Hogwarts: Why do you call me the Demon King?

Many people know that there is a fire dragon beneath Gringotts, while few do not.

Even the fire dragon in the vault is a selling point of Gringotts' security system; using a fire dragon to guard the vault—how impressive does that sound?

Who knew these fairies would be so rudimentary in taming the fire dragon!

In Scrimgeour's imagination, the Gringotts goblins would at least have to train the dragons to be as nimble as their own arms.

So what did those goblins from Gringotts do?

The moment the fire dragon went berserk, he sent someone to ask the fairy how to control it.

At least quiet the fire dragon down.

Then, the goblins of Gringotts gave them a few "Ding Dang cards".

What exactly is this "Ding Dang Pian"?

It's a metal piece that comes in a small leather bag and makes a specific crisp sound when shaken.

The fairy would begin training the dragon when it was young: each time she shook the tinkling piece, she would strike the dragon with a red-hot sword, making it establish a strong association between the "tinkling sound" and "intense pain".

After long-term training, the fire dragon developed a conditioned reflex: as soon as it hears the clanging sound, it will instinctively recall the burning pain and thus retreat on its own.

Gringotts' authorized goblins and wizards can use this to gain access to the high-security vault.

Okay, so here's the question.

Now that the dragon, which was trained by the Gringotts goblins since childhood, has gone wild and is free, will it still be afraid of the sound of the jingle?

Of course it will, but the fire dragon, which is currently in a berserk state, will not calm down when it hears Ding Dangpian's voice; instead, it will become even more ferocious.

Using this thing is like adding fuel to the fire.

From that moment on, Scrimgeour understood that Gringotts had never truly tamed a dragon.

They are simply exploiting the dragon's fear.

This can't even be described as a makeshift operation; it's pure shoddy work.

This fire dragon might be temporarily controlled, but what about the next one?

The longer this kind of probability-based behavior continues, the greater the chance of an unexpected outcome.

Scrimgeour had initially thought Gringotts would be quite reliable.

Looking at it now... utter bullshit!

The wizards who defeated the fairies were too soft-hearted!

If Scrimgeour had taken the time to recall the history of magic he learned at Hogwarts, he would have remembered that the Ministry of Magic suffered heavy losses during the 18th-century goblin rebellion due to the alliance between goblins and werewolves.

The Ministry of Magic at the time even authorized the use of incarnations as weapons of war against the combined forces of goblins and werewolves.

Therefore, the war between humans and fairies was not a complete victory, but a partial one.

Since it was a Pyrrhic victory, it was impossible to reap all the rewards of the victory.

When those three Death Eaters ran away, Scrimgeour knew they had little chance of catching them.

It's one thing to try and catch them but fail, but it's another thing for the Aurors not to try.

The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic can fail in their mission, but they cannot afford not to act.

As the Ministry of Magic's violent branch, if they act hesitantly or even selectively carry out missions...

What use are the Aurors to the Ministry of Magic?

Not to mention Fudge, even Director Amelia wouldn't let him off the hook.

"Tell me, what's wrong with Gringotts this time!"

Listen, fairy!

"You'd better tell me something urgent, or you'll be coming back to the Ministry of Magic with me as an informant for the Death Eaters!"

Scrimgeour's patience had run out, and then he heard the goblin in front of him cry out in a tearful voice.

"Fierce Fire! It's Fierce Fire!"

Someone set a pyrotechnic fire in the vault! But the vault can't be kept sealed off indefinitely!

Once the Fiendfire bursts from the vaults, all the vaults in Gringotts will be reduced to ashes!

"It's over, Gringotts is finished, and the British wizarding world is finished too!"

"Damn it! Why didn't you say so sooner, you bastard?!"

Scrimgeour grabbed the goblin by the collar and pulled him up from the ground, pressing his wand against the goblin's neck.

He really wanted to cast a spell to cut that damned goblin's head off.

But he couldn't do that.

The fairy manager truly sensed Scrimgeour's killing intent; it knew perfectly well that the Auror leader before it genuinely wanted to kill it.

It hurriedly defended itself: "I'm under the Imperius Curse! Someone used the Imperius Curse to control me; it's a Death Eater, and they have accomplices!"

"Arrest them! I'm truly innocent!"

Arrest accomplices?

What a load of crap!

Even if a Death Eater were standing right in front of Scrimgeour and he were to arrest him, he still wouldn't be able to give the order to do so.

Because something even more deadly than the Death Eaters is in Gringotts' vault.

All the Aurors who came to participate in the operation today must go to Gringotts to stop the spread of Fiendfire.

Otherwise, even if we capture the Death Eaters and their associates, it won't be of any use.

Just as the fairy said, Gringotts will collapse, and the entire British wizarding world will collapse as well.

Did he kill himself?

That's a truly horrible way to die.

"All Aurors, follow me to Gringotts' vault immediately!" Scrimgeour threw the goblin on the ground and ordered him to lead the way.

Soon, the group of Aurors followed the large hole that the fire dragon had just opened and arrived at the Lestrange family's vault.

Standing at the entrance of the vault, Scrimgeour could already feel the astonishing heat emanating from inside.

Just as the fairy herself said, this vault couldn't possibly keep the Fiery Blaze contained for long.

In other words, if even a fiend's treasury could trap and kill the fairies, they wouldn't have ended up in this state.

There's a reason why Grindelwald chose Fiendfire, one of the most profound and dangerous forms of dark magic in wizarding arts.

Looking at the vault, which was clearly more advanced than the others, Scrimgeour suddenly realized something.

Who owns this vault?

“The Lestrange family…” The fairy’s tone was filled with barely concealed relief.

Not only was the goblin manager relieved, but the entire Gringotts family was relieved that the burned vault belonged to the Lestrange family.

Because the entire family is in Azkaban, even if the vault is burned to the ground, no one in their family will hold them accountable or seek compensation for the time being.

Not to mention Gringotts, even Scrimgeour himself secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Scrimgeour took a deep breath and instructed the goblin, "When I say 'open,' you open the vault, understand?"

"Yes, yes, Director Scrinker!"

Scrimgeour's wand glowed orange-red first, and he shouted to the surrounding Aurors, "All Aurors, wands down!"

"Now, open it!"

The fairy endured the excruciating pain of the burning vault door and placed her hand on it. The next second, the vault door was shattered by the blue flames!

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"All curses end—"

"All curses will end."

"All curses have ended!!!"

The combined "End of All Curses" cast by dozens of Aurors finally locked the Fiendfire in Lestrange's vault.

Eventually, the Fiendfire was slowly extinguished, and a disaster that would have affected Gringotts and even the entire British wizarding world was finally nipped in the bud.

The Gringotts arson incident was only truly over after Scrimgeour personally went to the Lestrange family vault to confirm that there were no remaining embers.

While Scrimgeour was clashing with the Aurors and Fiends, Isaac and his group had already taken advantage of the chaos to leave.

Their invisibility cloaks were damaged to varying degrees by the Fiendfire, but that was alright; as long as the operation went smoothly, these losses were within acceptable limits.

For the Rozier family, who are keen on "rebellion," this loss is really nothing.

Gringotts suffered losses during the Death Eater attacks, robberies, and arson; they lost two goblin guards and a fire dragon.

Fairy guards are nothing special; you could even call them consumables.

But the fire dragon's escape was enough to break their hearts.