Chapter 1323 BC

Back then, the era when Hai Erbo had not yet been dubbed "despicable" was the period at the end of BC, when ancient Greece turned from heyday to division.

At that time, Haierbo was just a very ordinary young man... Yes, at least from the outside, he was indeed quite ordinary.

He has the three-dimensional facial features that are quite common among Greeks, and because he was born in an ordinary daily labor, his physique can also be called strong. But before his first contact with magical culture, his impression was basically limited to mediocrity.

That's right, even when he's not working on weekdays, he occasionally has bad thoughts about sneaking around. But under the grand and magnificent background of the times at that time, his sense of existence as a common man was as inconspicuous as a firefly.

However, as his ordinary life continued day after day, Hai Erbo, who had never even imagined his own future, finally met the person who changed his life.

That was a wizard, a real wizard who was extremely mysterious but extremely powerful in the eyes of the common people at that time!

Don't look at that era that is called "the heyday of ancient magic" by today's historians. Because magic at that time had extremely strict requirements on users, so that there were actually very few people who could truly become wizards.

Not to mention wizards, even those who are accepted as apprentices by wizards are often talented people who are one in a million. And even those wizard apprentices with excellent talents may not all become wizards.

From this, it can be seen how rare a real wizard is.

I remember that at that time, it was Haierbo who had finished his work all day and planned to go to the shabby tavern in the town to get a glass of the cheapest wine to pass the time before going to bed.

In that era, lighting lamps at night was still a very extravagant behavior for ordinary people. Every time it gets dark and you can’t continue to work, and when you think about the long night and getting up early, it will be dark. Finding a place that is not expensive but can entertain and relax to kill time has become the most acceptable way of "night life" for the general public.

But at that time, Hai Erbo did not expect that he unexpectedly discovered the scene of a wizard accepting apprentices that night.

As night fell, the local lord accompanied a wizard he had met in a big city in the past, and personally presided over the public selection of apprentices. When the young Haierbo saw that there were many families wearing sunset glow, the family sent the children to meet the wizard for them to choose carefully, and immediately went to see the excitement.

To be honest, at his age, he was already beyond the selection range of wizards. So at the beginning, he didn't think of any benefits for himself, but just squeezed in to see what the wizard he had never seen before looked like.

By the way, it would be even better if that lord wizard could show his skills!

However, most of the civilians like him who held the mentality of "watching a bard perform a show" quickly fell silent one by one.

They didn't do this because they saw something extraordinary. On the contrary, the so-called "Master Wizard" looked no different from ordinary people.

And the reason why they were all silent without any omission was entirely because unconsciously, a wave of awe that came from nowhere was raised in the bottom of everyone's heart.

"Is that...the wizard...?"

Haierbo pursed his lips tightly, staring at the old man in robes without blinking, his heart was gradually filled with some kind of fear.

For most of the night, even with his usual unscrupulous temperament, he didn't dare to show his anger from the beginning to the end. It wasn't until the old wizard left the only square in the town that he swayed a little limply towards his home.

For nearly half a month after that, Haierbo kept lingering in his head, "Is that a wizard?"

Half a month later, Hai Erbo, who was in a state of semi-absence day and night, became haggard. He began to feel annoyed, why didn't he encounter a wizard coming to the town to select apprentices when he was a child?

Even that night, the old wizard still failed to pick even a suitable apprentice until the end, but becoming a wizard became Haierbo's only wish later on.

It's impossible to become a wizard at his age? No, Haierbo didn't want to think about such things at all, he just hoped that he could get closer to the wizard, even by one step.

How wonderful it would be to be a person who can make people unconsciously fear!

Therefore, this simple "ideal" derived from seeing a wizard for the first time became one of the foundations for his first step into the wizarding world.

After that, more than half a year passed, and Hai Erbo, who had saved up some travel expenses, finally resolutely gave up the ordinary life in the past with no future at all. He packed up his little luggage, and in order to save money, he set out on foot to a nearby big city.

