dragon and boy

Chapter 38

It was the third day that Grindelwald hadn't sent a letter back, and their army seemed completely out of touch with Durmstrang.

Albus's frown did not relax until the morning of the fifth day, when he ushered in the No. 20 day when Grindelwald left.

"Wenda." Albus called Wenda, he felt that he had to take some action, "Send me an army, I need two hundred... no, no, you follow me Just do it."

"In case something happens..." Wen Da asked, "Is it a little too small for me alone?"

"Although 200 people are not many, the target is quite big." Albus explained, while pulling out a border map of Durmstrang from the bookcase. It’s the Forbidden Forest, you and I are just right, no one is more familiar with the terrain than me.”

While speaking, Albus moved his finger from the border crossing to the Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest was a lush green area on the map, but it was marked with a very conspicuous cross with a red pen.

"If something really forced us into the Forbidden Forest, there are too many people, I can't guarantee that something will not happen." Albus said, "Many things in the Forbidden Forest cannot be overcome by numbers."

The two summoned all Grindelwald's cronies. There were not many people, but most of them had a very high status in the royal family.They claimed that Grindelwald was slightly delayed on the road, and secretly helped to maintain and control the trend of rumors within the royal family.

Albus and Wenda left at noon that day, and they left the city at the busiest time of the market, and no one noticed the two who were in a hurry.When leaving the castle, Albus brought a turban to Wenda, and Wenda wrapped it around his face and said, "Actually, not many people would recognize me, but you, put on your hat."

Albus put on his coat and hat as she said, and when he lowered his head, he said, "I mean...girls should take good care of their skin, and don't get too tanned."

Wen Da exposed his eyes and turned around, ignoring Albus.The large piece of lush greenery outside the city has long been turned into a piece of withered grass because of the hot weather.The two horses were driving one after the other in this endless field, and the scorching sun was shining directly above his head. Although Albus didn't feel hot, he still needed to replenish water in time.

The water bottles of the two quickly bottomed out, but they were still two days away from their destination.This is the road that Albus followed Wenda and Grindelwald to Durmstrang when he first came to Durmstrang. Now that he is going back the same way again, and there is one person missing, Albus is inevitably a little emotional.

It was still the jungle full of exotic flowers and plants, and the river was so clear that you could see the bottom. At this moment, Albus and Wenda were sitting where they rested. He scooped a pot of water by the river, squatted down, Before the water completely drained from his fingers, he washed his face with cold water.

"We don't have much time," said Albus, "take time to rest, this should be the only time."

"There is no need to rest." Wenda said, "We can go straight away."

Albus retorted: "I advise you not to do this. No one knows what we will see or encounter at the border. Wenda, save your strength, of course you can also pray that we will meet on the next road." Gellert. But honestly...my premonition is not good."

Wenda was a little silent. She was originally a quiet person. When she was alone with someone, as long as the other person didn't speak, she would never speak.But at this moment, she wanted to directly negate Albus's premonition with one sentence, but after thinking about it for a long time, she had to admit that the uneasiness in her heart was the same as that of Albus.

The same waterfall, still the familiar sound of running water, splashing water droplets wet Albus' clothes.He was sitting on a boulder, while Wen Da closed his eyes and meditated under the shade of a tree three meters away.

Playing with the ring that Grindelwald had given him, Albus held it high above his head, and through the ring he saw the bright moon set in the ring.

Since receiving the ring from Grindelwald, Albus found a silver chain and hung it on his chest every day.There was also the saber that the other party gave him, Albus glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, and the pious appearance of Grindelwald standing in front of him in that council hall that day appeared in his mind.

It was two hours after they set off. Although it was dark all around, but due to time constraints, they still shuttled through the dense forest cautiously.Albus picked up two sticks from the ground, the stones that had been rubbed for a long time finally splashed a little spark, the sticks were ignited, he held them in his hands, and walked in front of Wenda to explore the way.

"Follow closely." Albus suddenly stopped the horse, and moved the torch in his hand to an ancient tree on the left, "Don't touch this kind of plant, it has a bad temper and will hit anyone you touch. If you are really entangled by it accidentally, remember, don’t run around, stay in place and slowly approach it, then pat its trunk, and finally it will stop slowly.”

Wen Da asked back, "What will happen if you run away?"

