The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

The filaments were wriggling slightly in the liquid, looking like a large group of tangled earthworms!

Tom looked at the contents of the petri dish and felt his stomach churning... It was so disgusting!

And in those "earthworm"-like balls of thread, paper figures were tightly entangled by those red filaments. As time went by, those red filaments were slowly sinking into the bodies of the paper figures!

"What...what is this?" Tom asked, trying hard to suppress his nausea.

Li Weide shook his head and said, "I just made it. I haven't had time to name it yet... But you can understand it as a creature that can parasitize the puppet."

"This creature has no consciousness. It only contracts or relaxes instinctively when stimulated. Just like a mimosa."

"So, I can make the paper figure move simply by drawing the corresponding ancient runes on it and stimulating specific parts of the creature, forcing it to react instinctively according to the instructions... just like the nervous system controls human muscles. You could say the ancient runes on the paper figure are its brain."

"But, a living thing is a living thing after all, and it still needs food... Oh, and by the way, it likes fruit very much."

As Li Weide said this, he picked up the bunch of grapes that Tom had dropped on the ground.

He picked up another paper figure whose movements had become noticeably slower and who looked a little listless.

When Li Weide picked a grape and approached the paper man, a small bunch of red tentacles extended from the paper man's mouth.

The small tentacles pierced the grapes, and the fresh grapes dried up quickly. In a short while, the small grapes completely turned into black residue.

Tom watched Li Weide's actions, and gradually understood what Li Weide had done...

"Those two combat puppets you copied last time were able to move thanks to the magic cores you collected... Now you've... directly replaced the magic cores with living creatures to make the puppets move!"

"That's right!" Li Weide snapped his fingers. "You mentioned the key point of the problem - energy! Puppets need energy to move! The magic core can certainly provide sufficient energy! But... the magic core is too expensive and difficult to make. It is very difficult to achieve mass production. In this case, why can't we use other methods to provide energy?"

"Wizards use magic and ancient runes to make puppets move like living creatures... So why not do it all in one go? Is there anything more living than a living creature itself?"

Tom sighed, "So, these paper talents of yours are so flexible... Li Weide, you are such a lunatic!"

"Thanks for the compliment, Tom." Li Weide smiled and said, "In fact, I should also thank your ancestor. Most of the technology used in this biological transformation is derived from his rather terrifying biological experiments..."

Tom raised his eyebrows. "Slytherin? Humph, he's also a lunatic..."

"Compared to him, I'm not as crazy as him. After all, compared to stuffing a whole living person into a biological petri dish, it is much more humane to stuff a Devil's Snare into a petri dish... But, is it really okay for you to criticize your ancestors like this, Tom?" Li Weide said.

"But it's the truth, Wade. If I were to do the experiment... I would at least knock the subject unconscious first." Tom said expressionlessly.

Li Weide hesitated for a moment before asking, "Is there any difference between what you do and what your ancestors did?"

"Of course there is a difference. This makes me look kind-hearted." Tom said with a compassionate look on his face.

"Ha, I knew it. Your family has always been kind!" Li Weide put it back on the ground. "It's just that your kindness isn't that obvious."

Tom ignored Li Weide's sarcastic tone and continued to bring the topic back to the organism in the petri dish. "This thing, was it a Devil's Snare before? I can't see any characteristics of Devil's Snare at all."

"Yes, I can't create living things. Theoretically, that's something only gods can do. So, I can only rely on transformation." Li Weide looked at the thing in the petri dish with satisfaction. "So far, it seems that the effect is quite good."

Tom observed the paper figures bustling about according to their instructions for a while before he said, "Though these figures are quite good, they can't compare to real puppets. Real puppets are tireless... but these figures of yours need food, and... they get tired. All living things get tired, don't they?"

Li Weide grinned and said, "You have a very good eye, Tom! You saw the biggest drawback of this biological puppet at a glance!"

"But there's nothing we can do about it... your approach is already very good, unless you can find an energy source that can provide energy endlessly." Tom said with some regret.

"I do have some ideas about this..." Li Weide said calmly.

