Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Chapter 758 The Extinct Lighthouse

Both the Kraken and the Maelstrom are located in the Strait of Messina between the Italian peninsula and Sicily.

From the northeast corner of the island, where Aiwen and the others are now, they can clearly see the panorama of the strait.

Near their camp is Taormina, a town where Muggles and wizards live together. There is a well-preserved ancient Greek theater in the town. It is also the business card of Sicily. Ivan just visited it not long ago.

At the southern end of the town, there is an astonishing cliff scenery, and Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe.

The terrain of the whole mountain is quite complicated, and the giants are hidden in it, and it is also the birthplace of the legendary Cyclops.

In myths, the Cyclops will use the magma erupted from the volcano to build weapons, often making loud noises like rumbling thunder.

The clouds near here are very thick, and the top of the mountain cannot be seen for most of the year. It is not easy to find giants inside. Coupled with the loud noises from time to time, the nearby Muggle residents think that the giants living in the mountain The giant is Thor.

Aiwen has carefully observed the terrain nearby, and the scene of the island he saw in Ravenclaw's memory is probably in this area.

In other words, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw were here more than 1000 years ago.

Gryffindor had a fight with the Cyclops deep in Etna, leaving a permanent scar over his eye.

There is an old lighthouse near the coastline pier in the north of the town, which is the commanding height nearby. It has been guiding the direction of the ships going out to sea until now. If you want to take a boat to see the Kraken, you have to start from there.

The Italian Ministry of Magic has set up a special protection area here to provide protection for the siren, and operates a cruise ship dedicated to visiting the siren.

But there are not many people now. Mr. Idas Grosso of the reserve told Ivan that usually when the school is on vacation, more wizards come to visit, like him, a little wizard who comes here during the semester Very rare.

"No, no, we can't go to sea now!" Grosso shook his head and said, "Boy, I suggest that you better go to your parents or guardians. It's very dangerous around here recently. It's not that a little wizard like you can casually A place to hang out."

"My uncle and the others are busy with other things. I just read it casually. I read the description of the sea monster in the book..." Aiwen said, "Why can't we go out? Is it because of Jin Gallon? Or , you think I have to be accompanied by someone to see those sea monsters!"

"Both!" Grosso said, straightening the hat on his head, pointing to the lighthouse on the high ground next to the pier, "but the main reason is that the lighthouse is broken, and without the guidance of the lighthouse, we You can’t go to sea to seek death. Let me tell you, those sirens love little boys like you the most. If you fall into their hands, they won’t kill you, but raise them slowly and lock them up on the small side of the cliff. In the lair, every day with you..."

Ivan turned his head to look at the old lighthouse, and Mr. Grosso told him that not long ago, the light at the top of the lighthouse suddenly went out.

You know, this lighthouse is not just to guide the Muggle ships, the lights inside also have a very special protective magic, which can prevent the ships and crew from being confused by the singing of the Krakens, and prevent them from Immersed in illusion.

The lighthouse is broken now, and going to sea at this time is no different from courting death.

Next, Grosso told Ivan a lot of horror stories about sea monsters and the undead wandering in this sea area. What really made Ivan care about was what happened after the lighthouse was damaged...

"Yeah, after that lighthouse broke down, the Muggles sent people out a few times to fix it, and what do they call those freaks with long metal ropes, electricians?!" Grosso said, "I saw it with my own eyes. They went in, and they came out all night, and the Muggles were all crazy, talking nonsense, like they had been hit by a ghost."

"Crazy?!" Ivan looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah, they kept talking about doomsday, destruction, ancient gods, etc., as if they were brainwashed. Who knows what they saw in the tower. I heard that they kept having nightmares after they went back." Grosso looked around, then lowered his head, brought the freckled face closer to Ivan, and said in a low voice, "The reason why the lighthouse broke is obviously because of magic. There are a group of dark wizards in it. One night I Saw them go in on the boat, all in black cloaks."

"Have you seen what they look like?" Ivan asked.

