Chapter 769 Black Forest (There Will Be Another Chapter in the Afternoon)

In a dense forest, under the moonlight, the top layer of leaves seemed to be coated with a layer of silver light, but because the branches and leaves grew too lush, they blocked all the moonlight, and the trunks were dark, with only a few coins-sized lights flickering with the breeze.

This is also the origin of the name of the Black Forest.

And it is not only at night, but also very dim here during the day.

However, this night, a rustling sound suddenly came from the silent Black Forest, as if someone stepped on the thick fallen leaves and then broke the dead branches.

This sudden noise disturbed some birds and small animals that appeared at night, and they came out from their hiding places and ran to another hiding place where they felt safe... The silent Black Forest suddenly became a little lively for a short time.

"This place is really hard to walk." Kyle pulled his feet out of the soft pile of fallen leaves and couldn't help complaining.

"It's always like this. When you get used to it, you won't fall into it again." Newt's voice came from the side.

He seemed to know the Black Forest very well. He could walk on the clean and solid ground every time and move flexibly between the trees.

Unlike Kyle, who would sink his feet into the fallen leaves after walking a few steps, and almost hit the trees several times.

"I don't like it here!" Kyle sighed.

"Most wizards don't like it." Newt said, "The dense trees here will have a great impact on the accuracy of the spell. The threat of the spell is weakened to the minimum, and it will be useless even if more people come. But it is precisely because of this that this place has become the favorite base camp of some dark creatures."

"So, are there really werewolves here?" Kyle asked.

"Not only are there, but there are a lot of them." Newt said, "Because it is safe enough, unless wizards are willing to spend a lot of effort to shovel all these trees, no one can catch up with the werewolves here. Slowly, the Black Forest has become the base camp of werewolves."

As he spoke, Newt seemed to step on something, slowly squatted down, and picked up a bone of an unknown animal from the half-covered leaves.

The bone was not big, it seemed to be a hare, and it also looked like some kind of bird.

Newt wiped off the dirt outside, revealing the bite marks inside.

"Oh, look at this, these are the teeth marks left by a werewolf." Newt said.

Kyle also moved closer.

But it was too dark around, and Newt was not allowed to use the illumination spell, so he could only barely see that there were indeed bite marks on it, that's all.

"Are you sure it's a werewolf?" Kyle asked, "Could it be some other animal?"

"No." Newt shook his head, "These are the teeth marks left by a werewolf before it transformed, which is completely different from animals. It seems that we have come to their hunting range."

Newt threw away the bone in his hand. He raised his head carefully and observed the surroundings.

Kyle immediately became excited.

It has been almost a week since we came to the Black Forest, and now we finally have some gains.

It all started half a month ago.

It was probably two weeks after Kyle returned to Grimmauld Place that they received news that Lupin was seriously injured and was urgently sent to St. Mungo's.

And the culprit was the werewolf.

Everyone knows that there are werewolves among the Death Eaters. Since Fenrir Greyback was captured in Hogwarts, there have been several major disagreements in the werewolf group.

Later, some of the werewolves chose to leave and withdraw from the war under Lupin's persistent lobbying, while the other more radical and brutal ones united, seriously injured Lupin and fled, and completely surrendered to Voldemort.

Recently, they appear every full moon night, either in the village where wizards live or on the Muggle streets. These werewolves will attack everyone they see indiscriminately.

Their strong bodies and thick fur allow them to ignore most magic. Sometimes, more than a dozen wizards will be caught or bitten by them in one night.

If it is a Muggle, the number will be even greater.

Moreover, these werewolves are very cunning. They only act on full moon nights, and their locations are completely random. The people of the Order of the Phoenix designed to ambush them in advance but failed.

Perhaps in revenge, half a month ago, these werewolves designed a sneak attack on Lupin, who they regarded as a werewolf traitor.

If Tonks hadn't noticed something was wrong and rushed over with people in time, Lupin might not have had the chance to be sent to St. Mungo's.

Kyle still remembers how Lupin looked when he saw him in St. Mungo's... He was wrapped in bandages all over his body, and there was even an obvious dent on his shoulder, which was obviously bitten.

Sirius was furious and yelled that he wanted to seek revenge on the werewolves, but was stopped by everyone.

Because Sirius was alone, even if his Animagus form was not afraid of the werewolves' claws and bites, he couldn't stand the large number.

