Order Intelligence

August 3rd, early morning.

Skylar got up a little later than usual today.

Yesterday, Skylar devoted himself to studying his newly acquired Abatair, and only reluctantly put the book down and went to bed late at night.

This volume of Abatair mainly concerns the Mark of the Dead—an extremely obscure branch of magic, generally used to curse mortal enemies or control other wizards. The most famous example is Voldemort's Dark Mark, Voldemort allowed him to summon Death Eaters at any time and track their location, deterring them from betraying him.

Later, based on the Dark Mark and inspired by the "Gorgon's Curse" extracted from Nagini, Skylar developed his own "Sleeping Dragon Mark."

Skylar was extremely proud of his creation—anyone who had been marked with the cursed seal by him, no matter where they were in the world, could be turned into a mindless beast with just a thought from Skylar. This deterrent power far exceeded that of the Dark Mark.

However, after reading Abatair, Skylar realized how superficial he had been, how profound and complex the art of incantations was, and that what he knew was only the tip of the iceberg.

For example, in the book, Skylar actually saw the long-lost "Magic-Enhancing Curse Mark". The effect of this seal is similar to Skylar's "Soaring Battle Intent", which allows the seal's host to forcibly stimulate the magic power in their body for a short period of time, so that the magic power is forcibly increased by a level. The duration of the effect depends on the seal's host's physique. The reference data given in the book is that it ranges from five to fifteen minutes.

Unfortunately, this curse mark is ineffective against those at the Archmage level or above, meaning that Skylar and Sarf are not suited for this spell. However, the other members of the Sleeping Dragon Society are eligible. Once Skylar returns to Great Britain, he can place this curse mark on the remaining leaders of the Sleeping Dragon Society, which would be enough to elevate the overall strength of the Sleeping Dragon Society to a new level.

In addition, Skylar also saw several quite useful spell seals in the book, such as "Blood of the Mad Beast" and "Servant Magic Curse Mark," which will be omitted here.

Thus, it is clear that the uses of cursed seals are not limited to harming or controlling others; they can also be used for support, enhancement, and other purposes.

This was something Skylar had never considered before.

It could be said that this volume of Abatair opened a door to a new world for Skylar.

Because Skylar had gone to bed late, he had long missed the breakfast time in the Great Hall, but he found a nutritious breakfast already laid out on the table in his room. It seemed that Karkaroff had not seen him in the Great Hall and had specially instructed the Dwarf waiters to deliver it to his room.

He sat down at the table, about to begin his meal, when he noticed a thick letter on the table with a black dragon head graphic on the envelope. Skylar recognized the letter immediately.

The letter used a code he had designed, indicating that it was a confidential "urgent notice" from the Sleeping Dragon Society. Such letters usually only appeared for important matters or intelligence. Without a doubt, it must Dobby great lengths to deliver it by appearing in his Apparition multiple times, and then placed it on the table while he was still asleep, so that he could open it when he woke up.

Skylar ignored his rumbling stomach and the hearty breakfast, and hurriedly pulled out his wand to lightly tap the envelope.

The black dragon head suddenly opened its mouth and moved vividly, as if it were a sleeping dragon that had been startled awake. After the dragon's mouth circled the edge of the envelope, a gap suddenly appeared in the originally sealed envelope, and the black dragon head returned to its original position.

Skylar took out the letter and began reading it quickly, skimming through it.

The letter first mentions Harry's attack on Dementors on Privet Drive in Little Whinging, and how Harry used the Patronus Charm to repel the Dementors, triggering the Trace alarm and alerting the Ministry of Magic.

Skylar, who was well-versed in the original books, knew that the Dementors were originally sent by Fudge or Umbridge to attack Harry. Now that they had caught Harry red-handed, they would definitely use this to their advantage. Harry was secondary; their real target was Dumbledore was behind Harry. If they could successfully expel Harry, they could essentially prove to the public that Harry was just a brat who didn't follow the rules and intended to disrupt the order of wizarding society, while Dumbledore, who insisted on trusting him, was a senile old man.

