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The 3 Dirigibles constantly got closer and slowly lowered themselves onto the ground outside the camp, under the various cheers of the masses.

"En! They are rather similar to the blimps from the mortal world, and each one has a very large aerostat gasbag on top of it, I wonder if they are filled with hydrogen gas?"

Wade had seen the situation outside the magic world in the world of mortals, so he recovered from his astonishment faster than others, and pondered over the construction of the Dirigibles.

The pure black Dirigibles landed on the ground, and let out thunderous growling noises.

The doors of the Dirigibles then opened, and a few black-robed Magi walked out from them. There were also some movements within the camp, a few old geezers also walked out and exchanged words with them.

"Alright! Everyone bring all of your belongings and follow me. Don't wander off on your own!"

A professor that had a black cloak on, and the silhouette of his body was concealed within it. He began to gather the students.

The apprentices of the Black Academy all scrambled and ran back to their little wooden huts to fetch their belongings.

Wade brought the two bags with him. His belongings only consisted of a leather bag, and these two bags that contained the potion ingredients, spell globes and his weapons.

The apprentices fervently left the open area under the guidance of the professors, and they gathered into individual groups based on their exit pass.

"Alright! Listen to me! Pay attention to the names mentioned next! Pass Solar, Magma and Scorch... All of you will board the Dirigible on the right, numbered '622'.  Don't miss it! Professors, please take note of the number, and apprentices, follow your professors!"

"As for Mercury, Gallium...Your Dirigible is in the centre, numbered '455'." The voice continued.

"... Hydrogen, Nitrogen... Yours will be the one on the left, number '25', don't mix it up now!"

As Wade finally heard Nitrogen, he could not help but to glance at the Dirigible on the left.

As he approached it, he realised that the Dirigible was simply too enormous. The aerostat gasbag at the top seemed like a gigantic ball, casting its shadow on the ground.

"Apprentices under the Nitrogen batch, follow me!" A black gas flickered as the professor in black robes, and behind him were two figures, which seemed to be his students.

Wade walked in the centre of the group and glanced around.

Under his keen observation, he noticed a few familiar faces from his time of taking those missions. They also noticed him and smiled at him in response, also speaking to some fellows beside them. They all had excitement written across their faces.

Very soon it was Nitrogen batch's turn, and the black-robed professor led the way, stepping through the door first.

The apprentices hurriedly followed. When Wade put more force in his legs, there was a sturdy reverberation coming from the floor beneath his shoes, as if he was stepping on a limestone floor.

Wade looked at the greyish, patterned floor and couldn't help but think about it. As soon as he entered the dirigible he could see that many of the things used to make this ship were unknown to him.

"We're here! This section of the corridor, from number '13' to '32', is the area designated for our Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, you all can allocate on the rooms on your own. Remember, my number is '14'. Look for my students if you need something!

As for who I am, some of you may already know me but those who don't they can just call me Professor Jack!"

After he finished talking, turned, and his black cloak fluttered as he entered his room.

"Alright! Now let me designate the rooms! As for the introduction, my name is Alfred, I am mentoring Jack's youngest apprentice" Alfred stood out and said.

"Hong!" the other guy just ignored Alfred and casually picked a room, number '18', and walked inside.

Alfred's face turned red, and then white. He clenched his fist several times, only to put it down. "Good! Xavier chose room 18. Next, you can come one by one and take a room key from me..."

Xavier left, and the remaining apprentices, started to form a friendly relationship with Alfred as they had to be together for at least two months, so they had to depend on him, Wade just talked a little and went to hsi room.

was allocated room 20. He didn't say anything, and hurried into his cabin.

The room was quite adequate; there was enough space for a bed and the bags and there was a partition done to allocate some space to make a working lab.

"Having a bed and a working area is considered good!" Wade comforted himself.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the Dirigible, I am your captain - Jonathan Smith, I wish you all a pleasant journey ahead!"

"There are a few announcements of note. Apart from the Professors, the rest are not allowed to walk on the decks unless you wish to go flying down from the skies!...The cafeteria is in Hall 1, and Hall 2 is where the washrooms are. As for Hall 3, it's a lounge; everyone is welcome to go there!"

A low pitched male voice rang throughout the room. Wade looked around and noticed the sound was coming from a yellow bronze pipe, but did not know if it was an air duct or megaphone.

"We're taking off!" Wade felt weightless for a moment, and the ship swayed. He hurriedly scrambled towards a window.

This window was only the size of a soccer ball and was very thick, so it was hard to see what was outside.

Following the Dirigible's ascent, the tower which he was on became smaller and smaller, and gradually, the open area in Wade's view turned into a black dot.