Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

To avoid being overheard, the group walked up the stairs in silence, following Leif Erikson.

It was currently the time when classes ended, and most of the hungry students were hurrying towards the Great Hall.

Therefore, when Leif Erikson and his group reached the eighth floor of the castle, there was no one there.

The eighth floor of the castle also had many different corridors.

It took Leif Erikson quite a bit of effort to find the iconic tapestry.

This tapestry was hung in a secluded corridor.

"This tapestry is really interesting… Is this guy teaching a troll to dance ballet?" Annie curiously examined the tapestry.

When Tom saw the troll, he inexplicably thought of what happened last night and couldn't help but take another look at Leif Erikson.

However, Leif Erikson's attention was not focused on the tapestry like the others, but instead, he turned to look at the wall opposite the tapestry.

Leif Erikson reached out and touched the empty wall.

"Leif Erikson, where is the place you mentioned?" Annie asked again.

"Wait a moment." Leif Erikson said, and began to pace back and forth in front of the wall tentatively.

"I need a room where I can practice spells…"

Leif Erikson muttered to himself as he paced.

Annie and the others looked at Leif Erikson walking back and forth with puzzled expressions. They didn't know what Leif Erikson was doing.

Just as they couldn't help but ask, Leif Erikson had already paced back and forth three times.

"Click!"

The wall suddenly made a slight sound.

Then, to everyone's surprise, a smooth wooden door appeared on the originally blank wall!

Leif Erikson turned around and directly opened the door and walked in.

This was a very large room.

In an open space on one side of the room, there were many humanoid targets, and the floor was also piled with many cushions.

On the other side of the room was a bookshelf, filled with various spell books.

There were also some tables and chairs in front of the bookshelf for people to rest.

Without a doubt, this place was indeed very suitable as a gathering place for their small group.

"Everyone, come in." Leif Erikson glanced around and beckoned to the others behind him.

The group then walked into the room.

As the wooden door closed, the smooth wooden door instantly disappeared without a trace in the corridor, turning back into an empty wall.

"This place is too perfect! You can read books and learn spells first, and then experiment with spells directly here!" Alphard exclaimed.

"Yeah, this is simply a place tailored for us!" Henry was also very surprised.

Charlie asked, "Leif Erikson, how did you find this place?"

"I just found out by accident." Leif Erikson replied simply.

Seeing that Leif Erikson was unwilling to say more, Charlie also knew better than to continue asking.

Leif Erikson continued, "From today onwards, this place will be our gathering place. We need to hone our strength here… Only by becoming stronger ourselves can no one bully us."

Everyone nodded, even the picky Tom expressed satisfaction with this place.

"This place is called the Room of Requirement, also known as the Come and Go Room. It appears and disappears at times, and can only be entered when you truly need it. That is to say, it can change into whatever you need at any time…"

Leif Erikson continued to explain, "When you come next time, you must silently recite in your heart, 'I need a room to practice spells', and then pass by that wall three times, so that this room will reappear."

Upon hearing this, everyone was amazed by the magic of this room.

Tom asked suspiciously, "So, why do you know so much about this room?"

"Found out by accident." Leif Erikson replied simply again.

Tom shut his mouth, knowing that this guy would definitely not say.

Heh, this bastard really has a lot of secrets!

Leif Erikson looked at the time and then said, "Everyone, let's rest here for a while and have something to eat."

As he said this, Leif Erikson silently recited in his heart, "I need to add a place to eat here, with enough food inside…"

With Leif Erikson's silent recitation, the Room of Requirement changed again!

Another door opened on one of the walls, and everyone looked inside.

They saw a long dining table in the room, and the table was already full of food. If you looked closely, you would find that the food was just enough for the few of them!

"It really works…" Leif Erikson looked at the changes in the Room of Requirement with joy.

He remembered when he was playing the game, he discovered that the protagonist could let the Room of Requirement add the space needed at any time.

He just didn't expect that in addition to being able to expand the space at any time, it could also directly move food here!

As expected of the Room of Requirement…

"Leif Erikson, what did you do again?" Annie asked in surprise.

