days at Hogwarts

Chapter 207 Aragog

In less than a few minutes, the cabin that was originally crowded with people became empty, and the goose feather snow fell softly from the sky, and the door of the cabin swayed slightly in the bitter cold wind, making a harsh creaking sound.

Fang Fang burst out from the hut, it could smell the smell but could not see anyone, it ran back and forth around the steps, screaming uneasily.

Loren and the others showed their figures with complex expressions.Harry's mind went blank, still digesting the fact that Hagrid had been taken.

"Hagrid, Hagrid was clearly wronged! He wasn't in the castle when the attacks happened!" Harry growled furiously, gnashing his teeth, "The acromantulas were also staying in the Forbidden Forest, The people from the Ministry of Magic clearly have no evidence, so they just took Hagrid away!"

Ron leaned against the wall of the wooden house blankly: "The normal procedure is not like this, Hagrid should have been summoned by the owl first...how could it be, the Minister of Magic personally led the team..."

Hermione frowned tightly, she was thinking about what Hagrid said just before he left, and the message left by Dumbledore.

From the moment he saw the note, Loren understood that things were not beyond Dumbledore's control.So he was not worried about Hagrid, but cared more about the meaning of the two words of Hagrid and Dumbledore.

Yaya grinned, and made a "lu-lu-" sound from his throat, and his short and powerful tail shook quickly.

"Calm down, now is not the time to care about procedures."

Loren knelt down and rubbed Fang Fang's head to calm down the restless hound, "Hagrid and Dumbledore must have found us, and they are sending us a message. If we can find out the real heir of the Chamber of Secrets, or solve the snake Hagrid will be fine if he threatens you with monsters."

Hermione nodded in agreement: "I think Hagrid means to tell us to go to the Forbidden Forest to find Aragog. That acromantula may have clues to the basilisk."

Harry's eyes lit up, but they kept ignoring that Aragog, like Hagrid, was also a witness to the Chamber of Secrets incident that year.

"Hagrid and Dumbledore left Fang here because they wanted him to take us to the acromantula's lair." Loren scratched the hound's chin, "Isn't it, Fang?"

Ya Ya seemed to understand their conversation, and immediately jumped out, wandering around on the path leading to the depths of the Forbidden Forest, uttering bursts of urging calls.

"Let's go, Hagrid is still waiting for us to save him." Loren followed up first, followed by Hermione and Harry.

In just a few words, they had already set off to find the acromantula's lair.Ron looked at their backs dumbfounded, gritted his teeth, and followed them.

A group of people followed Yaya quickly through the Forbidden Forest, with the chilly wind and snow blowing on their faces, the cool feeling penetrated into people's minds, which stimulated Ron to get goosebumps all over his body: "It's winter, Acromantus The ethnic group should be hibernating, is it useful for us to find Aragog?"

It was only then that Loren remembered that Ron had a spider phobia, and comforted him with a light smile: "Don't worry, giant spiders are magical animals. They hibernate just to save energy, and they won't sleep to death like ordinary animals. Don't forget , we saw an awakened acromantula last year."

That is, they might see an entire nest of acromanders, alive and crawling around.Ron showed a distressed expression.

Listening to the sound of branches breaking and the rustling of leaves, Yaya was bouncing and running not far in front of them, occasionally stopping to dig away the snow on the ground, smelling the roots and leaves to identify the direction.

After running for an indeterminate amount of time, no one spoke. Harry wanted to say something to break the atmosphere: "Why didn't Dumbledore take the Aurors to find Aragog to prove Hagrid's innocence and get the basilisk?" Clues? I mean, their lords are much faster than us, aren't they?"

Because Mr. Weasley worked in the Ministry of Magic, Ron knew something about this: "Acromantula is a magical animal, and what it says cannot be used as evidence."

"There are other reasons. Do you remember that the Minister of Magic mentioned the school board?"

This level of running was easy for Hermione. She was thinking about the details of the words she just heard, "The school board is very dissatisfied with the reforms initiated by Professor McGonagall. They think these actions have damaged the school board. The right to manage the school, so they united to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic and took Hagrid away. The safety of the students is just an excuse, they are using Hagrid to drag Dumbledore into the water and regain control of the school."

