But before leaving, Kyle looked at the Death Eater on the ground and asked, "What about him? Should we take him with us?"

"Leave it to me." Hagrid took out a round mirror, walked aside and whispered something to it.

To be honest, the mirror was not that big, about the same size as the ones girls carry with them. When Hagrid held it, it was like holding a piece of freshly baked corn chips, as if he might crush it at any time.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

After a while, two small black dots fell from the sky and appeared in front of them almost in the blink of an eye.

Sirius and Lupin staggered to the ground.

"Hello, Mr. Scamander, Ms. Maxime." Lupin threw a stone in his hand to the side. They had just come in through this portkey, but it was useless now.

"Oh, and Kyle, Hagrid, long time no see."

"Long time no see, Remus," said Hagrid. "I was just worried that the mirror wasn't working."

"I have been guarding the two-way mirror." Lupin also took out a round mirror and said with a smile, "As long as you call my name, I will be able to hear it the first time. How is it, you are not in any danger, right?"

"Fortunately, it's all taken care of," said Hagrid.

Then he briefly recounted what had just happened...mainly because when he arrived here, the entire valley was already shrouded in thick fog, and he didn't see any more details.

While they were talking, Sirius on the other side had already discovered the Death Eater lying on the ground. He walked over, and after seeing the other person's appearance, he suddenly froze in place.

It wasn't until someone tapped his shoulder that he came to his senses.

"What's wrong?" Lupin asked.

"Ah, nothing." Sirius shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the Death Eater, "Do you know who he is?"

"Lestrange?" Lupin looked over and said in surprise.

Although he had just learned the news from Hagrid, he had a different feeling after seeing it with his own eyes.

Because the other party is an old acquaintance of theirs and they had dealt with each other a lot more than ten years ago.

"Yes, Lestrange." Sirius shook his head. "Remember when he was in school? He was so high-spirited."

"Of course I remember. He was a prominent figure in Slytherin, a prefect and the head boy of the student union," Lupin said. "It's a pity that he later joined the You-Know-Who."

"Why, do you know him?" Kyle said curiously, "Normally you wouldn't be so sentimental over a dead Death Eater."

"Sentimental? How is that possible!" Sirius shook his head. "It's just that we had a lot of interactions when we were in school, and he is the husband of my cousin Bellatrix, so he is a relative."

"Oh, sorry." Hagrid said subconsciously: "I didn't mean to..."

"What nonsense are you talking about, Hagrid." Sirius glanced at him, "He's a Death Eater, why are you apologizing? Even if I were here, I would definitely kill him.

"And speaking of relatives, our pure-blood families are more or less related. I'm not familiar with him."

"Aren't you still cellmates?" Kyle muttered quietly beside him.

Sirius was stunned for a moment, then turned around and glared at Kyle unhappily.

"Well, you're right," he muttered. "Lestrange was next door to me at the time, and he said he was going to kill me, but a month later he couldn't say anything... the idiot."

As he spoke, Lupin had lifted Lestrange up into his arms.

"We have to go, Alastor and the others are waiting." He said pulling out another stone from his pocket.

"So soon?"

"Don't forget, the Portkey has a time limit..." Lupin said, "We can't help much here."

"Well then." Sirius placed his hands on the stone, "Do you want to go back together? We can go together."

“No,” Newt said, “We have other things to do, so we can’t go back for now.”

"We'll contact you anytime if anything happens." Lupin waved his hand.

After saying that, the two disappeared again.

Then, Kyle and his group prepared to visit the giant tribe.

According to Newt, they have to make sure that the giant is really okay.

"But is this really possible?"

The group walked in the direction the giant left. Kyle asked with some concern, "We just stopped the giant from joining You-Know-Who, and one of the Death Eaters who came here was killed and another was injured. What if You-Know-Who gets angry and comes here in person? We are no match for him with so few people."

"Don't worry, the mysterious man won't come." Newt shook his head and said:

“Before we set off, Dumbledore said that the You-Know-Who despised all magical creatures and would not sincerely treat the Death Eaters who followed him. He would only use them as tools.

"He will be angry for sure, but it's only because the order he gave was not completed. He will not change his original plan and come to avenge them personally."

