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Chapter 142: Chapter 141

Within half an hour, two full barrels of poison stood in front of Severus, which were carried out by two large acromantulas.

Aragog himself decided not to leave his lair, fearing that Severus might try to finish what he started and kill him, because he simply did not know what else was possible to expect from someone who killed his children so easily, and he didn't even see the face of the unknown person to form any opinion.

Snape was quite happy with this, and in fact, he didn't care about them and he wasn't going to keep an eye on them either, he only intimidated them for appearances, and also thinned out the ranks a little, mainly killing only the females, because thanks to HaSeverus's memories it was not difficult to distinguish them from males, since they multiplied too quickly and threatened to fill the entire forest in a couple of decades, and thanks to these actions, he pushed back this event for at least another fifteen years.

As for the poison, Severus was going to sell one barrel, because the price for ten grams of acromantula poison was one hundred and ninety-two galleons, and leave the second for the practice of Nellie, who, after a month of training with Slughorn, had memorised the materials up to the sixth year, and according to the professor's forecasts, two more years and she will be able to claim the "Bronze Cauldron", and the wizard was in complete agreement with him, because so far she simply did not have enough skills for this, and the poison will serve as a good help, because there are dozens of potions with this ingredient as the basis, and where is it used as an addition and all hundreds.

And putting the barrels in his wallet(storage pouch), he waved his hand to two spiders, who were glaring at him with a hateful look and, knocking on the boar's back, they turned around and headed further, while the boar looked arrogantly at the acromantulas and proudly stuck out his chest.

"You'd better behave more modestly, I'll leave in three days, and you still have to live here," Severus said with a grin and the beast froze, and then, trembling, it turned around slightly and looked at two arthropods, one of which did not take its eyes off him , and the second one punched a tree lying on the ground with its paw.

"~ Oink…" the boar stared at the man with a pleading look in his eyes, because it finally dawned on it, that as soon as the wizard leaves, it is a corpse, the acromantulas will not just leave it, not after such a shame.

"Hmm... I don't even know…"

" ~ Oink…"

"Okay, okay, don't push for pity, I'll help you, you'll be our emergency reserve."

"~ Oink! Oink OINK!"

"Ok, I'm joking, so be it, I'll take you with me."

"~ Oink…?"

"Yes, yes, calm down, he definitely won't eat you," Severus patted the boar on the back again, "So come on, let's move on."

"~Oink!" The boar grunted joyfully and again casting a contemptuous glance at the spiders, it proudly stuck out its chest and walked forward, wagging its ass, under the angry glances of the acromantulas.

"Was he looking for a roommate?" Nagaina asked, puzzled, remembering how that bear almost killed the poor hellish wolves when they began to patrol his territory and did not tell him about it. "No, I didn't took him for that matter" Severus shook his head with a smile, watching the monster's actions, "But I like the character of this boar, I'm sure they'll get along," and the boar, as if confirming the Slytherin's words, actively nodded to him, " Well, or it will become an untouchable reserve for a rainy day if they suddenly forget to feed the bear..." the snake, which heard the continuation, simply did not know how to react: laugh or sympathise with their new pet...

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Over the next hour, moving in pitch darkness, they covered several more kilometres, and during this time no one attacked them, because Severus nevertheless decided to use masking charms, since it was already deep night and most of the dangerous magical creatures got outside to do a little hunting.

Day and night in the "Forbidden Forest", these were two completely different worlds; it was hard to even count how many creatures rushed past them in that short hour, and he simply didn't want to deal with each one, and then also attract others to this noise.

Of the most dangerous creatures they encountered, there were: two huge blue trolls with clubs; Dromahorn, a large beast with a hump on its back, two long, sharp horns, and tentacle-like appendages around its mouth; Nozzlehost, a creature bred by HaSeverus, a hybrid of a Manticore and a Fire Crab, although outwardly, it more closely resembled a scorpion, with another tail in place of its head; and the last one the wizard could identify was Thundermont, a creature that looks like a rhinoceros but is twice as large, the usual habitat of these monsters is Africa, but he couldn't find what he did in the "Forbidden Forest" even in HaSeverus's memories answer.

The beast had a thick skin that repelled most spells and curses and an incredibly sharp horn that secreted a substance that exploded when it hit a victim.

These were not even ten percent of all the dangerous magical creatures he met on the way, and this diversity surprised him, because most of them did not even exist in the world from which he came and he was truly interested in watching all this, which of course was impossible to say about the boar, who, at the sight of any dangerous creature, almost flinched, even realizing that they did not see him.

The very place where they were currently located was as close as possible to the centre of the forest, which the group reached unexpectedly quickly, which slightly surprised Snape himself, who expected to get there only by morning.

"And here they are..." - the wizard thought, baring his teeth, looking at a huge, yellow cocoon hanging between two trees, with a small hole from which the next moment flew out a creature that looked like a bee, only its length was almost two meters, otherwise , as the sting flashed from the light of the moon, it caused another wave of trembling through the body of the poor boar,

"Sunny Bees... it's still surprising that they are found in this world..."

"Sunny Honey" - was a real delicacy and a panacea in the world from which the archmage arrived, only those who were willing to pay a fortune for a small jar could try it.

But besides the excellent taste, it had one feature: it healed the body and could help those who did not have a magical gift, so the price was simply astronomical, because the nobility also wanted to become wizards, and many "Archimages" and "Magisters" used it to help their children and grandchildren who were deprived of the gift of magic manipulation.

For this reason,a real hunt began for the bees and a couple of decades after the discovery of this "Sunny Honey", they almost disappeared from the face of the earth and only small colonies remained, but they belonged either to the royal court or to large factions that had the forces to protect them.

