As the clock ticked by, it was getting late, the pale red sunlight cast its last rays, and the puffy clouds, dyed golden red, floated quietly above the firmament. Hermione leaned against a quaint giant tree, quietly looking up at the clouds floating in the sky.

"Hermione, we've been out for almost three hours, and Loki said he had to go back to the point of origin before dark, do you want to keep waiting?" Harry boredly picked up a cold grass root and put it in his mouth, leaning on the grass at will.

"This place is too new to us after all, and for this situation with no intelligence at all, any bit of useful information is worth the risk. What's more, the other party's conditions now are just a matter of consuming some time, and in my opinion, it is really cost-effective to exchange time for reasonable information and intelligence. Hermione didn't turn her head, her tone was indifferent.

Harry nodded, looking beyond the colorful leaves to the dark red sun that was only half on his face, shaking the grass on his lips slightly, and said casually, "With the current situation, it is indeed good to know some information about this place, it is much better than looking around in a daze." But aren't you worried that this seemingly friendly Treant has bad intentions and that the requirement to meet after dark is a trap? ”

Hermione frowned slightly, the sun shining on her calm face, casting a snow-white cheek, "If my guess is correct, it really doesn't make a difference how this situation affects us. Haven't you noticed that the time between the time I was using the burning of the forest as a guide to the appearance of this tree man was less than two seconds, and if it was really so sure, or if the level of power was so strong that it threatened us, there could only be two reactions to my words, one was to hide in the shadows and watch us perform. Second, directly attack to defeat or eliminate us. In either case, it is the direct capital and embodiment of a powerful life form. Obviously, a qiē conspiracy is based on a situation of insufficient power. Since it is not sure that it will fight in a frontal battlefield, it is superfluous to set up more traps. ”

Harry pursed his lips slightly and sighed, "Anyway, you just say it." ”

Hermione smiled slightly, a flash of warmth in her eyes.

As the sky darkened, the stars twinkled, and stars appeared in the night like ice sapphires adorning a pure black gown.

"Why hasn't this tree man shown up yet, and how I feel like it was just trying to trick us from the beginning." Ron trampled irritably in the dirt, kicked the blades of grass a few times, and muttered angrily.

"Wait a little longer, I've been waiting for so long anyway," Harry advised, in fact, he was also a little restless, after all, in this dense forest, if it was too late to-day, it was too late to find the team, just waiting here, it was really a little unreassuring.

Hermione still sat alone under the tree, she had been in a meditative state for a long time, and every ounce of time was valuable for elemental power.

"Three guests from afar, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." A mellow old voice appeared, the forest shook, and an ancient tree with lush branches suddenly appeared beside them out of thin air, and the old face appeared on the trunk.

Hermione withdrew from her meditative state and stood up slightly. Looking at the ancient tree, "Your Excellency the Tree Man,"

"You may call me Crus, Miss," the tree nodded kindly, politely.

"Yes, Mr. Cuss. We kept our agreement with you, and we waited here until now, and before we told us about your so-called information, my companion and I were actually curious as to why the time had been set after dark," Hermione stated nonchalantly. Ron pursed the corners of his lips, you should be the only one who is curious.

"Dear three friends, the reason for this is actually included in the information, but since you are more concerned about this, of course there is no problem in saying it first." The Tree Man said directly, "After dark, the restraining power of this space on us will be very weak, whether it is the monitoring system or the actual restraining force, it will be weakened to a minimum, so at this time, the probability of our conversation being overheard or monitored will be much lower, and for our Treant group, such a risk is worth it." ”

Hermione didn't speak, thought quietly for a moment, and then continued, "If you're right, you're now being enslaved by some other powerful power?" Or is it forced to be restrained here by a stronger level of power? ”

"That's right," the treant sighed softly, "I know, there are other humans here, besides you, may I ask, are those humans your companions?" ”

Ron was obviously disgusted by this tree man, and said directly, "What are you asking these for, you are going to tell us the information, what do you mean by asking us questions now?" ”

The Treant ignored Ron, just looked at Hermione.

Being despised like this, Ron's face was rather ugly, and anger rose, and he said angrily, "You didn't hear me? ”

The treeman seemed to be tall, still looking at Hermione, patiently waiting.

"You!" Ron had anger in his eyes, and he seemed to be about to pull out his wand.

"Alright, Ron." Harry reluctantly walked up to Ron's side and whispered to advise, in fact, what the tree man said just now is quite useful, this place is obviously not as simple as it seems, in order to know more information, it is better to persuade Ron first.

"If you're talking about other people in this valley who are about our age, that's true, we're all companions." Hermione waited for a moment before responding.

"Looks like that's the case, and that's great," the tree man smiled slightly with relief at the corner of his mouth.

After hesitating for a moment, the tree man seemed to hesitate a little, and after a few moments, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said directly, "The three human guests, in fact, most of the qiē here are not real. ”

"Real?" Harry was startled and asked rhetorically.

"That's true," the Treant nodded to Harry in a friendly manner, and continued, "This place, a hundred years ago, was a natural valley, and most of the plants here have been irrigated by time and the elemental power of heaven and earth, and many of them have already given birth to spirits. For the tree people, it is really rare to find a place outside the world without people, especially the terrain of this valley, which can gather the essence of the sun and the moon, which is really beneficial to our growth. ”