A few days later, the topic of the monster in the Forbidden Forest still showed no signs of fading. There was no way, even the professors were curious about what the monster in the Forbidden Forest was.
Some imaginative students linked this matter to the motto of Hogwarts, saying that there was a fire dragon in the Forbidden Forest, which was secretly raised by Hogwarts school.
In fact, it is because they have too much free time that they spread rumors. If students were really asked to face those monsters, they would be scared to death.
In the afternoon, during the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, someone finally couldn't resist their curiosity and mentioned this matter to Professor Smith. It was said that Professor Smith was helping to drive away monsters in the Forbidden Forest at that time.
"Unfortunately, I didn't see the monster." Facing everyone's expectant gaze, Professor Smith replied in a helpless tone: "At that time, Dumbledore and I searched for the monster separately. I don't know whether it was good luck or bad luck that we ran into the headmaster. It is said that it is a dangerous big guy."
Seeing the regretful expressions on everyone's faces, Professor Smith smiled and comforted them: "Although I didn't encounter the monster you mentioned, I encountered another dangerous monster in the Forbidden Forest."
"What monster?" Lee Jordan asked first.
"Acromantula." Professor Smith said with a smile, "You should have seen it once before. In the Boggart class, the two Mr. Weasleys were afraid of the acromantula."
There was a sudden whisper in the seats.
"You probably don't know, but there was a rumor that there were a large number of giant eight-eyed spiders in the Forbidden Forest. I think this is probably true. This is one of the reasons why Dumbledore forbade everyone to enter the Forbidden Forest." Professor Smith did not forget to warn everyone.
Because of the Fluffy incident, more and more students have been breaking into the Forbidden Forest in groups recently. Hagrid is very troubled by this matter, and has put up several signs at the entrance of the Forbidden Forest, indicating that everyone will be put in solitary confinement if caught.
"Who knows what the magic classification level of the eight-eyed giant spider is?" Professor Smith clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention again.
"XXXXX." Fred said.
"Very good." Professor Smith looked around at everyone and warned sternly, "The Acromantula is a giant spider with a cruel nature. It can understand and speak human language, but it also likes to eat human flesh. So, don't doubt the intelligence of these big guys."
"With your current level of magic, you probably wouldn't even be able to escape if you met an Acromantula."
"So what should we do?"
"The best way is to stay away from them," said Professor Smith. "Don't think you are powerful just because you have learned some magic. Don't go into the Forbidden Forest foolishly. That is irresponsible for your own life. If you die, Hagrid will have to go into the forest to clean up the debris for you. Even if I am accidentally attacked by an eight-eyed giant spider, I will lose my life."
"Can the eight-eyed giant spider really speak human language?" Professor Smith's words undoubtedly shocked most of the students, but there were still a few people who were curious.
"Yes, the Acromantula can indeed speak human language."
Sitting in their seats, Fred and George looked at each other in bewilderment. They had actually encountered the eight-eyed giant spider and thought that Smith's words were a bit exaggerated. The man next to them was a fierce man who had single-handedly fought against hundreds of eight-eyed giant spiders.
"No, Professor Smith is right. The Acromanthus is very dangerous. Not everyone is as lucky as you." Albert agreed with Professor Smith. It was undoubtedly very stupid of him to underestimate the Acromanthus. When facing the Acromanthus in the forest, he needed to be careful for fear of being attacked.
Of course, if it was a face-to-face duel, Albert thought he could beat the eight-eyed giant spider.
"Okay, this topic ends here." Professor Smith raised his hand to make a stop gesture and continued, "Next, let's start today's class and get to know a magical creature called Kaba, with a magic classification level of XXXX."
"To be honest, Kabbah is not common in Europe, but since it is mentioned in the book..."
In Albert's eyes, Kaba is the Japanese Kappa, who lives in shallow ponds and rivers. The reason for the magic classification level XXXX is that Kaba sucks human blood and will try to strangle those who wade through the pond without any defense.
By the way, there is a funny way to deal with Kaba, which is to throw a cucumber with your name engraved on it at Kaba, and it will not hurt you.
If you want to defeat Kaba, you just need to trick Kaba into bowing to him, because Kaba has a brain hole on his head filled with water. Once the water flows out, he will lose all his strength.
There is no doubt that this interesting knowledge amused many students.
"I don't expect you who have never encountered danger to understand." Professor Smith frowned slightly and warned, "All you have to do is stay away from danger and stay vigilant at all times."
"Stay away from danger and stay alert at all times, understand?" Professor Smith repeated, "This sentence is more useful than the knowledge I just taught you."
"Don't underestimate any magical creatures of magic classification level XXXX, or you will definitely be in bad luck, or even lose your life."
The classroom fell into silence. Everyone looked at Professor Smith in astonishment, not understanding why he suddenly became so stern.
Defense Against the Dark Arts was still always interesting, Professor Smith could always describe it to them vividly, and sometimes he would bring some magical creatures to class, but today was the first time.
"Okay, you just need to hand in a paper about Kaba after class. For the next topic, I will teach you how to identify and deal with werewolves. You can turn to page 394."
"gentlemen… "
"In my opinion, the most important knowledge in this book is about werewolves." Professor Smith raised his hand to interrupt. "Werewolves are very dangerous. Although the possibility of you encountering one is small, if you are bitten or scratched by a transformed werewolf, it means that your life will be completely ruined. It is a more painful torture than direct death."
"In the wizarding world, most werewolves, due to oppression and discrimination, begin to hate wizards and deliberately attack others." Professor Smith explained, "Although not all werewolves are like this, don't expect most werewolves to be able to restrain themselves. Individual cases can never represent the whole."
"During the full moon, werewolves cannot choose whether to transform or not. They will forget their identities after transforming and may even find the right opportunity to kill those around them. Therefore, it is very important for you to learn how to protect yourself."
In class, everyone was a little confused, but still looking forward to this part of the course. In the wizarding world, wizards are no less afraid of werewolves than giants and Death Eaters.