Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 171: Being able to observe the future but not to fail

"Grindelwald, is this what you want me to see?" Voldemort said expressionlessly as he stroked the diary that looked a little worn but had a weird feeling.

With a new powerful collaborator, many things became much easier for him to do. Now Voldemort no longer needs to frequently change the skin he possesses, but has a more stable temporary body.

But this collaborator also caused Voldemort a headache.

If you believe what he says, it is easy to fall into his trap.

If you don't believe him, maybe that's a trap too.

Dependence and vigilance will become tools for the prophet to manipulate the future of others.

Voldemort also knew that there were loopholes in the contract between him and him, but there was nothing he could do. He had to choose the lesser of two evils.

"I guess so." In the office of a director in the Ministry of Magic, Grindelwald did not look at Voldemort who was asking him questions. Instead, he looked at himself in the mirror and stroked his sideburns.

"What's the point of letting me watch the means I set up being easily broken by that little prophet? Are you trying to pass my information to Dumbledore and others?" Voldemort asked.

In response to the Dark Lord's questioning, Grindelwald simply chuckled: "Letting you confirm the approximate strength of your opponent will prevent you from doing something that would cause you to lose your cool, right?"

“Don’t think you’re the only one making progress.”

"Dumbledore, Roger, and even the Boy-Who-Lived... many wizards are advancing at a very high speed."

"Just as ancient magic is being iterated by modern magic, a new era of magic is emerging. Think about the methods Roger used when he was in the Ministry of Magic."

“…What exactly do you want to say?” Voldemort had no interest in beating around the bush with the prophet, so he asked directly.

"Time Gu is indeed a very powerful method, but if you rely solely on it, the gap between you and Roger and the others will only get bigger and bigger."

"If you don't want to give up your ideals, then it's time for you to embark on a new path."

As he spoke, Grindelwald's gaze became deep.

Looking into the future, he made eye contact with Roger who was standing beside Hagrid.

Although there has been no face-to-face communication, he and Roger do have some tacit understanding between prophets.

But apart from the tacit understanding, Grindelwald did have some thoughts of his own.

Anyone who can see the future always likes to leave some room for themselves.

The same goes for Grindelwald, especially after a defeat.

He couldn't lock Roger's future, but Grindelwald had seen many possibilities for Roger's future.

death!

Among the endless possibilities, he had witnessed Roger's various "deaths". There were hundreds of different ways of death that he had seen.

Grindelwald wasn't always paying attention to the future, so what he saw was just a drop in the ocean compared to 'reality'.

The fate of a normal person could never be like this.

The reason why Roger's fate is so special is that he constantly uses his prophetic power to approach death and use the power of death to create miracles.

But there is an old saying in the East: If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

Grindelwald recognized Roger's talent, but he did not think that Roger's magical path would be smooth.

Roger is so obsessed with that nearly impossible goal that his methods become extremely radical and will become more and more radical.

In Grindelwald's opinion, Roger will fall sooner or later. The difference is just a few years, or hundreds or thousands of years later.

If something went wrong with Roger, it would have terrible consequences.

Although Grindelwald's ideals seem incomprehensible to many people and have brought many disasters, what he wants is essentially a 'new order', not destruction!
In order to avoid the worst consequences, Grindelwald wanted to prepare a 'fuse'. "A new road? You should know..."

Grindelwald interrupted Voldemort before he could finish his words.

"I understand your idea."

Everyone's magical ability and energy have limits.

Voldemort had given his all for his time magic.

The fact that he was unable to defeat Dumbledore head-on in the past also shows the limits of his magical abilities.

The so-called new path sounds good, but Voldemort simply does not have the ability to put it into practice.

"That's why I brought you here." Grindelwald looked at the door.

Click.

The office door opened and a paper airplane flew in.

Within the Ministry of Magic, this kind of paper airplane is generally used to convey internal information.

Muggle phones are more convenient, but there are too many magic-related things inside the Ministry of Magic, and sometimes fluctuations in power can cause signal interference, so this kind of magical means is still used for communication.

"Take a look." Grindelwald handed the paper plane to Voldemort.

Voldemort unfolded it and glanced at it.

"Isn't this just the follow-up to the previous incident?" Voldemort did not find anything noteworthy in it.

The content on the paper was very simple. It was a document issued by Roger's Virtual Reality Technology Management Office, which announced that it would launch new pilot operations of virtual reality in various parts of the British wizarding world, and hoped that all departments involved would cooperate.

To put it simply, the internal beta test is almost complete and it’s time to start the public beta test.

"Yes, but not completely."

Seeing Voldemort's unfriendly look, Grindelwald didn't continue to beat around the bush.

Although he did not think this was a roundabout way, many things have two sides, especially from the perspective of a prophet.

"The new road I'm talking about is in the virtual world that Roger is going to release."

"In Roger's public beta virtual world, there is a very interesting thing called 'Mana Element'. The essence of that thing is a special creature."

“They can act according to people’s will, but they themselves have no will of their own.”

"As magical creatures, they have magical powers, and this power is not single. They can do many things."

“…So what?” Voldemort felt a little confused.

This sounded like a degraded version of magic and didn't seem to make sense to me.

“Roger wants to create it in the real world and spread it around the world.”

“You can definitely take a ride in this process.”

"The power of time travel is so strong, it would be a shame to use it only to make Horcruxes fight each other." Grindelwald said meaningfully.

"Why don't you try to create a more powerful Horcrux!"

Grindelwald then began to explain how to use Roger's virtual reality and mana elements to accomplish this.

(End of this chapter)