The north wind was howling, rolling the snowflakes that covered the hills, and Hagrid, Madame Maxime, and Fleur, over the peaks, gradually rose to a higher level, uninaccessible and covered in snow and ice, and the blush on Hagrid's face was never faded from the beginning to the end.

"Fleur—" Madame Maxim turned her head and handed Fleur a piece of chocolate, she walked ahead, the huge bulk holding out the cold wind, "Eat some, kid—it will be warmer." ”

They brought backpacks with the Traceless Stretching Charm, which were filled with food and water except for the tents they had set up for, and in search of giants in such mountains, without water and food, no one dared to guarantee what would happen, Hagrid also tried to hunt a rabbit with a bow and arrow yesterday, of course he succeeded, but it is not every day that you see such a silly rabbit here.

"Thanks—"

Fleur took the chocolate and took a bite, the sweet taste melted in her mouth, a warm current spread between her fingers and toes, her body gained the energy to resist the cold, the heavy ice and snow under her feet seemed to be no longer cold, Fleur quickly rubbed her arms with her two hands, rubbing to make her body gradually warm up.

"Shhhh

As they came to a steep mountain road, Hagrid made a silent gesture, and the three of them hurriedly dodged under the huge rocks on either side, the protruding arched rocks barely obscured the tall bodies of Hagrid and Madame Maxime, and Fleur stood between them, holding her breath.

With Dumbledore's instructions for the Death Eaters, the trio were very careful along the way, which may have contributed to the slowdown in their journey, but Hagrid's vigilance would most likely end with the enemy being a lost hare or fawn, and the most "terrifying" thing they encountered was probably a 40-inch lynx.

The "beast" was lying on the rocks basking in the sun to pass the boring time during the day, but was scared away by Hagrid, but despite this, Fleur did not dare to let her guard down every time Hagrid gave a warning, not only because of her serious personality, but also because she was one of the Witnesses that night.

Seeing the mysterious man come back to life made Fleur understand that this danger was not exaggerated by Dumbledore or Hagrid, but was really there, the last time it was a hare, but the next second it could be those terrible Death Eaters.

"Backwards—" Hagrid tried to keep his voice to a low level, his large rough hands clenched into fists against the wall, Madame Maxime's face was calm, her wand had been taken out of her bosom, and Fleur could tell that something was wrong, that the hare would not make such a loud noise.

The snow on the mountain was trembling, as if something was approaching them at great speed, and Fleur could already hear the sound of the air being cut apart and shaking from the sky.

She had walked in this silent no-man's land for too long, and she was almost used to the life of not hearing any special sounds except the breath of the three of them, and such a loud noise had not been heard for too long.

A drop of sweat, from her cloudy silver hair, gently slipped, in such a cold place, and only on some special occasions, sweat, Fleur learned from Madame Maxim, also held the wand in her hand, and inhaled a few deep breaths of cold air.

It was as if her lungs were frozen for a moment, and the cool air swirled around her body, which also made her calm down a little, pursing the corners of her lower lip, and her back pressed against the hard, crusting rock wall.

"Boom, boom—"

Like a train passing overhead, the three of them held their breath and looked up gently into the sky, where a black dot was rapidly skimming across the deep blue sky towards the peak of the mountain where they were, gradually getting bigger and bigger.

It can't be a dragon.

Fleur thought to herself that she had just passed by a dragon last year, but that didn't mean she wanted to encounter a dragon in such a place.

But she was soon relieved, and as the growing black dot passed over another hill, illuminated by the snow reflecting the sun, the three of them saw a huge dark brown carriage flying over their heads, hidden in the shadow of the arched rock, for them to see it all.

The carriage was about half the size of a house, and it was carried by four strong reindeer, all of them extremely majestic, with gray-brown fur on their backs, white on the inside of their limbs, and a complex horn on their heads that bent forward like elaborate crowns, each of which was about twice as large as usual.

Fleur held her breath and stared at the carriage without blinking, not wanting to take any more breaths, this thing was obviously riding a wizard inside.