"And even if he comes, we have ways to deal with it." Newt vowed.

Seeing this, Kyle didn't say anything else. He just walked forward along the huge footprints on the ground with the other three people.

The location of the giant tribe was farther away than he thought, and the footprints extended forward with no end in sight.

After walking for about a whole day, they finally came to a more secluded valley, which should be in the middle of the mountain range.

And for some unknown reason, the chirping of insects and birds that had never stopped along the way had disappeared without anyone noticing, as if something terrible was making them unwilling to approach this place.

Led by Newt, the group came to a hillside and looked down from a distance.

Below is a valley, surrounded by huge caves dug by humans.

The giants they had seen before were now gathered in front of the cave and fighting each other.

"This is the election of the new Gugo." Newt said: "The giants will choose the most powerful one to be their leader. The simplest way is this kind of melee."

"It's almost the same as a fire dragon." Kyle said in a low voice.

Had they seen something similar before when they were in the Romanian Fire Dragon Sanctuary? "It's almost the same." Newt nodded, "Maybe most magical animals will choose the most suitable leader in this way, and giants and fire dragons are no exception."

Even as they were talking, the valley was gradually dyed red with blood.

That was the blood of the giant, which flowed out like a fountain and dyed every stone red.

"I don't know how many of them will be left after the new Gugo is selected this time." There was something strange in Maxim's voice.

"Don't worry..." Newt shook his head. "Although the giants would kill the previous Gugo to confirm the identity of their new leader, the current situation is different. In order not to lose too much combat power, they will not kill their opponents... Oh, look."

Newt pointed down to the valley below.

Following the direction of his finger, Kyle saw a relatively thinner giant being knocked to the ground by a punch, but his opponent did not take the opportunity to kill him, but immediately found a new opponent for himself.

At the same time, the fallen giant did not continue to participate in the battle after getting up, but moved to the side on his own accord.

There were also some giants who were shorter or thinner and were not qualified to participate in the battle at all.

"See?" Newt continued, "In a situation like this, falling to the ground means failure, and the last giant standing will become the new Gugo until the next challenger appears."

Kyle looked at it for a moment longer.

Sure enough, every giant who fell to the ground would consciously withdraw from the battlefield.

…

After quickly eliminating several of the weakest competitors, the remaining giants entered into a tug-of-war.

Kyle and his men have been on the mountain for a whole week, and the battle is not over yet.

Kyle, who was very excited at the beginning, was a little bored at this time.

The battles between the giants only have a few tactics. You punch me and I kick you back. The thrill of the punches is really interesting the first time you watch it, but it gets a bit boring after watching it for seven days in a row.

But the good news is that they did not see Voldemort or the Death Eaters during this time.

Just as Newt said, Voldemort didn't seem to have any intention of coming to avenge Lestrange... No, to be precise, he didn't seem to have any intention of causing trouble for them.

"The Death Eaters attacked St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries..."

That morning, when Kyle walked out of the tent, he happened to see Hagrid talking to Lupin through a two-way mirror.

Because owls would expose their positions, they had been using this method to understand the situation outside during this period of time.

"The Death Eaters attacked St. Mungo's?" Hearing Lupin say this, Hagrid couldn't help but shout, "How dare they!"

"In fact, they did," said Lupin. "The good news is that they attacked with a purpose, and most people were not attacked by it..."

At this time, Kyle also walked over and looked into the two-way mirror.

"Oh, Kyle," Lupin greeted. "How are you doing there? I hope you're not in any danger."

"Of course not." Kyle said. "By the way, the Death Eaters attacked St. Mungo's, could it be because of the Longbottoms..."

"No, it's not..."

There was something strange in Lupin's voice, as if he wanted to laugh but held it back.

"It's for Umbridge," he said.

"What?" Hagrid scratched his ear. "Who are you talking about?"

"Dolores Umbridge," Lupin repeated. "The Death Eaters raided her ward and tortured her once more in front of everyone."

"ah?"

Hagrid's expression became even more confused. "But why? That Umbridge isn't a member of the Order of the Phoenix."

