Chapter 43: The King of the Forbidden Forest Caught in a Rage
"How do you feel dangerous?"
Although not frightened by Hagrid's blood-stained face, Harry's heart trembled for no apparent reason.
Hagrid rarely sells guanzi, he has a character who has something to say, but once he sells guanzi, then this matter is not trivial.
"Dangerous?"
Hagrid, who had bent down on the ground to drain the entrails into the barrel, paused, and after a moment of thought, he nodded.
"It might be a little dangerous," Hagrid said uncertainly, "it hurts a little, but it's good to get used to it, and it doesn't hurt when you get used to it." β
"Are you going to the Forbidden Forest to find those guys to fight alone?"
"Hah, how is that possible." Hagrid, who sneered, waved his hand, "Your small physique now, entering the forest is a dead end, not to mention too much, the centaurs in the forest can beat you both with bare hands, and they are probably the most vegetable wave in the forbidden forest, although the brain is good, but the strength is not good, half of the combat power relies on poisoned spears and bows and arrows." β
"It's okay to deal with ordinary little guys, if you really encounter rough skin and thick meat, you have to rely on their priests to go out of the horse, centaurs have the ability to cast spells, and they are very strong, but the number of such centaurs is very small."
"That Hagrid... What method are you talking about? β
Seeing that it wasn't the kind of trick that no one but Hagrid could play, Harry breathed a sigh of relief.
"You can feel the magic, right, Harry?"
"Magic... Belch... Of course. Harry raised his hand and looked at his palm, then nodded.
"The kind I mean.... Can you do a clearer perception, such as controlling the direction of its movement? β
"It's more difficult for a young wizard of your age, but when you're a few years older, it should be fine."
As Harry set out to try what Hagrid had said, Hagrid, who was chopping the horned camel into pieces, said slowly, he had few friends, not many people willing to talk to him, and Hagrid always liked to say more in front of Harry, maybe this was the loneliness of a person.
"A long time ago, my wand was broken because of something, but when I was expelled from Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore, who had always believed in me, let me stay at Hogwarts as a hunting ground warden, and he gave me a guarantee."
"He also quietly helped me fix my wand, at least then I'm still a wizard, but I can only use it occasionally and secretly, if someone else sees it, it will cause trouble for the professor, and he has already helped me a lot."
"I was only sixteen years old at the time, and I didn't know how to be a good hunting ground warden, and there was no one at Hogwarts to teach me how to do it."
"So I thought, let this mess of the Forbidden Forest not be as good as it used to be, a few decades ago, there were a lot of daring little wizards who would sneak into the woods to test their courage, because of this ridiculous excuse, so many people get hurt every year, but those fools are still burrowing into it, and sooner or later they will die there because of this."
"I went into the woods, threw out every disobedient creature I met, and then bit by little cleared the perimeter of the Forbidden Forest and drove away the magical creatures that weren't supposed to be there."
"But at that time I was not as strong as I am now, I was only three meters tall, there were many, many little naughty ones I had a hard time fighting, and I even met a few guys who almost killed me, but I had to do it, at least I had to repay Professor Dumbledore for trusting me."
"I'm going to take care of the Forbidden Forest, I'm going to draw a line so that those who threaten the students aren't allowed to enter, I'm going to give them a good territory, and I'm going to fight every day, but all of this needs to... Strength. β
Hagrid clenched his fists, and the horned camel's hard skull was crumpled into a mess of mud and discarded, as if he were caught in a memory, with a wistful smile on his face.
"But how can I use magic to become stronger if I can't use magic in front of others?"
"I do have some of the blood of giants, but this is not enough, giants are so powerful because they have gathered into a tribe, and there are many magical creatures that can kill giants one-on-one, even if they put giants in the Forbidden Forest, they may die more than they may live."
"One day, the centaurs found me, and they were willing to help me establish that impassable border, and they were willing to help me keep an eye on the Forbidden Forest at night, and do a good patrol, so that those reckless children would not lose their lives in the woods."
"I granted their request, and I found them a great place to settle for their tribe, and I killed the Killara herd that had been there, and made the gorge with its waterfall and creek a stable new home for the centaurs."
"But the number of the Camera beasts is a bit large, there are twenty or thirty of them, even if there are horsemen on the side to help, I have a hard time, those guys have the blood of the dragon on their bodies, and the magical creatures with the blood of the dragon have very strong strength, even those skinny Thestrals, they can casually pull dozens of tons of heavy objects to fly in the sky."
"Since then, I've been in love with dragons."
"So I asked the centaurs, you are so smart that you should know how to make me stronger, right, make me as strong as a dragon, so that I can clean up the disobedient cuties in the woods one by one, and I can do what Professor Dumbledore asked me to do."
"The centaurs told me a lot of things I didn't understand, but it didn't matter, although I didn't understand most of the things, I understood one thing, and that was why magical creatures have so many powerful bodies than wizards."
"I remember him saying this to me, he said: Originally, centaurs could use magic, but unlike now, centaurs who can use magic may not be able to use very powerful magic, and in order to survive, their ancestors made compromises."
"Some centaurs gave up the ability to cast spells and instead integrated magic into their bodies to strengthen their physical strength, while a small number of centaurs who were born with outstanding magic became priests of the centaur tribe to make up for the shortcomings of most centaurs who could not use magic, because of this change, the centaurs had a much better life."
"He said: Hagrid, since you can't use magic, if you want to become stronger, try to do this, the reason why those magical creatures have such a strong body is because they integrate magic into their bodies, and because of this, there are not many magical creatures that can use magic, only those who are born with very strong magic can have a strong body at the same time, have a strong spell casting ability."
"Like the Sphinx, they're very tough guys, I've suffered a few losses at their hands, but luckily my fists are hard enough."
Hagrid lowered his head and laughed twice, he couldn't guess the Sphinx's riddle, but he could shut up the Sphinx with his fists, and even swallow back the words he spoke.
"So I started trying, maybe because giants themselves can cast spells, and I have wizard blood, and I have much more magic than other wizards, and much more than other magical creatures, even if I integrate magic into my body, I can still use magic."
"But at the same time, I've also gotten stronger."
"I started to grow taller again, I grew more than half a meter taller, and my strength was almost as big as the giants, at that time there was a small tribe of five giants in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, and after I became stronger, I took a little effort to kill them, the giants are greedy villains, they are rough and unreasonable, they break the forbidden area I have drawn again and again, I have to convince all the guys in the woods, so I slaughtered them and hung their heads on the tree."
"It's true that when you integrate magic into your body, your body will become stronger again, but first, you have to be able to clearly perceive the flow of magic, and then control it, let the magic fuse with your bones, muscles, and skin, and finally you canβ"
A scream interrupted Hagrid's self-talking, and Hagrid, who suddenly looked up, saw Harry rolling in pain on the grass, the boy who was originally red turned pale at the moment, and sweat dripping from his forehead, this extreme pain was not pretended!
"Harry! Harry! Harry!!! β
Hagrid, who was panicked in an instant, hurriedly rushed over, and the solid wooden table with meat in front of him was smashed by him, and he squatted down cautiously, his face full of panic.
"Who the hell is !!?"
The murderous shouts were deafening, and the Forbidden Forest was silent for a moment when there was the sound of insects.
"Get out of !!"
Hagrid smashed the burning fire, and the scattered flames illuminated the darkness of the sunset, and ignited the fury in Hagrid's eyes.