Chapter 2618: Ready

In fact, when it comes to accepting Maca, probably apart from Harry, who is still a bit sensible, a group of friends including Hermione have already gradually acquiesced in their hearts.
For Hermione, the moment the wand, which was hand-cut by Maca and finally engraved with her name, was handed over to her as a gift, it was like a wand with only one mark left. That is, the last feather that finally fell on the high side of the balanced tray balance.
A wand model without any magical effect is naturally not worth much, but in Hermione's heart, the meaning it represents is enough to play a decisive role.
"If only Hermione managed to convince Harry again, that would be great!"
Luna's voice rang in her ears, and she could hear it. She was in a really good mood at the moment with the slightly raised end of the words, and was happy for Maca because of Hermione's performance just now.
"Yeah!" Maca nodded with a slight smile on her face, "I hope everything goes well!"
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Maca and others led by Hermione seemed to have a lot of variables on this trip, as if they might encounter danger at any time, otherwise they would not have brought only the most capable wizards in the army to carry out activities.
But compared to the elite team of them, who basically came from the south to the north without any danger, the army that landed from the east coast wanted to penetrate the northwest highlands of Great Britain from east to west safely, and now it seems that it will be better than It was even more difficult for Hermione's group who happened to take the Hogwarts Express to the foot of the woods near Hogsmeade.
In the few hours before noon now, Harry and Neville divided into two directions and tried to explore the woods to the north.
After Harry himself and Neville's patron saint returned one after another, Hermione integrated the information brought back by the two and quickly came to a conclusion--
Probably from the entire Scottish Highland mountain forest area north of the place where they are now stationed, there are living corpses wandering everywhere.
In connection with the fact that the living corpses in the northern part of the disaster area had not been brought under the command of the "devil's greed", it is obvious that the group of living corpses scattered in the north has now been concentrated in Hogwar by "a certain will" It came from the deep mountains and old forests where the castle was located.
Fortunately, the first batch of magic troops that are currently landing from the coast near Edinburgh in the east according to the original plan is definitely much larger in number than Hermione and the others. Even if it may be slightly lacking in terms of individual strength, it is still a strong alliance based on the wizard armies of the three major families.
As long as they can still abide by the requirements of the plan after landing, they will not be greedy for credit when they discover a large number of living corpses in the highlands and mountains, and it should be no problem to come here to join Hermione's team smoothly.
What's more, it's not that there is no strong fighting force to lead the team!
Not to mention anything else, just Sarah's powerful alchemy puppet who stayed in the first batch of landing troops is obviously enough to protect them from the unfortunate encounter with a small number of high-level living corpses. personnel were lost.
Sure enough, after a night of alternate exploration and calm waiting, Neville's lion patron saint brought good news to everyone - he met a man who was rushing along the mountain foot road outside the mountain forest to the east. The first batch of counter-offensive troops...
"The leader of the team is Samuel. He saw me, and I pointed him in the direction. I think in half a day at most, the vanguard led by him will be able to come and join us!"
Neville, with his eyes open, was reporting the situation to Hermione in the campground with a bonfire lit.
Like this kind of work as a spy going deep into the enemy's area, conducting large-scale reconnaissance and long-distance communication, he is even more suitable for the Patronus Charm than Harry, whose personal combat power is now extremely powerful. There's no question that Neville has found his true place on the team.
As for the "Samuel" that Neville just mentioned, it goes without saying that he is naturally one of the heirs of the three major families who tried to act as a decoy, the young "lazy priest" Samuel Samuel of the Rossi family. Julius Rossi.
On the side, hearing that the little grandson had successfully led the vanguard to the nearby area with only half a day left, the old head of the Rossi family couldn't help but nodded in relief, but didn't say anything.
He knew very well that it was Hermione Granger who made the decision now, and if it wasn't Hermione Granger, there was a Maca sitting not far away who really made him resign.
He just needs to know that his grandson is fine, that's enough.
"Let's lead the way for them! Meet as soon as possible, and explore the depths of the forest as soon as possible." Hermione said this to Neville without pausing. She had thought about these things many times in her mind. .
"it is good."
Neville responded, then closed his eyes again. Although there is a strong connection between the Patronus and the spellcasting wizard, and the power of the Patronus Charm is also faintly restraining the power of evil, in order to maintain super-distance control in this ghostly place shrouded in eerie clouds, even Neville must It takes a lot of concentration.
On the opposite side of him, Hermione, who was separated by the flames of the campfire, turned her head and glanced into the woods to the north again. When she looked back again, there was still a faint worry in those eyes that reflected the fire.
"Harry is probably coming back soon. I reminded him not to rely too much on his strength. He should be measured." She said to everyone sitting around the campfire, "When he comes back this time, there may be some The news we want may be able to determine how much resistance we will encounter on the way to Hogsmeade Village in the future~EbookFREE.me~ I'm ready!"
Ron patted the runic arm shield on his left arm and said loudly.
Seeing this, Hermione glanced at the square arm shield, and then subconsciously looked towards Maca not far away.
It was nearly dawn now, and after a night, of course, Maca was no longer sitting under the old Scotch pine tree that had been at noon yesterday. There was no accident at night. He was resting in the tent over there. From here, only some lights could be seen faintly between the gaps in the tent's curtains.
It seemed that he probably didn't fall asleep either, at most just taking a nap.
After being stunned for a moment, Hermione looked out to the east of the woods again. Through the slight gap between the canopies, the eastern sky can already be seen slightly whitening.
"Well," she murmured softly, pinching the wand in her pocket, "I'm ready too."