"I thought you..." Lina said, trembling slightly.
Only when she faced Saine did Lina, who had slaughtered countless people in the Black Domain and made a formidable name for herself, reveal her vulnerable side.
While Saine had been stranded on the Faelun Continent, he had never managed to contact Lina. Never before had he been out of touch with her for so long.
Lina, whose studies covered an even broader range than Saine's, had also conducted some research into mysticism and astrology.
She had once tried to investigate Saine's whereabouts, but received no response whatsoever.
She knew neither whether he was alive nor where he had gone.
Lina's astrology was still too shallow, and it seemed there were no low-level magicians within the Black Domain who were particularly skilled in that field.
Unable to obtain any news of Saine, Lina had nearly gone to the Eastern Astrology Highlands to kidnap a Rank Three astrologer and make them divine his fate for her.
Two hundred years ago, war between the Pale Bone Black Tower and several surrounding Black Towers erupted once more, preventing Lina from ever putting that idea into practice.
Now that she saw Saine again, the excitement in Lina's heart was easy to imagine.
"A lot has happened over the past few centuries. I'll tell you about it all in detail later," Saine said with a smile.
Because of the time difference within the Space-Time Channel, Saine's sense of time was still somewhat out of sync with Lina's.
Lina nodded. Before she could ask anything else, a violent disturbance and terrifying elemental pressure suddenly came from above the surface.
Having faced gods at close range many times and fought god-level powerhouses, Saine immediately judged that a Level-4 lifeform had appeared nearby—and that it had come with ill intent!
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