At that time, wizards and nobles usually had a certain relationship, and it was even possible that a certain lord was a wizard himself. And Haierbo found out that the lord of that big city was a genuine wizard.

In order to ask the other party to accept him as an apprentice, he racked his brains to approach the other party, and put forward his wish face to face.

It's a pity that the expected twists and turns appeared naturally. He was ruthlessly rejected by the city lord and wizard, and was even mercilessly expelled from the city by several knights because he was entangled in front of the city lord.

He spent that night in the wasteland by the road. Because he didn't carry any tools to make a fire, he was forced to be blown by the cold wind all night, and his hands and feet were so cold that he lost consciousness.

When he woke up from the cold in the early hours of the morning, he finally met the first teacher in his life, the witch Kern who was dubbed the "Goddess of Death" by many black wizards around the first year of AD.

Yes, it was Haierbo who once mentioned to Maca, the woman who touched the "rule of death" and was rumored to have stepped on the "border of life and death", but eventually became neither human nor ghost.

But when Hai Erbo met her for the first time, she was still a talented girl who had just become a wizard.

"Woke up?"

It was still dark at that time, and Hai Erbo, who had just opened his eyes, was taken aback by the girl squatting next to his head. But then he realized that he couldn't move at all.

Is it frozen? No, he didn't know because he was really cold too. But other than that, the chill that came from the heart seemed a little familiar.

"Don't be afraid, this is just a very common mind magic. I have just studied it and understood it. I just want to practice it with you."

Kern, who was still a girl, lowered her head, spoke casually, and even patted Haierbo's cheek. Under the dim moonlight, Kern's short black hair swayed with the night wind, looking inexplicably free and easy.

Just the first glance, she left a very deep impression on Hai Erbo. This is a girl who doesn't care much about anything or anyone.

And... maybe a wizard too!

"Female witch, I"

"Ok?"

Seeing the young man in front of him struggling to make a sound with trembling lips, Kern glanced at him again, and then said:

"What's wrong?"

"...Please...accept me as your apprentice..."

It wasn't scolding, nor begging for mercy, nor was it flattering Kern's reactions that he had seen from ordinary people in the past, but the young man in front of him didn't show any of them.

Although she could clearly feel that the other party had the same fear and guard in his heart, the first sentence the other party uttered was begging her to accept him as a disciple.

"No, I'm not interested in adding another burden!" Kern waved his hands indiscriminately, "I don't even bother to have a child around ten years old, let alone someone your age. Do you think you can do it for me? what?"

"I, I don't know..." Haierbo's voice squeezed out of his throat was dry and slow, but his tone was extremely firm, "But as long as I can become a wizard... I am willing to do anything Do."

It was not easy for Hai Erbo to have such a reputation later on. His attachment to what he wanted was revealed from that moment.

Of course, pretty much all he got after that was a "bad name."

"Are you willing to do anything?" Kern couldn't help shaking his head after hearing his insistence, "Then I want you to die, are you willing too?"

"As long as... I can still live and learn magic, I am willing."

It is natural to be afraid of death, but other details besides fear vary from person to person. Just like Hai Erbo, while he was a little terrified by the words "I want you to die", at the same time, he also showed the firmness in his heart.

"Are you really willing to die?" Kern finally became a little happy when he heard that, "Well, if what you said is true, if you can survive from the beginning to the end and assist me in completing the magic experiment, then I am not I can't have another apprentice like you."

Use the body of an ordinary person to cooperate with a wizard to do magic research? Others might not be able to hold on, but Haierbo's eyes had long since only longed for wizards.

"What I said...is true," Haierbo said vigorously, "As long as you don't die, that's fine!"

"Oh, then you should die first!"

The next second, Kern picked up the slender staff in his hand, and Dang even made a move at Haierbo. And after a while, the latter, who had previously feared for no reason due to the power of spiritual magic, lost consciousness in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, this is not some kind of magic that can make people really die. People who are really dead are simply impossible to resurrect.

However, Haierbo had passed out completely at that time, and it was not easy to wake up again.

When Hai Erbo woke up at dawn, the girl Kern seemed to have left.