MTL - In This Hogwarts Without a Savior-Chapter 365 363. Rescue the Centaur
Chapter 365 363. Rescue the Centaur
"Firenze told me that three years ago, seven centaurs in their group, led by a centaur named Baine, tried to rush out of the Forbidden Forest for the last time. But they only succeeded halfway, and the chosen The terrain in the place is flatter, but after rushing out of the Forbidden Forest, the Aurors blocked in front of them as if they had telepathy. None of the centaurs led by Bane could escape, most of them were because of resistance. Died under the spell of the Aurors, and some were taken away."
Hagrid listened to Jon's narration, his eye circles were a little red.
"I know Bain, his temper is a bit grumpy, but I watched him grow up. When he was just born, his parents invited me to attend the banquet held by their clan. He is a brave horse. people."
They could all understand Hagrid's mood. Except for Jon, all the people sitting there had experienced the feeling of losing comrades-in-arms and relatives countless times.
But none of them came here today in sorrow.
Kingsley stared at the map Jon hand-painted, and said after thinking for a moment.
"The problem of complex terrain is very simple. Since the centaurs can't get out, we can just go in. The range of anti-apparition magic covered in Hogwarts is not so exaggerated. It is near the edge of Hogsmeade in the Forbidden Forest. The zone is definitely not covered, but we have to be careful that it is close to Hogwarts. The British Ministry of Magic will strictly monitor the magic around here, but since we can come here safely, we can naturally leave safely. .”
"The only problem is the unknown magic surveillance you mentioned covering the edge of the Forbidden Forest. We need to carefully study what the magic is placed there."
Kingsley is a typical pragmatist. He immediately found the difficulty of rescuing the horse people, and he didn't mean to procrastinate. He didn't rest long in the Pig's Head Bar. In the afternoon, he and Jon Hagrid avoided the town. The eyes of everyone else quietly came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid has been a gamekeeper for nearly 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 after going out from here, there were signs of people. Once upon a time At that time, some wizard poachers sneaked into the Forbidden Forest from this place, wanting to hunt some endangered magical animals in the Forbidden Forest. From that time on, Dumbledore also arranged some magic in this place to use Watch out for those people, by the way, I remember the Department of Magical Creatures Protection was also involved."
Jon hadn’t had time to tell Hagrid about the death of those acromantia, so he wasn’t overly saddened by it yet.
Listening to Hagrid's explanation, Kingsley had already come to the edge of the steep hill.
He and Jon didn't climb directly to the top of the hillside in a hurry, but just pointed with their wands on the sparse grass.
With a clear goal, Kingsley soon discovered something, he frowned and said while pinching 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. Even if the spell is removed, it can provide a warning effect."
Following Kingsley's guidance, Jon soon discovered the warning spells placed on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.
Indeed, as he said, it is not difficult to destroy these magics, but because of their characteristics, even if the magic itself is destroyed, the caster will be able to detect it, and there is no difference between the destruction and the non-destruction. This makes the problem very troublesome.
Before entering the Forbidden Forest, they encountered difficulties outside, which made things difficult from the beginning.
Jon naturally has no good idea to deal with such magic. The second gemstone on the ring can absorb the magic power of magic items, but the warning spells placed around are pure continuous magic and are not attached onto something.
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 a conflict with the British Ministry of Magic. This is the content of the blood oath made by Dumbledore and Voldemort, and no one will violate it.
Just as they were frowning about entering the Forbidden Forest, Jon suddenly thought of something, and he turned to look at Kingsley.
"If I can find you something that can enter the Forbidden Forest without alarming anyone, is there a way for you to 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 doesn't reach a level that I can't understand."
"It shouldn't be, and I even think the magic on it can be called rough."
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 profound magic on it, but there are some magical powers characteristic of the centaur ethnic group, but it doesn't matter even if Kingsley can't imitate the magic of the centaur, because the centaur in the Forbidden Forest is not the only one in Europe. , they can go to the horse people in other places to try to imitate this arrow.
However, before Jon had just taken a few steps, he turned around and came back again.
Facing Kingsley's suspicious eyes, he scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Then what, the advanced transfiguration class can only be taught in the seventh grade. I don't know how to do it yet. Can you help me turn me into a bird first so that I can fly back?"
Kingsley: "."
Sometimes what Jon did would make them subconsciously ignore his age. Only then could they remember that Jon was only in the fourth grade this year.
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 agreement with Cedric in the Forbidden Forest, he drew a hidden mark on the corridor on the first floor of the castle, and then came to the secret passage behind a mirror on the fourth floor, and waited there.
He didn't make him wait for too long. Probably after the mixed-race students had dinner, he saw from the Marauder's Map that Cedric's name was walking towards the fourth floor.
(end of this chapter)
