After leaving Moscow, the originally cold wind like ice blades seemed to have begun to soften. Compared with previous years, the somewhat abnormal temperature hovered near zero, and thick down jackets were no longer a necessity.
The snowfield that should be pure white is dotted with pine trees and green moss. The river that has not completely frozen is floating with ice ballast. The sound of running water does not reach far, but you can still easily reach a place far away from the river. In a tree house 40 to 50 meters away.
This was a simple shack, which was temporarily built using rough logs after simple hewing. Harry had been staying here for three days.
Thanks to the existence of Hedwig, Harry does not need to work as hard as other contestants with hounds to measure the land with his own feet, and then search for hidden things hidden within these hundreds of ordinary kilometers. He is looking around because it is difficult to enter hibernation. A brown bear appears grumpy over food.
As a snowy owl, Hedwig is very adaptable to the climate here. Her white feathers allow her to perfectly hide in the sky when she spreads her wings and flies, and her sharp eyes can penetrate the barriers of dense forests and find Harry's next destination. A goal.
In the past three days, Harry had killed four hungry brown bears that were wandering around. Except for one that he encountered by chance by the river, the other three relied on Hedwig's tracking and reporting. Let Harry end their lives a hundred meters away.
The statement that Hedwig can defeat a hundred hounds is definitely not an idle statement. It is not without reason that wizards choose owls as messengers. They have a weak magic power in their bodies, and they are the birds that are easiest to be tamed by wizards, and they are also birds of prey. , countless times more reliable than homing pigeons.
Cats, toads, etc., which have weak magical power like owls, are also pets often chosen by wizards, especially cats, because cats exist in the magical world, and cats with a certain level of cat cats will be smarter. It's not difficult to understand people's words, they are very spiritual.
A swift white shadow swooped down from the sky. On the eve of approaching the tree, Hedwig flapped her wings vigorously, and then landed lightly on the crossbar outside the tree house.
"Find anything, Hedwig?"
Harry poked his head out of the treehouse, and a hint of meaty scent drifted out from the open gap.
Hedwig gently pecked Haili's fingers, and then jumped onto his arm. Her smart eyes looked into the room. She seemed a little hungry.
"It seems that there are no bears around here anymore. It's not good that the place is too big. After lunch, we walked deeper. It's January and the river has not yet frozen. This is really a strange thing."
"How about some fresh bear liver? I forgot to replenish the rat slices for you before, so there are only seven or eight pieces left. You have to save some, Hedwig."
"Gu Gu Gu~"
The bouncing Hedwig doesn't dislike bear liver very much. Such soft internal organs actually taste good. The muscle fibers of bear meat are thick and hard, and it doesn't taste very good whether it's raw or cooked. However, the conditions are limited, and Hedwig won't eat it. There was only enough bear meat for Harry to digest.
Fortunately, Harry also carried centaur herbal spice concentrate with him. It was originally used to spray coffee to refresh himself. Adding a little when stewing soup can perfectly remove the smell of bear meat.
After filling his stomach, Harry stuffed a few pieces of bear jerky into his backpack. Although he could carry some food from human society in his black dragon leather bag, he did not want to cheat. After leaving England, even if If there is a trace, the Ministry of Magic in England cannot enforce laws across borders. No one will care about the use of spells here. If he really wants to cheat, then Harry doesn't even need to take Hedwig with him.
As long as he rides on a broomstick and puts on the invisibility cloak that was sent by Dumbledore from his father, Harry, who is flying around in the sky and using magic spells to find bears, will be a hundred times more efficient than he is now, but such a champion is not What he wants.
What's the point of using magic to bully people? What's more, Harry didn't think he would lose.
The bears that were hunted before have been marked with signal transmitters. It is impossible for hunters to bring hundreds of kilograms of stuff back one by one. All they need to do is cut off the bear's nose as proof of hunting. Those who have been marked There are dedicated staff responsible for recovering corpses.
After briefly cleaning up the traces he left behind, Harry tightened his backpack and walked deeper into the snowy pine forest on the thin snow.
The fluttering Hedwig acts as Harry's eyes. Once it discovers the news of its prey, Harry will receive it immediately. With this protection, Harry can move forward much faster than other animals that are moving step by step. Players.
But it seemed that Lady Luck was not on Harry's side today. After a quick run all afternoon, Harry almost walked out of the pine forest and failed to encounter a brown bear along the way. However, he caught a plump snowshoe hare. Got one.
The warm bonfire was raised, and there was a little more flickering firelight in the dark pine forest. The fat rabbit that was roasted and sizzling went into the belly of one person and one owl. After nightfall completely fell, Harry extinguished the bonfire and climbed up. Climb a thick pine tree.
"It seems I'm going in the wrong direction. We're almost out of the woods. Get up tomorrow and walk east. There are still three days left. Although the results of Four Bears are definitely excellent, this version of Mao Zi has obviously been strengthened. Yes, in their own home court, this result may be a bit high.”
On a night without the chirping of insects, Harry fell into a light sleep. Except for the sound of the wind and snow, there was no noise to disturb his dream.
But just after the cold morning sun crossed the skyline, a faint vibration from the ground shook off the thin snow and woke Harry up from his light sleep.
"Hedwig!"
Harry gave a soft drink. In order to have enough energy to conduct reconnaissance during the day, Hedwig and Harry kept a synchronized sleeping time. The slight movement of wind and grass just now also woke it up. The sound of spreading its wings was very soft, and it did not even disturb the snowflakes on the treetops.
Harry quickly put away the hammock, and immediately began to check his weapons. The disposable high-energy battery had sufficient energy, and the Valkyrie III and Makarov were in a state that could be activated at any time. The bag on his chest was secure. Although the potion contained in it is so unpleasant that it can kill someone, it can indeed be a life-saving thing, especially when dealing with non-magical physical damage. Ebony wood and white ivory are also inserted into the holsters on the waist. It is a good habit for a wizard to keep your wand at all times.
These things only took more than ten seconds, but in this short period of time, Hedwig, who had spread her wings and flew high, rushed back almost rolling and crawling.
It kept flapping its wings and making hurried calls. Harry had never seen such a panic in Hedwig. Although he couldn't understand Hedwig's owl language, after being together for so long, the tacit understanding was enough. of.
"Let's go, get out of here!"
