The recruitment was mostly finish by the second day and most a few academies had already packed up and went away with their new students. The way of travel to the different academies were all different, as many of the academies were spread out throughout the west coast of this continent as well as some on islands that's a bit off the mainland; some even near the very south which would require a few months of travel!

The academies that Julien and Andre were quite far away from each other, and as such they will finally be separated. The Phoenix Child Academy is located on an island a slightly off the coast, a small dormant volcano with its academy built around it. As dangerous it seems it is an amazing place for any magus or magician with fire attributes. Controlled by two Rank 2 Magus and two Rank 2 Magician, this volcano is almost their pet! The power of the four is considered one of the strongest powerhouses in the west coast. Meanwhile Julien's academy, the twilight academy was located most northern part of the west coast, almost to the edge of the North frozen forests. The sun here is slightly blocked by the mana fluctuation in the frozen forest, as well as a small mountain range that separates the academy and the forest, known as the O'ltormea Mountain, creating a rather special pocket "twilight zone".

The journey for Julien will be by airship while the Andre will be traveling on road back on the carriages. The journey will be very safe Julien and in fact very comfortable; however, Andre will have to travel through desert and forest into the dark fighting through monsters once again.

As the students of Phoenix Child's airship was descending onto the beach, the young acolytes were in awe, never seeing such an amazing thing in their lives. After all many of them lived a poor life, seeing such a feat even if they were to never to become a full fledge magus or magician would already be enough!

"Julien, stay safe on the road to your academy, I hear there is quite a lot of dangers along the way.... I pray that you will make it safely and we can meet again soon!"

"haha enjoy your airship, just remember Andre, the world favors the strong, watch me become stronger than you."

The goodbyes between these two were very brief, without knowing they were childhood friends this goodbye almost seems cold! However these two seem to have an understanding that they will meet again in the future.

The magnificent airship lifted off with Phoenix Child's students and flew off into ocean gracefully. The trip will take a 3 weeks time to arrive; however, the airship is not only packed full of food but it has an amazing library as well as magus and magicians that give some basic information on magic and the schools.

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Meanwhile Julien's transport was gearing up, everyone was given a black cloak with a badge that has a snake that curled into an infinity on the shoulder. While there were only a about 30 students, it was considered a good year for the academy; not many people carry the affinity towards the dark elements. As Julien was boarding the carriage he had took one last look into the sky where the airships had left earlier, with a look of determination and a smirk on his face he covered his head with his cloak and entered the carriage.

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It has been a week since Andre had departed from Vikito beach on the airship towards the Phoenix Child's Academy. While on board he had met two brothers with a high affinity towards the element of fire and a girl with an aptitude of 9, they all bonded over conversations in the food hall as well as having late conversations about their pass and the knowledge of magic and the curiosity of what is ahead of them. The two brothers that had high affinity towards the fire element were actually twins named Tom and Tuan, while the girl with an high aptitude of 9 was named Lisa. It was exceptional easy to bond as they were from the more rural areas of the kingdom and were all from poor villages. This was not only a chance to help their families but the once in a lifetime chance to improve their life!

Andre had diligently been gathering information as much as he can from the magus's that were accompanying them on this airship. The Phoenix Child's Academy was established by a Rank 3 grand magus, during a fight against another Rank 3 grand magus he was gravely injured and had hid on the volcano island that is now the academy, there he had said he had met with a beautiful bird that was covered in a beautiful magnificent flame. It was said that this fire bird had sense this Grand Magus's affinity towards his flame and had healed him by encasing the magus in an egg; an ancient spell that would heal any wounds and cure all curses and reborn you into the world 10 years younger as well! The magus however after waking up from this egg form had discovered the bird had disappeared and it had been over a year since he was encased, and on his feet were 3 small eggs that seem to be from the bird. The grand magus had decided then that he will stay within this island and take care of these offsprings the mighty savior had left him. Eventually he had created the Phoenix Academy due to the high source of fire affinity the island gave off. Later on people had named him the Phoenix's Son and in the end Phoenix Child's Academy.

Andre was pleasantly enjoying his trip in his private room in the airship, although from the outside it seems to be rather small but the inside is actually enchanted with spactical magic! Spactial magic is extremely uncommon and to enchant such a bountiful space was done by a high ranked magician! There was even a small library with basic information for people to use, and here was where Andre had spent most of his time. As he looked out the window he saw only a beautiful blue sky and water that continued on and on and he could only wonder what his friend Julien must be experiencing.