Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 496 As long as both sides become the same group of people, the antagonism will cease to exist!

"This is unbelievable, I never thought I would lose..." After recovering, Gryffindor felt a huge sense of absurdity.

He actually knew that Li Weide was no ordinary person, and he also anticipated that Li Weide would bring him many surprises in this battle.

Otherwise, Death wouldn't have made him, one of the four great figures and one of the founders of Hogwarts, wait for this person for so long...

But to his utter surprise, he actually lost! You have to understand, even that show-off Slytherin could only manage a draw against him!

Losing was bad enough, but losing so quickly was unbelievable! This fluid fighting style was far more sophisticated than any opponent he had ever faced before!

It's hard to imagine where someone so young could have acquired so much combat experience!
“Head of Gryffindor, what do you think of my self-introduction?” Li Wade asked, spreading his hands.

“Very powerful! I mean, you almost killed me... What was that move you used when you turned into a little sword again?”

“It’s just some equipment made through alchemy, just like your sword,” Li Weide explained.

"Oh...no, there's still a big difference. My greatsword won't fly by itself!"

Combat methods that utilize alchemical equipment are still too novel for Gryffindor.

In his time, alchemy wasn't nearly as important as it is now...

Of course, upon closer examination, combat methods that combine alchemy are not very common nowadays.

Currently, among wizards skilled in alchemy, only Li Wade frequently uses alchemy in battle.

“If you’d like, I can make your greatsword fly as you wish… or add some other functions,” Li Weide said with a smile.

"Is that really true?" Gryffindor immediately perked up.

In fact, the Gryffindor sword is also an alchemical product, but it is purely the work of fairies.

Incomparably sharp, untouched by dust, and capable of absorbing most types of power and transforming it into its own characteristics...

It's actually quite a good alchemical item.

However, there are still many areas for improvement in Li Weide's case.

“Now I finally understand why Death made me wait here for you for so long… Well, since that’s the case, I’ll keep my promise…” Gryffindor smiled again.

This time, he completely accepted the young man in front of him.

Like Hufflepuff, he had been guarding the Black Lake, quietly watching Hogwarts for many years, and he had never seen a student like Li Wade before.

Upon hearing this, Li Wade put away his wand and handed a bottle of healing potion to Gryffindor.

"Since that's the case, then I'll have to shamelessly ask you to do some things..."

"Go ahead and say it. I don't know why Death made me wait here for so long, but I know it must be something very important."

……

When Slytherin and Hufflepuff saw Gryffindor at the Black Lake, they were both very excited.

"I knew you, you scourge, weren't dead yet!" Slytherin exclaimed, unable to contain his excitement.

“Ha, I think so too. But seeing how young you've become, it seems I can finally go all out,” Gryffindor grinned.

"Heh, when have you ever not gone all out when you spar with me?" Slytherin retorted dismissively.

Although their relationship had become estranged after they parted ways a thousand years ago.

But now it's a thousand years later...

After a thousand years of sedimentation, many issues that were once hotly debated now seem to have suddenly become less important.

Therefore, the feelings that the two had hidden from each other began to resurface little by little.

A moment later, the two embraced each other with laughter, just like ordinary friends meeting.

At that moment, Slytherin and Hufflepuff also saw Livid emerge from behind the burly figure of Gryffindor…

“Why am I not surprised at all?” Slytherin said, looking at Levi.

“I should have thought of that sooner,” Hufflepuff said with a smile. “Now that things have come to this, who else at Hogwarts could it be but him?”

"What?" Li Weide asked.

“You definitely know more than we do, kid, so don’t pretend in front of us,” Slytherin said, waving his hand.

Li Weide spread his hands, revealing the mark on his palm. "Actually, I told you a long time ago that I spoke with Death and she won't take you, but you didn't believe me."

“Now I believe it… but you just said Death?” Slytherin looked at Livid in surprise.

The information Slytherin received from Hufflepuff indicated that their teachers had instructed them to wait for Rivid, but now Rivid was mentioning Death.

The Black Lake was not the place to talk, so Li Wade used the Hydra Ring to bring all three of them back to the Moving Castle.

