The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

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The corner of Li Weide's mouth curled up slightly. Although I only have the wand as my output point now, but... who told you that I can only attack once with a spell?

The next second, Li Weide's counterattack spell suddenly split!

One spell split into ten, and each spell split into ten again...

The most important thing is that the power of these split spells has not been weakened much!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The magic spells flew across the sky and collided midway, causing bursts of sharp explosions...

The exploding spell directly affected the shelter in front of Tom!

Tom and Abernathy quietly retreated behind the shelter...

Grindelwald looked sharply at the splitting spells cast by Levid across from him.

He didn't expect that Li Weide actually had such a skill! He actually directly blocked his fighting method!

Suddenly, a splitting spell passed through the exploding spell space and passed over his head.

Grindelwald didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a spell that had missed...

But... Grindelwald suddenly felt terrified!

Li Weide hadn't missed a single spell since the beginning! How could he suddenly miss one now?

Sure enough, when Grindelwald glanced at the spell, the spell actually turned a corner and attacked him from behind!

Moreover, when it was about to reach behind him, it split again!

In an instant, ten more spells appeared behind Grindelwald!

Because he realized it too late, it was too late to resist.

"Whoosh!"

Grindelwald Apparated and disappeared from the spot.

"bump!"

The curse hit the ground, creating ten deep pits.

Grindelwald had Apparated, so his endless attack came to a halt instantly...

When Grindelwald dodged the attack, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

He had almost overlooked the spell that had gone astray! Who could have imagined that a spell that had gone astray could turn around?

Grindelwald couldn't help but feel a bit heavy in his heart. He was afraid that his dodging would change the offensive and defensive situation...

Sure enough, Li Weide in front took advantage of this gap and launched a more fierce counterattack!

Countless spells split apart and rushed towards Grindelwald!

Grindelwald's eyes narrowed, and he attempted to Apparate once more...

However, just as he was about to move, he felt a slight pain in his lower back.

Grindelwald's body suddenly froze. Only then did he realize that Levid, who was launching the attack, and the spell he was casting were slowly disappearing like a phantom...

He slowly turned his head and found that Levid had come behind him without him knowing when, and the wand in his hand was already against his lower back!

Grindelwald couldn't help but sigh. He had been on high alert, but he hadn't expected the sword hanging over his head to finally fall...

Just now, when he was dodging Levid's powerful attack... his defense against Levid's deceptive magic was finally loosened.

And Li Weide really seized the moment of distraction, confused his senses, and appeared behind him...

Grindelwald knew very well that since Levid could appear silently behind him and put his wand against his lower back, he could use a spell to knock him down from behind...

"Okay, okay... I didn't expect that I would lose..." Grindelwald said bitterly.

Due to a moment of carelessness, I actually lost to this young man...

He couldn't beat Dumbledore before, but now... he can't even beat Dumbledore's students?!

This made Grindelwald very depressed!

"You can't say that, Mr. Director. You've let me go, and I haven't used many of my methods yet." Li Weide put away his wand. "If it really came down to a life-and-death fight, there's no way I could get close to you."

Grindelwald said helplessly, "Don't give me any excuses... I lose, I lose. You really did find my weakness..."

Li Weide smiled and said, "It's just that I took advantage of my youth and took advantage of it... So... can we talk now?"

When Grindelwald heard this, he knew that Levid had understood the temptation he meant by challenging him to a sparring match.

So, when he said this after defeating me, he was asking himself, now that the conditions for hostility have been eliminated, can we negotiate peace?

"Of course." Grindelwald suddenly smiled.

Grindelwald, being Grindelwald, quickly recovered from the frustration of failure.

He is not good at his own strength, his strengths lie elsewhere!

By this time, Grindelwald had already sorted out the current situation.

Li Weide is very powerful, which proves that it is impossible to kill him quietly.

Since it is impossible to kill the other party quietly, once I take action, my behavior of breaking the rules will be leaked, and all my business in the past few years will be lost in one day!

So... now he can only talk to this young man.

At this moment, Abernethy and Tom behind the bunker were both shocked...

Abernathy was stunned. "Sir...you actually lost?"

Tom rubbed his eyes. "He...that guy actually won? How did he do that?!"

They all thought that Levid might show strong fighting ability, but would still lose to Grindelwald in the end.

The best outcome is that the two of them end up in a draw in this mutually restrained sparring match.

But now... Grindelwald actually lost?

This result... is simply unacceptable!

At this time, Grindelwald and Levid both put away their wands and sat on the chairs that Grindelwald had conjured up.

Grindelwald conjured up another table and slowly arranged the tea set on it.

Although he acted normally, his slightly trembling fingers still reflected the restlessness in this old man's heart...

"Will you... become my enemy?" Grindelwald asked softly as he slowly poured tea for Levid.

"Not until we accomplish our common goal," Li Weide smiled.

"Common goal?" Grindelwald looked at Levid.

"Yes... a common goal. The thing that stands between our respective ideals." Li Weide said.

"You mean... the International Statute of Secrecy?" Grindelwald said.

Li Weide nodded. "Our ultimate ideals may not be the same, but... before we can realize our respective ideals, we must face the International Statute of Secrecy. Only when the International Statute of Secrecy becomes invalid... can we let go and do what we want to do..."

"This is not an easy matter, Wade. Your Professor Dumbledore would not agree in the first place," said Grindelwald.

