Chapter 73 In the Shadow of the Forbidden Forest

The person who comes is not good.

He signaled a few little wizards to hide in the house.

Hagrid took the crossbow and walked out.

The sound of horse hooves knocking on the door is nothing more than centaurs, and this is not the first time Hagrid has had a conflict with them.

Centaurs have more hunters and fewer metal weapons.

This number of centaurs would be difficult to inflict fatal injuries on Hagrid in a short while.

And Hagrid's hut is backed by the Forbidden Forest. If something happens, the big guys he has taken care of will respond to his call.

Therefore, although Hagrid was only one person in number, he was not inferior at all in terms of momentum.

"Bain, why are you bringing these people to my place so late?"

Bain, the centaur hunter, the leader of the new generation of centaur hunting team (Chapter 50), is not friendly to Hagrid, that is, not friendly at all. There is nothing they can do against Hagrid.

Hagrid is the spokesperson of the wizarding world and Dumbledore. This is just one of them.

What worries the centaurs even more is his own influence in the Forbidden Forest.

The centaurs are also a powerful force in the Forbidden Forest, but they are not the strongest.

The strongest ones are the alliance formed by the hippogriff couple, the King of Light's unicorn tribe, the Night King's thestrals, and various other magical animal tribes under their command. God knows why they are causing trouble. together.

Then there is the Acromantula tribe that appeared in the Forbidden Forest more than forty years ago.

The above groups all maintain good relations with Hagrid.

Not to mention those dangerous behemoths that walk alone, many of which are simply owned by Hagrid.

"Hagrid, you should take care of your Acromantulas. Many centaur hunters have died at their hands recently."

Bain said gloomily.

"When we discovered it, we could only find their remaining bones and traces of the Acromantula's activities."

Hagrid was confident. He knew the rules of the Forbidden Forest very well. As long as Aragog did not die, the Acromantulas would continue to abide by the rules.

"Oh? Did they die in your centaurs' territory? Or did they die in the hunting area."

There are rules in the Forbidden Forest, and the one who sets the rules is naturally the "king".

Other residents of the Forbidden Forest can also receive gifts from the "King" if they abide by the rules.

They regularly release large quantities of cattails in hunting areas.

The increase in the number of these organisms at the lower levels of the food chain will make other organisms in the hunting area eat fuller and reproduce faster.

Each population benefits from the king's behavior.

The centaur hunters themselves are individuals who have sworn to join the fight of natural creatures. They are both hunters and prey. This status is not special in the Forbidden Forest.

Bain knew he was in the wrong, because not only were the dead centaur's bones not found in the hunting area,

It was even found in the Acromantula's territory.

In other words, these idiots broke in on their own.

Just to come to this conclusion,

The hunter who broke into the giant spider's territory to investigate the matter of his missing companion,

His right arm was bitten by a spider and had to be amputated to save his life. Naturally, he could not continue hunting and quit the hunting team.

The horse people are unreasonable in this matter.

But the Acromantula is the species that Hagrid put into the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid did not hide this matter from others.

As the hope of the Centaur hunting team, Bain was angry, so he brought people to trouble Hagrid.

"Hmph, I'm here to remind you, don't let dangerous magical animals into the Forbidden Forest anymore. Three-headed dogs, manticores, and acromantic spiders, they shouldn't live here."

Then Bain saw Hagrid's coat on fire.

The culprit is a creature that looks like a large bat, but obviously, a bat does not have such a classic fire dragon head and can spit fire.

Hagrid quickly took off his coat, threw it on the ground, and tried to stamp it out with his feet.

Anyway, his body has high resistance and is not afraid of burning.

But that is dragon fire, and it is difficult to extinguish it in conventional ways.

So Hagrid could only watch as his coat burned into a ball of charcoal under his feet.

How could a hunter not learn the characteristics of dangerous creatures like "Fire Dragon"! It's obviously a Norwegian Ridgeback!

Baine was shocked and angry,

Angry that Hagrid was raising a fire dragon;

And he will definitely throw it into the Forbidden Forest! Even if the trees in the Forbidden Forest have magic, it will be difficult to fight against dragon fire!

What surprised Hagrid was the operation of stepping on the dragon fire just now.

The pants on his right leg have been burned, but there are no scars on Hagrid's leg except that the leg hair was burned off and the whole leg was blackened. That was dragon fire!

Never put it in the woods! Otherwise, the residents in the tribe will suffer!

"Hagrid, you actually plan to raise a dragon! Just wait! I will go back and report to the high priest and call Dumbledore here tonight!"

Bain called, and was about to leave when a voice came from the direction of the Forbidden Forest.

"Bain, you don't have to go back. I'm already here. I've also notified Principal Dumbledore. He will be here soon."

Originally, he only followed him to prevent a conflict between Bain and Hagrid. Unexpectedly, he discovered something like this and had to step forward.

The high priest with a partially wooden body walked up to Hagrid.

Dolan, who has not been involved in hunting for many years, is not as impulsive as Bane.

He smiled gently at Hagrid and explained.

"Hagrid, I'm sorry, the Forbidden Forest is our common home, and the danger of the fire dragon is too great for this forest."

Facing this kind elder, Hagrid did not act so tough.

He is not a tough-tempered person to begin with.

It's just that when dealing with creatures like Bain who are full of jungle laws, you have to be tougher in order not to be hurt.

This is the conclusion he has come up with after so many years of taming little cuties.

There is no need to face the wise centaur high priest.

When he first took over the position of gamekeeper at Hogwarts, this old man helped him a lot.

Soon, Principal Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall appeared in front of Hagrid's cabin in a ball of fire. It was Fawkes the Phoenix.

The few little wizards who had been standing in front of the window watching the excitement for a while suddenly stopped showing their heads and found places to hide. They shouldn't be here at this time.

"Long time no see, Dolan, why did you use emergency contact to find me today?"

Since the emergency contact method had a character limit, Dumbledore only received information about the time and location. When he saw it, he hurriedly asked Fawkes to show up here with him and McGonagall.

Dolan glanced at Dumbledore strangely. It seemed like he was doing well recently?

It seems that his old friend is now at peace.