The carriage flew near, passing over the heads of the three men at an incomparably swift speed, barely making out the sight, and two black shadows sat on a reindeer in the middle, covered in black robes, who seemed to be chariot drivers, and Fleur had no time to see a coat of arms (a red deer's head and a golden motif of it) on the door, and the carriage rumbled away.

The three men who were still leaning against the rock wall, as if recalling what had just happened, Madame Maxim was the first to come to her senses, she silently removed her back from the stone, and patted her robe, she was very concerned about whether the clothes on her body were clean or not.

Hagrid frowned, his face dry and rough, his two faces as red as apples from the wind, and he was silent, as if he were thinking about what the carriage was flying by, but his limited knowledge forced him to turn to another wizard for help.

"Olim ......"

Fleur also looked at Madame Maxim strangely, it was obvious that ordinary wizards would not travel in such a carriage, and why would a person with such a carriage come to such a barren mountainous area.

Returning from the rock wall back to the middle of the mountain path, Fleur was still in the great shadow cast by Madame Maxim, and the headmaster of Beauxbatons frowned, as if he had no idea what the carriage was, and Fleur didn't know whether to say anything about the coat of arms she saw, but unfortunately she didn't get to see it carefully.

"I don't know, Hagrid...... "Madame Maxime said solemnly, "the reindeer that pulls the cart resembles my rune horse in Beauxbatons, and you know, only those families with a long tradition have such carriages......"

"Let's go quickly—" Hagrid waved his hand irritably, as if he could sweep all his troubles away, "whether it is a fuge or not...... Sent by the mystery people, we all have to find the giants as soon as possible...... If you let them get ahead of the curve......"

Thinking that Voldemort had an army of giants, Hagrid couldn't help but shudder, and the worry on his face could no longer be hidden, and even Madame Maxim's expression became nervous.

The three of them stepped on the mountain path where the cold wind was howling, and continued cautiously, the atmosphere was tense and suppressed in the silent silence, Fleur silently prayed in her heart to find those giants as soon as possible, but she was a little strange in her heart, and she always felt that the coat of arms seen vaguely seemed to have been seen somewhere, and it was a little familiar in a trance.

*****

"We're almost there, Mr. Ning'an." Jason stood at the window of the carriage and looked down, "It's around here, seventy or eighty, I think we'd better land early, the giants don't like wizards, and it's easier to provoke them with magic." ”

"Okay, you can discuss it with Zancas," Ning An chuckled and nodded to Jason, "Then we'll get off here, and walk the rest of the way." ”

Surrounded by snow-capped mountains

The carriage crossed a ridge and landed down the hillside at an incomparable speed, and with an earth-shattering loud noise, it caused a strong echo, and the reindeer's thick hooves fell to the ground with a "bang", all of them the size of a vegetable plate, and immediately after, the carriage also landed on the ground, and the heat of the wheels and the snow friction turned the ice and snow into water, dragging out two long traces, and drove forward for a while before the car came to a complete stop.

"When should you improve the landing, such a place, it is easy to cause an avalanche-" A black shadow jumped from the front of the car, short but extremely agile, and it was impossible to see at all, this was a thin little old man, followed by a tall retinue in black robes who jumped down and wore black robes, he seemed to respect the old man very much, and followed half-bent over.

"Clan...... You're right, Mr. Boiman, I'll talk to Papache when I get back—"

"You've got to hurry, Chetty, and if you don't want to get buried in snow one day, you'd better get this out of the way soon," the two of them said as fast as they could, as they walked around the side door of the car, Zancas? Poiman seemed to want the Sámi boy Chetty to open the door first, but the man inside came out first.

"Thank you, Mr. Zancas, Chetty-" Ning An smiled and jumped out of the carriage and turned back to Lahermione, the journey was not long, but after staying in the carriage for a long time, it was inevitable that he would be a little depressed, and at this time he breathed in the cold and fresh air, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"Then let's go, Chetty stays and watches the car—" He gave Chetty an appreciative look and said to him, "Watch out for the sparks in the sky, we will call you if necessary." ”

"Of course, my lord—I'll be here at any time."

