Dragons Are Very Picky Eaters / From Today On, the Forbidden Forest Belongs to the Grangers...

When they saw that their forces were surrounded by Fantastic Beasts covering the entire mountainside, all the Centaur truly panicked.

Apart from Firenze, none of the other Centaur had expected that Harry would act so suddenly. Not only did he personally intrude into their own gathering circle under the cover of Unicorn, but he also mobilized all the Fantastic Beasts to launch a surprise attack.

What they didn't expect was that Harry was actually able to control the infamous Acromantula!

Could it be that Hagrid instigated the leader of the Acromantula spiders to turn against him?

While the Centaur were lost in their own thoughts, the Fantastic Beasts on the periphery, driven by the Nundu and Aragog, formed an even tighter encirclement, completely surrounding the entire Centaur Tribe.

"Impossible... this is impossible!" Magorian, controlled by Harry, seemed unable to accept the reality before her, struggling in a fit of rage. "The stars didn't foreshadow any of this! You wretched donkey, what trick have you played?!"

"The plan is actually very simple, but you're all too stupid to see it at all."

Harry made no attempt to hide his contempt for Centaur. Although he often spoke with barbs, he rarely resorted to such direct personal attacks.

A simple "boy who cried wolf" was enough to wipe out all the Centaur... Harry genuinely couldn't understand how these fools had the audacity to look down on human intelligence.

During the previous releases of Fantastic Beasts, the Centaur had already held meetings to discuss Harry's actions, and they were quite cautious at the time, knowing to send a few horses to keep watch on the perimeter.

However, as Harry continued his actions, he never actively provoked the Centaur, so the Centaur gradually relaxed and became lazy by no longer assigning sentries when they gathered again.

Harry seized this opportunity, unleashing the Nundu that would shake the Centaur race, and launched a surprise attack during their large-scale gathering!

"You wretched mule, I warn you to release Chiron and Magorian right now!"

The hot-tempered Bane clearly hadn't grasped the situation and continued to recklessly yell at Harry.

Of course, this might also be because he felt that Harry wouldn't dare to lay a hand on the Centaur.

Humans are nothing but a cowardly and foolish bunch, especially a child...

A crisp snap of fingers interrupted Bane's self-righteousness. He subconsciously looked up, only to meet Harry's eyes, which held not a trace of pity.

"Beat."

"Roar!!"

With a casual command, the battle to determine who would be the King of the Forbidden Forest officially began with Norberta's dragon roar!

The battle reached its climax almost instantly. After receiving Harry's command, all the Fantastic Beasts moved at the same time, roaring and charging towards the Centaur who were surrounded!

"No... no good!"

"Fight back quickly!"

The panicked Centaur immediately tried to raise their bows and arrows to fight back, but a group of fearless Acromantula pounced first. They splashed venom into the Centaur's eyes, bound Centaur wrists with spider silk, and shook their huge bodies to completely block the Centaur's arrows!

The crossbow bolts fired by the Centaur in a panic easily pierced the body of the Acromantula, but the spider swarm acting as the vanguard did not stop at all, but instead became even more ferocious!

Their mouthparts trembled with the trembling of their pincers, emitting roars incessantly. Their long, spider-like legs moved rapidly as they frantically attacked every Centaur in their field of vision... Even if they themselves were riddled with holes by the Centaur's crossbow bolts, they would still bite their opponents until they were mangled and bloody!

Thanks to the desperate efforts of these Acromantula, Harry's own Fantastic Beasts companions only needed to pick off any lone Centaur, greatly reducing the risk of injury or even casualties in the battle.

"Very good~"

Seeing the battle unfolding as he had predicted, Harry, standing at the heart of the enemy lines, couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

His determination to subdue the Acromantula clan was precisely for the sake of today's battle.

Centaur are highly mobile and possess exceptional archery skills. If they were to engage in a long-range confrontation in the Forbidden Forest, Harry and his animal companions would definitely be kited to death by the Centaur.

That's why Harry needed the Acromantula as cannon fodder. Whether it was an encirclement battle like the one they were in now, or a desperate encounter in the worst-case scenario, he could send out a large number of Acromantula to shield him, thus maximizing the protection of Harry's own strength.

"Damn it! I'll fight you to the death!!"

Seeing his enemy not far away, Bane pawed the ground restlessly with his horse's hooves and suddenly charged at Harry!

"Roar!"

However, before he could even draw his bow and arrow, a giant claw suddenly attacked and slammed him to the ground, making him feel as if all the bones in his body had been shattered.

At this moment, what blocked out the sky above his head was a Norwegian Ridgeback with a ferocious face and drops of saliva hanging from its mouth!

Just kidding, since Harry dared to use the Invisibility Cloak to infiltrate the enemy ranks and capture the leader, he must have been absolutely certain of success.

