Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Although the battle outside the secret passage caused a great commotion, the acolytes inside the secret passage continued to work in an orderly manner.

By the time they had completely dug through the secret passage, the sounds of battle outside had gradually subsided.

"Should we wait for the master?" Olive asked.

Veta shook her head. "The faster we act, the better. No need to wait. Go in first and eliminate anything that might cause an obstacle. Once the master has taken care of things outside, he can come in and take the item directly."

"Understood."

Veta was one of Grindelwald's most trusted assistants.

The acolytes listened to her.

The group used their wands for illumination and cautiously entered the secret chamber.

The secret chamber was pitch black, and even with the illumination from the wands, it was not completely lit up.

Veta took out some small orbs from her pocket, shook them briefly, and released them.

The orbs began to float upwards, and as they ascended, they gradually became brighter.

When the orbs reached the ceiling, they automatically drifted around, and the light they emitted completely illuminated the originally dark secret chamber!

The acolytes extinguished the light from their wand tips, but they were quickly drawn to a giant metal sphere in the distance.

Even from a great distance, the acolytes could sense a powerful magical fluctuation emanating from that metal sphere…

It was like an ordinary person seeing a high-voltage electrical box flashing with dazzling electricity, creating an overwhelming sense of pressure.

And the path leading to that metal sphere was filled with ruins.

Clearly, a fierce battle seemed to have taken place here years ago…

"Let's go, let's go take a look…" Veta said as she cautiously moved forward.

After carefully passing several collapsed stone pillars, they didn't find any problems.

The group's vigilance gradually relaxed.

Everyone felt that even if there were any traps originally, that battle from years ago must have exhausted them.

Just as they were approaching the metal sphere with a relaxed mood.

Suddenly…

"Poof!"

Veta heard a soft popping sound from the nearby stone pillar, like a balloon being pricked.

Just as Veta felt that something was amiss, the outermost few acolytes suddenly collapsed to the ground!

"Not good! Be careful!" Veta warned the others while casting an Iron Skin Charm on herself!

This place is already in such a dilapidated state, and there are still traps?

However, Veta misjudged the situation. What was attacking them was not a magical trap, but an all-pervasive sleeping draught.

Veta had only taken a few steps back when she felt the world spinning, her body losing control, and she collapsed to the ground. What followed was an overwhelming sense of drowsiness…

In the moment before she fell unconscious, she saw all the acolytes around her collapsing as well.

"It's over…"

That was her last thought at that moment.

…

Outside the secret passage.

Only Grindelwald and Headmaster Dippet were still standing.

The acolytes and the professors who had come to support them had all fallen to the ground.

Headmaster Dippet was deeply shocked.

Hogwarts professors were very excellent, but Grindelwald's acolytes were not their match.

After subduing a few acolytes, the professors swarmed forward, launching a righteous gang fight!

At this time, everyone felt that victory was in sight…

But it was only at this moment that they truly witnessed how terrifying Grindelwald, wielding the Elder Wand, truly was…

It wasn't that Grindelwald could overwhelm them with magic. If they were to directly clash head-on, Grindelwald could at most only fight them to a standstill.

But… the Dark Magic Grindelwald used was too bizarre!

Many of the Dark Magic spells he used were spells that the professors had never even seen before… so there was no way to talk about how to defend against them!

And with the amplification of the Elder Wand…

The weakest Professor Garrick was knocked unconscious by Grindelwald in a single exchange.

Everyone was shocked and no longer dared to be careless, going all out…

But even so, professors were constantly being knocked down.

Even the strongest Professor Hicks and Professor Slughorn didn't last long…

Headmaster Dippet stood panting in place, looking at the composed Grindelwald in front of him.

Currently, only Headmaster Dippet, the most knowledgeable person present, could barely withstand Grindelwald's bizarre attacks.

"Even though your actions are despicable, I must say that your talent… is truly amazing…" Headmaster Dippet exclaimed.

"I also retract my earlier underestimation of you, Professor Dippet," Grindelwald said gently. "If you were a little younger, I would find this very tricky."

"Your compliment is truly grating…" Headmaster Dippet smiled wryly and raised his wand again.

"Still not willing to give up? Professor? Are you sure you have enough stamina left?" Grindelwald asked.

