"I got the news and came to pick you up at half past five. I didn't expect that you went the wrong way." The old man said slowly.

Going the wrong way?

The cold fingers began to warm, and Hoffa's face gradually returned to normal.

There is no doubt that the old man with a bow and arrow in front of him is the gamekeeper of Hogwarts.

"Why do you want to put this stuff at the entrance?" Hoffa pointed to the tree trunk and asked angrily.

He thought, fortunately, he had the idea that if he was an ordinary freshman, he would be scared to pee his pants. That kind of magic is not a joke.

"It's not my arrangement, it's the arrangement of the Forbidden Forest horse people."

The old man said lightly, without much explanation.

"What, why did the horse man do it?"

"It's not peaceful to ban forests recently. They also want to help." The old man said, "come with me."

With that, he tightened the bow and arrow on his back and walked into the forbidden forest.

Watching the old man disappear in the forbidden forest, Hoffa followed him and asked, "what are the three pictures on the tree?"

"Past, present, future." The old man said, "it's ok if you follow me. Don't run around."

"What?" The old man's pace was a little fast. Hoffa had to speed up to keep up with him. "What's the past, what's the present, what's the future? Can you explain it more clearly?"

"I don't know. I'm not interested in horseman's magic. If you want to know, I suggest you ask a horseman."

The old man doesn't want to talk nonsense very much. Hoffa had to shut up and go on in silence.

With the old man, it didn't happen again, and the surrounding scenery was much more real. There was no fork in the road, and it didn't return to the previous absurdity. It was just a very common forest.

After about three minutes, his eyes became clear, and Hoffa saw the light in the woods and the crackling fire in the air.

The old man took Hoffa to a campfire in a glade. He took off his bow and pointed to the opposite side of the fire.

"Sit down. It's a bit busy tonight. We'll leave after dinner."

There is a round stone on the opposite side of the fire. It is covered by trees. The ground is dry and there is no rain. There was a tin tin tin can on the fire, which was stewing, and the air smelled of meat.

Huo Fayi sat down and did not speak for a moment. He just looked up and down at the old man by the light of the fire.

Joey dagger.

This is the least wizard he's ever seen. He's wearing a fur coat and has only one eye. There are several steel daggers in the waist. Carrying a wooden bow and an iron arrow, there are two dead rabbits hanging on the wooden frame.

If it wasn't for his presence at Hogwarts, Hoffa would have thought he was an unknown country hunter.

Joey dagger didn't speak. In fact, since Hoffa appeared, he has been quite silent. He had been fiddling with the stone in front of him with his tongs, and he didn't even look at Hoffa.

The silence lasted about five minutes. Hoffa took a piece of parchment out of his arms and said, "Sir, this is my assessment sheet."

Across the fire, Hoffa politely passed the list

"Well."

The old man took the score sheet and stuffed it in his pocket without looking at it.

Then he continued to fiddle with stones and charcoal fire.

Hoffa asked tentatively, "well, what's my mission tonight, Mr. dagger?"

"Just call me Joey."

The man light says, the head also does not lift.

His accent is not like the English side, but like the American side.

"Well."

Hoffa didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he had to shut up.

After about 20 minutes, the smell of meat in the air became stronger.

Before Hoffa came, he only had a little potato pie and a few chicken legs. Empty stomach, smell the fragrance, he can't help salivating a little more.

Joey took a spoon out of his back, opened the tin can and turned it around.

Inside the tin tin tin tin can, it turned out to be stewed beans with rabbit meat. Red, very attractive.

The old man tasted a little and took out a wooden dish from behind. He filled some and handed it to Hoffa. Hoffa quickly thanks and takes it.

A spoonful of beans into the mouth, a warm from the mouth to the belly, delicious. The beans are very rotten and the rabbit meat is delicious. It's totally different from the food made by Hogwarts house elves. It's rough but unique.

Hoffa ate the beans and thought that a bowl of white rice would be perfect.