Ning An nodded, turned around and walked towards the front with Jason, Zancas, and Hermione, stepping on the snow-covered mountain, he knew that the giants should not be far from here, he trusted Zancas and Jason's judgment.

Sure enough, the four of them walked for a short time, and after crossing another ridge, they saw a group of huge shadows below.

Seventy or eighty people, each of them was like a small mountain, even if they looked down on the mountain in the distance, they still felt shocking, Ning An squinted, looking at those giants who were almost 20 feet tall, and suddenly felt that even Fabian and Hagrid might be like children compared to them.

"That's them......" Jason pointed to the seventy or eighty small peaks, his face tightened, anyone would be unconsciously nervous in the face of so many giants, especially knowing that they were fierce and aggressive.

"It's still early, let's go down first." Ning An turned her head to look at Hermione beside her, she was staring at the big curious eyes, staring at the slowly moving giant without blinking, as if she was looking at something rare.

It was a depression between the four high mountains, Ning An and the others slowly walked down the hillside, the closer they walked, the more huge the mountain-like giant became in their eyes, there was a lake next to the depression, and an ugly and tall giant was lying lazily next to the lake, and a few dead sheep that had not been eaten were hung on the shelf in front of him.

When Ning An and the others came to the foot of the mountain, they heard him roaring at the others, and the sound was so loud that it was about to burst people's eardrums.

The giant who was patrolling in the outermost circle found Ning An and the others for the first time, and he immediately roared loudly, like a thunder in the sky, which alarmed all the giants at once, and the rumbling sound came and went one after another in the depression, and the hills jumped up and down as if they were cracking, even Hermione's face turned pale with fright, and she tightened Ning An's hand, as if this would make her feel safe.

Ning An naturally felt extremely useful, holding Hermione's soft hand, and holding the wand on the other side, he was not confident that these giants would meet him and bow down, and he had also considered the situation of not being able to communicate, but two spells could probably give him time to appear with Hermione's entourage, so there was no need to panic too much.

The four ignored the roars of the giants around them, and Zancas walked at the forefront, the diminutive old Sami patriarch, with firm and powerful steps, holding two black and shiny dragon eggs high above his head, his eyes fixed on the giant lying lazily by the lake, he knew that it was Gugo, the leader of the giants, and the largest and laziest in the camp.

Jason followed behind Zancas, and did the same as him, holding an aqua blue crystal dragon egg in his hand, which was the egg of the Swedish short-nosed dragon, and the giants around him automatically got out of the way, some saw the dragon egg in their hands, and their faces showed interested looks, looking curiously, some muttering heavy thunder in their mouths, and some simply opened their mouths and roared at them like wild beasts.

The four of them were unmoved, and walked towards Gu Ge step by step, Ning An was probably the most relaxed, he still had time to look at the looks of the giants around him, and secretly noted down those who were unusual, some of them had gloomy faces, and they didn't know what they were thinking, some people stared at Ning An's eyes, but those who only knew how to roar, Ning An didn't care much about it.

It wasn't that he didn't think about what to do if this Gugo wasn't interested in their gifts, or wasn't satisfied, the wizards had killed a lot of giants, this was Northern Europe, where Durmstrang was, and if he really made up his mind to get rid of these giants, it wasn't impossible for him to do it.

Dumbledore wouldn't do that, and Voldemort couldn't do it now, just because Ning An didn't have such a choice.

So this gift is just a choice, if these giants are smart enough, maybe Ning An can spend less effort and don't have to use other options, of course, the giants themselves don't know what kind of people they are facing.

Lying on the edge of the lake, he was twenty-two or three feet tall, weighing about two bull elephants, with skin like a rhinoceros, and looked with interest at Zancas and Jason, holding the dragon eggs above their heads.