Chapter 49: Attacked
At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Harry and Hermione are following Hagrid through the woodlands. The four who came to be punished were divided into two groups, with Hagrid and Neville on Malfoy's team.
"Was that a wolf just now?" Hermione, drawn to the sudden sound of a long whistle, stared into the depths of the Forbidden Forest, her brow furrowed.
"To be precise - it should be a werewolf." Hagrid, who had led the way, replied lightly. He didn't pay any attention to the two people behind him who were shocked by his speech
"What! Werewolf! "What a werewolf!"
Harry and Hermione's eyes widened, and they pulled out their wands and nervously scanned their surroundings, as if a werewolf was coming at any moment.
"Don't worry, werewolves don't usually show up on the periphery." Hagrid paused, turned around and said reassuringly. Then, as if remembering something, he muttered to himself, "Then again, why didn't you see Ivey and Betty?" They're not going to run inside."
"Ah——! Ivey, are they here too? Why didn't you say it earlier."
"He's here before you, I hope it's okay."
"Hagrid, look" Hermione suddenly pointed to the sky
A red firework exploded in the air
"It's Neville! Come on! ”
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"Ivey" Betty called out to him, looking up into the air.
"It should be Harry"
"Go" turns around and runs towards the fireworks
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"Malfoy! If you don't want to be left here alone, be honest! Hagrid shouted angrily
Hagrid, who had just arrived in a hurry, realized that it was just Malfoy's prank. He deliberately hid to scare Neville, who was terrified before launching the fireworks.
"Well, thanks to you, whether you can catch that thing or not depends on luck." Hagrid said mockingly, "Let's change the team." Neville, you and I and Hermione are in a group. Harry, you take that idiot with you" he leaned into Harry's ear "Malfoy doesn't scare you easily, be careful, bring your teeth with you." But it's timid, don't expect anything from it. ”
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After regrouping, set off again.
"If my father knew I was doing the work of a servant, he would have seen a good show," Malfoy complained to Harry on the way
"You won't be afraid, Malfoy," Harry taunted him
"Don't be afraid, Po-Te!"
"Ahh
"What sound? Did you hear that? Malfoy looked around
"Hagrid said it was a werewolf," Harry said coldly
"Hehe-you want to bluff me? I believe it, Potter."
The two of them continued to go deeper. After walking for a while, I came to a low-lying area.
"Look at that!" Harry pointed into the pit
It's a silvery unicorn, and it's dead. He fell to the ground, his limbs stiffened unnaturally, a laceration on his neck, and silver-white blood flowed to the ground. The two of them went down to the pit, and they didn't rush forward immediately, but just watched from afar.
"Goo-" Malfoy swallowed, staring around blindly, "Attack—the assailant said—maybe it's still here, let's go back and find—find Hagrid," his voice trembling slightly
"Shut up!" Harry exclaimed
He was about to step forward to check when there was a sudden grinding sound in the grass next to him, and Harry carefully stopped where he was.
In the shadow of the grass, a figure wearing a hood flashed. It crawled slowly on the ground, slowly coming to the unicorn's side, bowing its head and sucking on the silver blood from the wound on its neck.
During the whole process, Harry, Malfoy, and Toothtooth all stood in place, stunned, and did not dare to come out.
"Ahh——!hh Malfoy screamed at the strange sight in front of him, then turned and ran. The tooth tooth is even more soulless, and he ran away with a "woo" scream.
The screams startled the beastly figure. It looked up slowly, and only the lower part and blood-colored eyes could be seen on its face covered by the hood, and its skin was pale and withered, with a faint sense of familiarity. The moment he looked up, a drop of silver blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Harry, who was too frightened to move, saw this face, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead. It's the scar! There was a burning stinging sensation from the burning scar.
The man in black slowly stood up and walked towards Harry. Harry clutched his forehead and stepped back, the pain causing him to wander and lose his mind, only to tripped over the roots of a tree and slumped to the ground. Unable to get up, he could only use his hands and feet at the same time, staggering to get away.
As the men in black approached, Harry had retreated to the bottom of the dirt slope behind him. At this time, his vision was a little blurry in pain.
"Da Da Da-"
Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves on the dirt slope above, and the man in black quickly pulled away. I saw a horseman jumping down the slope, blonde hair and blue eyes, and very handsome. He lifted his front hooves and kept driving the man in black. As soon as Harry breathed a sigh of relief, a dark shadow descended from the sky and pounced on the centaurs, the two beasts rolling on the ground.
"Werewolf!"
Harry's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly picked up his wand, pointed it to the sky, and red fireworks shot up into the sky.
The two beasts in front of them parted at the touch of a button. The werewolf's claws left a scratch on the centaur's chest, and its own chest was kicked in by its hooves. With the werewolf in check, the form took a turn for the worse, and the man in black pounced on Harry again.
"Harry Potter!"
