Gamekeeper Hagrid has been staying in the castle during the summer vacation. He has no place to live elsewhere. It is not difficult to save money to buy a house in an institution like Hogwarts that provides room and board, but the warm-hearted Hagrid spent all his savings.
He came to buy food to feed magical animals, so he didn't even have two decent robes.
He was at the front clearing the way for everyone. Lermontov looked at the hound fangs spinning around him and couldn't help but ask: "Can't we let the dogs smell the scent to achieve tracking?"
Hagrid glanced at him, "Magical animal breed hounds can only trace the scent left two weeks ago at most. The person you are looking for has been missing for three months. In addition, there are many animals in the Forbidden Forest and the smells are complex. It is impossible to
Impossible to find."
"Do you know how big the Forbidden Forest is?" Seeing that the group was extremely silent, Hagrid couldn't help but continue to explain to them, "From where we just entered, it would take three or four days to walk out of the Forbidden Forest.
The Russian wizard could be anywhere in the Forbidden Forest, and it would be very difficult for us to search for him."
"Is it possible that he has already crossed the border of the Forbidden Forest and escaped?" Director Bones asked.
Hagrid was stunned for two seconds and then shook his head, "If he had the strength of Professor Dumbledore, it would be possible..."
"There are anti-Apparition restrictions within the Forbidden Forest. If a wizard wants to leave here, he can only climb over the distant mountains with one pair of broomsticks." Hagrid pointed out to them. The distant mountains were at the beginning.
Under the reflection of the rising sun, it looks quiet and harmless. "There are many strange creatures in the distant mountains..."
"Hogwarts has been established for more than 900 years. Many strange and weird creatures have been released into the Forbidden Forest by some unintentional professors and students. Among them are poisonous insects and beasts from the forests of Southeast Asia, and poisonous leopards from the African continent. Miraculous
The characteristics given to them by animals allow them to still thrive in the humid and mild Forbidden Forest. Over thousands of years, they have gradually adapted to the environment here..."
"Poisonous leopard?" Miss Crawford frowned, "This is a 5X dangerous magical animal stipulated by the Ministry of Magic..."
The British Ministry of Magic classifies the dangerousness of magical animals according to the number of
"The distant mountains are their territory," Hagrid reached out and waved the branches above Dumbledore's head, "so I say it is not realistic to cross the distant mountains and exit the Forbidden Forest alone."
Everyone was silent.
Lermontov stared at the ground intently, hoping to find clues here.
As Lermontov learned more about the case, he got the answer to the question "Where did William go?"
In all likelihood, he is already dead.
The group of people continued to move forward, and when they crossed the grass, the soles of their feet rubbed against the weeds, making a rustling sound. It sounded a little noisy to others, but Joel remained calm in his heart.
Suddenly, a rustling sound joined the rustling sound, and at the same time, a fishy wind blew towards my face.
Hagrid immediately took out the bow and arrow from his back. Hound Fang arched his body and grinned at the source of the sound. Miss Crawford stretched out her arms to protect Director Bones behind her. Dumbledore suppressed his smile and turned slightly towards Joe.
You are close.
A nearly two-meter-long Acromantula emerged from the bushes in front. It was covered with thick black hair. Its big claw waved and emitted a cold light. It looked extremely ferocious. It was definitely worthy of being in the Forbidden Forest.
top predator.
But it was actually running away, its eight black eyes not looking at the people present, and just running forward in a hurry.
A strong figure jumped out from the bushes. It let out a low roar and waved its claws vigorously. The sound of breaking through the air was scratched across the Acromantula's back, and a wound about two feet long opened. The wound was so deep that it almost
The spider's body penetrates, and blood blooms from the wound, quickly robbing the spider of its vitality.
It was Tom the tiger with heterochromatic eyes, and Joel was stunned on the spot.
The tiger's limbs stepped hard on the Acromantula's back, and its strong body directly squeezed out the spider's internal organs, which was as satisfying as exploding mochi.
Tom's big furry face showed a human expression of disgust. He shook his paws in an attempt to shake off the filth. As soon as he raised his head, he saw the stunned people a few meters in front of him.
