Chapter 149: For the Greater Good (Second Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Grindelwald speaks English, although the accent is strange and even sounds a bit like a Liverpool accent.
"Durmstrang recruits people from some countries in Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and even Southern Europe...... Dumbledore explains, "They speak a wide variety of languages, so they usually communicate in Danish or English. ”
"Why do you know Durmstrang so well......" Jon whispered to himself, "aren't you the Headmaster of Hogwarts?"
But of course he didn't dare to say it, just watched silently.
Next to the wall ahead, Gellert Grindelwald's speech continued.
"I'm honored to be our 'Frey' and our leader!" he gracefully bowed in all directions around him.
Thunderous applause suddenly rang out.
"My brothers, my sisters, my friends......" Grindelwald said calmly, "I must unfortunately tell you a fact. Perhaps your applause is not for me, not for you, but for yourselves. ”
His voice was not loud, but it was clear to all.
"In the fog of the crystal ball, I can see the future...... Accurate and not a rosy future!" Grindelwald continued, "I think Professor Bleissa, the teacher of the divination class, can prove it......"
There was a burst of laughter from below.
"In the future, Muggles will once again discover our traces, just as they did thousands of years ago, free from the shackles of secrecy, and they will start the war with us again!"
"In the future, our living space will be further plundered...... The bulging Muggle population will occupy wilderness after wilderness, and if the law of secrecy is to be maintained, we will have to leave our homes and go into more barren glaciers and denser jungles......"
"In the future, magical beasts will also be discovered by Muggles...... They will be slaughtered by Muggles, just as Muggles would do with normal animals...... We will find that various materials are becoming more and more precious...... It's even quite difficult to get the tendons of a dragon, the tail feathers of a phoenix, the hair of a unicorn, or to make a wand for our juniors......"
Grindelwald paused, glancing at the crowd.
"With the power of Muggles, how can they kill a dragon or a unicorn?" a mocking voice suddenly came from a corner.
"Good question, Daisy!" a sneer appeared on Grindelwald's lips.
He waved his wand, and a picture appeared above his head.
In the picture is a dragon, a Swedish short-nosed dragon to be exact, which Jon had seen in the first event of the Triwizard Tournament a few days earlier......
The Swedish short-nosed dragon had obvious blood marks on its wings and claws. It was flying forward as hard as it could, as if something was chasing it...... It was two planes, and they were following closely behind the fire dragon.
Fierce sparks erupted from the plane's cannons, firing at the fire dragon.
The Swedish short-nosed dragon let out a groan of pain, and its right wing was hit at the root, and it was badly injured...... The dragon turned around, and a burst of flame spurted into one of the planes, and the one covered in flames fell down in smoke. However, the fire dragon, which was seriously injured, also fell to the ground hard.
If Jon remembers correctly, the lecture would have been in 1897 or 1898, and the airplane had never been invented.
The scene suddenly turns into a herd of unicorns, running wild through the jungle, as if hiding from something. After only a few moments, an army of camouflage-clad uniforms appeared around the unicorns, armed with submachine guns or assault rifles, and began to shoot fiercely at the unicorns......
One by one, the unicorns collapsed in pools of blood, and the rest fled in a hurry.
......
Jon was a little suspicious that the woman named "Daisy" was actually a "nursery" hired by Grindelwald.
Otherwise, why is it so coincidental?
"Some people say I hate people who don't know magic - Muggles, No-Majs, people who can't cast spells...... Actually, I don't hate them, not at all. Grindelwald paused, and then a strange smile appeared on his face: "After all, I'm not fighting for hate!"
"But I think Muggles should be a minority...... They should not occupy too many resources, especially if they are about to occupy more...... They should be controlled and served by us just like the house-elves, like the elves, and of course, we will give them the rewards they deserve...... Instead of needing us, sacrificing yourself to avoid them!"
Jon was skeptical if Grindelwald dared to say that at Hogwarts...... I'm afraid that there will be a backlash right away......
But Durmstrang was different, and Durmstrang had a tradition of prohibiting Muggle-born wizards...... So the wizards here were either pure-bloods or half-bloods, and the few who sympathized with Muggles in their hearts were quickly seduced by Grindelwald.
"The bloom of magic will only be granted to a very small number of souls, only to those who are higher. Grindelwald said slowly, "That's us...... We have an obligation to create a perfect world, a world of truth, a world of love, a world without killing. ”
"But, look at ......," Grindelwald's tone changed abruptly, and he waved his wand again.
The picture changes drastically again.
A blooming mushroom cloud spreads and turns into a wasteland, a giant lumberjack cuts through the rainforest, turning the forest into gravel, and the glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic begin to melt and shrink the ice little by little......
"Muggles are trying to destroy our world, and they are doing it...... Someone has to step up now...... We have to step up...... We can change the world...... The world needs us more than ever!"
Jon noticed that many of the listeners were breathing rapidly.
"They are arrogant and rude, they are greedy for power and profit, they are barbaric and cruel......"
Grindelwald shook his head: "So...... We must unite...... We have to get ahead of the curve...... We have to shoot early!"
"For The Greater Good!" cried Grindelwald hysterically.
"For the greater good!" said almost every listener, who was in a frenzy, shouting this as they reached out to the young man in front of the wall.
"Alright, it's time for us to leave!" Dumbledore, beside him, whispered.
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