SAKYA PARAKA: THE LIBERATOR

Welcome, New Students

Then a bright light shone dazzlingly, Sakya closed her eyes. When she feels safe, Sakya opens her eyes and finds that she is in a strange place.

In front of him was a magnificent building. With large, high pillars. Everything was made of fine white stone, Sakya could even see the reflection of sunlight from it. It was the largest and grandest building he had ever seen. In fact, the Nikala palace he had seen in the illusion of learning to play the sword, looked like a hut on his appeal.

Another thing that surprised him was the towering tower behind the building. So big high as if about to tear the sky apart, Sakya rubbed her eyes to make sure that this was not a dream. Of course this is not a dream, it is an illusion.

Not long after, people started popping up dressed in long brown reaching to the knees. Walk into the building. 

“Welcome to the Mantra Sadhaka education hall. Introduce me Bira. I'm the illusion Varna created as a guide.”

A man of Sakya's age appeared before him.

“Varna created you?”

“Yes, Varna thinks that the world of Mantrapada is too complicated for you. That's why he created me so you can adapt quickly. I think he was right, seeing your mouth that keeps gaping because it saw a building.”

“Ah ..” Sakya nodded and closed her mouth. Face reddened.

“By the way, we have to go inside. But before you go inside you better take this! This is a book, it's useful to save the knowledge you get. The book is equipped with search magic. You just have to say what science you want to look for in the book and he will open himself directly to the page you are looking for.”

“Excellent,” decak Sakya.

“This pencil. Use it to write the knowledge you get into the book. This pencil comes with command magic, you just have to say what you want to write, and this pencil will write it for you.”

“Anazing,” comments Sakya

“And this eraser. Use it to delete the writing in the book if you write wrong.”

“Ajib. It must have been equipped with time-reversing magic, to repeat back mistakes while writing. Aye right?” Sakya smiled at Bira while raising her next to her eyebrows.

“No. It's just an eraser, something made of rubber.”

“Ah ..”.

“Come, we go inside!” Bira embraces Sakya's shoulder and takes her inside the education hall. 

They walk side by side down the long hallway. Of course a barrage of questions were thrown from Sakya's mouth; questions about the floor and walls, the clothes used, something glowing on the walls they called lights. Everything was answered at length by Bira.  

Then they enter the classroom with a multi-storey seating arrangement. The room is large enough to accommodate 200-300 students in it. The front seat is at the lowest position and right facing the blackboard. 

The room was almost full when Sakya and Bira entered the room. The sitting position that is still available to them is just the seat at the back of the class. Fortunately this position is best suited for Sakya. With the position above, he could look around the room. The perfect place to ask endless questions about things he had just seen.

The room suddenly became quiet as an old grandfather with a white beard along the chest walked into the room. His long white hair was neatly tied with a ponytail model. Although he looks old enough, the way he walks and the position of his body that is still strapping seems to betray his true age.

“That's mahaguru Vadika. He was the one who discovered about matra,” whispered Bira.

“Ask another question! I can't answer about magic. That's the knowledge you have to get yourself.” Then Bira put her index finger in front of her lips. She tells Sakya to shut up.

“Welcome to class Introduction to Magic For Beginners.” Vadika's grandmist voice ran through the entire room. Even his voice sounded incompatible with his age. So strong and full of spirit.

“In this class I will explain what magic is?” mahaguru Vadika. 

Mahaguru Vadika then explained at length about magic. Listening wasn't Sakya's greatness, but she could pick up some important points.

Magic is not a miracle. In doing magic there are 3 conditions that must exist. The first is the desire of the witch, the second is the prana, and the last element is there.

The process itself is very easy. The witch conveys her wishes with spells and prana. Prana will change the surrounding elements according to the wishes of the witch. 

In order to be implemented, the availability of prana and elements that are around must be in accordance with the wishes. A simple example; a witch cannot make a rabbit live from the air. Because there are no rabbit-making elements in the air. 

Magic is knowledge. It can be learned and understood by the mind. Magic is bound to the laws of nature in force, hence magicians cannot make fire from the water element. But he can make ice out of water. The more he understood about the characteristics of those elements, the more elemental changes he could make.

During his 8 years in the illusion world Mantrapada Sakya studied the characteristics and changes of these elements. He had already absorbed all the knowledge given in the Sadhaka Mantra education hall. Time seems to pass so fast. 

8 Years of living in peace; without war, without rakshasa, without hunger, made him feel that this was the ideal world for him. There is no cold at night and in winter. Warm food is always available at the dinner table. Everything he needs is available, everything he wants is fulfilled. Everything feels perfect. It doesn't matter if it's just an illusion, with a life like this, he can live to the end of his life in an illusion. Sakya begins to forget the continent of Pangea and all the troubles in it; his responsibilities and the imminent day of Pralaya. Until one day ….

“Welcome back at Vanuya hall.” 

Varna's voice surprised Sakya. The road to the knowledge hall of the Sadhaka Mantra suddenly disappeared and changed with the room in the Vanuya hall.

“Uh, is the illusion finished?” ask Sakya. A tinge of disappointment rang out in his voice.

“No. The illusion is not over. I only evaluate the illusion, whether it gives maximum results or not for your development.” replied Varna.

“Terus ..?”

“Based on the performance of your friends who have graduated in the education hall Mantra Sadhaka within 5 years, while you have not graduated after 8 years proves that the illusion does not give maximum results.”

“Uh …. You know that magic is new to me. I tried my best,” complained Sakya.

“You need not feel guilty, or fail at this. Like I said, that I was evaluating his illusion not you. So I decided to make a little change with the illusion,” replied Varna.

“Good, can start the illusion?” pinta Sakya is impatient.

“One more thing, Sakya. Please remember that Mantrapada is a world of illusions while this is the real world. Eventually you will end up in the continent of Pangaea. I'll start the illusion, good luck.” 

Sakya just kept quiet and took a deep breath. He knew that, but at the moment he could not leave Mantrapada. To be more precise, he did not want to leave Mantrapada.

Soon the surrounding landscape began to change. He returned to Mantrapada, on a 4-meter-wide road leading to the Sadhaka Mantra education hall. But something has changed. A new tower stands beside the main tower of the Sadhaka Mantra training hall.