Before leaving, Albert glanced back at the jungle behind him and said to Hagrid, "I guess the centaurs don't make any difference between wizards and Muggles. Those guys would rather be a hermit and a complete bystander."
Hagrid, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, glanced at Albert, and then looked around and said, "Centaurs are indeed difficult to get along with. I spent many years in Hogwarts before I learned how to deal with them."
"I have looked through the Centaurs' literature in the library. They are well versed in magical healing, divination, archery, and astronomy."
Since Albert had dealt with the centaurs, he also spent some time looking up information about them. These guys would rather choose to be regarded as beasts by the Ministry of Magic than deal with wizards.
In the Ministry of Magic, there is a joke about being "assigned to the Centaur Liaison Office", which means that the person will be fired immediately because no centaurs have ever used the Centaur Liaison Office and they are not welcome to work for the Ministry.
"Don't provoke centaurs casually, they are usually very arrogant." Hagrid reminded worriedly. He knew that Albert did not get along well with centaurs.
"I usually don't provoke others." Albert shook his head and followed Hagrid in the direction Ronan pointed.
However, luck was not on their side.
The two had been searching in the Forbidden Forest for a long time, but still found no trace of Lu Wei. It seemed as if it had disappeared out of thin air.
This is not a good sign.
"Go back, Hagrid." Albert looked at Hagrid's back and suggested, "We need to change our approach."
"I'm going to meet Aragog." Hagrid hesitated and said, "Perhaps Aragog knows the whereabouts of Fluffy."
"Who is Aragog?" Albert asked curiously. He thought it might be the name of an eight-eyed giant spider. In the sixth film, Hagrid buried an eight-eyed giant spider.
"I raised Aragog..." Hagrid hesitated for a moment, then told Albert, "A giant eight-eyed spider."
"Is it really a giant Acromantula? I won't go with you. What happened last year didn't go well with those giant spiders. You'd better be careful." Albert didn't object to Hagrid going to find his Aragog giant Acromantula, but he would not go.
Knowing that you are a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, you still try to move forward. Only a fool would do this.
"Don't worry, they won't hurt you, I'm here." Hagrid patted his chest hard and assured.
"You probably don't know that last year, in order to save George and Fred who were surrounded by Acromantulas, I killed several Acromantulas and put down hundreds of them." Albert glanced at Hagrid, and his expression suddenly became strange. "Of course I believe that you will try your best to protect my safety, but I don't trust Acromantulas. They are cruel by nature and like to eat human flesh. I believe that those big guys won't mind if I fall into their trap."
"As long as I'm here, Aragog's group won't hurt you." Hagrid was stunned for a moment and said with certainty.
"Aragog may not, but other eight-eyed giant spiders can. Only powerful dark wizards can use their power to command those giant spiders." Albert did not disbelieve Hagrid's words, but he did not believe Hagrid's judgment.
"I'm going back." He turned around and prepared to find a place to Apparate and return directly to the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts.
"Wait, I'll take you there..." Hagrid was worried about Albert going back alone. The other party was kind enough to help him find Lou Williams, and he also needed to be responsible for Albert's safety.
At this moment, there was a rustling sound all around, as if something was moving towards this side quickly.
"Be careful, come to me quickly!" Hagrid raised his bow and aimed in the direction where the sound came from.
The moment the voice sounded, Albert was already on high alert, waving his wand and preparing to use defensive magic to protect himself.
However, it was too late.
A black shadow shot out from the forest like an arrow and pounced on Albert.
"Be careful." Hagrid was shocked and angry, and shot an arrow at the shadow, but the shadow easily dodged it. Seeing that the shadow was about to pounce on Albert, Albert muttered something, raised his left hand and made a pushing gesture forward.
Bang!
A dull sound echoed in the forbidden forest.
The black shadow that attacked Albert at high speed slammed heavily into an invisible magic shield, just like a galloping bull crashing into a thick city wall. The result is naturally self-evident.
The black shadow was directly bounced away by the recoil force, fell heavily to the ground, and could not get up again.
"Thunder Explosion!" Albert waved his wand and directly hit the attacker with the most lethal magic he currently mastered. An orange magic focused on the black shadow and directly shattered it into pieces.
The attacker's body was splattered in the explosion. Albert had to step back and looked at the spider leg that fell at his feet. He murmured, "What a pity. The reaction was a bit excessive."
The body of the eight-eyed giant spider was almost blown to pieces and was no longer of any value.
Watching handfuls of gold coins slipping through his fingers, Albert felt a little helpless about his overreaction just now.
The change just now made Hagrid's emotions fluctuate violently like a roller coaster. He was originally still angry that there was something preparing to attack Albert, but he didn't expect that Albert killed the other party in the blink of an eye.
"Are you okay?" Hagrid immediately stepped forward to check on Albert's condition.
"It's okay." Albert comforted, since I dare to enter the forbidden forest with you, I naturally have ways to protect myself.
Hagrid gave an ugly smile and looked up at the shadow that attacked Albert. His expression became more complicated. Although the body was blown to pieces by the explosive curse, Hagrid was still able to recognize the identity of the attacker.
A giant acromantic spider.
After seeing the corpse of the giant spider, Hagrid's face turned ugly instantly. He had just patted his chest and assured Albert that he would definitely protect his safety, but...
"This is not your fault." Albert reached out and patted Hagrid on the shoulder. "I'm going back first."
"No, I'll take you back." Hagrid hurriedly followed. After something like this happened, he didn't dare let Albert go back alone.
"Don't worry, we will find Lu Wei." Albert comforted casually. After all, the protection of the Philosopher's Stone would use it.
"However, I still think it would be best for you to take the initiative to confess this matter to Professor Dumbledore yourself." Albert said, "The headmaster will not blame you."
Hagrid fell silent again, and he hesitated.
"Think about it carefully. It's best to find it before Lu Wei gets you in trouble."
On the way back to Hogwarts, the two did not encounter any more attacks and returned to Hagrid's hut smoothly. Before Albert separated from Hagrid, they agreed to meet in the afternoon.