In the south of England, a river cuts into the land from the Solent Strait, winds its way from south to north until it passes through Winchester before turning east and waning.

This river is called the Yiqin River.

To be honest, the river isn't really long, and it's not too famous, and it's not even a good place in the UK, where there are already many rivers.

However, this time, its existence happened to bring great convenience to Hermione and her group's itinerary.

"Let's go into the water."

After re-entering the fog along the river, Hermione decided to start her journey from the water as more and more of the living corpses she encountered.

The flowing river naturally hinders the movement of the living corpses, so there are not many enemies underwater. As long as you take care of your breathing problems, your safety will suddenly increase greatly.

And to say breathing underwater...... For Hermione today, it's obviously just a trivial matter.

After the entire team, including Harry, had cast the Bubble Head Charm, everyone gathered their brooms and sank into the waters of the River Ichin.

Recently, the weather has been very warm, but unfortunately the UK has not seen the sun for too long, and the temperature has been very low. Right now, the big guys are soaked in water, and they can't help but shiver.

However, after the near-fatal crisis that preceded it, it seemed that freezing in the water was nothing more than the horror of dying on the battlefield at any time than fighting hard.

"Puff ......"

Hermione, who had a large bubble wrapped around her head, turned her head to look at Harry, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong, she made a "go" gesture to her friends.

The next moment, she waved her wand and pointed behind her.

"Bang!"

As a cloud of air exploded from the tip of her staff, she jerked forward, much slower than a broomstick, but at least much better than her own swimmer.

Seeing this, everyone followed her and rushed all the way along the river to Winchester in the north.

……

"Whoa!"

By the time Hermione and the others had surfaced to reapply the Bubble Head Charm, it was already getting dark. Looking left and right in the middle of the river, the surrounding space became drowsy, and it was impossible to see far at all.

"You stay here and take a moment, and I'll go to the shore and take a look."

Hermione gasped slightly, paddling slowly towards the river. And as she gradually approached the river bank, a large shadow in the shadows of the dense fog came into her eyes again.

The density of living corpses here was already quite high, even higher than when they were besieged by a large group of living corpses on Downton's side. It's not a good idea to go ashore here and look for recognizable road signs.

Hermione didn't even dare to get too close to the shore, because the living corpses were sensitive to the magic fluctuations of the living, and if they approached, they could be detected at any time.

Fortunately, she soon realized that she was lucky this time, because there was a road along the river on the bank, and there was a street sign not far ahead.

"It's here! Winchester ahead! ”

As Hermione barely made out the letters on the sign, a look of joy appeared on her somewhat tired face - even though she had traveled underwater with spells, it still took a lot of physical strength to keep her balance in the water.

"A little further back, when you actually enter the area around Winchester's old town, the number of living corpses will be greatly reduced." Neville Dao, who also swam over, said, "This was the case when we came here last time - Maca had already sent someone to empty all the living corpses in the ancient city, and there were wizards patrolling the area around us who could manipulate black flames, and soon we would be completely safe." ”

"Hmm."

Hermione nodded, and followed Neville back to the middle of the river, beckoning everyone on.

However, when they emerge from under the water again, Hermione realizes that it doesn't seem to be exactly what Neville said it would be......

"Here...... I think I've already arrived in the ancient city area, right? Hermione leaned on the rocks by the river and looked a few more times towards the shore, but suddenly felt a creep, "What are those?" ”

Yes, there do seem to be many figures on the shore constantly walking and patrolling, but ...... Black Flame Wizard? No, no, no, those who can use black flames to ward off enemies may seem a little weird, but Hermione has heard Harry say that they usually act as normal people except when they are fighting.

However, even the figures on the shore have the posture of human form, even if they can't see through the fog. However, the very stiff and strange walking posture of those "figures" made Hermione not look like a human at all.

Seriously, compared to the guys above, Hermione felt that the living corpses out there were more like people!

After a moment of hesitation by the river, she quietly returned to her companion and told everyone what she had seen.

“…… Have you ever seen a puppet? To be honest, the first thing I thought of when I saw the figures on the shore was the puppeteers who were controlled by the puppeteer with a silk thread. ”

Now the friends who have already faced too many terrible realities will naturally not have much fear of this scene.

It's just that when they think about it, this should be Maca's territory, and a few of them have only been here once not long ago. This time, there has been such a big and rather strange change, which makes everyone very uneasy.

"Oh! What the hell is Maca doing here! Ron wiped the cold water from his face, muttered in a low voice, "Although I came in 'lying down' last time, I saw a lot of things...... I think those Black Flame Men are scary enough - they all look like dead people. As a result, this time...... Hermione, what did you just say? Dolls? ”

However, Neville on the side shook his head and said:

"Actually! I think it's okay...... Anyway, this must be Maca's territory, this is always going to change, right? I thought he was going to be here for a long time when I came here - and as long as this was Maca's place, we didn't have to worry too much. ”

"Hmmm......"

When Hermione heard this, she couldn't help but nod, and she muttered for a moment before she said:

"Yes! Besides, we're all here, we have to go up and see it - so be it! Neville, you protect everyone here, I'll go ashore and test it first. ”

After that, she saw that the others were about to speak, so she immediately waved her hand to show that there was no need to say more.

"Leave it to me."