"I received a message to pick you up at half past five, but I didn't expect you to go the wrong way. The old man said slowly.

Going the wrong way?

The cold fingers began to warm up, and Hoffa's face gradually returned to normal.

There was no doubt that the old man with the bow and arrow in front of him was the Hogwarts hunting ground guard.

"Why are you putting such a thing at the entrance!?" asked Hoffa, gesturing at the trunk of a tree, suppressed exasperation.

He thought to himself that he was fortunate to have a meditation method, if it was an ordinary first-year student, he was afraid that he would have been scared to pee his pants, that kind of magic was no joke.

"It's not for me, it's for the Forbidden Foresters. ”

The old man said lightly, without much explanation.

"What, why did the centaurs do this?"

"Recently, the forbidden forest has not been peaceful, and they want to help. The old man pouted: "Come with me." ”

With that, he tightened the bow and arrows on his back and strode into the Forbidden Forest.

Watching the old man disappear into the Forbidden Forest, Hoffa followed him and asked, "What are those three pictures on the tree?"

"Past, present, future. The old man said blandly. "It's okay if you follow me, don't run around. ”

"What?" the old man was a little quick, and Hoffa had to pick up speed to keep up with him. "What past, present, future, can you explain more clearly?"

"I don't know, I'm not interested in the magic of centaurs, if you want to know, I suggest you find a centaur and ask. ”

Seeing that the old man didn't look like he wanted to talk nonsense. Hoffa had no choice but to shut up and hurried away in silence.

Following the old man, sure enough, the previous thing did not happen again, and the surrounding scenery was much more real, there was no fork in the road, nor was it absurd and weird before, just a very ordinary wood.

After walking for about three minutes, his vision cleared, and Hoffa saw a faint light in the woods, and the sound of crackling fire in the air.

The old man led Hoffa to a campfire in a glade, where he unloaded his bow and arrows and pointed to the opposite side of the fire.

"Sit down, it's a bit busy tonight, let's leave after dinner. ”

On the opposite side of the fire there was a cobblestone, which was shaded by trees, and the ground was dry and free of rain. There was a tin pot on the fire, something was boiling inside, and the air smelled of meat.

Huo Fa sat down and didn't speak for a while, just looked up and down at the old man opposite by the light of the fire.

Joy.

It was the most wizard-like guy he'd ever seen, he was dressed in animal skins and had only one eye. There are several steel daggers stuck in his waist. He carried a wooden bow and iron arrows, and two dead hares hung from a wooden frame beside him.

If it weren't for his presence at Hogwarts, Hoffa would have only felt that he was an obscure country hunter.

Joy's did not speak, in fact, since Hoffa came along, he has been quite reticent. He had been fiddling with the stone in front of him with his tongs, without even looking at Hoffa.

The silence lasted for about 5 minutes, and Hoffa took out a piece of parchment from his bosom: "Sir, this is my assessment sheet. ”

Through the fire, Hoffa politely handed over the list. ”

"Hmm. ”

The old man took the score card and stuffed it in his pocket without even looking at it.

Then he continued to fiddle with stones and charcoals.

Hoffa asked tentatively, "Ahem, may I ask Mr., what is my mission tonight?"

"Just call me Joey. ”

The man said lightly, not raising his head.

His accent is not like the British side, but like the American side.

"Ugh. ”

Hoffa didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

After about twenty minutes, the smell of meat in the air became stronger.

Hoffa had only a little potato pie and a few chicken thighs before he came. His stomach was empty, and when he smelled the fragrance, he couldn't help but secrete a little too much saliva.

Joey pulled a spoon out of his back, opened the tin can and spun around it.

The original rabbit stewed beans in a tin can. It's red, it's very tempting.

The old man tasted it a little, and took out a wooden dish from behind him. Serve some and hand it to Hoffa. Hoffa quickly thanked him and took it.

A spoonful of beans in the mouth, a warm feeling from the mouth to the lower abdomen, delicious. The beans are very rotten, and the rabbit meat is delicious. This is completely different from the food made by the Hogwarts house-elves, rough but with a unique flavor.

Hoffa ate the beans and thought to himself that if there was a bowl of white rice at this time, it would be perfect.

