Bounty Hunter

Skylar let out a soft breath, gently massaged his temples with his fingers, closed his eyes, and leaned back in his chair to rest, looking exhausted.

At this moment, my eyes, which were still cooling down, began to sting faintly.

The effect of the "Absolute Dominion" technique is indeed incredible. Even Selwyn, who was filled with hatred and vigilance, could have his personality and memories rewritten by Skylar, turning his mortal enemy into a devoted follower.

However, everything comes at a price—the more powerful and domineering the magic, the more dangerous its backlash.

This profound technique is extremely taxing on one's spirit and pupil power.

Although this was not the first time Skylar had used "Absolute Dominion," he usually only used it to implant fragments of memory or plant a thought in the mind of the subject to influence their thoughts and ideas.

The effort required to transform a person's long life trajectory into fragmented memories and then reconstruct and recombine them according to one's own vision is still considerable for Skylar.

Even though Skylar's mental strength has reached the pinnacle of the wizarding world today, with his level of mental strength and pupil power, he can only use this technique once a month at most without causing permanent damage to his pupils.

This is why, despite possessing such a unique skill, he has only used this technique twice so far—once against Rita Skeeter, who is Occlumency, and the other time against Trelawyn Selwyn today.

Both of them were indispensable parts of Skylar's plan, occupying extremely important roles.

Rita is the talent Skylar needs most to manage the intelligence network, while Selwyn is the standard-bearer of the extreme bloodline theory in the Pure-blood families.

Recruiting these two individuals essentially equates to gaining a completely new level of influence within the intelligence network and among Pure-blood families.

As for the other Death Eaters, they were clearly not qualified enough for Skylar to use this technique. That's why Skylar chose to make complicated preparations beforehand, and to spend a lot of effort to break their minds with fear, and finally subdue them with words, rather than simply and easily brainwashing and subduing them with "Absolute Dominion".

At this moment, only Peter Pettigrew remained in the Coiling Dragon Dungeon. He looked somewhat apprehensive, because he didn't know why Skylar had asked everyone else to leave, but had left him alone.

Skylar, still with his eyes closed, said, "Peter Pettigrew..."

"Yes, sir," Peter Pettigrew hurriedly replied. "What are your orders, Master?"

"Do you know why I kept you here?" Skylar's lips curled into a slight smile.

Peter Pettigrew looked bewildered and a little nervous. He shook his head and said, "Please forgive my ignorance, Master, please enlighten me."

Skylar raised two fingers of his left hand and said softly, "There are two main reasons why I'm keeping you here. First, what is Voldemort's Horcrux?" After saying that, he suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in his deep gaze.

Peter Pettigrew was taken aback by Skylar's question, and a disgusting, terrifying, and cruel memory gradually surfaced in his mind...

After a long pause, he finally came to his senses and stammered, "It was his Yew Wand, which was lost at the Potter family years ago. I was the one who found it and gave it to him..."

It's a magic wand!

A glint of light flashed in Skylar's eyes. Skylar had actually considered this possibility, but he found it hard to believe that Voldemort would make this choice. After all, wands themselves possessed sentience, and if they were made into wands, many unknown changes would occur.

Now that we can confirm Voldemort's Horcrux, we have a much better chance of dealing with him next time.

"The second thing, Morgan le Fay's Dark Queen move, I think I've seen you use it before... at Hogwarts when you were dealing with Sirius Black and Lupin... it was that black hole spell that could devour other magic..."

"Yes, that move is called Magic-Devouring Vortex, the core and unique secret technique of the Avalon School. When mastered to a high level, it can devour all magic..." After saying that, he gently waved his wand, and a black mist spewed out, quickly rotating clockwise in the air to form a small vortex.

"What amazing magic!" Skylar stood up, walked closer to the vortex, and carefully examined and observed the magic, exclaiming with great admiration.

After careful observation, he discovered that this profound technique did not directly devour and decompose magic into magical power, but was more like a kind of interdimensional magic that directly transferred magic to another dimension.

