Think back then, the era when Helbo was not yet called "despicable" was the period in the late BC, when ancient Greece turned from its peak to split.

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

He has three-dimensional facial features that are quite common in Greeks, because he was born in ordinary daily work, and his physique is also called strong.But before he first came into contact with magical culture, his impression was basically limited to mediocrity.

That's right, even when he was not working on weekdays, he occasionally gave birth to some sly thoughts.But under the magnificent and magnificent background of the time, his sense of existence, who was born as a marketer, was as unremarkable as a firefly.

However, as his ordinary life continued slowly day after day, Haierbo, who had not even imagined his own future, finally met the man who changed his life.

That was a wizard, a true wizard who was extremely mysterious but extremely powerful in the eyes of ordinary people at the time!

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

Not to mention wizards, even those who are accepted as apprentices by wizards are often talented people out of a million.Even those wizard apprentices with excellent talents may not be able to become wizards.

This shows that a true wizard is such a rare existence.

I remember that at that time, it was Helbo who had done a whole day's work and planned to go to the broken tavern in the town to get a glass of the cheapest wine to spend time before bed.

In that era, lighting at night was still a very extravagant behavior for ordinary people.Whenever it gets dark and cannot continue to work, and then think of the long nights and long nights, it is also dark to get up early. Finding a place that does not cost much but can be entertained and relaxed has become the most acceptable "nightlife" way for the general public.

But Haierbo did not expect that that night, he unexpectedly discovered that a wizard was collecting apprentices.

At night that day approached, the local lord accompanied a wizard he had known in the big city to personally preside over the public selection of apprentices.When the young Haierbo saw that many families were dressed in the sunset, the family sent older children to meet the wizards for the other side to choose carefully, and he immediately went over to see the excitement.

To be honest, his age has long been beyond the scope of wizards' selection.So at the beginning, he didn't think about what benefits he could get, he just squeezed in to see what the wizard he had never seen looked like.

By the way, it would be even better if the sorceress was able to show off!

However, most of the civilians who held the mentality of "watching the bard doing business" like this, soon became silent one by one.

They didn't do this because they saw something extraordinary. On the contrary, the so-called "sorcerer" looked like ordinary people at all.

And the reason why they are all silent and speechless without missing anything is entirely because, without knowing it, there is a sense of awe from nowhere in everyone's heart.

"That's... the wizard...?"

Haierbo pursed his mouth tightly, staring at the old man in the robe for an instant with both eyes, his heart gradually filled with fear.

For the most part of the night, even with his usual bludgeoning temper, he didn't dare to express himself from beginning to end.After the old wizard left the only square in the town, he walked home with a little soft feet.

For nearly half a month after that, the sentence "Is that a wizard?" lingered in Helbo's head.

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

Even that night, the old wizard did not choose even a suitable apprentice until the end, but becoming a wizard became Haierbo's only wish afterwards.

Is it impossible to become a wizard at his age?No, Haierbo didn't want to think about this kind of thing at all, he just hoped that he could be closer to the wizard, even if it was a step.

How wonderful it is to be a person who can produce fear unconsciously!

Thus, this simple "ideal" derived from seeing a wizard for the first time became one of the foundations that laid his first step into the magical world.

After more than half a year, Haierbo, who had saved more travel expenses, finally decisively gave up the ordinary life of the past without a future.He packed up a few bags, and in order to save money, he set foot on the road to a nearby big city.

At that time, wizards and nobles were usually connected to some extent, and it was even possible that a certain lord was a wizard himself.And Helbo inquired that the lord of that big city was a real wizard.

In order to ask the other party to accept himself as an apprentice, he racked his brains to get close to the other party and put forward his wish in person.

Unfortunately, the expected twists and turns appeared naturally. He was ruthlessly rejected by the city lord and wizard, and even because of entanglement in front of the city lord, several knights ruthlessly expelled the city.

He spent that night in the wasteland on the side of the road.Because he didn't carry a tool to make a fire, he was blown by the cold wind all night, and his hands and feet were cold and unconscious.

When he was awake 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 year.

Yes, it is what Haierbo once mentioned with Maca, the woman who once touched the "rule of death" and was rumored to set foot on the "border of life and death", but eventually became inhuman and inhuman.

But when Helbo first met her, she was a genius girl who had just become a wizard.

"Woke up?"

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

Is it freezing?No, he doesn't know, because he does feel very cold.But other than that, the chill from the heart seems a bit familiar.

"Don't be afraid, this is just a very ordinary spiritual magic. I just studied it and understood that it happens to be practiced with you."

Kern, who was still a young girl, lowered his head, said casually, and patted Haierbo on the cheek.Under the not-so-bright moonlight, Kern’s short black hair swayed in the night breeze, looking inexplicably free and easy.

Only at the first glance, she left a very deep impression on Helbo. She was a girl who didn't care much about anything and anyone.

And... maybe also a wizard!

"Female, witch-sir, me"

"Ok?"

Seeing the young man in front of him with trembling lips and making a difficult voice, Kern glanced at him again and said:

"what happened?"

"...Please...take me as your apprentice..."

It was not yelling, or begging for mercy, or to please the reaction that Kern had seen in ordinary people in the past, but the young man in front of him did not show it at all.

Although she could clearly feel that the other party had the same fear and guard, but the first sentence the other party said was to beg her to accept him as a disciple.

"No, I'm not interested in one more burden!" Kern waved his hand casually, "I don't even bother to ask for a child around ten years old, let alone someone of your age. You think you can do it for me. what?"

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

Haierbo, who was able to have the reputation as later, was naturally not simple. His dedication to what he asked for began to show from that moment.

Of course, almost all he got after that was "bad reputation".

"Anything?" Kern couldn't help shook his head after hearing his insistence, "Then I want you to die, are you willing?"

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

It is natural to fear death, but other details besides fear differ from person to person.Just like Haierbo, while he was quite frightened by the sentence "I want you to die", he also showed his firmness in his heart.

"Are you really willing to die?" Kern was finally a little happy when he heard it, "Well, if what you said is true, if you can survive the magic experiment from start to finish, then I am not You can't be more of an apprentice like you."

Use ordinary human bodies to cooperate with wizards to do magic research?Others may not be able to hold it, but in Helbo's eyes, only the desire for the wizard is left.

"What I said... is true," Helbo said forcefully, "As long as you don't die, you can do it!"

"Oh, then you should die first!"

In the next second, Kern picked up the slender staff at his hand, and immediately dropped his hand at Helbo.After a while, the latter, who had previously had fear for no reason because of the power of the spiritual magic, lost consciousness in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, this is not the magic that can make people really die. It is impossible to resurrect.

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

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