End-of-Volume Notes

Now we've reached the summary section at the end of the volume.

This volume has a whopping 210 chapters, which was unexpected, since this period of the story was only briefly mentioned in one or two chapters in the original work (from June 24th, the day the Goblet of Fire ended, until September 1st, when school started, it was only 2 months and 7 days). The short 7 days before summer vacation alone took up 127 chapters of my book.

This is mainly due to the change in the author's own mindset. Because the long hiatus in updating led to unsatisfactory results, it allowed me to calm down and slowly describe the story I imagined in my mind with words, instead of succumbing to the pressure of updating caused by readers' criticism and urging for more updates, as well as the sense of urgency to speed up the story's pace.

There's no need to force the story to develop in a direction that readers prefer just to cater to their tastes and opinions.

Actually, this is quite good. At least I'm much happier writing than before. As for readers' opinions, I will still read them carefully, but they are unlikely to affect my creative state of mind anymore.

The first half of this volume describes the climax of the battle after the Goblet of Goblet of Fire labyrinth, a final showdown where Skylar finally reveals all his trump cards to the bosses.

The second half seems a bit padded, but it's actually meant to introduce other hidden characters and set the stage for the final chaotic period in the next volume.

Compared to the original work, the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic have been upgraded, Voldemort's Death Eaters have merged with the Walpurgis and the Shadow of the Magic Dragon, and forces such as the Pure-Blood Traitor Faction of the Necromancer Guild, the International Aurors, Supreme Wizard Alliance have also emerged.

If we calculate it this way, excluding the main characters' forces, there are at least seven forces on the surface, some hostile, some balancing, some cooperative, and various alliances and rivalries among them.

The slow pace of the plot is unavoidable, as there are quite a few new characters who need to be introduced one by one to avoid confusing the readers, especially since this book is a fan fiction of a Western novel, and most of the characters have long and difficult-to-remember names.

Okay, that's about it. If you find it too troublesome to remember all the character names in this book and want to see the character power chart in the final volume directly, just ask me in the group for it.

I also want to thank the readers who, despite being two years old, haven't been scared away by my posts and have silently subscribed and supported me!

PS: A reader criticized the plot for being too slow. Does anyone else share this opinion? To be honest, I'm moving the plot as quickly as possible. Every chapter is well-written and without any filler. I feel that this might be a misconception caused by deviating from the original story's focus on the individual protagonist destroying the seven Horcrux and instead rewriting it as an ensemble war story. But I don't know if I'm right.

To be honest, I've already glossed over many parts, such as the magical world in Germany and France. I actually had very complete settings for those, such as currency, banks, hospitals, wand shops, pubs, etc. I even quickly skipped over Beauxbatons' storyline (for example, Beauxbatons' specialty is magical botany, replacing Hogwarts' Herbology, just like Durmstrang's Dark Arts class replaced Defense Against the Dark Arts).

In order to speed up the plot, we had to reluctantly abandon the idea of showcasing the unique features of these magical worlds in the story, just to ensure that each chapter advances the main storyline.

These materials and settings were painstakingly researched, collected, and designed by me. It took me a lot of time and effort. Although it's a pity, I didn't want to waste the money readers paid for subscriptions!