Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 146 Grindelwald: Why? Why did Dumbledore suddenly become so powerful! ?
When Li Weide woke up from his sleep, the sunlight outside had already reached the foot of the bed.

It seemed that it was already very late, but no one woke him up to ask him to go to class or something.

Just as Levitra was about to sit up in bed, he saw Dumbledore.

At this time, Dumbledore was sitting between Levitra and Tom's beds, with a look of deep fatigue on his face.

But his blue eyes seemed very bright.

Tom has also woken up, and it seems that he woke up earlier than Li Weide.

But in front of Dumbledore, he was as docile as a little chicken.

"You're awake. It seems that there is nothing serious wrong with your body." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Professor... Grindelwald..."

"Unfortunately, he escaped." Dumbledore said helplessly.

"That's it..."

Li Weide looked at Anne's empty bed, then looked at Tom.

Tom shook his head at him, indicating that he didn't know either.

"Don't worry, Miss Rosier is just going for a physical examination. It's just a routine examination, there's nothing wrong with her body." Dumbledore seemed to see Levi's confusion. "You and Tom will also have to go for a re-examination later."

Li Weide breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't really care whether Annie had any health problems.

He thought Annie's identity had been exposed and she had been arrested.

It would be bad if he was caught. This spy is still of great use.

Since Grindelwald has not been caught, it would be a pity if such a large experience package like his could only be used once.

"Wade, last night...thanks so much to you. If you hadn't discovered his conspiracy and sent me the letter in time, I dare not imagine what the consequences would be..." Dumbledore said with some fear.

When he came back, although the defense mechanism of the entire Hogwarts had been fully activated, all the professors, including the headmaster, were already unconscious...

If he was still busy in MACUSA and Grindelwald successfully got what he wanted, who knows what kind of damage Hogwarts would suffer?
To Grindelwald, Hogwarts at that time was no different from being completely defenseless.

"Don't say that, Professor. It was just a fluke..." Li Weide said calmly.

"In my opinion, that's not the case. I've heard some of the details from Miss Rosier." Dumbledore said with emotion, "Before I came back, you not only knocked down Grindelwald's minions with drugs, but also held him back for a long time until I came back... This is not something that can be achieved simply by luck."

"It was really just luck... Professor, even Tom almost died." Li Weide said helplessly.

Hearing this, Tom's face turned pale again.

Li Weide was right. If he hadn't done some preparations in advance as Li Weide said... and put a few "drug bombs" in his pocket... although it was later confirmed that they were poison gas bombs, it still saved his life...

It was such a close call!

At that time, the enraged Grindelwald seemed very irritated, and the tip of the wand against his chin began to heat up!

This is enough to prove that Grindelwald's Killing Curse was already on the verge of being cast... If I had been even a second slower, I would have died!
For Tom, who cherishes his life very much, such an experience is really scary just thinking about it...

"It's my fault, Tom." Dumbledore looked at Tom apologetically, feeling a sense of joy at having regained something he had lost.

Tom felt uncomfortable being stared at and pulled the quilt up involuntarily.

"From now on, I will not leave Hogwarts so easily. Even if I have to leave, I will be fully prepared." Dumbledore said seriously.

In fact, he was always well prepared every time he went out, but he never expected that Grindelwald would be so cruel as to sneak into Hogwarts through the secret passage to commit evil!

"In any case, you have made great contributions! Although Principal Dippet said that we should distinguish between rewards and punishments, and your violation of school rules cannot be easily let off, but... when we reviewed the whole thing later, we found that if you had not violated the school rules this time, the consequences would be disastrous. Therefore, at the suggestion of Professor Slughorn, the professors collectively voted to cancel your punishment. And decided to give each of you a special contribution award at the end of the semester. Your trophy will remain in Hogwarts forever."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, Levid just smiled happily, while Tom's face was full of joy.

Tom has always been a person who likes honor, and this is the fundamental reason why he cared so much about whether his ancestors were Slytherins in the beginning.

