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Elwyn quickly found the trick to riding a winged hippogriff beast. He only needed to clamp his heels on Buckbeak's sides and he would be firmly attached to it.
The huge wings fluttered beside him as he tried to loosen his arms around Buckbeak's neck.
Apart from the occasional slight dizziness, he did not feel any other discomfort.
On the contrary, he felt that he was getting more and more used to it.
Compared to the Flying Broom, which was difficult to master, he was more suited to riding a winged hippogriff beast.
They followed the air currents and entered the Forbidden Forest.
Passing through the floating clouds, Elwyn saw a large patch of trees.
He had seen this scene countless times from the top of the castle. But because of the different angle, the feeling was completely different. Observing the Forbidden Forest from a close distance, the endless trees with no end in sight and the towering ancient trees that reached the clouds were even more awe-inspiring and immersed in the grandeur of nature.
But before Elwyn could properly appreciate it, the trees in front of him began to sparse, as if someone had forcefully dug out a part of them.
The color of the tree trunks gradually turned an unhealthy gray. This was the territory of the Eight-eyed Spiders.
In a corner, a few Eight-eyed Spiders slowly crawled out from the shadows. They vigilantly observed the unannounced visitor in the sky above their territory.
Elwyn hurriedly bent down and lay on Buckbeak's body.
Click, click.
After discovering that the intruder was only a winged hippogriff beast, the Eight-eyed Spiders who were in charge of guarding slowly retreated and hid in the darkness again.
As one of the more common species in the Forbidden Forest, although it was rare for an eagle-headed hippogriff beast to enter the territory of the Eight-eyed Spiders, it was not absolute.
They did not discover Elwyn sitting on Buckbeak's back, so they did not inform Aragok and the other Eight-eyed Spiders to defend themselves.
Relying on Buckbeak, Elwyn successfully snuck in without being discovered. His plan was a success.
They flew towards the center of the Eight-eyed Spiders' territory. Elwyn poked his head out and carefully observed Aragok's lair while Buckbeak flapped his wings.
He had not been here since the fire a few months ago.
As they went deeper, the scenery in front of them became more and more shocking.
It was completely different from the last time he was here. In the core area of the Eight-eyed Giant Spider's territory, there were hardly any trees on the ground. It was as if a tornado had swept through the area and corroded it. Even the soil had turned a dark grey, with a few traces of red intermittently.
White spider webs, animal skeletons, and traces of destruction could be seen everywhere. Looking down from the sky, Aragok's lair was a depression deep into the ground. Irregular folds and gullies filled it, looking extremely strange.
The thick leaves could no longer be seen on the ground. The scorched black, lusterless sand seemed to be pasted on the ground like a thin film.
Even at hundreds of feet in the air, the smell of burning leaves, earth, and raw meat, as well as the thick scent of blood, still lingered in the air.
The most eye-catching thing was the entrance to the nest. There was a huge hemispherical spider web.
It looked bigger than ever, and it was densely covered with the corpses of various animals.
Among them, Elwyn even saw the corpse of a centaur
It was placed in the most eye-catching position, as though it was a demonstration to intruders.
Within the lair, a faint, milky white fog would occasionally emit from within, like a volcanic crater. The faintly discernible stench of blood would spread throughout the entire depression.
The scene in front of them was too horrifying. The fire that Elwyn caused a few months ago seemed to have opened the door to hell.
Aragok had already fallen. It no longer restricted its descendants, and instead succumbed to its instincts, becoming a dark creature that only knew how to kill.
It was even worse. Its savagery had destroyed the balance between the Hogwarts and the forbidden forest.
The revenge of the Eight-eyed Giant Spider had turned this place into a living hell.
The actual situation was even worse than the centaur's report. He had to quickly stop the Eight-eyed Giant Spider from wreaking havoc, and Aragok had to be eliminated.
Other than the corpses that could be seen everywhere, what made Elwyn even more worried was that he sensed a trace of black magic from the fog that drifted out from Aragok's lair.
Black magic, could it be Lord Voldemort?
Elwyn shook his head. Based on his understanding of Lord Voldemort, it was not that he could not use evil black magic to control, influence and transform the Eight-eyed Giant Spider. But if he had the time to cast these spells, he would be more inclined to use the Curse of Massacre to directly finish off the enemy.
Using Dumbledore's words, Lord Voldemort despised life, and was even more afraid of death. This was his greatest weakness.
Using himself to measure others, he believed that for everyone, death was the greatest fear.
The Curse of Massacre was Lord Voldemort's favourite spell, and not other complicated and evil black magic.
The one who left behind this trace of black magic could not be Lord Voldemort. Furthermore, he could not even get close to the Hogwarts now.
If it was not Lord Voldemort, then who could it be?
Elwyn thought of the unknown existence that could be hiding in Aragok's lair, but this was only his guess. For some reason, he felt that he should know more, more important information, but he could not recall it no matter how hard he tried.
Just like how the corpses were obscured by the fog, the dreams that he had forgotten seemed to be related to this place.
Elwyn could not recall those dreams, but in any case, the scene before him was enough to inform Dumbledore to come out and deal with these Eight-eyed Giant Spiders.
Buckbeak brought Elwyn around Aragok's lair a few more times. After Elwyn had memorized most of the hiding spots of the Eight-eyed Giant Spiders, they began to return to the castle.
At this moment, Elwyn saw a small team of Eight-eyed Giant Spiders approaching the central area.
Because there were no trees in the way, he could see them very clearly. This team was made up of 12 or 13 Eight-eyed Giant Spiders, and the leading spider was obviously much larger than its companions. Behind it, a few spiders were dragging three young Magi in the Hogwarts uniform. They were Malfoy, Gall, and Crabbe.
"Damn it, what are these three doing?" Elwyn was shocked, and slipped on Buckbeak's back.
Why were Malfoy and the other two not staying in the castle? How did they get caught by the Eight-eyed Giant Spiders?
What should he do now?
Going down to save Malfoy was a joke. Other than not seeing Aragok, Elwyn discovered that there were definitely more than a hundred Eight-eyed Giant Spiders hiding nearby. If they were alerted by a fight, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Moreover, no matter how he looked at it, there was no reason for Elwyn to risk his life to save Malfoy.
Putting himself in Leylin's shoes, if he was in danger, Malfoy would have found his conscience by not hitting him when he was down, and it would be even more impossible for him to save him.
If he just left or went back to inform the others, then based on the current situation, it would not take more than a few minutes for Malfoy and the other two to become the new treasures on the giant spider's web.
Elwyn was sure that if he heard that Malfoy was dead, he would not feel sad.
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