"Where is Malfoy?" Elwyn shouted.
He raised his wand warily, carefully observing Aragok.
After a few months, he looked much weaker than before, as if he was seriously ill. The grey fur on his body had all drooped.
He lay quietly in the center of the web, lifeless.
Above his ugly head, the sharp black pincers began to show an unhealthy greyish-white color, matching the layer of white over each of his eyes. Unlike the giant mutated female spider, Aragok did not become stronger. Instead, he looked older, as if he was about to die.
"Are you afraid of me, Hagrid's friend?" Aragok said slowly, with a hint of mockery in his tone. "Afraid of an old spider on the verge of death?"
"Where is Malfoy?"
Elwyn asked. The light at the end of his wand grew stronger. "Tell me, or I don't mind letting you experience what real death is."
Click, click, click.
"Useless threat. I am not afraid of death. I've lived for too long. Death is a relief to me. "Aragok said slowly." Besides, you can't save your companions even if you kill me. "
"Then we can try." Elwyn's wand emitted a red light, brushing past Aragok's body. "I forgot to tell you, I don't really care about Malfoy's life. The main reason I came here was to kill you and save him at the same time. So, don't think you can threaten me with him. "
Aragok took a step back. Eight pairs of white eyes looked at Elwyn.
They faced each other, no one spoke, testing each other's determination.
As if feeling Elwyn's determination and the powerful magic he was gathering, Aragok could not hold on any longer.
"I will ask for the last time, where is Malfoy?" Elwyn shouted.
"The human boy is down there, with it," said Aragok weakly. "You are right. I cannot die, at least not now."
"You're saying that Malfoy is down here?" Elwyn was puzzled.
Peering through the cobwebs at his feet, he looked down into the dark cave.
Nothing could be seen but endless darkness.
In the next second, a ball of light shot out from the tip of his wand. It passed through the gaps in the spider webs and fell straight down. The ball of light kept falling for a long time and finally disappeared into the darkness. According to Elwyn's observation, this cave was bottomless, and no one knew where it led to.
He couldn't help but think of the underground vault beneath Gringotts. That special region formed from underground lava and islets, tens of thousands of feet below the surface.
If this cave is the same as the other one, how did Malfoy get down here?
There were no tracks built by the fairies here, so falling from here would definitely result in a terrible death.
Or was Aragok talking nonsense and lying to him?
Thinking of this, Elwyn raised his head and carefully observed the surrounding walls, but found nothing. This was the deepest part of the lair, and there was no way forward.
"What is going on?" Elwyn gripped his wand tightly. "I don't have time to play riddles with you, Aragok. You should know that my patience is limited."
"Don't worry about the human boy, he is still alive." Click, click. Aragok slowly waved his large claws. "It won't kill him, I know. Believe me, we still have time. The human boy's soul is especially important to it. It has been waiting for this day for a very, very long time. "
This sentence did not sound very pleasant.
Elwyn tried hard not to think about what use Malfoy's soul could have.
Also, who was the 'it' that Aragok was talking about, and why did it need Malfoy's soul?
"Don't try to be mysterious, Aragok." Elwyn pointed his wand at it. "Who is it? Why does it need Malfoy's soul? What is it going to do with it?"
"I will tell you, Hagrid's friend," Aragok said slowly. "This is a very long story. I will tell you everything I know."
"Then you better hurry up. Don't try to play any tricks." Elwyn interrupted it directly.
"As you can see, I am very weak now. I can't even move, so I am no threat to you at all." Click, click. Aragok continued. "But I can't die yet, at least not before I complete that task. Otherwise, my descendants will be enslaved and will never be able to rise again. I need your help, Hagrid's friend. You are very brave and powerful. Most importantly, you are as kind as Hagrid. I have never seen a human like you. You will definitely help me, right? "
"You have a favor to ask of me?" Elwyn squinted and looked at it suspiciously.
He thought he had heard wrong. Aragok actually said that he was as kind as Hagrid. There was nothing wrong with this sentence, but it depended on who it was.
Coming from the Eight-Eyed Spider, it was really ironic.
After all, his last meeting with Aragok was definitely not a happy one.
Aragok and the other Eight-Eyed Spiders treated Elwyn as fresh food. His last fire had killed many elite Eight-Eyed Spiders.
Just now, he had killed Aragok, his mate, and his descendants. Now, there were probably not many Eight-Eyed Spiders left in the Forbidden Forest.
It could be said that Elwyn had single-handedly caused the Eight-Eyed Spiders in the Forbidden Forest to suffer heavy losses. Now, they were facing the threat of extinction.
Under such circumstances, it was strange enough that Aragok did not fight him to the death. Now, it actually had something to ask of him.
Elwyn carefully looked at Aragok. Was this old spider muddle-headed from anger, or was it plotting something else?
However, it did not seem like it, because it looked too weak and was on the verge of death.
"Yes, I have something to ask of you. Please believe me." Click, click. Aragok moved forward, getting closer to Elwyn. "Moreover, if you want to take that human boy away, you will need my help."
Elwyn did not say anything. He waved his wand and gestured for it to continue. Trust Aragok, trust a dark creature, the Eight-Eyed Spider. He had done such a stupid thing before, and the result was being chased by hundreds of Eight-Eyed Spiders in the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night.
If not for Mr. Weasley's car, he would have lost his life.
He would not be stupid enough to make such a mistake a second time, but before confirming Malfoy's position, it was not important to listen to what it had to say.
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