The Admiral of Hogwarts

“Because of a prophecy from a centaur.” After discovering that the giantess did not speak human languages very well, Richelieu stepped forward to take on the responsibility of translating. After a brief inquiry, the giant White Deer quickly stated the purpose of her journey.

Just as Richelieu had said, after the end of the two Wizarding Wars, the situation of giants throughout the Western world became very bad. Giants suddenly became the public enemy of the wizarding world.

Even the small tribe to which White Deer belonged, which had not participated in the war, was forced to move all the way east from their old home near the Alps, all the way to the desolate and uninhabited mountains of northern Finland.

However, as a tribe that had not participated in the Wizarding War, the ancestral giants in this tribe still possessed that lofty status and led this small tribe of only six people to survive in the wilderness.

At the same time, because they tended towards pacifism, they gradually established relatively harmonious relationships with the surrounding intelligent creatures, such as centaurs or merpeople.

The reason why this giantess braved the risks and traveled thousands of miles across multiple countries to come here was also very simple: an elder centaur familiar with them had made a prophecy about the imminent outbreak of war.

In the prophecy, this war would bring tremendous changes to the entire world, especially for giants. And to survive this war that would sweep across the entire Western world, the only way was to go to their old home to find a glimmer of hope.

“I'm just doing a simple translation. The centaur's actual prophecy is very complex. It also contains a series of content related to celestial phenomena and burning herbs. I've only extracted the meaningful parts.”

After finishing the translation, Richelieu explained. After all, centaurs are indeed relatively accurate in terms of prophecy. But relatively speaking, they are also very vague in their wording. Therefore, if it wasn't translated, Hugo basically wouldn't understand.

“These centaurs do possess some skills that human wizards do not.” After hearing Richelieu's explanation, Hugo nodded and said.

After all, the mainstream of society now believes that Voldemort is dead, and everything has calmed down. No one thought that the Dark Lord would make a comeback soon after.

After clarifying the ins and outs of the matter, Hugo asked Richelieu to inquire about the next plans of this giant named White Deer.

After all, this giant not only doesn't eat people, but also helped humans last time. Therefore, Hugo and the others naturally couldn't harm her.

What Hugo didn't expect was that as soon as Richelieu finished asking in Giantish, the giantess immediately lay down on the ground and tried to kiss the ground at Richelieu's feet.

This posture startled Richelieu, and then she quickly inquired about the reason.

As a result, she learned that White Deer had been completely impressed by Richelieu's powerful combat strength, so she hoped to recognize her as her master. Moreover, she believed that the glimmer of hope mentioned in the centaur's prophecy was Richelieu.

“Okay, I do have a good territory where I can settle you.” After quickly discussing with Hugo through the admiral network, Richelieu said. “We will ensure that you are treated fairly, but you must also abide by our rules.”

The reason why Hugo made the decision to accept the giants was also very simple. After all, his goal was to completely change the magical world. And in the process of fighting against those pure-blood families who have absolute advantages, it is natural to unite as many people as possible.

Moreover, the giants are not just eating for free after being taken in. As powerful creatures with strong strength and magic resistance, they have their own advantages in many aspects.

As for the problem of being difficult to control for ordinary people, it is basically not a problem for Hugo and the others. After all, the weight of a powerful adult male giant is only about 15 tons, and a destroyer-class ship girl can easily beat them down in a melee.

Unlike ordinary wizards who use magic to attack giants and incur the giants' anger, if you can defeat the giants in a melee, the giants will naturally submit.

Therefore, for the ship girls, as long as they master the skill of speaking with their fists and communicate with them with their fists a few more times, the giants will definitely be able to obey orders and follow commands.

White Deer certainly didn't know what Hugo and his ship girls had discussed through the admiral network. But in her opinion, becoming a subordinate of such a strong person would naturally ensure that their small tribe could survive.

Therefore, after Richelieu's words fell, White Deer once again knelt on the ground and kissed the ground at Richelieu's feet, expressing her willingness to be loyal to this strong person.

After using the ship equipment space to collect the corpses of those giants and trolls, the ship girls once again searched this giant settlement in the Alps.

As a result, besides a stone pot that was half-made, a few telephone poles used as weapons, and the scraps of clothing left after eating people, nothing was found.

“This should be the giant crime syndicate that the Ministry of Magic mentioned.” After looking at the traces left after eating people, Richelieu said with a serious face. “Although many giants were exiled after the collapse of the Second Dark Lord back then, there are always some who slipped through the net.”

“So it can be said that the wizarding world has not done enough in this regard.” Hugo said, watching White Deer use a telephone pole to dig a hole in the ground and bury these remains, “At least if they were a little more serious, these tragedies could have been avoided.”

After burying these remains and mourning for a few minutes, Hugo and the others once again embarked on their treasure hunt. The only difference from before was that this time a big guy joined their team.

The weather looks very good today, with stars all over the sky. Riding their brooms and following the mountain path upwards, they quickly approached the location of the treasure on the map.

It was a small platform near the top of the mountain, now covered with ice and snow. And when White Deer cleaned the ice and snow off the platform, they quickly found a rough stone block two meters in diameter placed on the platform.

“It should be under the stone—” After walking around the platform, Hugo pointed to the slightly abrupt stone and said.

After confirming the location, Kongxiang and Kebu stood on both sides of the stone, grabbed the stone, and lifted it with force to move the stone away. Then they saw a stone slab appearing below the stone just now.

“This treasure is hidden too carelessly.” After stepping forward and forcefully uncovering the stone, a silver box appeared at the bottom of the pit. Judging from the reaction of the parchment, the box should contain what Hugo and the others were looking for this time.

“No, this is a very clever approach.” Looking at the box being taken out, Hugo said with a serious face, “Compared to complex mechanisms and powerful traps, this kind of treasure hiding method is the most difficult to crack.”

“Just like the Horcruxes hidden by that noseless guy, the one hidden in the Room of Requirement is actually the most difficult to find. If Harry wasn't the Child of Destiny, normal people might never have thought that that thing was hidden in a pile of garbage.”

“And this treasure is also the same. If it weren't for this map, no one would be able to find this treasure location, which is basically indistinguishable from the surrounding area, among so many peaks in the Alps.”

To be honest, maybe because Voldemort himself was born a half-blood, he was passionate about those things with a strong sense of ritual. If it weren't for this reason, he only needed to throw any Horcrux into the sea, and the difficulty of finding it would be several orders of magnitude higher.

Of course, throwing it into the sea also has its problems. For example, in this way, it is difficult to ensure that the Horcrux is under control, and it may be lost inexplicably one day. And this is completely unacceptable to Voldemort, who hopes to control everything.

Just as he was thinking this, the ship girls also cleaned the silver box and finished checking it, and then Richelieu handed the opened box to Hugo.