The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Dumbledore is nodding too!

"That's true. These days, when I was training Tom, I noticed that his fighting skills had become somewhat rigid. Some bad habits are hard to break... Perhaps, only when faced with a crisis can he change..."

"Right! Professor, you still understand me! It's better to bleed a little during training than to lose your life on the battlefield!" Li Weide said, patting his thigh.

Grindelwald: ...

"Tom Riddle!"

Someone was calling Tom's name at the entrance of the level.

Apparently, it was finally his turn.

Tom took a deep breath, took out a bottle of potion and drank it all in one gulp, then raised his wand and strode in.

"The Agility Potion is a new potion developed by Professor Slughorn and I. It can make a person's reaction ability twice as fast." Levid said with a smile.

"You have such good stuff?" Grindelwald asked in surprise.

"Of course!" Li Weide smiled.

"Then...how many gold Galleons per bottle? Can you sell it to me?" Grindelwald asked.

Dumbledore noticed it and asked warily, "Grindelwald...what do you want to do?"

"This potion can become a very important strategic material! Dumbledore...you know what I want to use it for." Grindelwald said coldly.

"Who are you guarding against? We can't easily go to war with Muggles again!" Dumbledore said coldly.

Grindelwald sneered, "I'm not starting a war, I'm just taking some precautions... Why are you so nervous? Besides, with this potion, the Auror casualty rate won't be that high when they're on duty. You haven't even considered this, have you? I'm doing this for the Ministry of Magic, for the sake of the wizarding world!"

Dumbledore was speechless. For dangerous field personnel like Aurors, this potion was indeed very useful!

But...he was indeed worried about Grindelwald.

Grindelwald shook his head helplessly. "I'm asking for a potion for the wizarding world, and you're worried I'm going to cause trouble? This bastard said it was for the good of the wizarding world, for the good of his friends, and you believed him? It's really frustrating!"

"If you have any purchasing needs, you can discuss it with my teacher, Professor Slughorn. I'm not very good at these matters." Levid spoke up to break the awkward atmosphere in the air.

"Okay, I'll go talk to your teacher later..." Grindelwald nodded, "If you have anything that can be of benefit to the wizarding world, you can share it as soon as possible."

"I'm also striving for perfection. For example, this agility potion is only effective for one hour, and the increase in effectiveness is only twice. I think we can go even further." Li Weide pondered.

It was obvious that he was serious, which made Grindelwald secretly frightened.

I have to say, this kid is really capable, and... his personality... is exactly like someone of my generation!

Grindelwald also didn't understand why the old fool Dumbledore was kept in the dark by this kid!

However, on second thought, Levitra was able to coax Dumbledore and make him believe in himself, which was also an incredible skill...

At this time, Tom had disappeared at the entrance of the checkpoint.

"What a pity! It would be nice if we could see the scene inside." Grindelwald said with some regret.

To be honest, he was also a little curious about Tom's current strength.

After all, even Dumbledore had given him special training, and all the second-year students had come to participate in the seventh-year level.

Even if his talent is not as good as Li Weide's, it must be much stronger than others.

"Yes... there is a way!" Li Weide said, taking out a mirror from his pocket.

"Two-way mirror? How can you see clearly with this thing?" Grindelwald looked at the small mirror with some difficulty.

"Of course you can see it clearly." Li Weide said, and waved his wand lightly. The small two-sided mirror instantly became larger and fell to the ground like a huge floor mirror.

At this moment, the perspective in the mirror was above Tom's head... following Tom's figure as he walked forward in the long corridor.

"Who has the other two-way mirror?" Grindelwald asked.

"I've already placed a flying puppet inside... Originally, it was to help those outside better observe the challengers, in case they couldn't rescue them in time. However... two-way mirrors are too rare, and I only found this pair, so this design has been scrapped. But anyway, the flying puppet is already made, and it's just right for placing it in the seventh grade level..."

As he was speaking, Tom in the mirror encountered the first wave of enemies.

There were five knight puppets holding long swords. These five knight puppets moved as fast as the wind and their swords flashed as fast as lightning.

Of course, this didn't pose any problem for Tom.

After just one encounter, these five knight puppets all fell apart...

After all, even the knight puppets left by Slytherin were defeated by him, so how could these defective products possibly stump him?

And a gleam of brilliance appeared in Grindelwald's eyes.

Tom has such fighting ability at his age, he deserves the title of genius!

It is somewhat difficult to win over Levid, but there is still a chance to win over Tom... The scene when Levid and Tom met just now told Grindelwald one thing, that is, Tom seemed to still be full of resentment towards Levid... There is a chance!

At this time, Tom walked around the wreckage of the knight puppet and continued to walk deeper.

Tom was very cautious. When passing a muddy ground, he cast a freezing spell without hesitation, turning the ground into a thick layer of ice!

In this way, the explosive snail mine below instantly lost its effect.

Tom walked over the exploding snail calmly, more elegantly than many senior students.

Then, Tom successfully saw through the ambush of a group of red hats, and then dodged the attacks of a large number of mutant fang geraniums that could shoot fangs...

After successfully passing through a passage covered with devil's snares using fluorescent flashes, Tom finally encountered his first powerful enemy...

It was actually a giant monster! And it was a fully armed armored giant monster!

Tom looked at the giant monster who was barely wearing armor and holding a mace, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

It was supposed to be just an ordinary giant monster? Why the hell is it wearing equipment?!

However, when the time came, there was no turning back for Tom.

Because the armored giant was already rushing over, waving a cold metal mace!

Tom had no choice but to purse his lips and attack the troll!

The armor, made of goblin metal, perfectly resisted all of Tom's spells.

This put Tom in a difficult situation for a while...