As expected, the letter later mentioned that Harry had been charged by the Ministry of Magic with violating the Act on the Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards. The Ministry of Magic had initially decided to expel Harry from Hogwarts and even sent representatives to destroy his wand. However, after Dumbledore's extremely swift and forceful intervention, the Ministry of Magic had no choice but to postpone the punishment of Harry, allowing Harry to retain his wand and enrollment until the trial scheduled for August 12 at the Ministry of Magic.

Tsk tsk, Skylar curled his lip. He could only say that Dumbledore. Dumbledore's influence in this world had been weakened considerably by Skylar's many schemes, yet he still had such influence over the Ministry of Magic.

That's fine too; let him and the Ministry of Magic continue their entanglement and wear each other down.

That concludes our information on Harry.

Below is the information about Mundungus sent by Night Cat.

The operation to capture Mundungus went very smoothly. As expected, Mundungus abandoned his post guarding Harry in order to get those cheap cauldrons and secretly ran off to Knockturn Alley, where he was easily captured by Bathory and Annis.

This person's mental fortitude and willpower were extremely weak; Annis easily extracted all the information from his mind using nightmare magic.

Afterwards, following Skylar's prior instructions, they erased all of his memories, and then Night Cat arranged for a smuggling group to secretly send him to North America.

The information about Mundungus mentioned in the letter caused Skylar to frown deeply, his expression unusually grave.

He not only leaked the complete roster of the Order of the Phoenix, including names, genders, appearances, special skills, and addresses, but this greatly pleased Skylar.

Besides the characters whose names were mentioned in the original work, there were six other members of the Order of the Phoenix whom Skylar was unaware of.

Skylar was prepared for this; the actual number of the Order of the Phoenix was indeed slightly more than he had expected, exceeding the figures mentioned in the original work. One name on the list, Ogden Hobbden, caught Skylar's attention. This man had served as the Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts for a year, and due to his profound magical abilities and cautious nature, he was one of the few who had left that position unscathed.

Regardless, all intelligence on the Order of the Phoenix is now under Skylar's control. Moreover, this alone is not enough to surprise Skylar so much.

What truly surprised Skylar was another piece of information about the Order of the Phoenix from Mundungus — Dumbledore, in order to deal with the current chaotic situation, had actually reassembled the First Order of the Phoenix, which consisted entirely of famous wizards from the 1930s— Newt Scamander, Theseus Scamander, Tina Goldstein Goldstein, Queenie Goldstein Goldstein, Euryale Hicks, and others. Having seen the Fantastic Beasts movies in his previous life, Skylar knew that these people had all participated in the war against Grindelwald, each possessed their own area of magical expertise, and were battle-hardened veterans. Although they might be old, they were still formidable opponents.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, all in one look!

That wasn't all. What concerned Skylar even more was that, in Mundungus's memory, he seemed to have also seen the very low-profile Potter Family branch in the Great Britain wizarding world, as well as Liu Tao, a famous battle mage revered as one of the two great war gods in Asia.

This was completely unexpected by Skylar.

He never imagined that after all his elaborate schemes and painstaking efforts to weaken the Order of the Phoenix, they would become even stronger than depicted in the original story.

Newt is a master in the realm of Fantastic Beasts, while Theseus and Tina Goldstein are both elite wizards who once served as Auror. Queenie Goldstein is at least a natural-born Legilimens, and Euryale is a Charms Master who once served as Professor Ilvermorny...

None of these people are simple characters.

Not to mention the mysterious and low-profile Potter Family, and the renowned Liu Tao. Skylar's understanding of these two forces was limited to having heard of their existence; that was all. He knew absolutely nothing about their strength or influence.

The letter also included two brief messages at the end:

The first piece of information comes from Phoebe. The search for the Giants has yielded results; Hagrid and his party have already set up camp in a cave near the Giants' territory and will make contact with the Giants early tomorrow morning.

The second was the summons issued by the Ministry of Magic to Skylar. It mainly informed Skylar that he was fulfilling his duties as the Wizengamot Youth Representative and was required to attend a trial held at the Ministry of Magic on August 12 for Harry Potter's violation of wizarding laws.

It seems my trip abroad is finally coming to an end, and it's time for me to return to Great Britain.

[Order of the Phoenix personnel list obtained!]