Chapter 422: Oh my god! Even cats and mice can go to school!

"It's definitely not possible now. Not to mention that Professor Dumbledore disagrees, I won't agree either." Li Weide said.

Grindelwald frowned. "Didn't you just say our common goal is the International Statute of Secrecy?"

"But I didn't say now... At present, it's not the time to completely abolish the International Statute of Secrecy." Levid looked at Grindelwald. "I believe you have realized this problem, right?"

Grindelwald asked, "What do I realize?"

Li Weide smiled and said, "Before the International Statute of Secrecy is abolished, we need to gain enough power... Only in this way can we avoid being burned at the stake by Muggles because we lose the protection of the International Statute of Secrecy... You are aware of this, so you are carrying out educational reforms, hoping that young wizards will become more powerful, right? Moreover, in the trial level, you use Muggle soldiers as imaginary enemies..."

Grindelwald was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "As much as I hate to admit it, I was indeed a bit simplistic before... The Muggle World War revealed their destructive power... Although I was confident that I could destroy the Muggle leadership system, I still couldn't think of a proper way to stabilize the situation afterwards. Besides... destroying the Muggle leadership system is not as simple as I imagined."

In fact, although Muggles do not know the existence of the wizarding world, the top leaders of Muggles in various countries all know the existence of the wizarding world.

For example, every British Prime Minister, after taking office, will learn about the existence of the wizarding world from the previous one.

Moreover, they will be accompanied by the most elite Aurors specially sent by the Ministry of Magic as bodyguards.

For example, after the Battle of Hogwarts, Kingsley Shacklebolt, who became the new Minister of Magic, once served as a wizard bodyguard for the British Prime Minister.

With the existence of these Aurors, it is not an easy task even if a wizard wants to control the leadership of the Muggles. Even if these bodyguards and Aurors are eliminated, the Ministry of Magic of each country will know about it at the first time!

It is difficult to carry out a "decapitation" operation quietly.

Even Grindelwald can only resort to infiltration to control the Ministry of Magic...

But even for Grindelwald, it would be extremely difficult to completely infiltrate the Ministry of Magic around the world.

If you really want to do it, it will be almost impossible to remain completely unknown to outsiders.

At that time, people like Dumbledore will jump out again to stop him!

If success were that easy, Grindelwald would have succeeded long ago! He wouldn't have even had to run for President of the International Confederation of Wizards...

"In short... it is not an easy task to resolve the International Statute of Secrecy," Grindelwald said again.

"There's always a way... I just need some time... But this is also a good thing." Li Weide smiled and said, "This means that we can still not be enemies for a long time."

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Half an hour later, Livid took Tom out of the Forbidden Forest.

Tom only felt his legs were still weak. He looked at Li Weide's back in front of him, his eyes full of awe...

This is someone who can defeat Grindelwald head-on! Even if it's just a sparring match!

"You...are we really going to form an alliance with Grindelwald?" Tom couldn't help but ask.

"No... We don't actually trust each other, so an alliance is impossible. At most, we can only use each other. Although we were very polite on the surface just now, those were just polite words. The purpose is to point out the interest relationship between the two parties, so that when we do things in the future, we can leverage each other's strengths." Li Weide said.

Tom recalled what had just happened and couldn't help but feel a little scared. "You... I didn't expect you could actually defeat Grindelwald... Otherwise... we might have died at the hands of that old man soon."

"Don't tell anyone about this, Tom...otherwise we'll end up in a feud." Li Weide warned.

"I understand." Tom nodded.

Losing to a young man was ultimately a shame for Grindelwald.

For Grindelwald, it was a good thing that only the most loyal Abernathy saw this matter. If other witches knew about it, Grindelwald's subordinates might become morale-conscious.

After all, in this extraordinary world, the most fundamental requirement is for a leader to possess strong power!

Tom guessed that perhaps Abernethy's memory had been modified by Grindelwald using the Oblivion Spell.

Abernethy would definitely not refuse this and might even bring it up on his own initiative.

Seeing the leader embarrassed...

If Grindelwald hadn't erased his memory, Abernathy would have had to consider whether he should have chosen a good burial site for himself in advance...

"That 'International Statute of Secrecy'..." Tom hesitated and said, "Is it really just because our strength has increased that the time has come?"

Livid frowned, a look of worry appearing on his face for the first time. "The wizard's own strength is only one aspect, Tom... The most crucial thing is that there are too few wizards now. Even fewer have any fighting power... Tom, education reform has only just begun in recent years, and it's only in a few countries where Grindelwald has infiltrated... Therefore, in the wizarding world, the vast majority of wizards are not good at fighting. Therefore... Our current goal should be to focus on the wizarding world... to unify the voice of the wizarding world first."

"The Muggle world..."

"If we want to have a global perspective... we still have a long way to go..."

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Grindelwald has also considered the issues that Levid has considered.

There are really too few people in the wizarding world, and even fewer wizards who can be used as an "army."

If one rashly exposes the existence of the wizarding world without sufficient strength, it will bring unpredictable disasters to many weak and ordinary wizards.

That will only lead to a vicious cycle...

Only when the strength of the entire wizarding world cannot be underestimated can we have the confidence to talk to the large number of Muggles.

So, at this point, Grindelwald now agrees with Levid.

Now, the first step Grindelwald can take is to enhance the strength of the new generation of wizards and quietly change their minds.

As for the second step...