Joey didn't have white rice, so he took out a piece of whole-wheat bread from behind him, broke it, and gave it to Hoffa. Then I also served a bowl of beans.

Hoffa dipped bread in rabbit sauce and swallowed it, the warmth in his belly gradually dispelling the uneasiness and fear caused by the centaur magic.

"You're the student named Hofabach?" asked Joey as he ate.

Hoffa nodded, with beans in his mouth, and muttered, "Yes." ”

"It's not a coincidence that you're here, tonight's mission is dangerous, you need to go a little deeper into the Forbidden Forest, don't get lost then, understand?"

"What is the mission?" asked Hoffa.

"Save a few amazing animals. The old man said without raising his eyes.

"What animal?" said Hoffa, curious, for the old man always spoke only a little.

"Dodo. ”

Dodo...... Does that sound dangerous?

Hoffa did not refuse, and his goal now is to be an honest man and erase his bad record in school.

The old man ate quickly, and after a few bites, he took up his bow and arrows. Lighting a torch and holding it in his hand.

"Let's go. ”

Hoffa put down his plate and followed.

In the Forbidden Forest at night, Hoffa came for the first time. He was still a little panicked, if he was in the same age as Harry, he knew what he would encounter, even if he would meet Voldemort in the soul state, or a giant spider, he would not panic, because it was certain and known. It's bound to happen.

But now, he had no idea what was going to happen in the woods, and he didn't know much about the old man beside him. Everything is unknown, and that's what worries Hoffa the most.

Especially when Ma Wei was struck by that strange magical illusion, Hoffa walked very cautiously.

Joey caught a glimpse of Hoffa's conservative stance, and asked as he walked, "You Gryffindor?"

"No, Ravenclaw. ”

"Ravenclaw, it's a surprise, I've been at Hogwarts for 10 years, and it's the first time I've seen a Ravenclaw student sent to the Forbidden Forest. ”

Hoffa's mouth was wide open, what? He was the first Ravenclaw student to be thrown into the Forbidden Forest in 10 years.

Joey continued, "The Gryffindors who come to me the most, and those over-energetic little cubs want to break every rule. Hufflepuff is second, then Slytherin, and Ravenclaw you're still the first. ”

Hoffa was silent, and he had to say that the old man's words were quite effective, and the trace of uneasiness in Hoffa's chest was quickly suppressed.

This old man seems to have a lot of experience, so many Gryffindors are fine, and he should be fine.

After walking for another ten minutes, the sound of bubbling water was heard in his ears, and Joey suddenly reached out to stop Hoffa, and they came to a small stream. It wasn't as dark as it was in the Forbidden Forest, because there were some fungi on the ground that glowed yellow and blue.

Their small canopy glows dimly in the night, making it unusually beautiful.

But Hoffa looked at them and inexplicably thought of the mushrooms in the illusion, and his stomach tightened a little.

Joey stood still by the stream, and Hoffa turned his head curiously and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Wait a minute, wait for a friend. Joey said lightly.

"Friend?" Hofa was curious.

Before he could ask, he understood who his friend was.

In the forest at night, there is a rather amazing scene.

A unicorn glowing with a silvery white glow slowly walked out of the forest. It has a supple mane, like a horse, but much cleaner and more beautiful than a horse.

Several colorful butterflies flew around the horns on its head. The appearance is very pleasant.

Old Joey bent down to bow to the unicorn across the stream, Hoffa was shocked by the beauty of this animal, and couldn't help but bow down, the unicorn nodded, then took a sip of the stream, changed direction, and entered the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

"Let's go. Joey motioned for Hoffa to follow.

"Unicorns know everything about the forest, and usually they will help you find the problems in the forest. But basically, the problems they find are usually not minor problems, and something may have happened in the Forbidden Forest. ”

Joey followed behind the unicorn and whispered to Hoffa.

Hoffa looked at the vague silver figure in front of him, it leaped through the dark forest, moving quickly and lightly, barely making a sound. Every time its hooves stepped on the ground, it left some traces of light magic, and among those traces, small and shiny plants quickly grew, which stood out on the dark surface.

This was Hoffa's second time seeing magical creatures, and the last time he saw them was when he was with the dark wizard Schmidt. But the creatures nearly killed Hoffa.

