Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 532 A Convincing Explanation! Grindelwald Receives Proof of His Feelings!

"I'm sure everyone is aware of the matter of blessing magic."

Dali slowly began to speak, and continued, "Next, I will first explain to everyone—"

The mastermind behind this unprecedented war between black and white wizards, who gathered most of the world's dark wizards.

This is the true intention of Gellert Grindelwald, the Dark Lord who is now hanging but was known to everyone in the international wizarding world decades ago.

When Dudley mentioned Grindelwald, he pointed to Grindelwald himself, who was hanging in the air behind him.

Everyone's attention then turned to Grindelwald.

Even though Grindelwald was a ruthless leader who didn't care about others' opinions, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable being treated like this.

He knew that Dali would soon make up excuses for him, but the situation was completely different from what he had imagined before the battle.

His lifelong reputation is likely to be completely ruined today.

Sure enough, the next moment Daddy said in front of everyone:

"Grindelwald claimed that the blessing of the founder of Hogwarts would cause all white wizards in the world to launch a full-scale purge of dark wizards, leaving no way for dark wizards to survive in the future."

They secretly gathered dark wizards and treacherous magical creatures from around the world to form a new force of saints.

They would then hunt down heinous Muggles worldwide to serve as sacrificial offerings for the use of dark magic, before launching a swift and devastating attack on the British wizarding world and Hogwarts.

His true intention was to, after suppressing all of us and our magical creature allies present, then, in front of everyone, activate the magical means he had left on all his subordinates, paralyzing all the remaining dark wizards and disloyal magical creatures.

He used this as the greatest pledge of allegiance in history, demonstrating his complete allegiance to the White Wizards in exchange for their forgiveness of his past crimes.

In this way, he could openly gain his freedom and reunite with Headmaster Dumbledore.

Grindelwald never expected that we would be so strong that we could defeat his army of 50,000.

He deeply regretted weakening his dark wizards prematurely, which prevented him from demonstrating his stance and loyalty to the white wizards as a victor.

Dudley's words had a profound impact on everyone.

Although it wasn't the same type of spiritual shock, for everyone, the spiritual shock at this moment was even more shocking than when they had just seen the spirits of the four founders.

The emotional impact comes from two aspects:

First, Grindelwald betrayed the vast majority of dark wizards in the world for a love that was unacceptable to society.

What a cruel and intense kind of pure love this is?

Secondly, the dark wizard army they defeated was actually a weakened version.

This dealt a blow to the inflated egos that everyone had developed from the resounding victory.

"My investigation confirms that this is indeed the case."

Dudley spoke again, "The Saint Mark that Grindelwald placed on all his subordinates is ostensibly a symbol of identity that allows them to communicate magically, but in reality, it has the effect of quickly paralyzing them and slowly reducing their magical power."

Every time the saints send or receive a message using the Saint's Mark, the Saint's Mark will subtly exert a magical weakening effect.

Even though the reduction was very slight each time, over time and with many repetitions, the saints' magical power was weakened by as much as 10% or 20% without them realizing it. The earlier the saints joined, the more severely they were weakened.

The magic used to create this saint's mark is very sophisticated, with an effect similar to a confusion spell, making it impossible for the victim to detect anything unusual.

Therefore, the saints we are dealing with are not actually at their strongest.

But with an army of 50,000, even if their strength is reduced by 10-20%, they are still an unprecedentedly powerful enemy. We don't need to feel discouraged by this; we just need to remain humble in victory and undeterred in defeat.

Dudley's explanation was a good remedy for the white wizards, preventing their egos from becoming too inflated.

To Grindelwald, that was a blatant lie!

It's true that the Saint Mark he set up can quickly paralyze people, but to say that it can secretly reduce the intensity of magic is pure nonsense; his magical skill isn't that high.

But he also understood that Dali was using this to confirm his intention to surrender.

After all, setting up a spell in advance that could paralyze his subordinates could be interpreted as a means of controlling them out of distrust, but it doesn't prove that he would use this method to defect after victory.

However, the fact that he weakened the magical power of his subordinates a year or two before launching an attack is enough to prove that he had long harbored the intention to defect.

However, Grindelwald is currently unsure whether Dudley is merely making empty promises or has already added magical traces to all the corpses left on the battlefield and the bodies of the hundreds of captured saints.

If it's the latter, he would have a deeper understanding of how terrifying Dudley was.

Dudley naturally added the corresponding magical traces, and later he would have the professors and leaders of the seven exchange teams personally investigate to increase everyone's confidence.

However, before that, he needs to plug the strategic loopholes in the second half of the decisive battle.

Dudley continued, "I have already explained to everyone the cause of this war between black and white wizards and the intentions of those who instigated it."

Now, I want to tell you about how Dumbledore and I changed our strategic arrangements for the second half of the Great War because we received messages from the spirits of the four founders.

Some people may have wondered why, in the latter half of the great battle, the magical creature allies who had completed their missions to eliminate enemies in their respective star battlefields, and some white wizard comrades who had spare strength, were not transferred to other star battlefields for support.

In particular, why didn't Principal Dumbledore go to other star battlefields to provide support?

It's important to know that in the Starfield battlefield overseen by Headmaster Dumbledore, Grindelwald was the only opponent.

Moreover, after Grindelwald was transferred to the Starfield battlefield, he knew there was no way to turn the tide and had no fighting spirit in front of Headmaster Dumbledore, so he simply confessed.

Furthermore, based on this information, we can arrive at the most crucial question.

Since Grindelwald has revealed his true intentions, why doesn't Headmaster Dumbledore immediately have Grindelwald activate the Saint's Mark to paralyze all dark wizards and treacherous magical creatures?