With Uni, Zouwu, and Norberta protecting him at this moment, Bane's attempt to break through the blockade and attack Harry is pure wishful thinking!

"It's over..." As the gaping maw above his head drew ever closer, Bane closed his eyes in despair.

"Norberta, you're not allowed to eat it!" Just as Bane was in despair, Harry suddenly spoke up to stop his Dragon.

"Humph?" Norberta let out a disgruntled snort, turning to look at Harry with what seemed like deep resentment in its eyes.

This damn Centaur has been so rude, why can't we give him extra food?

"I think he's dirty, so you're not allowed to eat him."

Harry looked intently at the Dragon, his disapproval clearly evident in his eyes.

He could ignore the Acromantula secretly eating people because these ungrateful creatures were just cannon fodder he could use.

But Norberta was a dragon he had raised from a cub, Harry never intended to release it back into the wild. So he was even more picky about the food it ate than Norberta itself.

"Waaah... waaah~"

After tilting its head and thinking for a moment, Norberta seemed to agree with Harry's words. So it gave up on eating Bane, instead using a burst of dragonfire to severely injure him, and then casually tossed him aside.

After that, Norberta had Harry cast Engorgement Charm on it, and then, having more than doubled in size, it rolled around on the ground in a spoiled manner...

In an instant, cries of agony filled the arena. Countless unfortunate Centaur were crushed to pieces by Norberta, and even a few Acromantula that couldn't dodge in time were crushed into meat patties.

"Oh my, that's really brutal!"

Watching Norberta, who was temporarily acting as a millstone on the battlefield, Harry felt as if he were witnessing a scene from Journey to the West.

A rolling stone from Nanshan Mountain crushed five thousand people...

In short, after Norberta's exhilarating outburst, the Centaur completely lost all their power to resist, and the war ultimately ended in a resounding victory for Harry!

Chapter 225 From this day forward, the Forbidden Forest belongs to Granger.

"Centaur, do you have anything to say now?"

After the battle, Harry looked down at the Centaur, now a prisoner, his expression still calm and collected.

His demeanor made it seem as if he hadn't even used his full strength, but had simply made a casual move and easily defeated the entire Centaur Tribe.

That's exactly right; he was holding back at all.

Thanks to Harry's strategy of capturing the king, the pincer attack on the Centaur was executed brilliantly. Apart from the deaths of a dozen or so Acromantula that were used as cannon fodder, Harry's own Fantastic Beasts companions suffered no losses, and very few were even injured.

In contrast, the dozens of Centaur that were knocked down were all wounded, some even missing limbs... and the reason they were only injured and not dead was all thanks to Harry's mercy.

Otherwise, there would be no Centaur race left in the Forbidden Forest.

"Damn it! You... you vicious mule, stop gloating! If you want to kill or torture us, do it now! We Centaur will never submit!!"

However, even at this point, some Centaur still fail to grasp the situation... such as Bane.

Although he was charred black by Norberta's dragon fire and paralyzed on the ground unable to move, he still failed to learn to watch his mouth and, most importantly, to know how to yield.

So, faced with such a foolish simpleton, Harry's choice was to casually swing the Sword of Gryffindor...

As blood splattered and sword light flashed, Bane's arm had been completely separated from his body!

"Ugh... Damn it!!" Bane groaned in pain, but he still cursed through gritted teeth, as if he wanted to bite Harry's neck off.

"That was punishment for your disrespectful words," Harry said calmly, but then swung his sword again, severing one of Bane's horse's legs!

"And this time... it's because you dared to say you wanted to kill me, which made me very unhappy~"

"Ouch!!" The pain struck again unexpectedly, Bane finally couldn't help but scream, too exhausted to curse Harry anymore.

"You human donkey... uh, wizard, why are you so cruel?" Chiron, who was crawling to the side, wanted to question him, but when he saw the sword in Harry's hand, he couldn't help but change his address with a sheepish look. "Bane is already seriously injured. Since you can't tolerate him, why not just give him a quick death instead of torturing him like this?!"

"It's very simple, because I want to use him as an example to warn you all about one thing: everyone must be responsible for what they say and do!"

Harry stepped on Bane's head, his cold gaze sweeping over the faces of all the Centaur present. "Last year, when I was forced into the Forbidden Forest to fight Voldemort, you chose to stand idly by and let the Unicorn die, and I can let those go for now. But this Bane guy actually said he wanted to cooperate with Voldemort and even said he wanted to kill me... Even if he was just saying it in anger, he still has to pay the price!"

"Unicorn, could it be..." Ronan, kneeling to the side, had a slight change in expression as he suddenly understood the whole story.

The Unicorn next to Harry was the one whose own kind had previously decided to abandon, but Harry ended up saving it and Harry developed a deep friendship.

So, when he and Bane last saw Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest, Harry Granger was actually there, riding on a wandering Unicorn!

He overheard his conversation with Bane, and perhaps it was at that moment that he made up his mind to deal with the Centaur!

