harry potter book of crimes

"This seems a little bad..."

After Maka and others forcibly took Grawp back to the camping place, everyone had another good meal, and then planned to go to bed before it was completely dark.

Mainly Hagrid. After that, he had another fight with Grawp - well, he was "beaten" by Grawp - so he obviously needed a good rest.

However, while Maka was watching the night and admiring the unique clear starry sky on the mountain, there suddenly became a noise in the valley below.

Because of the silencing spell, he only discovered it because he felt the faint vibration coming from under his feet.

"...Oh, this doesn't look like an ordinary lively event."

When Maka muttered and looked into the valley, she saw this scene:

Within the scope of the giant tribe, the huge bonfire reflected a shadowy tall human figure. Of course, they were not holding a bonfire party, but were engaging in an extremely fierce group fight.

Although they were a little far away, Maka could still see those giants punching and kicking them mercilessly.

Under the quiet night sky, the sound of heavy blows was particularly obvious, and the occasional sound of broken bones mixed in made people feel numb.

Beside the conspicuous bonfire, there were two figures whose physiques were obviously larger than ordinary giants. They were entangled with each other at the moment, and the fight had entered a fever pitch.

This is undoubtedly the fiercest and most important battle among the giant tribe - the challenge for the position of Gu Ge.

Different from other creatures, when giants compete for the position of leader, the entire tribe will fight together. Male giants will fight against male giants, female giants will fight against female giants, and even the old, weak, sick and disabled will have to get up and fight.

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For a wizard whose ambition is to be a scholar, this kind of scene is not something that can be seen casually.

If Macca really came here to investigate the living conditions of giants this time and planned to write a paper on the protection of magical creatures, this would be a very precious experience.

Well, even if we take a step back, if Voldemort hadn't had time to negotiate with the giant tribe, according to Maka's character, it would probably be treated as a fun.

But unfortunately, Voldemort has obviously had negotiations with the giants, and it is not yet certain whether he will send people over again. Under such circumstances, Maka cannot leave this place alone.

Even though there are only a few giants left in the valley now, and they are even expected to be greatly reduced again, the fighting power of these big guys cannot be ignored.

Maka may not be afraid of these silly giants, but that doesn't mean others are not afraid. The advantages of giants in war have been highly recognized since ancient times.

"...what happened - oh, the soles of Merlin's feet!"

While Maka was hesitating alone, Hagrid's voice came from behind him. It seemed that he was awakened by the vibration of the ground.

"The situation is obviously a bit bad..." Maka said without looking back, "Anyway, let's wake up Mrs. Maxim first!"

After Hagrid went to call Mrs. Maxim, the three of them immediately started an emergency discussion.

"Listen to me first," Maka and others immediately took the lead and said, "This battle is obviously about clan members competing for Gu Ge's position. Regardless of whether Kakus loses or wins, this will be a blow to our future.

The negotiations were very disadvantageous..."

As Maka said, no matter which side wins, the giant tribe will usher in a period of chaos.

If you go to negotiate at this time, let alone whether those stupid guys can listen, maybe those guys will just beat them out without saying anything.

All in all, the current situation will be very unfavorable to them.

"But there are advantages," Maka continued, seeing Hagrid and Madam Maxime looking sad. "After this incident, Voldemort's advantage of negotiating with them in advance will definitely be lost by more than half - that is to say

, if we can find a way to continue our previous strategy of making good friends, maybe it will be smoother than we imagined yesterday!"

"Then what should we do?" Hagrid couldn't help but said, "Look below! It's all in this state. We probably won't even be able to get in tomorrow."

"Well..." Maka couldn't help but shrugged after hearing this, "This is exactly what I have been thinking about just now."

There is no doubt that the period before tonight's giant civil war determines the final winner is the most critical period of their trip.

"Orim, do you have any ideas?" Hagrid thought hard for a while, then decisively gave up on his random thoughts and turned to Maxim.

During this month of contact, Hagrid was already convinced that "Orim is much smarter than him".

But in his slightly expectant eyes, Mrs. Maxim quickly shook her head.

