Cerberus Blackborn

Chapter 5

"I am here today to guide students to Abyss academy. This is a service usually done for new students who are unfamiliar with the directions to the school or students who cannot to afford their own transportation to the academy."

Abyss academy was located in another dimension and hence if one needed to go there, they would access a dimension portal but the problem was that dimension portals were expensive to construct and even more expensive to run. This was because they needed at least grade 8 beast crystals to keep them running which were expensive to acquire. This was why not many people could afford their own crystals while also having the finances to hire mages to set up and constantly maintain the portals which was why the school offered transportation services to the academy for a certain fee.

Grade crystals

Cerberus' family did have a portal but since this was their first time going to the academy. It was decided that it was much better to memorize the school's surroundings while being guided by a teacher who knew the way which was why they were here today.

Sharla snapped her fingers and out of thin air, a small pouch appeared floating with a slight blue aura before gently landing on her stretched-out hand.

"In here are temporary student IDs for the new students which they will need to use before they are provided their won by the academy."

"The new students should line up to pick an ID"

Cerberus and a few other teenagers lined up and each took turns placing their hands in the pouch before retrieving a small black grey card with the logo of the academy which glowed slightly revealing their names and year when a student injected a bit of mana in them.

"These cards serve as an identification of a student of the academy which are currently needed in order to transport you to Starlight dimension but they are only temporary measure  so remember to get your own personal IDs when you settle down at the academy."

After ensuring that all the new students had an ID, she gestured for everyone to follow her. She headed towards the end of the cathedral before stopping at a door that was directly beneath a crucified Jesus statue. The door had been engraved with a variety of formations some of which Cerberus recognized one of which was a formation that specialized in hiding the appearance or use of an object. It was a popular formation commonly used by mages to hide the appearance of their artifacts or weapons from ordinary people. Sometimes it was even used to fool fellow mages just like the door before them as what appeared to be a normal old wooden door began to glow before transforming into a five-meter tall fifteen-meter wide blue portal after Sharla disabled the illusion formation that had been set on the door.

"Alright everyone, this is the portal leading to the Luster planet where the academy is located. For those using a long-distance portal for the first time, please take a deep breath before stepping into the portal." She said before walking into the portal disappearing.

"Alright then"

Phoebe turned to look at her children who will most likely be gone for an entire year, her face filled with worry as she bit her lower lip anxiously.

"This is where we separate," she said with tears filling her eyes. She hugged Cerberus and Circe at the same time, breathing heavily at the thought of being separated from her children for even a second. From the moment they were infants to their current age they had always been with her as they were homeschooled which was why she never truly felt any anxiety as she went on with her everyday business because she always knew that they would be at home every day when she came home from work.

But now they would be gone for an entire year to an entirely new place filled with numerous possibilities of danger.

"Uhm mum…"

"hmm?...."

"Could you let us go now? We need to cross over or we will be left behind" said Circe

Phoebe lifted her head only to see that no other students were there. The students had all crossed over and the remaining parents/guardians were looking sadly at the portal where their children had gone into.

"Alright I'll let you go now," she said releasing them from her hug. Cerberus and Circe took their luggage and bade goodbye to their mother before walking into the portal as they traveled to the planet Luster, where the academy was located.

This wasn't the first time Cerberus had ever traveled through a portal as he would sometimes accompany his father during his travels around the world. As a famous rune engraver, Julian Blackborn would travel to various blacksmith locations in the world in order to put the final rune touches on an artifact and since there was usually a high demand for his services, he would usually travel around using portals located at various locations in the world. Cerberus loved to study anything that entailed magic and so he would sometimes accompany his father, much to his delight, on his business trips which was why he knew more rune knowledge than the average teen.

The first time he traveled through a portal was five years ago and he nearly vomited as the turbulent mana waves within the portal shook his very insides making him extremely nauseous but over the years, the more he traveled through portals the more he got used to it and now as he passed through the portal all he felt was a slight shake before coming out at the other end of the portal.

Cerberus appeared through a large portal on a large square platform surrounded by a bunch of buildings on all sides that split into streets. The buildings looked old like the kind of buildings you would expect to find in medieval times.

"Welcome to the planet Luster."

Sharla glanced around ensuring that everyone was currently present before continuing. "We are currently on the Destar continent in the kingdom of Pier. To be more specific we are currently in the capital city of the kingdom, Asta."

"Whoa…"

"So cool…."

Overhead there were various kinds of creatures flying from giant eagles to giant bats. Cerberus even spotted a person flying on a silver dragon heading in the direction of a large castle in the far distance.

Soon the ground began to slightly shake as a variety of carriages arrived pulled by two-meter tall creatures that looked like pigs with short barbed brown fur.

"Warhogs" thought Cerberus as he gazed at the creatures.

They were a popular species for transportation because they had great stamina as well as great strength allowing them to travel for long distances without tiring easily. They were also cheap to keep as they were omnivorous hence, they could basically eat anything making them valuable creatures for most businesses on the planet. Of course, they couldn't compare to flying creatures, but they were the next best thing on the ground.

The carriages had the insignia of a black dragon which indicated that they belonged to Abyss academy.

"Everyone get into the carriages. It's time to head to the academy"

Everyone obeyed and began to climb onto the carriages, their luggage was placed in separate carriages by a few faculty members who had arrived with the carriages. The students entered the carriages and sat on opposite ends. Cerberus sat next to the window of the carriage while Circe sat beside him. She would occasionally lean over against him trying to gaze outside the window on his side. After ten minutes, the crackle of a whip could be heard as the carriages began to move heading to the famous Abyss academy.