Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 38 Shock
Late at night, Hagrid, Mike and three others were walking in the dense woods. The moonlight was very bright today. At first, Mike could observe the surrounding environment through the moonlight, but as they gradually went deeper into the Forbidden Forest, the moonlight was blocked by the dense branches and leaves above their heads.

There was a lot of noise around them, with the sound of insects chirping, the rustling of leaves and grass caused by unknown creatures passing through, the roar of unknown creatures in the distance, and pairs of green eyes that appeared from time to time not far away. All of this reminded everyone that they were not the only creatures in this forest.

Draco and Chris were very nervous, and Thorfinn was shaking all over and could hardly walk.

Not to mention them, even Mike felt creepy. Having experience in jungle survival, Mike knew better than them the dangers of going deep into the jungle at night.

They had just entered the forbidden forest not long ago. Normally, the trees should not be dense enough to block the moonlight. This was simply unscientific.

The only person they can rely on in this situation is Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper.

The torch in Hagrid's hand was like hope in Pandora's box, attracting the four people to come closer involuntarily.

Hagrid also noticed the tension of the crowd, and whispered to comfort them, "It's okay, little ones. You are very safe with Fang and I here. Our mission this time is very simple. We just need to investigate the situation of the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest. They have been acting a little abnormal recently."

The four did not respond to Hagrid. They could tell that Hagrid was trying to comfort them, but they were not in the mood to thank him now.

Not long after they started walking, Hagrid stopped.

"Well, now that we're here I should split up," Hagrid told the group.

"What? Split up? Are you crazy or am I crazy? You want us to split up in such a dangerous place?" This is Draco.

Hagrid was a little overwhelmed by Draco's yelling, but he did not change his principles: "We don't have much time. If we don't split up, we will be too late. By the way, you are Mike, right?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I remember you. You were with us last time I took Harry to Gringotts. Harry often mentioned you afterwards and said he wanted to come with you to see me."

"Yeah, I was delayed because of something. Harry told me a lot about you, you are a good man Hagrid." Mike shrugged and spread his hands to explain.

Hagrid was very happy to receive the good guy card and handed the rope leading to Fang to Mike.

"Hahaha, what a good boy. Come, I'll leave Fang to you." Hagrid's face covered with thick beard twitched a few times, he must be laughing, "According to Professor McGonagall's instructions, you have to be in a group with little Malfoy. And Thorfinn and Chris will follow me. Don't worry, Fang will remind you if there is any danger, and then you know to cast a signal spell and I will be there."

Mike nodded in agreement. It would be useless to be with anyone if he met Voldemort.

Draco on the side disagreed.

"What! You want me to be in a group with him?" Draco's eyes almost popped out. "Do you know that he broke my nose yesterday? Didn't you say you would protect me? I want to be in a group with you!"

"Professor McGonagall knows about your feud, and she thinks you should spend more time together." Hagrid looked at Draco helplessly, "Well, hurry up, McGonagall has already left. You should know that if you don't follow the school rules, you will be expelled even if your father is rich."

Hearing the sound, Draco looked at Mike who had already walked away, gritted his teeth and followed him.

Mike had gradually gotten used to the surroundings. He glanced at Draco who was following him silently and didn't pay much attention. He was no longer afraid of this trip to the Forbidden Forest. He was fully prepared for it. At this moment, he was even looking forward to meeting Voldemort, the top fighting force in the wizarding world.

The two of them walked slowly forward under the light of the Luminescent Charm. Although the Luminescent Charm brought them light, it did not give them a sense of security like a torch.

When Mike was passing by a bush, a glowing object suddenly flew out from it. Draco was so scared that he screamed and turned to run away.

"Shut up! That's an elf!" Mike shouted in a low voice.

Draco stopped what he was doing when he heard that, and turned his head tremblingly to look at the glowing object.

He saw a Cornish elf, about six centimeters tall, with insect wings but in human form, waving its claws and fangs at him. Draco breathed a sigh of relief, as this kind of elf did not have much attack power. It was probably because Mike had disturbed his sleep.

"Why are there Cornish pixies in the Forbidden Forest? They only live in Cornwall," Draco asked.

"Don't ask such irrelevant questions. Take care of yourself first."

"Mike, you are very strong, right? I know." Draco swallowed, "If you protect me tonight, I will forgive you for breaking my nose, and I will also let my father give you a large sum of gold Galleons."

"Shut up and look what that is?" Mike ignored Draco, he noticed something unusual.

In an open space not far in front of them, there was an object emitting a dim silver-white light, which was particularly obvious in the pitch-dark forbidden forest.

Mike hurried forward to check.

"What is this?" Draco asked.

"Unicorn blood." Mike dipped his hand into the silvery-white liquid and rubbed it. "Looks like we found it."

"Unicorns are very powerful creatures. What kind of creature can hurt them?" Draco was a little scared. "Let's go. It's too dangerous. Let's just pretend we didn't find anything."

Mike ignored Draco. In order to perform a perfect Disillusionment Spell to conceal the magical restrictions in the Restricted Area, he needed an object that could emit a large amount of magic power to cover up his own magical fluctuations, and the blood of powerful magical creatures was the best choice.

Originally Mike was planning to use dragon blood. It just so happened that the Norwegian Styracosaurus raised by Hagrid was about to be born soon, so he could steal it and bleed it then.

But now he has a better choice, unicorn blood.

Mike began to look around and saw the unicorn's silver-white fluorescent blood spreading far away. It seemed that the unicorn was injured.

Mike and Draco followed the blood trail and soon found the end of it.

I saw a unicorn emitting holy silver light all over its body lying motionless on the grass. A black figure was pounced on it and biting it. Silvery-white blood continued to spread from under the unicorn's body, forming a large pool of glowing blood.

Go fight Voldemort tomorrow!
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(End of this chapter)