"No, no!" Grosso waved his hand, a look of horror flashed across his face, "It's obvious that a wizard is playing tricks on this matter. I reported it to the higher authorities, but the guy in charge in the town didn't respond. The Ministry did not send anyone over. In my opinion, a broken lighthouse is probably an insignificant matter in their eyes. There is no need to send people to investigate. Anyway, those sea monsters will not starve to death, they will find food by themselves of."

"But this matter is very suspicious!" Aiwen said, the bad things said by those dark wizards made him associate with bad things.

Before setting off, Nicole Flamel told him that the Raven's Claw, which had disappeared for a long time, started to move again.

This is where Ravenclaw used to be, could those hooded dark wizards be them? !

Or, was it the Death Eaters who also came to look for the giant? !

"It's really suspicious, but what does it have to do with me!" Grosso said, straightening up again, "I'm just a siren breeder, as long as they pay me back, I don't have to worry about it." Those troubles. To be honest, I'm fed up with this job, and I'm going to give my money away, so I quit and go to Rome to find a new job, it's better than guarding an empty ship and a group of sea monsters here."

"Mr. Grosso, if I fix the lighthouse, can you take me out to sea?" Ivan said, "I still want to see the siren!"

"No problem, boy, as long as you can fix that lighthouse!" Grosso said, "I've never seen a little wizard who is as interested in sea monsters as you are. There are no clothes on, but underneath... you just look at them and you won't be interested in them!"

Aiwen waved his hand, walked back along the path he came from, and waited until there was no one around before apparating back to the camp.

Whatever the reason for that lighthouse going out, there was clearly new trouble inside.

He was going to wait until the matter of contacting the giant came to an end before thinking of a way to solve this trouble.

Chapter 759 Giant Tribe

The lighthouse is the highest place on the coastline, standing high and looking far is an eternal truth.

Those dark wizards who occupied the lighthouse must be planning to find a vantage point to observe the Kraken and the maelstrom, or to find something from which they can clearly see everything on the sea, but why did they turn off the lighthouse? !

Ivan couldn't figure it out. Compared with his side, Sirius, Hagrid, and Madam Maxime's side went very smoothly.

The giant had small-scale contacts with nearby wizards, and they found out that the current Gugo of the giant tribe is a giant named Kakus, who is the son of the leader of the previous generation of giants.

Perhaps because of the relationship of blood inheritance, his rule is not stable, and there is a giant named Gao Gaoma who is much stronger than him.

Many giants believe that Gao Gaoma is more powerful than Kakus, and is more qualified to be the giant Gugo.

These may also be rumors and have not been confirmed.

In the eyes of wizards, giants are mostly simple-minded, but they also have a rather complicated social structure, which is not as imagined.

After discussing with Sirius, Hagrid and Maxim, they finally decided to contact Kakus first, but at the same time, they also prepared an equally expensive gift for Gao Gaoma, just in case...

When Ai Wen went back, the three of them had already discussed and were ready to go.

Not long ago, Hagrid went to the town to buy a lot of dead goats. This is the favorite food of the giants. He and Sirius carried the sack containing the goats. Madam Maxime arranged magic in the camp. Then, the four of them And so off we went.

"Have you found the location of those giants?" Ivan asked, walking hard on the rugged mountain road.

He had to use all his strength to keep up with Hagrid and Madame Maxime.

"Found it, right there on the ridge, I saw them the night before, they had a little bonfire there, a huge shadow, like the mountain was moving!" said Hagrid, gesturing with his empty hand. "Those giants are about 25 feet tall, and the big one may be [-] feet tall, much taller than me. I didn't disturb them, and after confirming that it was their territory, I came back directly!"

"How many are they?"

"I think there must be at least a hundred, which is actually not much compared to the heyday!" Hagrid said sadly, shaking the sack on his shoulders, "You know, there used to be a lot of giants, all of them There are at least a hundred tribes in the world, and they are gradually dying out. The wizards killed some, but most of them killed each other. They are dying faster now, and giants are not suitable for living together like that. Dumbledore said that we The fault is that the sorcerer drove them far away, they had no choice but to stay together in order to survive..."

