Chapter 21: The Giants of the Alps
For the remaining half of the summer, Professor Dumbledore barely made a scene.
The only time she appeared in the halls of the Order of the Phoenix was to ask Harley if she would like to be the Gryffindor prefect this year.
For this kind of position, Hallie naturally takes it seriously.
As for who the male prefect was, Professor Dumbledore didn't mention it, and Harry didn't ask much.
In addition, the rest of Hallie's time is spent with Hermione in the library of Black's old house.
Sirius, ignoring the ugly face of his dear ancestor Phineas, waved his hand and allowed all members of the Order of the Phoenix to borrow magical books from the Black family's library at will.
Phineas almost quarreled with Sirius over this, after all, these were books that the Black family had treasured for hundreds of years.
Sirius had allowed Harley and Hermione to enter, and Phineas was already a little unhappy.
In the end, the old headmaster of Black still comforted himself with the reason that "Harley is a descendant of the Potter family and the godson of Sirius", so he barely managed to get by.
As a result, now Sirius has done this again, and showing the library to outsiders so casually is completely unacceptable to Phineas, a traditional pure-blood wizard who has a heart for Black.
Of course, Phineas eventually found that he was too much to worry about.
Adult wizards have their own tasks to do, and when they rarely have a break, they want to relax, and they don't want to come to read books hard.
And among the long-time residents of Black's old house, Mrs. Weasley was busy designing better dishes every day.
Ron would rather play wizarding chess with himself or compete with his summer homework than step into it.
In the end, only the twin brothers Hallie, Hermione, and Weasley often stayed here, and Ginny came occasionally, only to study the curse.
But while Hallie herself was still sitting here flipping through books, her primary consciousness was no longer there.
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In the Alps, in a forest.
An expedition of Muggle travelers was making its way through the woods, along an unofficial route.
"Are we going to be in danger like this?"
Looking at the snow on the mountain range that has not yet melted in the summer, a white female college student asked with a frown.
"Afraid of what?" The male college student at the head raised the miniature submachine gun in his hand,
"I got all the miniature submachine guns from my father's collection, and I brought a lot of magazines."
"This is a high-end commodity originally supplied to the army, and if it weren't for my father's great energy, he wouldn't be qualified to collect it."
"And in this wilderness, at most there can only be a leopard and a tiger, and at most a few bears will come out."
"How many bullets can those animals carry?"
"It's a big deal that there is really a danger, and then ask the government for help." The other boy also said nonchalantly,
"That rescue team should be serving us with our taxpayers' money!"
The blonde girl on the side also laughed at the girl who spoke earlier:
"If you're scared, go back, it's not the first time you've been so timid."
The girl took a sharp breath and was about to refute when she suddenly stopped.
To be precise, all of them stopped, their eyes glazed over.
A breeze blew, and the expedition team seemed to remember something important, and immediately turned around and walked down the mountain.
Their eyes gradually regained their agility and vitality, almost exactly the same as before, without any abnormalities.
Only the boy at the head had an extra grain of sand on his shoulder.
The sand was inconspicuous, quickly burrowing into the cracks of the clothes and disappearing.
The boy's back suddenly opened an eye, glanced around, and slowly closed again.
But the other boy walking behind him didn't notice this, and still talked and laughed with his girlfriend next to him.
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If the expedition had gone a few more steps, they would have crashed headfirst into a large tree.
The tree is more than 50 meters tall and stands out from the crowd of trees with an average height of no more than 5 meters.
Even if you climb to the top of the mountain, you can see this strange tree at a glance.
But the Muggle expeditions seemed to be blinded by something and were unable to detect its presence at all.
And on the branches of this big tree, Hedwig flapped her wings proudly and asked the master beside her for credit:
"Sister Hallie, how are I using psychological stealth and hypnosis?"
"It's okay, at least it doesn't disgrace me."
Hallie's legs swayed, and her shoes dangled gently on her toes, as if they were going to fall off at any moment.
She rubbed the little owl's head next to her, giving Hedwig encouragement.
Hedwig suddenly raised her head triumphantly and flapped her wings twice.
"Don't get complacent too soon," Hallie couldn't help but smile as she looked at Hedwig as she seemed a little proud,
"That's just a bunch of ordinary people, and any ordinary Sequence Six hypnotist can complete your previous task."
"Not to mention that you're a Sequence 5 Dream Walker now, you should be more demanding of yourself."
"Hmm...... When it's time to catch the giants, it's up to you to do it yourself. ”
"Huh? I? The smile on Hedwig's face froze.
She tilted her head, and said with some stammering,
"Sister Hallie...... So...... For such an important task, you should complete it yourself. ”
"In case I sabotage your promotion ceremony, then ...... That's really...... That's really...... Yes! ”
With Hedwig's slightly exaggerated screams, Harley withdrew her right hand angrily.
"Don't pretend, do you still want to be a brain crash?" Seeing that the little snow owl continued to sell miserably, Harley said angrily,
"You can't deal with a lone giant? At most, those giants only have the power of the fifth level of the sequence. ”
"And they don't have the extraordinary abilities of the warrior path, at most they are rough and thick-skinned, and they are highly resistant to magic, but they are relatively weak in soul and spirit."
"You are the audience, and just one hand of dream shuttle can completely restrain him."
Seeing that she couldn't get rid of the fate of the first battle, Hedwig could only reluctantly accept the reality.
"Let's go, this is the last magic node."
Harley gently patted the trunk of the tree beside her, and a green witch mark instantly appeared on the tree, and the mark disappeared in an instant.
Hallie's toes shook slightly, and the black leather shoes that had been shaking were instantly put on.
At the same time, she gently pushed the trunk of the tree with both hands, and the whole person jumped from the air and stretched her body to her heart's content.
