days at Hogwarts

Chapter 65 There’s a new guy in the woods

On the way from the castle to Hagrid's hut, the four of Loren shrank against the cold wind.

There was no class in the afternoon, Harry didn't continue to torture Loren's conscience, they decided to take this opportunity to see Hagrid.

There are fireplaces in the castle, and maybe some magic to keep warm, and the castle is very warm inside. Now few people really experience the winter in Hogwarts.

The four of them tucked their hands into their sleeves in unison and put them together in front of them. Most of their faces were tucked into the scarves, covering the part below the eyes.

"Oh!" Ron sighed. "Why are we visiting Hagrid in such a cold day?"

Harry tightened his grip, "We haven't been here since it snowed, Hagrid must have missed us very much."

Hermione's teeth were also chattering, "Hagrid is going to guard the Forbidden Forest, we can't leave him alone."

Loren missed the fur blanket in his box very much. He didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now he thinks it should be an alchemy item, which has the effect of preventing wind and keeping warm, and there is no need for a campfire on the snow-capped mountains at night.Ni Ke casually took it to set up a street stall, pack books, and finally fell into his own hands.

Mistake, I must bring it with me next time I go out.

Going into the woods, there is still a short way to Hagrid's cabin.

clack clack~

Harry stretched out his shrinking neck and looked around, "Did you hear anything?"

"It's the wind," Ron muttered.

The four continued to move forward.

"squeak!"

A huge spider suddenly jumped out from behind the tree in front and hissed at several people.

Ron's eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets. He had been afraid of spiders since he was a child, let alone such a terrifying monster.

The giant spider was about the size of Hagrid, with thick black hair all over its body, and beside the huge eye on the top of its head, there were six smaller eyes, white, and its claws made a clearly audible clicking sound.

"Acromantula!" Loren recognized such an obvious feature at a glance.

Loren pulled Hermione, Harry pulled Ron and the four hurried back, not wanting to have any contact with this dangerous level of magical creatures.

Harry felt that Ron was stiff as if under a binding spell.

But the giant spider has been staring at the direction of the four people's footsteps, and it has its eyes on the group of little wizards.

"We're friends of Hagrid, let's go!"

Loren stepped back and tried to speak.

Acromantus can communicate, and their intelligence is not much lower than that of humans.

"Humans woke up my hibernation, and I have to pay for it!" The acromantula's voice was so distorted that it was impossible to tell the difference between male and female.Its head has been facing the direction of the four people.

"[Legs freeze and stop dead]"

"【Fire Flame】"

Loren and Hermione drew apart, and the spells were issued one after another.

Loren's communication was just a temptation, he never believed in beasts.Hermione was familiar with Loren's spellcasting and quickly reacted to keep up.

Harry also hurriedly added [all petrified], only Ron was still in a daze.

The leg-locking curse hit the giant spider's body, and immediately joined five of the eight legs together, and the giant spider only relied on three legs to maintain balance.Hermione's flame spell ignited the black hair on the giant spider's body, and the flames quickly covered her whole body.Finally, the giant spider fell to the ground under the binding spell.

Several people backed away slowly while observing the situation.Compared with the giant monster with thick skin and almost magic immunity, the acromantula that can still be controlled is not so scary. Except for Ron, the others are not so panicked.

After the flame burned the black hair all over the giant spider's body, it failed to ignite the giant spider's limbs and went out quickly, and the giant spider also broke free from the binding curse and leg-locking curse.

"Go to hell!" The acromantula swayed its jointed limbs, and quickly crawled towards several people with a click.

The three of Loren, Hermione, and Harry pointed their wands at the acromantula, and before they could cast a spell, there was a dull sound in the woods.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Swish!A huge figure rushed out of the bushes, wading out a small ditch-like scratch in the snow, and Fang followed behind.

"Hagrid!" Harry exclaimed happily.

Hagrid was huge and galloped towards him, without looking at Harry, he slammed into the acromantula,

Bang bang bang, a series of loud noises.Hagrid knocked down seven or eight big trees in a row against the giant spider before stopping.

The four of Harry hurried over to check the situation.

The acromantula fell to the ground, most of its limbs were crushed, and several large holes were opened in its abdomen, and the white mucus of the spider web sprayed out and condensed into sticky balls and silk webs.It didn't even have time to scream.

"Huh, are you all right?" Hagrid asked in a low voice, a little out of breath, and his fur coat was torn.

The scene just now was so shocking that Loren and Hermione haven't recovered yet.One is a huge spider monster, and the other is a huge humanoid warrior. Simple, direct, and crisp collisions quickly resolve the battle.

It is different from any magic battle in their impression, there is no magic at all.No wonder Hagrid was able to live in the Forbidden Forest. Few in the entire forest could withstand the savage onslaught.

Ron was stunned from beginning to end. It was the first time he saw such a big spider, and his mind was still frozen.

Harry shook his head, "How do you know we're here?"

Hagrid opened his mouth to talk about the situation, but just now Fangya suddenly became manic and screamed uneasily, pulling Hagrid and running outside, when Hagrid came nearby, he saw the situation of Harry and the others.I was too worried, and ran into him in a moment of anxiety.

"Why is there an acromantula on the edge of the Forbidden Forest? It just said that someone woke it up from hibernation." Hermione wanted to know the reason, something was not quite right today.

Hagrid was a little sad, "These are Aragog's children. They should stay in their dens in winter, and no forest dweller will provoke them."

The acromantula was the child of his friend Aragog, and he just saw that Harry was in danger and didn't care so much for a while, but now he felt sorry for Aragog.

"It should be that other malicious people have entered the depths of the Forbidden Forest." Loren reminded.

Quirrell's body is much weaker than at the beginning of this semester. It should be that they went into the forest to find blood food and disturbed the hibernating acromantula.

"Come with me to the house to warm up first," Hagrid greeted a few people, and said as he walked, "I'll inform the centaur tribe at night."

By the way, I went to see Aragog. I didn't tell a few people this sentence.

"Should I inform Headmaster Dumbledore?"

"Makes sense."

After entering the hut to warm up, Hagrid poured tea and took out some snacks for several people.

Under the comfort of rock cakes, he quickly put aside the matter of the acromantia, and talked about some things in school.

Harry told Hagrid that he already knew about the Philosopher's Stone.

Hagrid blamed himself a little. He felt that it was he who revealed Nicole Flamel's name that allowed Harry to find out the Sorcerer's Stone. This was a pity for Dumbledore's trust.

When talking about Snape's attempt to steal the Sorcerer's Stone, Hermione secretly observed Loren's expression, and was relieved when she saw that he had no special reaction.

Hagrid was a little angry with himself, and said grumpily, "Snape would never want to kill a student, and now you all listen to me, this matter has nothing to do with you, it's very dangerous! Forget about the road Wei, forget about the Philosopher's Stone, and never get involved in this again!"

Harry kept his mouth shut tactfully, and Ron and Hermione didn't mention it.

Loren took a sip of tea, remained silent, and laughed to death. If the three of them could hear a single word of this sentence, they would not be Gryffindor.

Leaving aside the Philosopher's Stone, Hagrid quickly forgot about the unpleasantness before and started talking about the Christmas holidays, and not long ago Sirius asked for the flying motorcycle back.

"You'll have a memorable Christmas! Harry." Hagrid was happy for Harry.

Harry looked forward to the coming Christmas.