Chapter 688
The Cheetah's "Smile"
Chapter 688 The Cheetah's "Smile"
"Uh-"
Jabari was suspended in mid-air, his hands desperately scratching at the increasingly tight and deadly restraints wrapped around his neck.
He even forgot he was a wizard, completely forgetting the wand in his hand. His face quickly turned purplish-red, and his eyeballs bulged out due to lack of oxygen.
Through his blurry vision, he saw the long-lost lizard hanging from a branch overhead, its scales gleaming with a cold light, its eyes coldly watching his dying struggle.
This lizard...this lizard...it really wanted to kill me!
The fear of death surged into his heart like a tide, and his vision began to darken.
"Split into pieces!"
Clementine, who was stiff with shock, finally reacted, and her spell struck like lightning, hitting the lizard's tongue precisely.
"Boom!"
Jabari crashed heavily to the ground, gasping for breath. Before he could recover, a whoosh of wind swept overhead—
The lizard puppet suddenly jumped down from the tree, landing directly on top of him, its claws gripping Jabari's neck.
"puff--"
Jabari's eyes bulged out, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mist. He felt as if several of his ribs had been broken, and even his thigh was in excruciating pain.
"Jabari!"
Clementine screamed.
It wasn't that they had a deep camaraderie, but rather that at this moment, she realized Jabari had lost the ability to continue fighting, and she would once again be alone facing the two puppets!
When the lizard turned its head to look at her, the girl did not continue to attack. She subconsciously took two steps back and quickly glanced at the gaps in the nearby trees.
Before she could figure out what to do, the cheetah in the distance suddenly lowered its body and retreated to gather strength. The next second, it pounced like an arrow released from a bow, leaping into the air!
The cheetah stretched out its body and leaped nearly ten meters in one go. When it landed, it would pass directly through the golden mist!
"what--!"
Clementine screamed and turned to run away!
She had never run so fast before; the branches stung her face, and the surrounding trees seemed to blur into large patches of color.
But can a human really outrun a cheetah puppet that doesn't need rest?
Clementine couldn't help but glance back, expecting to see the cheetah's menacing face right in front of her, but to her astonishment, she discovered that the cheetah hadn't chased after her at all!
It sat gracefully at the edge of the mist, its mouth slightly curved upwards, like a creepy "smile".
……
Clementine escaped, and just as Jabari was desperately giving up resistance and his consciousness was fading, a beam of light from a spell descended from the sky!
"The force is loose!"
The lizard sprang back, the spell striking the ground beside Jabari, leaving a small crater in the dirt.
Professor Flitwick's small figure floated in the air on a broomstick, his wand still pointing at the two puppets. They obediently retreated to a short distance, as if they knew they could not attack the patrolman.
He then landed and bent down to check on Jabari's condition.
The warrior from Vagado had a purplish-red ligature mark on his neck, blood on his face and chin, and his chest was visibly sunken.
He looked at Professor Flitwick with the eyes of someone looking at a savior, and barely opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
"Merlin's beard!" Professor Flitwick's beard bristled with rage, his short legs stomping the ground with loud thuds. He turned to the lizard puppet and said angrily, "This is outrageous! How could Vader allow you to use such deadly force?"
lizard:"……"
It glanced at the cheetah, and the two puppets exchanged a silent look.
Then the lizard pretended not to understand, twisted its body, and scurried into the grass, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
When Professor Flitwick turned around, he found that the cheetah had also left, which made him glare at him angrily. He hurriedly cast several healing spells on Jabari to stabilize his injuries before carefully levitating him and taking him away.
……
A lizard was perched on a piece of dead wood, while a cheetah crouched beside it, looking up at the sky.
Two figures on the broom shot into the sky and disappeared in an instant. The bluebird that was filming the competition also flapped its wings and flew away to find more valuable footage.
The forest fell silent again.
At that moment, a voice rang out:
Why did you let Clementine go?
The lizard's scales opened and closed with its breath, its eyes fixed on the cheetah, and it asked.
The cheetah lazily lay down, ignoring its questioning, and simply rolled a pebble on the ground with its tail.
The lizard's gaze lingered.
It recognized the stone as an eye that had fallen from the gorilla puppet, but at this moment it looked no different from an ordinary pebble.
When Vader was making them, he didn't have the opportunity to choose any precious materials; he could only use whatever he had on hand—pebbles, vines, feathers, and nuts that were readily available in the forest.
The lizard's tone softened slightly, but it still carried displeasure: "That's not what the master ordered. Are you going to disobey?"
The cheetah glanced at it sideways and asked, "You think I'm going to disobey orders? Then what are you planning to do?"
The lizard slightly propped itself up and said in an icy tone, "Betrayal, death!"
The cheetah rolled its eyes and said, "Have you forgotten what our master just said? If we can't stop them, we can let them through."
The lizard suddenly realized: "You're exploiting a loophole in your master's orders! Do you intend to...?"
The cheetah suddenly stood up and gave the lizard a cold glance, which immediately silenced the lizard.
The cheetah picked up a stone from the ground, swallowed it in one gulp, and turned around, saying, "Don't get in my way! You can have the other target!"
"But I can't find her," the lizard said dejectedly.
"Idiot! Stay in the path your master walks on, and watch out for the bluebird!"
After the cheetah finished speaking, it leaped into the air and nimbly ran into the forest.
Watching its companion disappear into the shadows of the trees, the lizard let out a heavy sigh.
Then, it raised its head, its severed tongue trembling rapidly as it caught the faintest breath in the air.
……
Harry trudged through the Forbidden Forest with heavy steps. Although he hadn't encountered any danger for ten minutes, it didn't mean he was having an easy time.
The tree roots are like sleeping giant pythons; you could trip over them if you weren't careful.
Thorny vines would occasionally droop down from above, some of them trying to entangle him.
There were also some brightly colored mushrooms that would explode into a cloud of pungent powder when touched. Harry accidentally inhaled some, and his head spun for a long time. The trees and weeds around him seemed to turn into dancing little people, laughing and giggling around him.
Harry had to stop, drink a bottle of energy drink, and pour two bottles of water over his head before he could wake up.
He looked at the dense forest ahead, a look of worry creeping into his eyes.
(End of this chapter)