The next morning, after the two of them got up and cleaned up, Ryan asked Hermione to wait for him in the hotel lobby, and then he went out alone. It wasn't until 20 minutes later that a small white SUV with double doors came to the door of the hotel. The glass rolled down, and Ryan's face appeared in the dirt bike. "Alright, let's go. ”

"Where did this car come from?" asked Hermione as she got into the car and fastened her seatbelt, "It looks so rough!"

"On my way here yesterday, I saw a second-hand car dealer over there, so I just went over and bought it for $2,000. Don't look at the car as it is a little crudely built, but the Russian Rataniva is a good car. In particular, we have to pass through a lot of places with very bad road conditions, and it will be difficult to get there without an off-road vehicle, at least it is better than walking on two legs. Ryan said, holding the steering wheel.

"You can squint for a moment. Ryan said to Hermione. "It's about 300 kilometres from here to our destination, and according to the information I bought from Tumbledown Alley, the giants are now hiding in a valley in the Ural Mountains. We now drive along the road all the way north to Lower Tula, and from there head west into Mount Ulla. ”

"Is your intel accurate?" asked Hermione, curious. "Shouldn't the hiding place of those giants be a secret, in theory?"

"Not exactly, we haven't heard of it before, just because many wizards don't care where they are, just know they're far away. The exact location of their location was considered general information in Diagon Alley, and I bought it for only thirty Galleons mixed in with a dozen other messages. ”

On the way to the suburbs, Ryan looked around and saw that there was no one, so he stopped the car and waved open the space door and released two things.

"Is this, us?" Hermione immediately recognized what the two things that Ryan had placed in the back seat were: a 1:1 puppet of two people, so so well made that it was impossible to tell if it was a dummy.

"That's right, I'm going to use them to make our alibi. "It's very easy to do, because you don't need to think about it, and it saves a lot of work." ”

"How can you make them look like us? Do you control them remotely?" Hermione was a little curious about something she hadn't seen before.

"Of course not. A girl's voice sounded, and Rose Crystal opened the door of the space and came out. "That's too complicated, in fact, just let my brother's puppet carry a bag and let me drill in the bag and control it remotely. That way, I can still have a fun around here. After saying that, Rose Crystal raised the things in her hand and waved them at them, and Ryan realized that the little puppet was holding a guide map and a camera, which were all prepared in advance. It seems that she has been preparing for this trip since she told Rose Crystal about her plans more than a month ago.

After saying goodbye to Rose Crystal, and watching the two dolls get out of the car, Ryan and the two of them use the Faceling's tricks to change their appearance through makeup in the car, and before returning to Yekaterinburg, they will act on the faces of the Tatars and Russians in the local style.

By noon, the two men braved the snow and wind to arrive in Lower Tula, a beautiful little town. They were lucky and the weather was nice along the way. So that they can get here smoothly along the road.

After getting out of the car, Ryan and Hermione went to a small restaurant together. As a winter in Russia, especially now when the economy is bad, there is nothing to eat in this kind of place, so the two of them only need a large plate of Russian dumplings with beef filling. By the way, I asked for another pot of beet soup.

After sitting down and looking around, they saw that the shop was small and poorly decorated. It should be that the residence facing the street will open directly with a sign. Fortunately, it was very clean, and the aunt who was the boss was also very welcoming.

"Why did you young people from other places get here in this weather?" the aunt asked after serving the dumplings.

"It's warm compared to what we have. Ryan pretended that he and Hermione were a high school couple traveling from Yakutsk. "It's winter vacation over there, so we took the opportunity to visit the great Ural Mountains recorded in the book. Fortunately, Russia also belongs to both the yellow race and the white race, so Lane said that he is from the Far East, and the aunt naturally believes it.

