Chapter 111
After Ye Ting finished describing what happened, he pointed to the bushes on the right that were burned like white ground, and said in a deep voice:”Professor McGonagall, Hagrid told me that the black-robed wizard was hit by Mavica and fell into the bushes over there. I guess he was seriously injured, but he should still be alive.”
Professor McGonagall frowned and asked in confusion:”Are you sure?”
According to Ye Ting’s description, the man experienced the fierce impact of the fire dragon and the burning of the flames, and the possibility of survival seemed very small.
Ye Ting shrugged:”Professor, look over there, there is no body of his. In such a short time, he can’t be burned to ashes, right?”
He paused and continued:”I even suspect that this guy is the one who broke into the forbidden forest last time. Although his performance this time is not as good as before, the moves he used are exactly the same. Last time he was able to escape from Principal Dumbledore, so this time he can’t be unable to stop the dragon’s breath of a young dragon, right?”
If Voldemort was present, he would probably complain.
Is that the dragon’s breath of a young dragon? The breath of an adult fire dragon is not that scary!
Professor McGonagall’s face became uglier and uglier as Ye Ting continued his narration.
Seeing this, Ye Ting struck while the iron was hot and said,”Professor, I feel that guy is seriously injured and may not have gone far. If you chase him now, you may be able to catch up.”
Ye Ting felt something was wrong with Voldemort’s performance this time. He didn’t seem to want to get the blood of the unicorn, otherwise he wouldn’t have behaved so poorly and ran away as soon as Ye Ting appeared. It
‘s impossible that he was afraid of the fire dragon, right?
Moreover, if he really showed the destructive power of the last time, Twilight Sparkle and Hagrid would be in a much worse situation.
Of course, it is also possible that all this is because Voldemort consumed too much energy before, which made him unable to cast powerful black magic now.
But Ye Ting still faintly sensed a hint of conspiracy.
“Forget it, the most important thing now is to ensure your safety.”Professor McGonagall shook her head without hesitation,”Let’s talk about the investigation and pursuit after Albus comes.”
She knew very well that facing the enemy who might be hiding in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, a rash pursuit would only lead to greater danger.
Of course, what Professor McGonagall was worried about was not her own safety, but that the black-robed wizard would come back and harm Ye Ting and the others after she left.
She was not Dumbledore and could not fully understand Ye Ting’s abilities.
Although Ye Ting had demonstrated his outstanding strength, as a professor, she still found it difficult to be completely relieved.
Seeing this, Ye Ting just shrugged his shoulders easily to show his understanding.
Since Professor McGonagall has decided so, then so be it.
“”Ye Ting, I have another question for you!”
Professor McGonagall said in a serious tone, and her eyes turned to Mavica who was lying leisurely on the ground,”This dragon, where did it come from? When I heard that you rode a dragon to save Hagrid, I almost thought I had heard it wrong! Hogwarts has never kept a dragon, not to mention that it is illegal to keep a dragon without the approval of the Ministry of Magic!”
McGonagall’s words were very harsh, and she did not intend to give Ye Ting any room to evade.
After all, the deafening dragon roar had attracted the attention of too many people.
If the Ministry of Magic really tracks it down, the dragon keeper may not escape the fate of being sent to Azkaban.
Hagrid had recovered from his previous astonishment at this moment. Seeing Ye Ting being questioned by McGonagall, he gritted his teeth and prepared to step forward and take responsibility.
“In fact, this dragon……”
“”I asked Hagrid to raise the dragon!” Just when Hagrid was about to confess, Ye Ting suddenly interrupted him.
Ye Ting felt that since Hagrid’s fire dragon was almost his own property due to his”deception”, it was nothing for him to take the blame for Hagrid.
Moreover, he had already made a comprehensive plan as early as the moment he decided to ride Mavica to save Hagrid.
Otherwise, why didn’t he choose to ride a flying broom to support?
