Let me show you a new way Chapter 232

“Harry is our greatest hope. Believe in him.”

These were Dumbledore’s last words to Kingsley and Lupin in the original novel. Soon after, Dumbledore went on an adventure with Harry and then died from Snape’s killing curse.

From a certain perspective, these words were indeed the truth. The big villain Voldemort and the protagonist Harry Potter shared too many commonalities. If they had been born in the same era, it would have likely turned into a “love-hate” Japanese manga plot.

Voldemort was a half-blood wizard who grew up in an orphanage. From a young age, he discovered and exploited his special powers, using them to intimidate, steal… and even murder.

Harry Potter, like him, lived with his aunt and uncle. Long-term emotional abuse did not twist the boy’s personality. His heart still held the normal qualities of a young child: justice, recklessness, arrogance, kindness, and so on.

From a certain perspective, Voldemort was a born bad seed. Even after Voldemort entered Hogwarts and began to disguise his true nature, making himself more likable, the twisted and evil nature within him was fundamentally impossible to suppress.

On one hand, Voldemort carried out long-term terrorist attacks under the guise of “pure-blood glory” and “purifying the impure.” On the other hand, his own father was a very ordinary Muggle.

He inherited his Muggle father’s excellent looks, while also inheriting the hidden magical talent of the Slytherin bloodline. His intelligence was also very high. Yet, for the sake of so-called immortality and power, he willingly subjected himself to dangerous dark magic transformations, gradually becoming less and less human.

Voldemort was not a great villain. He had no true action plan, no complete revolutionary goals. In the early days, he successfully seduced some equally twisted individuals to join him through intimidation and his charm.

Unfortunately, as his appearance gradually deteriorated, this twisted, evil charm also disappeared. Aside from a few die-hard fans who had been completely brainwashed into fanatics, most of his followers were controlled by his immense power.

It can be said that later Voldemort had no personal charisma whatsoever. He simply relied on his strength to act recklessly. His pursuit of dark magic lowered his intelligence and appearance. He squandered a strong hand he had in the early stages.

In the original timeline, the reason for Voldemort’s ultimate failure was quite comical. Dumbledore possessed an invincible wand, but in an attempt to save Harry, Dumbledore was ambushed by Draco Malfoy, and the Elder Wand’s ownership transferred to Draco (though Draco himself didn’t know it).

Later, Harry Potter was captured by Death Eaters. During his escape, he disarmed Draco, causing the ownership of the Elder Wand to subtly transfer to Harry. And Voldemort, due to the destruction of his Horcruxes and other reasons, saw his already low intelligence drop further. He ultimately fought Harry Potter with the Elder Wand, but the Elder Wand in his hand turned traitor. The Killing Curse he cast rebounded onto himself, and Voldemort died on the spot.

It can be said that Harry Potter won very coincidentally. If not for the Elder Wand’s betrayal, Harry Potter at that time completely lacked the ability to kill Voldemort. If Voldemort wanted to flee, few could stop him, and if he wanted to kill someone, in that era where both Grindelwald and Dumbledore were dead, no one could stop him. Voldemort was the strongest.

But he still died. All these coincidences led to his demise.

The root cause can be summed up in one sentence: “When fortune smiles, heaven and earth lend their strength; when fortune departs, heroes lose their freedom.” When Voldemort was at his most arrogant, only Dumbledore could defeat him. The problem was that Voldemort, unlike Grindelwald, had means of resurrection. Even if Dumbledore held the Elder Wand, fighting Voldemort would not be without injury, and Voldemort could resurrect soon after, while Dumbledore could not.

So Dumbledore at that time could only stay in Hogwarts, fully powered up, becoming a sanctuary for the British wizarding world, rather than confronting Voldemort head-on. He waited until he was weakened before taking Harry on adventures, eventually dying.

From the moment Harry Potter’s prophecy was born, Voldemort was destined to fall. Through a series of idiotic actions, Voldemort was successfully defeated without injury by a seventeen-year-old kid, becoming the most disgraceful Dark Lord.

From a certain perspective, from the moment Sibyll Trelawney made the prophecy, it was destined that Voldemort would be defeated by a seventeen-year-old kid.

Harry Potter was the protagonist of this world. Lin Dong, as an outsider, could not change this. So after accidentally destroying Harry Potter’s destined wand, he proposed creating a new wand, giving Harry Potter a new “cheat.”

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A huge furnace blazed before Lin Dong. In the center of the furnace, a golden ring floated quietly within the flames.

On the outer circumference of the ring, peculiar fiery red markings were engraved, like a soaring firebird, radiating immense power.

Beside the furnace, Ollivander looked at the ring before him with pleasant surprise, his excitement beyond words.

“We succeeded!” he said. The ring was emitting a faint magical aura. The master-level Ollivander could tell that the ring had taken shape. They had magically deconstructed the phoenix feather and integrated it into the magical metal. And from the current situation, the fusion between the two was perfect. This special ring, made using two wand-making techniques, would be the most amazing and unique magical ring in the world.

In fact, before creating this ring, Lin Dong and Ollivander had undergone extensive study. Lin Dong taught Ollivander many Merlin spells, and Ollivander also taught Lin Dong many charms and transfiguration spells.

And before this creation, Ollivander and Lin Dong, to prevent accidentally damaging the sole feather, had used other materials to make many prototypes.

The early stages were perfect. The magical metal creation was fine, and the core deconstruction was also fine. But during the fusion, it never succeeded. The magical metal and core material would ultimately turn into dross.

After many attempts and the expenditure of a large amount of materials, Ollivander, who still couldn’t succeed, felt somewhat despairing. But Lin Dong resolutely stopped making prototypes and directly used that feather.

Ollivander initially disagreed. He believed that without understanding the technique, rashly proceeding could very likely destroy the feather.

But at Lin Dong’s insistence, Ollivander finally agreed, and through their efforts, they successfully created it.

Everything seemed to go so smoothly, much smoother than when they made the prototypes. Ollivander still didn’t understand what had gone wrong before.

But Lin Dong roughly understood.

In this world, the traces of destiny always revolved around the protagonist Harry Potter. Although the power of destiny had not truly manifested, its influence was always subtly present.

This world did not want a second special wand. At least for a short time, Harry Potter’s wand had to be the most special one. Therefore, the world was hindering the appearance of a second special ring.

Then, Lin Dong had a bold idea in his mind.

He mentally communicated with his storage space, then took out a metal can glowing with blue light. He opened it under Ollivander’s surprised gaze. Many magical blue liquid metals floated out of the can and slowly adhered to the ring under Lin Dong’s guidance.

The gradually declining world’s alert level surged back to 58%. The contents of this can had entered the furnace. If this metal could fuse with the ring, then the ring would become even more powerful. And if it didn’t fuse, then the ring would be contaminated by this blue metal, leading to damage.

Finally, the world’s alert level stopped rising, and the furnace slowly extinguished. The golden ring inside was wrapped in a layer of blue liquid metal, which then cooled down and transformed into ordinary silver.

“What is that?” Ollivander exclaimed somewhat uneasily. He hadn’t expected this move from Lin Dong.

“It’s a magical metal, an indestructible metal,” Lin Dong said faintly, watching the silver ring slowly descend from the air.

“Its name is…”

“Vibranium.”