Nothing happened.

As soon as she came ashore, Hermione carefully observed it for a while. But it didn't seem to make much sense for the light to hide behind the grass by the river, to peek through the darkness of the night and fog.

So after staring at the shadowy figure for a moment, she tentatively threw a gravel at the foot of a figure that passed a little closer.

However, Hermione's chosen probing target did not react to the stone that had fallen in front of her, and still walked through it without pause in its stiff and strange walking position.

In this regard, Hemin was very puzzled - because if they did not even react to such an obvious movement, then they were really "patrolling" quietly wandering around the ancient city?

After waiting here again with a little puzzlement to continue watching for a while, Hermione quietly turned around, planning to go back to the river and discuss it with her friends.

But as soon as she turned her head, she noticed that Neville and the others did not seem to be at ease after all, and she went ashore alone to investigate, and they all swam quietly to the shore.

And what made Hemin even more concerned was what Luna suddenly said:

"Hermione, they're all 'watching' us."

"What?"

When Hermione heard this, she hurriedly subconsciously looked back again, but she didn't see the scene as Luna described - those inexplicable figures were still wandering around on their own, where was there any sign of looking this way?

Just, would Luna be talking nonsense at such a time?

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but glance at those suspicious figures a few more times, and a feeling of discomfort suddenly surged in her heart.

Yes, maybe...... They have already discovered themselves, but because they don't need to use their eyes to see their surroundings, they don't need to "see" at all.

Combined with the fact that these figures do not look like humans at all, this speculation is very likely.

As for why they still didn't react when they found out about Hermione and the others...... She doesn't know that. Perhaps, because they are all written by Maca, who has already "reminded" them who their enemies are?

Probably thinking of this as well, Neville volunteered:

"I'm going to see if they can communicate...... Hermione, you're here ready to cover me. ”

With that, he clutched his wand and slowly walked away from the riverbank towards one of the figures who were about to pass by the road ahead.

Seeing this, Hermione wanted to hold him back, but after thinking about it, she gave up the idea of stopping him and took out a gravity rune card instead.

Of course, she still remembered Neville's previous words, "This is Maca's territory, so don't worry too much", and I believe everyone present still agrees with this sentence.

Soon, Neville was seen walking cautiously to the side of the road with his wand in hand. As long as the figure continued to walk in a straight line, it would inevitably pass in front of him.

In fact, although Neville did say that sentence just now, he was still a little nervous. After all, although he still trusted Maka, he was obviously not completely sure who the owner of this place was now.

"Click, click, click, click......"

The figure that was getting closer and closer in the fog walked in a stiff and treacherous manner, but the rhythm of each step was extraordinarily precise and regular, reminiscent of the seconds hand on a clock.

After a few seconds, Neville saw that the other man's form was finally becoming clearer and clearer in his field of vision.

Indeed, it was a "person...... Or at least a person who is "very much like a human". The person who came had almost the same body as a living person, tall, strong, and even seemed to be muscular—the other party was wearing only an old gray cloth robe, and his body looked like a strong body that held the fabric a little tightly, and he looked full of strength.

However, as Neville grew to see the other man's face...... That can only be described by the word "terrible".

It's as if a sculptor has lost interest in the work after carving the whole body in great detail, and very casually scratches and pulls out some marks where it should be the face, and then hastily finishes the work.

It's not so much the facial features, but more like some symbols, which look a little scary on the face.

"Click, click, click......"

Of course, what is more important is obviously the other party's reaction to Neville's "existence". But after adjusting his mentality, he saw that the other party passed by in front of him so casually, without even stopping.

Looking at the back of the recovering and fading away, Neville turned his head and shook his head gently towards Hermione.

"How?" Hermione simply walked over to him and asked softly.

"Anyway," Neville said after a pause, as if he didn't know what to say, "not human...... Well, shouldn't it be? ”

And at this moment, Ron on the side couldn't help but propose:

"Since these strange creatures don't react to our presence, let's go to the church from last time! If Maca is still there, won't everything be understood? ”

Speaking of which, he thought for a moment, and then couldn't help adding:

“…… Besides, didn't Mr. Blois stay here last time? If he and Maca were here, I don't think anything would have happened here even if Helmo had come in person. ”

Hearing Ron's words, Hermione had to nod her head, because they didn't seem to have any more options.

"Well," she said, "let's take a look...... Of course, for these guys, we can still avoid them, just in case. ”

As soon as they had done so, they cleaned up the water stains and walked down the road towards the cathedral where Neville had been last time.

Oh, except for Harry—because he was the only one who was carried by Ginny on a broomstick.

And I have to say that after entering the old town of Winchester, although everyone thinks that this place has become very strange inexplicably, at least it is indeed very safe here! Aside from the occasional fighting movement in the distance, there was no threat to any other situation.

A moment later, even though the group did as much as Hermione had said, they reached their destination in a short time.

"This is it," Neville said as he looked at the tall church in front of him, "Last time we were guided inside by those Black Flame wizards and met Maka and them. ”