago, and now a handful of them survived as a form of Illustrators. They have calculated their moves (and remaining magic) to return to that fateful moment, to join the Literary Committee in their pursuit to topple down the regime of the Scientific Council.

The Taxonomists will ultimately meet their impending downfall. And nothing of which will be a trick or an illusion. It will be very painful.

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