Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 497 Heading to the Giant Tribe! Insect Hive and Exchange Request!

With Dudley's arrangements laid out perfectly, Hagrid had no more worries and was instead filled with fighting spirit.

Having lived alone for decades, he longed for a complete family.

More importantly, he didn't want his devoted father to go there heartbroken and return heartbroken.

On this trip, both official and personal matters must be handled, and they must be handled impeccably.

Only in this way can he live up to Dumbledore and Dudley's expectations, and live up to his title as Professor of the Magical Creatures Protection Class at Hogwarts.

Two days later.

Hagrid successfully persuaded his father to go with him to the giants' tribe.

Dudley also crafted a weapon for Hagrid that was the perfect size for him and that could be used for both physical and magical attacks.

It was a large bat shaped like a baseball bat, which could not only be used as a magic wand, but also be swung and hit solidly, and was extremely hard.

No matter how much larger Hagrid's size became, he could still cast spells and attack at will, completely subduing the giant tribe.

After Hagrid and his father were all ready, Dudley simply opened a large portal out of thin air and sent the two of them to the graveyard of the giants.

There, Hagrid's mother's resurrection process was nearing its end.

While Hagrid and his father were still stunned, the resurrected giantess Friedvafa had already gotten up in a daze and met the eyes of her eldest son and ex-husband.

Dudley then used his clone magic to send his third and final clone to Hagrid's side to assist him in his actions.

Dudley had already used his conceptual perception to figure out which giants in the Giant Tribe were worth pursuing. When the time came, his clone would use a marking magic visible only to Hagrid to mark them, making it immediately clear which giants were worth pursuing.

Dudley's clones will also influence the thoughts and perceptions of these giants using demonic cultivation techniques and mental magic, ensuring that after being persuaded by Hagrid's big stick, they will wholeheartedly become supporters of the White Wizard and staunch allies of Hogwarts for generations to come.

This is a natural outcome.

Hagrid's giant mother and giant brother are also within the influence of Dudley's clone.

This is a matter of principle; Dudley cannot leave any potential problems for Hogwarts.

Moreover, Hagrid didn't actually have much affection for his mother or the giants; his stance was always on the side of the human wizards, and he fully approved of Dudley's actions.

As for why, if the goal is to influence the thoughts and perceptions of the giants, there's no need to go through the trouble of screening instead of simply collecting everything, then...

That's because too much of a good thing can be bad.

Giants that have harmed humanity should not be accepted.

In addition, he always had to leave Grindelwald some assets.

In the original books, Voldemort was able to think of sending Death Eaters to recruit humanoid magical creatures with a certain level of intelligence to help him in battle, so it goes without saying that Grindelwald would do the same.

Hogwarts' current lineup is too luxurious. In order to better cooperate with the Sharpening Stone Project, Grindelwald will definitely try his best to bring humanoid magical creatures onto the chariot.

This is also a consideration from the perspective of the wizards as a whole.

Project Sharpening Stone will lead to a massive purge of dark wizards worldwide.

Even with the so-called blessing magic of the founder of Hogwarts, the power of white wizards will not be greatly diminished, but without dark wizards, the overall strength of wizards will inevitably decline temporarily.

If those ambitious, intelligent, and magical creatures were allowed to run rampant, it would be a scourge to wizards and even to humanity as a whole.

Given Grindelwald's wisdom and strategic vision, he would certainly have taken this potential threat into account, even without knowing how outrageous Dudley's abilities were.

Rather than leaving this menace behind, it's better to drag it along with the Black Wizard into the Sharpening Stone Project and carry out a major purge.

With Dudley in control, he naturally had to cooperate with Grindelwald.

Of course, cleaning is not a complete removal.

Born in sorrow, die in happiness.

You can't think that everything is fine after sharpening a knife only once.

Over time, it will still rust.

Neither dark wizards nor ferocious, intelligent magical creatures can be extinct.

If Dudley hadn't resorted to extreme measures like his conceptual abilities, the dark wizards wouldn't have been wiped out.

After Project Sharpening Stone, everything needs to be reorganized.

……

Leaving aside Hagrid's conquest of the giant tribe, in the past two days, Dudley not only forged weapons for Hagrid, but also crafted a magical item—the Bug Hive—to control the harassing horsefly horde.

It was a high-level magical item with a honeycomb shape, possessing independent thought and intelligence, and capable of monitoring all the details of the harassing flies.

No matter how large the scale of the harassing fly colony grows in the future, no matter where the harassing flies go on this planet, they will not be able to escape the surveillance of the hive.

Guided by Dudley, the Hive's consciousness can also communicate with the Hogwarts superconsciousness, indirectly controlling the seven original Harassing Flies to precisely destroy the problematic offspring Harassing Flies.

At the same time, the insect hive is also a spatial magic item that can accommodate countless harassing flies, guaranteeing that the seven first-generation harassing flies and their offspring harassing flies that are temporarily unclaimed will have a wonderful home.

From then on, the hive was placed in the breeding room attached to Hagrid's hut, where Hogwarts students and teachers would feed and adopt the harassing flies.

This news has already been announced throughout the entire school.

With Hagrid absent, Newt will temporarily take full responsibility for the breeding and adoption of the offspring of the harassing fly.

The young wizards were very enthusiastic about adopting the harassing fly.

Those students who are particularly skilled in magical creature contracts on the heart side are very fond of the harassing fly, which is portable, stealthy, and aggressive.

Hagrid's cabin became lively.

The ages of eleven to seventeen basically cover adolescence.

Whether you're a Muggle or a wizard, the troubles of adolescence are never lacking.

These troubles, which used to be just worries for young wizards, can now be transformed into magical pets that enhance their combat abilities.

It's truly a win-win situation; the young wizards have won twice.

Especially with the school year coming to an end and exam week and graduation season just around the corner, the pressure of tests makes it easier to develop irritability, which in turn makes it easier to attract unwanted attention from fly gnats.

The first generation of harassing flies absorbs the spiritual and irritable emotions of whomever they are, and their offspring will naturally be close to that person.

This also eliminates the step of cultivating a bond with a magical creature in the Love Side Magical Creature Contract spell, making it much easier to form a contract.

And so, amidst the flourishing and thriving development of Hogwarts, the school year came to a close.

A new beginning came knocking at this time.

As news of the founder of Hogwarts bestowing blessings became known and believed by white wizards worldwide.

They also mysteriously disappeared without a trace along with the black wizards from various countries.

Driven by a yearning for the power of miracles and a need to address the mysterious disappearances of dark wizards, magic schools from various countries submitted applications to Hogwarts for exchange programs.

Similar to the Triwizard Tournament in the original story, magic schools from various countries send faculty and staff members, along with a group of outstanding students, to Hogwarts for one academic year.

The difference is that it doesn't say that inter-school competitions are mandatory.

Furthermore, it seems that Hogwarts now has more than just its sister schools Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.

Besides the Chinese secret cultivators who had long expressed their desire to exchange with Hogwarts, there were also Kodosdoritz from Russia, Iphamoni from the United States, Castelobusch from South America, Waggadu from Africa, and the Magic Institute from Japan...

All 11 magic schools registered with the International Confederation of Wizarding Arts, except for Hogwarts itself, have submitted applications.

Many smaller, lesser-known magic schools, or those not registered internationally, also sent applications.

This has caused Dumbledore quite a bit of trouble lately.