Chapter 365 363 Rescue the Centaurs

Chapter 365 363. Rescue the centaurs

"Fierenze told me that three years ago, seven centaurs in their tribe, led by a centaur named Bain, tried to break out of the Forbidden Forest for the last time. But they were only half successful. 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, and most of them had to resist because of their resistance. Died under the Auror's spell, and some were captured."

Hagrid's eyes turned red as he listened to Jon's story.

"I know Bain. He has a bad temper, but I grew up watching him. When he was just born, his parents invited me to attend a banquet held by their clan. He is a brave horse. people."

They all understood Hagrid's mood. The people sitting here, except Jon, had all experienced the feeling of losing comrades and relatives countless times.

But none of them came here to be immersed in sadness.

Kingsley stared at the map drawn by Jon, 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 near the edge of Hogsmeade in the Forbidden Forest. The area 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. "

"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 out the difficulty of rescuing the centaurs, and had no intention of delaying at all. He didn't rest 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 Ministry of Magic’s Department for the Protection of Magical Creatures 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, 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 their characteristics, even if the magic itself is destroyed, the caster can detect it, and 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 go wrong from the beginning.

Jon naturally 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 notice 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 allows you to enter 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 were obviously no traces of advanced magic on it, but there were some magic that was unique to the centaurs. But even if Kingsley couldn't imitate the centaurs' magic, it didn't matter. There were more centaurs in the Forbidden Forest than in Europe. They could find centaurs from other places to try to imitate the arrow.

However, Jon hadn't taken a few steps when he turned back again.

Facing Kingsley and the others' puzzled eyes, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"Well, the advanced transfiguration class is not until the seventh grade, and I don't know it yet. Can you help me turn into a bird so I can fly back?"

Kingsley: "."

Sometimes Jon's actions would make them subconsciously ignore his age. Only at this time could they remember that Jon was only in the fourth grade this year.

It was almost dusk 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 live map, he still easily entered the enemy's base camp.

According to the agreement with Cedric when they separated 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 have to wait too long. After the half-blood students had dinner, he saw Cedric's name on the Marauder's Map and he was walking towards the fourth floor.