Hogwarts, Edge of the Forbidden Forest, Marcus of Buckteeth?? Flint stared at his bloodshot gray eyes into the Forbidden Forest, a breeze blowing through his hair.

The Forbidden Forest was dimly lit and silent, Marcus opened his legs, hurried inside, walked for a while, and reached the fork in the road, he gasped for breath, although it was not the first time he had come, but the surrounding environment still made him take out a rough marked map and point it at it with his wand, and then keep his eyes on it and continue to walk in the direction indicated by the map, over a mossy tree stump, you can hear the sound of gurgling water.

Marcus stood still, straightened his clothes, and then jumped out from behind the oak tree with his lower ears a horseman with a spear, and he looked rather rough with his black hair and swarthy body.

"Bane, it's a pleasure to see you again. Marcus breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was a more familiar centaur who had been exchanged before, "Bane, I have something important to see with the leader Matilda, is the chief free today?"

"Marcus... You know the chief won't like you. Bane raised his head, grabbed his thick black hair, and stiffened his head for a moment, habitually looking up at the sky, "There are no stars to guide me now, you come with me." ”

"I brought new news. Marcus followed behind Bane, looking at Bane's dangling ponytail, Marcus secretly chirped: What stars do idiots have in the daytime now? I can't get a straightforward answer from these damn centaurs - and Bane started to be very bad for wizards, but after Marcus sent a few bottles of wine and complimented the other party on the strength of the centaurs, at least he wouldn't want to meet again and kick him out.

Bane jumped over a bush with ease, Marcus flicked his wand left and right, struggling to open the way with a spell, and when he heard the sound coming from the arena outside the Forbidden Forest, he said with some difficulty: "Hogwarts is really noisy now that it has been expanded, and it will not be easy for centaurs to be quiet in the future." ”

Bane shook his mane, his tone was a little stiff, and he glared at Marcus, "Humans are quite noisy. ”

Marcus bared his teeth, which sounded like a reluctant tone, but then he was happy to think that this might also mean that the centaurs must have a grudge against Hogwarts. Led by the centaurs, they circled a few hills and crossed a few bushes before they came to the silvery star lake.

Matilda was standing by the Star Lake, and when she heard movement behind her, she turned around, her deep and charming eyes fixed on Marcus, the centaur chief seemed to be even more powerful—it wasn't that the flesh had changed to give the senses.

Marcus leaned forward slightly, "Honorable Great Chief, the last time we met was before school started... I don't know what Hogwarts has been doing to centaurs lately, like we said last time, if there is a need..."

"Thank you for your concern for us centaurs... Mr. Flint, the stars have taught me that everything has its own laws, and that nothing can be stopped. Matilda's body shone chestnut, and the noble head was raised in a dashing manner.

"Chief Matilda, the whole of Hogwarts is already in a suffocating uproar today, and sooner or later the silence of this star lake will be broken... I'm going into the Forbidden Forest this time, just as I said I was worried about in my previous warning to you..."Marcus took a few steps forward, baring his big teeth, "Alan?? Harris still ignores the fact that the Forbidden Forest belongs to the Centaurs, and moves the Dragon Farm to Hogwarts..."Marcus followed the plan and explained the possible impact of the Hogwarts renovation and expansion on the Centaurs as summarized in their discussions at the meeting.

"At present, Hogwarts has also given us a lot of subsidies for the expansion. Matilda flicked her chestnut ponytail," Principal Harris explained to us centaurs. ”

"Great Chief, this is his way to paralyze you!" Marcus was a little impatient when he heard that Hogwarts had made a grant, "Honorable Chief... The centaurs are a race known for their independence, and you would rather be classified as beasts than a fight against the ignorant officials of the Ministry of Magic? I think with the pride of the centaurs, not to mention that most wizards don't look down on centaurs, and will Hogwarts continue to do this... You could have lived a self-sufficient life without waiting for charity!"

"Mr. Flint, it seems that you have a lot of respect for the customs of our centaurs. Matildama didn't move, and let her humanoid part face Marcus, "So, do you have any advice on that?"

"Just like I have revealed, many of our families are also disgusted by Harris's outrageous behavior, and I think we have to support you when it comes to the centaurs. Marcus righteously opened and closed his bucktoothed mouth, "If you can stand up and fight and fully express your will, with this premise, we other wizards can justifiably and openly support and support you!"

Matilda's face seemed a little hesitant, and then she became unmoved: "Mr. Flint, as you said before, we centaurs are beasts, and theoretically speaking, we don't have much power in the wizarding world, and we are not qualified to fight. ”

"Normally, we don't make a big noise, but Chief, you may not know, Hogwarts is holding an international event right now, many internationally famous wizards are present, and there is also a TV station broadcasting..."Marcus's treacherous gray eyes raised slightly, "I suggest that the horses can take advantage of this rare opportunity to go to the scene now and tell the public about the unfair treatment they have received..."