"Do you know where to find such energy?" Tom asked in surprise.

"I just have some ideas... the details still need to be verified through experiments..."

"What energy source do you want to use to verify?" Tom asked curiously.

"There is a kind of flame... said to never go out..."

"Guplai fairy fire?!" Tom blurted out.

Li Weide gently pinched his right index finger and thumb, and a small ball of Gublei fairy fire floated on the tip of his index finger.

"It still requires some experiments... I first need to figure out why this flame can keep burning! Theoretically, energy is absolutely conserved. I need to know what the price is when it burns! If the price is not too high... then it can completely replace biological energy and become the energy core of the puppet..." A hint of excitement appeared on Li Weide's face.

"If successful, it would indeed be a major breakthrough, but... are we really that happy? It's just the improvement of puppet technology." Tom asked doubtfully.

Li Weide’s puppet technology had made significant progress before, but Li Weide at that time was not as excited as he is today.

Li Weide's excited smile grew even brighter. "Tom, spread the idea! If it succeeds, using it on combat puppets is just one of its many uses! You know, this is energy! A new energy source! If we master this technology, we may be able to create a new era!"

Tom still didn't understand, but from Li Weide's tone, it was not difficult to tell that this technology might be developed and flourished in Li Weide's hands in the near future.

……

"Are all the creatures here?"

In the forbidden forest.

Li Weide looked at the big tent in front of him and took great pains to prevent the corners of his mouth from rising so obviously.

At this time, Grindelwald's right-hand man Abernathy was standing nearby.

After hearing Li Weide's question, he spoke: "This is only a part of it. The others are scattered in other places in the Forbidden Forest. They are about half a mile away from each other. This is to avoid... the situation before."

"Very good!" Li Weide smiled and said, "Do you have a specific list?"

Abernathy took out a list that he had prepared long ago and handed it to Li Weide.

Li Weide took the list and took a look at it, and the smile on his face became more obvious.

"Let's clear out another tent. Some of the dark creatures here are not suitable for use in the students' trial missions. These dark creatures will be stored there for now."

Upon hearing this, although Abernathy was dissatisfied in his heart, he had to obey his orders.

After all, it was Grindelwald's arrangement to temporarily obey Levid's command.

Abernathy immediately found a few Witch Party members and reported the matter to them.

After finishing it, he turned around and asked Li Weide, "Is there anything else you need us to do?"

"Yes, yes." Li Weide took out a brand new list from his pocket. "Please help me buy all the materials listed above as quickly as possible."

"What's this?" Abernethy took the list and took a look. His face almost turned green. The materials were really quite expensive, such as fairy metal, mithril, etc.

"These are the materials needed to make combat puppets. Some dark creatures are not suitable as sparring partners. In order not to reduce the difficulty of the trial, I designed several combat puppets for training..." Li Weide said with a smile.

Abernathy hesitated. "I need to ask for instructions."

"Of course, after asking for instructions, just go and buy it. Don't look at me like that... I'm not spending your money. If your sir wants to carry out reforms, hasn't he applied for funding from the Ministry of Magic?" Levid looked at Abernethy suspiciously.

"Funding? Oh... Of course, of course I've applied for it." Abernethy nodded quickly.

"That's good... otherwise I would have doubted your professionalism. Oh, and please help me move some tables and chairs."

Li Weide took out another stack of information and compared it with the list Abernathy brought over.

After Abernathy asked someone to meet Levid's demands, he turned around and quickly left the Forbidden Forest.

Soon, several members of the Wu Cui Party nearby brought chairs and tables to Li Weide.

Li Weide sat down and continued to read for a while before taking out a blank piece of parchment and starting to write and draw.

More than ten minutes later, Li Weide waved and called over a few members of the Wu Cui Party.

"Follow this diagram and temporarily store the magical beasts and dark creatures on the list. I'll put them in after I finish building the level tent."

The Wu Cui Party worked very efficiently. After hearing the order, someone immediately took the parchment and started working.

Li Weide stretched and looked in the direction of the castle. Abernathy would probably not be back in a short time.

So, without further delay, he turned and walked towards the newly set up tent.