How pathetic... Ronan sighed inwardly.

Now, besides silently blaming Bane for his loose tongue, there was nothing he could do...

"So... um, how did he die?" Harry was about to say something when he suddenly realized that Bane's screams had stopped without him noticing. After checking carefully, he found that Bane had already stopped breathing.

Harry was initially puzzled by Bane's death, as he had been using his abilities to prevent Bane's blood from splattering. After all, while he needed to punish the foul-mouthed horse, he didn't actually need to kill it.

However, he overlooked one thing: the Sword of Gryffindor had killed the Basilisk before, and it had been contaminated with the Basilisk's venom.

This sword, forged by Goblin, possesses the property of absorption and enhancement. It can absorb the venom of Basilisk and use it for its own purposes. Therefore, the sword itself is already imbued with the Basilisk poison. This poison is ineffective when cutting Basilisk flesh, but now that the target has changed to Bane, he will naturally die.

Sigh, things turned out like this, it's really quite embarrassing~

"You... you actually killed Bane?!"

The sudden turn of events left Chiron completely shocked. He kept twisting his body, which was bound by the spider webs, and even forgot that he was originally just a prisoner. "How could you do this? Sending these Fantastic Beasts to invade our Forbidden Forest without cause, you were the one who was unreasonable first!"

"After that, you not only launched a shameless sneak attack on us, but also cruelly murdered Bane, who was already unable to resist... Your actions are completely unreasonable; you are simply a demon who enjoys killing at will!!"

"Are you ever going to stop?" Harry scoffed, picking at his ear. "Calling me a monster who kills indiscriminately... I'm just curious, are you even human? The Ministry of Magic did classify you as human before, but didn't you yourselves refuse to be grouped with vampires and she-devils, so you abandoned your human identity and insisted on identifying yourselves as beasts? And if you're beasts, what's the difference between you and Fire Salamander, Ghoul, and other such creatures? Why can't I kill you?!"

"This..." After being rebuked by Harry, Chiron was speechless and couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

As it turns out, not all seemingly venerable elders who are given titles like "Great Elder" or "Great Prophet" truly possess wisdom commensurate with their age.

They may have seized their high positions by relying on their seniority, and once a major incident occurs, they might perform worse than even younger people.

Chiron was clearly a useless old man, and seeing him stammering and not saying anything, Harry didn't bother with him and continued his threat, "Also, if anyone dares to say again that 'the Forbidden Forest belongs to you Centaur,' I'll have the Acromantula bite him to death on the spot!"

"All you mules, remember this: the Forbidden Forest has always been Hogwarts' Forbidden Forest, not yours! Now that Dumbledore has granted me this forest to use, I am its sole master. All you Centaur, if you wish to continue living here, you must unconditionally obey my orders!"

"From this day forward, this Forbidden Forest belongs to Granger!!"

Chapter 226 Chiron's position needs to be changed.

Unlike the cheers they received when they were crowned Lord of the Black Lake, the Centaur responded with nothing but private, impotent rage and silence after Harry announced the conquest of the Forbidden Forest.

This arrogant and almost disdainful tribe, even as prisoners, refused to diminish their territorial consciousness in the slightest.

Harry, however, didn't care; he had plenty of time and means to wear down these Centaur.

Moreover, even if he didn't want to cause bloodshed, he had already accidentally killed Bane, so he didn't need to worry about anything after that.

"This... human wizard, Mr. Granger, you do indeed possess immense power, capable of dominating the entire forest..."

After a long silence, Chiron spoke again, but although his tone had softened, his words still made Harry roll his eyes.

"But we Centaur have always been neutral. Even if we were willing to acknowledge you as the master of the Forbidden Forest, we would never bow down to you or allow ourselves to be ordered around by you..."

"I mean...aren't you guys overestimating yourselves a bit?" Harry was so angry at Chiron's words that he laughed. "You Centaur, do you really think you're something special, a force that everyone wants to win over?"

"Let me tell you the truth, neither I nor the soon-to-return Voldemort have ever considered your kind a threat. You think you can remain neutral between friend and foe, but in reality, you are utterly unworthy to be either my friend or my enemy!!"

"This..."

"By the way, do you know why your tribe suffered such a fate today...? It's all because you were too arrogant, you deserved to be beaten to a pulp!"

Harry didn't give Chiron a chance to argue, issuing a blunt ultimatum. "Upholding tradition and remaining neutral, that's fine... but you'd better not think you're so arrogant and powerful! If you're not willing to accept my control, then you'd better hand over this Forbidden Forest to me now, pack your things and get as far away as possible, and don't let me see you again!!"

"You... you're really going to let us go?" Magorian, who was a bit quicker-witted than Chiron, had a slight glint in her eyes, as if she thought she had caught Harry's unspoken message.

"Letting you go isn't a big deal."