This special contribution award can be said to be the first personal honor he has ever received!
Although, he didn't actually put in much effort...but you can still say whether he played a role or not!

Tom was delighted, but suddenly he remembered something. "Professor, that kind of power... is the kind of power that Grindelwald wants to plot against. What do the professors decide to do with it?"

In fact, he didn't really care about where these magical powers went. He just wanted to use this question to test whether those magical powers really had some side effects as Levitra said before!
In his opinion, if there are no side effects, the professors will definitely use it. If there are side effects, they will not use it or will destroy it directly.

"Well..." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with helplessness, "I remember that your night tour was also to pursue this kind of power, right?"

Hearing this, Tom lowered his head, not knowing how to answer this question.

"Yes, we spent a lot of energy to obtain this power, but we didn't expect that when we finally found this power, we encountered an accident..."

While Tom was silent, Levitra frankly admitted his desire.

In fact, since he met Dumbledore, he has never concealed his pursuit of power.

When he awakened the ancient magic, he once asked Dumbledore what he would do if he could not control his desire for power.

Dumbledore said at the time that since Levitra could ask this question, it meant that he was able to control his desires.

He also said that it is normal to have a desire for power, but the important thing is not to abuse it.

Therefore, as long as Levitra admits his thoughts frankly as he did before, Dumbledore will understand.

Sure enough, Dumbledore just nodded and didn't say anything more on the issue.

This made Tom next to him speechless.

He was very sure that if he directly admitted his desire for power, Dumbledore's reaction would definitely be extremely vigilant!
Of course, what Tom didn't know was that his image in Dumbledore's eyes had actually undergone many fundamental changes...

Especially when Dumbledore heard that Tom made the same choice as Levid when faced with Grindelwald's recruitment.

Dumbledore said: "Principal Dippet has made some analysis on that kind of power. It can indeed enhance the magical strength of wizards, but... this kind of power contains too many negative emotions. It is okay to absorb only a small amount. If a large amount is absorbed, although the wizard's strength will be greatly improved, under the influence of the huge amount of negative emotions, this person is very likely to become distorted in character... and become... no longer himself..."

"Just like...overdose of dark magic?" Tom couldn't help but ask again.

"That's not entirely wrong, but... it's much more serious than that." Dumbledore said, "Even wizards who often use dark magic don't have as much negative impact as this."

Tom couldn't help but gasp when he heard this. He didn't shy away from using black magic, because he felt he could handle the slight side effects that came with it.

But if this kind of power... seriously distorts people's nature? Makes them no longer like themselves? Forget it!
At this moment, Tom was very glad that he had completely followed Li Weide's choice!

Although the magical power that Grindelwald sent to him was not large in quantity, it definitely had some impact on his sanity!

He doesn't want his clever brain to be corrupted by any factors!
But at this time, Li Weide thought of his senior schoolmate.

The senior also absorbed a large amount of this magical power, which is the "residue".

Fortunately, she possesses the talent of ancient magic, so she can tolerate this "residue" that was originally extracted from ancient magic better than ordinary people.

Therefore, even after defeating Lanlock, absorbing a large amount of "residues" did not cause her personality and physical form to become distorted.

However, the negative effects still exist...

The pleasure produced by the huge increase brought by that kind of "residue" is really something that makes people unable to stop.

Therefore, whether it was Professor Morgana who discovered this power, or the senior students who came later, they all became "addicted".

After repeatedly pursuing this power, the senior student's body reached its limit and she had to seal herself off with the help of her best friends.

Dumbledore didn't know what the two little wizards in front of him were thinking. He continued, "Because this magical power has a huge negative effect, Headmaster Dippet finally decided to destroy it. Yes... Last night, in the presence of the professors, we destroyed that magical power."

"Is that so... Now that I think about it, we are indeed lucky. If we had not encountered any accidents and instead directly absorbed this magical power, the consequences would have been disastrous." Li Wei De said with a lucky look on his face.