And when these jars appeared for sale at some auctions, it was a real "boom" and for their sake, people came even from other cities to compete for it or watch this "battle".

Therefore, Severus was very happy about this find, although it was useless for him, but still someday this honey will definitely be useful, so the Prince wanted to take more with him, as well as to protect them, which is why he came to this place, although until the very end the wizard did not believe that it was really them, because in HaSeverus's memories, he only saw them briefly and the wizard did not count on anything when he went to this place.

After the first bee, several more flew out and began to circle around the hive, as if patrolling the surroundings, and at the same time, several more groups flew in from different directions and flew inside.

"Already drooling to try the most delicious thing in the world..." jumping from the boar, Severus cast a hiding charm on it, and then with an anticipating grin he headed forward towards the hive, not forgetting to cast a hiding charm on himself, but an order of magnitude stronger, after all, the Queen Bee, if they didn't lie in those records, in addition to the fact that she had intelligence, she also simply had a terrifying perception, and usually she always hangs around close to honey, but Severus didn't want to harm her, because it is unknown whether there is more similar creatures in this world, what if they were the last of their kind, so he wanted to enter quietly and leave just as quietly, without attracting attention to himself.and then, with an anticipatory grin, he headed forward towards the hive, not forgetting to cast a hiding charm on himself, but an order of magnitude stronger, because the Queen Bee, if those records did not lie, in addition to the fact that she had intelligence, she also had simply terrifying perception, and usually, she always hangs around the honey, but Severus didn't want to harm her, because it is unknown whether there are other similar creatures in this world, and what if they are the last of their kind, so he wanted to quietly enter and just as quietly leave, without drawing attention to yourself.and then, with an anticipatory grin, he headed forward towards the hive, not forgetting to cast a hiding charm on himself, but an order of magnitude stronger, because the Queen Bee, if those records did not lie, in addition to the fact that she had intelligence, she also had simply terrifying perception, and usually, she always hangs around the honey, but Severus didn't want to harm her, because it is unknown whether there are other similar creatures in this world, and what if they are the last of their kind, so he wanted to quietly enter and just as quietly leave, without drawing attention to yourself.

Getting there was not that difficult, although the entrance was guarded by several bees.

Inside, there was a real labyrinth, with many tunnels and branches, somewhat reminiscent of an anthill, and the number of insects moving along the wide passages was not even worth talking about and it was very difficult to count them without Detection Magic.

Some moved back to back, while others moved straight through their own kind and it looked quite creepy.

The prince, in turn, used the magic of levitation to fly between them all and not accidentally step on someone, although even so it was hard not to bump into them, because one could climb onto another at a completely unexpected moment and predict when this would happen.

So he had to sharpen his senses to the maximum and manoeuvre between them. Severus was heading to the very centre of the hive, where the honey was supposed to be, and it was from there that the densest magical source came, which indicated that he was flying in the right direction, because even the weakest Queen of the Sun Bees could fight on equal terms with " Masters" of the entry level, although he could not determine her exact level of power, due to the fact that the hive itself was made of a magical tree emitting magic from all the cracks and the honey near which she was also emitting a considerable amount of magic, but this it also became a beacon by which it could be easily found.

And the closer he approached to the centre of the hive, the more bees appeared on the way and at moments he had to stand in such positions in order to slip between them that any gymnast would choke on her drool with envy.

But still, after more than an hour, he finally got out into a more or less open space, the size of the great hall of Hogwarts, and the sight and smell that opened before him was simply impossible to describe in words, and now he understood why many wizards gourmets were ready to say goodbye to life or give up all their wealth, but try to get at least a little of this honey.

It was a real paradise for any beekeeper. Below, the entire floor was covered with thick, shining honey, from which two rows of honeycomb walls rose up to the very ceiling and so on, right up to the end of the open area, where there was a small depression covered with a thin layer of an unknown material, reminiscent in appearance of golden, translucent fabric and Of course, in this place there was also an incredible number of giant bees, actively working for the benefit of the hive.

And Snape had to admit, it was incredibly beautiful here, but no matter how much he wanted to admire it longer, the wizard did not want to be discovered, so he slowly descended, passing the magical creatures flying past.

"Severus... I feel something strange from that place, let's leave quickly, I have a very bad feeling..." Nagaina's voice sounded in his head, pointing her tail towards that very place covered with a thin "fabric", from which she felt a strange aura and her instincts simply shouted to her, quickly get out of here and she felt this only once in her life - this when meeting that old serpent in the Magic Jungle.

"Okay, I'll be quick," the wizard nodded, frowning, he was used to trusting the snake at such moments, because its feelings in terms of the sense of danger were many times stronger than his own thanks to the animal part, therefore, the Prince sped up a little and after a few hovered over the honey for seconds.

Severus decided not to be greedy and took out a three-litre jar instead of the barrel that he had previously planned to use for this matter, and when Severus was about to scoop up the honey, the sound of breaking glass sharply swept across the entire space.

All that was left in the Slytherin's hand was just a small fragment from the can that he had previously held in his hand, and in the wall a meter away from him a long, orange sting stuck out and the Archmage was holding exactly the same one at that second, a few centimetres from his forehead , and there was a hole in his passive barrier and this was the first time that someone was able to break through it after moving to the rank of "Master".

"Mmm... little thief, before you took anything, you should have asked permission from this Queen..." a velvety female voice with notes of playfulness echoed through the space, causing a wry smile on Snape's face, whose gaze was directed to the side thin "fabric" behind which stood a small, dark silhouette.

"Here's another monster on my head...", the wizard thought wearily, watching the paw slowly moving the matter away…

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