Facing Professor McGonagall’s sharp eyes, Ye Ting seemed to be at ease:”Hagrid mentioned to me before that there are too many eight-eyed giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest, which has now caused a serious impact on the ecological balance of the Forbidden Forest. Many rare magical creatures are threatened as a result, and the centaur tribe is also deeply affected and miserable.”
Ye Ting sighed softly, and continued:”Hagrid is alone and has limited strength, and it is difficult for him to deal with this trouble. However, he did not dare to report the matter. After all, these rampant eight-eyed giant spiders are inseparable from some of his past decisions.……”
At this point, he shut up at the right time and gave Professor McGonagall a look that said”you know”. Professor
McGonagall crossed her arms and frowned,”I know all this, but what does the dragon have to do with this matter?”
“Professor, don’t worry,”
Ye Ting smiled and continued,”Because of this problem, Heger came to me specifically, hoping that I could give him some advice. So, I proposed a biological control plan to him.”
“Biological control, what is that? Professor McGonagall was confused by the sudden professional term.
“This is a method commonly used by Muggles to combat species invasions,” Ye Ting explained,”To put it simply, it is to effectively control the number of invasive species by introducing natural enemies of the invasive species.”
Ye Ting began to popularize science:”In fact, the Muggle world often encounters situations like the rampant Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest.
They call this phenomenon species invasion.
Muggles believe that species invasions are mainly due to the fact that these alien species have adapted too well to the conditions in the new environment after arriving there.
Compared with local species, they are more competitive, and they do not have natural enemies in their original place to restrain them.
”
At the mention of magical creatures, Hagrid immediately perked up:”Oh, I know the word natural enemy. The natural enemy of the Acromantula is the Cockatrice, right?”
“That’s right,”
Ye Ting nodded.”The eight-eyed giant spider originally lived on the island of Kalimantan, where there are many wild cockatrices. It is because of them that the eight-eyed giant spider there has not become rampant. As for the forbidden forest………”
Ye Ting didn’t say anything more, but everyone understood what he meant.
Twilight Sparkle couldn’t help but interrupt:”But, we can’t release cockatrices in the Forbidden Forest, that would be too scary.……”
Unlike dragons, cockatrices are evil by nature and are pure dark creatures. They were created by black magic from the beginning. Cockatrices have the body of a lizard, the head of a rooster, feathers or bat wings, and a second head on its tail. The most terrifying thing is that its gaze can turn enemies into stone!
In this respect, cockatrices are very similar to basilisks – except that basilisks have a stronger killing power in their gazes, and they only have the ability to petrify after being weakened.
In addition to the ability to petrify with their gazes, cockatrices and basilisks are also similar in the way they are born.
The difference is that basilisks are born from rooster eggs and hatched by toads.
Cockatrices are creatures born from snakes hatching hen eggs.
By the way, there is an even more extreme case. If a snake egg is hatched by a rooster, a petrified lizard will be born.
It is a lizard with eight legs, and they also have the ability to petrify with their gaze.
All in all, common magical creatures like fire dragons hurt people mostly because of their violent tempers or because they regard humans as invaders of their territory.
Dark creatures like cockatrices and basilisks can derive pleasure from the fear of others – they are born to enjoy killing.
Raising cockatrices in the Forbidden Forest is simply playing with human lives!
Therefore, Ye Ting nodded in agreement:”Indeed, we can never raise cockatrices in the Forbidden Forest. The risk is too great. Therefore, we chose a more reliable plan – to use fire dragons to replace the role of cockatrices. After all, the modern wizarding world is already quite mature in raising fire dragons. And by chance, Hagrid recently got a dragon egg.……”
“But…but you can’t raise dragons privately, can you?”
After listening to Ye Ting’s nonsense, Professor McGonagall’s tone slowed down a lot, but she still couldn’t believe it.
“Biological control… This idea is novel, and Hogwarts might really consider adopting it.” (To read exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
Dumbledore’s voice came slowly from the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and then his iconic silver-white beard appeared in the shadows of the trees.
At this time, Dumbledore was wearing a dark purple robe, which was decorated with sparkling silver stars. The long cloak dragged on the ground and danced in the wind. At this moment, his brows rarely revealed a bit of worry.
