The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 533 Treasury (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
In the dark tunnel, a small car was moving quickly along the track in the tunnel. At the same time, a sharp shout came from the car, even drowning out the rattling sound of the car and the sound of the wind in everyone's ears. It was the goblin sitting in the driver's seat who kept bragging about the safety of Gringotts.

"Don't think that you can get here smoothly because you have proof of identity. Otherwise, don't even think about entering the heavily guarded underground entrance here. You should know that a large area of ​​land nearby is covered with protective spells and detection spells. It is impossible to get past those defenses by other means—"

But even if the goblin sitting in front of him kept on advertising, Ryan was determined not to store anything of real value in this place. Because the goblins' moral integrity was really untrustworthy. Think about the last book of the novel, when Harry met Griphook, an employee of Gringotts, he took out the sword of Gryffindor and seduced him, and easily got all the information about Gringotts. In theory, this information should be kept completely confidential by financial industry practitioners.

Ryan even suspected that the first-year Philosopher's Stone could be kept quietly in Gringotts for so long because Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel's reputation and power were indeed strong enough. Otherwise, given the greed and integrity of the goblins, Ryan felt that they would probably find a goblin as a scapegoat and directly announce that a Gringotts employee had defected with the Philosopher's Stone.

Sirius couldn't stand the goblin's chattering any more, so he said directly to the goblin sitting in front of him, "Is it absolutely safe? Then can you explain how the most secure underground vault was broken into a few years ago?"

"Well..." The goblin driving the car seemed a little hesitant. "Well, at least we didn't lose anything, right?"

But in this way, the goblin finally shut up his chattering mouth, and everyone's ears were much quieter. Ryan took a moment to look around and found that the car was driving deep underground. They kept turning sharply among the stalactites and went down to an unexpected depth.

Because Ryan and his friends came in through normal channels, their journey was different from the one Harry and his friends took in the novel. For example, they never encountered the anti-thief waterfall. Come to think of it, those who can enter the underground vault are all important people with status, and we can't let them pour a bucket of water on their heads every time they come in.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, the car, which was as bumpy as a roller coaster, slowed down and stopped on a small stone platform. The goblin's sharp voice sounded again: "Okay, gentlemen, our car can only go so far. From now on, you need to walk over."

"This is about 3000 meters underground." Ryan silently calculated the speed and driving time in his mind, but what surprised him was that theoretically the temperature at this depth should be more than 50 degrees Celsius. But now Ryan felt that it might not even be 20 degrees here, and there was a damp and cold breath in the air.

However, not long after walking along the corridor, the temperature began to rise. After turning a small angle, Ryan saw the culprit for the rising temperature: a fire dragon.

This dragon was huge, at least a circle bigger than the one he faced in the Triwizard Tournament. This meant that this dragon was very powerful, because as it aged, the size of the dragon would continue to increase, and its ability to resist spells would become more and more difficult to deal with over time. And while all this was happening, its aggression and attack power were also steadily increasing.

But the dragon in front of him didn't look good. Because it had been confined underground for too long, the scales on its body had become pale and loose. Its eyes were cloudy pink, and both of its hind legs were shackled with heavy chains connected to huge stakes driven deep into the stone ground. After hearing the footsteps in the corridor, it turned its ugly head towards Ryan and the others, let out a roar that made the stones tremble, and opened its mouth to spit out a stream of fire.

But Dumbledore, who was standing in front, just waved his old wand slightly, and a sky blue transparent barrier appeared in front of them to block the flames for everyone.

"You really deserve to be the greatest white wizard now—" the goblin who led the way said to Dumbledore in a somewhat flattering manner, trying to cover up his mistake of not reminding everyone in time. However, after Sirius snorted coldly, he immediately changed the subject. "Its eyes are not working, but that makes it more brutal. But we have a way to control it. It has formed a conditioned reflex to the jingle pieces." After saying that, he took out some small metal tools from his small leather bag and gave one to each person. "Shake this together, and when it hears this sound, it will think of pain and retreat, and we can open the door of the vault."

Only then did Ryan discover that the location of the fire dragon was a small platform, and surrounding the platform there were several high and low gates with very complex carvings.

At this time, Dumbledore suddenly took action to control the goblin in front, and then waved his wand to make the giant dragon that was spewing fire fall down.

"Well, we can only get here peacefully." Dumbledore explained, "Before coming down, each goblin can only obtain the corresponding authority for the door that the customer requests to open. This is a defense method for Gringotts to prevent theft. So Ryan, you need to take action on the Lestrange family vault. Also, you don't have to worry about the dragon and the goblin. They are just knocked unconscious now. I will inject them with the prepared memories in a while."

To be honest, both the goblins and the dragons were strong. Especially the goblins who had the authority to come here were even as strong as the elite Aurors. The reason why he was defeated so quickly was simply because he didn't expect a magician like Dumbledore, who was equipped with top-level magic equipment, to suddenly attack from behind. It can only be said that he had tried his best, but it was not his fault that he ended up like this.

"Let me see." Under the guidance of Sirius, Ryan walked to the door of the target vault, then waved his wand and began to check.

"What a clever setup." Ryan murmured. During the inspection, he found that the goblins had prepared an extremely sophisticated energy supply system in the underground vault, using the underground geothermal conversion magic circle to provide an inexhaustible supply of magic power for the entire vault's defense system. This was why Ryan had discovered that the temperature of the underground vault was not high.

There were a lot of defensive and warning magic on the door of the vault, as well as on the surrounding walls. However, Ryan unexpectedly discovered that the Black family's vault and the target vault were next door.

"Can we let this goblin open the door of Sirius's vault first?" Ryan asked.

"That's easy." Dumbledore nodded and restored the dragon and the goblin to their original state. Sure enough, the goblin did not have any doubts. After the goblin opened the Black family vault, Dumbledore knocked the goblin and the dragon unconscious again, and then walked into the vault.

As soon as he entered the vault, he heard Ryan say in a cheerful tone: "Ha, I knew it was like this. Soon we will be able to enter the vault where Bella keeps the treasure given by the mysterious man."

(End of this chapter)