Summary of the Battle Situation

The cruel, drawn-out April finally came to an unsatisfying close amid smoke and the stench of blood that had yet to disperse.

Over the course of a full month, the wizarding world had endured its fiercest upheaval, most widespread chaos, and densest deaths since the First Wizarding War. The undercurrents and purges across Great Britain, the sealing battle in Germany's Black Forest, and the civil war and power transition between the Mafia families on the Italian peninsula—these campaigns worthy of the history books had now all drawn to a close, leaving only scars of varying depths upon the scorched earth and ruins.

Skylar's two sharpest blades—the Seven Dragon Fangs who had marched into Italy and the Seven Dragon Attendants who had fought across Northern Europe—had now embarked on their voyage back to Britain. Foreign frost and blood still clung to their blades, but an even heavier mission awaited them at home.

If the brutal clashes of the past month were weighed on the scales, both sides could be said to have won and lost in equal measure. Overall, however, Walpurgis—the ancient underground organization spreading like a shadow—had still seized a seemingly slight yet potentially decisive advantage in several critical confrontations.

On the British battlefield, where Skylar had personally overseen the campaign, the results had been the most significant. Not only had he precisely destroyed Bagnold Manor, the old stronghold where the Death Eaters had lain hidden, he had also swept up nearly all of their remaining core members with thunderous force. The wizards stripped of their will and reduced to puppets by the Imperius Curse had regained their freedom, while the Genie summoned from the Middle East—the Death Eaters' final trump card—had likewise failed to escape and become a precious trophy in Skylar's hands.

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