Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 581 is over, and Li Weide is going crazy!

Li Weide recently discovered something else.

That is, his ancient magical power can actually grow on its own...

This is undoubtedly very good news, but upon closer examination, it is also bad news.

The good news is that his potential has not been exhausted, and his strength is far from over!
The bad news is... that madman is just like him, so... this is definitely a huge piece of bad news.

If he grows up normally, there's no way he can catch up to the other person...

However, what gave Li Weide a slight sense of comfort was that the rate at which his strength was increasing seemed to be related to his emotions.

This makes perfect sense, after all, magic is inherently a very emotional power.

As for why this would comfort Li Weide, it's because his strength only grows faster when he does things that make him feel good.

However, when he does things that annoy or upset him, the increase in strength is not very noticeable.

In other words, if Li Weide wants to become stronger, he no longer needs to work hard; he can just do whatever makes him happy...

Li Weide was initially very pleasantly surprised by this.

But... after enjoying himself for several days, he felt something was off.

It felt like I was about to be executed...

Could this be Mother World giving herself final end-of-life care within the bounds of the rules?
It's no wonder that Li Weide had such pessimistic thoughts.

No matter who it is, if they encounter an opponent of equal strength who has been out of the loop for hundreds or thousands of years, they will feel extremely desperate.

Unless a miracle occurs...

But miracles are called miracles because the probability is low... and Li Weide doesn't consider himself a lucky person, even though he loves to laugh.

However, Li Weide's smile quickly faded.

It wasn't because Tom had returned to settle scores, but because that imposter Grim Reaper seemed to have become suspicious again...

According to Li Weide's knowledge of the clone's memories, the imposter Grim Reaper was appearing more and more frequently! This was enough to prove that her suspicions had reached a certain level!
Previously, clones could make up excuses, but now... ordinary excuses are no longer acceptable.

The reason is that Li Weide's system repair progress has been stuck at over 80% for quite some time.

However, Li Weide never really intended to go to other parallel worlds to repair the system, which didn't fit his initial persona of being eager to repair the system.

However, Li Weide couldn't directly fix the system.

On the one hand, he wanted to give the final stage of the system repair to the merit points generated by the four giants' successful establishment of the school a thousand years ago.

On the other hand, he guessed what the other Li Weide would reward him with after the system was repaired...

Actually, it's very easy to guess. Li Weide only needs to put himself in that scenario and he'll figure it out quickly.

Before he died, Li Weide was already a Li Weide who was even stronger than he was now.

They are currently at the peak of their strength.

What will he do when he encounters an invincible opponent and is powerless to stop it from happening...?

Considering the system's unique nature, Li Weide would choose to hide the power he possessed that the madman could absorb!
Since it's possible to create a system that grants power to the second version of oneself, and this power can also be absorbed, why not give it to the second version of oneself?
Even if Li Weide didn't know that his opponent was another version of himself before he died, he would still make this choice.

Inheriting the power from the previous playthrough and starting a new game is a thought that most people would have.

Therefore, Li Weide made a very bold guess: that the madman was not just missing one Li Weide to upgrade, but two!
Otherwise, the fake Grim Reaper would only urge Li Weide to become stronger, instead of frequently urging him to fix the system...

Li Weide guessed that once the system was repaired, he would directly absorb all the power of his other self, just like Tom absorbed Voldemort.

In this way, Li Weide's disguise became useless.

You can't absorb the strength of a peak Li Weide and still maintain your current carefree attitude, can you?
In theory, he would definitely reach the peak strength of this life as a result. That is to say, Li Weide, who was empowered by the power of two peak Li Weide at that time, would be fully "mature"!

At that point, that madman won't need to wait ten years at all! He'll just start a war!
Therefore, Li Weide, who has not yet made a new plan, cannot fix the system right now!

However, failing to repair the system will directly arouse suspicion...

Therefore, Li Weide could no longer laugh.

“This system is malfunctioning…” Li Weide, who could no longer laugh, now had a grim expression. “It used to be so easy to repair. All I had to do was do something in another world that would cause a huge uproar and generate a lot of merit points, and I could increase my merit points significantly. But now… when I go to other worlds to do tasks that I’ve already done before, I can’t even increase the repair progress!”

