Coiling Dragon Dungeon
Skylar's figure appeared in the Suitcase Space.
Buckbeak soared through the clouds, gazing at the vast, silent space, and sighed softly.
I wonder how Silver Fang is doing these days?
In his previous life, Skylar defied his parents' wishes and insisted on dedicating himself to his adventurous career, only seeing them once a year during the New Year. He had no true friends, nor a partner to build a family with, and his feelings for people were extremely detached.
He was incredibly lucky in this life.
He has loving parents;
Although his brother disagreed with him on ideological issues and had once harbored resentment, the two eventually reconciled.
He has female confidantes, and more than one;
He cherishes these hard-won feelings and relationships, even though he rarely shows it.
From the moment he resolved to revive his family during the summer after finishing his first year of high school, he disguised himself as a ruthless and powerful figure. Only in moments when no one was around could he tear off his disguise and reveal his melancholy.
He composed himself and walked to the foot of an old locust tree. The tree was lush and verdant, with silky green grass growing beneath it, its fragrance rich and lingering, making one feel refreshed and relaxed with just a breath.
Skylar drew his wand and shouted into the air, "Ink Becomes Dragon!" A thick cloud of ink sprayed from the end of the wand, and with the shaking and pulling of Skylar's wand, it slowly transformed into a menacing ink dragon. The dragon's body and claws faintly gleamed with a sharp luster, but what was most striking was that the ink dragon's two eye sockets were empty blanks.
The black dragon floated in the sky, like a wisp of dark smoke. It circled around the base of the locust tree, its body coiling around the trunk until its Dragon Tail emerged, and it coiled itself completely around the trunk of the old locust tree.
Skylar gently touched the black dragon's eye socket with his wand and whispered, "Ink Dragon Eyes." Eyes sprouted from the black dragon's eye sockets, as if it had suddenly come to life. It let out a soft groan, and its body, which had been embedded in the old locust tree trunk, began to rotate.
Driven by the black dragon, the locust tree slowly began to rotate, like a wheel bearing, turning once, twice, three times, until it had turned nine times in total, with a faint tinkling sound coming from the ground. Along with the soil, the locust tree moved westward, and the earth opened up a huge hole, revealing stone steps leading to the bottomless abyss.
Skylar walked down the stone steps.
In the dungeon.
Although it was a basement, it didn't feel dark or damp at all; instead, it was warm and cozy from the heat.
Following Skylar's footsteps, his figure appeared in the dungeon.
Hector Fawley, who had lost both legs, was bound to a spider web imbued with magic that could absorb the wizard's magic, rendering him unable to cast any spells. At this moment, his face was deathly pale, and his sunken eye sockets and dry hair and skin showed how weak he was. He lay there groaning with his eyes closed, completely unaware of Skylar's arrival.
Lucida Slughorn's hands were shackled with black iron shackles, and she was suspended high up by chains attached to the ceiling. Her eyes were slightly dark, her gaze was somewhat vacant, and there were traces of drool at the corners of her mouth. When she saw Skylar appear, her body twitched slightly, as if she remembered something terrible.
Skylar had already emptied the memories of the four prisoners.
According to his memories, Hector and Lucida were the current leaders of the Ghosts Society. After Voldemort's downfall, they used the Dark Arts legacy Voldemort left to the Ghosts Society to lure and recruit talented Slytherin wizards, nurturing them into their confidants. After their graduation, they were absorbed into the families that controlled the Ghosts Society, becoming their support and resources.
No wonder Skylar was targeted by them in his second year, which led to the Slytherin civil war.
Skylar had already extracted the names of the families who controlled the Ghosts Society from their memories— Fawley, Slughorn, Selwyn, Yaxley, Travers, and Avery. These families were all accomplices of Lucius in the Death Eaters. Several of them inherited Lord Voldemort's legacy, but the House of Malfoy was deliberately omitted.
Clearly, these six families were jealous of the House of Malfoy's wealth and power; they had joined forces to exclude the House of Malfoy and try to suppress its growth.
Thinking of this, Skylar sneered. It's your business if you monopolize the Ghosts Society. As members of the same Sacred Twenty-Eight, we are all from the same social class. There was no need for us to become enemies. But you shouldn't have provoked me Skylar.
Skylar was not a cruel and bloodthirsty Dark Lord. Rather than eliminating enemies with force or violence, Skylar preferred to turn enemies into friends, recruit talented people, and transform enemies into his own camp.
In Skylar's original plan, the Ghosts Society, composed almost entirely of Prefect or elite students, was also a target he wanted to recruit. Unfortunately, they crossed Skylar's bottom line—
When Skylar first entered the school, he didn't have many friends, especially outside of his fellow Slytherin students. The only people he could really talk to were Cassius Warrington and Gemma Farley, who were also participating in the Merlin Tournament. Skylar Gemma feelings for him, which is why he was completely unsuspecting when he went to meet Gemma alone, and was easily ambushed by her.
However, Skylar knew he had the Sorcerer's Stone as a backup plan. When he feigned injury to extract information from Gemma, he discovered that Gemma actually harbored very complex feelings for him.
He later realized that Gemma's feelings were probably that since it was inevitable, she preferred to take matters into her own hands and keep the situation and potential harm under her control. She also took advantage of the opportunity to extract information from Skylar and gave Skylar a lot of useful information.
Therefore, he no longer harbored any resentment towards her.
Frankly speaking, Gemma's family is just a farming family. Skylar has plenty of ways to deal with them. Even if he is restricted from acting openly, how difficult would it be to sabotage her family in the economic, commercial, and political spheres? He simply can't bring himself to do it.
When he heard the news of Gemma's death, he was undoubtedly grieving, though he didn't show it.
Therefore, Skylar would never forgive the culprit who killed Gemma!
The one who devised the plan to kill Gemma was Lucida Slughorn; the one who led the ambush on Gemma was Hector Fawley.
Therefore, Skylar wanted to give these two a punishment they would never forget.
Instead of killing them, he promised to spare their lives if they followed Skylar's instructions and allowed Skylar to extract more value from them.
Thus, the laboratory came into being with extremely evil new species such as Man-Eating Vine and Cursed Demon.
As for the remaining two prisoners, Irina Selwyn and Miles Bletchley Family, they were not actually core members of the Ghosts Society. Their families had some connections with the Ghosts Society; for example, the House of Selwyn branch to which Irina belonged was closely related to the House of Selwyn branch that controlled the Ghosts Society.
It's safe to say that they will eventually be absorbed into the Ghosts Society, it just hasn't happened yet.
Since they weren't members of the Ghosts Society and had no direct connection to Gemma's death, and Skylar wasn't a petty person, he didn't intend to take his anger out on the two of them.