"Miss Granger, a wizarding survivor who has just fled to Yeovil Town says that there has been a new change in the group of living corpses to the east. It is said that the living corpses over there are starting to come alive again-"

"To the east? London or Winchester? ”

"It's not clear, no one can get close to the two places at the moment, and the two sides are not far away, no one knows where the source of the commotion is this time."

Near Camp Weymouth, groups of wizards who had just been temporarily stationed were gearing up, ready to launch a counterattack on the living corpses. At the same time, Hermione had already planned to go to Winchester to meet with Maca.

However, the sudden arrival of the latest news from the town of Yeovil suddenly forced her to overturn and reconsider all the plans that were about to be put into action.

The crowd of living corpses that stir up a commotion is completely different from usual, and the combat effectiveness that they can form by taking active action is by no means to be underestimated.

Especially Hermione's own private decision on Winchester's trip, as it was only her private matter, and it was obviously not appropriate to call too many people to help out.

And even Harry said they were willing to go along...... Think about the last time, even though the living corpses weren't in a state of commotion. Even with Mr. Blois, who is good at group attacks, their journey can be called difficult, let alone the current disadvantage.

If you want to break through the large area of living corpses and go to Winchester to meet Maca, this is probably not much less difficult than going directly to London.

"Do you think this message is accurate?" Hermione asked, looking at the wizard who had come from Yeovil.

"It shouldn't be low," the other man nodded, "Those two survivors didn't have a reason to mislead us with false information, and besides, it was our people who took the initiative to ask." Our leaders think this news should be important to you, Miss Granger, so let me come and tell you personally. ”

"Well," Hermione smiled gratefully at him, "thank you, thank you...... Let's go to the tent next door and take a break! There was tea and refreshments over there. ”

"Oh! Can I bring some to Yeovil? When he heard this, he immediately said happily, "I can only eat some food that lasts for a long time all day long, and I am about to vomit during this time!" ”

"Of course," said Hermione at once, "you go and have them prepare some for you to take away, and I'll say I'm saying that—those snacks were brought by Madame Maxime from France to comfort you, and they are fresh and delicious." ”

"That's great!"

The smile on Hermione's face gradually faded as she walked out of the command post tent happily, replaced by a hint of anxiety and disappointment.

"Hermione?"

Percy, who was sitting not far away, saw that she was not looking good, and couldn't help but call her out with some concern.

"Oh, I'm fine." Hermione waved her hand, "It's just...... You heard that news just now. As a result, not only will the process of clearing the surrounding expanded security zone be greatly slowed down, but the plan to occupy the city of Birmingham will also be greatly delayed. And—"

“…… Your plan to go to Winchester will definitely be abandoned for the time being. Percy took over and reminded intentionally.

"I know," Hermione sighed, "don't worry! I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do...... Not to mention that I can't ignore Harry's safety, even if I really have the ability to go to Winchester alone, in this situation, I will weigh my own strength first. ”

"Well, that'...... That's good. Percy had intended to persuade her not to go, but after hearing Hermione's promise, she didn't know what to say for a while.

The two were silent for a moment in the empty tent before Hermione gestured to Percy:

"Let's let everyone know! Allocate time to each tour leader...... Next, let's strengthen the garrison first! Others will be postponed. ”

After that, she simply put aside the march plan map that she was still working on before, rubbed her forehead and closed her eyes and took a nap.

Percy looked back a little before going out, and when she saw her posture, she couldn't help but sigh secretly:

"It's really getting more and more like McLean."

……

"A door that can't be opened?"

Deep in the Forbidden Forest next to Hogwarts Castle, more than a dozen wizards are staring at each other in front of a huge suspicious stone door, and no one knows what to do.

Charlie, who had come on the fire dragon Nobeta, had just arrived, and after listening to the old wizard Aslan's simple explanation, he understood what the shockwave was just now.

It turned out that this old wizard who was about the same generation as Dumbledore was also really strong, and the magic spell used to test the stone gate was powerful, and it was by no means something that ordinary wizards could cast.

It's a pity that even old Aslan can't do anything about the huge stone gate embedded in the mountain in front of him.

"Judging by the result of that blow just now, I don't need to try again, because I probably won't be able to break the protective magic on it with all my strength." The old knight shook his head and said, "Though ...... What exactly is hidden here, it is really unsettling. ”

And only now, Charlie on the back of the fire dragon hesitated:

"Sir, about this door...... I probably know something. ”

"Oh?" When Aslan heard this, he immediately asked, "What do you know?" Can you talk about it? ”

"Of course," Charlie nodded, "but I'm just guessing...... I remember that my brother seemed to have mentioned that McLean used to run into the forest for a while, and then he got a large group of wild elves out of nowhere, and arranged for them to live in the forbidden forest at that time. So I think this door may have come from McKellen, and these settlement buildings in front of this stone gate are probably made by those elves who transformed the tribe of centaurs! ”

"Mr. McLean?" The old wizard looked at the stone gate and bowed slightly, "Well, maybe that's really the case." But ...... 'wild elves'? What is that? ”

"I don't quite understand the ins and outs of them," Charlie said, spreading his hands, "but I've seen them — maybe the house elves before they became 'domestic'?" Anyway, it looks very imaginary, and the magic talent is amazing! ”

"I see," said the old wizard, "that Mr. McLean is becoming more and more magical...... Did he find it from some barren country? ”

After saying this, he patted the stone door in front of him casually, and felt the shaking feeling of the stone door feedback again. Then he turned around and waved at the others:

"Let's go! It's time for us to go back...... Since it was Mr. McLean's handiwork, I don't think we need to worry too much, so let's go back and continue to repair the castle! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he greeted Charlie in a friendly manner and took the lead in returning to the woods.