Archaeologists at Hogwarts

After learning the fact that the two knew each other, Hermione and Ron began to retreat quietly in tacit agreement, but were blocked by two small shovels thrown at them.

Toby clapped his hands up and down and said: "Then you should really go find Principal Dumbledore. He allowed me to stay in the Forbidden Forest for archeology. And I did find a lot of wealth in the process, although the inheritance of the missing person is not

It’s a lot, but at least it proves that archeology in the Forbidden Forest is a good decision, and it can also help the school complete its student list and so on.”

Professor Highmore began to mention the students who disappeared in the Forbidden Forest again - Hermione and Ron thought sadly, always feeling that they might become one of them.

Ronan didn't speak. He turned to look at a burnt leaf, and his eyes became more melancholy - it was caused by the spark spell just now, which burned the leaf.

"This is just an accident." Toby said: "In my eyes, the Forbidden Forest is a wonderful archaeological site, so why would I bear to destroy it? Tonight is just a mistake made when teaching students a lesson -"

As he spoke, he turned his attention to Hermione and Ron: "I hope the scare tonight will make you behave and behave in the future and not cause any more trouble."

The two of them nodded like chickens pecking at rice, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you on patrol?" Toby asked Ronan: "Have you caught the murderer of the animals in the forest yet?"

Hermione and Ron immediately pricked their ears - Professor Heimer's question was related to the reason why they appeared in the Forbidden Forest, which was to bury the carcasses of those animals.

Ronan didn't answer immediately. He stared upwards without blinking, and then sighed.

"It is always the innocent who suffer first." He said, "This has been the case for hundreds of years, and it is still the case now."

"Yes." Toby said perfunctorily: "Let me tell you, you centaurs have lived in the Forbidden Forest for so long, have you found any clues about the murderer?"

Ronan looked up at the starry sky: "Mars is very bright tonight."

Mars? Mars again?

Toby remembered that the tall House behind the Mason door mentioned Mars. His exact words at that time were: "Mars is very bright tonight. It will continue to be bright for the foreseeable future."

"What else?" Toby asked with interest, wanting to get more clues from Ronan: "What else was discovered?"

Ronan seemed not to have heard what he said and just repeated: "Mars is very bright tonight, extremely bright."

After Toby asked again and again several times, Ronan added: "There are many secrets hidden in the Forbidden Forest."

"Okay, okay." Toby knew the temperament of centaurs very well. They are the most reluctant magical creatures to come into contact with wizards, let alone help wizards.

"As long as you are still patrolling, it will be fine. I don't want to be attacked for no reason one day while doing archeology."

Toby asked the two of them to pick up the small shovels. They bypassed the silent Ronan and were about to continue walking deeper into the Forbidden Forest. Ronan suddenly said: "Bain is also patrolling on the other side of the Forbidden Forest.

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Toby looked back at him without stopping.

The two people behind him exchanged glances with each other, and Ron bravely asked: "Professor, who is Bain?"

Toby stepped over a fallen tree trunk and said, "Bane is also a centaur, but he has a bad temper. According to Ronan, Al will probably meet him soon."

"This is not good. We have had some unpleasantness before. Bain's belief in protecting the Forbidden Forest is very firm and a bit radical. He also said harsh words to Al - it's time to speed up, children, in case Al

It would be bad if you hit hard."

He looked back at the two people who looked shocked.

"You certainly don't want to collect corpses for centaurs."

Hermione and Ron didn't know what to say at all, and they ran subconsciously - it seemed that in Professor Hemmer's consideration, Mr. Al would definitely not lose.

And Harry, he couldn't possibly encounter anything more terrifying than the devil chasing after him, right?

Unfortunately, their prayers failed to save Harry.

In the trees on the other side of the Forbidden Forest, Harry and Malfoy were walking tiredly. Al would call out from somewhere in front of them from time to time to let them know where to go, but he would not let them rest.

.

Both of them knew this very well. This was clearly Mr. Al's punishment for their previous attempt to fight. They did not dare to resist any more, for fear of being hit on the head with a shovel again, which would not be comfortable.

The places where the three walked were dense bushes, which was nothing to Al, who was small in stature, but Harry and Malfoy had suffered enough, and they had given up using shovels to clear a path.

, there is not much strength left in the whole body.

"ah!"

Harry heard Mr. Al's cry again. He stared at the fallen tree trunk in front of him with a sad expression. The only way to get over was to climb up.

Just as Harry was hugging the tree trunk, he suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, and a sharp arrow passed straight past his face and shot straight towards Al on the bushes in front of him.

"Snapped!"

Al picked up the small shovel and moved it in front of him, then swung it again and knocked the sharp arrow away, nailing it in front of Malfoy's eyes on the other side of the tree trunk.

“Ahhhhh——!”

Malfoy screamed in horror.

Harry saw a centaur walking out of the woods on the right. He had black hair and a black body, and looked a little rough. He was holding a curved bow and arrow in his hand. It seemed that this was the man who attacked Mr. Al.

people.

"ah!"

Al jumped on the flying carpet and shouted angrily at the opponent's sneak attack.

Bain, the centaur, looked even angrier than Al. He roared angrily: "This is not the place you should come to, Sniff, you are not allowed to take another step closer to our tribe!"

"ah!"

Al pointed in a direction towards Malfoy and Harry, which seemed to indicate the place where they were originally going to arrive. Then it flew towards Bane in a menacing manner, and took out a bunch of weird stuff from its belly pocket.

Things - a screaming rag doll, a bloody table knife, a candle shrouded in mist, and even a complete skull.

Al put the skull on his head, and the skull's mouth immediately grinned up and down, making an intoxicating clicking sound.

Bain drew his bow again and aimed his sharp arrow at the screaming rag doll, but it was also split open by the opponent with a blood-stained knife. The laughter it made was more terrifying than the skull.

Harry watched helplessly as Mr. Al started fighting with Bain. Malfoy had been frightened by the sharp arrows earlier and ran away screaming. Harry also quickly climbed over the tree trunk without looking back.

ran away.

All this happened so fast that Harry had no time to think - what was going on? Why did Mr. Al suddenly start a fight with the centaurs?

He was running wildly in the darkness, and had long been separated from Malfoy, and had strayed from his original direction.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound in the darkness, and Harry subconsciously stopped, his eyes widening in horror——

A hooded figure flashed out from the shadows, crawling slowly on the ground like an approaching beast.

In the figure's hand was a dead fox, but he obviously found a more interesting prey than the fox——

He saw Harry and floated slowly towards him.