Chapter 0060: The Cunning Dumbledore
At the same time, Hagrid, the ranger of Hogwarts, was stumbling forward in the dense Forbidden Forest with his big dogtooth, sweating profusely! The branches and knee-high weeds that stood in the way were so slow that he had to slow down again and again to deal with these annoying things!
Just now, a fire broke out in the Forbidden Forest and caused a lot of commotion, and the flames and smoke that rushed into the sky made all the teachers and students of Hogwarts see it! And Hagrid, who is a ranger and gamekeeper, certainly can't ignore this!
Therefore, he had to go and check the fire situation as soon as possible! If this sky-high fire spreads and destroys the Forbidden Forest and the magical creatures inside, Hagrid's guilt will be great! On top of that, he himself was very worried about the location of the fire in the Forbidden Forest! There's something he cares about!
Now, the big Hagrid was running quickly in the direction of the smoke, and his fat and tall half-giant body made him feel a little out of breath when he exercised! You know, he didn't even have time to eat lunch! That big pot of chowder soup that can be called the dark cuisine of the wizarding world is still simmering in his room!
After a few more runs, Hagrid had to stop, his hands on his knees, gasping for air! In normal times, when he was on routine patrols, he didn't really feel how big this forbidden forest was! Why did I go to check the fire earlier this time, but I couldn't get there for half a day? If it weren't for the fear that the Ministry of Magic would find out that he was secretly hiding his wand, Hagrid would have almost wanted to apparage away!
Looking at the smoke rising from the canopy of the trees in the distance, according to the direction of this smoke, it should be in the depths of the forbidden forest! If he's not mistaken, it's supposed to be the territory of the eight-eyed spiders!
Thinking of this, Hagrid immediately had a bad premonition in his heart! That's why he's been worried and hurrying to get there! That Aragog was his Hagrid's pet! And its children! Thinking of this, Hagrid could no longer care about the exertion of his body, and after greeting his teeth, he twisted his fat body and ran faster.
At this moment, the raging flames that were originally burning have basically been extinguished, but the smoke from the embers continues to rise! The entire spider's territory in front of you, including the underground caves, was burned to ruins by the firestorm!
Trees, grass, and countless spiders were all burned into a misshapen pile of char by Annie's fire magic! Even the dirt and rocks at some of the magic nodes were burned into glazed solidifications, which shows how terrifying the heat and flames of the Firestorm were at that time!
But it's okay! Before Anne rode away on the unicorn, she took action to extinguish the flames, so the flames didn't spread any further! This reassured the other magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest! Not as nervous as I was when I first saw the fire!
Now it seems that this sudden fire has only burned the territory of the eight-eyed spider! Fantastic beasts don't care if the spiders live or die! For the sudden extermination of the spider group by human wizards, the happiest thing is probably these intelligent magical beasts!
For so many years, these giant spiders, which clearly belong to invasive alien species, have no natural predators, coupled with the deliberate favoritism and protection of ranger Hagrid at the beginning! As a result, their numbers will increase, and they will reproduce faster and faster, and the eight-eyed spider population, which is growing explosively, has reached a terrifying number in recent times!
They severely squeeze the living space of other creatures! What's more, these spiders are omnivorous creatures that are mainly carnivorous! The other magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest have been preyed upon by these giant spiders! The two sides have been bitter and bitter for many years! In the entire Forbidden Forest, there is probably not a single magical animal that does not hate these spiders! God pity! Now they're finally finished!
At the moment, a group of centaurs are patrolling the ruins, and every now and then they are sweeping away some of the ashes that are still carrying sparks, or burying some branch of a tree that still carries the smoke of gunpowder into the earth! You know, this is a forbidden forest, a wooded forbidden forest! Plus, it's already a dry autumn! It's the time when the weather is dry and it's easy to catch fire!
Therefore, they must take strict precautions, and they can only do this! Otherwise, maybe a gust of wind will cause another catastrophe! The phrase that a spark can start a prairie fire is not a joke! If the fire is rekindled because of carelessness, I am afraid that these magical creatures may lose this forbidden forest on which they depend!
"Oh! No! O Merlin! No! Aragog! No! It shouldn't be like this! What's going on! Hagrid, who was finally late, wept and threw himself in front of a huge spider-shaped coke when he saw the ruins in front of him.
Apparently, the strangely shaped object was his Hagrid's former pet: the eight-eyed spider named Aragog! And those small spider-shaped cokes next to them should be its children?
The eight-eyed giant spider family, which was once so prosperous that it seemed to have become a tyrant in the Forbidden Forest, has now been wiped out by a certain wizard in an instant! This incident was undoubtedly a huge blow to Hagrid! He was now kneeling on the ash-covered dirt floor, crying out loud with a handful of snot and tears.
On Hagrid's side, Bane the centaur looked at Hagrid's painful appearance with cold eyes, but he didn't have the slightest sympathy in his heart! After all, to the centaurs, these spiders are one of the few enemies of the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest! It will not have the slightest sympathy or mercy for its enemies!
