The distribution of living corpses will obviously vary with the changes in the terrain. Ever since Hermione chose to temporarily retreat all the way south, after entering the New Forest National Park, the number of living corpses on the ground has continued to increase with the number of trees. increased, and decreased to a great extent as distance from London increased.
For the vast majority of living corpses that cannot fly, this does not seem to be a good place for them to wander aimlessly.
However, walking through the forest was obviously a waste of time for Hermione and the others. Not to mention... those shadows that are almost inevitable in the woods.
You know, the attacker hiding in the shadows was still following them!
"Please pay more attention. If it doesn't work, we have no choice but to fly over the forest." Hermione walked at the front of the team holding a glowing wand, talking as she walked, and at the end she couldn't help but remind her, "Luna, Especially you—we’re already here, let’s not get distracted.”
Probably because she was very concerned about the crowd she had sensed before, she couldn't help but look back several times after leaving.
But after hearing Hermione say this, she nodded immediately.
"oh."
Right now, everyone is always alert to the situation around them. The entire team was led by Hermione, followed by Neville, with Ron, Hannah and Luna in the middle, protecting Harry, who was in a coma, and Ginny, who was responsible for looking after Harry. .
Of course, since the trees ahead are getting denser and denser, the formation cannot always be kept intact.
"I think it's better to just fly there," Ron couldn't help but said while looking around. "Although there are flying zombies, it's better than walking slowly in this place where there are shadows everywhere, isn't it?"
However, I don't know what happened to the guy hiding in the shadow. Now he no longer comes out to sneak attack whenever he gets the opportunity like before. Now more than ten minutes have passed since they entered the forest, but there is still no movement from the other party. One can't help but wonder if it has left secretly.
"Luna, is that guy still there?" Neville couldn't help but ask.
"Well," Luna nodded slightly, "It's still... nearby."
"Yeah?"
He looked around again in confusion, and then shook his head in confusion - although they naturally didn't want the other party to attack them frequently, but now that it really doesn't come out, everyone has become more worried. stand up.
Fortunately, the few living corpses wandering in the forest did not make their journey too "boring".
"boom!"
A magic spell passed through the forest, knocking a living corpse to the ground, and then Hermione went up to patch it up, which stopped the other person from moving.
Hermione did not use any more rune cards. After all, most of the zombies in the woods were just ordinary zombies. She had already lost a lot of rune cards in the previous continuous battles, so she had to be sparing now.
"Crash..."
After defeating the enemy, she flicked her wand and made several branches of a tree move, dragging the living corpses directly into the ground. Then, she waved her hand and signaled everyone to move on.
In this way, everyone spent about an hour in the endless cycle of rushing, encountering enemies, dealing with enemies, and continuing on the road, and finally passed through the forest area without any danger.
"Just came out like this?"
Everyone looked at the woods that had been left behind, and even felt a little unreal. However, after leaving the forest, the number of living corpses outside gradually increased, and soon they did not have much time to think too much.
"Get on the broom, let's go! We'll be safe for now if we fly to the sea first."
As soon as Hermione said this, everyone else immediately followed suit on their broomsticks, and flew into the sky under the spell attacks of some zombies who had evolved magical talents, heading straight to Solent in the south, which was no longer far away. The strait flew away.
"Huh?" Luna, who was lagging behind a little, suddenly turned around again, looked at the forest with some confusion and said to herself, "Won't it continue to follow?"
"What's wrong?" Hermione in front asked immediately after hearing this.
"It's the guy who attacked us before!" Luna said, "It stayed in the forest."
"That's a great thing!" Ron said quickly, "You can get rid of it."
Although Hermione was also very confused by this, as Ron said, this was undoubtedly a good thing. If we were always on alert for an attack that would appear at any time along the way, no one would be able to survive it.
"Well... Anyway, let's go quickly!" She waved to Luna.
"okay."
Luna glanced back again, then put the matter aside, and followed the team to leave this place and go south.
…
There was a soft sound, and after Luna finally turned her head and continued on her way, it suddenly came from the shadow of a bush at the edge of the forest.
Then, a white hand reached out from between the trees, and a slightly petite figure pushed aside some branches and leaves and walked out.
It is worth mentioning that in her other hand, she was dragging a humanoid creature covered in pitch black. The creature's right arm was a long black blade, exactly the same as the black blade protruding from the twisted shadow that had repeatedly attacked Hermione and others before.
"Are they going to the church?"
She stood at the edge of the forest and looked up at the figures who were gradually moving away. She muttered to herself, and then nodded gently.
"I don't know if Maka wants them to go... Forget it, just go back first and wait until they arrive! If you still can't get to the church without this guy following you, then it has nothing to do with me. Got it!"
After saying that, she casually dropped the "soft" guy in her hand on the ground, then took out a wand and pointed it at herself, then flew up from the ground unsteadily. .
"It's not easy to use this floating spell well... Oh, by the way, carry this guy back. After all, he is an evolved individual. You can take it back and study it... The shadow rules are quite interesting. Maybe Maka will like."
Before she finished speaking, she quickly jumped over the treetops and flew crookedly in the direction of Winchester.
And soon, four figures with strange but extremely fast movements rushed out of the forest. They lifted the dark guy on the ground with all their hands and feet, and then disappeared into the woods again.