When Tom's spell was deflected by the armor and he was almost hit by it, Li Weide couldn't help but frown and said, "Tom... use your brain! Don't just fight it head-on!"

Grindelwald couldn't help but glance at Levid. "If it were you, how would you fight?"

"Me? I will just use the Cutting Curse to cut the troll's throat..." said Levid.

"Obviously, under such pressure, your friend doesn't have such accuracy," Grindelwald smiled. "I'm asking, if you only had Tom's strength, how would you fight?"

"If I were him, when I saw that armor, I would know that those attack spells were futile... Therefore, I would not waste my energy using other spells, but directly use the Fire Spell." Li Weide said calmly.

"Fire curse? Why?" Grindelwald asked with interest.

Li Weide said, "Although the fairy metal armor has high magic defense,...it also has high thermal conductivity...under the baking of the fierce fire, it will soon be burned by the armor and cannot bear it..."

"Hmm... indeed..." Grindelwald had to admit that Tom was indeed not as good as Levid in terms of his ability to respond on the spot...

Chapter 297: I am really bad, and he learned his badness from me? Why are you so hypocritical!

Tom didn't think of Li Weide's method in the end.

Because he had no intention of defeating this heavily armored giant.

When the heavy-armored giant rushed over again, Tom closed his eyes and fired a "flash bomb" at the heavy-armored giant opposite...

The intense flash caught the three big men watching in front of the two-way mirror off guard and made them squint their eyes.

The heavily armored giant that was charging in front of Tom was naturally in an even worse situation.

It howled miserably, covered its eyes, and then waved the mace in its hand wildly.

However, the troll, having temporarily lost his sight, was unable to hit Tom at all.

Tom waited until the troll pounced in the wrong direction and smashed the wall to pieces, then he walked past the troll with an expressionless face and continued walking forward...

Li Weide rubbed his eyes, which were still tearing up, and said, "That's good... at least we didn't lose a giant monster."

"In fact, this is the correct way to pass the level." Grindelwald laughed. "Not everyone is as violent as you. You could have just gone around it, but you insisted on slitting its throat. If everyone did the same, wouldn't I have to use a lot of trolls?"

Li Weide shook his head repeatedly, expressing his disagreement. "Although it's called a level-breaking game, this path is always open. What if we fail to kill the troll and it follows us all the way for revenge? What should we do? When Tom faces the next monster, the troll rushes in again and hits him with a stick. Can he bear it?"

Grindelwald was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded, "You seem to have a point when you put it that way..."

Cutting the weeds at their roots is the correct choice. Although killing the giant monster will cost a lot of money...but as a challenger, Tom doesn't have to spend any money, so of course he will do whatever is beneficial to him!

Li Weide continued, "Tom is still a little lacking in vigilance. Even if he can't kill the troll, he should at least cover up his scent when he leaves... to avoid being tracked by the troll."

At this time, even Dumbledore couldn't help but nod his head. When one is unable to defeat the opponent, after escaping, one must at least know how to cover up his escape tracks.

It seems that although Tom is already very good compared to his peers, he still needs to practice his response in times of crisis...

Fortunately, after the giant monster's eyes gradually regained their vision, it was tired of smashing the wall.

It didn't chase after him. Instead, it muttered a few words and then leaned against the wall and fell asleep...

Tom also stopped at this time, because there was a huge monster lying in front of him!

This huge creature had a body as large as a big, scary lion, huge claws, and a long yellow tail with a tuft of hair at the tip.

The most striking thing is that this huge monster has a woman's head!

Tom looked at the big guy in front of him in surprise. Just when he was about to find a place to hide and wait and see what would happen.

The huge creature's long almond-shaped eyes had already turned to Tom.

"Young man, would you like to guess a riddle?"

Tom looked at the huge creature in front of him in surprise. He really didn't expect that this thing could actually speak!

For a moment, Tom was so shocked that he forgot to speak.

Outside the two-way mirror, Li Weide said angrily, "Tom... I told you to read, but you chased the chickens... You didn't even recognize that this was a sphinx?"

"If you guess right, you can go through the door behind me. If you guess wrong... I will attack you. Of course... if you don't want to guess, you can go back the same way." Sphinx continued.

Tom looked at the huge body of the Sphinx, and then looked at his own toothpick-like body.

"Then let's have a guessing game," Tom said decisively.

Although according to his personality, when faced with this situation, he really wanted to turn around and leave, but... he had come this far and was reluctant to leave now.

Finally, Tom made up his mind and decided to take a gamble...

"Very good! You have ten minutes to think about the answer to my riddle!" Sphinx was very happy to see that someone was willing to guess riddles with her.

"Please listen to the question..."

There is something that some people try to avoid, and some people try to deceive;

【But time will reveal everything, and we will always meet. 】

【Try your best to guess my name;】

[When I really have you, I promise you will know.]

What is this thing called?

When the Sphinx had finished the riddle, he looked at Tom's face with great interest.

"The timer starts now..."

Tom frowned immediately after hearing the riddle.

A look of worry crossed Dumbledore's face. "Wade, do you think Tom can figure out the riddle?"

"Maybe it is possible..." Li Weide crossed his arms, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

Grindelwald had the same expression.

"Why do you have that expression? In my opinion, Tom has great courage in accepting the challenge." Dumbledore said in confusion.

Grindelwald snorted, "Hmph, courage? Not enough."

"Yeah...indeed..." Li Weide nodded, "Tom doesn't have the temperament of a strong man yet."

"That's right." Grindelwald rarely agreed with Levid's opinion.

Dumbledore was a little confused about what these two people were thinking.

Tom bravely accepted the challenge, so how could that be considered a lack of courage? How could he lack the qualities of a strong person?