"Fierenze told me that three years ago, seven centaurs in their group, led by a centaur named Bain, tried to break out of the Forbidden Forest for the last time. But they only succeeded half-way. They chose
The terrain there was flatter, but after breaking out of the Forbidden Forest, the Aurors blocked them directly as if they had telepathy. None of the centaurs led by Bain could escape. Most of them had to resist because of their resistance.
He died under the Auror's spell, and some of them were captured."
Hagrid's eyes turned red as he listened to Jon's story.
"I know Bain, his temper is a bit violent, but I have watched him grow up since he was a child. When he was just born, his parents invited me to attend a banquet held by their clan...
He is a brave centaur."
They all understand Hagrid's mood. The people sitting here, except Jon, have all experienced the feeling of losing comrades and relatives countless times.
But today they came here not to be immersed in sadness.
Kingsley stared at the map Jon drew, thought for a moment and then said.
"The problem with the complicated terrain is simple. Since the centaurs can't get out, we can just go in. The range of anti-Apparition magic covered in Hogwarts is not that exaggerated. It is close to the edge of Hogsmeade in the Forbidden Forest.
The zone is definitely not covered, but we have to be careful that this place is close to Hogwarts. The British Ministry of Magic will monitor the magic around here more strictly. But since we can come here safely, we can naturally find a way to leave safely.
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"The only problem is the unknown magic surveillance you mentioned that covers the edge of the Forbidden Forest. We need to carefully study what the magic is arranged there first."
Kingsley was a typical man of action. He immediately found the difficulty of rescuing the centaurs, and had no intention of delaying at all. He didn't rest for long in the Pig's Head Bar, and in the afternoon, he and Jon Hagrid avoided the town.
Everyone else's eyes quietly came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid has been a gamekeeper for almost fifty years, so he is naturally familiar with every location in this forest.
"This place used to be one of the territories occupied by Aragog and his descendants. Other animals in the Forbidden Forest were unwilling to come here, and from here on out, there began to be signs of humans. There was a time
At that time, some wizard poachers sneaked into the Forbidden Forest from here, hoping to hunt some endangered magical animals in the Forbidden Forest. From that time on, Dumbledore also arranged some magic in this place.
Beware of those people, by the way, I remember that the Department for the Protection of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic was also involved."
Regarding the death of those Acromantulas, Jon hadn't had time to tell Hagrid yet, so he wasn't overly sad about it yet.
Listening to Hagrid's explanation, Kingsley had arrived at the edge of the steep hillside.
He and Jon did not rush directly to the top of the hillside, but pointed with their wands on the sparse grass.
With a clear goal in mind, Kingsley soon made some discoveries. He frowned and pinched his chin.
"There are indeed obvious traces of magic here. It is a warning spell. It is not difficult to remove it, but the method is very clever. This kind of spell can still provide a warning effect even if it is removed."
Following Kingsley's guidance, Jon soon discovered the warning spells placed outside the Forbidden Forest.
Indeed, as he said, it is not difficult to destroy these magics, but due to its characteristics, even if the magic itself is destroyed, the caster can still detect it, so there is no difference between destruction and no destruction.
This makes the problem very troublesome.
Before they even entered the Forbidden Forest, they encountered difficulties outside, which made things not go smoothly from the beginning.
Naturally, Jon didn't have any good clues about how to deal with such magic. The second gem on the ring could absorb the magic power from magic items, but the warning spells placed around it were purely continuous magic and were not attached.
onto something.
And even if the ring can be absorbed, the problem is the same. At the same time that these magics have no effect, the Aurors who set up such a warning will naturally be able to detect it.
During the duration of the Triwizard Tournament, they must not provoke conflict with the British Ministry of Magic. This is the content of the blood oath made by Dumbledore and Voldemort, and no one will break it.
Just when they were worried about entering the Forbidden Forest, Jon suddenly thought of something, and he turned to look at Kingsley.
"If I can find you something that you can carry into the Forbidden Forest without alerting anyone, is there any way you can reverse engineer it?"
Kingsley nodded affirmatively.
"I can't give you an absolute promise, but the probability of success is very high, as long as the magic on that thing is not to a level that I can't understand."
"That shouldn't happen. I even think the magic on it can be called crude."
Jon waved his hand, turned around and left in the direction of Hogwarts. He thought of the way Cedric entered the Forbidden Forest before, using an arrow given to him by the Centaur.
There are obviously no traces of advanced magic on it. Instead, there are some magic powers that are characteristic of the centaurs. But even if Kingsley can't imitate the magic of the centaurs, it doesn't matter. There are not only this centaurs in the Forbidden Forest in the whole of Europe.
, they can completely find centaurs elsewhere to try to imitate this arrow.
However, before Jon had even taken a few steps, he turned around and came back.
Facing the confused looks from Kingsley and the others, he scratched his head in embarrassment.
"What about that? Advanced Transfiguration classes are only available in the seventh grade. I don't know how to do it yet. Can you help me turn into a bird first and let me fly back?"
Kingsley: "..."
Sometimes Jon's actions make them subconsciously ignore his age. Only then can they remember that Jon is actually only in fourth grade this year.
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It was almost evening when Jon sneaked into Hogwarts Castle.
With the end of the first project, the defense around the castle did not relax much, but relying on the invisibility cloak and the Marauder's Map, he still easily entered the enemy's base camp.
According to the separate agreement with Cedric in the Forbidden Forest, he drew an obscure mark on the corridor on the first floor of the castle, and then went to the secret passage behind a mirror on the fourth floor, where he waited.
He was not made to wait too long. About after dinner for the mixed-race students, he saw Cedric's name on the Marauder's Map walking towards the fourth floor.