The Change in the Giant Expedition

Next, it was Sha'erfu's turn to give her report.

"After the House of Avery was wiped out, I collected and disposed of the bodies of all the family members. There are a total of forty-three well-preserved corpses. Do you want me to turn them all into Inferius?" Sha'erfu's face was very calm, as if she were asking a routine question like what to have for dinner.

"Hmm..." Skylar hesitated for a moment, then his brow furrowed, and he quickly made a decision, "Although desecrating the corpses of the dead is immoral, magic is neither good nor bad; it all depends on how we use it. Let's turn them all into Inferius, then seal them away and keep them safe for future use. After all, we don't know what kind of enemies we'll face, so it's always good to have more options."

"Yes, I'll take care of it in a bit." A smile appeared on Sha'erfu's cold and beautiful face, but the smile looked somewhat sinister.

"There's another matter," Sha'erfu. "Bahaza Bole's funeral has been perfectly arranged at the Bole Family mansion, and Bahaza himself was buried in front of numerous mourners and the media. I think no one would suspect that he faked his death."

"Hmm, and then what?" Skylar didn't ask about Bole's method of faking his death, but he guessed that he must have taken some kind of potion similar to the Draught of Living Death" beforehand.

"Everything went smoothly after that. Our pre-arranged people dug him out of the grave in the middle of the night and gave him the antidote we had prepared to wake him up. He is now in the Chamber of Secrets beneath the Miraculous Alchymia, and he is immediately engaged in intelligence analysis and summarization. This should lighten Susan's workload considerably."

"If it can help Susan, that would be best. But don't forget to send more people to monitor the Bole Family to make sure no one suspects Bole's death," Skylar said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I will inform Prince Bathory and Annis to take charge of this matter," Sha'erfu said. Skylar nodded in agreement. As Vampire and Hag, Bathory and Annis possessed special racial talents, making them the perfect choice for a surveillance mission.

Is there anything else?

"Oh, right," Daphne suddenly said, "I almost forgot, there's one last thing. Miss Delacour of Beauxbatons has sent a secret message. Hagrid, under the orders of the Order of the Order of the Phoenix, has already taken action. He has persuaded Maxime to go with him to the Ural Mountains in western Russia to try and win over the Giant Tribe living there."

This is part of the original story, Skylar already knew it, but he was still very grateful to the Delacour Family for sending him a message to inform him of this.

"Okay, I understand. Remember to reply to her and thank her for the information," Skylar said.

"I haven't finished yet," Daphne gave Skylar a coquettish glare before continuing, "Miss Delacour was also present when Hagrid approached Maxime. At her insistence, she persuaded Maxime to join her on this journey. She also said that she would continue to provide us with information on this matter after she departs."

Skylar gently stroked his chin with his left hand, a thoughtful expression on his face. Phoebe joining this quest to find Giant was completely unexpected, since in the original story there were only Hagrid and Maxime.

This change was probably caused by the alliance Delacour Family and themselves. The Delacour Family, based in France, wanted to gather intelligence on the various operations of Beauxbatons or Madame Maxime, and even cooperate with their own plans, in order to demonstrate their contribution as allies.

Although he already knew Hagrid's mission from the original story, Skylar originally did not intend to interfere.

First, while Giant possess immense individual destructive power, they are not adept at magic, their numbers are limited, and they lack any awareness of group combat. Even if the Giant fell into Voldemort's hands, it wouldn't be a major issue for Skylar.

Secondly, although Skylar knew the objective of the mission, the original work described very little about Hagrid's search for the Giant Tribe. Therefore, Skylar had no idea how to find the Giant's settlement. At most, he only knew that it was in the Ural Mountains. If a carpet search were to be conducted, it would consume a lot of manpower and time, which would not be worthwhile for Skylar, who was short of manpower and time.

But now, with the addition of Phoebe as a variable, everything will be different—as long as you follow Phoebe's steps, you can easily find the Giant.

Skylar's real target was not those intellectually deficient Giant at all.

Don't forget, Voldemort is now truly a lone commander. All the Death Eaters who were originally loyal to him have either been subdued by Skylar or are still in Azkaban.

So, who would be the one to recruit the Giant for Voldemort?

A cold glint flashed in Skylar's eyes. He changed his original plan not to get involved. Now he had the advantage in intelligence, and if he made proper arrangements, he had a good chance of annihilating Voldemort's forces sent there.

We need to find some time to plan this out properly.

After Sha'erfu finished speaking, this important meeting of the Sleeping Dragon Society's executives officially ended.

The girls were all busy and quickly left the Chamber of Secrets.

Skylar sat there quietly, slowly sorting out the tasks at hand one by one:

Selwyn has traveled to France as planned to find a branch of the Lestrange family, hoping to find an heir for the House of Lestrange in Britain and manipulate him into becoming his puppet. However, the latest news indicates that he has not made any progress so far.

Yaxley, on the other hand, returned to his original life and went back to work at the Ministry of Magic. This time, he would begin to cultivate trusted confidants within the Ministry of Magic and recruit followers for Skylar. It wasn't that Skylar didn't trust Aunt Leah and Scrimgeour, but rather that neither of them possessed Yaxley's decisive and ruthless nature, nor was he as vicious as him. Therefore, entrusting this task to Yaxley was the most suitable option.

Crouch remains in the Hebrides to finalize negotiations.

Fawley and Slughorn, on the other hand, returned to their families to pave the way for their own usurpation of power.

Sha'erfu and Daphne will begin to train the young wizards' combat skills according to their own methods.

Astoria also began to busy herself with increasing the refining and production of Potions.

Morrie and Cho Chang Qiu took on two new research assignments yesterday.

Skylar finally had some free time until either side made any progress.

But this doesn't mean that Skylar can now do nothing and rest.

In the coming days, Skylar will have to spend a considerable amount of time carefully planning for the mission involving Phoebe and the Giant.

And then, hadn't he just acquired the family magic of the Yaxley, Selwyn, Lestrange, and Avery families, as well as their treasured Dark Arts books?

These also require Skylar to calm down and spend time reading and studying them. Since it concerns the improvement of his own strength, Skylar never dares to be negligent. It seems that Skylar will soon be reliving his long-lost days of secluded cultivation.

Hmm, it's time to bring out the Time-Turner and all sorts of invigorating Potions.

However, before Skylar officially went into seclusion to begin his arduous training, he still had to meet someone.