"But she is from the Ministry of Magic and is also a well-known person against the Dark Arts. Especially some time ago, her name often appeared in newspapers."

The Death Eaters also said…” Lupin paused suddenly, as if trying to calm himself down, and after a moment he pretended to be calm and continued:

"The Death Eaters also said that this is the result of going against the Dark Lord. They wanted Umbridge to say in front of everyone that the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix are rubbish and can never defeat the Dark Lord."

"Did Umbridge say that?" asked Hagrid anxiously.

"...No." Lupin's expression became even stranger.

"That's good." Hagrid breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems that I misjudged her before. I didn't expect her to be so stubborn... If she said that in front of everyone, we would be completely humiliated."

"Hagrid..." Kyle patted his arm and said, "What methods do you think Death Eaters usually use when they want to torture people?"

"It's the Cruciatus Curse, of course." Hagrid said without hesitation. He waved his arm fiercely. "Those bastards, they have tortured members of the Order of the Phoenix in this way before."

"That's the crux of the matter," Kyle said. "Do you think a person under the Cruciatus Curse can say anything?"

"Ah? Can't?" Hagrid was stunned for a moment, a little confused. "I've been hit by the Cruciatus Curse before. Although the feeling was painful, it was just like that. It's not to the extent that I can't speak..."

"Don't forget that you are a half-giant." Kyle rubbed his forehead and said, "The blood of the giant gives you an extraordinary resistance to spells, but ordinary wizards don't have this advantage."

"Oh." Hagrid nodded, not quite understanding.

But Kyle didn't explain too much. He looked at Lupin in the two-way mirror, ready to ask for more details.

But at this moment, Newt's voice came from not far away.

"The winner is finally about to be decided."

After hearing his words, Kyle didn't bother to talk to Lupin and ran over quickly.

The valley had completely turned into a dark red color at this time. Even from such a distance, Kyle could smell the blood in the air.

There were only two giants left in the valley, standing there staggeringly. When Kyle passed by, they raised their fists at the same time and hit each other hard in the face.

There is no skill involved, just a pure collision of power.

After a moment, the giant on the left shook and his huge body fell to the ground with a bang.

"Bang!"

The giant on the right raised his head and let out a deafening roar.

At the same time, the giants in the cave came out one after another and knelt before him to show their submission.

"It looks like he is Shin Gogo." Newt said. "Wait for me."

After saying that, he disappeared from the spot and appeared not far from the giant.

The giants who were kneeling on the ground immediately stood up vigilantly.

Because the distance was too far, Kyle couldn't hear what they said. He only saw Newtpin stretching his arms, lowering his head, and walking slowly forward with strange steps, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right.

The giants gradually relaxed their vigilance and simply surrounded their new Gugo in the middle.

"Should we go help?" Hagrid asked nervously, "The distance is too close. If they rush over, Mr. Scamander will be in danger."

"Ah, don't worry." Kyle looked at it for a while and waved his hand.

He knew this was Newt's unique way of getting along with magical creatures.

If he wasn't absolutely sure, he wouldn't go to meet the giant alone.

Moreover, the roars of the giants no longer had the aggressiveness and threats they had at the beginning. It was obvious that Newt had succeeded.

This way, the rest of the things would be much easier, as Newt had plenty of experience.

They can't help much now and can only intensify the conflict.

“It’s amazing…”

Maxim on the side exclaimed: "Although I have long known that Mr. Scamander has extraordinary abilities in magical animals, it is still shocking to see it with my own eyes.

"The giant tribe that had just elected Gugo was at its most nervous and irritable, but he was able to gain their trust so easily."

She thought of the time she and Hagrid had been here before.

They have the blood of giants, but even so, they had to lower their posture, give gifts, and it took a long time before they finally got the chance to meet Gugo.

As a result, Newt can now do it in minutes, and the difficulty is much higher than it was back then.

Either they are professionals, or the gap is too big, it's like an invisible chasm, even the innate advantages can't be caught up.

After stopping Hagrid, Kyle was about to continue asking Lupin about the situation in the wizarding world, but the other party seemed to have something else to do and disappeared from the two-way mirror.

(End of this chapter)