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Chapter 737: Tracking
🕑 Added 2020-02-09 19:57:28 +0000 UTC
"Damn wizard!" The owl monster rolled in the open space downstairs, screaming to avoid the curses, leaving feathers behind.
Its voice was so weird. It sounded as mournful and ominous as a real owl.
"You can speak human language?!" Evan’s wand threw another red light and hit the monster, which stumbled and fell heavily to the ground, but immediately struggled to get up.
Evan was surprised. With his current magic power, normal people would immediately faint when hit once with his Stunning Spell. Hagrid would only faint after being hit three or four times. Evan had cast the Stunning Spell three times in a row at the monster and it could still struggle. Its magic resistance was almost as strong as that of a half-giant.
What on earth was that? Evan had never seen it before, nor had he seen relevant information in books.
From a purely external appearance, that monster should not have been born like that. It seemed to be the product of some evil magical transformation or a demon, but the transformation was obviously not complete. It could only be said to be semi-demonized, because it still had obvious human characteristics.
Below, the monster had fiercely resisted Evan's three Stunning Spells. Its movements obviously slowed down, and it almost couldn't hold on.
It raised its head and let out a strange cry. Its big scary eyes looked at Evan in disgust.
Looking at it, Evan had a terrible feeling in his heart.
The next second, a dangerous green light suddenly flew from bottom to top, and he quickly ducked and hid under the window.
The green light hit the window frame, and the flames roared up.
While Evan extinguished the fire, the monster below turned and ran away, and the weird figure gradually disappeared into the night.
"Hmm, it can use magic too… Interesting!" Evan thought, watching where it disappeared.
There was a rush of footsteps outside the stairwell, and Sirius and Hagrid rushed in.
There was a pungent smell of wine, and the two of them seemed to have drunk a lot. Evan hoped they could be more vigilant.
The journey to find the giants was not a trivial matter, not to mention the monster just now. Besides, they were not sure when they would meet the Death Eaters.
These two guys were so smug, but they seemed to have always been like that.
"What's going on? We heard the fighting!" Sirius gasped and shouted, "Evan, are you Ok?"
"I'm fine. I was just lying in bed reading a book when I suddenly felt that someone wanted to enter my room and we had a simple fight," said Evan, putting his wand away. "From appearance, it should be the Owl-Woman Mr. Barr talked about!"
“God, that terrible monster has just come!" said the bar owner who had just run up in astonishment.
He panted violently, looking at the burnt window frame in disbelief, with an expression of extreme panic on his face.
If it wasn't Evan in the room, but another child, he would have been murdered. Just like the dead witch Barr talked about before, his skin would have been peeled off by the monster.
"I didn't expect such an incident. We shouldn't have left you alone."
"Don't worry too much. The monster's not that strong, but it can resist spells and it can use magic," said Evan slowly. "From what happened just now, I think it may not be a normal monster, but a wizard."
"You mean it’s a disguised wizard?"
"No, I mean that monster should be a wizard who has transformed his body by some kind of magic in order to gain more power, just like Voldemort did, but the transformation was obviously not complete," said Evan thoughtfully, looking up at the surprised Sirius. "Of course, this is just a speculation. To be honest, I find it really interesting. This Dark Magic is very rare. Did he want to fuse with the owl?"
For a few seconds, there was silence in the room, and no one spoke.
Sirius, Hagrid, and the bar owner Barr all stared at Evan, seemingly unable to understand what he was talking about.
"Well, Olympe has gone to check the carriage. We’d better be careful and find a big room to be together!" It took a long time for Hagrid to say worriedly. “The monster Evan talked about seems really not good. Who knows if it’ll come back tonight?"
"Vigilance is really necessary, we’ve been too relaxed!" said Sirius. “Evan, what are you going to do?"
"Well, I'm going to find it. I can feel the magic trace I left on it and it has not disappeared!" said Evan. “The magic in that monster is very interesting, and we can help Dijon solve this problem by the way."
"No, Evan, No!" Hagrid was startled, and said in a hurry," We must stay and watch the carriage."
"All right, Hagrid, you and Madame Maxime should stay, Sirius and I will go!" said Evan. "Relax, that monster is not very strong, we two are enough to deal with it… more than enough."
Adventure had always been particularly irresistible for Sirius. After Evan talked about his tracking plan, he didn't object much, but helped Evan persuade Hagrid and Madame Maxime.
He had worked with Evan many times before, knowing one another’s strengths and not worrying about what they couldn’t handle. If so, the two of them could also Disapparate.
Ten minutes later, in the worried eyes of Hagrid and Madame Maxime, they left the tavern.
Going out from the main entrance, outside was Dijon, a small Muggle town with a unique French atmosphere.
The bar was located on a lively commercial street, and the life of Muggles had not been affected by the terrible Owl-Woman.
Outside the bar, the lights reflected the vast night sky, and the clouds were like lighted blue smoke, gently floating to where they belonged.
Dijon at night was also embellished with a variety of colors, like a resplendent lady, who began to perform nocturnal amorous feelings.
It had French characteristics, and like Paris, the romantic capital, Dijon was also a very romantic place.
Walking on the street, Evan and Sirius saw many fashionably dressed young girls greeting them, and issuing silver bell-like laughter. Some girls even summoned up the courage to invite them, promising them they would have a good night.
Both Evan and Sirius were not bad in appearance and were very popular with girls.
More importantly, the wizard robes they were wearing were so different, and the Muggles around weren't dressed like them.
That made Evan and Sirius look very special. Everyone was speculating on what they were doing.
