Everyday Players at Hogwarts..

Chapter 472 Gringotts

"And you know that she took her husband's last name - Lestrange."

"Voldemort has always had a habit of giving his Horcruxes to people he trusts."

"The Malfoys have obtained the diary."

"The Black family had the honor of participating in the testing of the protective charms that concealed the locket - Kreacher."

"And how come Bella, who is the most trusted, and Lestrange don't have Horcruxes?"

"Gringotts is the most secure place in the UK besides Hogwarts, and the pureblood vault is even more so."

"They would only have kept the Horcrux in their vault if they knew they might be arrested," said Riddle, with an involuntary sneer.

It seemed to be mocking Voldemort's ignorance of the hiding methods of the Horcruxes.

"You really want it?"

"real."

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, also known as Gringotts Bank or Gringotts for short, is the only wizarding bank in the British wizarding world.

The bank is located on the north side of Diagon Alley in London.

It is easy to find because the main door of Gringotts Bank faces Diagon Alley and is very eye-catching compared to the surrounding shops - a snow-white building towering above the surrounding shops.

In addition to storing money and safeguarding the valuables of witches and wizards, banks can also exchange Muggle currency for magical currency.

It is run by goblins.

The goblins will try to put the exchanged Muggle currency back into circulation in Muggle society.

As a bank run by goblins who were once able to fight wizards, it was obviously unwise to break into it for a few gold galleons.

And in terms of physical structure, it is also safe and reliable.

It can be said that two doors are required just to enter the marble halls of Gringotts.

At the outermost point, facing Diagon Alley, a set of white stone steps led to a bronze door where a goblin in a scarlet and gold-rimmed uniform stood.

After entering and passing through the inner hall, there is a second silver door, and there are two goblins guarding on both sides of this door.

The door is also engraved with Gringotts's advertisement, which has reached the ears of almost all wizards: Come in, stranger. Be careful, for it will not bring treasure but bad retribution.

Going further inside, there is a tall marble hall.

Hundreds of goblins sat on high stools behind a long row of counters, weighing coins on copper scales, examining gems through eyepieces, or scribbling entries in large ledgers.

There are countless doors in the hall, leading to different vaults.

Unlike the majestic marble hall, the stone corridor leading to the vault was very narrow and dim, lit by torches.

The stone corridor is a steep downhill slope with a railway underneath.

The cart to the vault is manned by the bank's goblins.

These small trailers took customers hundreds of miles underground in London, "racing along a maze of winding corridors" to the vault.

The speed of the cart is so fast that when you sit on it, you can feel the cold air whistling past, which hurts your eyes and may even make you feel like you are going to vomit.

The size of the vault itself varies, and so does the level of security it provides.

Of all the vaults, the largest and best-protected ones belonged to the oldest wizarding families and were located on the deepest levels.

Vaults closer to the ground appear to be smaller and have fewer security measures.

A deep vault requires the goblin to touch the vault door to open, while a shallow vault only requires a key.

It is said that in the deepest and most secure vault, there are dragons guarding it.

And now, as the goblins above Gringotts were walking back and forth in the hall.

Thousands of miles away from London, in front of the deepest four or five vaults, a tall and thin figure suddenly emerged from thin air. In front of the vault, the dragon, whose scales were pale and trembling because of not seeing the sun for a long time and whose eyes had turned cloudy pink, ignored the figure in front of it.

The figure also ignored the dragon in front of him and took a step forward to the door of a vault, where the dragon's ugly head was six feet away.

You know, although its two hind legs were tied with shackles connected to huge stakes driven deep into the stone ground, its huge wings with spikes were folded on both sides of its body.

But as long as it stretches its neck slightly, or spews out dragon fire that can molten gold and burn iron, it can take your life.

The figure pulled out his wand and poked at the keyless stone door in front of him.

If there were a goblin here, it would be very surprised.

Because Gringotts itself is a huge magic circle, wizards should not be able to Apparate here.

Moreover, each keyless stone door is bound to a fairy, and only when the fairy touches it will the stone door open.

Other people or wizards will be sucked in.

Plus, the goblins have a habit of checking the vault only every few decades.

It is common to find strange, desiccated remains in vaults.

And the dragon they are raising is the biggest Ukrainian iron belly.

It has a magical sense of smell that is better than its eyes.

Unless it is a fairy who trained it, or someone holding a Jingle Piece, anyone else who approaches it will be attacked by it like a storm.

But the figure in front of him did all the forbidden things, such as approaching the dragon and touching the stone door with the magic wand, but he was safe and sound.

Now even his Apparation here wasn't surprising.

"How interesting, fairy magic." The figure laughed.

His wrist trembled slightly, and he turned his wand, drawing an irregular circle in front of the stone door.

The door of the vault disappeared, revealing a hole.

The cave was stuffed from floor to ceiling with gold coins and gold goblets, silver armor, the furs of various exotic animals with spines or hanging wings, potions in aquariums, and a man still wearing a crown. skull.

This vault satisfies almost everyone's desires.

People obsessed with wealth have these gold coins.

Those who are obsessed with alchemy will chase after alchemical artifacts such as silver armor.

People who like wild animals with supernatural powers will be crazy about the fur and organs of these exotic animals.

Scholars who are obsessed with potions will also be fascinated by the rare potions in these jars.
But the man in front of him remained calm, and even the half of his face exposed under the hood did not show the slightest smile.

He walked into the cave entrance and heard a dull metallic thump behind him: the door reappeared, sealing him in the vault, and it was pitch black all around.

The figure seemed to have anticipated this, for he pointed the wand in his hand slightly into the air, and a sphere shining with white light appeared, allowing everything in the vault to be illuminated again.

The figure began a long search in the vault.

The fire spell and replication spell on the treasure seemed to have no effect on him.

His slender fingers brushed over each collection, but no bubbles appeared, and the treasures did not automatically replicate until the entire vault was filled.

After an unknown amount of time, the figure finally smiled.

His fingers slightly hooked the small golden cup, and the hood on his head was brushed off because of joy, revealing his handsome and ferocious face.

It was Tom Riddle.

Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

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