Tom's body has expanded rapidly in the past two years, and he is already over two meters long. His strong muscles can form a terrifying deterrent through his thick yellow-black hair.
Where have the strikers seen such a beast in the wild? When they pointed the wand at Tom the tiger, Tom knew that the small wooden sticks held in the hands of these upright apes could perform wonderful magic, and it jumped down from the corpse of the Acromantula.
, the body bowed slightly backward, making a defensive posture.
"Don't do it!" Joel and Hagrid said at the same time. The hound Yaya had already jumped forward excitedly, its tail swinging rapidly like an electric fan to show its goodwill to Tiger Tom.
"It won't hurt anyone. Don't be too nervous..." Hagrid took the lead to put away the bow and arrow. Tom glanced at everyone, lowered his head and carefully cut out the eight eyes of the Acromantula from the corpse, and then sighed.
Enter the belly.
Only then did Joel notice that Tom's heterochromatic eyes seemed to be brighter than before, and he didn't know if it was because he had eaten those basilisk eyes before.
The striker saw that the tiger made no next move, so he lowered his wand at Director Bones's signal.
"Let's not disturb it, just keep moving forward..." Hagrid ordered, "Ya, come back!"
"What is this?" A beater glanced at the ground when passing Tiger Tom, and saw a wand broken from the middle mixed in the dead branches of the weeds.
Lermontov's eyes subconsciously turned away, and his heartbeat paused.
He knelt down and picked up the broken wand. Before heading to England, he had seen William's detailed information. William owned a ten and one-half inch blackthorn wood and unicorn hair wand.
The husband wiped off the dust and mud on the wand, and then used a detecting charm on the wand.
"This is William's wand," Lermontov said in a low voice. He turned to the striker and asked, "You saw it on the ground, right?"
The beater answered honestly, "I saw the wand fell from the tiger."
At this time, everyone turned their attention to Tiger Tom, who was lying on the ground and looking at Joel. Seeing that the upright ape's calm expression finally changed, it narrowed its eyes with satisfaction.
"Did this tiger do it?" Director Bones came over and her tone softened slightly when she saw the vaguely visible paw prints on the severed wand in Lermontov's hand.
"Then the case is closed, and the case report strikers will continue to follow up." Miss Crawford was considerate and could understand the meaning expressed in her boss's tone.
This is the best way to end the case of the Russian wizard's disappearance. Attributing it to a wild beast attacking the wizard rather than a deliberate murder by a British wizard can avoid a certain degree of diplomatic pressure. At the same time, Joel and Hogwart can be separated.
Let’s take a break from this turmoil.
"Is this the end?" Lermontov laughed ferociously, "This matter must be investigated thoroughly! Who was the figure carrying the sack when I used the footprints to reveal the spell before?"
This broken wand was like William's life. There was no difference between the wizard who lost his wand in this dense forest and the next piece of meat on the chopping board. Lermontov had no hope of William's survival this time.
"I am confident that the footprint appearance I cast is the limit of what the wizarding world can achieve today. It seems that no one knows magic better than me." Dumbledore spread his hands, "As Mr. Lermontov saw, the spell condenses
The mature human outline cannot identify the gender, age, appearance, and even the height information is vague, and we know nothing about the contents of the sack."
"How do you want us to track down the murderer in this case?" Dumbledore said calmly, "Let alone a more bold guess - is the human silhouette the missing wizard William himself?"
"If it was him, what was his intention when he entered the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts three months ago?" Director Bones took over the topic with an aggressive tone, "Should Mr. Lermontov give us an explanation?
?”
Miss Crawford glanced at Director Bones. After observing his words and confirming that she could finish the attack, she said, "Also, when you were at the Ministry of Magic, you said that Mr. Joel Taylor was suspected of stealing your treasures. Is there any certainty?
evidence?"
After the three people finished talking, Lermontov was shaking all over and his face was red. He looked around and saw the naked mocking expressions on everyone's faces without any surprise. He bit his lower lip with his teeth, and blood dripped from his lips.