Ye Ting was not surprised by Dumbledore’s sudden appearance, but just nodded slightly.
He didn’t expect the principal to say so. Dumbledore was indeed more indulgent in the extraordinary things done to the little wizard.
Professor McGonagall was still very unhappy and blamed:”How could you let Hagrid do this? What if the Ministry of Magic comes to inspect, how should we explain it?”
Dumbledore waved his hand, indicating that he should stay calm,”We will discuss the specific matters later. Now, I am more concerned about what happened here.”
He turned his gaze to Twilight Sparkle and Hagrid, waiting for their explanation.
Twilight Sparkle had recovered some of her spirits at this moment, and she narrated the events in a fragmentary manner, while Hagrid added details on the side.
As early as a few weeks ago, Hagrid, as the gamekeeper, realized that there were traces of strangers entering and leaving the Forbidden Forest.
He originally thought that these were just some naughty senior students who could not resist the temptation of the Forbidden Forest and came to explore.
This kind of thing has happened before.
The Weasley brothers were like this, and so were Ye Ting and the others.
However, within a few days, the centaurs sent news: their people began to be attacked again.
Hagrid suddenly realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.[]
At that time, he had some doubts, whether the dark wizard from before had sneaked into the Forbidden Forest again.
But Dumbledore had clearly confirmed that the dark wizard had been expelled, and the detection system of the Forbidden Forest had also undergone a comprehensive inspection and upgrade.
Now, the detection systems around the Forbidden Forest did not notify that there was a problem.
So Hagrid decided to go deep into the Forbidden Forest himself to find out the whole story.
Until today, during a routine patrol, he ran into a man in a black robe who was about to attack a unicorn.
Twilight Sparkle tightly protected the unicorn, but her strength alone was obviously not enough to compete with the man in black.
Anger instantly overwhelmed Hagrid’s mind. He took Fangs and rushed towards the man in black without hesitation.
Needless to say,
Hagrid and Twilight Sparkle were no match for the dark wizard. They could only let the unicorn go first and stay to delay the dark wizard.
Fortunately, Ye Ting arrived in time to avoid a greater tragedy.
“”Hagrid, you are too careless!”
Professor McGonagall could not help but reproached,”You should have informed Albus as soon as you discovered the problem! How could you think of fighting such a powerful enemy by yourself?”
Her voice was full of fear and worry.
If Ye Ting had not appeared in time this time, the consequences would have been disastrous…
Hagrid opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.
During that time, he was secretly raising Mavica in his hut, and he was so guilty that he didn’t dare to go to Dumbledore.
“Ye Ting, you did a great job this time.”
Dumbledore looked at Ye Ting again, his eyes full of admiration,”You always bring me surprises, you are really young and promising.”
Ye Ting shrugged lightly,”This is what I should do, after all, Hagrid is my good friend. Besides, Mavica also made an indelible contribution this time.”
Dumbledore nodded in agreement, then changed the subject and said to Professor McGonagall,”Minerva, send them back first, and notify other professors to let them restrain the students of their respective colleges and don’t cause any trouble at this time.”
At this point, Dumbledore’s voice revealed a rare anger,”As for me, I will go to the Forbidden Forest to meet the murderer in person!”
As his emotions fluctuated, a powerful magic power spread around, and the invisible pressure made Mavica and La Ruti in the distance feel frightened.
In fact, Dumbledore was like Ye Ting, in addition to being angry, he was also confused.
Voldemort’s move this time was completely unnecessary.
He had made a move in Gringotts before to snatch the Philosopher’s Stone; the last time he broke into the Forbidden Forest was to obtain the blood of the unicorn.
But now, he has used the blood of the unicorn and has no need to replenish his vitality for the time being, and the Philosopher’s Stone is not in the Forbidden Forest. So why did he take the risk?
Strange as it is, he still had to search.
So, Dumbledore left Professor McGonagall and others where they were, and walked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest alone.
