Chapter 80: Walking Through the Forbidden Forest
It was a dark night, with dark clouds and no wind.
Because the moon in the sky was gone, it was dark except for the sporadic light that came out of the glass windows of Hogwarts Castle.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the day of murder and arson! This kind of weather is just right for doing something unseemly.
The silence in Hagrid's cabin, located on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and the darkness in the windows, as if the owner had fallen asleep.
However, if anyone who knew Hagrid well, he knew that this was actually very abnormal, because with Hagrid's size and habits, if he fell asleep, he could hear his snoring in the castle.
"Bang! Syllable! Syllable! ”
A dull knock sounded in the silent night sky, and a deliberately muffled voice came from the cabin: "Who is it?" ”
"It's me, Hagrid!" Clark's voice rang out outside the door.
"Clark?" The wooden door creaked open, "Why are you here?" ”
Hagrid peeked out of the dark room, looked cautiously outside, then grabbed Clarke, who was standing in the doorway, and carried him inside.
"I'm leaving," Hagrid grumbled as he lit the oil lamp.
In the dim light, he could be seen wearing a thick hair-rizzle coat, with tougher hair than Muggle chain mail.
A pair of heavy deerskin boots, larger than a child's washbasin, with a layer of steel plates sandwiched between the soles underneath, are an artifact for walking in the Forbidden Forest.
In addition, he carried a large stone bow with wooden patterns on his back, and a pot full of quivers, which he had already loaded into a large crate with a stuffed teddy bear for him to relieve his boredom, and everything seemed to be ready.
"I'm sorry, Hagrid, but I ran into Peeves on the way here and delayed a bit."
Clark said sorry as he lifted the hood of his robe, revealing his handsome face.
For tonight's operation, he took off his insulated wizard's robes, which cost eighteen gold galleons, and replaced them with a more mobile black power jacket, paired with dark brown cargo pants and martin boots.
With a light blue magic rope wrapped around his left hand and a wand in his right hand, all he needs is a cowboy hat to cosplay a magical version of Dr. Indiana Jones.
Seeing that he was so well prepared, Hagrid nodded appreciatively.
The two of them were going to the depths of Hogwarts' most dangerous Forbidden Forest, where there was a large area of primeval jungle, and if they were not prepared, they would not be able to move an inch.
Now that the team members have been assembled, he didn't say anything more, and finally counted them, picked up the box and set off with Clark.
As one of the largest wild magical animal nature reserves in the wizarding world, the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts is vast and full of species.
There are all kinds of magical beasts and all kinds of magical plants that you have seen and have never seen before, but if you think this is as safe as a park on your doorstep, you are very wrong. Because of the presence of many magical animals, this place has also become an extremely dangerous place in the wizarding world.
The teachers at Hogwarts spend a lot of energy every year trying to keep the Weasley-led gang of troublemakers out of the Forbidden Forest.
However, at this time, in the dark forest, there were two figures, one tall and one short, walking on the path leading to the depths of the black dense forest.
These two people are Haigrid and Clark, who are preparing to send the little fire dragon to the centaur tribe. In addition, Hagrid's hound, Tooth, was also brought out by him and was leading the way ahead.
A dim lantern was held in front of them, casting a blur of light through the white mist that roamed the dense forest, illuminating the rugged road beneath their feet.
Trees with twisted branches around them encroach on every space in order to have more chances of survival, but this will inevitably lead to the death of some trees due to the failure of the competition.
The branches of these dead trees have fallen from their leaves, and they are entwined with dark red vines like veins, which look more like wielding devil's minions or curled octopus tentacles, ready to drag them into the purgatory abyss by surprise.
Even Clarke, who had the mind of an adult and had seen many terrifying scenes in the wizarding world, still nervously quickened his pace and got closer to Hagrid's massive body.
It seems that this can bring him more security.
Hagrid sensed Clarke's approach behind him and deliberately laughed at him, "What, Clark, are you scared?" ”
Clarke's words and deeds gave him a sense of maturity and wisdom, which made Hagrid subconsciously ignore his actual age, and now seeing his performance, he realized that he was still just a child after all.
Clark looked around warily, and every time he answered Hagrid's question, there was silence in the dense forest around the path, and the occasional slight rustle behind him drew him to look back.
Seeing that Clark did not respond to his teasing, Hagrid shrugged his shoulders awkwardly, adjusted the angle of the long wooden box, changed to a more comfortable position, and continued to talk to himself:
"Actually, you don't need to do it at all, I've already agreed with the centaurs in the forest, and they've all agreed to help keep care of Noble for a while, just send them some iron arrowheads.
It's still too dangerous in the Forbidden Forest, and you sneaked out at night, so if the professors find out, I'm afraid it won't have a good impact on you. ”
"Ha, ha, ha, don't say that, if I hadn't tried to dissuade you, Harry and Ron might have both appeared in front of you by now."
Clark responded to him this time, "Besides, it's not you, I don't think there should be anything in the Forbidden Forest that can threaten you." ”
"What's the matter, it's still quite dangerous in this forbidden forest, but I come here often, I'm familiar with the environment here, follow me, and there will be absolutely no problem." Hagrid was overjoyed by Clark's compliment, and his beard shook violently.
He didn't brag about it, as a Hogwarts hunting ground caretaker who had worked for 49 years, rounded up to about 50 years, the Forbidden Forest was indeed like his home.
He knew exactly where there were dangerous animals or plants along the way, where there was a detour, and where he could pass carefully.
However, in addition to these dangerous beasts in the forest, the ubiquitous mosquitoes are also very annoying, not to mention that there are many powerful insects and magical animals.
Fortunately, Hagrid was very experienced, and he took out a small jar of green ointment in advance for him to rub on, and he was spared.
After walking in this way for a while, they came to a fork in the road, how Clark looked, the scene on both sides of the fork in the road was the same, but the Hound Tooth had its own unique way of distinguishing, just lying on the ground and sniffing, it was very decisive to bark at the path on the right.
"Ahh What a great guy. Hagrid complimented Toothtooth and prepared to lead Clark to the right with the lamp.
But the corner of Clark's eye swept to something on the other road.
"Wait, Hagrid, what is this?"
He walked up to the thing, and by the light of the fire, he saw that it was a puddle of blue-silver unknown liquid sprinkled on the fallen leaves, and it was a faint silver light that had attracted his attention just now.