The alternate dimension mentioned here refers to a space similar to the "Void Space" where Vanishing Cabinet are connected to each other; it does not directly belong to this world.

Although Skylar also knew similar magic, his unique secret technique "Moon Shifts, Stars Move," which he independently comprehended from spatial magic, was a skill that could redirect enemy attacks elsewhere. However, "Magic-Devouring Vortex" possessed a mysterious suction force that could pull everything around it into a black hole.

The version Peter Pettigrew used was clearly a weakened version, with only a faint suction force attached to it. But Skylar clearly remembered that the black hole created by Morgan le Fay, Barbarossa, and Voldemort was like a giant beast in the universe, with a powerful suction force that prevented everything around it from escaping and swallowed it all.

"Tell me everything you know about this Mahoutokoro!" Skylar said immediately.

"Yes," Peter Pettigrew began to explain in detail, "First, you must precisely control the magic power at..."

[The secret magic technique "Magic-Devouring Vortex" from the Shadow of the Magic Dragon has been learned!]

An hour passed, and everything was over.

Next, we need to arrange where Peter Pettigrew will go.

Although Skylar is currently short of personnel in intelligence, management, politics, and business, Peter Pettigrew is not good at these areas and has no experience in them, so he is obviously not suitable for these positions.

His only noteworthy ability is that he can transform into a rat through his Animagus form—a skill that greatly facilitates his lifestyle of Tibet and fleeing. Furthermore, his ability to communicate with other rodents gives him an advantage in finding lost treasures and tracking down hidden individuals.

Certainly--

Skylar knew that Peter Pettigrew cowardly and more adept at escaping, hiding, and self-preservation than fighting. In fact, his Animagus was best suited for stealth, infiltration, and assassination in actual combat.

Furthermore, Peter Pettigrew has just inherited the Evil Hand and needs a period of adaptation to become proficient in spellcasting. Combat and killing can also enhance the power of the Evil Hand —the fastest way to adapt to the Evil Hand and grow in strength is to participate in the most brutal real battles and launch the bloodiest killings.

Skylar pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered the "Bounty Hunters Guild"—an organization somewhat similar to a mercenary group. As long as you were willing to pay the right price, someone would do any job, including theft, kidnapping, murder, tracking, and so on, with almost no moral principles whatsoever.

Gunnar Grimmson in the second Fantastic Beasts movie is a bounty hunter who specializes in hunting dangerous Fantastic Beasts. He is extremely despicable and unscrupulous, especially cruel to Fantastic Beasts. He is the complete opposite of Newt Scamander, who loves Fantastic Beasts, and the two have many long-standing grudges. Unfortunately, due to the limited length of the movie, his scenes were greatly cut by the director, and even the scene of how he died was cut. This is something that Skylar, as a Harry Potter fan in his previous life, greatly regrets.

The Duelists Guild "Silver Spear," which has some connections with Skylar, actually has a similar organization called "Silver Shield." It's similar in nature to the "Adventurers' Guild" often mentioned in the Muggle world. It can accept outside commissions, but this organization has much higher moral standards and is limited to activities such as guarding, escorting, bodyguarding, and exploring ruins. If you have to say that its activities are somewhat close to the law, it's only tomb raiding.

Of course, the "Bounty Hunters Guild" and the "Silver Shield" mercenary organizations have a lot of overlapping functions, so some members, even core members, hold memberships in both organizations. For example, "Killer," one of the Four Silver Spear Archwizards, is a prime example.

Although Skylar had no dealings with the Bounty Hunters Guild, didn't know their base, or how to contact them, he had connections. He believed that if he informed Silver Spear would find a way to act as an intermediary, allowing Skylar Peter Pettigrew to join the Bounty Hunters Guild, participate in all sorts of dangerous and brutal missions, and ideally join a powerful team, while also building new connections.

With that thought, Skylar waved his hand and put the True Dragon Throne into his pocket space, then led Peter Pettigrew away from the Coiling Dragon Dungeon.