The centaurs ignored the threat of the werewolves, and rushed directly to the rescue, and the men in black immediately retreated when they saw this. But the werewolf's attack followed like an appendage. It leaps onto the horseman's back and bites down on the back, while its claws stab into the horseman's body and hold it in place.
"Woo-ah-ah——!"
The centaur let out a scream of pain. He jumped desperately, trying to throw the werewolf off, but the deep claws made him even more painful. When the attempt failed, it bent down and picked up half of the thick branch from the ground and slammed it back.
"Bang!" The pain caused it to erupt with incredible force, and the werewolf was smashed several meters away.
Before he could catch his breath, another black shadow flew out from the side. Another werewolf! Its mouth opened to the extreme, biting down on the centaur's neck. At the moment of life and death, the side of the horseman's upper body deviated from the point. The werewolf's bloody jaw bit down on the centaur's shoulder, bringing it down with a powerful impact.
Seeing that the centaur is in danger. Critical moment - a crossbow arrow is fired from behind, but unfortunately it is interrupted by a direct claw swing from the werewolf. It's Hagrid, they're it.
"All petrochemicals!"
Hermione's coquettish shouts rang out, and a flash of purple light flew out and hit the werewolf. But the spell was like a stone sinking into the sea, and it didn't have any effect.
"Ferenze, hold on!"
Hagrid clearly knew the centaurs. He shouted and ran over. It's like a heavy-duty pickup truck, knocking the werewolf on Ferencze into the air.
"Man, are you alright?" Hagrid lifted the fallen Ferenze to his feet
"It's okay, don't let your guard down" Ferenze's appearance is very miserable now. The shoulders and back were blurred with blood, and blood stained the whole body. I have to mention one more thing here - the horse physique is really criticized. The injury is so serious, but the mental state is still very good.
"Harry!"
Hermione and Neville also ran over, Malfoy following them. She picked Harry up and double-checked him for damage.
"There really are werewolves! Let's run," Malfoy's legs chattered
"No, you can't run. Our position is already so deep that we can't run out in a short period of time. If you're alone, you might as well stay here," Harry shook his head, not uttering a taunt.
"Yes, Hagrid, they should be able to hold back for a while. If Ivey and Betty were here, they would have seen the signal just now, and it would be nice to hold on until they came. Hermione followed
"Is that Shafiq guy also there~" Although Malfoy's tone was not good, he finally had confidence in his heart.
"Want to help?" Neville looked at the two sides of the confrontation
"We can't help much. The werewolf's magic resistance is too high, and the direct effect of magic is not great. Other types of spells, we don't, if only Betty were here. Hermione, who is a top student, is also helpless
"How did werewolves come here?" Standing with Ferenze, Hagrid took the moment to ask.
"The hooded guy called," the centaur replied
"Unicorn——! It also killed? Hagrid exclaimed, glancing at the corpse in the pit
"Right"
"That werewolf was injured, did you do it?" Hagrid noticed that the werewolf on his right was in a strange position, with a bloody hole in his shoulder. The bleeding had stopped, but the arm was still hanging down, and it seemed that it was useless for the time being.
"It's not. However, this piercing damage is much like that inflicted by a centaur bow and arrow. Ferencze paused for a moment, then added, "It may also be that wizard from the Shafiq family did it." ”
"Ivey, you say? How do you know he's in the Forbidden Forest? Hagrid wondered
"Our main task today is to pick him up."
"Pick him up? Why? Hagrid frowned
"The specific reason is a matter of Centaur secrecy. Forgive me for informing you" Ferencze is not like Hagrid, he is very strict-mouthed.
"Well, the centaurs won't hurt the students of Hogwarts anyway. Are you okay? ”
"Not good! It's best to confront each other for a while longer, and delay a little longer. Also, does Mr. Shafiq know you're here? ”
"I met him when he first came in, and I mentioned it to him."
"That's good. If it was indeed Mr. Shafiq who had wounded them, the signal just now would have been enough to lure him around. ”
The two sides continue to confront each other, and the bloodline of the Hagrid giant puts a lot of pressure on the werewolves. Forced by the orders of the man in black behind them, they couldn't retreat, and this scene of not being able to advance and retreat made them more and more manic.
Finally, the werewolf was the first to break the deadlock. They howl in the sky and pounce.
"Not good! They're coming, Hagrid! Ferenze's face changed suddenly
"I'm not afraid of wolf cubs," Hagrid muttered, raising his hand and arrowing "You protect the students"
The werewolf deftly dodged the attack, one left and one right, and the flanking attack struck. Hagrid pulled out a large rhizome from the surface of the earth, held it in his hand, and waited for it.
That's when it happened
"Burst of flame!"
Stout pillars of fire swept in from behind
The moment the attack appeared, the man in black directly withdrew. Seeing this, the werewolves also dodged into the forest and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
"Ivey!" "Betty!"
Harry and Hermione shouted in surprise