Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 493 Why is it that only the Great Hell can be attacked? I will launch a counterattack!

"What do I need to do to go to other worlds?"

"No need. As long as you arrive, the system will automatically calculate the merit points generated for you in that world. Of course, if you do some good deeds in that world and generate another batch of merit points, it will also speed up the system's repair."

Li Weide breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I'm relieved. It seems that repairing the system is actually the simplest of all these things."

“It seems you understand the first question. Now, let me answer your second question. Why are the demons attacking this world?” Death continued.

"Is there something in this world that benefits demons?" Li Weide asked.

“You’re very perceptive, Vader. Yes, that’s right. Humans are driven by self-interest to do things, and so are demons. This world does indeed possess what demons desire… In fact, not just in this world, but in other timelines as well!”

"What exactly is it?"

"The world's origin that allows demons to advance."

"It can make demons advance?!" Li Weide immediately understood the key point.

Even a fool would know that a place like Hell is a cruel place where strength reigns supreme.

The ability to allow demons to advance in rank is undoubtedly the greatest temptation for these demons...

"What is the origin of the world?" Li Weide asked again.

“Life,” Death replied.

"life?"

"Yes, every life in this world is a part of the world's origin. Intelligent beings like humans are considered the highest level of world origin, while other life forms are categorized into different levels of world origin based on their life form... The lowest-level demon only needs to devour an ordinary part of the world's origin to successfully advance, while higher-level demons need to devour more world origin to advance, and their demand for higher-level world origin is also greater... Think about how many lives there are in the world right now? There are billions of humans alone, and countless other life forms... Tell me, isn't that tempting?"

“They only need to conquer one world line to gain a huge boost… And there are quite a few high-level demons in Hell, does that mean they have conquered many world lines before?” Li Weide said in a deep voice.

"Yes, the Great Hell has no concept of time, or rather, the Great Hell only has one timeline. That is to say... the Lucifer in the Great Hell right now is the same Lucifer who defeated you! If you appeared in front of him now, he would recognize you immediately. Also, although I have tried my best to prevent many timelines from coming into contact with the Great Hell, there are still some oversights. Many timelines have been missed, and they have therefore devoured many timelines... All existing high-level demons have advanced in this way."

In other words, the world lines that intersect with the Great Hell are not only past world lines, but also future world lines... while the Great Hell always follows its own timeline!
Li Weide clenched his fists. "After he devoured me, he advanced in rank?"

"In fact, because you gathered your last bit of power to create the system, he failed to devour you. Moreover, because he was entangled by you, after finally defeating you, the world's origin in that timeline had already been completely devoured by other demons. So, he essentially did all that work for nothing..."

Li Weide breathed a sigh of relief, but his clenched fist did not loosen. "I will take my revenge."

"In fact, this is why I want to stop every timeline from being devoured by them... Although there aren't many timelines that come into contact with the Great Hell, each one can greatly enhance the highest-ranking demons. If we let them devour us, one day, the Great Hell will be unable to contain them. Then, all timelines will be threatened, and the worlds I monitor will collapse as a result... In the end, perhaps even I myself will cease to exist."

In other words... the battle with the Great Hell cannot be restarted, because the Great Hell does not have the concept of time for other world lines. The world lines that are swallowed up, even if they are completely disappeared, even if you go back to the past using a time converter or something similar, you cannot restore those destroyed world lines. Instead, you will return to a certain point in time in another world line that is extremely similar to that world line...

You only get one chance, while those demons only grow stronger...

Furthermore, even if he truly protects this world line, it still cannot stop the Great Hell from continuing to devour other unfortunate world lines that intersect with the Great Hell... In other words, even if his battle ends, the battle of the Grim Reaper will not end.

In other words, the end point of all timelines is still destruction, and order will still collapse. The Grim Reaper's efforts only slow down the rate of destruction...

Just like the natural decay of a star, it may seem like it has a lot of time left, but it will eventually decay.

Once he understood this, Li Weide felt as if a mountain was pressing down on his heart, making it difficult to breathe.

"You just said that you did your best to prevent many world lines from getting close to the Great Hell... How did you prevent other world lines from intersecting with the Great Hell?" Li Wade suddenly asked.

