Chapter 485
Anyone who has studied politics or knows something about history knows this.
When two powerful nations of similar strength clash, before the final victory or defeat, the worst sufferer is actually the small nation caught in the middle.
This principle also applies to the magic world.
Lawrence's battle with Grindelwald ultimately required the Ministry of Magic of his country to pay the corresponding price.
"Why!" Keynes shouted in anger.
"Provocation must pay the price." Grindelwald had narrowed his eyes, glanced at Newt who had fallen to the ground, gave him a kind smile, and turned to look at Keynes.
"Lawrence is indeed a strong opponent, but he can't keep an eye on me 24 hours a day."
"If you don't agree, I promise to go to the Ministry of Magic of some countries as soon as Lawrence returns to Hogwarts."
Grindelwald's eyes swept across the group of Aurors behind Keynes, and he said meaningfully: "I can find out which country you are from."
His words made the Aurors feel like they were falling into an ice cave.
Especially after watching an epic duel, these Aurors had a clear understanding of the gap between them and Grindelwald, and the threats they made became more terrifying.
If Grindelwald really went to the Ministry of Magic in his own country, wouldn't he be slaughtered?
In an instant, these Aurors looked at Keynes with begging eyes.
Keynes, who was at a loss, looked at Wayne again.
"Promise him, Mr. Speaker." Wayne shrugged helplessly, "What Grindelwald said is true. You can't expect me to keep putting out fires everywhere, right?"
Keynes was silent.
Keynes surrendered.
He thought of the past.
At that time, Grindelwald was ravaging Europe. Even with Dumbledore, he couldn't stop his expansion. That's why.
This kind of mobile natural disaster cannot be solved all at once. Tough confrontation can only lead to greater killing.
"Mr. Lawrence... What do you think?" Keynes said in embarrassment.
Wayne pretended to be displeased, "It's already very risky for me to duel with such a strong man. Do you still want me to make selfless contributions?"
"Of course not, we will pay enough. Do you want anything?" Keynes said hurriedly. He can't afford to offend this gentleman.
"Sand of Time, Mithril." Wayne mentioned two extremely precious materials. Keynes' face changed slightly, but he still agreed and went to discuss with the Aurors of various countries.
Sand of Time is the main material for making time converters, which contains the power of time.
Not to mention Mithril, which is one of the most precious materials in alchemy. Mithril is not a natural metal, but an alchemy product obtained by alchemists with gold and silver as the main body and a variety of precious minerals mixed and smelted.
This material has excellent magic conductivity and is the preferred ink for engraving magic patterns on precious magic props.
If measured in Galleons, oneGrams of mithril can be sold for about 200 Galleons.
The cost of Firebolts has always been high because they use mithril to carve acceleration patterns.
Even Wayne doesn't have many of them, because it's too troublesome to make and the amount used is not large.
As for the Sands of Time, they are even more priceless and are listed as prohibited items by the International Federation of Magic. Most of them are owned by the Ministry of Magic of various countries.
Wizards are well aware of how serious the consequences of time being disturbed will be, so the Ministry of Magic gets the Sands of Time more for custody than for use.
"What do you want the Sands of Time for?" Newt couldn't help asking.
"Wayne, touching time is too dangerous," Tina also advised, "Don't do something that will make everyone worry just for a moment of curiosity."
Before Wayne answered, Grindelwald, who heard the two people's persuasion, sneered, "Scamander, do you think you have lived longer, so you are better and smarter than Lawrence?"
"Say these harmless words, then why let him fight me." (ajcf)"What's your business, Grindelwald." Tina said unhappily, "Rashly interrupting other people's family conversations, is this the demeanor of the Dark Lord?"
"Grandma Tina, don't be so rude to him." Wayne advised, "Grindelwald must be holding back bad things, wanting to see me touch time and cause trouble."
Grindelwald's mouth twitched.
This stinky boy actually helped Goldstein speak.
Sure enough... Newt, you deserve to die!
Wayne explained to the two: "The virtual helmet I made needs some improvements, and the Sands of Time are used in it. I have discussed it with... him before, and they both think there is no problem. Don't worry."
There are many people here, and Wayne cannot reveal the news that Nico is still alive, but Tina understood and felt relieved.
"Then you should ask for more. Anyway, the Ministry of Magic has no use for it."
"Well...it depends on the weight of Mr. Grindelwald in their hearts." Wayne looked at the first generation of Dark Lord with a smile.
Grindelwald's face darkened.
After about ten minutes, Keynes and the group of Aurors discussed the result.
"Mr. Lawrence, I can give you 500 grams of Mithril. As for the Sands of Time...the specific inventory of each country has not been counted in detail, but I can guarantee that it will definitely be no less than 30 grains."
"Fifty grains." Wayne glanced at him.
Keynes gritted his teeth and agreed.
These are just the primary conditions. In addition, Wayne also asked for a lot of ancient books, the older the better.
Keynes agreed without much hesitation to the reproducible resources such as books. After the conditions were agreed, Wayne simply poured out a hundred drops of water of life to Grindelwald.
This money is equivalent to buying life.
He was not afraid that the Ministry of Magic would not admit it. If someone was really blinded by the value of the treasure, it could only be said that being destroyed was really a living hell.It should be.