Why must we wait until we are all about to achieve complete victory, exhausted and nearing our limit, before paralyzing the remaining few hundred saints?

These questions all point to the same answer.

That is, the spirits of the four founders told me and Principal Dumbledore.

To further enhance them and prevent the effects of the blessing magic from diminishing due to distance, we all need to fight to the limit and release enough power of faith for them to absorb.

At the same time, they were born from the positive ideals of the four founders of Hogwarts, and they hope that we can all make good use of this unprecedented, and probably never-to-be-repeated, combat opportunity to gain ample experience and training.

Dudley, by taking advantage of the situation, attributed the irrationality of the final battle—which was intended to hone the White Wizards—to the so-called four founding heroes.

This made things seem logical without using conceptual abilities.

Even the Hogwarts faculty, staff, and friends who knew Dudley possessed the ability to resurrect were somewhat skeptical that the spirits of the four founders truly existed.

Not to mention the other white wizards.

Everyone truly received many blessings without suffering any casualties, and could fully accept that the spirits of the four founders influenced the course of the battle.

The members of the seven exchange teams were extremely grateful for the profound righteousness of the four founders, Dudley and Dumbledore, as well as the contributions of the British white wizard.

After all, the reason for not stopping the great war and fighting to the very end was to allow the Blessing Magic to better benefit the world outside Hogwarts, and for the sake of their homeland.

British white wizards are entitled to enjoy the most comprehensive blessings within the Hogwarts grounds.

Realizing this, Dudley and Dumbledore's words worked even better for them.

"Alright, does anyone have any other questions about this battle? If not, I'll talk about the post-battle arrangements."

Dudley scanned the room; no one raised any questions.

All that remained were words of complete agreement with Dali's arrangements and urging for action.

"Very well, in that case, please have the professors and leaders of the seven exchange teams, as well as the Aurors and officials of the Ministry of Magic, examine these corpses and prisoners to see if the magical traces in their bodies are as I said before."

The traces left by this magic, once activated, are much more obvious than when it was running smoothly. Careful examination will reveal the clues.

As Dudley spoke, he waved his hand with great fanfare, activating the Starry Sky Enchanted Realm magic to gather all the relatively intact corpses of the saints on the battlefield onto the open ground next to the crowd.

At the same time, the hundreds of saints captured behind them were also transferred over.

“Assistant Dursley, your words make us feel ashamed. We completely believe what you say and do not need to verify it.”

Mr. Akimbad spoke first.

The professors and leaders of the other seven exchange teams, as well as the people from the Ministry of Magic, all echoed Mr. Arkinbard's statement.

Based on the blessing they received, it must be true, regardless of whether what Dudley said is true or not.

"I know you all believe in me, but this battle is to be open to wizards all over the world and to be written into the history of magic. You can't just listen to my words; there must be actual evidence. Please verify it!"

Mr. Lovegood, a reporter from the Daily Prophet, and other journalists, please accompany me and take photos for publication tomorrow.

Dali added in an unyielding tone.

He wants to make this a reality.

Seeing this, the person Dali had mentioned could no longer refuse. He immediately went to the saint's corpse and the prisoners and symbolically checked a few of them. The reporters also took pictures and recorded the results of everyone's inspection.

As Dali had predicted, no falsehoods could be found.

After the wizards who had been verifying and recording the situation returned to the crowd and announced that Dudley's words were true, Dudley cast his spell again and began to clean up the battlefield.

All the saints' wands, their magical items, and valuable materials from the corpses of all the enemy magical creatures flew into a newly opened space in front of Dudley.

The broken wands and magical items were all restored instantly by Dudley's alchemy, and he even gave them a minor boost.

"In this battle, everyone worked together to fight the enemy, and all those who participated in the battle received a share of the spoils."

I've decided to divide it into three equal parts: one part for the seven exchange teams, one part for the Hogwarts teachers and students, and one part for the other British white wizards.

As he spoke, Dali took control of the spoils and divided them into three large portions, and then each portion was further divided according to the number of people who participated in the battle.

Then the divided spoils were flown to the hands of all the participants.

Since there were too many things, we added a seamless stretching spell to everyone's pockets before putting them in.

This made many people feel unworthy of their share, and they repeatedly said they didn't need it and wanted to leave their spoils at Hogwarts.

However, Dali insisted that everyone must accept it.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade Dudley, everyone agreed to the distribution.

Then, Dudley cast a spell that sent the souls of hundreds of saints to the world of the dead behind the veil.

They also moved all the corpses and remains left in the Hogwarts area underground.

A selection of high-quality herbs were sent to the underground area beneath the herb greenhouse, while the rest were all placed in the forbidden forest underground.

Hogwarts was instantly restored to its beautiful campus scenery.

"Next, I'd like to share my thoughts on how to deal with Grindelwald."

Since this concerns Principal Dumbledore, the current president of the International Federation of Wizarding Societies, it is inconvenient for him to comment.

After today, when the news reaches the Ministry of Magic of each country, please have the white wizards of each country discuss and evaluate it together to see if they approve of the proposed solution.

If everyone agrees, then we'll proceed with my plan to deal with Grindelwald. If anyone disagrees, then we'll discuss it further.

Oh, right! There's something important I forgot to mention.

Inspired by the four founders, I have decided to travel to various magical realms to construct dream domains, where any white wizard of acceptable character can communicate, learn, and train.

After handing out the spoils and cleaning up the battlefield, Dudley brought up the topic that Grindelwald was most concerned about.

Moreover, Dudley's proposal made it difficult for white wizards from other countries to deny the proposed solution he was about to present.