Chapter 450 Hunter and Prey

"I hope it's just a vampire or a werewolf or something..."

Elena followed the little golden unicorn through the lush forbidden forest. A dazzling magic mark on the back of her left hand emitted a white light, murmuring to herself.

It was just a simple idea. Apart from temporarily activating the oath for lighting, there was no way to trigger the reactions of Dumbledore and Grindelwald. She was more just trying to seize the advantage of attacking first.

Facing unknown enemies that may appear at any time, she needs to be mentally prepared to strike first.

Hagrid once said that if you have to enter the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest, you must not deviate from the forest trails.

However, the advice of the Hogwarts gamekeeper obviously did not apply to the magical animals living in this forest. In less than two or three minutes, the little golden unicorn had completely taken her away from any obvious human activities. area of ​​the trail.

The surrounding trees became more and more dense, and the last glow in the sky gradually dimmed, leaving only a faint light. The lush branches even blocked most of the starlight, leaving only the faint light on the back of Elena's hands.

Elena felt that she had walked for about ten minutes, and now she should have reached the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

The spacing between trees is getting denser, and the trunks are getting thicker and thicker. From time to time, you can see some ferocious vines clinging to huge trees that have grown for unknown ages, and some strange-shaped tree roots protrude from the ground, forming a series of attractions. It’s a look that makes people think of it—but unfortunately it’s not a good association.

The sound of gurgling water could be vaguely heard nearby. With the faint light, Elena could see spots of unicorn blood scattered along the road. Maybe it was rubbed by the little guy, or maybe it was left by the owner of the blood. Down.

But no matter what, all this proves that she will reach her destination soon.

Seeing this, Elena quickened her pace. It was not a good thing to stay in this place for a long time.

Although after spring has completely arrived, the leaves have fully grown, and with the shrubs and grass, it may be a wonderful scenery, but at night when autumn has just entered, it is not pleasant to travel through this cold place. matter.

the most important is……

As time passed, Elena became more and more aware of who the enemy she might face soon was.

Today, near Hogwarts, the murderer is most likely Voldemort, who relies on unicorn blood to survive.

After all, the Voldemort possessing the back of Professor Quirrell's head was too weak. As a remnant soul, he could only rely on this cursed magical blood to regain a little strength.

However, the only thing that confuses Elena is that this is not the original plot point? !

According to the original script arrangement, Professor Quirrell should first try to cause a commotion, such as releasing a troll into the school, and then take advantage of the chaos to break through the restricted area of ​​the fourth-floor corridor where the Philosopher's Stone is hidden.

Things like sucking the blood of unicorns will only appear after the Chinese New Year, when Voldemort becomes weaker and has a more urgent idea of ​​increasing some of his strength to crack magic levels.

Besides!

Isn’t the food at Hogwarts delicious today? !

Why would you abandon the carefully prepared dishes in the Hogwarts kitchen and choose to poach innocent unicorns at a time like this? !

As a chef, Elena felt that her dignity had been greatly insulted.

While walking through the quiet jungle and thinking wildly, Elena suddenly heard a strange and incongruous sound.

"Huh?! Stop."

Elena stopped in an instant, stretched out her hand to grab the tail of the little unicorn in front of her, and before the little unicorn could make a confused sound, she used her other hand to press the little thing's mouth firmly, "Shh... a little bit." There’s something wrong with that sound.”

Time seemed to suddenly slow down. Elena's breathing gradually slowed down. She felt that her hearing seemed to be several times sharper than usual. She could even catch every sigh of Lin Feng and the breaking of every branch around her. sound.

And in this, there is a discordant note mixed in.

Something was swishing and sliding on the nearby drop. The sound was like the sound of a cloak being dragged quickly on the ground, but it was unexpectedly light and fast, as if it was sliding on smooth ice.

Looking around, the silver blood stains on the ground became increasingly dense.