"Yakutsk, no wonder!" the old lady said, with a look of understanding. "My son went on a business trip to Yakutsk at this time of the previous winter, and he told me that it was already more than 20 degrees below zero, and he didn't even dare to go out when he didn't have a car. ”

"yes. "So we ran out to play, and we went to the mountains for the next two days, and then to Yekaterinburg." By the way, where is the best place to play in the mountains around here? ”

"Ah, a great place for little couples. Big Mom said after her eyes turned around Ryan and Hermione's faces. "You can go down the road to the west and go a little bit into the mountains, and there will be a lake, which is beautiful in winter when it freezes over. Further south from that lake is a trail that now makes it possible to walk around when the snow is not very thick, and there are even a few cabins in it for the night. But remember, you must not go north. The aunt enthusiastically introduced the surrounding scenery to the better places, but when it came to not being allowed to go north, her whole face became very serious.

Ryan recalled the information he had and found that the group of giants was in a valley more than 30 kilometers north of the lake. So I asked my aunt: "Why can't you go north?"

"It was no different from other places, but I didn't know what happened more than a decade ago. There is no way for everyone to get over there, and everyone who has passed there will die in the end. Later, we were told that the geology had changed drastically, and that the people who died had been involved in a mountaineering accident. When we went to the lake a few months ago, we heard a loud noise from the north at night. So you two don't go there. "Aunt solemnly warned.

"In that case, we're sure we're going to go. "We'll go to the lake and come back in two or three days." ”

After paying in dollars, Ryan and Hermione left the hotel. After getting back in the car, Hermione asked, "Were you just asking the shopkeeper where the giants were?"

"Yes. Ryan started the car. "Based on their news and what I know, I can now confirm that the giants are still there, and that we were able to stop them in the past. ”

The road in the mountains is difficult to walk, especially now when the dripping water turns to ice. In some places, Ryan and Hermione had to use magic to help the car get out of trouble. Of course, in order to minimize the possibility of exposure, they opted for magic from other worlds. For example, manipulating the shadow pad under the wheels to get the car out of the pit. Fortunately, there are many people walking on this section of the road, and the road condition is good. So it only took me more than an hour to get to the lake.

"That's all the car can go here, then it's time to walk forward, let's go. Ryan shoved the buggy into the Fallout world, and then plunged into the woods by the lake with Hermione, stepping through the snow of the forest to the north.

Fortunately, the snow has not been very heavy recently, and the snow in the forest is only a dozen centimeters thick. With the sound of creaking on the snow, the two men walked forward in the silent woods, cane in one hand and wand in the other. During this journey, neither of them said a word, and could only see a white mist coming out of their mouths and noses.

"Alright, we're almost there. "It was already night, and it was completely dark. The air in the Ural Mountains, where there is no industrial pollution, is very clean, and when you look up, you can see the beautiful Milky Way and the stars through the gaps between the branches. There was silence all around, save for the sound of the wind blowing the treetops and the snow falling from the trees. At this moment, Ryan stopped and said.

"Is it there?" Hermione said softly, holding her cane, even though she hadn't put down her workout in the past few years and her body had strengthened, Hermione felt tired after ten hours of snow trekking, especially when she had only rested three or four times in those ten hours, which was not enough for an hour.

"Yes, I think there are traces of magic near this place. I think it's almost there. Ryan nodded, and Hermione saw Ryan summon Xiaoqing out at this time. Xiaoqing soon turned into a large pile of moving rattans and scattered into the surrounding woods. "I asked Xiaoqing to investigate first, and Harry and Hagrid told them that the Death Eaters sent by the mysterious people were also in the Giant Tribe, and I didn't want to fall into the trap and be beaten by them. ”

"Three Death Eaters, not two. Ryan closed his eyes and possessed Xiao Qing, slowly scouting the surroundings, and then opened his eyes violently and said.

"What?" Hermione looked at Ryan.

Hagrid said he had seen two Death Eaters come to the Giant Tribe, but there were actually three Death Eaters here. One of them was separate from the other two, and had been hidden in the shadows, apparently behind the Death Eaters. Ryan explained. "Alright, let's go over. Just now, Xiaoqing has already detected a relatively safe road. ”

After speaking, under the leadership of Xiaoqing, the two of them climbed the last ridge according to a winding route.