Hermione said angrily: "I dare say that Dumbledore's every move is under their surveillance, and he can't get any useful clues, which is why Dumbledore entrusted us to investigate the Chamber of Secrets. The group of school board members Can't wait for a few more attacks to give them a reason to replace Dumbledore!"

Harry and Ron opened their mouths in shock and took a mouthful of Blizzard.

They think that the basilisk is the basilisk, the secret room is the secret room, and the safety of students is the root of all problems.

It is completely unexpected that the incident in the Chamber of Secrets is also mixed with the power struggle between the school board and Dumbledore.Even in order to fight for power, he did not hesitate to hold back Dumbledore and hinder the progress of the investigation.

"That Cornelius Fudge doesn't look like a good guy!" said Harry resentfully.

Ron echoed: "Indeed! It's too hateful, he and Malfoy are in the same group!"

Loren followed Fang Fang without saying a word, remembering the independence of property mentioned by Snape.

After the Grindelwald incident, Dumbledore feared power like a vicious curse and avoided it.For decades, he hadn't thought about expanding his power, nor had he made any changes to the Hogwarts system.

The recent change was proposed by Professor McGonagall. A group of college deans, mainly Professor McGonagall, are committed to promoting the independence of Hogwarts, not only getting rid of the restraint of the school board, but even getting rid of the control of the Ministry of Magic. Intend.

Dumbledore's energy is mainly spent on Harry's savior development plan...

The low branches and thorny vines often hung their robes, and the soil stained on them stained the magic robes, leaving yellow mud marks after the snow melted.After running for about half an hour, they noticed that the side of the road had turned downhill, and the ground seemed to be pouring down.

Yaya suddenly let out a loud bark, which echoed endlessly in the forest.

Noticing the abnormality of Yaya, the four people behind stopped and began to be alert to the surrounding environment.

"Did Yaya find something?" Ron asked loudly in panic. He grabbed Harry's arm with one hand and couldn't help but look into the woods, afraid that an acromantula would suddenly appear from somewhere.

Shadows floated in Loren's eyes, and his eyes scanned the surroundings for a week, and he took out his wand with a heavy face: "Friends, we have arrived at our destination."

Hermione, Harry, and Ron also took out their wands and looked around.

click click...

click click...

click click...

There was an endless stream of carapace collision sounds, coming from all directions.Under the roots of the trees everywhere, lumps of snow suddenly rose and arched, and then were shaken off, revealing cocoons woven by cobwebs underneath, or more suitable sleeping bags.Among the many hemispherical spider webs, acromander spiders that just woke up from a deep sleep emerged very slowly.

Each was as big as a cart-horse, dark and hairy.Eight eyes, six bizarrely long, hairy legs, and a pair of shiny black claws on the front two.

Ron felt that his feet were filled with lead, and he was stuck in the snow, unable to move.

It took them some time to wake up, and after realizing that four fresh flesh and blood had come to the nest, they roared excitedly:

"Aragok!"

"Aragok!"

A spider the size of a small elephant groped out from behind the tree. Its body and legs were black mixed with gray. On its ugly head, eight eyes were covered with a layer of white.It is blind.

Aragog communicated with an acromantula next to him a little irritably:

"what happened?"

"people."

"Is that Hagrid?"

"It's a stranger."

"Kill 'em! We should sleep!"

I broke out in a thin sweat while running, and when I stopped here, it was a little cold when the wind blew.But after hearing Aragog's words, Loren felt his blood warm up again, and his wand moved slowly, pointing at the old and blind Acromantula.

Hermione was beside him, guarding against the direction of his blind spot.She asked in a low voice, "Are you sure?"

"Don't worry, you can still run if you can't beat it."

The acromantula pointed at by the magic wand suddenly felt a biting cold, and the hair on its body stood on end, as if it was being targeted by some kind of terrifying beast. It froze in place for a while, not daring to attack.

With a turn of Loren's wand, he cast a piercing curse casually: "【Thunderbolt Piercing】"

Red light shot out from the tip of the wand, hitting a thick beech tree, and a burst of black smoke exploded with a roar.After the smoke cleared, a huge hole was revealed.

The giant eight-eyed spiders all around stepped back for a certain distance.

