Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts

For a moment, the ground covered with fallen leaves was filled with the sound of chewing, and the bodies of the dead spiders were devoured by the swarming comrades before they had cooled down.

While the spiders were enjoying a feast with the corpses of the same kind as the main course, Daphne and the other three also arrived at the spider nest under Harry's guidance and witnessed all this with their own eyes.

All three of them had extremely obvious looks of disgust on their faces.

Why is there such a thing in the Forbidden Forest?

I don't know, but it seems like they have been breeding here for a long time. Astoria guessed based on the area of ​​the depression.

Look! Daphne interrupted the two of them chatting and motioned for them to look at the feast.

A wisp of black smoke floated from the spider's body and attached to another strong Acromantula. The giant spider trembled a few times, and a ferocious human face appeared on its back.

The spiders are all scrambling for food, unaware of the changes in their companions - maybe they are enjoying it, because spiders possessed in this way will die in a very short period of time and become everyone's problem. Chinese food.

Is this what Harry calls 'evil'? It does seem very problematic. Hermione frowned.

If Hermione was still half-convinced about what Harry said before witnessing what happened before her eyes, but after seeing the black mist, she completely believed what Harry said.

What could be more evil than this?

Just destroy that thing, right? Daphne's hand under her robe grasped her wand.

Maybe it's feasible and worth a try. Astoria supported her sister's idea.

Daphne no longer had any scruples, she raised her hand and unleashed an incredibly powerful attack spell, hitting the possessed spider in the belly. The spider's abdominal cavity exploded like a watermelon, and such fatal injuries killed it on the spot. A cloud of black mist floated up from the spider's remains, flying toward the large web in the center of the depression at extremely fast speeds.

Apparently, Daphne's spell didn't actually hurt the monster, it just killed the spider it possessed.

We need to enter the lair and find the body of the black mist! Astoria found a way to deal with the black mist based on its characteristics.

Don't worry about the black fog, just focus on the present! Hermione's anxious voice came from the side.

Daphne's spell was like an ice cube thrown into a pan, causing the entire depression to boil. Hundreds of spiders moved their claws and rushed towards the source of the spell.

Standing on the edge of the depression and looking down, the spiders below look like waves.

Should we retreat first? After estimating the number of spiders, Astoria felt that things were a bit tricky. She thought that they could use the Disguise Charm to hide their bodies first, and then make long-term plans after running out.

Do it! Daphne rejected Astoria's proposal. She didn't think the Illusion Curse could hide these spiders. The Illusion Curse was an optical invisibility. It couldn't eliminate the heat and smell of people, nor could it hide the vibrations caused by people's movements. Just by using the Disguise Charm, there is no difference between standing in front of these spiders and standing there directly.

Seeing that her sister was determined to fight, Astoria no longer considered anything else and cast an iron armor spell directly in front of the three of them, causing a translucent shield to appear in front of them. Daphne continued to use attack spells to close them. of spiders exploded into pieces.

Only then did Hermione, who was standing behind the two of them, react. Her combat experience was so lacking that she didn't realize at first that her two companions were about to fight spiders.

When the hand was in full swing, she pulled out her wand as if waking up from a dream, and at the same time secretly blamed herself: Hermione Granger, what are you doing? Don’t hold everyone back!

There are many obstacles!

Thunderbolt explosion!

A series of spells sprayed out from the tip of Hermione's staff like a barrage, falling like raindrops into the ocean formed by spiders. Some spiders were knocked over by her, and some were fixed in place by her spells and were overwhelmed by the spiders crawling behind them, but these spells seemed to have never been released in front of the huge base of the spider swarm.

In just a few seconds, several carriage-sized spiders had crawled to the edge of the depression, no more than ten feet away from the three of them. Daphne and the others could clearly see the black hairs on its long legs and those shiny black eyes. .

boom!

Daphne triggered the spell stored in her necklace, instantly opening up a clear path in the sea of ​​spiders, and all Acromantulas in the straight path of the spell were turned into pieces.

The spider swarm was stagnant.

Harry, who was overlooking the whole situation from the sky, had the most intuitive feeling. He saw with his own eyes that a gray-white passage was opened up in the black sea of ​​spiders. He was shocked by the power of this spell: It turns out that this is the real magic battle. ! Compared with the scene on the ground, the activities held by the Duel Club were just playing house.

But the number of times this trick can be used is limited. If Daphne and the others can only use this method, they will be defeated sooner or later. Daphne was clearly aware of this, and she knew she had to find a more efficient spell to deal with the Acromantula.

At this time, the fallen leaves entwined with cobwebs in the depression attracted her attention, and a bold idea emerged in her mind.

Just using these spells won't work, let's light a fire! While the spiders were being frightened, Daphne tried her new idea.

Driven by her, Nightmare began to run around the edge of the depression. Wherever the nightmare went, all the dead branches and leaves and the cobwebs mixed in them burned, and soon a half-circle of fire was lit around the depression.

Daphne's face flashed with joy: just as she expected, these spider webs are afraid of fire!

Let's drive down the fire and burn this spider nest to the ground! Daphne's pupils reflected the color of the flames, and she made an almost crazy decision.

Even Astoria couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the depression in front of her turning into a sea of ​​fire, with thousands of spiders struggling inside.

Perhaps feeling the threat of the flames, the spider swarm became restless again. They organized a second wave of spiders, intending to forcibly extinguish the fire ignited on the edge of the depression.

Naturally, Daphne and the others would not let the spiders get their wish, and the two sides started to see each other again.

Just when the two parties were in a stalemate, the fire at the edge of the depression became more and more powerful. It was originally just a few scattered fire points, but gradually connected into a line behind it, and then became a wall of fire.

I have a spell here that can blow it down, let me do it next. Hermione looked pale, but she still made the final decision - the monsters hiding in the spider nest must be eliminated.

At this moment, the spiders' offensive stalled again, and each Acromantula began to make a strange sound. If you listen carefully, they seemed to be shouting a name.

[Aragog! 】

[Aragog! 】

[Aragog! 】

The call for Aragog echoed throughout the hollow.

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