harry potter book of crimes

When the high-level living zombie subjugation team led by Willy and the old housekeeper hurriedly arrived at the area where the explosion occurred, the other two wizard squadrons that had been fighting nearby had already met at the designated location to welcome their arrival.

This is a sandy forest park located north of Tilburg. It is said that centuries ago it was the most famous magical forest in the Netherlands, where two "evil" witches Ronce and Drense lived together for many years.

At that time, residents in several surrounding villages knew this, so no one ever dared to approach this forest easily.

Probably it is because this ancient story has been passed down from generation to generation. Whenever their children do not want to sleep at night, parents will scare their children with that gloomy story. Therefore, when this sandy forest was officially developed,

It was natural to take the names of the two witches in the story and named it "De Loonse en Drunense duinen Forest Park".

Of course, in fact, this is just an ordinary forest. Maybe there were wizards living in it back then, but there certainly won't be anymore. Because this forest has long been developed into a national park by Muggles, and there are

The racecourse has a large dog training paddock and even a mountain track for bicycle racing running through it - if a wizard really likes such a lively place, he might as well live in seclusion in a nearby Muggle town, right?

It's just that until today, a large strange green flame has replaced everything here.

"...Miss, Mr. Butler, we have just sent people in to investigate once - that kind of flame seems to have an extremely strong corrosive effect on the human body. Once contaminated, it will soon turn into charred bones and scatter on the ground.

There's no way to put them out yet... so now we can't get in."

As soon as they got off the carriage, the leaders of the two squadrons who arrived first came over to report the situation here to Weili. However, although the two complemented each other in detail, they could only sum it up in one sentence - because they couldn't get in.

So I don't know.

But if combined with the information that Willie got from the "mushroom man" before, it is not difficult to realize that this green flame must have appeared after the explosion.

During this period of about twenty minutes, what happened here? It's somewhat intriguing.

"In short, there should have been one of our teams resting in this forest at the time of the explosion, and now... they have probably been killed." The old housekeeper looked at the forest that had been mostly engulfed by green flames.

said.

"Um."

When Weili heard this, she nodded and couldn't help but frown slightly. After all, someone dying is a sad thing, even if she had already made corresponding psychological preparations before she decided to launch this war.

, but every time I hear that there are casualties among my subordinates, my heart inevitably trembles.

However, no matter how unpleasant it is, the things that need to be solved always have to be solved by someone. Once she starts doing things with her heart, Willy will never stop thinking, and of course it is the same now.

"I want to get closer and take a look..." Willy pursed her lips slightly and quickly said, "Also, are there any bones left behind from the burned companions? Where are they?"

"Miss--"

The old housekeeper subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Willie seemed to know what he was going to say and immediately raised her hand to interrupt him.

"Where?" She just looked at the two team leaders in front of her and asked again.

"Uh, here...but miss, please don't get too close, lest...any accidents happen."

The bearded leader among them spoke with a slight hesitation, and glanced at the old housekeeper from time to time. Seeing that there was no further reaction from the other party, he led Willy and the old housekeeper towards the edge of the forest.

The green flame has no temperature, but if you get close, you can smell a somewhat pungent rancid smell.

The remains of several wizard team members who went to test before were still being burned in the ever-lasting green flames and could not be taken out, so they were still left in the place where they died. Not long after, we went there.

Nearby, Willy had already seen several ghastly withered bones, scattered in the raging flames.

"Huh?" At first glance, Willy frowned again and looked over and said, "Won't the clothes be corroded?"

It can be seen that many of the skeletons are still wrapped and covered in several wizard robes, and those sets of robes look complete, with almost no signs of damage.

The team leader on the side listened to her question and replied respectfully:

"Yes, Miss. However, although those green flames seem to have no effect on objects other than the human body, they can penetrate without any obstacles. Carotti from our team tried to wrap himself in a rock wool blanket and go in to search for the missing team members.

, but it didn’t work out either—you see, that’s her.”

Following the index finger of the leading wizard, she looked into the forest. Although her vision was somewhat poor due to the thick green flames, Willie quickly saw a shadow that fell next to a certain tree.

It can be seen that the witch named "Carotti", wrapped in a rock wool blanket commonly used in potion laboratories to prevent fire, poison and corrosion, even though she walked a little further than the other teammates, she failed in the end.

Break through the obstruction of the strange green flame.

To be honest, there are many kinds of flames in the magic world. For example, the flame reaction that requires the use of copper-based agents in alchemical experiments will mostly appear blue-green. Another example is the floo powder that is now very common in the magic world.

A similar green flame will also ignite.

Everything is known and unknown, because there are different reasons for the formation of flame colors. Just classifying them is very difficult. It is even more difficult to explore the magical principles of the flames in front of you on the spot.

And just as Wei Li and others were contemplating, suddenly, another explosion suddenly sounded from the depths of the forest ahead, shocking everyone present.

"Miss, be careful!"

The first reaction of the old housekeeper and the two leading wizards was to hurriedly block Willie behind them. Seeing that the outer reaches of the forest did not seem to be affected, they turned their attention to the direction of the explosion again.

"I'm fine."

Willie slightly pulled away from one of the team leaders, stretched her neck across the heavy tree crowns and the pale green flames, and looked up into the sky of the forest.

"There...is someone there."

Yes, what Willy said was right - after receiving Willy's reminder, the old housekeeper and the others also looked into the distance in the air, and they saw several figures riding broomsticks that seemed to have just arrived.

Flying from the woods.

It's a pity that those figures, without exception, all have more or less green flames on their bodies, and the situation is precarious!