"Just silently recite in your heart that you need food, and the Room of Requirement will respond to you, but remember, you can only make a wish to the Room of Requirement when you truly need it!"

The reason why Leif Erikson added the last sentence was because he was afraid that these guys would make wishes casually and mess up the Room of Requirement.

"Oh, oh… got it." The others didn't know what Leif Erikson meant, and thought that they couldn't make wishes casually.

"Let's eat first. After eating, we have to go to class this afternoon… In the future, when we have free time, we can gather here. Henry, Alphard, you have to work hard."

"Understood!" Henry and Alphard said quickly.

If they didn't work hard, they would be letting down the good place that Leif Erikson had found!

…

The two classes in the afternoon were Defense Against the Dark Arts.

To be honest, Defense Against the Dark Arts could be said to be the course that Leif Erikson and Tom looked forward to the most.

In addition to the content of this class being closely related to dueling, there was also… the current professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was none other than Albus Dumbledore!

In fact, at Hogwarts, no one didn't look forward to Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Albus Dumbledore, he was the only wizard in this world who could rival that terrifying man!

His power was beyond doubt!

Who wouldn't want to learn a few tricks from him?

When Leif Erikson and his group arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Dumbledore had already arrived, and he was leaning against the podium, smiling as he watched the students enter the classroom.

When he saw Leif Erikson and Tom, the smile on his face became even stronger.

"Professor."

"Yes, find a seat and sit down."

Leif Erikson nodded and found a front-row seat on the Slytherin side.

Behind him, Tom, Annie, and the others followed.

When this small group of people sat down, the rest of the Slytherin students subconsciously left several seats between them.

Dumbledore, standing on the podium, saw everything clearly.

He looked at the members of Leif Erikson's small group. Although there weren't many people, they were all subtly led by Leif Erikson.

However, when Dumbledore's gaze swept over Annie, he couldn't help but pause.

It was simply because Annie looked too much like Vita.

In fact, Grindelwald let Annie come to Hogwarts because he didn't know that Leif Erikson knew Vita's last name.

In Grindelwald's view, it was impossible for Leif Erikson to know Vita Rosier, so he wouldn't be suspicious of Annie's last name, Rosier.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Annie go undercover.

Of course, Grindelwald had long anticipated that Annie would be recognized by Dumbledore.

However, he knew the personality of his "old friend" very well. Even if he guessed Annie's origins, he wouldn't do anything to Annie without evidence.

After all, given Dumbledore's character, even if he knew that a Rosier was a supporter of the Wizengamot, he wouldn't make things difficult for another Rosier because of it.

At most, he would just keep a close eye on Annie.

But Annie's main task was to gain the trust of Leif and Tom. The task regarding the diary was optional.

Therefore, Grindelwald was not afraid of Dumbledore targeting Annie at all.

In fact, Grindelwald was eager for Dumbledore to lose his composure and make things difficult for Annie.

Because now, Annie is a friend of Leif and Tom!

If Dumbledore were to do anything to Annie, it would likely cause Leif and Tom to become estranged from him!

Then his chance would come.

No matter what, Grindelwald wouldn't lose out.

It's just a pity that he miscalculated the fact that Leif had already recognized Vita Rosier.

Sure enough, Dumbledore didn't deliberately make things difficult for Annie just because her last name was Rosier, even though he deeply suspected the girl's motives.

The method Dumbledore intended to adopt was still the same as in the original book with Tom, keeping a close eye on the girl.

"Alright... class is starting."

As the last student entered the classroom, Dumbledore looked at his pocket watch and then announced the start of the class.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts is a course that teaches you how to use magic to protect yourselves from dark creatures and dark magic. On the basis of protecting yourselves, you also need to learn some offensive magic to help yourselves get out of danger."

"I think the part you are most interested in should be the last part... offensive magic."

"In fact, I should have followed the textbook and taught you how to avoid the harm of 'Red Caps' first."

"However, given the current situation in the wizarding world, I think it would be more appropriate to teach you some offensive magic for self-defense first."

"So, everyone, we can put the textbook aside for now."