Ran for five minutes.

Joey: "We're almost at the dodo's nest." ”

Hoffa: "Oh. ”

After coming to the magic school for so long, Hoffa also has a little common sense of magical creatures, and the dodo is a gentle and docile small bird that is good at running away and is not aggressive.

This bird should be very safe.......

Wait a minute!!

What is that!?

I saw the unicorn stop. There was a hiss.

Joey lit his wand, and Hoffa gasped and took six or seven steps back in a row. Leaning against the tree, the shock is overwhelming.

In the middle of the woods, there was a huge creature, like a mountain bag, with an eagle head, six wings, gray feathers, and dark golden eyes.

It's at least ten meters long, and with it in its nest, God knows how big this thing really flies.

Here, Hoffa felt like the weather was dying, like the sweltering heat that preceded a summer rainstorm. Hell, it's October in the UK.

There was some inexplicable electricity around him, which made Hoffa's scalp tingle.

The giant bird glanced up at Hoffa and hissed in a low voice. said that he had no malicious intent.

Joey said calmly, "This is Taras, my friend. ”

Hoffa was shocked: "This guy is a dodo, aren't you kidding?"

"No, it's a thunderbird. ”

After saying this, Joey stepped forward and patted the giant bird's beak.

The giant bird arched Joey affectionately, its head bigger than his body. Joey's expression softened, and he hugged the bird's head, whispered to it, and fed it something from time to time.

But the bird couldn't eat anymore.

Hoffa recovered from the initial shock, and he only noticed.

The bird was very old, the ground was covered with thick feathers, many of the feathers on its body had fallen off, its eyes did not have much brilliance, its wings hung weakly, and it looked like it was about to die.

Thunderbird, aged Thunderbird.

Legendary creatures. This kind of bird that can summon thunder and lightning by spreading its wings and flying has also been seen in the movie in Hoffa's previous life. This bird only lives in the Arizona region of the United States, so why is there one in the Forbidden Forest in the United Kingdom?

Walking around the magical creature, Hoffa muttered, "I remember, this is a 4X-level magical creature marked by the Ministry of Magic....... And the dragon is a level, it is strictly forbidden to breed and ......."

"So what," Joey said lightly, holding the bird's head. "Rules are just tools set by people, and no one in the animal world rules whose territory belongs to whom. ”

"The guys at school...... You know what?"

Joey just glanced at Hoffa and didn't speak.

Hoffa sneered, he could only speculate that the Thunderbird was brought by Joey, because Joey sounded like an American.

Joey muttered a few words to the Thunderbird, and then, with some difficulty, the Thunderbird raised his wings with some difficulty, and let out a low cry in a sad voice.

When Hoffa took a closer look, he found that under the wings of the huge ptarmigan was a small natural shack, and there were many nests of terrestrial birds on the ground, and there were many bird feathers scattered here and there. Red or blue.

Hoffa took a few slow steps around the shack and was startled when he kicked a hard object on his foot. When I looked closely, I found a stiff dead bird.

It was the size of a hen, its eyes were round, and its bright feathers had lost its luster.

A dead dodo.

Hoffa spun down the shack, and then he gasped.

Turning the fir tree behind the Thunderbird, dozens of colorful round chocobos lay densely on the ground.

The dodos were all dead, they were facing one direction, their bodies stiffened, and there was a faint hint of death in the air.

It seems that they were killed in an instant the moment they fled.

The unicorn circled past Hoffa and walked slowly. Its mood was somewhat sad and unwilling to stay there. After arching a few eggs on the ground, it ran away and disappeared into the trees.

Joey turned around with his shiny wand, and when he saw the scene in front of him, his expression was a little solemn.

He groped around on the ground, frowning. From time to time, put your hand to the tip of your nose and sniff it.

"Death is no more than 48 hours, damn it. ”

The Thunderbird let out a low roar, his voice a little angry and unwilling.

Joey looked up at the Thunderbird and said, "It's not your fault, you're old. ”

Thunderbird stopped screaming.

Joey rubbed his chin and muttered, "Even the unicorn and the thunderbird have been deceived, the murderer is really amazing......."

At this moment, there was a sudden pop, pop, pop sound in the air, similar to the sound of a soap bubble popping.