Halber never forgot her.

Even if he and she have no fate of apprenticeship, let alone other fate; Even if he and she... Seem to have seen only two sides from beginning to end.

But for more than two thousand years, Haier Bo still can't forget her.

The staff she gave had long been lost, and the note she left behind had long turned into nothingness.

"If you can use it to cast a magic one day, come to me, and I may be reluctant to accept your apprentice."

This is a paragraph written by Kern's letter at that time.

In order to fulfill this agreement, Haier Bo, who was not gifted at that time, spent a lot of time and energy. However, when he finally came to her after thousands of hardships, the other party did not know him.

Yes, when the two met again after decades, Kern "didn't know" halbo.

You know, Kern is a witch and an extremely powerful genius. If she has a bad memory, how can she achieve that?

If a wizard forgets something, it undoubtedly means that the memory of that thing has been completely erased in some accidents.

Even now, halber still remembers that night - the second time he spoke face to face with Kern. And at the same time, it's the last time.

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It has been five years since the end of the magical war against the goddess of death.

In these five years, the center of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was originally the main battlefield of Egypt, has always maintained the appearance of desolation and dilapidation due to fierce and protracted war.

The numerous sand and gravel are carried in the abnormal storm and run wild on this endless wasteland. The power left by many powerful magic makes no grass and no birds here.

The conquest coalition composed of many wizards and magical creatures withdrew to Greece four years ago, and only halbo remained in this harsh place.

He is waiting silently... Looking forward to the mysterious witch who disappeared at the end of the war to reappear in front of him and fulfill the unfinished promise of that year.

Therefore, Haier Bo lived in the original King City and today's ruins for five years.

In addition to doing magic research every day, he spent almost the rest of his time in the nearby area, or stopped to look at, or wandered around.

Early in the morning, he ran around looking for every trace left by Kern before he disappeared; In the evening, he climbed up the only remaining section of the city wall and stood in a daze against the yellow sand and the strong wind.

Maybe two thousand years later, Haier Bo doesn't really understand why he did such a stupid thing. But at that time, Haier Bo knew very well that his ideal lay in the witch Kern.

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It may also be that fate itself wants to give him an answer to wait. After five years of waiting, on a night when the sandstorm subsided slightly, an abnormal magic wave suddenly appeared in the ruins of the King City, which immediately attracted Haier Bo's attention.

In the clearer and brighter moonlight than usual, he followed the source of the magic wave all the way, and finally saw a strange black shadow among the ruins with strange depressions.

It was a shadow that was difficult to explain in words, as if it were a phenomenon that did not belong to the world, which made Haier Bo afraid to approach at will for a time.

However, besides naken, who else would create such a mysterious and unknown magic phenomenon in this place?

Haier Bo didn't think about it... Although he didn't dare to approach, he didn't want to retreat. Even if he could clearly feel the great danger from the virtual shadow, he was still reluctant to leave.

So, about a few minutes later, he finally saw another familiar figure step out of the inexplicable virtual shadow.

"Da Da."

The sound of the sole touching the hard ground is particularly clear in the quiet environment without too much storm tonight. When the graceful figure, which had been feared by countless people, was finally fully exposed in the moonlight, the virtual shadow shrank silently into a little and disappeared into Haier Bo's vision.

"... Miss Kern..."

God knows how hard Haier Bo pushed this out of his throat at that time, so that the tone became a little strange and contained many complex and subtle emotions.

After hearing halbo's call, he just stood on the side of the sunken open space facing him. After appearing, he kept a silent figure and gradually turned around.

"K, Miss Kern?"

At that moment, Haier Bo didn't even understand what he saw!

The body on the side facing him was as graceful as it was five years ago, which made her get the name of "goddess" even if she was cruel, powerful, crazy and terrible.

But the other half of the body was dark, with a body just like the most ferocious and strong beast. The half face was hideous, and the blood colored eyes released a faint red awn, which could not even be covered by the bright moonlight.

Of course, perhaps the most important thing is the magic wave that her physical fitness is rising. The overwhelming power makes Haier almost out of breath.

At the next moment, the witch Kern, who was neither human nor ghost, finally spoke.

"Who are you...?"

It was like the special voice of a man and a woman overlapping with each other, which immediately made Haier's scalp numb and a layer of goose bumps on his body.

"I... I'm your student, Miss Kern... I've finally waited for you! Don't you... Remember me?"

Perhaps it was the years of obsession with Kern that made halber put aside his fear. He hurriedly took out the note from decades ago that he had carefully kept at that time from his pocket and let it float in the direction where Kern stood.

However, Kern didn't even reach for it. Helbo saw that she just glanced at it casually, and then a black flame lit up on the note and swallowed it up.

"I don't know you." Kern's dull voice sounded again and pierced into halbo's heart. "Stay away from me, or you'll end up like that boring piece of paper."

As soon as he finished, Kern never went to see halbo again. He turned and walked towards the barren sand dunes outside the ruins. Halber wanted to chase, but his legs were like roots on the ground. He couldn't lift them.

Until a moment later, Kern disappeared at the end of the horizon.