Elena squinted her eyes. She saw a lot of fresh blood splattered on the roots of an ancient oak tree next to her. Every experienced hunter knows that such violent blood stains and signs of struggle often indicate that the target will not Run too far.

There was a faint sound of horses neighing in front of her. Even just listening to the sound, she could feel the pain and despair in it. The girl felt that the little guy next to her began to struggle violently, as if he wanted to rush out immediately.

"Rua, let me do it...don't be impulsive."

Elena pressed the little guy next to her tightly, looked at its big tear-filled lake-blue eyes, and whispered in an extremely serious voice, "Just stay here quietly and leave the rest to me. I can't protect two unicorns at the same time."

In the dense forest, there is usually only one opportunity for attack and defense to change the identities of hunter and prey.

Although theoretically speaking, Professor Quirrell's magical strength has not reached the level of threat to Voldemort, but as an adult wizard, especially a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, he is not far behind in mastering basic offensive spells. many.

"Phew... the hunting has begun."

Feeling that the little guy beside her gradually quieted down, Elena took a breath and silently took off the obstructive college robe. The sound of her breathing slowly faded away, like a terrifying and patient apex jungle predator. Quietly, he approached the place where the noise was coming from.

Beyond the bushes ahead, a small clearing can be seen.

Elena had never seen such a beautiful, miserable sight.

In a small clearing, a white unicorn fell helplessly to the ground, its legs stretched unnaturally, and there was an extremely terrifying wound from its neck to its waist and abdomen, with silver blood accompanying it. The weak breathing rose and fell, constantly flowing from the wound.

In the shadows at the edge of the clearing, a bush trembled slightly...

Then, a hooded black figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

The black figure was covered in a wide pitch black robe, which seemed to absorb all the surrounding light. The low-hanging hood made its face invisible. It crawled slowly on the ground, like a wild beast, with a breath of air everywhere. Weird and ominous.

Then, under Elena's gaze, the black-robed figure stopped at least four or five meters away from the unicorn. It seemed a little afraid of the dying unicorn, and slowly raised a wand...

It's now! Elena took a deep breath, raised her wand and pointed it at the back of the black figure directly in front of her.

"Explosion—Maximum!"

boom!

Accompanied by a violent roar, the dazzling oath on the back of the girl's hand instantly turned blood red, and an unpleasant smell of burnt flesh emanated from Elena's left hand - the backlash of forcibly breaking the oath is not so pleasant. .

Even if Elena crossed some of the loopholes in the rules, it would still be quite painful.

It would be great if he didn't have the damn foresight and could not regard the opponent as a human being at all - the previous spell completely exploded the opponent's "back", revealing a large piece of bloody "chest and abdomen" - this is a A strange existence walking backwards, barely half a human?

Elena bit her lip and quickly shifted her position in the jungle. She raised her wand in her right hand and pointed it steadily at the black figure who roared like a wounded beast and frantically released spells towards her original position.

"Explosion—Maximum!"

boom!

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On the other side, Hogwarts Castle.

Dumbledore was raising his glass and talking to Professor McGonagall next to him with a smile on his face.

"Uh-huh!"

The old man's strong and tall body shook suddenly, and he almost missed the wine glass in his hand. The red wine liquid spilled on the wizard's robe, instantly soaking a large piece of it, and a familiar heartbreaking pain came from his chest.

The unbreakable oath was forcibly triggered - Dumbledore, as the protector, also suffered the backlash of the oath.

At the same time, Mr. "Otto Apocalypse" who was enjoying the food with a smile on his face suddenly stood up and looked at Dumbledore, who was sitting on the faculty seat with a painful look on his face, anxiously. asked loudly.

"Where is she now? Albus!"

"You should be able to sense the specific location of the Forbidden Forest."

"Lift the ban on phantom movement in the castle immediately! I'll go there now!"

"It's open."

crackle.

There was a sharp blast of air.

Otto Apocalis disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant, leaving the Hogwarts staff table in a state of confusion and confusion as they just reacted.

"Be sure nothing happens, little one!"

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