In fact, when it comes to accepting Maka, probably except for Harry, who is still a little resigned to death, all the friends, including Hermione, have already gradually acquiesced in their hearts.
For Hermione, the moment the wand, which was hand-cut by Maccahan and engraved with her name, was handed over to her as a gift, it was like a wand with only one mark left. That is, the last feather finally falls from the high side of the balanced pallet balance.
A wand model without any magical effect is naturally not worth much weight, but in Hermione's heart, the meaning it represents is enough to play a decisive role.
"It would be great if Hermione could successfully convince Harry again!"
Luna's voice rang in her ears, and it could be heard that the tail end of her words was slightly raised. She was in a really good mood at the moment, and she was happy for Maka because of Hermione's performance just now.
"Yes!" Maka nodded with a slight smile on her face, "I hope everything goes well!"
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The trip led by Hermione and Maka and others seemed to have many variables, and it seemed as if they could encounter danger at any time, otherwise they would not have only brought a group of wizards with the strongest combat ability in the army to carry out activities.
But compared to their elite team, which basically had no danger all the way from south to north, if the army that landed from the east coast wanted to penetrate into the northwest highlands of Great Britain from east to west unscathed, it now seems that it would be more difficult than Hermione's group happened to take the Hogwarts Express directly to the foot of the forest near Hogsmeade, and it was even more difficult.
In the few hours before noon, Harry and Neville split into two directions and tried to explore the woods to the north.
After Harry himself and Neville's Patronus returned one after another, Hermione integrated the information they brought back and quickly came to a conclusion -
Probably the entire Scottish Highlands forest area north of where they are currently stationed is filled with wandering living corpses.
Considering the situation in which the living corpses in the northern part of the disaster area had not yet been taken under the control of the "Devil Greed", it is obvious that the groups of living corpses originally scattered in the north have now been concentrated in Hogwart by "a certain will" Come to the deep mountains and old forests where Ziz Castle is located.
But the good thing is that the first batch of magic troops that are currently landing from the coast near Edinburgh in the east according to the original plan are definitely much larger in number than Hermione and her small group. Even if it may be slightly lacking in terms of individual strength, it is still a strong alliance with the wizard armies of the three major families as the baseline.
As long as they can still abide by the requirements of the plan after landing, and don't rush in when they discover a large number of living corpses in the highland mountains, it should be no problem to arrive here smoothly and join Hermione's team.
What's more, it's not like there isn't a strong team leader over there!
Not to mention anything else, Sarah's powerful alchemy doll left in the first batch of landing troops was obviously enough to protect them from serious harm when they were unlucky enough to encounter a small number of high-level zombies. of personnel lost.
Sure enough, after a night of rotating exploration and calm waiting, Neville's lion patronus brought everyone good news - he met the leader of the army who was marching along the road at the foot of the mountain outside the mountain forest to the east. The vanguard of the counter-offensive force...
"The leader is Samuel. He saw me, and I gave him the direction. I think that in half a day at most, the vanguard unit he leads will be able to come and join us!"
In the open space of the camp where a bonfire was lit, Neville, who had opened his eyes, was reporting the situation to Hermione.
As a spy who goes deep into an area full of enemies to carry out large-scale reconnaissance and long-distance communication, he is even more suitable than Harry, who is already extremely powerful in terms of personal combat power. He is good at the Patronus Charm. There is no doubt that Neville has found his true place in the team.
As for the "Samuel" Neville just mentioned, it goes without saying that he is naturally one of the heirs of the three major families who originally tried to serve as a decoy, the young "lazy priest" Samuel of the Rossi family. Julius Rossi.
On the side, hearing that his little grandson had successfully led the vanguard to a nearby area with only half a day left to travel, the old head of the Rossi family couldn't help but nodded in relief, but didn't say anything.
He knew very well that the person making the decision now was Hermione Granger, and even if it wasn't Hermione Granger, there was still Maka sitting not far away who really made him willing to take a back seat.
He just needs to know that his grandson is fine, and that's enough.
"Then let's lead the way for them! We can meet up as soon as possible so that we can explore the depths of the mountains and forests as soon as possible." Hermione said to Neville without much pause. She had already considered these things many times in her mind. .
"good."
Neville responded, then closed his eyes again. Although the Patron Saint has a strong connection with the wizard who cast the spell, and the power of the Patron Saint Curse can also vaguely restrain the power of evil, in order to maintain ultra-long-distance control in this ghost place shrouded by strange clouds, even Neville must It takes a lot of concentration.
Opposite him, through the flames of the campfire, Hermione turned her head and glanced into the woods to the north again. When she looked back again, there was still a faint trace of worry in her eyes that reflected the light of the fire.
"Harry will probably be back soon. I reminded him not to rely on his strength to go too far. He should be measured." She said to everyone sitting around the campfire. "When he comes back this time, there may be The news we want may then determine how much resistance we will encounter on our way to Hogsmeade."
"I am ready!"
Ron patted the rune arm shield on his left arm and said loudly.
Hermione saw this, her eyes swept over the arm shield, and then subconsciously looked towards Maka not far away.
It was almost dawn now, and after a night, Maka was no longer sitting under the old Scots pine where she was at noon yesterday. Nothing unexpected happened at night. He was resting in the tent over there. From here, he could only see some light shining through the gaps in the curtains of the tent.
From the looks of it, he probably wasn't asleep either, at most he was just taking a nap.
After being stunned for a moment, Hermione looked far east of the woods again. Through the slight gaps between the tree crowns, you can already see that the eastern sky is turning slightly white.
"Well," she squeezed the wand in her pocket and murmured softly, "I'm ready too."