Chapter 25: The First Sight of the Forbidden Forest (Part I)

"Hmm..... A horned bow that I couldn't pull without half a ton's strength, a dozen arm-thick arm-piercing arrows with blood grooves and barbs, and a logging axe that I couldn't lift....."

"Hagrid!"

Looking at Hagrid as he was packing up his gear, Harry glared at him in horror.

"Are you sure we're not going to attack some secret fortress in the Forbidden Forest, or are we just going to slay dragons?"

"These things are foul! What are you going to take me to the woods? ”

Although in the 'original book', the Forbidden Forest does not show anything particularly dangerous, but after seeing Grindelwald come to Hogwarts to teach the Dark Magic, the Triwizard Tournament was just held last year, and Animagus can turn people into mecha-wearing cat supermen.... Harry wouldn't have thought that the Forbidden Forest would be the same.

"Oh, these?"

After putting the bow on his back and putting the arrow in his pocket, Hagrid waved his hand, "This is what I will use later, Professor Grindelwald asked me to catch some little guy for him to use as class material, a few months ago there was a small group of cannibal trolls in the forest, that guy is slimy and disgusting, I don't want to put my fist on it, just nail an arrow to the ground, just drag it away, and by the way, cut down two trees and come back, the firewood at home is almost insufficient." ”

"I'm not going to take you to them, though, you're just starting to learn magic, you can't deal with those dangerous guys, and your fists aren't hard enough."

Hagrid chuckled, then reached out and pointed to the wooden shelf in the corner, "Just bring that long brush, the cutie I'm going to show you isn't dangerous, don't worry, Harry." ”

"That's right...."Although he was relieved, at the same time, Harry also had some pity, "Hagrid, what are you talking about as a troll?" ”

"A strange thing that looks like a giant, that guy has no hands, but has a foot-long claw, and his body is covered with a thick layer of hair, but when he pinches it, it comes out of oil, slimy and disgusting, because someone has witnessed them eating people from afar, so it is called a man-eating troll, but who knows."

Hagrid spread his hands, "I've seen these guys scoop up water and grass from the ditch to eat, but they're pretty good in the woods, and I don't think they're ..... Anyway, nine and a half out of ten researchers at the Ministry of Magic are a bunch of idiots who haven't ever drilled into the woods, and Professor Kettleburn is right, since Mr. Newt Scamander left, there has been nothing but the beheaded executioners in the Department of Magical Creatures Management, and a bunch of garbage waiting to rot and stink. ”

"Let's not talk about the man-eating trolls, let's get the things right, let's go get two rabbits or ferrets to take with us, if there are gifts, those little ones will be a little better talkative, after all, you are going to see them for the first time."

After fixing the giant logging axe to his back, Hagrid grabbed a small axe and put it in his pocket, looking at the black blood stains on the blade, and estimated that this thing was used by Hagrid for hunting.

"You know a lot about magical creatures, Hagrid." Harry, who followed Hagrid's footsteps out the door, couldn't help but say, "To be honest, more powerful than any wizard I've ever met, not just fists." ”

"Ha~" Hagrid grinned, "I've only been in the woods for a long time, I've seen more things, and I've known a lot, and if you let me use some magic, then I'll be far behind." ”

Hagrid, whose voice was a little low, muttered, "But the Ministry of Magic won't allow me to cast spells." ”

"Why?"

"Oh, nothing, some old stories."

Hagrid grunted with a wave of his hand, he didn't quite want to talk about it.

After only a few minutes of walking along the Forbidden Forest, the sound of water could be heard in the distance, but Harry couldn't see the location of the stream because of the woods.

"That's pretty much it here." Hagrid held up his hand to signal Harry to be quiet, then took a few steps forward lightly, pulling out the small axe he had in his pocket and holding it in his hand.

After holding his breath for five or six minutes, Harry saw Hagrid raise his hand sharply and throw four or five axes with incredible speed, only to hear a few muffled 'do-do-do' sounds, and a panicked sound came from ahead.

"I've got two, that's almost enough."

As Hagrid reached out his large hand to pull away the dense thorns that were more than a man tall in front of him, the hidden stream in the distance was exposed to Harry's vision, and two black-brown and white ferrets were nailed to the wet ground near the stream with small axes.

"Ferrets are the favorite of Hippogriffs..... Belch.... I seem to have said that I missed my mouth... Hahahaha. ”

Hagrid, who didn't feel quite right, scratched his hair in embarrassment, "But you'll find out later, it's okay to say it sooner." ”

"They're a beautiful bunch of ponies, Harry."

Since I have already said it, let's just say more to change the topic to relieve the embarrassment.

"These ponies have the head of an eagle, the body of a horse, the two wings spread out as fast as seven meters, many wizards like to ride them in the sky, except for Thestrals, they are the best flight companions, but they fly a little slower, and the temper is a little arrogant, ordinary wizards are not easy to tame, but as long as you learn to respect them, the Hippogriff is very good at talking."

"Bring your ferret, I'll teach you how to greet him later, this group of little guys I just tamed not long ago, originally it was just a small group, but after I got a few phinx eagles back, they have become several times more than that, these guys are hybrids between griffins and horses, and there are a lot of beautiful wild horses in the forbidden forest, just on the grassland east of the forest."

"The vast majority of Hippogriffs have eagle claws on their front paws, and if you see a lion's claw on their front paws, you must try to tame them if you have the chance."

"Is this any different?" Harry opened his mouth in confusion and crouched down to tie up the ferret on the ground with twine.

"Because the front paws are lion's claws, not Hippogriffs, although they are also hyphagoons and horses, they have a new name, griffins."

"The biggest difference between the Griffin and the Hippogriff is that the former does not have flying wings, while the Griffin has powerful wings and inherits the powerful power of the Griffin in the most perfect way."

"They are powerful creatures that can fight the fire dragon in the sky, the steel wings are both flying wings and razor-sharp blades, the storm that flashes when swinging the wings can cut through the scale armor of the fire dragon, and even after bathing in dragon blood and devouring the dragon's heart, they will advance to the more powerful dragon blood griffin, and the featherless lower body will grow dragon scales to make up for the last shortcoming."

When something involves a dragon, Hagrid's interest is especially high.

"I've always believed that the fire dragon is one of the most fascinating magical creatures in the world, and there is no one! But the griffin can be in the sky—"

Hagrid, who was about to express his exclamation aloud, suddenly closed his mouth, and his eyes looked at the stream in the distance, with a look of wariness.

"What's wrong, Hagrid?"

"Something's coming, listen closely, the footsteps are chaotic, it's humanoids, and there are at least four or five of them, they're chasing what-"

"Damn! How are you two bastards here!! ”