A gust of wind blew through the woods, turning into an invisible hand that held Harley and helped her fly forward.
Hedwig flapped her wings in a hurry, chasing Harley all the way.
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In a rolling mountain range, in the snow under a ridge.
There sat a swarm of huge, ugly creatures in human form.
They were about twenty feet tall, and the tallest was a full twenty-five feet.
Beneath the thick yellow hair are small round heads, and even smaller, stupid and tyrannical eyes.
The tallest giant was sitting beside a small campfire, holding a stick on which an unskinned boar was strung together.
The giants on the side were staring at the wild boar, drooling greedily.
However, looking at the only thick iron rod of the entire tribe beside the leader, the giants still swallowed silently, and did not have the courage to snatch it.
Perhaps stimulated by the fragrance and unable to stand it, several giants suddenly stood up together, but they did not have the courage to charge at the leader, but slammed into the elderly giant next to them.
Although the old giant is old, he is still as brutal as he was back then, so he also fought back fiercely.
After a few moments, a large patch of scarlet red appeared on the white snow.
Above the ridge, Harley was lying on a magical cloud, Hedwig on her shoulder.
"Is there only such a giant?" Hedwig flapped her wings regretfully,
"It's just over a hundred years old, how can such a small race be able to support the ritual of Sequence One?"
"It doesn't matter, these vulgar creatures are just adding to their heads." Harley stared coldly at the massacre of the same clan that was taking place below,
"Bloody violence, no brains, even if the race is about to perish, it still doesn't know how to unite, only knows purposeless cannibalism."
"I remember that according to the records of some pure-blood families, there were more than 800 giants who left England, and now only 100 are killed against each other."
"I really want to use such a race as the main material for the promotion of the archangel, I feel disgusted."
"So what do we do next?" Hedwig didn't complain again, but asked obediently,
"Just lying here, waiting for the giants to be left alone?"
"No need to wait." Harley stood up from the clouds, and the color of the white clouds under her feet changed little by little.
"The wind rose, the clouds gathered, and it was getting dark. It's time for a rainstorm. ”
With a roaring thunderclap, a torrential downpour mixed with hail instantly covered the land!
Below, the leader of the giants was tearing at the charred skin of the wild boar, shoving it into his mouth, revealing the still bloody raw pork inside.
The heavy rain poured on him impartially, causing the giant leader to roar angrily.
However, his unintelligent mind can still figure out more or less that this kind of weather change is not something he can interfere with.
So the leader of the giants, with a wild boar in one hand and a steel rod in the other, rushed madly towards a certain cave.
And the surrounding giants also ran towards the empty cave, and even a skirmish broke out.
After a few moments, all the caves were filled, and the injuries of the two old giants, who were already injured, were aggravated again.
Their limbs were bleeding and they fell to the ground in pain, groaning weakly.
However, these elderly giants seem to be somewhat "lucky", and the hail completely bypasses them, allowing them to breathe.
In addition, there were more than a dozen giants who could still move, and they had nowhere to go, and they could not withstand the hail attack, so they could only protect their heads with wooden sticks and run desperately around.
One giant was lucky enough to be hit on the back of the head twice by hail before he managed to break out of the rainstorm.
The giant shook his head and went to a large tree to lie down in satisfaction.
Although the hail and torrential rain did not bring much harm to him, it also made him feel very uncomfortable.
As a well-known dwarf in the entire Giant Race, only taller than the other sixteen-foot dwarf, Glop, he was not entitled to a good place to live.
Now that he could lie under the tree, he was very satisfied.
When the giant lay down, he suddenly felt very tired.
There was a birdsong in his ears, and he had been excited to catch his prey, but now he just wanted to sleep.
The giant finally closed his eyes, and soon a thunderous snoring sounded in the snow.
A snowy owl flapped its wings and appeared in mid-air, staring at the dirty giant below with a disgusted face.
After a moment's hesitation, the owl swooped down and crashed into the giant's head.
However, there was no collision, and the moment the two came into contact, the owl's body became a little illusory and blended directly into it.
Less than ten minutes later, the little owl flew out again, his face full of grief and indignation.
"Is it done?" Harley quietly appeared and asked with interest.
"It's done, the hypnotic seeds have been laid." Hedwig said quickly,
"But I'll never do that again next time! I'd rather go and fight the dragon head-on! ”
"Huh, why?" Hallie blinked,
"Originally, you were going to go through a fierce battle, but now I have lowered the difficulty and only let you face the sleeping giant......"
"That's because you have no idea what this filthy giant is thinking!" Hedwig interrupted Hallie for the first time,
"He, he, he...... He actually thought in his dream that he wanted to eat live wild boars, and he had to eat them in front of all the giants, which made them envious! ”
"That's not the point, the point is that you don't know how wide his mouth is open in the dream! His mouth was three times the size of his head, and it wasn't magical at all! ”
Hallie burst out laughing, and even laughed so hard that she didn't have time to comfort Hedwig.
Hedwig looked at the master in front of her angrily, flapped her wings twice, and flew directly to the tree.
"What a poor child, or too little to see, lack of exercise."
Hallie finally stopped laughing, shook her head, walked over to the giant, and lifted the glasses on her face.
"Get up, stupid big man!"
Harley lightly stomped on the giant's face, and although she didn't use much force, it seemed as if a terrifying bell was ringing in the giant's ears.
"Whew!" The giant woke up in an instant and leaped to his feet.
Harley was not taken down by him, but spun in a circle in mid-air and landed firmly on the ground.
When the giant saw Harry, he was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to lift the stick.
But there was a silver glint in his eyes.
After a moment, the giant seemed to remember something, and slowly knelt down, and said in the broken English he had just learned:
"Slave...... High Horse ...... Met the owner of Gugo......"
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…… (End of chapter)