Chapter 417 Seeing Aragog Again
( ) Facts have proved that Harry's recent state is not good. In other words, when he picked up the Gryffindor sword this time, the courage in his heart still hadn't reached the level he had when he faced the fire dragon.
The source of courage in everyone's heart is mostly different. But Harry's courage is more derived from faith.
When he felt that his confidence was insufficient, his faith would also decline, so that the recognition of Gryffindor's sword for him also became ambiguous at the same time.
And without the tacit support of the Gryffindor sword to him, even if the blade of the sword is still extremely sharp, if it cannot be used handily, it is just an ordinary sword.
Harry, who rushed to Luna's side, only cut off a leg of a certain acromantula with a swing of his sword, and was knocked away by the giant spider that went mad because of the short-term blindness.
However, at this moment, a figure flew rapidly from the direction of the school gate.
Maca!
As Hermione shouted, Maca, who was stepping on a magic book and holding a staff with a long handle, suddenly came towards them, and landed firmly on top of them not far away.
Good job, Harry! he said quickly, now, go back to the castle at once!
Before he finished speaking, he saw a burst of blue-white light suddenly bursting from the staff in his hand, and with the swing of his arm, it drew a semicircle around his body.
In an instant, a seemingly thin, but actually extremely low-temperature cold air spread silently, freezing a large number of acromantulas around them so that their movements became sluggish.
In the next second, Maca's staff pointed sharply towards the castle, and a cloud of white frosty air rushed straight towards the castle along the line he pointed at.
Wherever the cold air passed, whether it was the acromantula that happened to be on the way or the neatly manicured lawn, it was covered with a layer of crystal clear frost.
Let's go, I'll take care of the rest. Maca urged again.
Maka, Professor Sprout is still ahead— Hermione reminded Harry while helping Harry up, She wrapped herself in vines, it shouldn't be hard to find!
Understood. Maca nodded immediately.
When Hermione, Harry, and Luna supported each other and ran back, and quickly opened the gate of the castle, Maca, who had escorted them all the way, turned around and headed towards the Forbidden Forest at an alarming speed. fly away.
Aragok!
The yelling with the amplifying spell was transmitted like thunder in the Forbidden Forest,
The volume was so loud that even the leaves trembled slightly.
Maca flew along the way, except for the clump of solid vines that were still intact, he didn't see other teachers and students. It seems that when this incident happened, I was still in class, which can only be said to be a blessing in misfortune.
However, the current school yard is already occupied by a terrifying number of acromantulas. Even Maca can't help but marvel at it—the reproductive ability of these spiders is really too strong.
In fact, if he hadn't transformed Aragog's bloodlines, which caused the survival rate of the newborn spiderlings to rise sharply, it wouldn't have become so terrifying. Even though acromantulas are extremely dangerous species classified as XXXXX by the Ministry of Magic, when they were just born, they were still extremely fragile.
The spiders in front became much denser. He turned out the pair of glasses with light green lenses that he had made at the beginning, put them on the bridge of his nose, and then took out a bottle of anti-petrification potion and poured it into his mouth.
Aragok! Maca put the cork on and continued to shout loudly.
While shouting, he brushed aside the giant acromantula he encountered on the road, and continued to move forward without hesitation. He didn't expend unnecessary effort to destroy these fierce-looking big guys, because he had to find Aragog first.
Octopus spiders are a species with a very high growth rate of wisdom. Although their rationality will lose to the instinct of killing from time to time, they also have the instinct to obey the orders of the leader.
Maca kept advancing into the depths of the Forbidden Forest. Aragog's new lair after his migration was at the foot of the deepest mountain in the Forbidden Forest.
As he quickly went deep into the dense forest, the surrounding trees became thicker and taller, and the size of the acromantula he saw on the road was also changing all the time.
The large adult acromantras are a circle or two larger than the ones outside the forest, and the number is not too many, but that is only compared with the normal size; some of the small juvenile acromanders are only The size of a fingernail, but the number is terrifying.
The individual differences among the spiders became increasingly large.
If you stay here for a long time, you will probably suffer from intensive phobia... Maca twisted his shoulders and muttered uncomfortably.
