Chapter 168 Fighting the Cockatoo (Modified)

"Do you know what this monster is?" Allen asked quickly, wanting more information.

It is absolutely impossible to be a basilisk. There is no trace of a basilisk crawling in the Forbidden Forest, and it is impossible for the basilisk to release such a large-scale poisonous gas.

Otherwise, the little wizards of Hogwarts would have been overwhelmed by poison.

All these signs told Allen that what Tina said was correct, and there was indeed another monster in the secret room.

And this monster should be particularly interested in birds, so it will go directly to the Forbidden Forest instead of staying in the castle.

There is also a possibility that the basilisk crawled out of the secret room through the pipe, which also has its own passage, which can directly lead to the forbidden forest.

At this moment, Gaia suddenly looked behind Allen vigilantly.

Allen quickly jumped to Gaia's side. He looked vigilantly at the direction he was in just now - he also saw several animal stone sculptures on the road, and without exception, they all had hideous, painful and lifelike faces.

When Alan and the others heard the rustling sound, the surrounding trees turned yellow-brown at a speed visible to the naked eye, and were about to die; while the trees a little further away were not dead yet, but the black poisonous gas turned into A black thread wrapped around the entire trunk.

The grass rots quickly, and the leaves turn from verdant green to off-white, then quickly wither and become brittle, and when touched by the night breeze, they will shatter and turn into black ash.

A disgusting smell of rusted metal gradually spread in the air.

The open space where Allen and the others were located turned into an extremely bleak doomsday scene.

In this silence and darkness, the fear of death hangs over the land.

"You can see this monster with your own eyes!" Gaia stared vigilantly at the direction of the weird voice, "We should get out of here quickly!" Gaia suggested.

Allen believes that in the face of not knowing the strength of the opponent, it is a wise move to avoid the edge for the time being.

Allen climbed onto Gaia's back, and Gaia spread her wings and flew into the sky.

Soon, a strange creature appeared in the clearing.

Allen had to admit that this was the weirdest creature he had ever seen.

It is not big, only the size of a hen. Just looking at its size, it's hard for you to imagine that the poisonous gas exhaled by such a small animal can kill flying birds.

This poisonous gas is extremely overbearing, wherever this monster walks, no grass or shrubs survive.

A cockatrice has the body of a lizard, the head of a rooster, feathered bat wings, and a second head on the tail.

Its head is raised high, with small yellow and blue crown-like patterns intertwined, which is also a bit like a rooster's comb.

Its eyes are in the shape of a toad, and its wings are red, yellow and blue.

It walks on four legs, majestic and high-spirited. The front feet are yellow and blue, like a rooster's claws. The hind feet are serrated and webbed, like the feet of a frog.

"It is the monster in your castle - the cockatrice." Gaia said in a deep voice.

Allen finally knew what kind of monster it was! There are a few brief introductions to this monster in the "Mysterious Animal Illustrated Book" that he read before.

It is said that an old rooster laid an egg, and a toad hatched the egg, from which the cockatrice came. This is similar to the birth situation of the basilisk.

Either way, this horrific crossbreeding is always the subject of horror stories.

Because the poisonous gas of the cockatrice alone can kill people, and if the person who is not strong enough to resist the toxin is bitten by the cockatrice, it will be directly turned into stone—and it is not like the paralysis effect of petrification Instead, it turned into a real stone. Therefore, very few people have seen it. There are even fewer people who know exactly the techniques of breeding cockatrices.

But it is well documented that cockatrices are believed to be responsible for the bubonic plague that ravaged Rome in the ninth century.

In 1202, a cockatrice hiding in a well caused a plague in Vienna.

In 1474, in Basel, Switzerland, a Muggle saw a rooster lay an egg,

Before the eggs hatched, the rooster was burned alive and the eggs were thrown into the fire in front of thousands of people.