But Dumbledore smiled and said, "I don't think you will. If you really absorb this power, I believe you will stop when you realize something is wrong."

"Professor, your confidence in me is too great. I am just an ordinary person."

Dumbledore said meaningfully: "Don't be modest, Wade. I know you have encountered greater temptations, haven't you?"

Levitra blinked, seeming a little confused by what Dumbledore said.

At this time, Anne also returned to her bedside.

She saw that Dumbledore was still there and forced a guilty smile on her face.

Dumbledore didn't notice anything unusual about her.

In fact, Dumbledore actually suspected Anne at the beginning, wondering if she had taken Grindelwald's order to lead Levi and others to the Chamber of Secrets.

But Dumbledore quickly rejected this idea, because it was because Levitra informed him that he came back so soon.

If she did it according to Grindelwald's orders, wouldn't Grindelwald be shooting himself in the foot?

Without Li Weide's warning, he would have succeeded! He would not have been beaten and fled in embarrassment because of his timely return, and even his most elite subordinates were almost all captured...

Dumbledore did not have a God's perspective, so he quickly denied this possibility.

"Well, the first thing I want to tell you is to announce the school's award to you. I have already told Miss Rosier about this award before you woke up. And now that you are all here, I can tell you the second thing." Dumbledore said.

"What's the matter?" Li Weide asked.

"Grindelwald suffered a crushing defeat last night. It is foreseeable that the situation will become even more turbulent after the news spreads..." Dumbledore frowned and said, "Grindelwald may still retain some rationality and hide away to lick his wounds, but many of Grindelwald's supporters may lose their minds and take some overly radical measures to retaliate... And you...if they knew that Grindelwald's failure was caused by you, you would become the target of public criticism."

"Do you want to hide what we have done from the outside world?" Li Weide reacted.

"Yes... Although the world will temporarily not know your contribution in this incident, your safety can be guaranteed. Of course, I still have to tell you honestly that if the world knew about your contribution, you would instantly gain huge fame and fortune... I believe you have understood the pros and cons of this, so what choice will you make?" Dumbledore asked.

"Then just hide it. Safety first." Li Weide said directly.

"My choice is the same as Wade's!" Tom was even more straightforward. He wanted to get himself out of the whole thing!

If he could do this, he would rather not even accept the Special Contribution Award...

He just came to school...

Safe! It’s damn safe!

And Anne had no objection at all.

In fact, she is still very sad about Grindelwald's failure.

"Very good... You are really good." Dumbledore said with relief, "But not many people can stay sober when facing such a great honor! Well, now that we have made the choice, let's do it... However, we will not hide everything you have done. After all, we also need some persuasiveness for that special contribution award..."

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Nurmengard.

Grindelwald sat dejectedly in a chair, looking at the snow scene outside the window.

At this time, behind him, Vita was reporting on the results of the power transfer during this period, as well as some losses caused by the lack of time to transfer, and of course, some of Dumbledore's movements.

"Sir? Are you okay?" Vita asked worriedly.

Grindelwald has been in this state for some time.

Although I haven't reached the point where I don't eat or drink, I'm still depressed all day long.

"I'm fine, Vita... I'm fine..."

Grindelwald's low voice came from the chair, but it no longer had the vigor and vitality of the past.

Obviously, this failure was a bigger blow to Grindelwald than any previous one!

"...According to what you said, Dumbledore decided to protect his students by hiding their achievements, right?"

"Yes...Sir, should we deliberately leak the news they want to hide?"

"Do not……"

"But... are they really worth it? It's because of them that you..."

"It's not because of them, Vita... it's Dumbledore..." A glimmer of light appeared in Grindelwald's eyes, but it soon went out again. "I have been searching for the Deathly Hallows all these years in order to become stronger... but he didn't do anything... Why? How could he suddenly become so powerful? What on earth did he rely on?!"

(End of this chapter)