bioinnovel Chapter 150 You disturbed the Witch
Chapter 150 You disturbed the Witch
Chapter 150 You disturbed the Witch
Albus Dumbledore, widely regarded as the greatest wizard of his time, simply cast a spell, and the horde of eight-eyed spiders was driven back, finally calming the ugly insects down.
Belvina cupped her hands to her mouth and shouted, "Is there anyone who can understand human speech? We need to see Aragog; we have something to discuss!"
The necessary procedures still need to be followed. Dumbledore and Belvina came to see Aragog to discuss the relocation of the Eight-Eyed Spider clan.
Dumbledore still cared about Hagrid's feelings and did not choose to exterminate the eight-eyed spiders, but instead wanted to move Aragog's people out of the Forbidden Forest.
Of course, that was Dumbledore's idea before he entered the Forbidden Forest. Now that he is under attack by the eight-eyed spiders, he may have changed his mind.
"No way, is there not a single one of you giant eight-eyed spiders who can understand human speech?" Belvina shouted again. "Aren't giant eight-eyed spiders supposed to be very intelligent?"
The only response to Belvina was a loud clicking sound, after which the eight-eyed giant spiders that had gathered together parted to the sides, like the receding tide.
"Let's go, be careful," Dumbledore said, his tone cold, quite unlike his usual manner of speaking.
Dumbledore and Belvina cautiously moved forward, while the eight-eyed spider retreated to the sides, its eight eyes still gleaming with greed.
At the end of the road was a wide depression, where the trees had been cleared away, and countless giant eight-eyed spiders were now roaming freely.
It was dark and densely packed.
Descending the steep slope, in the very center of the depression lies a misty, hemispherical spider web. The closer to the web, the larger the eight-eyed giant spiders become, with the largest even larger than a draft horse.
"Aragok! Aragok!"
The eight-eyed giant spiders began to speak, clicking and clacking their massive forepaws with each syllable they uttered.
From the misty, hemispherical spiderweb, a spider the size of a small elephant slowly emerged.
Its body and legs were blackish-gray, and each eye on its ugly head with its large claws was covered with a layer of white. It was blind.
"What's going on?" Aragog, who was as big as a baby elephant, asked, his two large claws moving rapidly.
"Someone's here!" The eight-eyed giant spiders' replies rang out in unison, the sound produced by their massive claws sending chills down one's spine.
"If it's not Hagrid, kill them all," Aragog said irritably. "Why are you asking me about something so trivial?"
Belvina looked at Dumbledore, shrugged, as if to say: These things really can't be kept alive. Let's just stop talking to them and kill them all.
The light in the hollow was so dim that it was difficult to discern Dumbledore's expression, but Belvina could clearly sense his anger.
The last time the principal was so angry was because of the incredibly stupid Lucius Malfoy.
"We are Hagrid's friends," Dumbledore said calmly, his voice not trembling with anger, as if he had no emotion at all.
As soon as he finished speaking, Aragog hesitated, and the group of eight-eyed giant spiders, which had been eager to devour their meal, also suppressed their desire for food.
Belvina became more vigilant. There were too many giant spiders in the depression, so she had to be careful and cautious about attacks that could come from all directions.
"Hagrid never sent anyone to our depression before," Aragog said slowly.
Dumbledore remained calm and slowly said, "Hagrid was supposed to come along, but I stopped him. I wanted to see how the Spider Queens would react without Hagrid."
"What do you mean by 'without Hagrid'?" the elderly Aragog asked with concern, his large, snapping claws moving rapidly. "What happened to Hagrid?"
Dumbledore did not answer. He said, "I had originally intended to move your people out of the Forbidden Forest and send them to Kalimantan, or some other remote forest, where you could start a new life in a new home."
"What are you talking about! I asked you what happened to Hagrid?" Aragog said urgently. "Hagrid got into trouble again?"
Is it because of that guy in the castle?
The swarm of eight-eyed spiders began to move slowly again, inching closer to Dumbledore and Belvina, awaiting Aragog's command.
Despite Dumbledore's previous display of unparalleled strength, killing and injuring so many eight-eyed giant spiders, the giant spiders in the center of the depression showed no fear. Their inherent brutality and ferocity made them disregard Dumbledore's terror.
Ants can kill an elephant with sheer numbers. Although giant spiders are not ants, their thinking is similar to that of ants: using their large population to hunt powerful prey.
"I am disappointed, Aragog," Dumbledore said to himself. "Hagrid has repeatedly assured me that you and your people will not attack anyone, much less go into the castle."
Aragog was still anxiously inquiring about Hagrid's condition, while its offspring continued to move, and the encirclement continued to shrink.
With her mind highly focused, Belvina rubbed the acacia wand in her hand back and forth. She no longer felt any discomfort; instead, she felt a pang of regret. A pint of octopus venom could sell for a hundred galleons.
Dumbledore continued talking to himself, showing no intention of answering Aragog.
