"The fog is moving faster?"

The night wind howled, swaying the canopy of the trees along the roadside, and the branches twitched like whips, making it seem as if they all had a will of their own like the beating willow at Hogwarts.

It must be said that the sudden rise of the gusts of wind at this time is indeed somewhat suspicious.

However, it is clear that no matter how strong the wind is, it has nothing to do with the movement of the fog ahead. If the arrival of a strong wind can be said to be accidental, the accelerated movement of the fog ...... Perhaps to some extent it is an "artificial" necessity.

"Helmo, you're finally here."

Suddenly, Maca stood still in the middle of the road, and as the accelerating gray mist "snapped" towards him like a wall, a crowd of living corpses that were denser than the periphery suddenly followed.

For a moment, his ears were filled with the sound of messy footsteps of kicking and tapping.

However, as if confirming Maca's words, the living corpses who were still attacking him just now seemed to be collectively blind, all ignoring his existence and running past him in a hula-la-la.

If no one had given them the latest mandatory orders, they would not have suddenly become like this.

At the same time, Maca no longer attacks at will, allowing the living corpses to pass by in a hurry. His gaze fell all the way to the rear of the army of living corpses that were rushing.

At this moment, the herd of living corpses is still about 8 miles from the city of Canterbury.

……

"Miss Granger...... Sorry, but ...... Thank you! ”

Retreating with several injuries who could not withstand spatial movement was obviously not an easy task for Hermione. Thankfully, in addition to her, several other volunteers, as well as the Aurors sent to her by Lupin, eventually decided to stay behind and help her transport the injured in the split accident.

Unfortunately, there were only two broomsticks, which wasn't enough for all of them to return to Spiral Town quickly. For this reason, Hermione had to let some of them retreat first, while she and another volunteer rushed on the ground with the remaining two wounded patients.

The effect of the levitation charm made it not too difficult for them to move, but there was still some distance between the town of Faversham and the city of Canterbury.

"Thank you for not having to, after all, every life is precious!" Hermione said as she walked, "Also, don't worry too much! After the Spiral Town learns about our situation, they will definitely send someone to pick us up! ”

"Miss Granger is right," added the Auror, "and besides, there is no fork in the road from Canterbury to Faversham, and they will meet us as soon as they look for it." ”

However, just as the two of them spoke to reassure everyone, one of the injured people who was carried by the levitation spell suddenly froze. Then, I saw her looking in the direction of the town of Faversham that everyone had just left, and said in a daze:

"Do you think it...... The fog behind seems to be approaching much faster? ”

"What?"

After this reminder, everyone looked back. But I saw that the large shadow outline that represented the fog was expanding little by little in everyone's field of vision at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a huge mouth that wanted to engulf the whole world, pressing straight to this side.

With the stronger night breeze and the darker night due to the clouds, you can't help but feel a feeling of tightness in your chest.

"Quick! Run! ”

As far as the current information on all kinds of alienated living corpses is concerned, except for those who can fly, the other types should not be able to keep up with the drifting speed of the current fog. But even if they didn't even come with the flying species, probably no one would want to be swallowed up by that strange fog.

"Wait! Don't run to the side! That's enough fog to cover the whole of London, it's too late-"

Seeing that one of the volunteers seemed to have an idea to run sideways out of the area that the fog was about to cover, Hermione immediately shouted at the other party.

I don't know if it was because the wind was too strong, or if the other party was too nervous to listen, but when I saw the volunteer, he jumped off the road and jumped into the field on the side of the road, and ran north as fast as he could.

Seeing this, Hermione was about to jump down and chase the other party back, but was grabbed by the arm of the Auror who was following her.

"If you chase after it, there will only be one more person engulfed in the fog!"

Lupin didn't ask him to follow Hermione, not so that he could protect everyone on the volunteer team—and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to. His mission was to protect Hermione alone.

It's just that...... Of course, if it is within the scope of ability, it is natural that you can save as many people as possible.

"Miss Granger, go!"

He controlled the strength of the levitation charm, pulling Hermione forward while carrying one of the wounded.

Hermione was tugged by his arm, pursed her lips and turned back to the figure who was running farther and farther away in the field, until the other party was completely obscured by the darkness, and then turned back again.

"Miss Granger, there's no way around it, no one will blame you!" Another volunteer who followed immediately comforted him.

Hermione, however, first broke away from the Auror's grasp, and quickened her running pace as if she had given up, but then shook her head vigorously.

"It's not something anyone else would blame at all!"

However, before Hermione's depressed mood could recover a little, they realized after a moment that maybe Hermione would have the same result just now whether she chased or not—the fog that hit like a landslide and tsunami was much faster than they had imagined!

"Is it still too late?"

Before the words fell, when Hermione and the others turned back again, they found that the fog had chased not far behind them. And after everyone ran a few more steps, and quietly, the vision suddenly dimmed.

It's a feeling that hasn't been seen in a long time, though no one will ever miss being shrouded in an endless fog.

"Fluorescent flicker!"

The volunteer waved his wand in an attempt to create some light, but in the blink of an eye, the tip of the wand, which had just lit slightly, went out immediately, much faster than it had been in London.

Needless to say, this mysterious and eerie fog is also clearly constantly changing...... It's like the living corpses that have undergone all kinds of alienations.

"The direction of the road is the same, keep running! Don't stop! ”

As Hermione had just said, the fog that covered the whole of London was very large, and it was by no means a moment and a half that could be drifted over.

What's more, what danger awaits them in this fog is still unknown.

"Ahh

A terrible scream came faintly from the direction where the volunteer had fled.

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