Too young.
Seeing Harry who was struggling fiercely in his heart, and unconsciously, the wand in his hand was slowly falling, Amosta sighed. Whether he wanted to kill him or to save him, at least he had to ensure that Peter had no ability to resist.
Boom!
The ground rolled, and the surging air waves swept away all the trees and vines within thirty feet with the force of plowing and sweeping holes. The soft soil was lifted up layer after layer, and the air was filled with the smell of anxiety. Twelve years The scene from the former Muggle streets appears again!
Harry and Hermione were trapped in a deep pit, staring blankly at the thick smoke billowing around them and the transparent magic barrier surrounding them.
"How could it be? Who is it?"
When the smoke dissipated, Peter had disappeared as expected. Harry stretched out his hand in despair and gently pressed the magic barrier in front of him. After the barrier dissipated, Harry murmured.
"I guess it's Dumbledore—"
Wherever she saw it, the devastated earth made Hermione's body shake. She covered her chest and gasped hard.
"I guess he anticipated that we might suffer a loss if we really met Peter, so he probably tampered with us when he eliminated our names from the Marauder's Map."
Harry squatted down, holding his head, his lonely figure showing helplessness in the heavy night.
"I should have killed him immediately. It's all over now--"
Harry's voice was muffled, but Hermione could hear a hint of crying in it.
Ever since she met Harry, she had never seen him like this. He had no fighting spirit, his voice was full of despair, and he felt like he had lost all hope.
"Harry--"
Peter just disappeared in front of them, and without Dumbledore's preventive measures, they wouldn't even be able to save their lives. Not to mention Harry, even Hermione felt deeply helpless in her heart. They had never experienced anything like this before. In the past, no matter what challenges they faced, they could always create incredible miracles.
But no matter what, they still have to face reality.
Now, more than half of the time has passed. If they don't rush back to Hogwarts Castle in the remaining time, then something more terrifying will happen.
Hermione was about to comfort Harry, but at this moment, a desperate cry suddenly came from a certain direction not far away, and this voice belonged to Peter, who had escaped before their eyes just now.
"what happened!"
Harry jumped up in an instant and screamed in disbelief. The fire ignited in his green eyes again.
"It's the traitor. Who caught him?"
"Anyway!"
Hermione's voice was also full of surprise. She held her breath and pricked up her ears to listen carefully.
"There must be some trouble."
Harry and Hermione looked at each other, and the next second, they all jumped up and chased desperately in the direction of the sound.
Click click click click——
Amidst the rustling leaves and Peter's increasingly gentle wails, a strange movement made Harry and Hermione shudder as they chased after them.
"I guess it's some kind of dark creature that lives in the Forbidden Forest."
Harry's tone was full of pleasure, and he said bitterly,
"I just hope that when it eats him, it can leave me something to prove Peter's identity, so that the Ministry of Magic will have nothing to say!"
"Don't say that, Harry—"
A horizontal branch cut Hermione's arm, and the bright red blood stained her ragged clothes. Hermione frowned and endured the pain and said,
"Neither Professor Dumbledore nor Professor Brain would want to see you say something like this -"
Hermione's words really touched some soft spots in Harry's heart. He fell silent, didn't speak, and just walked on with his head down.
At some point, the surroundings became quieter and more depressing, and even the constant chirping of insects and birds could no longer be heard among the branches and leaves.
The further they walked, the softer the ground became. Centuries of rotten fallen leaves had accumulated on the ground, making it almost like a swamp. They climbed all the way uphill, and when they passed a certain limit, the surrounding trees suddenly suddenly disappeared. It is sparse, but there are many bushes covered with thorns in the front.
In a daze, Hermione seemed to see shadows shaking behind the tall shrubs. Fear made her tighten Harry's arm, and she lowered her voice and whispered,
"Should we use the Invisibility Cloak, Harry?"
Click click click——
Harry also noticed the movement behind the bushes. He hesitated for a moment, but at this moment, behind the hillside, Peter's missing cry for help suddenly became louder again, as if he had seen something terrifying.
"Go and have a look!"
Harry couldn't help but grabbed Hermione's arm and rushed upwards, while the dark shadows behind the bushes quickly retreated as they passed by. Hermione took a quick glance and failed to identify what those moving shadows were. If If she saw it clearly, then she would definitely stop Harry's impulsive behavior.
Finally, they reached the top of the long hillside, and now, what appeared in front of them was a huge crater-like depression.
Ron is so lucky!
After seeing the things in the pit, a nonsensical idea suddenly popped into Harry's head.
Spiders - not the gadgets in the cupboard as big as fingernails, but spiders as big as a carriage horse, with eight legs, eight green eyes, and dark, hairy behemoths.
There are at least hundreds of spiders of this size in the crater. They move continuously on eight legs and make clicking noises. The ground in the crater is full of animal remains and white pupae, some of which are white. The pupa was still shaking violently, and it seemed that the creature wrapped inside was not completely dead yet.
Gulu——
Harry swallowed, and within a few breaths, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he also felt that Hermione's hand in his palm suddenly became moist.
Click click click click!
The two little wizards subconsciously took a step back, and at this moment, the big spiders in the pit seemed to have received some signal, and their ferocious giant claws began to engage. Harry no longer expected to find Peter. One finger, now, his priority was how to survive with Hermione.
But the moment they turned around, the bodies of the two little wizards stiffened, and goosebumps fell all over their bodies.
Five or six huge spiders touched their backs at some point and blocked their retreat.
Dozens of green compound eyes were condescendingly locked on Harry and Hermione. These eight-eyed spiders were waving their giant claws in the air and making high-frequency clicking sounds. Hermione suddenly realized that the sound seemed to be something special. language.
"Do you think it's possible that Dumbledore's magic will work again, Harry?"
Harry's face was ashen. He took out his wand and held it in front of him, but he couldn't figure out how to deal with these big guys with the stick in his hand.
"Oh, the little wizard in the castle?"
Suddenly, at the bottom of the pit, a tired, old voice came from behind the mist-like spider webs, accompanied by a heavy clicking sound like a metal collision.
"Besides them, no other wizards are coming -"
The old voice asked warily, and the huge spiders in front of Halligan and Hermione swung their big claws and answered the question.
"Bring them here!"
The voice in the pit suddenly said with anger.
Harry was about to resist, but for a moment he was stunned and his vision changed. He and Hermione were already clamped by a spider with two large claws. The spider moved very fast, and the evil wind blocked their mouths. , making them unable to even scream.
The dormant eight-eyed spiders on the way forward gave way one after another. Ten seconds later, the two of them were sent to a giant spider that was crawling on a hemispherical spider web and was about the size of an elephant. The body of this giant spider was similar to that of eight spiders. The legs are all black and gray, and it seems to be blind, because each eye on its ugly head with a big claw is covered with a layer of white.
"Look there, Harry--"
While Harry was gaping at the spider, Hermione reminded him, her voice filled with desperation.
It's Peter!
He was hung upside down not far to the left of the hemisphere spider web. There was a smaller eight-eyed spider crawling around beside Peter, weaving the spider web quickly.
Peter's mouth was blocked by a ball of spider web, making him unable to make a sound. His lower body was trapped in the white pupa that was about to form. His arm seemed to be bleeding, and the scarlet blood had stained a large area of the white pupa.
Looking at Harry and Hermione who were close at hand, Peter's small green bean-like eyes showed pleading, and his eyes pattered to the ground in fear.
You are doing this to yourself!
Harry expressed his happiness with his eyes.
(End of chapter)
