Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Far from Hogwarts, nestled among rolling mountains, a giant dragon made of blue flames flew leisurely.

With a snap, Dumbledore appeared on a mountaintop, looking curiously at the slowly flying fire dragon.

What does Grindelwald mean by this? This is not how one should be when trying to escape.

What's even stranger is Kevin, why hasn't he broken free from Grindelwald's control yet?

However, Dumbledore didn't want to think about it anymore, so he raised his wand, intending to smash the dragon.

Just then, the sky suddenly became overcast, and a skull shape appeared in the clouds.

A plume of black smoke flew out of the skull's mouth and finally landed in a valley.

The fire dragon followed closely behind, descending into the valley.

As the fire dragon dissipated, Kevin and Grindelwald appeared simultaneously at the bottom of the valley.

Unlike Grindelwald, who appeared calm and collected, Kevin was kneeling on one knee, panting heavily. He was covered in burns and looked extremely weak.

The black smoke eventually transformed into the shape of Voldemort and landed near them.

"Kevin, I'm so glad to see you again in this condition."

Voldemort raised his wand and pressed it against the back of Kevin's neck, leaving Kevin helpless and subdued by Voldemort.

Then Voldemort looked up at the valley and shouted loudly.

"Dumbledore! Let's come down and talk!"

As his voice echoed through the valley, Dumbledore suddenly appeared before them.

Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald standing with Voldemort, his eyes filled with incomprehension.

"Grindelwald, why?"

When confronted with Dumbledore's question, Grindelwald did not answer directly, but instead chuckled.

"Albus, you still soften so easily. I was thinking that you would not completely lift the restrictions on me until at least the end of this year."

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore's eyes were filled with even more disbelief, and a certain possibility came to mind.

"Enter Hogwarts, befriend Kevin, and after he lowers his guard, secretly plant a curse in his body. Then, while bringing him out, lure you out as well."

"This was all part of my and Voldemort's plan."

Finally, Grindelwald told the truth.

It turns out that he had been deceiving Dumbledore from the moment he started trying to get him into the school.

At first, he simply wanted to stay closer to Dumbledore, citing his limited time left, and also to get to know Kevin, the man Dumbledore spoke so highly of.

That's why I wanted to pretend to be a student and enter Hogwarts.

In the end, Dumbledore agreed, because this way he could better control Grindelwald and prevent him from causing any more trouble.

At the same time, in order to prevent any accidents, Dumbledore also signed a series of magical contracts with Grindelwald to restrict his actions and ensure that he could behave himself at Hogwarts.

But not long ago, he had a dispute with Grindelwald, and he was deceived by Grindelwald's acting skills, completely letting down his guard and removing his restrictions.

As a result, this is what happened.

"Remember when Kevin encountered the Death Eaters lying in wait outside at the end of last semester? They weren't actually waiting for Hogwarts; they were looking for me."

"I just didn't expect Kevin to fly out riding a fire dragon and disrupt the meeting."

"To avoid arousing suspicion, I sent out all the Death Eaters to intercept Kevin and the dragon, giving them a more plausible reason to appear on the outskirts of Hogwarts."

"In the end, you did not fail to live up to expectations and defined them as Death Eaters who were lying in wait at Hogwarts."

"As for me, I'm just a special spectator who was attracted by the fire dragon and the Death Eater attack. After all, my presence at that exciting event shouldn't arouse your suspicion."

Grindelwald continued, which reminded Dumbledore and Kevin of the “nothing special” Death Eater attack last semester.

At the time, I was thinking, "The Death Eaters are so brave, they actually dared to send people to stake out Hogwarts, and what's even more outrageous is that they dared to attack Kevin."

So that's what happened.

To avoid detection, they were sent out as "dead pawns," and even those who survived were never identified by the Ministry of Magic because their memories had already been altered.

After hearing Grindelwald's account, Dumbledore's face turned extremely ugly.

"Those saints, were they also..." Dumbledore asked with difficulty, his voice hoarse.

"Ah, they aren't saints either, but Voldemort's Death Eaters in disguise."

"That's why we had this argument today, Albus."

Grindelwald put one hand on his hip and said in a flippant tone.

After hearing Grindelwald's words, Dumbledore finally understood that he had been deceived by Grindelwald from beginning to end.

But Dumbledore still felt it was unreal, because Gellert shouldn't be like this now.

During the many years he was imprisoned in Nurmengard, they maintained communication, and from their correspondence, Dumbledore could sense that he had long since changed.

Moreover, if he were still the Dark Lord, he wouldn't be able to stay obediently in Nurmengard.

So it's still the same question.

"Why, Gellert, why are you colluding with Voldemort...?"

When asked this question, Grindelwald smiled but did not answer.

Voldemort, who had been enjoying the betrayal drama, finally spoke up.

"Dumbledore, give up the fight, or I will kill Kevin."

Kevin has been kneeling since just now, and fine beads of sweat have appeared on his forehead.

Is it really Grindelwald's curse...?

Dumbledore was still hoping that Kevin could suddenly break the deadlock.

But things don't seem to be that optimistic.

At that moment, Grindelwald reached out his hand toward Dumbledore.

"Disarm me, and bring forth your wand."

A flash of white light, and the Elder Wand in Dumbledore's hand was suddenly knocked away, then flew into Grindelwald's hand.

Faced with Grindelwald's sudden attack, Dumbledore did not resist, because Voldemort's wand, which was pressed against Kevin's nape, was emitting a faint green light.

Grindelwald stroked the Elder Wand, and that familiar feel returned.

He obtained the Elder Wand through force, so now that the Elder Wand has changed hands, there is no need to kill its previous owner.

Then, Grindelwald held his wand and pointed it at Kevin, who was kneeling on the ground.

Voldemort's wand then turned towards Dumbledore.

"Gellert, it's not too late to turn back..."

Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald and spoke earnestly, hoping that he would come to his senses.

However, Grindelwald still did not respond.

Kevin, panting heavily, struggled to lift his eyes and looked at Grindelwald, who was pointing his wand at him. A forced, ugly smile appeared on his lips.

Then, Grindelwald's wand glowed green.

"Avada Kedavra".

Kevin's body was suddenly struck by the green light and sent flying several meters away.

Before his consciousness completely faded into darkness, two system pop-ups appeared one after another in his fading vision.

[Death's Calculation: ? ? .Sizzle...Sizzle...When faced with a life-or-death crisis, the probability of death will increase dramatically.]

[Ding, host has shown signs of life loss. The system is about to disconnect...]