"We don't understand what those giants are thinking at all... If I want to see it, it depends on McClane. He obviously knows the giants' thinking better," she said.

After saying that, the two of them turned their attention to Maka, who was still deep in thought.

The giants' ability to resist fighting and their physical strength were something that wizards could not even imagine. The battles between them always took several hours to decide.

As for the challenge of fighting for Gu Ge, it was a peak battle between the strongest and the strongest in the tribe. If nothing else happened, they would probably be able to fight until dawn.

But even so, it is still quite difficult to find a solution.

"... In the minds of those giants, the battle to challenge Gu Ge is very sacred. If we want to intervene... it will be a real headache!"

Maka murmured to herself, and after a while, she let out a sigh of relief.

"There are still ways, but——"

Seeing Maka finally speak, Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim immediately listened attentively...

…

Just as Maka was coming up with a rather random countermeasure, in the reception room of Black's old house, the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, a meeting with a heavy atmosphere had already reached its lowest ebb.

At the long conference table, the main dozen or so members of the Order of the Phoenix were sitting together, with their mouths tightly closed and silent.

Even Tonks, who was usually the best at enlivening the atmosphere, lowered her head in silence at this moment.

On the top of the conference table, a large number of scattered documents and reports were scattered, and several even fell on the floor, but no one was seen picking them up.

It looked like someone threw them out in anger.

"boom!"

"Speak! Just speak - if you don't have an idea, just follow my opinion!" Sirius suddenly stood up suddenly and dropped his fist heavily on the conference table.

"No! Only this... is not possible!" Mrs. Weasley screamed.

"Then tell me! What should we do?" Sirius roared angrily.

"This...I..." Mrs. Weasley really had no idea this time.

"Sirius!" Mr. Weasley, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't help but frowned, "What's the use of yelling at Molly?"

"..."

Sirius took a deep breath, but found that he couldn't calm down this time. After he sat back impatiently on the armchair, he couldn't bear it anymore and jumped out of the chair.

stand up.

"If you want to endure it, just continue to endure it! I can't bear it this time!" He said angrily, turned around and walked towards the door of the reception room.

"Sirius!" Lupine suddenly shouted to stop him, "You can't go out!"

Sirius could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He suddenly turned around, walked quickly to the corner of the reception room with a tense face, and pointed angrily at a shadow on the ground.

"Can't go out?" He almost yelled, "Do you want me to watch him live every day from now on? I'm sorry! I simply can't do it!"

As he spoke, he pulled up the shadow on the spot and immediately exposed it to the magic light in the room.

That's a wizard... No, to be precise, that's an important member of the Order of the Phoenix. If we talk about who is the most important in the Order of the Phoenix now, besides Maka, it must be him.

This wizard is called Kingsley Shacklebolt, an elite Auror of the Ministry of Magic. Not only does he have outstanding abilities, but his calm personality also makes him feel more reliable.

In the Order of the Phoenix, many important tasks will be re-judged by him before being assigned to other members for completion. Now that Moody has mysteriously disappeared, Kingsley's existence becomes even more indispensable.

However, at this moment, the limp guy being lifted up by Sirius' collar didn't have his usual elite aura.

"... Let me tell you, if you want me to hide here and live my life staring at these lifeless eyes every day, then I might as well go out and find a way to avenge him!"

Sirius roared wildly, as if venting the suppressed emotions in his heart, which made his expression look unusually ferocious.

"Oh - I can understand you...but you can't..." Mrs. Weasley couldn't even finish her words, so she leaned into her husband Arthur's arms and couldn't make any sound anymore.

"...Perhaps," Tonks suddenly said weakly, "I should take the initiative to go out and find Maka...he must have an idea."

"Yes, Maka..." Lupine opened his mouth, but then shook his head gently.

In fact, they had already sent an owl to deliver the message a day ago, when the incident just happened. After that, they sent two other owls in succession.

But there were three owls before and after, but none of them could find Maka's location. When they urgently contacted Dumbledore, they learned that Maka had rushed to Belarus to rescue Hagrid a few days ago.

"...Let's not mention Maka, he is already busy enough." Lupine said softly, "I just can't figure out why Dumbledore is unwilling to take action this time..."