Not to mention that the Animagus form couldn't use magic, not even Lupin, a real werewolf, could not do it. It was basically wishful thinking for a dog to solve them.

But just as everyone was arguing and discussing how to take revenge on Lupin, what no one expected was that Newt suddenly came.

When he slowly pushed open the door of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, everyone in the room was startled. Fortunately, Mrs. Weasley had seen Newt at King's Cross Station last year, so there was no joke.

The famous Newt Scamander, everyone was curious about why this legendary wizard who had disappeared for a long time suddenly came here.

Until Newt said his purpose... to take someone to solve the werewolf problem.

Before he finished speaking, Sirius was the first to jump out and wanted to go with him, but his request was tactfully rejected by Newt.

It was really tactful. As a socially anxious person, Newt had almost no experience in rejecting others, and could only stammer and say that he was not suitable.

At first, Sirius was naturally dissatisfied. He believed that his Animagus could fully play a role and was the most suitable candidate on the scene.

Fortunately, others knew it well and came forward to persuade Sirius, saying that he should stay in St. Mungo's to take care of Lupin.

Anyone with a little bit of brains knew who Newt wanted to find... After all, except Kyle, no one in the Order of the Phoenix was familiar with Newt, and even before this, no one had seen him.

And the fact is indeed so, Newt came to find Kyle.

In his words, when Chris graduated, he started running around to solve the threat of werewolves. Now that Kyle has graduated, this job naturally fell on his head.

To some extent, this can be regarded as a family inheritance.

So Kyle followed Newt to the Black Forest and looked for the traces of werewolves.

I have to say that this process is really boring.

"Should we continue to look?"

Kyle raised his head and looked around, "How about we make some noise to attract the werewolves? There are also cows and sheep in my box. Werewolves should like them. As long as we stay by the side..."

"There have never been cows in the Black Forest, Kyle."

Newt shook his head and said, "Werewolves are essentially wizards. They are not stupid enough to not be able to distinguish even this most basic trap."

"What about rabbits?" Kyle continued, "Before I graduated, I deliberately got many different animals from the Forbidden Forest, including rabbits."

"The rabbits here and those in the Forbidden Forest are completely two different species."

Newt continued to shake his head. "Kyle, you have to be more patient. Because of their living environment and instinct, werewolves are more alert than ordinary wizards. Once they notice anything unusual, our previous efforts will fail, so we must not be impatient.

"Your father is much better than you in this regard. We stayed in the Cambria Mountains for three whole months in order to find a group of vampires who had surrendered to the mysterious man. During this period, he was very patient. "

"Okay, okay, I get it." Kyle sighed quietly. "I don't like it here, not at all. "

The trees in the Black Forest are too dense. Looking down from a high place, you can only see the leaves and nothing else.

Otherwise, he could fly up on Norbert. With the speed of the fire dragon, he would probably find the werewolf within a day.

But this method is definitely not feasible now.

Kyle sighed again, trying to calm himself down, and continued to follow Newt forward.

…

A few more days passed.

As Newt said, this is a job that requires patience. Except for some other bones, they found nothing, not even a wolf hair.

Kyle suspected that there was something wrong with Newt's intelligence. He wanted to speak several times, but he held back in the end.

At the same time, Newt also noticed the change in Kyle's mood, but he said nothing.

Kyle has few shortcomings. If I have to say anything, then impatience is definitely one of them.

It's not that Kyle has an impatient personality. On the contrary, Kyle is actually very patient in some things, such as guiding Fudge and making him believe that Voldemort is coming back.

Whether Fudge really believed it or for some other reason, the Ministry of Magic did release the news before Voldemort became stronger, so that everyone could prepare in advance.

What Newt thinks of as "impatient" refers to things other than specific actions, such as now, looking for traces of the enemy.

Maybe it's because of different experiences, or it may be from Dumbledore. Kyle prefers to face his opponent directly.

He is willing to spend time on strategies against the enemy rather than aimlessly looking for targets.

But in a real war, not all enemies will stand there stupidly. Most of them will hide in the dark like werewolves and only come out to make trouble at critical moments.

This is also the most troublesome thing for Aurors and the Order of the Phoenix. Therefore, finding them is also a very important task.

A big part of the reason why Newt brought Kyle out this time was to take this opportunity to exercise his shortcomings in this area.

It is for this reason that Newt is not in a hurry at all. Anyway, there is still time until the next full moon night. They could have searched slowly for a while.