“Every worldline has a world of the dead, as you should know… The place where all life goes after death is the world of the dead. All the souls living in the world of the dead are actually no different from those living in the human world, but their soul power can be used by me. I use this power to maintain the barrier between the human world and hell in each worldline. When their soul power is finally exhausted, I will send them back to the human world to be reborn and complete a cycle of reincarnation… But worldlines are different, and the situation is different. Occasionally, oversights will occur, and some cracks will appear, such as in this worldline now… So, that ancient tomb appeared.”

"Did you build that ancient tomb?" Li Weide asked in surprise.

"Yes, I used the power provided by all the undead in the world of the dead to create that ancient tomb and try to seal the gap as much as possible... The true forms of those demons cannot pass through; they can only barely infiltrate through their consciousness. The success rate is not high, but with so many demons, quite a few of them have succeeded... Although it's not nice to say this, the lives lost in the war have indeed given me a lot of help..."

Li Weide now understood why there were so many strange and unusual consciousness entities in the ancient tomb.

Those consciousnesses all originated from demons, and each consciousness was searching for a path that would allow the true form of the demon to pass through.

"Cain escaped by inhabiting Slytherin's body and developed the vampire force, his goal being to destroy that ancient tomb, right?"

“Yes. But you’ve already destroyed it.” “Alright… what’s the third question? Can I kill a low-level demon right now and take the corpse back to study it?” Li Weide asked.

"No. In the Great Hell, demons are indestructible. Even if you kill them now, they will be reborn soon. You can't take their corpses with you. However, the level of a demon that is killed will be reset to zero... It can only advance again by devouring the world's origin. Of course, this does not mean that demons are immortal. Once they leave the Great Hell to fight, they are no longer protected by the laws of the Great Hell. In other words, if they die in another world, they are truly dead."

Upon hearing this answer, a glint of light suddenly appeared in Li Weide's eyes!
"You mean, as long as we kill them, we can force them to advance again, right?"

"Yes."

"I suddenly had a new idea, Lord Death... why is it that only Hell can launch an attack?"

Looking into Li Weide's eyes, Death suddenly understood his thoughts; even she sensed Li Weide's madness.

"Others may not be able to do it, but... you might really have a chance! Just take that final step... because although the Great Hell is terrifying, so far, no demon god has been born there..."

"Then let's do it this way, Lord Death."

Death looked silently at Li Weide, then suddenly smiled again, "From now on, let's be equals, Weide."

The first person in history to think of launching a counterattack against Hell... certainly deserves her high regard, even if he has a high probability of failing.

……

Li Weide opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling again.

He woke up...

Outside the window, the sky was already showing the first light of dawn... It was almost daylight.

Li Weide sat up in bed.

The dark badge mark on his right palm and the strong smell of sulfur on his body told him that everything he had experienced last night was not a dream, but reality...

Last night, Death took him silently through the crack and returned to the human world.

There are no restrictions on going to hell, but it's a one-way ticket; there's no turning back. The only way is through that rift…

Since I was able to return here safely, it proves that the rift can indeed allow creatures from hell to come to this world!

Li Wade's first thought was to find Dumbledore.

However, he soon recalled his last conversation with Death the previous night.

"The more people who know about this, the more worldlines will intersect with the Great Hell, the more parallel worlds the Great Hell will be able to attack, and my power will become more dispersed, reducing my ability to suppress the Great Hell. But you are different. You were already involved, so the worldlines that were originally created wouldn't have changed much. That's why I only came to you to explain the problem, so..."

"So, I can't tell anyone about what happened tonight?"

"This path is destined to be lonely, Vader..."

Li Weide closed his eyes, his heart growing heavier.

He can't tell anyone, so... his next series of actions will put many people on the opposite side...

And many of these people will be his former friends...

"Can I really withstand this pressure? In any case, it seems I'm destined to be the Dark Lord... As expected of me, even from another timeline, could you have foreseen the situation I'm facing now?"

Although that's what he thought, Li Weide still had some concerns...

Is what Death says really entirely true?
But... even if Death lied to him, what could he do with his current abilities? He could only be a pawn...

Only by becoming a god, only by becoming a god... can he completely break free from the game of chess at that time.

There were no other options, not a single one!

Li Weide's will hardened once again.

(End of this chapter)