Despicable Herbo indeed lives up to his "despicable" name.
His magic is ancient magic based on natural phenomena such as ground thorns, hurricanes, and flames. There are endless forms of application. To be honest, these methods alone are enough to make most modern wizards despair.
However, the "duty" of these magics is simply to disrupt Maka's immediate judgment. Because his real killing moves are all invisible and intangible soul magic that even Maka can't predict. It's really hard to guard against.
And looking at Maka...
The ultra-low temperature cold current flying all over the sky, the rapid and precise actions, and the invisible sharp blades invisible to the naked eye... What Maka shows are three types of magic with completely different properties, which can be combined in the same battle. , but it will make people feel the slightest violation.
In fact, these three types of magic represent three great eras of wizards:
The invisible magic blade "Shadow's Edge Curse" was a gift given to Maka by Snape, which represents the sophistication and imperfection of modern magic; and the simple application of the compound rule of "swiftness" is what Maka Card comes from the quasi-magic of the recent ancient assassins, and represents a certain interpretation of the ancient wizards.
As for the cooling rule runes, they are regular magic that matches the era of Haierbo. It is the beauty of expressing the power of nature to a certain limit.
The longer the fight with Maka lasted, the more Haierbo gained from it. In fact, at the current stage where the two are fighting each other, Haierbo is no longer in a hurry to end this confrontation that spans ancient and modern eras.
"...Incomplete rule runes, ingenious combination concepts, stable and simple application methods," Haierbo's figure kept flashing and changing in the mountains and forests. While avoiding various threats, he couldn't help but admire, " No, what’s more important is the highly creative form of magic and its practical utility!”
A true wizard will not sneer at any new magical ideas.
Haierbo may not agree with Merlin's vision of the future, but when the real modern curse appeared in front of him, what came out of his mouth were frequent surprises.
He is a dark wizard whose methods can be despicable and his heart can be vicious, but as far as the study of magic itself is concerned, he is extremely enthusiastic and passionate about it like other wizards with noble character.
"Keep going, keep going! I need to see more!"
While Maka continued to move at high speed, she naturally heard Haierbo's words.
In fact, by now, he has determined that he can escape from here at any time.
Although this old guy is indeed powerful, fighting him is like fighting against the wrath of nature. In addition, you must always be wary of the soul rules that will appear unexpectedly. In terms of magical strength, Maka had to admit that she definitely couldn't win.
But if he wanted to run away, it wouldn't be difficult.
However, just like the old immortal who crawled out from under the Bewitching Monument, he did not want to end the battle so soon.
If the other party was here to observe the sophistication of modern spells, then he was here to learn about the mysteries of ancient magic.
Compared with the stylized development of modern magic spells, the secret of ancient magic basically lies in the understanding of various rules. If he had to rely on himself, it would be too laborious to figure out the rules and runes, and it would be impossible for a guy without an amazing imagination to make any progress.
Now, every magic spell issued by Haierbo and every phenomenon caused will outline extremely specific information in Maka's magic induction.
While Haierbo was understanding modern magic spells, Tamaka was also rapidly absorbing the knowledge of ancient magic. It can be said that the two have formed an alternative "trading model" in quite a tacit understanding.
As for what new changes will occur after both parties get what they want, that is something that will only be known when the time comes.
So... yes, judging from the current situation, although the two have always maintained a state of fighting each other, they are actually surprisingly harmonious... At least until now, that is true.
But at a certain moment, Maka, who had predicted and arrived at the location directly behind Haierbo's teleportation, suddenly pointed forward to the staff, and a bunch of pale green magic light suddenly lit up on the top of the staff.
"Avada Kedavra."
At this moment, Maka's expression was particularly calm.
…
Just when Maka suddenly cast the Death Curse, Luna had already entered Rowena Ravenclaw's secret room under the guidance of the bronze eagle.
This place is still the same as when Maka left for the last time, absolutely unchanged.
In this medium-sized room, except for a desk and a chair, most of the rest of the space is occupied by a giant bookshelf that reaches the ceiling.
There are also slide rails under the bookshelves, so that although there is only enough space between them for one person to come and go, all the books can still be freely accessed without any hindrance.
In the air, the rich and chronological fragrance of paper and ink was once a favorite scent of Maca. And since Maka's office also felt like this, Luna couldn't help but feel at this moment that this place would indeed give her a unique sense of peace of mind.
