The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 510: Hurrying on the Road (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote)
After making the decision to form a group to go to Hamunaptra, a very realistic question was put before them: where would the money for the team come from?

"We need camels, horses, supplies, weapons, tents. In short, a lot of things. But my brother and I don't have that much money." Jonathan said bluntly. "In short, if we don't have enough money, we may have to get others to join us. For example, the curator of this museum, or some rich people I know. But in this way, our gains will definitely be greatly reduced, and the danger will also increase greatly."

"As for the money, that's easy." Ryan took out a few gold bars from his space bag. "We don't have the pounds here, so how about gold? You can use this gold to prepare, and the rest is a tip for you. My only request is that you buy the most suitable equipment as quickly as possible."

"Of course, no problem. I'm very familiar with Cairo and I promise to do everything for you." Jonathan kissed the gold bar, then said hello to his sister in a swaggering manner and left to make preparations.

"Oh, you are so generous. There is really no need to give so much money." Evelyn looked at Ryan and the others and said, "That much gold is enough to organize an expedition team of more than a dozen people with luxurious equipment."

"It doesn't matter. With more money, things should be done faster. Besides, the money is not that important to us. What is really important is the ancient Egyptian magic knowledge left in the ruins." Ryan said.

In the following time, Ryan and Hermione helped Evelyn clean up the mess in the library with magic, and then went to a nice hotel with her to wait for Jonathan to get ready. As expected, Hermione and Evelyn quickly found common ground and started chatting. Evelyn began to teach Hermione some archaeological knowledge about ancient Egypt. Fortunately, Hermione had a foundation in ancient Egyptian sacred texts, so she learned quickly.

When it was afternoon, Jonathan came to the hotel and asked them to set off. Unlike the camel ride they had imagined, Jonathan was preparing for a boat trip on the Nile.

"You know, the ancient Egyptian civilization developed around the Nile River, so their important cities are all on both sides of the Nile River, and the place we are going to is no exception." Jonathan saw Ryan's puzzled look and quickly explained, "So after looking at the map, I think we can take a boat first, and then ride horses. This is not only faster, but also a much more comfortable journey."

"It's okay, do whatever you think is convenient." In fact, if it was just Ryan and Hermione, they would choose to fly directly. However, considering that neither of them understood ancient Egyptian culture very well, in order to avoid various troubles in the ruins, taking Evelyn with them became a good option. In this way, Jonathan, as a brother, was worried about his sister going out on an adventure with two strangers, and insisted on following. Fortunately, as a person who can eat well in various places in Cairo, taking him with him can also provide a lot of help for the journey.

Although the boat they were on was just an inland boat, it was not small. After putting their luggage away, Ryan and Hermione went to the deck together to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.

"It feels like an old movie," Hermione said, holding onto the railing. "An old steam river boat, sailing on the beautiful Nile River, which looks golden in the sun."

"That movie is called Death on the Nile, right?" Ryan thought for a moment before figuring out what movie Hermione was talking about. "But don't you think it's a bit unlucky for us to think of this movie while we're on a cruise ship on the Nile?"

Hermione burst out laughing, and at this moment a young white man who looked like a European came over. "My beautiful lady, could you please have a drink at the bar on the ship?"

"Sorry, my fiancé and I have something to discuss here." Hermione said to the tactless guy in annoyance. But the guy not only did not leave, but started to speak nonsense. "Get out, Chink, stay away from this white lady."

Damn racism, Ryan clenched the wand hidden in his pocket. To be honest, this was the first time he had faced such direct racism in all these years. The elementary school he attended before was a relatively high-end private school, where racism was at most expressed very secretly. After graduating from elementary school, he went directly to Hogwarts. Since black Africa and East Asia are not much weaker than the West in the magic world, there is no racial discrimination in the magic world, only discrimination based on bloodline. Hermione was very angry about such remarks, and she petrified the guy directly. Then she pointed her wand at his face in the horrified look.

"Lyrics." Soon the expression on Hermione's face became more and more angry, and finally there was even a hint of murderous intent in her eyes.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Ryan asked, pressing Hermione's shoulder.

"This guy is a member of the KKK. He has participated in five or six killings of innocent people of color." Hermione turned to Ryan and said, "In addition to this, he has done many more harm to people of color. This time he got together with a group of KKK scum who are similar to him. He is protecting a scholar as a bodyguard in his search for Hamunatta."

Ryan immediately remembered that this group of Americans should be the group of guys who took the holy urn containing Ansuna's internal organs in the original plot. Come to think of it, there are not many good people among those who can leave their homes and take the initiative to go to such a dangerous place in this era, and at the same time, this is the era when the KKK is most rampant. So it is normal that this group of people are garbage that harm innocent people. Ryan felt that he could now enforce justice and kill these guys who were competing with his group for opportunities.

Thinking of this, Ryan and Hermione whispered to each other. Then they used magic to attack these KKK scum and threw them into the river to feed the Nile crocodiles. By the way, they used the forgetfulness spell to clean up all the memories of the other guide Benny about Hamunatta.

As a result, shortly after Ryan and his friends returned to their room on the ship, the ship shook, slowed down, and finally stopped.

"What happened?" Evelyn asked curiously. Soon Jonathan got the news from outside. "I heard that several Americans on the ship are missing, so now we need to dock at the nearest dock, which means we have to walk a lot more."

Soon the ship docked at a small pier, and the passengers left after being questioned by the police on board. When Ryan and his friends got off the ship, they saw the American historian led by guide Benny and a group of local workers walking in a completely wrong direction. It seems that after finding out that he could not remember the location of Hamunaptra, the cunning Benny decided to take the American professor for a stroll in the desert and cheat some money.

The next journey was to ride on horseback in the desert. To be more precise, the surrounding area should be considered a Gobi Desert, so horses can also be used in this place. After leaving the human settlement on the Nile River, Ryan made the rose crystal appear and introduced another member of the expedition team to Evelyn and the others.

"This magic is amazing." Evelyn exclaimed as she watched the puppet flying high into the sky from time to time to scout the surrounding situation. "This way, we don't have to worry about things attacking us at night."

Although the place where they disembarked was farther from Hamunatta than the place where the protagonists and their group jumped off the ship after the ship caught fire in the movie, it was not far enough. Because in this era, ships did not have enough navigation lights and radars. In this case, ships on the river generally would not sail at night to avoid running aground or stranding.

This is why in the movie, so many of the Pharaoh's guards were able to sneak onto the ship silently: because the ship was anchored at the time, otherwise a motor boat would not be able to catch up with it by paddling, and using the same motor boat would make too much noise to chase it.

(End of this chapter)