In a densely wooded jungle, under the moonlight, the top layer of leaves seemed to be plated with a layer of silver brilliance, but because the branches and leaves were too luxuriant, blocking all the moonlight, the trunk was pitch black, only a sporadic coin-sized light loomed in the breeze.

This is also where the name of the Black Forest comes from.

And it's not just at night, it's dark even during the day.

However, this night, in the silence of the Black Forest, there was a sudden sound of rustling, as if someone had stepped on a thick fallen leaf, and then stepped on a dead branch.

This sudden noise disturbed some birds and small animals that haunted the night, and they came out of their hiding places and ran to other places where they felt safe...... The silence of the Black Forest suddenly came alive for a moment.

"It's a really hard place to walk." Kyle pulled his foot out of the pile of soft fallen leaves and couldn't help but grumble.

"It's always been like this, and when you get used to it, you won't fall into it again." Newt's voice came from the side.

He seems to know the Black Forest well, walking on clean, solid ground and navigating between trees nimbly every time.

Unlike Kyle, not only does he get his foot into a pile of fallen leaves after taking two steps, but he almost crashes into a tree several times.

"I don't like it here!" Kyle sighed.

Kyle still remembers how he looked when he met Lou at St. Mungo...... He was covered in bandages, and there was even a noticeable depression in his shoulder, apparently bitten.

Until Newt said what he was trying to do...... In order to take a person to solve the problem of werewolves.

Their strong bodies and thick fur allow them to ignore most magic, and sometimes a dozen wizards are caught or bitten by them in a single night.

"Most wizards don't like it." Newt said, "The dense vegetation here can have a big impact on the accuracy of the spell, the threat of the spell is minimized, and it doesn't matter if there are many people." But that's why it's a favorite home base for some dark creatures. ”

"Not only that, but a lot." Newt said, "Because it's safe enough, unless the wizard is willing to put a lot of effort into uprooting all the trees, no one will be able to catch up with the werewolves here, and slowly, the Black Forest will become the werewolf's stronghold." ”

And the initiator is the werewolf.

Not to mention that the Animagus form can't use magic yet, not even a real werewolf like Lupin, and a dog trying to solve them is basically equivalent to wishful thinking.

As he spoke, Newt seemed to step on something, slowly crouched down, and picked up a bone from the hidden leaves.

It's really tactful, as a social phobia, Newt has little experience in rejecting others, and can only say that he is not suitable.

Presumably two weeks after Kyle returned to Grimmauld Place, they received news that Lupin had been rushed to St. Mungo due to his serious injuries.

The bones are not large, they seem to be those of a hare, and they also look like some kind of bird.

At first, Sirius was naturally unconvinced, believing that his Animagus was fully capable of making a difference and was the most suitable person to be present.

"No, it won't." Newt shook his head, "These are the tooth marks left by the werewolves when they didn't transform, they are very different from animals, and it looks like we're in their hunting range." ”

Newt wiped the dirt off the outside, revealing the bitten teeth inside.

Sirius went mad and yelled to seek revenge on the werewolf, but was stopped by the combined efforts of the group.

To some extent, this is also a family inheritance.

But it was too dark around him, and Newt wouldn't let him use the Lighting Charm, so he could barely see that there were indeed signs of a bite on it, and that's it.

Moreover, these werewolves are very cunning, they only act on the night of the full moon, and the location of their appearance is also completely random, and the people of the Order of the Phoenix have tried to ambush them in advance, but they have not succeeded.

"Are you sure it's a werewolf?" Kyle asked, "Could it be some other animal?" ”

It all started half a month ago.

"Oh, look at this, it's a tooth mark left by a werewolf." Newt said.

Later, some werewolves chose to leave and withdraw from the war after Lupin's persistent lobbying, while the other part of the more radical and brutal ones banded together and fled after seriously injuring Lupin, completely defecting to Voldemort.

If it weren't for Tonks noticing that something was wrong and rushing over in time, I'm afraid Lupin wouldn't even have a chance to be sent to St. Mungo.

Perhaps in retaliation, half a month ago, these werewolves designed a sneak attack on Lupin, who they considered a werewolf traitor.

Before he could finish speaking, Sirius was the first to jump out and try to go with him, but his request was politely rejected by Newt.

Anyone with a little brain knows who Newt is looking for...... After all, except for Kyle, the people in the Order of the Phoenix are not familiar with Newt, and no one has even seen him before.