Not long after, Maca, who was moving quickly in the forest, finally saw a huge cave on the slope of the mountain. And at the entrance of the cave, countless spiders are pouring out densely, most of them are young spiders that cannot be smaller.
Aragok! Maca stood at the entrance of the cave. The cold air around him caused the spiders to avoid it in a hurry, so as not to be frozen. Aren't you going to come out?
His voice quickly poured into the cave, and the sound waves vibrated in it, causing the spiders big and small to commotion again.
After a while, Maca found that the number of spiders gushing out of the cave suddenly increased, and then, three giant monsters crawled out from the depths of the dark cave.
These three are obviously the largest acromantulas Maca has seen today, and he even feels that none of them are smaller than Aragog...
No, maybe bigger!
...The three from the first batch? Maca couldn't help thinking as he watched the three big guys quickly running in front of him, pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose casually.
Judging by the size, it should be right - the little guys he raised are all about the same size. If he hadn't left all those little babies in the United States this time, he really wanted to release them all and meet the brothers and sisters in front of him!
...McLean... sir...?
When the three big guys stood still in front of him, one of them immediately spoke.
That's right. Maca nodded.
Father... is inside... the big spider said intermittently, Please... go in...
Then let's go! Maca immediately waved his hand.
The three big spiders stared at him and looked left and right, then turned around and walked in front, leading the way for Maca decently.
Maca stood on the magic book and floated behind them. The magic staff in his hand emitted a faint fluorescent light, slightly illuminating the dark cave.
The terrain of Aragog's new lair is quite complicated. Although it gets narrower as you go in, let alone Maca, even these big spiders can move smoothly. The word narrow is only a relative term. That's all.
On the way, Maca saw many forked caves of different sizes, each extending to different crypts. The walls of the cave are uneven, and it looks like it should be a natural underground cave. A large number of stalagmites criss-cross on both sides of the cave, which looks like the sharp horns of the devil in the dark environment, which makes people feel cool.
In the process of quickly going deep, Maca found that the surrounding air also carried a thin trace of moisture, and perhaps there was underground water in the deeper depths.
After following the three big guys for more than ten minutes, the surrounding terrain suddenly became spacious.
Regardless of the fact that it only lasted more than ten minutes, the three big spiders were actually walking very fast, advancing along the sloping downward passage, and Maca felt that he might have come to a rather deep underground.
In fact, in this cave, there were still a lot of spiders, big and small, crawling around at first. But as it got deeper and deeper into it, the number of spiders also decreased sharply, and there were almost no small spiders here.
...ah... it's McLean's smell... Long time no see...
In the depths of the deep and dark cave, an old voice suddenly sounded, echoing around.
Aragok? Maca casually increased the fluorescence on the staff to see what's going on inside. It's been a long time indeed... You should be very clear about my reason for coming, right?
When the light came on, he immediately saw the giant spider lying in the innermost part of this large cave. Although his body shape here is no longer so conspicuous, Maca can still recognize him at a glance.
Because Aragog was alienated through direct blood transformation, traces of the past still remained on his appearance, making Aragog appear more calm.
Yes...I understand. Aragog sighed slightly, I am also sorry for this.
What nonsense are you talking to him? Don't hurry up and petrify him!
Maca didn't continue to ask questions, but heard a voice from behind Aragog, with a hint of complacency in his tone.
I don't need to obey your orders. Aragog said flatly.
you--
The voice froze for a while, but he obviously quickly put this unhappiness aside.
Professor McLean, I have heard a lot about your deeds— the voice said briskly, Aren't you very powerful? Hmph, no matter how powerful you are, can you still deal with so many mutant spiders?
Sokarades? Maca said calmly.
Sokas! Call me Sokas! The other party said fiercely, Don't call me by that name! Do you understand?
Macha paused, seeing that he had no intention of coming out from behind Aragog at all, so he turned his gaze back to Aragog.
Speak! What is the reason for stepping out of the Forbidden Forest? He asked Aragog.
Hmm... Aragog pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, My children have become stronger, so there are more of them, and there is not enough food... This is the most direct and important reason.
It makes sense, Maca frowned and nodded, but immediately asked, However, we have discussed this point a long time ago, right? I remember reminding you to send your child to find me yes, isn't it?