He continued, "To spare Hagrid's grief, I promised him to treat you and your people well, to relocate you, or to allow you to live within the boundaries I designated. But I am disappointed, Aragog."
Upon entering the Forbidden Forest, Dumbledore and Belvina had barely approached the territory of the eight-eyed giant spiders when a swarm of black spiders immediately surrounded them and launched an attack.
If it had been two reckless students instead of two professors who entered the Forbidden Forest tonight, we probably wouldn't even have been able to find their remains.
Entering the depression where Aragog lived, Dumbledore was filled with rage at Hagrid's pets, whom he had raised since childhood. The statement, "If it's not Hagrid, kill them all," was far too dangerous.
Aragog is still alive, and the spider swarm is just not attacking Hagrid. Once the elderly Aragog dies, will the spider swarm attack Hagrid?
If the eight-eyed spiders start attacking Hagrid, how far away is the day when they storm the castle and wreak havoc?
"Who exactly are you?" Aragog finally realized that something was wrong; the two people who had come to visit the depression tonight were probably up to no good.
Dumbledore ignored Aragog and said directly, "I will tell Hagrid that you and your people have moved to a remote forest, far, far away from Hogwarts."
"Kill them!" Aragok suddenly roared. "Quickly! Kill them!" Aragok understood.
With Aragog's command, the swarm of eight-eyed giant spiders no longer hesitated. They brandished their giant pincers and moved their strangely long legs, surging in from all directions.
However, Belvina was prepared; she had long been on guard against these ugly insects with malicious intent.
As Dumbledore spoke, Belvina raised her wand, the acacia wand sweeping across her, and an ice wall appeared out of thin air, blocking the giant spider's path. The spider that was charging forward was directly frozen in the ice wall.
Immediately afterwards, Belvina raised her wand above her head, twirled her wrist in a circle, and then pointed her acacia wand forward. In an instant, a brilliant light pierced the silent night, and blazing lightning shattered the darkness. Thunder and lightning descended with destructive power, illuminating the entire depression as if it were daytime!
After the thunder, the ground was a mess, with fragments of the eight-eyed giant spider's limbs scattered everywhere. A raging fire broke out on the hemispherical spider web in the center of the depression, and the scorching flames continued to invade along the spider silk, turning the depression into a sea of fire in an instant.
Belvina did not put down her wand. She waved it again, and the raging flames, like leaping dancers, gracefully but ruthlessly reaped the lives of the eight-eyed giant spiders. No giant spider could escape the pursuit of the flames.
The screams of the eight-eyed giant spiders were incessant. They had long lost the will to hunt their prey; all they wanted was to escape and flee this depression.
However, the eight-eyed giant spiders could not escape at all. Even stepping on the bodies of their companions, they could not pass through the rolling flames. They would only turn into huge fireballs and become nourishment for the flames.
The scorching air made it hard to breathe, vision gradually distorted, and the churning heat carried a strong smell of burning. The once-great spider kingdom was now like a purgatory, the purgatory of the eight-eyed giant spider.
Some of the ignited eight-eyed giant spiders quickly crawled toward the ice wall, hoping to melt it with their flames and save their precarious lives.
Some of the eight-eyed giant spiders were also driven by their ferocity; they wanted to break through the ice wall and kill the two people inside.
If the sorcerer who cast the spell is killed, there is still a sliver of hope for those trapped in the inferno.
However, the ice wall that appeared out of nowhere did not melt; instead, it froze every eight-eyed giant spider that tried to approach, even freezing the burning flames.
The chilling, frozen wall is not only a barrier, but also a killing wall that reaps the lives of the eight-eyed giant spiders!
The depression once covered by spider webs, the once prosperous spider kingdom, collapsed and was destroyed in an instant, and the eight-eyed giant spider that had plagued the forest for many years gradually fell silent.
Belvina pointed her wand at the ever-thickening ice wall, and with a light tap of the tip of her acacia wand, the seemingly indestructible ice wall shattered instantly and began to melt under the onslaught of the heat wave.
The rising water vapor, drawn by magic, reassembled, forming a huge water mass above the depression. When the huge water mass burst, a torrential downpour descended upon the raging sea of fire.
The flames died down, the ice walls vanished, and the kingdom of the eight-eyed giant spider ceased to exist.
Dumbledore slowly opened his eyes, his blue eyes behind his crescent-shaped spectacles sweeping over Belvina's softly contoured face.
Dumbledore wasn't too surprised, nor did he blame Belvina for her cruelty; after all, he was the one who gave the order.
Belvina was merely following orders. What truly impressed Dumbledore was that he seemed to have never noticed Belvina's competitive spirit before.
At this moment, Belvina sighed softly. She felt she was even more wasteful than those Gaunt family bastards; just how many Galleons had that fire burned!
Seeing the regretful look on Belvina's face, Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, raised his wand to clean up the mess, the eight-eyed giant spider burned to ashes, the broken branches burned to ashes, and the charred marks left by the flames—what a lot of work!
Young people just don't know their own strength when they do it.
Dumbledore thought so.