"I am the Headmaster of Hogwarts. How can I say give up in the face of a foreign enemy?" Although Headmaster Dippet's voice was weak, his gaze remained firm. "Stone sentinels, mobilize…"

Since the opponent had entered through the secret passage, many of Hogwarts' protective enchantments had lost their effectiveness.

Now, all he could do was awaken the statues in the castle to build the last line of defense for the students.

Even if these might not have any effect against Grindelwald…

And himself… besides using the last bit of his magic, there was nothing else he could do…

"Why bother? I clearly have no intention of harming the students of Hogwarts. I just want to take something, and I'll leave after I take it. You should have heard some of my ideas… I generally don't attack wizards… As you can see, I haven't killed any of your subordinates," Grindelwald said helplessly.

"Young man, even if you pretend to be a very principled person now, you cannot hide the countless crimes you have committed. You wouldn't naively think that we don't know how many people you have killed, would you?" Headmaster Dippet said coldly.

"Alright, since you misunderstand me so deeply, then there's nothing to say…"

The battle broke out again, but this time, the exhausted Headmaster Dippet, although still fighting bravely, eventually fell before Grindelwald.

Grindelwald slowly walked to the unconscious Headmaster Dippet and said softly, "Although in other places, I might kill people unscrupulously, but in England… at Hogwarts… have a good sleep, Headmaster."

Grindelwald said, and walked back into the secret passage.

No mistake, first release, first content, look again!

Now, no one could stop him.

Thinking about how he would become incredibly powerful after absorbing those powers, and even Dumbledore would not be able to do anything to him, he felt extremely excited.

At that time, the whole world would prostrate at his feet!

However, Grindelwald, who entered the secret passage, quickly noticed that something was wrong.

Because all of his acolytes in the secret passage had disappeared!

According to common sense, even if they found something inside, they would definitely leave one person outside to wait for him.

Unless… they encountered something while exploring inside!

Thinking of this, Grindelwald once again gripped the Elder Wand in his hand and slowly walked into the secret chamber.

"Tap, tap, tap…"

The sound of leather shoes falling on the ground echoed in the empty secret chamber.

Grindelwald looked at the acolytes lying all over the ground in front of him, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

His first reaction was that Dumbledore had returned and knocked down all his subordinates.

However, he quickly dismissed this possibility.

According to his understanding of Dumbledore, if he had returned, he would never have stood idly by and watched himself knock down Headmaster Dippet!

He slowly walked to the unconscious subordinates, and suddenly, his nose smelled a hint of sweetness, followed by some dizziness!

Grindelwald suddenly waved his wand, and a gust of wind suddenly blew!

Blowing away these strange scents that permeated the air!

"Sleeping draught? Heh… I see." Grindelwald began to look around, "I almost forgot, why are two people I wanted to see missing… Come out."

Grindelwald's voice echoed in the secret chamber, but the surroundings remained quiet, with no one appearing.

Seeing that no one came out, Grindelwald couldn't help but laugh: "You wouldn't think that I can't see through the Invisibility Cloak, would you?"

"Whoosh!"

Another gust of wind.

A shimmering silver Invisibility Cloak was blown away into the distance!

In the corner, two young wizards were looking at Grindelwald with pale faces…

Grindelwald turned his head to look and found that these two young wizards were Tom and Annie.

He looked around again, somewhat puzzled.

Grindelwald had clearly sensed that there was someone here just now, so he uncovered the Invisibility Cloak.

However, he originally thought that there should be three people in the Invisibility Cloak, so why are there only two people now?

Where's the other one?

Suddenly, Grindelwald only felt a slight pain in his back, and then a childish voice came from behind him.

"Mr. Grindelwald, are you looking for me?"

At this moment, Leif didn't know when, but he had appeared behind Grindelwald.

The wand in his hand was tightly poking Grindelwald's back.

"Ah… It's been a while, and your abilities have grown again, Leif. How did you deceive my senses and appear behind me?" Grindelwald asked with a smile.

Leif's abilities once again surprised Grindelwald, and he felt that this kid was a bit vengeful.

Because this scene looked so familiar.

Last time, Grindelwald had also appeared silently behind Leif.

This time, this kid returned the favor… Although he didn't know how this kid did it.

"Guess?" Leif said calmly.

"Alright, I guess… a Body-Replacement Charm, plus a small spell to eliminate the sound of footsteps?"

Grindelwald relaxed, looking like a professor discussing magic with a student, rather than someone being threatened with a wand.

"Wrong answer, Avada…"

"Ha! You little brat!"