The imposter Grim Reaper didn't speak, but just looked at Li Weide suspiciously.

"But after I took you through time and space to absorb the ancient magic hotspots, you haven't been to any other parallel worlds, have you? Where did you get that conclusion?" The fake Grim Reaper's smile vanished.

I don't know if it's because that madman has pushed me too hard.

"Why wasn't it tested?" Li Weide frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction. "Before you took us through time and space, didn't Miravia and I go to other worlds to collect some undead? I even managed to get the magic stone out because of it... I dealt with so many beastly undead in those worlds, preventing them from being absorbed by the Great Hell, which greatly reduced the Great Hell's strength... Shouldn't that count as merit points?"

The imposter Grim Reaper was silent for a moment before smiling and saying, "Of course it counts. And I should get a lot of merit points."

"If that's the case, then this should be considered a major event, right? But my system repair progress just won't increase... Is it because I've done the same thing in multiple worlds that it's stopped working? Or is it that only by modifying the historical process can it be fixed?" Li Weide said helplessly.

Since Death can't access his system interface anyway, he can make up whatever he wants...

As for dealing with those evil undead, his repair progress did increase slightly, but not by much.

After all, when he made the magic stone, he was absorbing the power left over from the dead after they went to the world of the dead or the hell, not the dead themselves. Those who were meant to go to hell have already gone. He didn't make any changes to the world, so he didn't gain any merit.

As for letting Miravia absorb the spirits of the dead? That was Miravia herself who raised the Emperor's Banner, a great meritorious event she chose to do. What does it have to do with Li Weide?
Most of the merits fell on Miravia, and the time spent in each world was too short, so it's normal that Li Weide's system repair didn't make much progress.

Looking at Li Weide's now stern face, the fake Grim Reaper gradually came to believe him. "So, you have to go to other parallel worlds and do something different that can change the course of the world in order to increase the system's repair progress..." the fake Grim Reaper mused.

She could trust Li Weide because she had heard that adult say that the world had its own original historical process.

It now appears that only by modifying these major turning points in the historical process can the restoration process be achieved.

As for the reason... perhaps it's because that Li Weide wanted the current Li Weide to experience more things and undergo more trials, so that he could learn the true use of ancient magic sooner.

After all, in the eyes of the fake Grim Reaper, Li Weide didn't even know that his real opponent was himself before he died.

Because he died at the hands of a demon lord named Lucifer, without even seeing the lord's face.

However, before that great one could even arrive, Li Weide, wanting to start a new game, packaged his power and sent it into the system, throwing it back to a certain point in time.

They inadvertently ruined that person's plan!
It was precisely because of this that the great one further streamlined the extracted parallel worlds, leaving only one Li Weide in these parallel worlds...

The imposter Grim Reaper is now itching to tell Li Weide how to use ancient magic, because that way Li Weide can awaken it very quickly.

But she was forbidden to do so.

Because the previous Li Weide knew how to use ancient magical powers, he was able to transfer his power before he died...

That person did not want to repeat the same mistake!
Even if this Li Weide doesn't have a third playthrough, it still won't work!

Who knows what kind of crazy things Li Weide will do after unlocking the true ancient magic gameplay?

For example, infinite replays!

Since this Li Weide still exists, then the Li Weide from the original timeline is still there! If he plans to start a new cycle, transfer his power back, and start over, does that person really want to wait?
If this happens every time... then even without his parallel universe counterpart, Li Weide could still grow stronger by constantly inheriting the power from the previous playthrough through resetting save files!

If things continue like this, how will we be any different from that person who absorbed countless parallel universe counterparts?

The current leader is already pushing the limits by suppressing the emergence of new parallel worlds that shouldn't exist.

Therefore, this path must absolutely not be taken!

It has to be said that the person who understands Li Weide best is Li Weide himself!

After all, Li Weide actually has such thoughts now... Of course, the fake Grim Reaper is unaware of this.

