The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 605 Dead Hollow Tree
Fire can remove the flesh from bones, and it can also cleanse the sins that linger in the heart. It can wash away all the filth in this world.

The entire village was engulfed in a raging sea of ​​fire. The wooden houses in the center of the village, the densely packed tents, and the people wailing in fear could not escape from the flames.

All the sins, all the misfortunes, everything will be burned to ashes by the flames of judgment and turned into a scorched earth.

Mr. Jim, a slightly plump man, lay dejectedly on the ground, his eyes dull and his expression dull, muttering "devil" over and over again until the merciless fire devoured him.

The fire burned all night until the first light of dawn. There was wind in the forest, blowing the old trees and making a humming sound, like weeping and complaining. The rising black smoke was also blown away by the wind, and with the last sound of collapse and breaking, only a layer of ashes remained in the village.

The ground beneath his feet was no longer the dark red color stained by blood, but the black scorched earth exuded a scorching temperature.

This is destruction, but also rebirth. When the burnt smell in the air dissipates and winter passes and spring comes, this place will become a new paradise.

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After a sleepless night, Ada inevitably looked a little tired. She watched the fire for as long as it lasted. If she didn't keep an eye on it, this old forest with few people would be lost.

Away from this scorched earth, Ada prepared some food for herself, all of which were fast food. She probably wouldn't want to eat meat in the short term.

After grilling so many people at once, the taste left a very deep impression on her.

After filling her stomach and sitting for a while, Ada walked into the vast dark forest to look for traces that Voldemort might have left. As for the secret treasure that Mr. Jim mentioned last night, Ada was not very interested. If I get it, I'm lucky. If I lose it, I'm dead.

The forest resources of the Eagle Country are mainly trees, which are often tall. In a forest like the Black Forest, the trees are usually six to dozens of meters high. This makes it impossible for sunlight to penetrate the forest, and only mottled spots of light are sprinkled. Even if the sun is shining brightly outside the forest, the light inside the forest is still dim.

When she first entered the forest, Ada didn't feel anything. But as she walked deeper and deeper into the dark forest, Ada actually felt a slight chill.

In order to dispel the cold, Ada replaced the fluorescent charm hanging behind her with a small fireball, which was equivalent to replacing the cold light stick with a torch.

He did not put away his wand, but held it in his hand to prepare for any unexpected event.

Ada's heart was beating fast. Whether she was outside the forest last night or deep in the forest today, this relatively pristine old forest did not have many signs of life. This did not make sense.

Perhaps something was driving the animals away from the forest, making them afraid to approach. Was it a ferocious magical animal, or some kind of magic?

According to Jim, there are black ghosts wandering in the Black Forest. Could it be because of this so-called "wandering ghost"?
With a head full of questions, Ada continued to move forward and took out the gold-rimmed glasses given by the system.

A pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her nose helped somewhat, although it greatly slowed down Ada's progress into the forest, as the glasses would always emit a faint light, allowing her to look for clues.

After searching for a long time, they found no traces of magic, but they did find a lot of rotten animal fur. Only fur, no bones!

This is strange. If the original owners of these furs were eaten, then where are the remaining bones? If you say they died from some kind of magic, why are only the furs left?
It is a good book that I will regret not having read when I need it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a good book that I will definitely read carefully after leaving Albania. Mr. Newt Scamander is a good man and I will definitely visit him in Dorset when I return to England.

Is there any animal that eats without spitting out bones?
The first thing that came into Ada's mind was not some magical animal in the magic world, nor the big babies raised by Hagrid, but another shadow of her childhood, "Anaconda". Ada still remembered the scene of the giant python emerging from the water and swallowing the villain and spitting him out.

But this is the forest of Europe, not the Amazon in South America. There won't be giants like anacondas here, but there might be giant snakes that are twelve feet long. It also has a name, Nagini. Thinking of this, Ada knocked her head. Staying up late really makes people's thinking slow.

Leftover animal fur, giant snakes living here, and the Black Forest where Voldemort hides, these clues couldn't be more obvious! Animals are much more sensitive to danger than humans, and the combination of wandering spirits and giant snakes is enough to make animals afraid to approach this area.

Knowing the reason for the unusual silence and confirming that she was on the right path, Ada became a little excited and unconsciously quickened her pace. Not to mention that she felt like she was flying, but her steps were also very fast.

The trees in the forest were tall and dense, and it became dark early in the morning. There were no obvious signs in the old forest. Ada didn't know how long she had been walking or how far she had walked.

In fact, Ada had a pocket watch, which was made by a famous craftsman and was very expensive, but the pocket watch had been burned in the fire last night. Ada used it as a hidden weapon and smashed to death a wizard in the tavern who was holding a magic wand and wearing a long sword.

When the night was so dark that the small fireball could not break through, Ada finally found an abandoned camp in the forest.

In order to see the whole camp clearly, Ada increased the power of the fireball (magic output). In the light of the fire, the abandoned camp appeared in her eyes.

The tent in the camp had collapsed due to a broken rope. It was a simple tent made of wood and fur, not strong or durable. Not far from the tent was a similarly scattered wooden frame. Judging from the traces left on the ground and the scattered dead branches, it was a place for making fire.

The reason why Ada could make such an accurate judgment was not because she was extremely meticulous, but because there were two overturned cauldrons next to the scattered wooden shelves.

Waving her wand continuously, Ada tidied up the messy camp.

During the cleaning process, Ada found nothing. To be more precise, the previous owner of the camp left nothing for her.

If this camp was left behind by Voldemort and Foley, then it had been abandoned for nearly three years. It would be hard to imagine what could have been left behind after such a long time.

After setting up her own luxuriously decorated one-bedroom tent and casting protective magic such as "Safe Guard", Ada went into the tent to rest.

When Ada walked out of the tent and saw the dark forest in front of her, she almost went back into the tent. Fortunately, Ada reacted in time and did not continue to sleep all day long.

After proper tidying up, Ada began to re-examine the campsite.

Time had obscured the remaining clues, and Ada couldn't even find the dregs in the cauldron. Just when she was about to give up and return empty-handed, the gold-rimmed glasses produced by the system shone again.

Following the vague clues, Ida began to look for the source of the light, and she was led by the light to a hollow tree. The hollow tree was dead, not only was the heart of the tree dead and formed a big hole, but even the branches and leaves had all fallen off, leaving it bare and lifeless.

Ida turned left three times and right three times around the hollow tree, then shouted, "Open!"

However, the hollow tree was not a big willow tree, and Ada was not a monk with a hairy face and a thunderous mouth. Qinghua Village did not appear out of thin air, and the hollow tree was still the hollow tree, as if mocking her naivety.

Ada, who was in a bad mood, kicked the hollow tree angrily, and something strange happened in the forest.

(End of this chapter)