Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is Good?

Chapter 388 388: Merlin's saggy underpants! The progress bar actually moved!

"Since that's the case, then what should we do to keep pushing all of this forward?" Filius Flitwick asked excitedly.Wade shook his head. "In fact, at this stage, we don't need to do anything at all. And your current task isn't to get involved in these matters too early, but to study hard and first become outstanding people yourselves!"

"Really... we don't need to do anything at all? But what if..." Flitwick said worriedly.

Wade waved a hand dismissively. "There is no 'what if.' The moment Grindelwald carried out the Ministry reforms, the wizarding world's long silence had already been broken. The wheels of history have already started turning forward... this is a trend! Profit moves people's hearts. Eventually, someone bold enough will launch the first wave of attacks."

"Those people will definitely fail, but failure doesn't mean they'll gain nothing! They only need to take one bite out of these filthy rich pure-blood families to feed themselves well enough!"

"And once someone takes the lead, once someone profits from it, there will be endless successors afterward! It simply won't stop!"

"But we also need to understand that the pure-blood families have monopolised things for many years. Their influence is deeply rooted and interconnected. Even if this giant is attacked from all sides, it still won't collapse in a short period of time! This is destined to become a long war."

"However, that's actually a good thing for us, because we can use this time to slowly accumulate strength and gradually grow stronger... and by the time we've fully grown, the opportunity will also have arrived..."

"Destruction must come before reconstruction... if the wizarding world wants true change, then it must go through a complete reshuffling. I believe that when that day comes, the entire situation of the wizarding world will become completely different."

After Wade finished speaking, his companions once again began discussing things among themselves.

Tom, standing in the distance, still remained silent. He admitted that, at this stage of the coming upheaval, people like them truly could not do much...

But while they themselves could do little, Wade certainly could!

Tom was absolutely certain that with Wade's abilities, he would definitely take advantage of this period to make enormous profits!

Otherwise, why had he constantly been neglecting sleep and meals to carry out all kinds of research and invent various potions and alchemical products?

No, actually, this guy had already been conducting experiments and research ever since he first entered Hogwarts...

In other words, from the very moment he stepped into the wizarding world, he had already begun planning all of this?

Basilisk breeding, flying broomsticks, new potions...

Tom sucked in another sharp breath. There was no doubt about it. This guy had long since prepared himself for the coming situation!

And with Wade's personality... would he really tolerate other people charging ahead to seize the biggest rewards first?

Absolutely not!

If Tom's guesses were correct, then the first group to launch an attack would absolutely have Wade lurking behind them!

Otherwise, why would Wade have hidden away so many of his inventions instead of selling them, only releasing one or two potions through Professor Horace Slughorn?

Because Slughorn himself was a pure-blood with extensive connections. Selling new potions through Slughorn would not provoke much reaction from the pure-blood families, nor would they suppress his business... but the other inventions were a completely different matter.

As for why Wade did not hide everything away, the reason was naturally because he still needed Galleons at this stage to support the heavy costs of his early experiments.

Right, he was even working together with his grandfather and father on businesses in the Muggle world!

Tom had not seen his father for quite some time now. Ever since partnering with Wade, both his father and grandfather had become busy beyond belief every single day...

However, the family business had also risen to an entirely new level because of it. After all, the products Wade provided were magical items, and their effectiveness was unquestionable...

"Destruction before reconstruction... I understand now." Filius Flitwick jumped down from the tree stump he had been sitting on. "I'll definitely study hard! I'll do my best to participate in building the new world in the future!"

"Very good, full of spirit!"

After chatting with everyone a little longer, Wade finally prepared to go back and rest for a while.

He had been so busy with research these past few days that he had barely slept at all.

At the doorway, he saw Tom.

"There are actually quite a few pure-blood wizards among our members... what you're doing is practically digging graves for the pure-blood families. They're all beneficiaries of the current system, so are they really willing to keep following you?" Tom asked.

Wade smiled. "Why should I force people who don't want to follow me? This path is destined to be difficult. Many people will leave, but many others will join as well... those unwilling to follow naturally will leave, while those who remain will be our true comrades."

"People always pursue profit. By openly saying all of this today, many pure-blood wizards who originally stood on our side might leave and then... tell their families everything you said. Does that really not matter?" Tom asked.