Loren yelled loudly, "We're Hagrid's friends."

The spider beside Aragog whispered something, turned its pincers in their direction, and said slowly, "Hagrid never sent anyone into our hollow before."

Harry took a deep breath and stood up. The cold air flowed down the windpipe to his chest: "Hagrid was in trouble, that's why we came here."

"trouble?"

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again, and the Ministry has taken Hagrid away. We need clues about the Chamber of Secrets," Harry paused, "about the Basilisk."

"Basilisk!"

"No wonder there seem to be more spiders fleeing to the Forbidden Forest."

Hearing the word basilisk, many acromantulas shook their claws uneasily, and their long legs moved rustlingly, making rapid clicking sounds.

"The basilisk has been found..." Aragog was also a little terrified, but soon the panic turned into annoyance: "You shouldn't provoke it! I didn't even tell Hagrid the name of that terrible creature, although he asked me Many times. If it enters the Forbidden Forest, it will be a terrible disaster for all living things!"

It knows news of the basilisk!

Harry showed a look of surprise: "What other clues do you know, tell us quickly, we need clues to save Hagrid!"

"You shouldn't provoke it, it's a good thing to let it stay in the castle." Aragog said quietly, "Since the fresh human flesh is automatically delivered to the door, then we accept it..."

The spiders gathered from all directions, slowly approaching them inch by inch.

"【Full Repel】"

Dazzling magic radiance shot out from the tip of Loren's wand, and several enhanced repelling spells overturned the acromantulas closest to them. The magic engulfed the spiders until they hit the tree trunk behind them. When it came down, the snow on the branches fell, and the spiders under the tree were buried in the snow again.

Loren didn't kill him immediately, because Aragog was Hagrid's friend.He was also wary of arousing the acromant's ferociousness. The two sides would fight endlessly, and the people around them might be injured.

But the warning spell not only failed to make them settle down again, but the spider's actions became even more ferocious. The acromantula standing next to Aragog shouted: "Surround with an iron wall! Catch them!"

The spiders moved their limbs and stacked them together, and raised their pincers to form a solid, towering wall, hiding their fragile bodies behind.The spider wall slowly approached them.

Yaya standing in front was very clever, sensed that something was wrong, and quickly jumped out from the gap in the encirclement without being held back by a few people.

Loren tried firing a few more repelling spells. The spell hit the spider's wall, causing some fluctuations, but failed to knock the target out.

Hermione's flame spell burned on the big black claw, only some black hairs were burned to ashes, and nothing could be ignited in the ice and snow.

Harry's disarming spell didn't help either.Ron endured the fear, gritted his teeth and issued a few spells, which were not as powerful as his usual practice.

"What should I do?" Ron panicked.

"Be my witness, if Hagrid pursues it, they will do it first." Loren turned around and said leisurely.

"【Thunderbolt Hole Piercing】"

The magic power accumulated at the tip of the wand, emitting a fiery red light, and the magic beam thicker than the tree trunk was like an aurora, bombarding the wall made of spiders.

boom!

Hermione and the others felt the entire depression vibrate, and a heat wave hit their faces.

A small mushroom cloud rises up, and the air expansion caused by the explosion at the moment forms an air wave visible to the naked eye, sweeping past, with a radius of more than ten meters, all the snow hanging on the treetops is shaken off.

The smoke dissipated, and the snow on a floor in the center of the depression melted away, but the plants lying below did not usher in life, and were all burned to ashes.

It looks like a lot of momentum, but the acromant spider's casualties are not bad.Except for the few giant arachnids facing the curse in the center of the wall that could no longer be put together, most of them lay on the ground in disarray, only missing some joints, and the head and body were still intact.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron saw Merlin's expression on their faces, and looked at the acromantula on the ground with twitching corners of their eyes. There were even ashes of acromantula floating in the air. They began to talk to themselves and Hogwarts. Here are some doubts.

This is a second-year wizard?I'm a second-year wizard?

They obviously learned together, why is there such a big gap?

Seeing the power of the Piercing Curse, Loren also took a breath.

On the night when he regained his memory, he felt pain all over his body, thinking it was just another ordinary magic riot.Didn't expect it to be so powerful.