If it were Muggles, there would be even more.

Because Sirius has only one person, even if his Animagus form is not afraid of werewolf bites, it can't stand the large number.

In his words, when Chris graduated, he began to work to solve the threat of werewolves, and now that Kyle has also graduated, the job naturally fell to him.

"So, are there really werewolves here?" Kyle asked.

Kyle leaned over as well.

O Newt Scalmande, everyone wonders why this legendary wizard who has disappeared for a long time suddenly came here.

Everyone knows that there are werewolves among the Death Eaters, and there have been several major divisions between the werewolf community since Fenrir Greyback was captured at Hogwarts.

But just as everyone was arguing about how to bring Lupin to revenge, to everyone's surprise, Newt suddenly came.

When he slowly pushed open the door of Twelve Grimmauld Place, everyone in the room was startled, but Mrs. Weasley had seen Newt at King's Cross last year, so there was no joke.

And that's exactly what happened, Newt was here to find Kyle.

Newt threw away the bones in his hand. Cautiously raising his head, he looked around.

Kyle immediately became excited.

Fortunately, the others knew this and stepped forward to persuade Sirius, saying that he should stay with St. Mungo to take care of Lupin now.

It's been almost a week since I arrived in the Black Forest, and now I'm finally getting some results.

In recent times, they have appeared on full moon nights, either in wizarding villages or in Muggle streets, where werewolves have attacked anyone they saw indiscriminately.

Kyle follows Newt to the Black Forest to find traces of werewolves.

I have to say that the process is really boring.

"Are we going to keep looking?"

Kyle looked up, "Why don't we make some noise and attract the werewolves, I also have cows and sheep in my chest, and the werewolves should like it, as long as we stay by the side......"

"There's never been a cow in the Black Forest, Kyle."

Newt shook his head and said, "Werewolves are still wizards at heart, and they aren't so stupid as to be able to discern even the most basic traps. ”

"What about the rabbits?" Kyle continued, "Before I graduated, I got a lot of different animals from the Forbidden Forest, including rabbits. ”

"The rabbits here and the ones in the Forbidden Forest are two completely different species."

Newt continued to shake his head. "Kyle, you need to be patient, because the relationship and instinct of the living environment make werewolves more alert than ordinary wizards, and once they detect any anomaly, our previous efforts will be in vain, so we must not rush.

"Your dad is much better than you in this regard, and he has been very patient during the three months we spent in the Cumbria Mountains in search of a group of vampires who had taken refuge with a mysterious man."

"Okay, okay, I got it." Kyle sighed faintly. "I don't like it here, not at all."

The Black Forest trees are so dense that when you look down from a height, you can only see the leaves, and nothing else.

Otherwise, he could have flown up on Noble, and with the speed of the fire dragon, it was estimated that he would be able to find the werewolf in one day.

But this approach is certainly not going to work now.

Kyle sighed again, trying to calm himself down, and continued to follow Newt.

……

Another few days passed.

It was a job of patience, as Newt said, and they found nothing but a few other bones, not even a single wolf hair.

Kyle wondered if there was something wrong with Newt's information, and tried to speak several times, but in the end he held back.

At the same time, Newt also senses the change in Kyle's mood, but he doesn't say anything.

Kyle has very few shortcomings, and if anything, it's definitely one of those who don't have patience.

It's not that Kyle is impatient, on the contrary, Kyle is actually very calm in some things, such as guiding Fudge and convincing him that Voldemort is coming back.

Whether or not Fudge actually believed it, or for some other reason, the Ministry of Magic did release the news before Voldemort grew stronger, so that everyone was prepared in advance.

By "impatient," Newt refers to something outside of the specific action, as it is now, looking for traces of the enemy.

Probably because of the different experiences, or the bad habits he learned from Dumbledore, Kyle prefers to face them head-on.

He is willing to spend his time on tactics against the enemy rather than aimlessly looking for targets.

But in a real war, not all enemies will stand there stupidly, and more will hide in the shadows like werewolves, and only come out to make waves at critical times.

This is also the most troublesome for the Aurors and the Order of the Phoenix, so finding them is also an important task.

Newt brought Kyle out this time, and a large part of the reason was to take this opportunity to work on his shortcomings in this part.