Joey didn't have white rice. He took out a piece of whole wheat bread from behind, broke it off and gave it to Hoffa. Then he also served a bowl of beans.

Hoffa swallowed it with bread dipped in rabbit sauce, and the warmth in his stomach gradually dispelled the uneasiness and fear brought by the horseman magic.

"Are you the student named hoffahbach?" Joey asked as he ate.

Hoffa nodded, his mouth stuffed with beans, vaguely said: "yes.""You don't come by chance. The task is dangerous tonight. You need to go deep into the forbidden forest a little bit. Don't get lost then, do you understand?"

"What task is it?" Hoffa asked.

"Save some amazing animals. The old man said without raising his eyes.

"What animal?" Hoffa is curious. The old man always talks a little.

"Dodo."

Dodo... Does that sound dangerous?

Hoffa didn't refuse. His goal now is to be honest and eliminate the bad record in school.

The old man ate very fast. After a few bites, he carried his bow and arrow. Light a torch and hold it in your hand.

"Let's go."

Hoffa put down his plate and followed.

In the Forbidden Forest at night, Hoffa came for the first time. He's still a little flustered. If he and Harry are in the same age and know what he will meet, even if he will meet Voldemort in the state of soul or giant spider, he won't be flustered, because it's certain and known. It's bound to happen.

But now, he didn't know what would happen in the forest, and he didn't know the old man around him. Everything is unknown. That's what worries Hoffa the most.

Especially by the strange magic illusion to write down Mawei, Hoffa walked very carefully.

Joey caught a glimpse of Hoffa's conservative posture and asked as he walked, "you're Gryffindor's?"

"No, Ravenclaw."

"Ravenclaw, it's amazing. I've been in Hogwarts for 10 years, and for the first time I saw a student of Ravenclaw be banned from the forest."

Hoffa opened his mouth. What? He was the first Ravenclaw student to be sent to the Forbidden Forest in 10 years.

Joey went on: "the ones who come to me most are Gryffindor. Those over energy kids want to break every rule. Next is hutchpatch, next is Slytherin, Ravenclaw, you're still the first

Hoffa was silent and shut up. He had to say that the old man's words were effective. The uneasiness in Hoffa's chest was soon suppressed.

The old man seems to have rich experience. So many Gryffindors are OK, and he should be OK.

Ten minutes later, there was a gurgling sound in his ears. Suddenly, Joey reached out to stop Hoffa. They came to a stream. It's not as dark as in the forbidden forest just now, because there are some fungi on the ground emitting yellow and blue fluorescence.

Their small umbrellas emit dim light in the dark, which is very good-looking.

But Hoffa looked at them and inexplicably thought of the mushrooms in the dreamland. His stomach was a little tight.

Joey stood still by the stream. Hoffa turned his head curiously and asked, "what's the matter?"

"Wait, wait for a friend." Joey said faintly.

"Friends?" Hoffa is curious.

Before he asked, he knew who his friend was.

In the forest at night, there was an amazing scene.

A unicorn, shining silver all over, came out of the forest slowly. It has a soft mane, like a horse, but it is much cleaner and more beautiful than a horse.

Several colorful butterflies are flying around the corner of its head. The appearance is very pleasing.

Old Joey bowed across the stream to salute the unicorn. Hoffa was shocked by the beauty of the animal. He nodded, drank from the stream, changed his direction and entered the forbidden forest.

"Let's go." Joey motioned Hoffa to follow.

"Unicorns know everything about the forest, and they usually help you find problems in the forest. But basically, the problems they find are usually not small problems. There may be something wrong with the forbidden forest. "

Joey follows the unicorn and explains to Hoffa in a low voice.

Hoffa looked at the vague silver figure in front of him. It was leaping in the dark forest. It was fast and light. It made almost no sound. Every time its hoof steps on the ground, it will leave some bright magic traces, which will quickly grow small and bright plants, which are very prominent on the dark surface.

This is Hoffa's second time to see a magical creature. The last time he saw a magical animal was near Schmidt, the black wizard. But those creatures almost killed Hoffa.

