Chapter 345 343. Firenze
The dragon's skin around the eyes is very thin. Jon's blasting spell blasted the Norwegian Ridgeback's left eyelid to blood, and at the same time aroused its ferocity.
It spread its wings, lifted off from the ground, ignored the two patron saints who had already climbed on it, and flew directly in the direction of Jon.
When Jon collected the Golden Snitch in the afternoon, he also studied a lot of information about this batch of fire dragons bought by the referee team of the Triwizard Tournament as game props.
These dragon species are obviously carefully selected by people. Most of them are female dragons who are in estrus. At this time, most of them are violent and restless and difficult to tame. That's why the Romanian dragon trainers are all brains. After throwing them all into the Forbidden Forest, they basically didn't care much about them.
It only limited a certain range, so that these dragons would not leave this part of the limited range, and then excessively damage the ecology in the Forbidden Forest.
In fact, even if the patch is applied, the aborigines in the Forbidden Forest will be greatly affected by the problems caused by these dozens of fire dragons.
Just like the group of unicorns that Jon met when he entered the Forbidden Forest at the beginning, their original territory was occupied by a fire dragon, and the group itself was attacked. If Jon didn't help, there would be a little unicorn The beast will die for it.
Even the unicorns have encountered such a thing, so the situation of other Forbidden Forest creatures can be imagined.
If Dumbledore was still in charge of Hogwarts Castle and Hagrid was still a gamekeeper, they would definitely not allow such a thing to happen. Even if the competition venue was to be placed in the Forbidden Forest, the fire dragon could not be allowed in.
At this time, Jon stood at the extreme corner of the area limited by the Norwegian Ridgeback, watching it fly away from the entrance of the valley it was guarding, forming a shadow that enveloped the sky above him.
The scorching dragon blood was dripping down the ground, and the Ridgeback made no secret of its anger at being attacked. It opened its big mouth in the air, and sparks burst out of that pitch-black throat!
"Roar!"
The roar of the dragon resounded throughout the Forbidden Forest, and countless flying birds around flew straight into the sky. At the same time as the sound sounded, the temperature began to rise extremely!
Orange flames with dragon magic power descended from the sky, and Jon was already prepared for this. Before the dragon's breath was spit out, he activated the floating spell on the ring and flew into the sky.
Because his size is extremely small under the cover of the huge body of the dragon, and one eye has already been injured by Jon's blasting curse, blood flowed all over his face, making his vision a little blurred, so he is facing The Ridgeback venting its anger on the ground did not notice the "ant" lift off.
And because of this, it caused a lot of trouble later.
Jon had come to the side of the Ridgeback silently, aiming his wand at its other intact eye, and started to use the same way he used to deal with the manticore, holding the wand tightly with both hands .
No more powerful spells were used, and Jon directly cast spells with both hands, using the stun spell.
A bright red light beam, much thicker than normal spells, pierced the entire night sky in an instant!
At this time, the other intact eye of the Ridgeback suddenly felt a dazzling flash of light illuminating its entire eye socket, but when it was about to take a defensive action, it had no time to react. The eyelids didn't even have time to close!
This stun spell was inserted directly into the spine dragon's eye socket in such a simple and straightforward way, and the effect of the spell passed through its eyeballs and spread throughout its brain in the first place!
Suddenly, the entire body of the Ridgeback dragon, which was still breathing dragon breath, froze.
It can be seen that it has been greatly affected by the spell, and even its wings can no longer be waved, nor can it maintain its flight in the sky. But even in the place where the defense was weakest, after being hit by such a powerful stun spell by Jon, it still had no intention of falling to the ground on the spot, and was still struggling to keep its consciousness clear.
But Jon obviously wouldn't give it this chance. This time, he didn't aim at the half-closed intact eye of the Ridgeback, but directly aimed at its injured eye. The stun spell was shot at its wound one after another.
So many stun spells finally worked normally, and the Ridgeback finally couldn't hold on in the sky. It cast a last resentful look at the figure flying in mid-air, and then fell to the ground with a loud crash, causing the whole ground to collapse. It trembled violently.
After successfully bringing down the ridgeback dragon, Jon did not stop casting spells in his hands. He continued to cast the stun spell on the fire dragon that fell on the ground over and over again, and at the same time, he was able to find time to collect The Golden Snitch.
The fire dragon needs to be knocked down, the centaur needs to be rescued, and the game must be taken into account at the same time. Jon can't let himself be busy this time, at least he must get all the rewards he deserves.
And just when Jon had just knocked down the Norwegian Ridgeback, in the valley, Hoss and Cedric quickly found the last batch of centaur remaining in the Forbidden Forest.
As Cedric said to Jon, there are almost no adult males among these horsemen, they are basically old, young, women and children. Arm, just a broken finger.
The leader who leads these centaurs is a handsome adult male centaur with curly platinum hair and strange blue eyes.
His name is Firenze, and there is actually only one of those beautiful sapphire-like eyes left, and the other one is covered by a black eyepatch, and Cedric knows that one eye was made by an Auror's spell. blind.
When Cedric found them, the centaurs had no intention of resting at all. Whether they were men or women, old people or children, they were all armed with bows and arrows in one hand and torches in the other. Prepare, as if you want to fight to the death with the fire dragons guarding the entrance and exit of the valley.
"What are you doing like this? Firenze."
Cedric, who appeared like the wind riding Hoss, frightened many centaurs. They immediately raised their bows and arrows, but after hearing Cedric's voice and seeing that familiar face, They all put their weapons down again, obviously they were all familiar with the young student.
