"No," said the old spider bitterly, "I have that instinct, but out of respect for Hagrid I have never hurt a soul. The body of the murdered girl was found in a bathroom, and I have never seen any part of the castle except the cupboard in which I grew up. We spiders like darkness and silence..."

"But then ... do you know what killed the girl?" said Harry. "Because whatever it was has come back to attack people -"

Suddenly, there was a clattering sound, and countless long legs were moving rustlingly; huge black shadows were swaying around them.

"That creature that lives in the castle," said Aragog, "is an ancient creature that we spiders fear the most. I remember well begging Hagrid to let me go when I sensed the beast moving about the school."

"What is it?" Harry asked urgently, the truth dawning upon him.

The clicking sounds became louder and the rustling sounds became more frequent. The spiders seemed to be gathering around them, and they were becoming very frightened and impatient.

"We don't!" said Aragog fiercely. "We don't tell its name! I didn't even tell Hagrid the name of that horrible creature, even though he asked me, many times."

Harry didn't want to press the subject any further, especially with spiders gathering around him from all directions. Ron seemed about to faint, his face paler than the paint on the wall, and he pinched Harry hard, a look of fear and pleading on his face.

Aragog seemed no longer interested in talking. He slowly retreated back into his hemispherical web.

"It looks like we can't get anything out of him, but at least we got some information." Cyrus said, staring at the spider.

The spiders seemed to have lost their control and were moving slowly, inch by inch, towards them.

"Then let's go." Harry also realized that something was wrong and shouted to Aragog desperately, while hearing the rustling of leaves behind it.

Ron seemed to hear salvation.

"Leave?" Cyrus said slowly, "I don't think it will let us leave like this..."

"You're right. I think you should not leave—" Aragog's white eyes were still moving. He couldn't see anything, but he could still sense. As he got older, his control over the spider group was no longer as good as before.

One Hagrid would be fine, but if it blindly tried to stop the spider swarm from eating these humans who had fallen into its trap, it would most likely face resistance from the spider swarm.

"But—but—"

"My children obeyed my orders and did not harm Hagrid. But fresh human flesh came to my door, and I could not stop them from enjoying it. Farewell, Hagrid's friend..."

Cyrus turned around. A few steps away, high above him, the spiders formed a solid, towering wall of iron, with their claws clacking and many pairs of eyes gleaming on their ugly black heads.

Harry felt like he was drowning in the sea, and the countless spiders made him feel suffocated. Not to mention Ron, he was like an idiot, motionless, but even if he was fine, he probably couldn't help, the wand couldn't do anything.

Harry wanted to draw his wand and fight the spiders to the death, but was held back by Cyrus.

"Let me do it, you find a chance to take Ron away."

"But……"

Leave "Mr. Riddle" here alone?

Even Ron, who was so frightened that he had no strength left, nodded. He was more worried about his sister. If Cyrus died here, what would happen to Ginny? He was using Ginny's body.

"Don't worry, the Acromantula can't kill me yet. You guys find a chance to leave first, and I won't have to worry about you when I escape." Cyrus now wanted to get Harry and Ron away, otherwise how could he perform a ritual that looked a bit evil?

The eight-eyed giant spider wanted to eat them, but didn't he want to exchange the eight-eyed giant spider's life for his own rebirth?

"But?"

"Are you worried that I'm no match for them?" Cyrus easily knocked away a spider as big as a car. Seeing Harry nod, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I let myself be caught by them on purpose in the first place. Otherwise, how could I find their lair?"

Harry and Ron were still a little hesitant.

"Okay, believe me! Ginny is also my friend. I would rather you two die than let her get hurt!"

"All right!"

Although Harry agreed, he actually didn't know how to leave here. There were too many of them, and even though Cyrus kept knocking the approaching spiders away, they still surrounded the area tightly.

At this moment, a high-pitched and long voice suddenly sounded, and a dazzling light illuminated the entire depression.

Mr. Weasley's car rumbled down the slope, headlights blaring, horn blaring, knocking spiders aside; several were knocked onto their backs, their long legs dancing in the air, and with a sharp sound the car stopped in front of Harry and Ron and the doors flew open.

"Get in quickly!" Cyrus cleared the spiders around the car and pushed them in.

Harry and Ron adjusted their positions with difficulty.

"Take the dog!" Cyrus shouted, grabbing the limp hound by the waist and throwing it into the back seat. The door slammed shut.

Ron didn't touch the accelerator, but the car didn't need him to do anything; the engine roared to life and they were off.

But the spiders couldn't just watch the food that was about to reach their mouths escape, so they blocked the road. Many of the eight-eyed giant spiders looked bigger than the car, blocking the way like a hairy hill.

Harry and Ron in the car turned pale, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, an intense red light suddenly lit up outside the glass, followed by a loud bang. The huge spider in front of them was blown into pieces, and the entire road was cleared.

Harry and Ron in the car turned around and saw Cyrus standing in the spider swarm with his wand pointed at the exit. It was not until now that they realized how powerful this "Mr. Riddle" who had once shown his skills was.

Without any obstacles, the car quickly rushed up the slope and left the depression.

Thank you for your 1000 points reward to Mingyue Mujixu, thank you baby 　　 　 (end of this chapter)