Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 158: Unveiling the Operation and Unexpected Turn of Events in the Closing Remarks!

Although Eckeris used a cleansing spell to remove the blue spider blood from her body and also get rid of the odor,

However, she did not heal the wound on her left leg inflicted by a juvenile giant spider.

Even though the wound was small, Eckeris did not bleed profusely.

However, the presence of the wound will inevitably cause the continuous spread of the smell of human blood and the residual venom of the juvenile giant spider.

Other giant eight-eyed spiders must be quite sensitive to this smell.

However, Ecclesia, who was under the illusion spell, could not keep casting cleansing spells on herself to eliminate the scent.

She hadn't even considered that aspect.

Even Dali didn't think of it immediately.

This explains why the eight-eyed giant spiders were able to sense the location of the invisible Ecris.

Once Dudley understood this, he immediately remotely controlled two eight-eyed giant spiders afflicted by the Imperius Curse to quickly run to the nearest safe house, preparing to ambush Ecclesia.

Unexpectedly, a clever little eight-eyed giant spider had already spun a thick web and was perched on it.

This doesn't fit the new home location that the professors assign to any adult giant spider.

Clearly, some of the eight-eyed giant spiders, eager to devour human flesh, couldn't even wait for the maze to be fully completed. They spun their webs near the safe house, waiting for the little wizard to deliver their food.

Dudley immediately manipulated the two eight-eyed giant spiders to drive the greedy web-spinning spider off and together they chased it aside.

Afterwards, he controlled an eight-eyed giant spider, pierced the upper part of the spider web, crawled inside, and lay down on the ground behind the web to silently gather strength, preparing to launch a sneak attack.

The other controlled eight-eyed giant spider spun silk and wove to repair the damaged upper part of the web.

This is why, when Ecclesia arrived, she found the spiderweb sparse at the top and dense at the bottom, resembling an unfinished, half-finished product.

Originally, Daly thought that Eckeris would destroy all the spider webs after eliminating the eight-eyed giant spider blocking her way, and then proceed.

He planned to control the eight-eyed giant spider behind the web and launch a surprise attack after the web collapsed, pouncing on Eckeris's face. Caught off guard, he would most likely injure Eckeris.

Even if it doesn't hurt Ecris, it can still knock her back and make her panic, thus affecting the effect of the protective spells Ecris cast earlier, buying time for the other eight-eyed giant spiders to launch another pincer attack.

There will definitely be more eight-eyed giant spiders gathered then, and if they swarm together, they will surely be able to hurt Ecclesia.

If even this can't hurt him, Dudley will have to think of other ways.

But things went very smoothly.

After killing an eight-eyed giant spider, Eckeris relaxed her guard.

They simply made a large hole in the middle of the spider web, without even checking what was inside, and dared to step inside.

Dudley, naturally, wouldn't miss such a golden opportunity. He manipulated the giant eight-eyed spider hiding inside and bit off most of Eckeris's left calf, thus achieving his goal.

Now that his goal had been achieved, he was going to rescue the unfortunate female professor.

We can't let Ecclesia really die, otherwise Voldemort's main soul will escape and find a new host, breaking free from Dudley and Dumbledore's control.

Dudley retrieved the 'water in a bottle' monitor from his hand, cast a powerful armor spell on himself, and became invisible again. He brandished the Smetine Staff, pushed aside the endless swarms of eight-eyed giant spiders, and headed towards the maze corridor where Ecris and the safe house were located.

Eckeris's news must have already spread among the eight-eyed giant spiders in the labyrinth. Even though the spider silk walls are blocking the way and the scent is faint and hard to distinguish, it does not affect the eight-eyed giant spiders gathering here.

The current situation is that giant spiders are surrounding giant spiders; they are everywhere you look: above, below, in front, behind, and to the sides.

Dudley, shielded and concealed, relied solely on his powerful physical strength, nurtured by the Power-Enhancing Charm, to push aside the surrounding eight-eyed giant spiders and advance slowly.

Most giant spiders would treat this as a minor friction or collision between their own kind and wouldn't pay much attention to it.

Once he enters the corridor, breaks through the spiderweb walls, and drags the severely injured and poisoned Eckeris into the safe house, he can escape the maze through the passage reserved above the safe house, bringing today's operation to a perfect close.

But reality doesn't always unfold exactly as Dudley envisioned.

"Take the God's Protection!"

A somber male voice rang out, and a silver-white doe guardian spirit, gleaming with white light, traversed the labyrinthine corridors with light and agile steps, driving away and intimidating the eight-eyed giant spiders.

It's Snape!

Dudley realized this, frowned, walked to a wall and stuck it to it, pausing his actions, and then took out the 'bottle of water' to monitor Eckeris's current situation.

"Are you going to break your promise and attack people in the school? If you don't stop and clear the way, you'll be smashed to pieces!"

Snape's somber, venomous voice echoed through the nearby labyrinthine corridors alongside the beautiful Patronus deer.

This made the giant spider swarm hesitate. Their plan hadn't reached the harvest time yet; they hadn't even had a taste of the fresh little wizard meat. If they launched an attack now, they could at most capture one man and one woman, and there wouldn't be enough meat to go around.

Moreover, they had already witnessed the strength of this expressionless professor. If they were to actually fight, they didn't know how many lives of their kind would be lost, and they might even be the ones to die.

"squeak--"

Aragog's aged neighing echoed once again among his people.

The troublemakers and rebels in the giant spider swarm have now become obedient little ones.

They were worried about how to negotiate with this powerful wizard!

This is where the immortal spider ancestor comes in handy.

"Humans!"

Aragog, his old and massive body moving slowly, made way for the other eight-eyed spiders and walked toward Snape, who was surrounded by the Patronus. He spoke in an old voice, "It wasn't us who broke the agreement; it was your people who killed my kin first!"

That woman must die! My children will devour her to atone for her sins!

"You wish! I may hate that woman, but she's still a Hogwarts professor. Her life or death is none of your business!"

Snape, wand in hand, spewed his 'venom' with its usual sharpness, 'If you don't get out of the way, I'll blow up this maze and bury you all here!'

Snape's tough response silenced Aragog and stirred up the eight-eyed spider clan.

Many of the eight-eyed giant spiders simultaneously flashed their ferocious glints in their eyes, eager to devour Snape.

But they ultimately didn't put their ideas into action.

"Squeak...squeak..."

After a moment of silence, Aragog began to communicate with its rebellious spider offspring in the language of the eight-eyed giant spider.

It still prefers to swallow its anger so that its descendants can eat human flesh in the future.

The eight-eyed giant spiders also squeaked and communicated among themselves for a while before reluctantly accepting the suggestion of their immortal ancestor.

Snape, growing impatient, had his Patronus clear a path and stormed into the corridor where Ecclesia was, casting a spell that blasted away the spiderweb wall blocking his way.

I saw Eckeris, her face extremely pale and ashen, with black lines spreading upwards from her neck. She was lying on the ground, her left leg covered in blood, retching and struggling, yet she was barely holding on and hadn't fainted.