"I imagine everyone is clear on Blessing Magic by now."
Dudley began slowly, then continued, "Next, let me explain—
the true intentions of the mastermind who gathered most of the world's Black Wizards and launched this unprecedented Black-and-White Wizard War.
That would be the man hanging up there now, the Dark Lord whose name was known throughout the International Wizarding World decades ago—Gellert Grindelwald."
As Dudley mentioned Grindelwald, he pointed at the man suspended in the air behind him.
Everyone's attention shifted to Grindelwald.
Even a ruthless figure like Grindelwald, who cared little for others' opinions, could not help feeling uncomfortable at being treated this way.
He knew Dudley was about to invent excuses to exonerate him, but this situation, this spectacle, was worlds apart from what he had envisioned before going into battle.
His lifetime of renown would probably be ruined today.
Sure enough, Dudley announced to everyone a moment later:
"Grindelwald claimed that the Hogwarts Founders' Blessing Magic would drive White Wizards worldwide to launch an all-out purge of Black Wizards, leaving them no way to survive.
Under that pretext, he secretly gathered Black Wizards and Fantastic Beasts with ulterior motives from around the world, forming a new force of Saints.
He also captured wicked Muggles guilty of heinous crimes worldwide to use as sacrificial materials for Dark Magic, before launching a lightning assault on the British Wizarding World and Hogwarts.
His true intention was to subdue everyone here and our Fantastic Beast allies, then activate the magical measures he had placed on all his followers in front of us, paralyzing every surviving Black Wizard and Fantastic Beast with ulterior motives.
He intended this as the greatest pledge of allegiance in history, demonstrating his wholehearted defection to the White Wizard faction in exchange for a pardon for his