harry potter book of crimes

"The fog in the north... seems to be flowing?"

Although the wizard team just sent there to observe is returning, obviously wanting to come back and report the situation to old Aslan. But in fact, they don’t need to remind them. Just standing in the camp, you can clearly see the fog happening.

huge change.

Is the strange gray fog that has shrouded the UK for a long time finally starting to move again?

However, old Aslan and Charlie had just had this idea pop up in their minds at the same time, and they realized something was wrong again.

"Why do I feel that the fog over there is shrinking toward a certain place on the ground?" Charlie hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "No, I have to go take a look...Old Sir, you leave the camp

Prepare for defense immediately!"

Before he finished speaking, Charlie immediately turned around and ran towards the entrance of the camp. Old Aslan opened his mouth, but in the end he did not speak to stop him, but made arrangements as he said.

Not long after, Charlie, who was riding the fire dragon Norberta, suddenly passed over the camp and rushed straight towards the direction of the flow of gray mist.

And when he flew high into the sky, he finally confirmed that what he felt just now was correct.

Yes, it can be seen that a large amount of fog is rapidly gathering towards another highland to the north of the camp. Due to the rapid shrinkage, the originally dense fog has become thinner and thinner.

Therefore, when Charlie rode the fire dragon to this area, he even saw the bright sunshine coming down from high altitude for the first time in this British territory that had not seen the sun for a long time.

"call--"

Norberta suddenly flapped her wings and suddenly hovered in the light.

"What's wrong?"

While Charlie asked, he couldn't help but look up at the faintly discernible blue sky above his head. Unfortunately, such a refreshing scene seemed to indicate that some more terrifying crises were coming.

Hearing Charlie speak, Norberta shook her head vigorously, her sharp eyes fixed on the place where the gray fog was gathering not far ahead.

It seemed that she was aware of the danger and didn't want to get any closer.

After a while, when the fog on the top of the mountain was almost completely evacuated, and the bright sunshine fell on the green hillside for the first time in a long time, the fog that had condensed on the top of the mountain also changed from the original gray due to the high degree of concentration.

It became almost pure darkness.

Charlie was sitting on the dragon's back, and there was a slight glimmer of sweat in his hand holding the wand tightly. He knew that he couldn't let the mist continue to condense like this - God knows what would happen, but in any case it would definitely not happen.

It would be a good thing!

"Chi——"

At that moment, Charlie, who could no longer bear it any longer, waved his wand, and a spell suddenly shot out from the tip of the wand, falling straight into the mist mass that was still compressing.

However, his spell had no effect at all, and the black mist swallowed up his magic silently.

Changes continue.

"Mr. Weasley, what's going on here...?"

Hearing a sudden inquiry from behind him, Charlie realized that he had probably focused all his attention on the mist, and he didn't even notice anyone approaching him.

Fortunately, only two wizards from the camp came to look for him.

"I don't know what's going on," he glanced back, then immediately returned his gaze to the high ground ahead, "Has everyone returned to camp?"

"Everyone who went to the south to clean up the living corpses is rushing back, but it will probably take a while before they can all gather. But more protective spells are already being activated. The old knight asked us to ask you, do you want to go back to the camp first?

"

"You guys should go back first! I'll stay here and take another look - even if I can't prevent this change, I can at least collect enough information. The worst situation is to be ignorant."

"Okay, then let's go back and inform the old Sir about the situation here. Mr. Weasley, please be careful..."

While they were talking, the increasingly dark fog had compressed to almost the size of a room, which made the fog that could only block the sight seem to have become thicker. Looking from a distance, it seemed like a ball

A suspended, constantly deforming mass of mud.

Probably because the color was too dark, it gave Charlie and the others a deep feeling, as if they were connected to some unknown space.

And just when the wizard who came to find Charlie turned his broom and prepared to return to the camp, an abnormal change happened again.

I saw only those living corpses that had been kneeling on the ground and had not moved even if the fog shrank and the sun returned. At this moment, they suddenly got up from the ground. They were almost on their hands and feet, turning their heads to the top of the hillside.

The constantly surging black mist rushed away.

It can be seen that not only the nearby area where the fog has been evacuated, but also the living corpses further away are quickly rushing over.

It was precisely this gathering state that was like moths seeing a flame. The originally relatively small density of living corpses in the valley soon became crowded.

Seeing those ordinary living corpses pushing, trampling, and even biting each other, scrambling to throw themselves into the darkness that seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit, the bad premonition in Charlie's heart became more and more intense.

stand up.

"If there were no benefits, they wouldn't be so crazy. Maybe... entering there would allow them to accelerate their evolution immediately?"

In fact, no one has ever truly observed the evolution process of living corpses, and there are almost no evolved individuals even in areas far away from London.

Therefore, after seeing this scene, it is not unreasonable for Charlie to think so.

However, the truth is even more terrifying than he imagined!

"What are you still doing?"

Perhaps shocked by this new change, the two wizards who originally wanted to return to the camp stopped where they were and forgot to go back for a while. After Charlie noticed it, he immediately reminded:

"Go back quickly! Tell the old knight immediately not only to prepare for defense, but also to prepare to abandon the camp and make an emergency retreat!"

"Yes, I, I'll go right away."

Before he finished speaking, the wizard pulled another companion who was already stunned and swooped towards the camp. At the same time, Charlie hesitated again.

He was wondering whether he should take advantage of the opportunity when the living corpses gathered towards the dark fog and clear out as much of it as possible first.

"This...maybe can greatly reduce the pressure on the camp for a while."

Charlie gritted his teeth and thought so.