As Dumbledore spoke, he placed the textbook in his hand on the podium.

The students below the stage were immediately filled with joy upon hearing this.

In fact, they didn't want to spend a lot of time learning how to deal with a dark creature that they might never encounter in their lives.

They just wanted to quickly learn some offensive magic!

Because offensive magic can be used in most dangerous situations.

"The first spell I'm going to teach you today is the Disarming Charm. Although this spell is relatively simple, it often has unexpected and miraculous effects when facing the enemy!"

Then, Dumbledore explained some of the key points of the Disarming Charm.

After seeing that everyone understood it well, Dumbledore said, "Alright, everyone, please come here, let's start practicing."

The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was very large. In addition to the place for placing tables and chairs to explain the key points, there was also space for practice.

Dumbledore asked the students to line up and come to the other side of the classroom.

There, a wooden target holding a fake wand was already standing there.

"Come one by one, use the Disarming Charm on the target... later I will see how well you have mastered it. If you have all mastered it well, I will arrange for you to try duels in pairs."

Hearing Dumbledore say that he would arrange duels, almost everyone became excited.

Students of this age are like this, if they can move around, they definitely don't want to just sit and listen to the class...

The Disarming Charm is actually very simple. Just in the first practical operation, two-thirds of the people succeeded.

Under Dumbledore's professional guidance, it didn't take long for the remaining one-third to basically be able to cast the spell successfully.

The rest is just a matter of practice time.

"Alright, since you have all mastered it well, I have decided to let you try duels."

"No matter how well you practice normally, it won't work if you can't use it in actual combat..."

"Well... how about this, I'll let two students come up to demonstrate first. Then I'll tell you some very useful tips for wizard duels. Who wants to go first?"

Hearing Dumbledore's words, everyone excitedly raised their hands.

After all, this is a good opportunity to have Dumbledore personally teach dueling tips!

"Miss McLaggen, then you come... as for the other one..."

"Professor! Can I choose my opponent?" McLaggen suddenly asked.

"Hmm? Of course, you can." Although Dumbledore was a little strange, he didn't refuse.

McLaggen immediately ran to the Slytherin students.

Facing McLaggen's provocative eyes, the Slytherin students immediately glared back.

McLaggen glanced at these Slytherins, and then her eyes fell on Leif and Tom.

Finally, she pointed to Tom and said, "Riddle, it's you!"

Hearing this, Tom narrowed his eyes slightly, and a red light flashed in his pupils.

Is she treating me like a pushover?

Dumbledore watched this scene with great interest.

After the two stood facing each other, Dumbledore said, "Bow to each other first, and then... you can only start when I announce the start. Everyone, step back a little."

Everyone immediately took several steps back, no one wanted to be accidentally injured.

McLaggen stared at Tom closely. She had no confidence in dealing with Leif, but she was very confident in dealing with Tom, who could even fail at brewing Pimple Potion!

After the two bowed stiffly.

"Three, two, one, start!" As Dumbledore's voice fell.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Expe..."

"Snap!"

McLaggen looked at her wand in Tom's hand with a pale face. "How is it possible... how could you be so fast?"

"Looks like you need to practice more," Tom said arrogantly.

Having been trained by Leif for so long, Tom didn't even need to be too serious to deal with such a small fry.

Almost everyone looked at Tom in surprise, because his attack was too fast, so fast that most people couldn't see it clearly!

"Wonderful Disarming Charm! Wonderful casting skills! 10 points to Slytherin. Mr. Riddle deserves our applause," Dumbledore praised loudly.

As the applause rang out, Tom's old face blushed slightly. He had never experienced this feeling of being in the spotlight before.

Tom felt a little lightheaded all over...

"Tom, very good spell, but I heard that you have always been practicing with Leif before, so... would you like to have a match with Leif too, so that everyone can have a good look?"

Tom's fluttering heart suddenly fell to the bottom.

"Who? Me? Me fight Leif?"

"Ah... Tom, it's true that I haven't practiced with you for a long time. Don't worry, I'll try to be gentle," Leif walked up, with a gentle smile on his face that Tom was very familiar with.

"I..."