It is for this reason that Newt is not in a hurry at all, anyway, there is still some time before the next full moon night, and they can find it slowly.

In the vast Black Forest, the two of them found night from day to night, and from night to day, and the sunlight fell into the forest through the gaps between the leaves, leaving behind bright pillars of light, which looked mysterious and beautiful.

Unfortunately, no one appreciated this scene, and Kyle, who gradually became irritable, was in stark contrast to Newt, who was calm next to him, and he habitually kicked a fallen leaf, and just as he was about to say something, a small thing like a praying mantis suddenly jumped down from a nearby tree and jumped onto his shoulder.

It was a tree guard.

The Black Forest, like the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts, is frequented by magical creatures, and it's not surprising that there is a Tree Guard.

The little guy leans into Kyle's ear, his mouth open and closed, as if to say something. But it was so quiet that Newt didn't even hear it, so he subconsciously turned his gaze to Kyle.

Kyle was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became serious.

"In a cave, footprints ...... Sorcerer...... Firelight at night...... Are you sure? ”

Tree Protector said something again, and Kyle suddenly became excited.

"Where! Take me there! ”

Then he looked at Newt again.

"Werewolf found, keep up."

With that, the tree guard jumped onto a tree to their left with its short legs, and Kyle hurriedly followed.

To be honest, Newt is still a little confused.

Judging from Kyle's words just now, it seems that the werewolf's hiding place has been found.

Can you still use this pot? Newt always felt a little unreal, and he followed the letter suspiciously.

The two weave through the trees, and during this time they encounter more tree guards, and the little ones follow after Kyle, as if they were waiting.

The Black Forest was huge, and by the time they finally stopped, it was already half a day later.

Far away, Kyle smells a strange smell, like something is burned.

In front of them was a well-hidden cave, not only was the mountain covered with lush trees, but even the entrance to the cave was covered with vines, and if you didn't look closely, you might not be able to notice it even if you passed by.

Newt crept over to Kyle, and with a single glance, he was 100% sure that there was any sign of human habitation.

As for whether it's a werewolf or not...... Newt felt that no one would be bored to camp in such a place except them.

"How did you do that?" He subconsciously looked at Kyle and asked incredulously.

"Through the Tree Guard." Kyle lowered his voice, "This is their territory. ”

"I mean, when did you find so many tree guards?" Newt turned his head to look behind him.

There were at least a hundred tree-guarding pots parked on a certain branch, and from a distance it looked like a patch of moss on the branch, and they all followed along the way.

Newt felt that his vigilance was still quite high, and he slept very lightly, and Kyle couldn't have hidden that he had developed so much eyeliner.

"Oh, it was when I kept a vigil a few days ago." Kyle said casually, "I was bored at the time, so I wondered if I could find more helpers to find the werewolf together." ”

"You were looking for all of this?" Newt asked, pointing to the row of tree guards on the branches behind him.

"What's that?" Kyle subconsciously turned his head to look, startled.

"It's not." He shook his head again and again, "There was only one that appeared in front of me at that time, and I saw that it was very bold and not very afraid of life, so I said a few more words to it...... As for why there are so many now. ”

Kyle paused for a moment before continuing, "Maybe it's looking for help." ”

In fact, not only Newt, but even Kyle himself felt a little incredible, he really just said casually at the time, but he didn't expect that the tree guard pot actually helped him find the trace of the werewolf, and it was so far away.

But Newt clearly doesn't think so.

He stared at Kyle and smacked his lips suddenly, "Sometimes, I really envy you for such magical talents. ”

Asking the tree guard Luo pot to help is equivalent to directly expanding the team of two people to several hundred, and more importantly, the concealment of these eyeliners is still very high.

Especially in places like the Black Forest...... Who would doubt a ubiquitous cauldron of the treeguard, not even Newt himself.

It's only reasonable that these magical creatures would appear in the forest, and it would be strange if you didn't see them.

However, this method only works for Kyle, who can communicate freely with magical beasts, and no one else can understand these little creatures, including himself.

He could only roughly guess what they meant based on their movements.

Subconsciously, Newt thought of Chris again.

If Chris had been looking for a vampire in the Cumbria Mountains a decade ago and had been looking for help like Kyle, they wouldn't have been there for months.

With this convenient ability but not using it, Chris is really a stupid person who doesn't know how to be flexible.

How could he have accepted such a stupid student in the first place?

(End of chapter)