Giants are powerful, but they belong to species that are eliminated and backward.

They are decreasing at a certain speed, and it is impossible to say that someday in the future, they will truly become extinct from the earth.

At that time, wizards can only see this kind of creature from the book, look at the giant monster and imagine the giant.

As they do now, in the form of giants to speculate on their Cyclops ancestors...

"According to the current speed, we can reach the giant's territory before dinner today!" Sirius said, "For safety's sake, we'd better not sneak in at night and wait until tomorrow morning to enter the giant's territory."

"We've discussed it before, when the time comes, Orim and I will walk ahead, holding the gift for the giant Gogokakus." Hagrid continued, "Sirius, Ivan, you two are responsible for the other Gifts to tall horses and other giants."

"But we don't know which one is the tallest horse." Ivan said.

"You will know, he is the strongest one in the tribe, you can't be mistaken." Madam Maxim said, "This is a protracted battle, we must be mentally prepared, it may be in the giant territory It will take a long time to persuade them."

"Yeah, living with giants is indeed an unforgettable experience!" Sirius said, "very few wizards have this kind of experience, Aiwen, you can write this experience in the newspaper after you go back, absolutely It will cause a stir."

"This is not a good idea. Dumbledore doesn't want others to know that we are in contact with giants." Madam Maxim said cautiously, and she looked at Sirius dissatisfied. "We must keep a secret, you and Ruburt It’s really too careless along the way, Ivan’s performance in this area is much better than you.”

"I know, I was just talking casually..."

"Speaking of which, I don't know what the country is like now?!" Ivan hurriedly changed the topic, "After so long, I guess Fudge and the Ministry of Magic will definitely take some kind of measures to restrict Dumbledore and Hogwarts... "

"He's just a complete idiot," said Sirius dismissively.

The atmosphere that followed was a bit dull, and none of the people spoke, and kept their heads buried in their journeys.

In the end, Ai Wen was too tired to speak.

He is not suitable for this kind of mountain hiking. Even if he insists on exercising, he will be exhausted after walking the mountain road for a whole day.

After climbing over cliffs and ridges, they are now on the south side of Mount Etna.

This is a hidden valley, only a winding path leads to it, very close to the top of the mountain.

Although it is still summer, the top of the mountain is covered with snow and the temperature is getting colder and colder.

Thick clouds and fog drifted around Aiwen, blending with the snow on the ground, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere, with low visibility.

Dumbledore had been here before, and he was one of the wizards who helped the giants escape England.

Without his guidance, finding the valley would have been difficult and could have taken months.

The sky was getting dark, and after struggling to climb up a huge rock, Ivan heard a loud rumbling sound.

"Be careful, these are giants, and we're very close to them!" said Sirius, stopping.

"What are they doing?" Ivan asked, "making such a loud noise!"

"It's hard to say, but I think they might have been fighting," Sirius replied.

"That's what they always do, guys fight with guys, and girls with girls, my dad told me about it before, my mom told him that," said Hagrid, sighing, "They can't Control yourself and beat each other to death every few weeks."

"This is normal. Although the number of giants in Sicily is not large, the composition of the giant tribe in Sicily is very complicated, and there are many outsiders." Mrs. Maxim continued, "They all escaped after the end of the previous wars, and now they are all crowded. Together, it's weird not to fight."

Chapter 760 Primitive and Savage

"Because of past hatred, the remnants of those old tribes fought back and forth, not counting the fights for food, fire, and sleeping places." Hagrid said, "It's hard for normal people to imagine that their entire race is about to become extinct, but Will not stop killing each other, but that's what giants are."

"That Gu Ge, the leader of the giants, doesn't he care?" Ivan asked. He had seen the description on the information compiled by Hermione, but he still found it incredible, "He just let this happen. ?”