Because there are so few descriptions of cockatrices in the "Illustrated Book of Mysterious Animals", and there are no patterns to learn from, Alan didn't think of it before.

"Gaia, let me go down, maybe I can solve it!" Alan, who knew its origin, wanted to go down and meet the monster for a while.

"Alan, it's more than just poisonous gas and venom! Any small animal that sees its gaze will die for no reason! It may even turn into a stone if bitten by it!" Gaia disagreed with Alan's at risk.

"It's okay, I'm not a bird, am I..." Allen took out the unicorn horn that Gaia gave him before, and used a file to smack some powder and take it. "This should increase the odds of winning."

Seeing that Alan's tone was firm and prepared, Gaia was determined to get rid of the cockatrice, so she landed behind the cockatrice and let Alan climb off its back.

Gaia flew up again, hovering in the air, trying to wait for an opportunity to attack the little monster.

"Dizzy!" Allen planned to take advantage of his unpreparedness and quickly cast a spell.

The spell successfully hit the cockatrice, and the cockatrice turned around instantly, glared at Allen angrily, and made a hiss that symbolized death.

The feathers and lizard scales of the cockatrice gave it a lot of magic resistance.

The moment it turned around, Allen closed his eyes for caution.

"All petrified!" Listening to the voice, Allen cast a spell again and shot blindly.

The spell struck the cockatrice's feet—and this time half-successfully staggered its otherwise nimble movement, and the cockatrice flapped its tiny wings angrily instead, flew a few feet in the air, stretched out Two sharp front claws rushed towards Allen's face.

The wind was tangy, and the well-trained Allen made a wrong step and escaped the sharp blow of the cockatrice.

At the same time, Allen waved his wand instantly, "Avada Kedavra!" The green light shot from the tip of Allen's wand-this was the first time that Allen really tried to use the Killing Curse on other creatures, since Ordinary spells don't work, Allen hopes that this spell that directly acts on the soul can penetrate the opponent's magic resistance-in fact, once this spell is used on a person, it will be sentenced to death in Azkaban for any reason. After spending his whole life in prison, if he hadn't happened to be in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, Allen wouldn't have dared to use this spell. Although the target of his spell was a monster, it wouldn't cause too many legal problems, but after all, a It would be too bad for his reputation and Dumbledore's opinion that a second year student could cast the Killing Curse.

The green light successfully hit the cockatrice, but just as Alan's expression showed joy, Alan felt a pain in his hand, and the cockatrice's neck would suddenly grow longer, and it bit Alan hard , and sprayed out the venom at the same time.

Even after taking the unicorn horn, Alan felt a little dizzy for a moment. Fortunately, the effect of petrification did not seem to have worked on him.

Allen couldn't help opening his eyes, the cockatrice's rooster's nose and mouth seemed to be bleeding.

Allen knew that although his Killing Curse had hit the opponent, he didn't know whether it was the opponent's magic resistance that played a role or because Allen's own lack of intention to kill the opponent made this special emotion-requiring magic effect produce a fake Mu. The kind Di said was just the effect of causing the other party to bleed—although Alan guessed that the other party had suffered a lot of injuries when he saw the cockatrice spitting blood, but after all, Alan couldn't kill the cockatrice directly. monster.

Allen met his toad-like eyes—although nothing tragic happened,

Gaia mistakenly thought that Alan's daze was because he had already lost his life. It neighed sadly, swooped down from the sky, and trampled down the lower body of the cockatrice.

The cockatrice gave up in an instant and continued to attack Allen, and had to turn around and bite Gaia.

Gaia completely disregarded her own safety, and kicked the cockatrice fiercely like crazy, its hooves fell like rain, and the cockatrice could not escape Gaia's attack range no matter what.

Seeing that it was seriously injured and unable to defeat the sudden unicorn, the cockatrice was aroused fiercely, and with the determination to die, it bit Gaia's leg, even if its lower body was kicked to pieces, it would not let go.