Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 683

Hagrid had forgotten how he passed through that thin, simple wooden door, how he crossed the dense forbidden forest, and how he returned to his forest ranger's little stone hut.

His mind was now filled with Aragog's last words to him—

"Mr. Tiera has promised us a powerful future! Mr. Tiera has promised me an empire of eight-eyed giant spiders, an endless journey, and the delicious flesh and blood of countless races I have never seen or heard of before!"

Hagrid suddenly understood why he had managed to find Tyella, who had been elusive lately, and why she had suddenly agreed to his request—

Perhaps from the very beginning, Tiera had already decided to militarize and weaponize his beloved Aragog and the Eight-Eyed Spider clan.

But so what?

Could Hagrid possibly object? Could Hagrid possibly refuse?

What reason could he possibly give to refuse?

Tiera helped extend Aragok's lifespan and helped the giant spider colony establish a simple yet effective social and agricultural system, allowing them to obtain fresh flesh without hunting other animals.

Tiera's only request was that the eight-eyed spiders of Aragog be at his disposal, that they become his weapons.

But even if Hagrid wanted to refuse, did he really have the right to do so?
Hagrid had asked Aragog and his descendants not to harm anyone in the Hogwarts area, and over the years Aragog has kept his promise and has never harmed a Hogwarts student or teacher.

Hagrid was grateful for Aragog's actions, but deep down he knew how contrary his request was to Aragog's nature. So now, when Tyella proposed using Aragog and the Octopod's cruel nature as weapons, Hagrid found no reason to object. It served Tyella's interests and the Octopod's very nature.

Everything seemed so perfect—

It was perfect timing; Tiera seemed to have used every possible advantage: Aragog's old age, her own pleas, and then Tiera could conveniently take Aragog and his giant spider clan elsewhere, establish a social and agricultural system for them, and begin their militarization and weaponization.

Hagrid was still grateful to Tyella for helping to prolong Aragog's life, but this gratitude was always mixed with a strange emotion, far less pure than when Tyella had agreed to help Aragog's life.

Atchison County, Kansas, USA.

Seventeen-year-old Stella Donner washes away the fatigue of the day with a short hot shower after finishing her schoolwork.

While drying her wet hair with a towel, Stella plopped down at her computer desk, turned on the computer, entered her password, and logged into her forum account on the Dungeons & Dragons BBS.

Undead Witch - Tang

—This is Stella Donner's forum account, posting the question:
"Good evening, elves, witches, and brave warriors. I've recently encountered a strange thing. Have you ever met a yellow-skinned man dressed in an adult suit? The day before yesterday, such a man approached my parents and bought a large number of cattle and sheep. Not only healthy cattle and sheep, but also some sick cattle and sheep, as well as old sheep and cattle that were about to die. He was willing to pay money to buy them all."

(End of this chapter)