Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 153 The Eight-Eyed Giant Spider's Restraint and Feigned Obedience!

"Professors! I've spoken with Aragog, and we can begin construction! He'll direct the spiders to work with us!"

Hagrid emerged from the cave, shouting and laughing.

The raw meat clinging to his body was gone, and behind him, a gigantic spider, comparable in size to a nearly adult elephant, slowly crawled out.

Eight completely black eyes of varying sizes, with strange and unreadable expressions, looked down at the powerful wizards standing at the pinnacle of the magical world.

"squeak--"

The aged Aragog struggled to move its chelicerae and mandibles, letting out a piercing chirp at the entrance of the burrow.

Upon hearing the chirping of the insect, about half of the smaller giant spiders on the giant vines on both sides silently lowered their forelegs in a gesture of respect and submission.

However, the other half, an eight-eyed giant spider larger than a cartwheel and younger and stronger, was not very impressed with Aragog's demonstration. It only reluctantly lowered its spider head slightly when Aragog turned its eight eyes to look at them.

Aragog struggled to subdue his people, and then, guided by Hagrid, spoke in a hoarse, aged male voice to Dumbledore and his companions:

"Hagrid's friends, powerful wizards, welcome to my territory."

For Hagrid's sake, I am willing to command my people to cooperate with you in transforming my territory.

And in the subsequent training of the young wizards, I will have my race bring them trials to a limited extent, in order to cooperate with your training.

I only ask that you allow my people to continue to thrive and multiply in the Forbidden Forest.

Dumbledore gave Aragog, who was enormous but clearly wouldn't live more than a few years, a deep look, nodded slightly, and replied seriously:

"As long as you and your tribe know your limits and stop at the last moment without harming any wizards, you can continue to live here."

You can even sign a magical contract with Hogwarts, just like the unicorns and centaurs of the Forbidden Forest, and become part of the guardians of Hogwarts.

Aragog was quite tempted when he heard that Dumbledore wanted to make magical contracts with them, but he quickly calmed down.

If they really sign the contract, their entire octagonal spider clan will never be able to eat human flesh again, generation after generation.

"We'll talk about signing the contract later. Right now, I only trust Hagrid; I can't trust you all yet!"

Aragog devised a plausible excuse.

Professor McGonagall was somewhat annoyed in the group.

Her thought was that they hadn't even said they didn't trust a group of giant spiders that liked to eat human flesh!

As a result, the leader of the giant spiders spoke first, saying that he did not trust them.

Dumbledore stopped Professor McGonagall, who was about to argue with Aragog. He had already figured out that Aragog and the group of eight-eyed spiders had no intention of suppressing their nature and coexisting peacefully with the wizards.

The reason they agreed to let them modify the giant spider's nest was entirely because of the flesh on the young wizards' bodies.

Of course, Hagrid's reputation also played a role.

"Let's get started on the renovations!"

Dumbledore gave the order, "Dudley, you help Hagrid move all the materials he prepared over. The other professors, take the lead in adjusting the existing giant trees and vines in the spider's nest to construct the prototype of the training labyrinth!"

Everyone readily agreed and began to take action.

And those terrifying giant spiders actually didn't attack them, allowing the professors to use their magic to transform them, and even cooperated by giving up their positions.

Dudley followed Hagrid out of the depression and around to a more open area outside the depression, which was filled with giant trees and large rocks.

Hagrid was full of energy. He stretched out his two strong arms and was about to pick up the two giant logs and tuck them under his armpits.

Dali quickly called out to him.

"Hagrid, what did you tell that giant spider in Aragog? You didn't tell it that once the training labyrinth is built, a steady stream of upperclassman wizards will come to train, did you?"

"Yes! That's exactly what you told me back then, wasn't it? I didn't say anything unnecessary, whether I was telling Dumbledore last week or Aragog, that's exactly what I said!"

Hagrid answered a little nervously, afraid that he might have said something he shouldn't have.

"It's alright, you're right, you did the right thing!"

Dudley offered Hagrid a word of comfort.

Hagrid was not wrong about this.

Previously, without Dudley needing to explain himself, Dumbledore could instantly understand Dudley's true intentions from Hagrid's words, which was entirely within Dudley's expectations.

But Dudley underestimated the self-control of the eight-eyed giant spider clan.

He had assumed that since they were surrounded by the giant eight-eyed spiders, the spiders would be unable to suppress their cannibalistic nature and recklessly swarm them.

Then, taking advantage of the chaos, we can inflict even more damage on Eckeris.

Unexpectedly, Aragog managed to stabilize the situation.

Dudley's analysis suggests that Aragog must have preemptively demonstrated the Hogwarts professors' fighting prowess by dealing with those rebellious offspring who refused to submit to its authority.

They appeased the rebellious offspring by promising that an easy-to-deal-with young wizard would come and deliver human flesh to them, thus barely managing to control the tribe.

It seems that if I want to further injure Eckeris today, I'll have to find a suitable opportunity to cause some unexpected damage.

Dudley silently made plans in his mind, while calling on Hagrid to become a material transporter.

He and Hagrid first used the Levitation Charm together, causing a large number of giant trees and rocks to float slightly off the ground.

Then, they used a power-enhancing spell together to increase their strength, and a transformation spell to turn the weeds into sturdy ropes, binding together a large number of giant trees and stones, lifting them on their shoulders, and heading towards the giant spider's nest.

When Hagrid attended Dumbledore's Little Class with the Dursleys, he learned the Stabilizing Charm and the Power Charm from Dudley and Harry.

With the addition of other spells taught by Dumbledore, Hagrid's power was several times greater than before.

With his magical cultivation, magic resistance, and strength, he is now a solid professor-level fighter, not to be underestimated.

Because of the short distance, it only took Dudley and Hagrid a few minutes to control the mountain-like trees and boulders and return to the depression where the giant spider's nest was located.

A group of giant spiders and professors watched this scene in disbelief.

Especially when they saw Dali radiating a dazzling red light, carrying a huge pile of bound logs and stones on his shoulders like an ant carrying an elephant, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The fragile wizard finds it hard to imagine that this is something a normal person could do.

"boom--"

As Dali and Hagrid unloaded their cargo, the massive logs and boulders landed, causing the low-lying area to tremble slightly. If it weren't for the high humidity in the area, it would probably have stirred up a cloud of dust.

The professors' astonishment didn't last long; it was the effect of the spell, still within their comprehension.

Urged on by Dumbledore, they quickly threw themselves into the reformation work.

The eight-eyed giant spiders were terrified and became even more docile.

Only then did they truly grasp the meaning of the top wizards that their immortal ancestor had mentioned.

Even if they craved human flesh, they wouldn't dare lay a hand on these wizards... at least not on Hagrid and that monster boy in human skin.