"Giants have giant rules, and they have come here for thousands of years."

"From the information we have collected, the current giant, Gugo, that guy named Kakus, is an incompetent leader. He may be a little smarter than other giants, but he is too weak!" Sirius said, Putting down the things on his body, "He has no way to restrain the other giants. If he tells the giants not to fight among themselves, they may join forces to overthrow him."

The introduction of Sirius and Hagrid, as well as the information Ivan read from the book, made him deeply experience the barbarism and backwardness of giants, and their various living habits and customs are still at the stage of primitive tribes...

Even the giants who have been in contact with modern society prefer this primitive tribal life, it is their nature.

After walking forward for more than ten minutes in the direction of the rumbling loud noise, Ivan saw the giant.

On a boulder-strewn hillside, two young male giants are fighting.

They were 25 feet each, and looked about as tall as two Hagrids, much stronger than him, as strong as a hill, with no clothes on their bodies, and a simple what looked like animal skin around their waists thing.

They are fighting with their bodies in the most primitive way, and the earth trembles under their feet.

Even though it was far away, Aiwen could still feel the astonishing momentum, and couldn't help but click his tongue secretly...

Continue down the hillside, there is the giant's real camp, where more giants gather.

They lighted a bonfire and ate food, the smell of roasted meat wafting downwind.

These giants were so used to the two giants who were fighting to the death not far away, they didn't even take a look at them.

For them, a bloody life-and-death duel may not be as important as a dinner. Anyway, this kind of thing often happens. If two people stop fighting, or one of them is killed, that's even better. , which saves food.

In the giant camp, Aiwen saw many taller shadows, they gathered near a mountain lake.

Most of these giants are the same as the two fighting giants. They don't wear clothes or only wear simple accessories. Even the female giants are the same. Only a few giants wear clothes or armor, which look nondescript.

On the other side of the lake are steep mountain cliffs. There is only a narrow path winding upwards, and more shadows of giants can be vaguely seen on it. They seem to be much higher than the giants below the mountain, and they live in caves on the top of the mountain.

"Well, we'd better stop here until tomorrow!" said Sirius, taking out the tent. "Better be careful when making dinner later, those giants have sharp noses."

Food is very attractive to giants, but in other respects, they are too dull!

At dusk, Aiwen sat cross-legged on a tall boulder, slowly eating the cake and mutton stew made by Hagrid, and watching the two giants who were fighting for life and death on the hillside of Yuanchuan. What a strange picture.

They fought for more than two hours before they finally stopped. By then, every giant was covered with scars and blood, and one giant's ears were torn off abruptly, and he was in a near-death state.

They stopped, as if no one was convinced, but they didn't have the strength to continue fighting, and they sat back to back on the hillside.

After gradually regaining their strength, they returned to the camp by the lake muttering, not knowing if the hatred had been resolved.

This is a meaningless battle, there is no reason, and there is no winner. Even the fighting parties don't know what they are for. It may be because of excess energy. It is much better to vent it, and after that, they live in peace.

They even supported each other like best brothers, it was hard to imagine that they would fight so hard before.

Aiwen observed for a long time, and he found that in the camp, the number of female giants was far smaller than that of male giants.

Every adult female giant is surrounded by several male giants, and their status is much higher.

The two giants who fought life and death just now belonged to the group without the giantess, they could only cuddle up to each other, and when they were full of energy and the fierceness in their bodies couldn't be restrained, they would vent it in this way...

It has to be said that the giants are too far behind, in all aspects.

For example, two male giants, the way to vent their excess energy will only solve the problem with simple fighting.

Sirius and Hagrid were in charge of guarding the night to prevent the giant from coming over suddenly. They let Ivan and Mrs. Maxime go to sleep in the tent.

But in fact, Ivan was extremely uneasy that night.

The giants made a fuss until three o'clock in the morning before they all fell asleep, snoring terribly.

Rumbling, rumbling, the sound of thunder-like snoring continued, covering the entire valley.