While Luna was still wandering among the large amount of books, the bronze eagle that landed on the metal shelf on the side of the bookshelf looked at her, and then began to speak again.
"Little girl, um..." it twisted its neck and said, "Actually, if you follow the next process, Master Ying, I should guide you to make a choice. But unfortunately, the last one who made the choice here The chosen one hasn’t come back yet, so you have to wait and see... "
"The last one?" Luna looked away slightly from the bookshelf and asked softly.
"Yes!" Little Eagle chuckled, "That boy is pretty good. Even Lord Eagle, I have to admit that his abilities are exceptionally outstanding! The last time I saw that boy, I thought Hogwarts was definitely going to It’s over, but now it seems that the big trouble has been solved?”
As it spoke, it couldn't help but shake its head and said: "You can't be wrong, last time it was definitely the power of that broken mirror... That old guy Salazar also suffered several hidden losses back then! Little girl, you don't know, The scene last time almost scared me to death—"
Halfway through the words, it suddenly flapped its wings violently.
"Bah, bah, bah! How could I be frightened by that little thing, Master Ying? Well, it was a slip of the tongue... Look at my broken mouth. I have been sleeping for too long and I can't even speak properly... Master Ying, I mean , I was just a little surprised! Yes, that’s right!”
Like Haierbo who has been trapped underground for thousands of years, the Bronze Eagle is also somewhat talkative.
It can be seen that people who have been lonely for too long will either have a nervous breakdown and forget how to talk, or they will chatter endlessly.
Fortunately, Luna didn't mind much.
"So, what exactly does the 'Alternate' do? Did Rowena Ravenclaw ask you to choose it?"
Seeing Luna ask this, the bronze eagle immediately shook its little head.
"I'm not responsible for selecting people, Lord Eagle, that's not my forte," it quacked. "The person who chose the people was Godric's stinky hat - although I don't want to admit it at all, Lord Eagle, but that guy You still have a good eye for others!"
"Are you talking about the Sorting Hat?" Luna tilted her head and said in a daze, "It doesn't have eyes."
After hearing this, the Bronze Eagle immediately burst into laughter.
"Quack, quack, that's right! That girl is a big blind, purebred!" it said cheerfully, "Look! I'm different, Lord Eagle - look at my big, bright eyes!"
At this point, its laughter stopped, and then it suddenly looked at Luna up and down again.
"Speaking of sorting..." it said doubtfully, "Little girl, you were sorted into Rowena's academy? It's strange. Could it be that you, like that boy Albus back then, also sneaked into Salazar? That old guy’s secret room?”
"Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets?" Luna blinked, her long eyelashes flickering slightly, "I don't think I've ever been there..."
"Huh?" The bronze eagle suddenly wondered, "Logically speaking, the only ones who can come here are little badgers... Although it is often impossible to rule out those who find other ways like Albus... "
As it spoke, it flapped its wings and flew up, carefully circling Luna a few times, as if it wanted to find something from Luna.
"Huh?"
It seemed that he couldn't find it everywhere, and the bronze eagle was immediately shocked.
"What's going on? Where's the thing that woke me up just now? Where did you hide it?"
"what?"
Luna looked at the little eagle flying around her with a confused face, not knowing what to say.
"Of course it's a token!" the bronze eagle yelled, "Didn't you bring Salazar's token? How could it be possible... Nothing big happened that destroyed the castle just now. How did I wake up, Lord Eagle?" of?"
After hearing this, Luna couldn't help but think about it for a while, and suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"Is the token you're talking about an Irish female ghost?" She seemed to suddenly become interested and said with a little excitement, "Does Slytherin like adopted female ghosts? The kind that glows green—"
Obviously, she quickly recalled the moment when she met the little wizard in front of the common room. At that time, she guessed that the little wizard must have hidden the Irish ghost in his back pocket. Because she clearly remembered that Irish female ghosts would emit a faint green light in dark places.
"Female ghost?" The bronze eagle smacked its beak and said, "That old guy seems to like cultivating inferi. I've never heard of female ghosts... No, no, no, now is not the time to talk about this! Little girl, what on earth are you doing? Do you have any tokens of Salazar? If Rowena knew that I let in the unrelated people, things would be very serious... "
Speaking of this, Xiaoying suddenly became startled.
"Ah, by the way... Speaking of which, Rowena is long gone..."