The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 90 Harvest of the Forbidden Forest
Between practice sessions, Ryan asked Betty why she offered to teach him these things.This can't be blamed on Ryan's suspicion. After seeing the general blockade of knowledge in the wizarding world, Ryan didn't believe in a free lunch at all.

After hearing Ryan's question, Betty said solemnly: "Because we need more comrades in arms, follow me and you will know why."

After speaking, Betty took Ryan to the ground of a giant tree and waved. The giant tree stretched out a branch to form a circular platform.The two walked onto the platform, which slowly rose to the top of the tree.

After arriving at the top of the tree, Betty pointed in one direction and said, "Since this place is called the Emerald Dream, there are bad nightmares. And our centaur tribe lives in the Forbidden Forest, and we have a very important task to eliminate the existence of nightmares." .”

Ryan looked at the place Betty pointed to, and found that the woods there were very different from other places.Elsewhere the woods are verdant and full of life.And that piece of woods was dark and dead.

"That's it?" Ryan asked Betty, pointing to the unusual woodland.

"This story has to start from the beginning, from our centaur society." Betty began to tell the story of the dead forest.

"We horsemen are the only resident intelligent creatures in this forbidden forest. Since ancient times, whichever forest we live in, we have to maintain the natural balance of the forest. The male horsemen in the tribe are often responsible for hunting and gathering or going out. You humans can only see them. But in fact, the centaurs are a matriarchal society. Female centaurs generally do not leave the village. They are responsible for the safety and health of the centaurs. At the same time, because the male centaurs sometimes have some unreliable behaviors , so the leader of the tribe is a woman."

"The most important thing is that, unlike male centaurs who are good at divination and fighting, women are good at communicating with nature, and are more proficient at mastering natural magic and communicating with the Emerald Dream than male centaurs."

See Ryan's eyes full of doubts.Betty stopped and spoke in a considerate manner and asked, "Little Pony, is there anything you don't understand and want to ask?"

"It may be presumptuous, but the textbooks I have learned at most say that you centaurs are good at healing magic, archery, astronomy and divination. It has never said that you are good at other things."

"Hehe." Betty flicked her tail in disdain and said, "Most wizards look at other creatures as blind, and they are never willing to explore the truth. As far as I know, there are still wizards in your Ministry of Magic. A ridiculous Centaur liaison office. But no Centaur has ever been there since it was established."

After mocking the stupid Ministry of Magic, Betty went on to say: "We used to live quietly in this forest, and there were no major problems for hundreds of years, but something happened nearly 40 years ago."

"What's the big deal? What's the big deal? I just know that this period of time is also a dark period for us human wizards. Does it matter?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Probably, because the trouble is caused by a dark creature: giant spiders. They have reproduced rapidly here. You know, they have no natural enemies in this forest, which caused their number to increase geometrically. ...followed by devastating damage to the local ecological fabric."

Having said that, Betty began to dig the ground unconsciously, looking very angry. "At the earliest, our fathers once found traces of acromantula, but there was only one at that time, so everyone didn't take it seriously. But then another one came for some reason, and it just matched with the original one. We By the time they were found, there were too many of them to wipe them all out."

Betty became more and more angry as she spoke, but when she realized that Ryan was by her side, she slowly restrained her temper and calmed down and said: "You know, even if the horsemen in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts are the largest group in the UK , but we only have more than 60 people. We can't deal with hundreds of huge spiders at all. So we can only choose to limit the range of spiders and shoot all the spiders that are out of range.

But even so, the scope circle is getting bigger and bigger.At the same time, the dark aura on them and the destructive hunting killed that piece of nature, and projected it into the Emerald Dream, which is the dead forest you saw. "

"Why didn't you tell Headmaster Dumbledore? I think Mr. Headmaster should be able to solve this problem." Ryan said a little puzzled.

"This is a matter of natural balance. It is a matter for us centaurs or you who are recognized by the Emerald Dream. We should not bother other wizards to intervene. Not to mention the agreement we signed with the wizards back then. The castle and the venue belong to the The school, the Forbidden Forest belong to us. Neither side should meddle in what happens in the other's domain."

Well, this kind of political issue is really not good to continue discussing.But when Betty said that the acromantula was causing trouble in the Forbidden Forest, Ryan suddenly felt that today was his lucky day, and he quickly said to Betty:
"Now I want to make some kind of magic props, but the materials are not available. So I thought about it, and only the acromantula in the Forbidden Forest can provide materials. At that time, I thought that only they are not native creatures .killing them won't upset the local balance."

"Oh, really? As far as I know, you humans tend to have the strongest motivation driven by interests, so what you mean is that you will join in this fight against the eight-eyed giants that destroy the ecological balance of the Forbidden Forest." Come in the spider war, right?" Betty said with a look of joy.

"Yes, ma'am." Ryan nodded to confirm this, and then Betty said: "But as a second-year little wizard, I'm curious about what cards you have to kill those annoying acromants with confidence. After all, I also know what you human wizards are generally like when you are your age. I don't think that average level can be of any use in this conflict."

"Hmm..." Ryan thought for a while, and decided to show some hole cards to guarantee cooperation.

"Last time you saw that I could summon some amazing plants, I actually could summon far more than the last time you saw. Give me a moment, I can even set up an army of plants, except they can't move, No big problem."

Betty nodded when she heard this: "When we first met, your plants gave me a very dangerous feeling. I believe they should have fighting power."

Seeing Ryan's expression of hesitation, Betty said: "I know that your ability may arouse the jealousy of others, but in the Forbidden Forest, whether it's us centaur or the unicorn we found this time, they are different from humans. We will never spy on everything of our allies, and we will not be jealous because of their strength. We can swear in the name of nature that no matter what we see, we will not disclose it to the outside world, nor will we spy on yours."

As soon as Betty finished speaking, Ryan felt that this oath was closely related to the Emerald Dream. He could feel that once this oath was violated, it would be counterattacked by nature.

Ryan felt embarrassed: "Ma'am, this..."

Betty is very free and easy: "As our first human ally in the past 50 years, this is the only way to reassure everyone. Besides, as long as you don't break your oath, isn't everything fine?"

Ryan was very moved in his heart. He felt that the biggest gain from coming to the Forbidden Forest this time was the friendship of a horse friend.

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(End of this chapter)