"We don't have enough food, Cedric." After seeing Cedric appear, Firenze showed joy in his blue eyes, but the seriousness and dignity that had always been maintained on his face were not It didn't reduce much, "If you continue to wait here, everyone will starve to death. Even if you can only escape one, it is better than dying here."
Cedric saw those yellow and thin horsemen with disheveled faces, and knew that they had been trapped in this valley for half a month. Regarding the appearance of the three fire dragons that blocked the exit, They didn't have any preparations at all, and the food reserves should have been exhausted long ago.
"I asked someone to help you! He is helping to contain the fire dragon at the exit in the northwest corner of the valley. Let's go there now and have a chance to escape directly!"
Cedric didn't have any extra greetings or questions, he spoke very quickly to explain the current situation to Firenze and the others clearly.
He immediately greeted his people, and followed behind Cedric and Hoss. Hoss also wisely did not speed up so fast, and looked back from time to time to find the little mare he wanted and winked at them.
"You have contacted Dumbledore!"
While running towards the exit of the valley where the Norwegian Ridgeback was located, Cedric looked at Firenze who was expecting a positive answer with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
"No, I haven't contacted Dumbledore. After they came to Hogwarts, they were strictly guarded by many Aurors. No one can easily contact them."
Regarding this, Firenze said another name.
"Is that Rubeus Hagrid? If there is a chance to return to the castle, he will definitely follow, and he will definitely find a way to find us in the Forbidden Forest!"
Cedric shook his head again, this time he did not let Firenze continue to guess, but directly said who it was.
"It's Jon Green."
The horse people have been hiding in the Middle East of the Forbidden Forest all year round. Of course, it is impossible to have many opportunities to learn about the outside world, so they are obviously very unfamiliar with Jon's name.
"Who is that? Someone from the Order of the Phoenix?"
"He is the warrior representing Dumbledore in this Triwizard Tournament."
"In other words, he is still just a student?" A centaur who heard their conversation exclaimed, "A student to deal with the fire dragon? Are you kidding me? Are we going to collect his body now? ?”
His words made Hoss very dissatisfied. Jon is also its "good brother" after all, and he has thought about his marriage, but now he is said so, which makes Hoss unhappy.
Cedric could understand that the centaur didn't have much malice. After all, normal people don't believe much when they hear such things. Even the elite wizards may not be able to fight a fire dragon alone, let alone a dragon. What about the students of the magic school?
But he didn't explain much, any explanation is not as good as the facts in front of him, and after seeing the facts, all explanations are superfluous.
Although Cedric only really knows Jon today, he has full confidence in this boy who has long been famous throughout Europe.
The speed of the horsemen was not as fast as that of the racially gifted Hoth, but they were not too slow at full speed. It took them less than ten minutes to arrive at the exit of the valley where the Norwegian Ridgeback was stationed. But at this time, the huge monster had disappeared.
When Firenze and the others came here, they could only see a boy picking out the golden snitches flying around.
The trembling sound of the horse's hooves trampling on the ground has long attracted Jon's attention. He saw Cedric riding on Hoss's back and leading the way, and beside Cedric, the one-eyed man with long platinum hair the horse people.
They were followed by a group of old, weak, sick and disabled. After arriving at this intersection, the Arima people looked around nervously.
"Where's the **** dragon?"
Jon didn't reply, he just waved his wand behind him and cast a stun spell.
Following the bright red color that is extremely conspicuous in the dark night, the horsemen all saw the Norwegian Ridgeback lying on the grass.
They have been besieged by Aurors in the Forbidden Forest for so long, no one who survived is a fool.
The fire dragon that fell to the ground was naked in front of them, and Jon was the only one present. Combined with what Cedric said to them on the road, every centaur can guess that this is something Ridiculous truth.
Compared with other people of the same family, Firenze is still very calm.
He is considered a wise man in the centaur group, proficient in astronomy and divination, and clearly knows that some outstanding cubs among the wizards are beyond the imagination of these groups who have lived in the Forbidden Forest for many years.
"Hello, Mr. Green, my name is Firenze."
The current centaur patriarch extended his hand friendly to Jon.
Firenze.
The name Jon is actually not unfamiliar. In the original book, the centaur in front of me was also a divination professor at Hogwarts Castle. His achievements and ideas in divination are very valuable, at least in teaching and educating people. In fact, he is much better than another of his colleagues, the one who uttered the prophecy of the savior.
Jon reached out a hand and shook him.
"Hello, Firenze, just call me Jon, Hagrid and I mentioned your name."
Hagrid did mention Firenze's name to Jon, telling him to go to Firenzee for help if he had trouble finding the centaur named Parson.
Obviously Hagrid had great confidence in Firenze. He felt that Firenze would still be alive, and it was true. The centaur was indeed alive, but he was missing one eye.
Jon had already collected almost all the golden snitches around the Norwegian Ridgeback. He didn't have extra greetings with Firenze. He just put a stun spell on the dragon lying on the ground again, and Said that they had better get out of here and find a safe place to talk.
In fact, if it weren’t for the fact that there were exactly three fire dragons blocking the horse people in the valley, it was a bit too coincidental and strange. Jon had enough patience to skin and cramp the Norwegian Ridgeback.
Each fire dragon can be called full of treasures, no less than the basilisk.
But if I really want to deal with a dragon, the process is too troublesome, and after the game, Jon still has to worry about whether the referee team will trouble him because of this matter. After all, these fire dragons are protected animals.
(end of this chapter)