These abominable giant spiders, hated by the centaur tribe, have grown a little too fast over the years! Because they don't have any predators here! For the specific population of these spiders! Bane the centaur didn't even dare to imagine! It doesn't know how many of them there are! Is it hundreds of thousands? Or millions? There may not be many adult giant spiders, but there are too many small and medium-sized ones!
Before that, there were many unlucky eggs of the Centaur tribe that had been preyed upon by them! If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat these spiders, Bane the centaur would have been ruthless with these damn giant insects! And now, now that the wizard girl has taken action to clean up this group of forbidden forest pests for them, it is too late for him Bane to be happy! How could he still sympathize with Hagrid? If you don't laugh here, you're already selling him a few thin noodles!
"Hagrid! I warned you before! Don't let this evil creature come into the Forbidden Forest! But you just won't listen! Check it out! Now they're all finished! If you count this, you should be to blame! ”
Centaur Bane strode up to Hagrid, if Hagrid wasn't still here, at least to sell him some face, I'm afraid Bane would run straight up and completely trample the charred remains of these spiders into pieces to relieve the hatred in his heart, right?
"Nope! Aragog is not an evil creature! It's always been a good boy! Heartbroken, Hagrid raised his head and snarled at the centaurs.
"Huh? Good boy? I'm afraid that none of the other creatures in the Forbidden Forest think like you do! Bane sneered at Hagrid with disdain!
"That's it! Bane, stop in moderation! Now it's over! Instead of wasting time arguing about this here, you might as well take a second look and see if there are any open flames left out on the ruins! Seeing Hagrid's urge to erupt, Ferenze the centaur hurriedly walked over to comfort Hagrid and persuade Bane in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
Although he Ferenze is a relatively enlightened centaur, he is also applauded by the little human girl teaching the destruction of the spider territory! It's been putting up with these spiders for a long time! The day has come when they will finally perish!
There should still be a lot of scattered spiders scattered around this forbidden forest, and Fei Zelun made a decision in his heart, after making sure that there would be no more fires here, he and his people would carefully clean up the nearby area, and they must not let these spiders recur! After all, their ability to reproduce is simply terrifying!
"Tell me! Ferenze! Who did all this! Please let me know! Hagrid seemed to think of something, and he stood up with red eyes and began to press Ferenze the centaur into question.
"Yo! Do you still want to take revenge? Looks like your brain isn't directly proportional to your size! Seeing Hagrid's appearance, Bane the centaur on the side finally couldn't help it, and sneered again.
Bane the centaur secretly followed and protected the unicorn, but he directly witnessed the whole process of the human little girl's destruction of the spider territory! At that time, the surging magic fluctuations were very impressive!
If it hadn't been alert enough for Bane to run away as soon as he saw the ground under his feet with abnormal magical power, it would have been burned to char by now! The power of the flames, it still has lingering palpitations! It didn't think that this Hagrid in front of him would be a match for that terrible girl!
"Enough! Bain! What time is it now! Shut up, please! Ferencze saw Hagrid raise his umbrella to Bane, and the rush was on the verge of a rush! Hurriedly ran over and used its muscular body to cross between the two, "Hagrid! Please calm down a little bit, too! There is no point in you doing this now! ”
"Get out of the way! Ferenze! I'm going to teach it a lesson today! Hagrid's eyes were still red, and he still looked angry! This Bane shouldn't have teased him when he was sad!
"Humph! Who's afraid of whom! I've wanted to talk about you for a long time: you're a crazy person who only breeds monsters! Not to be outdone, Bane the centaur bent his bow and arrow at Hagrid.
"Alas! Hagrid! Stop...! "Seeing that things were about to go in the worst direction, Dumbledore, who had been watching from the shadows, finally couldn't stand anymore! Hurriedly walked out and spoke out to persuade him.
In fact, Dumbledore had apparitioned Anne at the same time as he had just arrived on the spider territory to make a move. He hid in the distance and saw Little Annie's means of killing the eight-eyed spider! It's just that he didn't have the heart to stop it at that time!
More than a decade ago, Dumbledore had repeatedly received complaints from the centaurs and other intelligent creatures of the Forbidden Forest, who had complained to him more than once about the evil deeds of the giant spiders! However, because the giant spider is his subordinate and his right-hand man: Hagrid's pet! That's why he, Dumbledore, has been pretending to be deaf and dumb about this matter, and deliberately shelved this matter for a long time, dragging it out without giving any reply.
Over the years, giant spiders have multiplied faster and faster in the forbidden forest with no natural predators, and their territory has become larger and larger! In fact, Dumbledore himself knew it in his heart! The existence of these spiders has indeed seriously damaged the ecological balance in the Forbidden Forest! If these spiders continue to reproduce like this, I am afraid that the Forbidden Forest will be renamed the Spider Forest after many years! Maybe they'll be able to harass Hogwarts Castle then, right? After all, these spiders eat meat!