He could just extract some experimental materials from those eliminated dark creatures...

……

In the empty underground stone chamber.

A group of dark wizards with numb expressions and lifeless eyes were standing in a crooked line in an open space.

Next to them, a group of goblins with the same numb expressions were constantly busy.

The senior schoolmate's figure slowly appeared in the void like a projection, looking indifferently at the group of people in front of her.

She raised her white hand and waved slightly, and a fairy walked out from the side.

The goblin was holding a tray with a row of alchemical tools that looked like watches on it.

"Each of you take a watch and leave the UK... Your mission is to record all places outside the UK that can trigger a reaction from your watch. Come back and report once a month. Do you understand?"

"Yes." The wizards' numb voices rang out, and the goblin had just distributed all the watches.

The senior student said to the goblin, "If Nagini sends people here again, you will give them the same instructions as this time."

The goblin nodded, then turned around and got busy again.

And those wizards who took the watches disappeared here by Apparition.

The senior student looked at the stone chamber in front of her which had become empty again, and her cold voice echoed in the stone chamber.

"Ved, I just hope you understand... I must be free as soon as possible..."

Chapter 292 If I just turn around and leave, it probably won’t be embarrassing!

Grindelwald was in a very bad mood, and had been in a bad mood for a long time.

Not long after those two bandits came to my house and presented me with a bunch of rogue treaties.

That little bastard Li Weide came over again and took away a large sum of money from him!

And this time when Li Weide wanted money, he didn't even come in person... He used his own people!

Although the money that was taken away was from the Ministry of Magic's budget and he didn't have to pay for it, Grindelwald still felt very unhappy!

Moreover, Li Weide was in charge of the level design, and a full month had passed. Not only was there no news at all, but he also didn't allow others to enter and see the levels he designed!

This resulted in Grindelwald having no idea how far his work had progressed!

However... seeing that Li Weide is still alive and kicking, and has not been killed by the magic contract, it proves that this kid doesn't seem to dare to do anything wrong.

Grindelwald dropped the documents in his hand and strode out of the office.

He couldn't wait any longer. He had to see clearly today how far Li Weide had progressed with his work!

Along the way, Grindelwald had a gloomy face and a terrifying aura surrounded him...

When the little wizards in the castle saw him, they were so frightened by his terrifying aura that they turned around and ran away.

In this way, Grindelwald walked out of the castle gate, crossed the Black Lake, and entered the Forbidden Forest.

The tent where Li Weide worked was at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, which was rebuilt for him by the Witch Party.

Li Weide only comes here to work during his spare time.

Because he no longer has to worry about homework, Li Weide has much more free time than other students.

After the tent was completed, Levid set up a lot of protective magic around it and prohibited anyone from entering.

For more than a month, no one knew what he was busy with in there.

Grindelwald was walking along the forest path and saw from afar a very abrupt clearing in the forest in front of him.

"Tsk... you even made your tent invisible! Why don't you camouflage the flat ground as well? Are you afraid you won't be able to find your tent?"

Grindelwald vented his anger in a sarcastic tone, then stretched out his hand and gently waved it in front of him.

The next second, the hiding magic was broken and a green tent appeared in front of him.

Outside the tent, there was a straight wooden pole standing upright, with a strange large Chinese lantern hanging on the pole.

The lantern is red, and there is a big eye on it that takes up almost one-third of the front of the lantern.

His big eyes rolled around, scanning everything around him.

As Grindelwald approached, the big eyes on the lantern immediately stared at Grindelwald!

The next second, a crack appeared under the big eyes, and the crack suddenly opened, making an extremely loud sound!

"There's a thief! There's a thief! Come and catch the thief!"

Grindelwald's face turned black. Who the hell is a thief? I hired someone to build your tent! I applied for the funds for you! I'm a thief?

At this time, figures flashed in the surrounding dense forest, and several members of the Wu Cui Party ran out.

However, when they saw Grindelwald with a gloomy face, they dared not say a word and disappeared into the dense forest at twice the speed as when they came.

After seeing the witch party members run away, the lantern also silently shut its mouth.