However, after that day, the students of Hogwarts never saw that giant squid in the Black Lake again...

……

Inside Li Weide's room, the group exchanged information and soon had new questions.

"It was the teacher who told us to wait for Li Wade, but you say it was Death who told you to wait for Li Wade?" Hufflepuff asked in surprise.

“Yes,” Gryffindor nodded. “I had just finished a fierce battle with the goblins…you know, those bastards still believed that the expensive sword I commissioned still belonged to them. They even resorted to some despicable means to try and steal it back from me, so I went to them and had a good ‘chat.’ On my way out, I ran into Death. That’s when I realized that Death really does exist…”

Although Gryffindor's words were simple, for Gryffindor, at his peak, to admit that the person was indeed Death, it was certain that he had taken action.

"How long did you hold out?" Slytherin asked with remarkable foresight.

"How long did I hold out? Damn it... I had just touched the hilt of my sword when I was paralyzed... and he only glanced at me..."

Although a long time has passed, Gryffindors still feel deeply moved when they talk about it.

While Li Wade's swift defeat was indeed impressive, back when he faced Death, Li Wade didn't even have a chance to make a move! "That is indeed a god... even if it's not Death, it must be a god," Slytherin concluded.

Even their former teacher couldn't make Gryffindor lose their chance to act with just a glance!
“The teacher must still be alive. And he must have some connection to Death!” Gryffindor guessed.

Although Gryffindor may seem like a brute, they are actually very thoughtful.

How could someone skilled in duels be a mere brute? It's normal to have both courage and strategy.

Everyone turned their attention to Li Wade, not only because he was the only person besides Gryffindor to have seen Death, but also because he was someone who had to wait for both sides, so he must know something.

“I don’t know your teacher, but I have seen Death. She even took me to Hell…” Li Weide said in a deep voice.

Death had told him that he could not tell anyone the secrets of Hell, but the four great powers were not among "anyone".

Because they were already dead people who no longer existed in this world!
Essentially, he was a "mercenary" that Death deliberately left for Li Weide from the world of the dead.

In this day and age, the three giants, like Li Weide, an outsider, are all outsiders to the situation. Therefore, Li Weide can tell them many things that he cannot tell others.

After Li Weide finished recounting his experiences in the Great Hell, the three giants fell silent.

"In other words, you've already failed once. And this time, you've inherited all the experience from last time, which is why you have so much foundation?" Slytherin said with sudden realization.

No wonder Li Weide is so freakish! Turns out he inherited the "save" from the first playthrough! I knew it! How can someone so young be so freakish?!
However, thinking of Li Wade in that timeline, who almost became a god in just over a decade through his own strength, Slytherin abandoned the idea. He had to admit that Li Wade, without those backgrounds, was still a genius...

The three giants also realized this and held Li Weide in high esteem.

If it hadn't been too late for Li Weide in that timeline to realize the crisis, and many things hadn't been beyond change, perhaps Li Weide in that timeline would have successfully defended against the Great Hell's offensive!
“If we do it again, and we find out the truth so far in advance, then we definitely won’t lose again,” Hufflepuff said firmly.

“That’s right!” Gryffindor nodded in agreement.

Slytherin asked Rivid, "What are your plans? In that timeline, besides leaving you with a foundation, did it leave you with any other memories?"

“I don’t remember, but I do have a plan… It will be quite radical. It’s completely different from the path I planned to take before… Since I can’t tell other people in this era about this, many of our former friends will become our enemies… and some of our former comrades might even think that I have betrayed our previous cause…” Li Weide sighed.

“We’ve already made preparations for this, Wade…” Slytherin said in a deep voice.

In fact, after listening to Li Weide's story, they understood their own position.

Their purpose is to ensure that Li Weide doesn't have to fight alone.

That's what their teacher thought, and that's what Death thought too!

“But why are only the three of us alive? What about Rowena?” Hufflepuff suddenly asked.

Li Wade said, “I also asked Death about this. She told me that she had contacted Ravenclaw before she died, for the same reason as she had contacted you, but… at that time, Ravenclaw was filled with regret because of her daughter's death and had no desire to live anymore, so… Death respected her choice. However, Ravenclaw still provided me with help in another way…”

As he spoke, an exquisite crown appeared in Li Weide's hand.

