Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 155 Eckeris's Response and Oversight!

Beset by internal and external troubles at the same time, Ecclesi was extremely anxious and panicked.

But she knew she couldn't just sit and wait to die.

Eckeris reacted quickly.

Her hand immediately reached for the bite mark on her left leg, and through her pants, she touched a palm-sized creature covered in stiff black hair, with eight limbs.

It's a juvenile eight-eyed giant spider!

Ecclesia made her judgment; her pretty face was deathly pale, devoid of any color.

The giant eight-eyed spider is venomous!

Without a second thought, in a moment of panic, Eckeris quickly released her magic to protect her hands, then grabbed the little eight-eyed giant spider and pulled hard.

Blue spider blood instantly seeped out, staining Eckeris's trousers, the lining of her robe, and her hands.

She crushed it to death with her bare hands!

"Is that professor there? Why aren't they answering?"

In the distance, Dumbledore asked once again.

This time, the tone was more wary.

“It’s me! It’s me! Eccles Hunter! I twisted my ankle, but I’m fine now.”

Ecclesia forced herself to remain calm, dispelled the Illusion Charm from her body, and responded to Dumbledore as she walked out from around the corner of the corridor where she was hiding, appearing before Dumbledore.

The large wizard's robe concealed the unusual appearance on Eccles' left leg.

"It's Professor Ecclesia! What are you doing here? Are you trying to set up a magical obstacle here?"

Dumbledore's tone softened somewhat, but his piercing old eyes still revealed a hint of scrutiny and suspicion, demonstrating his superb acting skills.

"No! Professor Dumbledore, I'm here to inform you that it's almost dinner time, and the other professors are getting ready to go home."

Eckeris gave the best answer she could think of at that moment.

Very 'luckily', this answer convinced Dumbledore, and made him stop looking at him with suspicion and scrutiny.

"Professor Eckeris, you didn't actually need to make a special trip. I've already heard the other professors' voices, but I was busy setting up the final challenge and didn't reply."

I was just about to leave!

Dumbledore smiled gently and walked slowly to Ecclesia's side. "Let's go out together!"

"Uh... okay!"

Eccles smiled awkwardly, then glanced furtively at the distant cave before following Dumbledore outside.

She still hasn't given up on the idea of ​​stealing the magic stone today, and plans to find another opportunity to return later.

Therefore, she concealed the fact that she had been bitten by a giant eight-eyed spider and might have been poisoned.

Because once this is revealed, Dumbledore and the other professors will inevitably send her back to the university hospital for treatment as quickly as possible.

Forget about getting the magic stone today.

If that's the case, Voldemort's main spirit will definitely seize on her mistake of revealing her whereabouts and make her experience another excruciating pain.

Eckeris was not willing to suffer again.

She weighed the prongs in her mind. The venom of the juvenile giant spider wasn't too strong. In her current physical condition, she could withstand it for a while; it wouldn't kill her.

It's not too late to go back to the school hospital for treatment after we've succeeded.

Dudley, who was hiding in another maze corridor, saw Ecclesia and Dumbledore walk away.

He silently revealed himself and walked to the spot where Eckeris had been hiding.

Here, a vine forms a small gap between itself and the stone wall.

The corpse of the small, crushed giant spider was among them.

Dali glanced at it coldly and ignored it.

Just now, he used the Imperius Curse to control the little eight-eyed giant spider, and took the opportunity to bite Ecclesiastes, creating a perfect teamwork with Dumbledore.

This can be considered as having achieved part of the mission's objectives.

But Eckeris still had the mind to conceal her injuries, which meant she was still up to no good and wanted to do something wicked.

Dudley believed that Ecclesia's injuries and poisoning were clearly insufficient.

We need to add more.

And this time, Dudley might not need to worry too much about finishing off the enemy.

Ecclesia, Ecclesia! Your words were very plausible, but why did you forget to use the cleansing spell?

Dudley chuckled to himself, took a step forward, wandered through several maze corridors, and openly 'bumped into' Dumbledore and Ecclesia. After exchanging a few perfunctory words, he left the maze with the two of them and returned to the entrance.

During this time, perhaps due to panic and nervousness, or perhaps out of consideration, or perhaps fearing that suddenly casting a cleansing spell would be abrupt and arouse suspicion from Dumbledore and Dudley, Erkris never removed the blue spider blood from inside her robes and trousers.

He simply tucked his hands into the sleeves of his robe and casually wiped the blue blood from his palms.

After exiting the maze, almost everyone had arrived.

The only one who was nowhere to be seen was Snape.

Ecclesia's face lit up with joy, and she quickly said to everyone, "I'm going back to the labyrinth to find Professor Snape. If you're in a hurry, you can go back to the castle first."

After saying that, Ecclesia turned to go back into the maze.

Completely unaware, a slight disturbance had arisen among the eight-eyed giant spiders waiting outside the maze.

Many adult eight-eyed giant spiders detected the scent of the blood of their young kin on Ecris's body.

If they hadn't known they were no match for the powerful wizards before them, they probably would have swarmed forward long ago, tearing Ekeris to pieces and devouring her completely.

“Professor Ecclesia, we can wait a bit. Otherwise, if you go in and Professor Snape comes out, it will probably take even longer.”

Dumbledore called out to Ecclesia, giving a perfectly reasonable reason.

Ecclesia froze.

Professors McGonagall and Sprout, somewhat exasperated, stepped forward and pulled Ecclesia aside, reminding her to be more reserved and not to always pursue her so relentlessly, as that might backfire.

Ecclesia has no reason to return to the labyrinth alone for the time being.

They could only wait silently with everyone else.

Every now and then, he would use the 'loud voice' spell to shout into the maze.

Soon, Snape, with a gloomy face and without saying a word, appeared at the entrance of the maze and joined the others.

That expressionless face didn't even use the amplification spell to reply, making the other professors worry for nothing, which was truly annoying.

So, after Snape returned to the group, apart from Ecclesiastes, no one else gave him a friendly look.

Dumbledore briefly explained the current situation to Aragog and the group of eight-eyed spiders before leading everyone on their journey home.

After the wizards left.

The giant spider colony immediately crumbled into chaos, scattering in all directions. Some returned to their new home in the maze, some went out to hunt for small animals in the forest, and some secretly followed Dumbledore's group to observe the situation.

Few spiders still care about the old and weak Aragog.

Aragog is like a used and discarded rag at this moment.