"Nothing," Albus replied, "I'm here with you after all."

These words gave Wenda great peace of mind, and she felt that at this moment, she might understand why Grindelwald was so attracted to Albus Dumbledore.

To sum up, it can be summed up in four words "charisma of personality".

Albus rode ahead of her on that white horse, blocking many unnecessary troubles for Wenda.Night roads are very difficult to walk, in addition to the restriction of vision, there are even many nocturnal animals that will pop out their green eyes in the depths of the jungle.

"They dare not come up for the time being." Albus waved the wooden stick around in the dark, "Snape gave me some medicine powder in case I needed it before going out, I didn't expect it to come in handy."

"Severus?" Wenda was a little surprised, "I thought he was an autistic weirdo."

"Exactly." Albus paused, "but a man can change for what he holds dear."

"Does he have something he loves?" Wenda asked back, "Money?"

Albus was taken aback: "Money is just a living tool, but everyone has more or less precious things."

"Your Majesty Gellert will do the same?"

"Yes, and he has changed."

Wenda waited silently for Albus' next words. She saw that the other party's face finally turned a little bloody against the firelight. God knows how much Albus's heart was broken because of Grindelwald's disappearance these two days.

"He wasn't like that before," continued Albus. "He could give up everything in order to achieve his purpose, and I was one of those things."

"Once upon a time?" Wenda was puzzled and frowned suspiciously.

"It's okay to talk to you, but remember to keep it a secret." Albus put his index finger in front of his lips, and then quickly waved his hand, signaling Wenda to speed up the horse's pace to be side by side with him, "Before I come to Durmstrang , In fact, I am in a state of breaking up with him, to be more precise, it should be a breakup plus a cold war, in short, there is nothing worse than this."

When Albus recalled, the expression on his face was very rich: "I will not disclose the specific situation, but as I said before, the root cause of our breakup was conflicting ideas, and he cut off all possible barriers. The factor of his line of sight, I'm one of them. And then you know what? We're in two opposing positions, we're enemies."

"And then?" Wenda asked, "Which one of you won?"

"No doubt it was me." Albus paused, "but then, I never took half a point of joy from this victory. I wondered for a long time, until finally I figured out that I didn't win, and neither did he." , we all lost to each other.”

Judging from the current Grindelwald, what Albus said is completely fantasy.How much Grindelwald liked Albus, she, a bystander, could see clearly, and she, Venda Rossier, was the first to not believe it when she said that she wanted to abandon him.

But in what Albus said just now, a prince who has lived in the royal castle since he was a child and a half-dragon who has never been out of the Forbidden Forest, two irrelevant people, how could they get mixed up like he said? Together?

She remembered the views that Grindelwald had revealed to herself about Albus Dumbledore, and she had to start to suspect that everything Albus said was true.

The sky gradually began to brighten, and the temperature began to rise. I don't know when the beasts surrounding the two also disappeared.The two sticks burned out in full light, and Albus dropped them on the ground, then strangled Fox, and held out his other hand to stop Wenda's progress.

"dismount."

Do as Albus said, Wenda followed behind him holding the horse rope, she could see the other's frown and tense face.

Albus said: "There is something in front, I don't know if it is dead or alive, the smell of blood is too strong."

In front of the two was a steep wall, they slowed down and carefully led the horse forward at a slow speed.Accidentally kicked a stone, the stone rolled down the cliff and hit a bigger one, it turned around and rushed straight to the bottom of the bottomless cliff.

The further they went, the stronger the smell of blood filled Albus's nostrils, until Wenda also smelled the palpitating smell of death, and the two were about to set foot on the highest point of the cliff, according to the mark on the map Looking at it, it is a barren plain.

Pull out the sword, hold the hilt firmly, and pay great attention to everything around you.When the two stood firmly on that piece of wasteland, the moment their eyes widened, a deep desolation and fear rose from the bottom of their hearts.

The body was stiff, and the hand holding the sword did not move.In front of the two of them, Durmstrang's national flag was torn apart and scattered all over the place. Countless corpses paved a road in front of them. Kneeling, lying, twisted bodies... ....

Blood flowed to their feet, staining the soles of their shoes red. Life was endowed with meaning by the gods, and was deprived of rights by the god of death in an instant.

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I've been busy recently, the next update will be on the 11th, sorry QAQ