The two searched in the vast Black Forest from day to night, and from night to day. The sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves into the forest, leaving bright beams of light, which looked mysterious and beautiful.

Unfortunately, no one appreciated this scene. Kyle, who was gradually becoming irritable, formed a sharp contrast with Newt, who was calm next to him. He kicked the fallen leaves habitually. Just when he was about to say something, a small thing like a mantis suddenly jumped down from the tree next to him and jumped onto his shoulder.

It was a Bowtruckle.

The Black Forest, like the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, is a place where magical creatures often come and go. It is not surprising to have Bowtruckles.

The little guy leaned close to Kyle's ear, opened and closed his mouth, and seemed to be saying something. But its voice was so quiet that Newt didn't even hear it, so he subconsciously looked at Kyle.

Kyle was stunned at first, and then his expression became serious.

"In a cave, footprints... wizards... firelight at night... are you sure?"

The Bowtruckle said something else, and Kyle suddenly became excited.

"Where is it! Take me there!"

Then he looked at Newt again.

"We found the werewolf, follow us."

After saying that, the Bowtruckle jumped onto a tree on their left with its short legs, and Kyle hurriedly followed.

To be honest, Newt is still a little confused.

It is not difficult to judge from Kyle's words just now that the place where the werewolf is hiding seems to have been found.

But can the Bowtruckle still be used like this? Newt always felt a little unreal, and he followed with doubt.

The two of them shuttled through the bushes, and during this time they encountered more Bowtruckles. The little guys seemed to be waiting for them on purpose, and they followed Kyle one after another after seeing him.

The Black Forest was very large, and when they finally stopped, it was already half a day later.

From a distance, Kyle smelled a very strange smell, as if something was burnt.

In front of them was a well-hidden cave. Not only was the mountain covered with lush trees, but even the entrance of the cave was covered with vines. If you don't look carefully, I'm afraid it would be difficult to notice it even if you pass by.

Newt came to Kyle quietly. He just glanced at it and was 100% sure that there were traces of people living here.

As for whether it was a werewolf... Newt felt that apart from them, no one would be bored enough to come to such a place to camp.

"How did you do it?" He subconsciously looked at Kyle and asked incredulously.

"Through the Bowtruckles." Kyle lowered his voice and said, "This is their territory."

"I mean, when did you find so many Bowtruckles?" Newt turned his head and looked behind him.

There were at least a hundred Bowtruckles perched on a branch. From a distance, it looked like a piece of moss covered the branch. They had followed all the way.

Newt felt that he was still very alert and slept very lightly. Kyle couldn't have developed so many spies without telling him.

"Oh, it was when I was on guard a few days ago." Kyle said casually, "I was bored at that time, so I thought about whether I could find more helpers to find werewolves together."

"Did you find all these at that time?" Newt pointed to the row of Bowtruckles on the branches behind him and asked.

"What the hell?" Kyle turned his head subconsciously and took a look, and was startled.

"No." He shook his head repeatedly. "There was only one in front of me at that time. I saw that it was very brave and not very shy, so I talked to it for a few more words... As for why there are so many now."

Kelly paused for a moment before continuing, "Maybe it asked for help."

In fact, not only Newt, but even Kyle himself felt a little incredible. He really just said it casually at that time. He didn't expect that the Bowtruckle actually helped him find the trace of the werewolf, and it was so far away.

But Newt obviously didn't think so.

He stared at Kyle and suddenly smacked his lips, "Sometimes, I really envy your magical talent."

Letting the Bowtruckle help is equivalent to directly expanding the team of two people to hundreds of people. More importantly, these spies are still very concealed.

Especially in a place like the Black Forest...Who would doubt a Bowtruckle that can be seen everywhere? Even Newt himself would not doubt it.

It is completely reasonable for such magical animals to appear in the forest. It would be strange if we couldn't see them.

However, this method only works for Kyle, who can communicate freely with magical animals. Others can't understand what these little guys say, including himself.

He can only roughly guess what they mean based on the actions of the Bowtruckles.

Subconsciously, Newt thought of Chris again.

If Chris could find Bowtruckles to help like Kyle when they were looking for vampires in the Cumbria Mountains more than a decade ago, they wouldn't have to stay there for several months.

Chris is really a fool who doesn't know how to adapt to this convenient ability but doesn't use it.

Why did he accept such a stupid student in the first place?