Matilda shook her head, her golden-red beard fluttering in front of the moon, and said in embarrassment, "I don't know how to do it... None of the centaurs in the past have sat on such a thing. ”

"Chief, you have been hesitating for a long time, look at the current situation, my warnings to you have become true one by one, and if it is past today, if you don't do it today, you will have no chance to do it in the future, you can only be eaten away by Hogwarts step by step, completely teach your fate to the other party, and expect the other party to continue to give you charity and completely teach your fate to the other party," Marcus's messy black hair made him look even more gloomy at this time," The protest itself is not difficult, and I personally suggest that you show the necessary force when appropriate..."As if he had gone too far and feared the suspicion of the centaurs, Marcus added, "Of course don't hurt anyone, or you will be very passive... But the buildings that are causing you trouble, I think setting fire to a few will help you get the attention of the wizards and let them know the seriousness of the matter... It's all for the centaurs!"

Matilda's deep gaze swept over Marcus, and he raised his two front legs and hissed as he looked up to the sky. The surrounding centaurs of different sizes and manes of different colors immediately rushed in his direction: "Chief?"

Matilda solemnly announced the order: "Tribesmen, now, under the gaze of the goddess, take up arms!"

Seeing the horses rushing to his house again, as they had been when they had arrived, Marcus was so ecstatic that his lower lip was so happy that he almost turned into a lump of flesh, and he did not notice anything unusual in the chief's lines.

It wasn't until the centaurs came out of their tents again that Marcus's heart jumped, and instead of the stereotyped image of the centaurs holding wooden-handled spears and bows and arrows without clothing, the centaurs were now equipped with special armor that seemed to be custom-made for the horse's body shape.

Even civilians and foals who weren't tribal warriors wore black leather armor, while the centaur hunters who usually participated in the hunt were now wearing metal chain mail that was deliberately blackened to not reflect in the moonlight at night, while tribal warriors like Bane, who were taller and patrolling the tribe, were given heavier metal cuirass— He also wielded a noose in his hand, which made the centaur feel a bit like the American Muggle cowboy he had seen on Wizarding TV.

However, the weapons in the hands of all the horses were relatively uniform, the spears that used to be made of wooden handles were now full metal spears, and the human figures had a saber hanging from each side of their waists, and the horses also carried bows and arrows carved with runes, and some messy equipment.

As they approached, Marcus, who had already realized that the opponent was heavily armed, saw the umbrella emblem on these armor and weapons, and without saying much, Marcus immediately reached out and took out his wand, wanting to apparition and leave here - this Slytherin, who had been at Hogwarts, could not teleport without a wand.

But the prepared centaur was quicker than he was, and Bane swung a few laps of the noose, threw it with precision, and pulled him to the ground with precision, the noose tightening even tighter after the move.

With the sound of horses' hooves, Ronan, another centaur wearing a cuirass, took out a throwing net from the horse's back and threw it over, which completely wrapped around Marcus's head, and then cooperated with the tacit understanding of the two centaurs, one of whom used the horse's hooves to cut Marcus's right hand holding the wand, while the other directly clubbed his wand with a spear.

Marcus, who had been covered by the net, couldn't scream, but through the gaps between the wires in the net, he saw that the centaur chief was wearing armor that the centaurs couldn't wear alone, under the service of other subordinates.

"Mistakes need to be punished, and the Goddess will let you suffer the consequences. Matilda put a horn helmet on his head, and he only then spoke, "Mr. Marcus, we're going to the venue now, but we're here to report your crimes—all of your conversations have been recorded by the surveillance equipment I agreed to install in our tribe and invented by your wizards... Folks, go, for the centaurs, for Hogwarts, for the goddess!"

After saying that, ignoring Marcus's shock and fright, the centaur patriarch took the lead and rushed in the direction of Hogwarts, and his centaurs also screamed and began to run wildly behind him.

The same is true of Bane, who did not let the two-legged wizard ride on his back like the rest of his fellow centaurs did with the young wizards, but dragged Marcus to the ground with a noose that dragged him forward, and the heat caused by the rapid friction with the ground and the pain caused by the bruises and bushes caused Marcus to moan in pain in the grid - and the centaurs, who usually advocate peace and are more friendly to wizards, obviously have no meaning to this.

Marcus, who had been dragged by a hurry, could not even think of regret now, he only felt the pain coming from all over his body: his cheeks were badly scratched by the nets and the ground, and the bare skin of his limbs had been scraped by thorns, grass, and stones. And he was dragged away by violence like this, and he didn't know how long it would last, and the only thing left was to tell him that the distance between the arena and the centaur tribe was not short.

But in fact, the towing stopped much faster than he had imagined, and before he had been dragged too far, Bane stopped, to be exact, all the centaurs stopped, and they looked at each other in amazement, and Marcus felt the reason clearly the moment he came at him with more pain after he stopped, only a little later than the horses.

The magic contained in the surrounding air skyrocketed, and Hogwarts, which was already covered with a high concentration of magic power, was now covered by a massive, primitive, pure magical power.