In this regard, Dumbledore has always seen it in his eyes and worried in his heart! He watched the giant spiders grow to the size in front of him, but he couldn't pull his skin down to destroy them for a while! I'm afraid to chill Hagrid's heart!
For Hagrid's subordinates, Dumbledore still values it very much! After all, this big man is stupid and foolish, and if Dumbledore wants to do any dirty work, he just needs to ask him! This big guy works very hard, and he works hard, so it's very pleasant to arouse!
As a result, in the end, the spider thing became like this, and it could only be delayed again and again! In this regard, Dumbledore sighed more than once as he looked at the growing spider territory! According to his previous thoughts: This is sad old man! These spiders can't fight! I can't manage it! What can you do with him? Then I have to drag it out like that!
But now it's finally better, because Dumbledore found out that this group of eyeless spiders actually provoked little Annie without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and then provoked the little girl to kill the killer, and coldly gave them a ruthless blow, directly putting these giant spiders from big to small! I didn't even let go of the eggs! It's all charred! That's a pretty job!
Little Annie's fire really made Dumbledore who was secretly observing at that time very happy! For him, this can really be regarded as a sleepy pillow!
The old man had thought to himself more than once before Hagrid came: the old man was worried about what to do with these annoying spiders! But I didn't want to, little Anne came to solve them for the old man by herself! What a thoughtful girl!
It's a bit of a pity to burn them all, but..., think about these spiders aren't a rare species, and there are other places to go! Burn it, burn it! Okay, right? The spider problem is perfectly solved! There is no need for the old man to come forward to be a villain, and he is not afraid that his subordinates will hate themselves! Now even the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest can settle down and never write a complaint letter to harass the old man again! That's a lot of birds with one stone!
"Hagrid, you can't really blame Professor Anne for this...... Well, the little girl's shot is indeed a bit unserious, but you should know that she really can't be blamed for this......" Dumbledore walked up to Hagrid, flickered with a kind look of comfort, and told the whole story in passing.
To put it bluntly, this is nothing more than this: these spiders of yours don't know what to do, and they want to steal the most precious unicorn in the Forbidden Forest! Can they afford to eat those precious unicorns? We all have a few Hogwarts in the Forbidden Forest, right? It's not okay to be a baby! It's almost like an ancestor to offer them! Every year, you can collect some hair that naturally falls out, and you can exchange it for a lot of gold galleons with the old man of Ollivander! You know, this is one of the most stable sources of income for the school!
After being killed by the anti-bone boy Tom last year! Dumbledore was still distressed for a long time! That's all money! And now! They worthless spiders want to eat unicorns? It's just boring! If Little Anne doesn't make a move, the old man will have to clean them up!
And how dare they do it to Professor Anne, who came to stop their evil deeds? Do you know that little girl they can afford to provoke? Don't talk about them, you have to admit it if you change it to an old man! So! Professor Anne is overly defensive at best, and your spiders are dying in battle, even though they are still honorable! Okay, this is the end of the matter, let's not worry about a little girl's shot! Well, do what you have to do now! That's all over now!
"Woo woo woo~! Professor Dumbledore! Aragog: What a terrible death! Hagrid was so sad that he knelt down and hugged Dumbledore's thigh, snorting and howling with tears.
Dumbledore whispered comfort, and his heart was full of slander! You've got enough! Don't wipe your snot with the old man's robe! If it weren't for the fact that you usually work hard, see that the old man doesn't kill you!
Poor old man's white robe! The old man can tell you! This is a high-level enchanted double-layered demonic cloth wizard's robe! Designed by famous teachers, the craftsmanship is exquisite, and the price is expensive! Don't say that all your spiders are dead, even if they don't, you may not be able to buy this robe if you sell them all! Ouch I'll go! You're still rubbing! It's really annoying old man!
"Woo woo woo~! Professor Dumbledore! I see, I'm not going to blame Professor Anne! However, Aragog should have quite a few surviving heirs, and I think I should be able to raise them again! I'm sure they'll be able to grow again! After rubbing his nose dripping again, Hagrid was saddened and had the idea of continuing to adopt the eight-eyed spider! He is confident that he will be able to reproduce the glory of the Alagog community!
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Do you even want to raise it? Merlin! Dumbledore looked down at Hagrid, who was crying profusely! For a moment, he couldn't even care about his wizarding robes!
Now that the problem of spiders has finally been solved, you still want to raise them? This and this ......, forget it! The old man still doesn't care! Anyway, by the time they grow again, maybe the old man will already be dead! Leave this to the next Headmaster of Hogwarts to worry about! He, Dumbledore, should always leave some mess for the next one to prove that he is an old man who has been in this world!
Bane and Ferencze, who were not far away, also heard Hagrid's words, and their faces began to look not very good! And Bane the centaur has a black face directly, and his eyes are gloomy and terrifying!
Looks like it has to do something! If this Hagrid really dared to raise spiders in the Forbidden Forest again, Bane swore that as soon as he Hagrid walked on his front foot, Bane's back foot would immediately come out and kill those newly raised spiders! Leave none behind!
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