“Death deliberately copied Ravenclaw’s consciousness, preserving all her knowledge and learning abilities, and then sealed it inside the diaphragm… until I found it in the forests of Albania and discovered its secrets,” Livid said.

The three giants fell silent again upon hearing this. They had thought that the four giants could reunite, but unexpectedly... in the end, one person was still missing.

They stood silently before the crown, observing two minutes of silence for their old friend's passing...

"Alas... Helena was a pitiful child too." Slytherin sighed.

He also had interactions with Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena's ghost, at Hogwarts, so he knew very well what had happened back then.

Gryffindor said in a deep voice, "There's no time for sentimentality... Since we old folks have been allowed to prolong our lives, let's fight for this world properly one last time."

“We’re all fine, it’s just… Wade is so young, yet all the pressure is on his shoulders.” Hufflepuff looked at the young Wade and felt a pang of heartache for no reason.

Li Weide smiled and said, "As long as we live in this world, no living being in this world can escape it... We always have to do our part."

Li Weide is referring to living beings, not humans.

The world line collapses, and every living being becomes the origin of the world, to be devoured by demons.

Therefore, this is not just a war for all mankind, but a war for all living beings in this world!

Li Weide now understands... that the existence of animal nutrition drugs and special beings like Talking Tom was not accidental!

"So what should we do? Muggle technology is quite good, but it's already difficult enough to deal with creatures like Cain... let alone the even more powerful demons," Slytherin said, frowning.

“Therefore, it is urgent to unify the voice of the world as soon as possible…” Li Weide frowned.

“This is difficult! How do you unify the wizarding world? How do you destroy the Law of Secrecy and integrate the power of the entire world? If the Law of Secrecy fails, there will definitely be conflict between Muggles and wizards! Such conflict will definitely last for a long time, so how can we talk about integrating the power of the entire world in the shortest time?” No matter how Slytherin thought about it, he felt that the hope was slim.

“Unifying the wizarding world isn’t difficult,” Gryffindor said. “But the main point of contention lies in how to deal with the conflict between wizards and Muggles… As long as there are extremist wizards like Salazar among the wizards, this conflict will never disappear!”

Slytherin glared at Gryffindor, but didn't say anything in response, because what he said was indeed the truth.

“It’s not that there’s no way… Since wizards and Muggles exist, the conflict will exist. So… as long as the gap between wizards and Muggles disappears, there will be no problem…” Li Wade said calmly.

“How are you going to do that? The rivalry between wizards and Muggles has existed almost since the very beginning of their existence!” Gryffindor frowned.

“It’s very simple… just eliminate the difference between wizards and Muggles in the whole world, wouldn’t that solve it?” Li Wade said calmly.

Li Weide's tone was calm, but the three giants simultaneously gasped in shock...

“You want to turn all the humans in the world into wizards!? But if that happens... there will definitely be many people who oppose it, and it might... cause many innocent people to die…” Hufflepuff frowned.

“If we do nothing, will they still be alive in ten years?” Li Weide said coldly.

Hufflepuff was stunned. Rived was right. If they gave up just because they didn't want to harm a few lives... then ten years later, when the demons invaded, they would die anyway, and in an even less dignified way...

"If it weren't for the calamity ten years later, I wouldn't have resorted to such radical measures... But we had no choice... Only by taking strong measures to make all of humanity and even other creatures stronger, and then combining that with the equipment I created, could we increase our chances of winning in that calamity ten years later... Otherwise, if I still can't take that final step... how many of us can we protect from those countless demons? Even if we successfully repel the demons, what will be left for us is still a shattered world!" Li Weide said in a deep voice.

Slytherin sighed and said, "Since both the teacher and Death want us to listen to you, there must be a reason. So... we'll do whatever you say!"

In another timeline, Li Weide was just one step away from protecting the world, and in this timeline, Li Weide will only become stronger!

Therefore, they had no reason not to believe in Li Weide's abilities!
(End of this chapter)