Chapter 123: The Sudden Change of the Centaurs

The next day

After Jill finished breakfast, she took Li Qingyue to the greenhouse and found Professor Sprout who was tending to the flowers and plants.

"Professor Sprout, we are here." Jill shouted excitedly.

"Here we are, take the farm tools in the corner and get ready to go." Sprout pointed to the farm tools piled in the corner, and it was natural for Li Qingyue to take them.

Li Qingyue lightly tapped his finger, and one of the hoes turned into a thin rope, tying up all the farm tools. Then Li Qingyue raised his finger, and the farm tools followed Li Qingyue obediently.

"I have to say that your magic is really very convenient in daily life." Li Qingyue couldn't help but sigh.

Professor Sprout just smiled and didn't say anything, but the three of them met an unexpected person on the way to the Forbidden Forest.

"Hermione, why are you here?" Professor Sprout asked in surprise.

"I want to practice magic in the Forbidden Forest." Hermione stuck out her tongue and said timidly.

"Do you know that the Forbidden Forest is very dangerous, and your magic is not proficient enough."

"But it is because of my lack of proficiency that I want to go to the Forbidden Forest."

Li Qingyue saw this and rubbed her fluffy hair with his hand and said, "Hermione, the Forbidden Forest is indeed very dangerous. If you want to learn Constantine's magic, I still suggest you find other students. After all, the first magic Constantine taught you, if I am not mistaken, is probably the Ring of Raggadoor. You just need to find other students to cast magic on you, and then you use the Ring of Raggadoor to resist. Gradually, you will be able to use it familiarly, and at the same time, you can also increase combat experience."

"Is it really possible?"

"Otherwise, why do you think Constantine has the current strength? He also started from scratch and gained experience from battle. You are still young now, take your time, don't rush." ​​After saying that, Li Qingyue changed the direction Hermione was facing and gently pushed her.

"Okay, go back to the castle, don't go to the Forbidden Forest alone, it's not safe now."

Hermione nodded, said goodbye to the three, and hopped towards the castle. Looking at her lively back, the three of them smiled unconsciously.

Then the three of them really entered the Forbidden Forest, because the edge had been picked by the professors of the Herbology class of all generations, and the edge of the Forbidden Forest was too safe, which led to some naughty students going to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to play, or picking herbs to make potions. After all, not every student is a rich second generation, they always have to find a way to make some money, and potions are a good way.

In addition, they only know how to pick herbs and don't plant them back, which leads to fewer and fewer herbs on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, so every time Professor Sprout wants to pick some herbs that can only be grown in the Forbidden Forest, he must go deep into it.

"The Forbidden Forest has changed a lot now. We used to hear the calls of some magical animals, but now we can't hear anything. The whole Forbidden Forest seems to have withered overnight, lifeless." Professor Sprout said quietly.

Not to mention her, even Li Qingyue and the other two felt something was wrong, but soon they seemed to know what was going on.

At this moment, a gray centaur rushed towards them, not only that, but also accompanied by several fist-thick arrows behind him. Li Qingyue gently pointed forward, and everything was suspended.

"Wizard, are you going to be enemies with us centaurs!" The leading centaur scolded.

"It's only been a short time, and you've revealed your true colors." Li Qingyue said lightly, his eyes glared, and a powerful force burst out, and the group of centaurs was repelled dozens of meters by this force.

"Don't provoke me, or I will destroy your centaurs first without Dumbledore's help!" Li Qingyue shouted sternly, and the centaurs looked at Li Qingyue with fear, because in their eyes, a demon shadow appeared behind Li Qingyue, which scared them and they fled here quickly.

"Are you okay? By the way, why are they chasing you?" Li Qingyue said, helping the centaur in front of him.

"Professor Sprout, do you still remember me?"

"You are Firenze, how did you become like this?" Professor Sprout shouted in surprise, because Firenze now looked completely different from what they saw on the day the curse was lifted. There were dense wounds on his body. Although these wounds were scabbed, it was not difficult to see how serious his injuries were.

"The centaur tribe has completely changed. They have gone crazy. They slaughtered the magical animals in the Forbidden Forest crazily. Now there are almost half fewer magical animals in the Forbidden Forest." Firenze said weakly.

"Why do they kill these magical animals?"

"To eat, I don't know why, their appetite has changed since the curse was lifted. We used to eat vegetarian food, and occasionally there would be some meat, but it was also cooked. But since the curse was lifted, they seem to like to eat raw meat, or the kind that they eat directly from the corpses. I couldn't stand this way of eating, so I planned to go out alone to find some fruits to eat, but they found me, and they forced me to eat raw meat. If I didn't eat it, they wanted to catch me, but I escaped."

"Then they kept chasing me, thinking that I was not worthy of being a real centaur. They wanted to kill me and eat my body. In order to survive, I had to keep running, but they never let me go."

Hearing this, Professor Sprout's face became more and more ugly.

"Qingyue, we need to notify Principal Dumbledore, Firenze, you follow us to Hogwarts Castle."

"No, I can't leave the Forbidden Forest. If I leave, it will break the balance. They will rush out of the Forbidden Forest. I can't leave!" Firenze refused without thinking.

"Don't worry, they dare not mess around, and what else can you do here except to catch them and eat them? Let's go, and I will have people seal off the Forbidden Forest." Li Qingyue said.

"I know, thank you." Firenze said excitedly.

Then Li Qingyue asked them to leave first. He needed to see the current centaur tribe to see if they really changed like this.

When Li Qingyue arrived above the centaur tribe, he was sure that what Firenze said was right. At this time in the centaur tribe, a group of centaurs were eating the blood and fur of a magical animal that could no longer be recognized like wild beasts.