Chapter 74 Aragog

Cyrus didn't know how long he had been in the animal's claws.

All he knew was that the darkness seemed to suddenly recede a bit, and he saw that the ground covered with fallen leaves was now densely covered with spiders. He turned his neck and found that they had reached the edge of a wide hollow that had been cleared of trees. The dark clouds in the sky parted a bit, and the stars illuminated the horrifying sight.

spider.

They were not like those little spiders that hurriedly crawled through the fallen leaves below, but each one was as big as a cart horse, with eight eyes and eight legs, dark and hairy, and they were huge monsters.

The giant spider holding Cyrus and the others walked down the steep slope toward a misty hemispherical spider web in the center of the depression, surrounded by its companions. After they saw the thing it was holding, they all excitedly moved their large claws and made a clicking sound.

The spider released its claws, and Cyrus' wand flicked gently, landing smoothly like a cat. However, Harry and Ron didn't have this ability. The two of them and a dog hit the ground at his feet heavily.

Yaya cowered in fear, as if he was pretending to be dead. Ron and Harry's mouths were wide open, as if they were screaming silently, and their eyes bulged outwards.

Maybe it would be easier for him to pass out now than to be awake.

"Are you okay?" Cyrus asked in a low voice.

"fine……"

"What do you think? We will die!" Ron's voice was hoarse.

At this time, the spider that brought them over made a loud noise, and Cyrus heard that it was actually speaking human language. This is not easy to hear because it clicks and moves its large claws every time it speaks a word.

However, as magical animals, Acromantulas can speak and have considerable intelligence. Cyrus even suspects that they may be a little smarter than Hagrid. This could easily be classified as a demi-human. You must know that even the fire dragon cannot speak.

"Aragog!" it shouted, "Aragog!"

Cyrus looked intently and saw a huge spider emerging very slowly from the misty hemispherical spider web. It was even larger than the average Acromantula, almost as long as a head. As big as an elephant!

Its body and legs were black with gray, and each eye on its ugly head with big pincers was covered with a layer of white.

It is blind.

"What's going on?" it said, its two big claws moving rapidly, making a clicking sound.

This is a very strange feeling, and Cyrus can't help but think that they are talking in time, but like some rapper.

"Human," said the spider that had just grabbed Cyrus.

"Is it Hagrid?" Aragog said, coming closer, his eight milky white eyes looking blankly.

"It's a stranger."

"Kill them, I'm sleeping..." Aragog said irritably. He was already very old, and now his rest time far exceeds his activity time. A few unknown strangers are not worthy of him. wake up.

And it doesn't eat humans, these guys aren't even food to him.

When the spiders around heard this, they couldn't hold it any longer.

Every time Hagrid came here, their hearts longed for his flesh and blood, but their leader Aragog would not allow them to harm Hagrid.

How ridiculous!

Acromantulas will eat human flesh and blood while they are alive!

Click, click, click, spiders' claws were moving everywhere in the depression.

Harry and Ron's hearts seemed to leave their chests and jump out of their throats. They subconsciously grabbed Cyrus, as if expecting "Mr. Riddle" to give him some help.

Cyrus did not disappoint them. He looked around at the spiders in the cave and counted their number. Facing so many monsters, Cyrus actually didn't feel any fear at all.

But after all, it was a spider, and it still made him feel uncomfortable when he looked at it.

He took a step forward and said calmly:

"We're friends with Hagrid."

The noisy spiders suddenly stopped, and Aragog also hesitated.

"Hagrid has never sent anyone to our hollow before," it said slowly.

"Hagrid is in trouble," Harry mustered up his courage, his breathing coming rapidly, "that's why we're here."

"Trouble?" said the old spider. Harry thought he could hear concern in the clicking of the claws.

"But why did he send you?"

Harry considered standing up, but decided to stay on his stomach; he didn't think his legs could support the weight of his body.

"Let me explain, Harry." Only Cyrus was still standing. He looked proudly at the spiders surrounding them. Although such a large number of spiders made him feel a little uncomfortable, it was not Fear, just disgust.

Harry was visibly relieved to hear Cyrus' words.

"The secret room was opened again. They believe that Hagrid recently released something to harm the students. They took him to Azkaban." Cyrus briefly explained the situation, without mentioning his own affairs of course.

He believed that if Aragog knew that he was "Riddle", he would not be able to say a word, and his descendants would immediately pounce on him and bite him to death.

Aragog waved his claws angrily, and the sound was responded by a large group of spiders in the hollow; it was like applause, but this applause made people's hair stand on end and made people sick.

"But that was many years ago," Aragog said angrily, "many, many years ago. I remember it very clearly. It was because of this incident that they let him leave the school at that time. They believed that I was the monster living in what they called the Chamber of Secrets. They thought that Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets and let me out."

"So you... you didn't come out of the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he couldn't help asking.

If what Aragog said was true, didn't it mean that Mr. Riddle was completely wrong?

Hagrid was indeed not the murderer, and the monster had nothing to do with Hagrid.

He couldn't help but look at Cyrus, and found that Cyrus was also frowning at this moment, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Me!" Aragog said, his claws opened and closed angrily, as if he wanted to bite something to death.

"I wasn't born in the castle. I came from a distant country. A traveler gave me to Hagrid before I was hatched from an egg.

"Hagrid was just a child at the time, but he took care of me, hid me in a cupboard in the castle, and fed me bread crumbs scattered on the table. Hagrid is my good friend and a good man. He protected me when people found me and held me responsible for the death of a girl. Since then, I have lived in this forest, and Hagrid often comes to see me. He even found me a wife, Mosag. You see how prosperous our family has become, all thanks to Hagrid..."

Cyrus looked up and looked around, and had to agree with its words.

Thousands of eight-eyed giant spiders were actually bred by Aragog and Mosag. Sure enough, the species raised by the hybrid master Hagrid are not a joke in terms of reproduction.

Of course, Cyrus naturally hopes that their number will be as large as possible.

Only when the nutrients are sufficient, the fruits will be abundant!