The Challenge That They Must Overcome
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Tomas was in shambles but tried to keep himself calm and focused.
His entire life he had always been told that he panicked too quickly, that he was too nervous, and sometimes even too emotional.
Magician families were strict, and people like him usually couldn't thrive properly in such environments.
He had to steel himself and move aside his own emotions, learn to find inner peace even at times when the world is crumbling around him.
And the most ironic part was that even after everything he had done to reach his goal and become accepted by the magician guild, the truth about this guild and its master were much more macabre.
He was told to drink a weird potion and eat a certain thing, a heart-shaped item, which the Wizard taking care of him at the time said would allow him to "ascend" to a higher form of magic.