Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Dark Lord
Some brothers say that I was the first to write Dumbledore as schizophrenic. I want to say: what is this? I still have a big brain hole behind me! Not to mention Dumbledore, even if it is...... Ahem, no spoilers.
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Hagrid lets his pet dog, Toothtooth, a fire dog descended from a wolf and a jackal, run ahead.
"Listen." Seeing Filch walking away, Hagrid looked around at the group, "I know you might be a little indulgent with Charlotte around, but what I want to tell you is that the Forbidden Forest is really dangerous. The periphery is better, but I don't dare to deal with some monsters inside.
And what we're going to do tonight is very dangerous, so every one of you has to listen to me! You must not enter the woods above fifteen yards, or I will not be able to save you!" Hagrid's expression was very serious, and after seeing that the young wizards were all nodding seriously, he led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. (Imperial, 1 yard = 0.914 m)
Hagrid held the lamp high and pointed to a path that was fading into the depths of the black forest. They looked into the Forbidden Forest, a breeze blowing in their hair.
"Look over there," said Hagrid, "do you see that silver mark on the ground?" It was the blood of a unicorn, and the white thing on the side was the dried corpse of the unicorn, and its blood was drained all over its body! This is the third time in a week. In the first two weeks, unicorns have been dying one after another. Tonight, our mission is to find the murderer! ”
Charlotte was shocked when she heard this, and took a closer look at the corpse on the ground before relieving herself. The dried corpse on the ground can only be called a unicorn at best, and a real adult unicorn has almost the strength of a great wizard. However, they had already moved away from Earth during Merlin's time.
Now the unicorns on the earth are all their subspecies, and their quality is much weaker in all aspects, at most they are close to the level of elite wizards, but they can be regarded as rare magical creatures.
"Hagrid, do you think that someone who can easily kill a unicorn is something that these first-year students can deal with?" A hint of surprise flashed across Charlotte's face, how could the school have issued such a mindless task.
"Of course I know this is an incredibly dangerous thing for you, but Professor Dumbledore tells me that having you with them is absolutely fine. The professor is the greatest man, and he said you're all right, then you're going to be fine! Hagrid spoke of the White Wizard with reverence, like a saint.
Charlotte realized that he had exposed his magic in front of Dumbledore, and he knew that his strength was not weak, and he could escape even if he encountered danger.
However, Charlotte was still very annoyed by Dumbledore's decision, of course he was fine, but had he considered Hermione's safety?
Hagrid waved his hand: "Alright, now we will divide our troops into two ways, and look for them separately following the bloodstains and hoof prints." Look at the marks on the ground, there must be more than one unicorn, we must try to find the murderer before he commits murder and protect the poor unicorn! ”
"Since the principal said so, then I'll take the three of them with me, and you can go all the way by yourself!" The power of fate is the most elusive, so of course Charlotte has to follow the savior to have any hope of meeting the Dark Lord.
Hermione, on the other hand, couldn't let her follow Hagrid, so he asked the four students to go with him.
"No, it's too ...... to be distributed," the half-blood giant was still saying, but Harry and Ron stood firmly behind Charlotte and could only mumble a few words to themselves, "Okay, okay, but you have to be safe, and send a signal if there is a situation!" ”
The Forbidden Forest was dark and silent. They walked a little further and came to a fork in the road, where Charlotte and the four took the left road, and Hagrid, alone with his dog, went to the right.
They walked silently, their eyes fixed on the ground. Every now and then, a ray of moonlight spilled down from between the branches above, illuminating a silver stain of blood on the fallen leaves.
Harry looked at Charlotte, who was walking beside him.
"Who do you think will kill the unicorn? Werewolf? Magic? Or a dryant? Harry asked.
"I'm not sure." Charlotte replied casually, holding Hermione's small hand in her left hand, the two were more like a couple at a night party, "However, it's definitely not a magical creature, it must be a dark wizard or something!" ”
Charlotte naturally knows who killed the unicorn, and if it is directly your Lord Voldemort, it is estimated that all three people around him can be stupid.
"Really, really?" Even though the strength of the savior has improved quickly, he still has only a little experience, so after hearing that it may be a dark wizard, he is still a little nervous.
"Who does he care? Didn't you hear the principal say that we would be fine with Charlotte? Anyway, I believe in Charlotte! Ron slapped his ass without a trace, easing the tension.
Ever since he saw Charlotte pick seven, he had made up his mind to hug this thigh. His dream of becoming a future Ministry of Magic official will be realized by Charlotte.
The four of them walked towards the Forbidden Forest for nearly half an hour, and the trees around them were getting thicker and taller, and they were about ten yards high. The trees behind it became so dense that the path was almost impassable.
The blood on the ground was getting denser and denser. There was a lot of blood splattered on the roots of a tree, and it seemed that the poor animal had writhed and struggled in pain nearby. Harry could see a clearing in front of him through the tangled branches of an ancient oak tree.
"Stop!" Charlotte reached out and blocked the three.
An unprecedented solemn expression suddenly appeared on his face, which had been calm and calm all the way, and the eyes of the three of them all showed a look of surprise. They'd never seen such an awe-inspiring look on Charlotte's face since they had known her.
Standing there and looking ahead, a white thing glittered on the ground. That's right, that's the unicorn, it's dead. Its slender legs remained in the position it had fallen into, stretching out unnaturally.
Its mane spreads on the dark fallen leaves, like a pearl.
Charlotte didn't pay much attention to the unicorn lying on the ground, his gaze was now completely focused on a place in the darkness that he couldn't reach. Hermione looked in that direction with some curiosity, and there was only a deep darkness in her eyes.
Charlotte flicked her backhand, and a screen of light shrouded Hermione's three bodies, and then took two steps forward.
"Come out. For a first-year student like me, is there still a need to be secretive? Mighty Lord Voldemort! Charlotte's pupils flashed with solemnity.
The three of them were still a little ignorant, but when they heard this mysterious name, their faces turned pale and their whole bodies trembled. Hermione was the best of the three, and her heart was about to jump out when the ring on her hand gave off a burst of warmth, rejuvenating her chilled body.
Ron on the side was now in a cold sweat, he was born in the wizarding world, and he knew the deterrent power of mysterious people best.
And Harry Potter, the savior, is no exception, he is not the ignorant and fearless boy in the fairy tale, he has long known the power represented by the word "Voldemort", he tries to calm down, but he always can't control the trembling hands and feet.
In front of the three of them, Charlotte's expression was extremely solemn. The full knight level allows his eyes to see everything clearly at night. Although he didn't see the other party's face clearly due to the cover of the magic power, the incomparably powerful magic power fluctuations were only under the White Devil King.
Obviously, even if he cuts himself into seven parts, the Dark Lord still has the strength of a legendary wizard!
A bush at the edge of the clearing shuddered, and a hooded figure slowly emerged from the shadows, and the air suddenly became a little sticky.
The glade in the faint moonlight was also inexplicably darkened, and even if there was a unicorn corpse that still shone on the side, it was of no use to this sudden darkness.
An uncomfortable and abnormal dark aura enveloped the surroundings, and the person in the darkness stopped, standing quietly in place and looking at the four of them, and the not tall figure seemed to have become the only existence in this heaven and earth. Iron Triangle's body gradually became numb as if it was in a cold ice cellar, and a great fear between life and death suddenly hit his heart
Charlotte no longer concealed her strength, and a warm aura rose from his body, melting away the darkness around him. This power is like the winter sun, although it is not blazing, but it dispels the cold of this world.