Chapter 163: The Centaur Tribe
After a moment of reversal of time and space, Anthony and Ron returned to the dark forest. Before they could see what was going on around them.
An arrow flew through the air, and with a 'bang' it flew right over Anthony's head and nailed to the tree behind him.
The voice was creepy. The two little ones were taken aback, and Anthony waved the spell directly, and a petrification spell was thrown in the direction where the arrow feathers flew.
With the help of the light of the spell, he finally saw the appearance of the person who attacked him. Well—above the waist was a man, with red hair and a beard, but below the waist was a shiny brownish-red horse with a long red tail trailing behind it.
Human ponytail. It turned out to be a centaur. He deftly dodged the spell and aimed his bow and arrow at Anthony and Ron.
"Who are you?" The centaur who had escaped the spell roared angrily. Immediately afterward, many centaurs gathered in the dark jungle, some holding torches in their hands, to disperse the darkness around them.
This allowed Anthony to finally see his surroundings clearly. It turned out that Shylock had brought the two of them to the centaur tribe.
"Uh... Hello! Anthony held the glowing wand and said with some embarrassment: "My name is Anthony, he is Ron, and we are the little wizards of Hogwarts. ”
"Hogwarts?"
"No little wizard can go so deep into the forest." The centaurs seem to be distrustful of his identity. But that's true, and that's normal.
The gathering place of the centaur tribe has always been unknown, and maybe even those professors don't know very well, how could a little wizard come here in the middle of the night?
If it was on Anthony, he didn't believe it. As he pondered how to answer, Anthony's mind kept flooding with knowledge about centaurs.
Centaurs are magical creatures whose upper part of their body is humanoid and the lower half is indistinguishable from that of horses.
However, they themselves are a species, not half-humans, half-beasts that have been crossbred into them, and despite having the same intelligence as humans, the centaurs have asked the British Ministry of Magic to classify them into
"Beasts", as they do not wish to share their human identity with creatures such as dominatrix and vampires. In general, centaurs are very proud of their race, when they feel that there are humans who might want to
When you "use" them, you become very irritable, whether the person does it intentionally or not.
Moreover, thanks to the Ministry of Magic's 'hard work' in recent years, the relationship between centaurs and humans is not only a bitter enemy, but also a mutual relationship.
In such a realistic context, it is difficult for Anthony to have any room for manoeuvre.
"Huh? That's Shylock? Suddenly, a handsome man with shiny white blonde hair, a silver body, and a silver ponytail walked out from among the centaurs.
The surrounding centaurs also seem to notice Shylock in Anthony's arms. Suddenly, Anthony could clearly feel that the hostility of those centaurs towards him had greatly diminished in an instant.
"What's your relationship with Shylock?" The Platinum Horse Man looked Anthony up and down and spoke cautiously.
"Hmm... It's our pet-uh-partner, yes! Partner! Anthony, who swallowed the pet hard, replied with a reluctant smile.
"Partner?" Although the centaurs around him still showed a sense of distance in their eyes, they put down their bows and arrows.
The white-haired centaur also walked over and said gently to Anthony and Ron, "Welcome, Ron. My name is Ferenze. The centaur tribe welcomes all friendly friends. "—Hillock's friend, he and Ron were invited to the Centaur tribe by the Centaurs.
... Anthony never dreamed that he would one day be stained with this cat's light. Although neither he nor Ron could understand why Shylock had such a high reputation in the centaur tribe, it had to be said that the cat helped them resolve an unnecessary conflict.
The Little Wizard Gate followed Ferenze and the other centaurs towards the depths of the woods. Along the way, Ferencze kept whispering a warning to the two of them that they must follow him.
He said: "There are many traps around the centaur tribe, and those are used to deal with the eight-eyed spider, and if he steps on a trap for a foal like Ron, it is almost impossible to survive.
When Ron heard this, he immediately tensed his nerves and did not dare to deviate from the centaur route for a single step. When tonight's adventure was over, there was probably no adventure that would scare him anymore.
Poor Ron. Anthony, on the other hand, is much more relaxed than Ron, asking Ferenze about the centaurs and asking him why they know Shylock.
Speaking of this, the horses who passed with them immediately came to their senses, and he recounted his acquaintance with Shylock.
Some were rescued by Shylock when they were surrounded by the eight-eyed spider. Some of them met this cute white beast drinking water by the stream.
Others claim that Shylock is their teammate, and that they have raided many of the Eight-Eyed Spiders.
In short, in the shocked expressions of Anthony and Ron, they finally knew what this lazy cat had been doing in the Forbidden Forest for the past year.
It's almost the uncrowned king of the Forbidden Forest, the queen...
"Anthony, how did Shylock do it?" After walking for a long time, with the protection of the centaurs, Ron's tense nerves gradually relaxed.
Then, he finally couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Anthony unconsciously rubbed the little head of the white cat in his arms.
"Meow?" Shylock, on the other hand, let out a lazy cry in a pleasant manner. Anthony smiled and explained, "It should have the blood of the Sugo. Knowing that Ron didn't know what a sugo was, he didn't stop but continued to explain: "Sugo is a magical animal in Huaguo, a legendary benevolent beast, the individual is like a tiger, with colorful patterns on its body, and its tail is longer than its body, like a tiger with white hair and black stripes. But they don't eat live animals, they can run very well, and they can travel thousands of miles a day."
"It means to be able to travel thousands of miles a day, well... It's the ability to phantom shapeshift. ”
"Wow! Cruel! Ron looked at the little thing in Anthony's arms in surprise, he didn't expect it to be able to phantom and shapeshift!
When they were surrounded by the eight-eyed spider, it was Shylock who escaped with them! I'm ashamed to say it. Along the way, he thought it was Anthony using some kind of magic!
"Anthony is right." Ferenze, who was walking in front of them, also turned his head and said gently: "It is precisely with the bloodline of this benevolent beast that our centaur tribe will respect it so much. As he spoke, he suddenly stopped, then looked at Anthony and Ron with a smile and said, "Here we are!" ”
"Welcome to the two foals, Centaur tribe!"