I ran for five minutes.

Joey: it's almost the Dodo's nest

Hoffa: "Oh."

After coming to the magic school for so long, Hoffa also has a little common sense of magical creatures. Dodo is a kind of gentle and submissive small bird, good at running away, not aggressive.

This kind of bird should be very safe...

and so on!!

What's that!?

The unicorn stopped. There was a hiss.

Joy lights up his wand, and Hoffa takes a breath and retreats six or seven steps in a row. Leaning against the tree, the shock was overwhelming.

In the middle of the forest, there is a huge creature, like a mountain bag, with an eagle's head, six wings, gray feathers and deep golden eyes.It's at least 10 meters long, and it's still in its nest. God knows how big it is when it flies.

Here, Hoffa feels like the weather is stifling, just like the heat before the summer rainstorm. Hell, it's October in Britain now.

There is some inexplicable electric energy around, which makes Hoffa's scalp numb.

The bird looked up at Hoffa and hissed in a low voice. He said he had no malice.

Joey said quietly, "this is Taras, my friend."

Hoffa was shocked: "this guy is a dodo. Are you kidding?"

"No, it's a Thunderbird."

With that, Joey stepped forward and patted the bird's beak.

The giant bird arched Joey affectionately, his head bigger than his body. Joey's face softened. He held the bird's head, whispered to it kindly, and fed it from time to time.

But the bird can't eat any more.

Hoffa was relieved from the initial shock when he noticed.

This bird is very old. The ground is covered with thick feathers. Many feathers on its body have fallen off, and its eyes don't have much luster. Its wings are weak and drooping. It looks like it is dying.

Thunderbird, old Thunderbird.

Legendary creatures. This kind of bird can call thunder and lightning by spreading its wings and flying. Hoffa has seen it in movies before. This kind of bird only lives in Arizona. Why do you have one in the Forbidden Forest in England?

After walking around the magical creature, Hoffa murmured: "I remember, it's a 4x level magical creature marked by the Ministry of magic..... It's the same level as the dragon. It's strictly forbidden to breed and......

" so what, "Joey said, holding the bird's head. "Rules are just tools made by people. No one in the animal world rules whose territory belongs to who."

"The school people... You know?"

Joey just glanced at Hoffa and said nothing.

Hofashan, he can only guess that Joey brought the Thunderbird, because Joey sounds like an American.

Joey mumbled a few words to the Thunderbird, and then the Thunderbird raised his wings with some difficulty and gave a low, sad voice.

Hoffa came closer and found that under the wings of the huge Thunderbird was a small natural shelter. There were many nests of land birds on the ground, and there were many birds' feathers scattered here. Either red or blue.

Hoffa took a few slow steps around the shack and was startled when he kicked a hard object on his foot. Fixed eye a look, but found a stiff dead bird.

It was the size of a hen, its eyes were round, and its bright feathers lost their luster.

A dead dodo.

Hoffa turned around the shack, and then he took a breath.

After turning the fir tree behind the Thunderbird, there are dozens of colorful round land birds lying on the ground.

Dodos are all dead, they are in one direction, the body is stiff, there is a faint dead air in the air.

It seems that they were killed in the moment of escape.

The unicorn made a circle around Hoffa and walked slowly. It's a little sad and doesn't want to stay here. I saw it arch on the ground after a few eggs, and then quickly ran away, disappeared in the woods.

Joey turned around with his shining wand and looked dignified when he saw the scene.

He felt about on the ground, frowning. Now and then, put your hand up to the tip of your nose and smell it.

"No more than 48 hours, damn it."

The Thunderbird gave a low voice, a little angry and unwilling.

Joey looked up at the Thunderbird and said, "it's not your fault. You're old."

That's the end of Thunderbirds.

Joey kneaded his chin and murmured, "even the unicorn and Thunderbird have been cheated. The killer is amazing "

at this moment, there is a sudden sound of boo, boo, boo in the air, which is similar to the sound of soap bubbles bursting.