Now, each fried tail snail was nearly six feet long and had a thick gray protective layer.
They swung their powerful legs randomly, their exploding tails, and their thorns and suckers.
All of these combined made the fried tail snails the most disgusting thing Elwyn had ever seen.
The students looked listlessly at the big boxes that Hagrid had carried out. The boxes were all covered with pillows and fluffy blankets.
"Let's take them in!" Hagrid said, "Then close the lid and see what happens."
In the end, they found that the fried tail snails did not hibernate and did not like being stuffed into a box covered with pillows and covered with a lid.
They probably thought that it would be very stuffy. As soon as the lid was closed, the fried tail snails suddenly became irritable.
After a few loud noises and screams, Hagrid shouted, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous!"
Because the fried tail snails were rampaging in the pumpkin field, the ground was already covered with smoking box fragments.
Many people had already escaped into Hagrid's hut through the back door. Elwyn brought Corin, Ginny, Gabriel, and some other students to stay outside to help Hagrid.
They worked together and finally subdued ten fried tail snails and tied them up.
But everyone also paid a heavy price, with countless burns and scratches on their bodies.
From Elwyn's point of view, Hagrid was simply walking further and further down the road of death.
These fried tail snails were gradually getting out of his control and becoming as dangerous as the manticore.
The wise way to deal with these fried tail snails was to kill them before they killed anyone, so as to prevent trouble before it happened.
But Elwyn was sure that Hagrid would never do that.
In fact, he was not in a position to criticize Hagrid. He invested more and more energy into the research of many dangerous spells.
Think about it, after deciphering the ancient magic text that he brought back, Elwyn was also preparing to summon a demon.
Although there were sufficient reasons, the matter itself was very scary, very evil, and very unbelievable.
If someone had said these things to Elwyn in his first year, he would have thought that person was crazy!
At that time, his understanding of black magic was still at the level of waving a magic spell and chanting a few incantations.
The Avada Life Demanding Curse was indeed powerful and effective, but it was not as evil as imagined.
Initially, Elwyn had thought that black magic was nothing much. However, as he gained a deeper understanding of magic, he realized that he was ridiculously wrong.
In order to become stronger, the things that Lord Voldemort did to himself were much crueler than most Wizards could imagine.
Elwyn was certain that Lord Voldemort had also summoned demons before, but the things he did with them were absolutely beyond anyone's expectations.
Let's go back to Hagrid. He could be killed by the increasingly violent Exploding Tail Conch at any time.
Or worse, when Rita Skeeter reports it.
After the first match, the woman did not leave the school and return to London.
She curried favor with the Hogwarts, looking for every opportunity to get more explosive news.
Elwyn knew that she was an illegal Animagus and wanted to catch her when she turned into a bug.
Or even more directly, he wanted to beat her up so that she would not talk nonsense.
But Elwyn could not do this. He also doubted whether it would be effective.
Even in the face of the Ministry of Magic, Foggy, and Dumbledore, Rita Skeeter would not hesitate to spread rumors.
Probably only a Dark Wizard like Lord Voldemort, who killed people at the drop of a hat, could make her feel afraid.
Elwyn's original plan was to bring up the fact that Rita Skeeter was an illegal Animagus, but this woman was very careful. She never shapeshifted when there were people around, and she never approached stronger Wizards in her shapeshifted state.
Obviously, Elwyn was one of the people she was determined not to get close to.
Elwyn could not follow her around the school and wait for her to shapeshift. He did not have that time.
Looking at Rita Skeeter walking over from the edge of the Forbidden Forest, he felt that it was time for Dobby to exercise!
"Okay, okay, okay. It does look fun."
Rita Skeeter came over and leaned against the fence of Hagrid's vegetable garden, watching everyone work together to trap the fried tail conch and put it in the box.
She was wearing a thick magenta robe with a purple collar made of fur, and a crocodile handbag hung from her arm.
"Who are you?" Hagrid asked Rita Skeeter as he fastened a rope buckle to the spines of the fried tail conch.
"My name is Rita Skeeter, a reporter for the Daily Prophet," Rita replied.
She looked at Hagrid with a smile, the gold teeth in her mouth shining.
"I remember you. Dumbledore said that you're not allowed to enter the school again." Hagrid frowned slightly as he said this. He flipped over and got off the fried tail conch, which was a little deformed, and dragged it toward its companions.
Rita did not seem to hear Hagrid at all, and the smile on her face became even brighter. "What are these fascinating animals called?"
"Fried tail conch," Hagrid answered gruffly.
"Really?!" Rita said, looking interested. "I've never heard of it before. Where did they come from?"
If it was possible, Elwyn really hoped that Hagrid would stop talking.
He walked over and gently stepped on Hagrid's foot. He stopped and looked at Elwyn, puzzled.
"You're here too, Elwyn!" Rita Skeeter's eyes lit up. "So, you like protecting magical creatures, don't you?"
Elwyn was going to ignore her. He was going to drag Hagrid back.
But when he looked up and saw Haier looking at him with a face full of anticipation, he had to nod.
"That's right. Many of us like this class. Hagrid teaches well!" Elwyn said.
"That's great!" Rita said. "That's really great. How long have you been teaching?"
"Just my second year," Hagrid said. His face behind his unkempt black beard was red with excitement.
"That's great. I wonder if you'd be willing to accept an interview and share your experience in protecting magical creatures with the readers. The Daily Prophet has a zoology column every Wednesday. I'm sure you know about it. We can introduce these, um, rattlesnakes. "
"They're fried tail conches!" Hagrid said warmly. "I'd like to be interviewed and share my experience in taking care of these cute little guys. Elwyn's newspaper has done many issues, but I think the Daily Prophet is better!"
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