Chapter 73 Forbidden Forest

It seemed darker near the Forbidden Forest than inside the castle. The entire sky was covered by a huge black cloth. The stars and moon could not be seen, and there was no light at all.

Cyrus took out his wand and murmured, "Flash!" and a thin beam of light emitted from the tip of the wand. He could have been brighter, even if it illuminated the entire forest, it would not be a problem, but in this case, it would be too noticeable. This was just enough time for them to observe whether there were any spiders on the road.

Harry followed suit.

"What a great idea," Ron said enviously, "I also want my wand to shine, but you know, it will explode if you don't do it right..."

"Don't worry, I think Mr. and Mrs. Weasley will buy you a new one during your summer vacation. Then you can say that the wand was broken while looking for a successor." Seiler Si comforted.

"What a great idea, Mr. Riddle!" Ron's eyes lit up. He hadn't told his family about the broken wand yet.

Then Harry tapped them on the shoulder and pointed to the grass. Two lonely spiders were scurrying away from the wand's light and into the shadows of the trees.

"Sure enough, all the spiders have entered the Forbidden Forest."

"Okay," Ron sighed, seemingly resigned to the worst, "I'm ready. Let's go."

So they entered the Forbidden Forest, and Fangs scampered around them, sniffing roots and leaves.

By the light of Cyrus and Harry's wands, they followed the spiders that continued to crawl along the path.

They walked for about twenty minutes without saying a word. They only listened carefully for any other sounds besides the snapping of branches and the rustling of leaves. Then, the trees grew thicker and denser, and the stars above were no longer visible. The wands of the two men shone weakly in the endless darkness, like two weak fireflies.

"They're off the road," Cyrus said softly, stretching out his arms to shine a cold light on the ground.

Harry stopped, trying to see clearly the direction in which the spider was moving, but beyond the range illuminated by the glimmer of light, there was darkness beyond reach. He had never been this far into the Forbidden Forest before.

"The Forbidden Forest is already very dangerous, but at least Hagrid often walks on the road, and there are also traces of centaurs. But once you deviate from the path in the forest, it is unknown what you will encounter." Sellers reminded.

His words made Ron even more uneasy.

Harry also clearly recalled Hagrid warning him not to stray from the forest path the last time he entered the woods. But Hagrid was thousands of miles away, probably sitting in his cell in Azkaban, and he'd said he was going to follow the spider.

"Let's go, I believe Hagrid!" Harry said firmly. In fact, there was no other way but to believe Hagrid now.

"Hagrid is trustworthy, but..." Cyrus pursed his lips and walked forward first.

"What do you think?" Harry asked Ron. He could make out Ron's eyes, the pupils reflecting the faint light of the wand, and Ron looked hesitant to speak.

"I just want to say that maybe Mr. Riddle is right. It's not that I don't believe Hagrid, it's just that Hagrid may think that the Forbidden Forest is not that dangerous." Ron said timidly, "But it's different for us. He thinks that the fire dragon I was playing with him when I bit him. But do you know how long my hand was swollen after being bitten by Norbert?"

"But Mr. Riddle is gone and almost gone." Harry said helplessly, "Think of Hermione, we have to save her!"

"Okay!" Ron took a breath, "For Hermione!"

So they followed Cyrus's shadow into the trees.

The path in the Forbidden Forest is not easy to walk. It is inaccessible and full of tree roots and stumps, blocking the road. To make matters worse, the visibility at night is so poor that they can barely see the obstacles on the road.

After a while, they noticed that the ground seemed to be sloping downward, although the trees were still as thick as before.

"We walked for at least half an hour."

His and Harry's clothes were occasionally caught on low branches and thorns, and they looked a little embarrassed. Only Cyrus walked along as if he was walking on the Quidditch pitch.

But at least they didn't encounter any other dangers along the way.

"These spiders are quite smart, at least they can avoid danger." Ron said while swallowing.

"Or—nothing else dares to come near this place." Cyrus's eyes flashed.

There is no doubt that this small area is already the territory of Acromantula, and no magical animal would think of coming here to become those guys' dinner.

"What? Don't scare me!" Ron said tremblingly.

At this time, Yaya suddenly became restless and curled up its tail in fear. It could not make a sound and could only whine, but it still made a lot of noise, scaring both Harry and Ron out of their bodies.

"What?" Ron asked loudly, grabbing Harry's elbow as he peered into the darkness.

"There's something moving there," Harry gasped. "It sounds... like something big."

They listened carefully. Some distance to their right, the big thing was cutting its way through the trees, snapping countless branches.

They stood there, waiting in terror, the darkness seeming to oppress their eyes. Cyrus was not afraid at all because he knew what was there.

"Okay, there's nothing there. It's not a monster, it's the car you drive to school."

As soon as Cyrus finished speaking, a dazzling light immediately lit up on their right, blinding in the darkness.

Harry and Ron both raised their hands to shield their eyes. Fang roared and tried to escape, but was tripped by a thorn and rolled around on the ground.

"Be quiet!" Cyrus gave it another spell to calm it down.

The car drove over.

"Car?" Ron's voice was a little choked with relief, "It's really our car!"

Harry and Ron followed Cyrus, stumbling towards the light, tripping all the way. A moment later, they came to a clearing.

Mr. Weasley's car was parked in the middle of a circle of dense trees, with dense and intertwined branches and leaves on top. The car was empty and the headlights were shining brightly. As Ron walked towards it with his mouth wide open, it slowly moved towards him, like a big green dog welcoming its owner.

"It's been here all along!" Ron said happily, walking around the car, "Look at it, the forest has turned it wild..."

"In the Muggle world, this is no different from being scrapped. But the car seems to have been modified by magic. To be honest, it can still be driven." Cyrus was actually very interested.

The existence of magically modified vehicles shows that technology and magic are not completely isolated. Maybe he can modify something else, such as the Gatling Killing Curse?

He shuddered, this is too evil.

The wings of the car were scratched and covered with mud. Fang seemed to have no interest in it at all; it followed Harry closely and looked cautiously at Cyrus - the terrible wizard who had cast two spells on it!

Harry could feel it trembling.

Now, Harry and Ron's breathing slowly calmed down again.

"We thought it was going to attack us!" Ron said, leaning against the car and patting it, "I never knew where it went!"

But Harry was in no mood to care about the car now. He squinted his eyes and continued to look for the shadow of the spider on the ground illuminated by the lights, but they all hurriedly avoided the glaring lights and ran away.

"We lost the trail." He said that he wanted to find the spider more than a car, "Let's go, don't waste time here."

But Ron suddenly stopped talking and did not move.

He stared at the ground ten feet above the ground behind Harry, his face was ashen, and fear was written vividly.

"It seems that we don't need to look for it." Cyrus raised his wand and looked up, and saw several huge eight-eyed giant spiders staring at them greedily.

He wanted to destroy them directly, but after thinking about it, he still didn't do it.

Instead, he watched helplessly as Harry and Ron were grabbed by the waist by their huge jaws and hung in mid-air. He gave up resistance and let the monsters drag them into the dark bushes.