Augustus and his party were at the entrance to the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid strode towards them from the darkness, Tooth and Tooth following behind. Hagrid carried his massive stone bow and a well-stocked quiver on his shoulder.

"It's almost time," he said, "and I've been waiting for half an hour." How's it going, Harry, Hermione?''" They shouldn't have been so polite, Hagrid," Filch said coldly, "after all, they're here to be punished. ”

"That's why you're late, aren't you?" Hagrid frowned at Filch and said, "I've been teaching them a lesson, huh?" This is not the place for you to teach. Your task is accomplished, and from now on I am responsible. ”

"I'll come back at daybreak," said Filch, "and I hope you will come out of the Forbidden Forest intact under the protection of Monsieur Augustus, and that I won't be left to clean up your wreckage." He said viciously, and then turned and walked towards the castle, and the lamp staggered and disappeared into the darkness.

"Well," Hagrid looked around at the crowd as Filch walked away, "now listen carefully, what we're going to do tonight is very dangerous, and I don't want to put anyone in danger." Come with me first. He led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, held the lamp aloft in the air, and pointed to a path that was gradually disappearing into the depths of the black forest. They looked into the Forbidden Forest, a breeze blowing in their hair.

"Look over there," said Hagrid, "do you see that shining thing on the ground?" Silvery white? That's the blood of a unicorn. One of the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest was injured by something, and it was badly injured. This is the second time in a week. Last Wednesday I found one dead. We're going to try to find that poor unicorn and free it from its misery. ”

"Unicorns? Hagrid, an adult unicorn has as much magic as three or four adult wizards, and you think killing it alone is something these first-year students can handle? A hint of surprise flashed across Augustus's calm face, he didn't expect the school to arrange such a dangerous mission for Malfoy and them, facing an unknown creature who killed a unicorn alone? This group of little wizards who lived in the Peaceful World Realm and had never even experienced a few duels would not have any power to parry at all.

"Of course, I know that this is an extremely dangerous thing for them, but the point is that I don't want you to deal with the murderer who killed the unicorn, you just need to look for clues in the Forbidden Forest." Hagrid waved his hand and explained, "Alright, now we're going to split up and follow the blood. There was blood everywhere, and apparently it had been stumbling around since at least last night. ”

"No matter how you distribute it, I'm naturally going to be with Augustus." Hearing that the soldiers were going to be divided into two ways, Malfoy couldn't help but shudder inexplicably, and hurriedly told Hagrid his request in a solemn and solemn manner. Hell, a unicorn-killing being lurks in the Forbidden Forest, and if he doesn't act with Lord Augustus, even if he is separated from Hagrid, Filch may have to collect his wreckage tomorrow.

Hagrid thought for a moment, then nodded, "Harry, you and Malfoy and Augustus all the way, I'll take Hermione and Neville to the other side, and if anyone finds the unicorn, fire the green spark, understand?" By the way - if anyone is in trouble, shoot a red spark and we'll all come to you - okay, everyone be careful - let's go. ”

The Forbidden Forest was dark and silent. They walked a little further in until they reached a fork in the road, Harry, Augustus, and Malfoy on the left, and Hagrid, Neville, and Hermione on the right.

They walked silently, their eyes fixed on the ground. Every now and then, a ray of moonlight spilled down from between the branches above, illuminating a silvery-blue trail of blood on the fallen leaves.

Harry looked at Augustus, who was walking beside him.

"Could it be that the werewolf killed the unicorn?" Harry asked.

"With the speed of a werewolf, you can't catch up with a unicorn, and as an existence that is almost at the top of the biological chain, there are very few creatures that can hunt unicorns alone." Augustus briefly explained to Harry that unicorns, auspicious creatures of light and holiness, would not normally be attacked by other creatures. To a certain extent, every unicorn has the meaning of the right path, and daring to kill such a creature is tantamount to challenging the right path in the dark.

"Who cares what kills a unicorn, didn't you hear what Hagrid said to us before? It's just a clue, a clue. Malfoy sneered at Harry, "This ferocious and dangerous creature is not easy to deal with no matter what, so it is better to search for clues and search!"

The three of them strode into the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and had been walking for nearly half an hour, getting deeper and deeper into the forest, until the trees became so dense that the path was almost impassable. Harry felt the blood on the ground grow denser. There was a lot of blood splattered on the roots of a tree, and it seemed that the poor animal had writhed and struggled in pain nearby. Harry could see a clearing in front of him through the tangled branches of an ancient oak tree.

"Stop!" Augustus stretched out his hand to block Harry Malfoy, and an unprecedented solemn expression suddenly appeared on his face, which had been calm all the way, and a trace of surprise flashed in Harry's eyes, since he knew Augustus, he had never seen such an awe-inspiring and grim look on Augustus' face. Standing there and looking ahead, a white thing glittered on the ground. That's right, that's the unicorn, it's dead. Harry had never seen such a beautiful and miserable scene. Its slender legs maintained the position it had taken when it fell, and they stretched out unnaturally; Its mane spreads on the dark fallen leaves, like a pearl.

Augustus didn't pay much attention to the unicorn lying on the ground, his gaze was now completely focused on a place in the darkness that he couldn't reach. Malfoy looked strangely in that direction, and there was only a deep darkness in his eyes.

"Come out. This meaningless hiding does nothing. Augustus's silver pupils flashed with a hint of solemnity, and under the effect of the Eye of Exploration, it was still only a vague and intense black, which only showed one thing, at least it had reached the quasi-legendary.

A bush at the edge of the clearing was shaking, and then, a hooded figure slowly walked out of the shadows, the air suddenly became a little viscous, and the glade in the forest under the faint moonlight darkened inexplicably, even if there was a unicorn corpse that still exuded light not far away, it was useless to this sudden darkness, and an uncomfortable and abnormal dark aura enveloped the surroundings, and the person in the darkness stopped, standing quietly in place and looking at the three of them, the not tall figure seemed to have become the only existence in this heaven and earth. Under the man's gaze, Malfoy suddenly felt a sense of suffocation, a trace of inexplicable horror appeared on his pale face, his body gradually became numb as if he was in a cold ice cellar, and a great fear of life and death suddenly hit his heart. A sharp pain pierced Harry's head like he had never felt before, and his scar felt as if it had suddenly caught fire. Augustus stood silently in this boundless darkness, a blazing wind slowly flowed around Augustus, and a few beautiful and dazzling sparks suddenly appeared in mid-air, and the red sparks flickered in the thick dark curtain, becoming the only light in the heavens and the earth.