Therefore, the safest approach is to let Li Weide acquire his power from the first playthrough as soon as possible, and then awaken it directly, but he just happens not to know how to use it...

In this way, Li Weide was like a tiger without claws in front of that person, unable to pull off any more tricks and could only obediently become a source of experience.

“Although I may seem to have been doing nothing all this time, I’ve actually been thinking about which historical event I can get involved in to help fix the system,” Li Weide said helplessly. “However, after thinking for a long time, I haven’t been able to find any significant historical events.”

"Didn't you study the history of magic very well?" the fake Grim Reaper said with exasperation.

“Of course! My history of magic grades have always been O!” Li Wade said proudly.

"Please get to the point!" the fake Grim Reaper said irritably.

She wanted to continue getting angry, but she didn't dare to show it, because that might give her away.

This Li Weide is, after all, a parallel universe counterpart of that person, possessing the same shrewdness as that person!

“How about… I go back to the past in a parallel world and get involved in the fairy rebellion? This time, I’ll help the fairies and seize the power of the evil wizard!” Li Weide said passionately.

The imposter Grim Reaper sighed, "Are you sure this isn't creating a sin? Where are the merit points coming from?"

Li Weide thought for a while, his neck stiff, before muttering, "Hard to say... If the wizard wasn't evil, why would those poor little goblins think of rebelling?"

The imposter Grim Reaper covered his forehead. "Shall we change the case?"

“Then… I’ll go back in time and participate in the war where wizards suppress house-elves? This time, I’ll stop the evil wizards from suppressing the kind and innocent house-elves! I’ll fire the first spell of the anti-slave war! How about turning the wizards into slaves of the house-elves? That way, my merit points will increase incredibly fast! System repair shouldn’t be a problem!” Li Weide gave another example.

"Can't you be normal for once? Helping house-elves fight back against wizards? How could you even think of that!" The fake Grim Reaper was at a loss for words. "Let's try something else..."

Li Weide frowned and said, "Well... how about this? During the witch hunts, evil Muggles caused immense harm to kind and honest wizards! How about I go back to that time, give a speech in a tavern, and unite all the wizards I can with the slogan 'For the greater good!' Then I'll fire the first Killing Curse against the evil Muggles, and finally rule the world? That should have some weight, right?"

The imposter Grim Reaper looked at Li Weide speechlessly, "Aren't you going a bit too far? Are you sure this is something that will increase your merit points? Do you want to be Grindelwald too?"

She was starting to doubt whether the Li Weide in front of her was actually that person in disguise...

Today, Li Weide has become excessively wicked.

Maybe it's because of the recent stress that my brain is undergoing some strange changes...

Therefore, the fake Grim Reaper dared not press the matter any further. If he were to force Li Weide into becoming like that great man, things would become difficult to manage.

If he were driven mad and ruined that person's plans, that would be even worse.

“Sigh…” Li Weide sighed deeply. “I’m sorry, Lord Death, I’ve been under a lot of pressure lately… I’m extremely anxious every day! You see me as someone who seems cheerful every day, but it’s all an act… I’m just… so anxious right now! You know what? I’m only fifteen years old! And I’ve started losing my hair! And I even have gray hairs! Look! It’s this one!”

The imposter Grim Reaper disdainfully pushed away the large head that was leaning in.

"Alright... Anyway, we still have plenty of time... We don't need to try to change major events every time we go to a parallel world. At most, we can go a few more times and change some minor events. That way, we won't make any progress at all."

Li Weide looked miserable. "I'm under so much pressure, Lord Death. I'm so anxious. Right now... maybe you could take another look at my leg. Maybe that will help me feel better."

The imposter Grim Reaper has now confirmed that it was his constant urging these past few days that put too much pressure on the guy, leading to some kind of mental or psychological problem.

So she ran very fast this time, worried that if she stayed any longer, that damn bastard would dare to come over and lift her robe!
Looking at the spot where the imposter Grim Reaper had left, Li Weide's face was full of regret, but his heart was very calm.

Sometimes, feigning madness can have unexpected results...

(End of this chapter)