Chapter 47: Departure
Eleven p.m., foyer.
Nicks arrives at the rendezvous point, everyone else arrives, and he's the last. Before coming, he went to the kitchen to get some snacks, planning to watch the excitement in the Forbidden Forest later.
Filch led the group towards Hagrid's hut. As he walked, he scared them: "It's a pity that the school doesn't hang the students up and smoke them now." I have quite a few torture instruments in my collection that Nick Lestrange should have seen, and I promise you'll never make a mistake once you experience it. ”
Hermione whispered to confirm, "Knicks, have you seen those things?" Is it really that scary? ”
Harry, Neville, and Malfoy all pricked up their ears and waited for the Knicks to answer.
"Those are the instruments used to execute prisoners in ancient times, they probably haven't been used for hundreds of years, I doubt Filch will use them, they just look terrible." Nix said truthfully.
Filch laughed, "Maybe one day the school will use those torture instruments, and I'll give you a good taste of them." ”
She didn't know that her current image made her words not threatening at all, she used to be rickety and ugly, at that time, she could scare crying children by her appearance, coupled with the gloomy tone and scary content, most of the little wizards did not dare to resist.
But now that face is different, a charming face will not scare children when they say about the punishment, and adults will only feel ambiguous.
Several people kept talking about what the torture instruments were like, and the human imagination was terrifying, and they were not frightened by Filch, but they were frightened by their own imagination.
In the distance, they saw a campfire in front of Hagrid's hut, and Hagrid was checking his crossbow by the light of the fire. When he saw Filch coming, he exclaimed, "You're late." ”
"I'm educating them." Filch replied.
"That's not a reason for you to be late, Filch, now I'm in charge, you can go back." Hagrid was a little upset.
"I'll clean up the wreckage for you tomorrow, why won't Hogwarts expel you?" Fell left.
Hagrid beckoned, "Alright, don't worry about Filch, it's weird for her to be a woman." Is Harry ready? We're going to the Forbidden Forest, Knicks, don't walk around when you go in, the Forbidden Forest is dangerous right now. I'm most worried about you. ”
Malfoy: "Wait, Forbidden Forest, it's too dangerous for me to go." ”
Hagrid: "Then you're going to have to drop out of school and go home." ”
Malfoy glared at Hagrid. "I'll tell my father about it and he'll ......"
"I'll let you in with me. Malfoy, you have no choice, the only thing you can do but go in with me is to go back and pack up and leave Hogwarts. This is punishment, not an outing. "Hagrid wasn't as gentle with Malfoy as he was with Harry.
Malfoy swallowed as he watched the pitch black Forbidden Forest, and he felt something inside stare at him. In his eyes, the Forbidden Forest hung over a god of death, its eyes fixed on the people, waiting for them to step into the realm of death. The trees laughed and danced their branches, and the souls of the dead of the past appeared in the air, opening their bloody mouths and roaring.
The Knicks slapped Malfoy: "What's wrong with you?" ”
Malfoy jumped to his feet and shouted, "Don't eat me, don't eat me." ”
Seeing Malfoy's actions, the Knicks realized that the Mystic Prayer Potion had a great impact, and now Malfoy was having a nervous breakdown.
"Quiet, as long as you stay with me and Tooth, the creatures of the Forbidden Forest will not attack you. The Forbidden Forest has been dangerous lately, and something is hunting unicorns. Our mission is to find that thing, or find the unicorn. Hagrid said.
"Is it a vampire? Nicks said that there are vampires in the Forbidden Forest. Hermione asked.
It's no secret that the Knicks and the Weasley brothers go to the Forbidden Forest together, and Harry, Neville, and Hermione all know about it.
Hagrid shook his head and said, "Not sure, unicorns have strong magic, and ordinary vampires can't beat it." I've never seen a unicorn hurt before. But one was killed last week. ”
Everyone shuddered, and according to Hagrid, they were facing a monster that could hunt unicorns.
"Follow me." Hagrid said, picking up the large lantern.
At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid pointed to the silvery-white blood on the ground and said, "That's the blood of a unicorn, let's follow it." ”
Nick dipped his index finger a little, and blood could not be used as a substitute for potions. However, it is full of vitality and can be used to refine some other medicines. It's just that the blood on the ground is too scattered to collect.
Looking at the silver blood everywhere, Nix was a little distressed, how good it was to leave him, although he couldn't refine the elixir, but it was no problem to refine a drug that would increase his life for tens or hundreds of years, but the side effects were a bit big.
"Let's split into two teams, hurry up and find the unicorn, and you can go back quickly." Hagrid said.
"What should we do if the monster that hurts the unicorn comes to us first?" Malfoy was scared.
"I said that as long as you follow me or the animals in the Tooth Forest, it won't hurt you." Hagrid said.
Malfoy: "Then I'll pick the teeth." ”
"No problem, but Tooth is a coward, now the team, Neville, Knicks, and Malfoy are on the team, and the others are on the same team as me, and when they encounter unicorns, they put green signals, and when they encounter danger, they put red signals, do you understand?" Hagrid asked.
The Knicks asked, "Can I be on a team with you?" I don't think the two of them are reliable. ”
"Don't worry, Tooth knows most creatures, you'll be fine." Hagrid Road.
"Can you put Hermione on my team? I think Hermione can protect us. Nix asked again.
Hagrid: "Nix, be like a man." Don't hide behind women, and I know your strength, I saw you defeat Malfoy and them all. ”
Nix thought to himself what age it was, how many years had the feminist movement been going on vigorously, oh no, it was the nineties, and he didn't know if there was a feminist movement in the UK.
It was safe to stay with Toothtooth, the only one who would attack them in the Forbidden Forest was Lord Voldemort, but not Harry.
Harry would intermittently and unconsciously attract Voldemort to his proximity like a high-order item, just like the law of extraordinary trait aggregation.
The Knicks gave up, and he felt that Hagrid was biased towards Harry. But as long as you don't stay with Harry, you shouldn't encounter Voldemort, and you can collect materials at will. The trees would also tell him where Voldemort was, and he was like he had a full field of vision, and he could just walk around without beating him.
He remembered that there were still centaurs in the Forbidden Forest, presumably found by Old Deng to ensure Harry's safety, and the trip to the Forbidden Forest was a test of courage, giving Harry the courage to face danger.