"Grindelwald, the deal is done, I hope you can keep your promise."
Seeing that Grindelwald actually gave the Water of Life to Vida Rozier, Keynes was delighted.
It was not for his own use.
"Don't breathe here, I'm afraid of being infected by your stupidity." Grindelwald waved his hand impatiently, "As long as I promised something, I never regret it, hurry up and leave."
"By the way, pay another Galleon, I haven't asked you to settle the account for the broken castle."
"Didn't you get the Water of Life?"
"That's the bet between Lawrence and me, it's none of your business."
"You!" Keynes glared at him, and then saw that all the saints cast sharp eyes at him, turned around hatefully, and made a gesture of invitation to Wayne.
Spending a lot of money to invite Lawrence to take action, and then spending a lot of money to clean up Grindelwald's ass.
This time, both parties made a lot of money, only they lost so much that they almost lost their underwear.
"Wait a minute." Grindelwald stopped Wayne who was about to leave, and said expectantly: "Are you really not considering keeping Scamander? I will double his salary."
Newt: "........."
The war that will affect the future situation has ended, and viewers from all over the world have also brought the information back to their own countries.
For a time, scrapped door keys were thrown everywhere.
Thorfinn Rowle returned to Malfoy's home and was immediately summoned by Voldemort.
He was eager to understand the true strength of Lawrence and Grindelwald from this duel, so he didn't even listen to Rowle's description, and directly used black magic to extract the complete memory and forcefully browse it.
After reading it, Voldemort was silent.
Whether it was Lawrence or Grindelwald, the strength of both of them was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Originally, I thought that Grindelwald was defeated by Dumbledore and was imprisoned for so many years, so his strength must have declined a lot.
But after reading the complete memory, Voldemort's fear of Grindelwald and Wayne has reached its peak. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
Because Rawl did not dare to get too close to the battlefield, many memories are vague, but the aftermath and destructive power are real.
Especially the dragon patronus, after seeing it, Voldemort gnashed his teeth.
When he was in the Forbidden Forest, he was beaten and fled in panic by this thing.
Although it was Quirrell who was beaten.
But Voldemort always regarded it as his shame.
Now, Lawrence's patronus has evolved again and can use powerful magic, which makes him more afraid.
Recalling the battle scene between the two giant creatures that destroyed the world, Voldemort simulated what method he should use to deal with it.
He is a staunch supporter of the Killing Curse, and firmly believes that there is no trouble that cannot be solved by one Killing Curse. If there is, then use the second or third one.
But facing this kind of situation, ordinary killing spells are a bit stretched...
Voldemort's eyes flashed, recalling an ancient magic inherited from Slytherin.
Originally, he thought that this magic was not as useful as his killing spell, but now... it seems that he still has to learn it.
At the same time.
The Ministry of Magic of other countries also received the intelligence brought back by the spies, and quickly re-evaluated the combat power of Grindelwald and Lawrence.
Only when the bloody reality was in front of them could they realize that in the magic world, power is just a byproduct of strength.
And there is another country, which is as silent as death. []
That is the bear.
Grindelwald fled, they did not come to the joint meeting, and Durmstrang fell, they did not care.
Even in this battle that could change the world situation, it seems that they did not see any trace.
But in fact, the bear's Ministry of Magic also sent people here.
As it concerns Master Lawrence, Tom is of course extremely concerned.
Even before the duel, he even bowed to Merlin, hoping that Master Lawrence would die directly in this duel.
Unfortunately... the intelligence brought back by his subordinates made him very dissatisfied.
The Ministry of Magic of the Bear.
Tom frowned and sat in the main seat. Recently, he has been working hard to improve his strength, but time is limited after all. It has only been two and a half years since he was resurrected.
Even if he is far superior to ordinary wizards, he is at a disadvantage when facing Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and his original body.
Not to mention...
"Is he still there?" Tom suddenly asked.
Katerina was stunned at first, but soon realized who Tom was referring to, and hurriedly said: "Dumbledore is still there, and has contacted many people. Do you want to take action?"
"No need for now." Tom raised his hand slightly and stopped him: "Keep putting pressure on us and see how many people are dissatisfied with us. It's just right to use Dumbledore as bait to lure them all out."
After saying that, he showed a look of compassion, "I originally wanted to spare their lives, but those corrupt pure-bloods have seen the results of the reform, but they still Old stubborn..."
"For our country, I can only be cruel."
Hearing this, Katerina not only did not dissuade him, but showed an expression that should have been done long ago, and said excitedly: "Mr. Riddle, you finally figured it out. They are all traitors to the country and cancer!"
"Be patient for now." Tom comforted: "When they gather together, everything will be bright."
"Yes!"
At dinner time at Hogwarts, Wayne and Newtina returned to school.
Seeing Wayne who was safe and sound, there was a thunderous cheer in the hall.
They didn't know the result of the duel, but Wayne was able to escape unscathed, which was enough to prove his strength.
Calmed the excited students, and told Professor McGonagall what happened, and Fudge came over in person.
The two had a long talk in the principal's office, and Fudge didn't leave the school until after ten o'clock.
Wayne, who originally wanted to draw a lottery, lost interest in it, and quietly went to Ravenclaw to take Luna to the suitcase and rested. .