"It doesn't matter, because this was always an open strategy from the start. Do you think those pure-blood families are idiots? Do you think they can't see these problems themselves? No. Many people have already realised the danger. But even if they see it, what can they actually do? Nobody can stop the tides of the age... so the truly intelligent pure-blood families are no longer thinking about how to stop all this. They're thinking about how to turn themselves into beneficiaries once again during this great upheaval," Wade said with a smile.

Tom frowned. "You're saying... pure-blood wizards will still join us in the future?"

"Of course! People are divided into different classes, and pure-blood families are the same! There are powerful pure-blood families and weaker pure-blood families... do you think those weaker families wouldn't also hope for a reshuffling, so they could find opportunities to gradually devour the stronger pure-blood families and eventually replace them? There are no eternal allies, only eternal interests. Since that's the case, why wouldn't they gamble on something big and choose to join us?"

Tom fell silent upon hearing that...

Seeing this, Wade did not continue explaining. He simply walked past Tom and headed toward his own room. He knew Tom would figure it out soon enough.

After closing the door, Wade habitually set up several protective measures around the room before comfortably lying down.

Research on the energy core could temporarily come to an end. First, he would get some proper sleep, and then he could begin researching converters...

Thinking this, Wade slowly closed his eyes.

However, just as he was about to fall asleep...

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. Dark Lord progress has increased by 0.1%."

Wade's eyes snapped open as he immediately opened the system interface.

Honestly speaking, this system really was a defective product...

At first, it had functioned fairly normally, but later on, especially after the upgrade, it had become completely chaotic.

The merit point settlement function had disappeared. Even when he gained merit points, they would simply remain stuck for two days before silently being added to his balance.

And although the quality of the products had improved, the pricing had also become chaotic.

The prices of generated items fluctuated wildly between high and low...

Because of this, Wade suspected the system originally had some sort of discount function, but something had malfunctioned and failed to display the discounts... resulting in some incredibly useful items being sold extremely cheaply, while mediocre products became absurdly expensive.

Still, Wade continued opening the shop every night and purchasing rare materials whenever he encountered them, almost like a daily sign-in routine...

After all, defective or not, a system was still a system, filled with miraculous opportunities.

But today, Wade had actually heard the system notification sound again after such a long time!

Moreover, the line on the interface that had originally read [Dark Lord Achievement: Incomplete] had now changed.

It had become [Dark Lord Achievement: Progress 0.1%].

"Merlin's saggy underpants! The progress bar actually moved! Could it really be related to what I said to everyone today? Don't tell me reaching 100% would actually let me become a god?" Wade's curiosity toward the system was instantly reignited.

Tsk tsk, a system really was still a system after all!

However, with Wade's current abilities, he still had absolutely no way to study the secrets of the system. He did not even know in what form the system existed within him!

Was it inside his brain? Or within his soul? Or was there actually some absurdly powerful being constantly watching him and randomly handing out rewards?

The moment Wade imagined some ridiculously overpowered existence painstakingly calculating merit points for him, he suddenly found the idea rather amusing.

But Wade was simply too exhausted. His mind gradually became sluggish before he finally fell into a deep sleep...

...

Early the next morning, Wade was awakened by a burst of crisp birdsong.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a little nightingale outside the window tightly bound by vines...

Wade slowly climbed out of bed and stretched comfortably, his entire body crackling noisily.

Only then did he get up properly and look outside again.

At that moment, seeing that Wade had finally woken up, the little nightingale immediately resumed chirping noisily.

Wade snapped his fingers, and the vines quickly loosened. Only then did the little nightingale finally free itself before flying into Wade's room.

However, the instant she flew inside, a bolt of lightning struck down from the window...

Elena reverted to human form and collapsed onto the floor, her whole body numb... literally electrocuted numb!

"Have I ever told you not to barge into my room?" Wade asked with a smiling expression while changing clothes.

"You never said that..." Elena's eyes had already turned red.

"I never said it?" Wade asked in surprise.

"You didn't!"

"Alright, alright... but even if I never said it, it's still wrong to run into someone else's room without knocking!" Wade sternly lectured Elena. "A wizard like me naturally sets up plenty of protective measures while sleeping!"

Elena was practically about to cry. First she had been tied up outside for more than an hour early in the morning, then electrocuted, and now she was even getting scolded!

"Alright, stop crying already. What did you come looking for me for?"

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