Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 201 Vault
In the magnificent Gringotts, under the guidance of Griphook, Mike came to a stone door.

When Griphook opened the stone door, what appeared in front of Mike was not the magnificent and luxurious scene like the Gringotts hall, but a narrow stone corridor, with torches hanging on the left and right walls of the stone corridor, crackling and burning .

This stone corridor is a steep descent, not surprisingly, the Gringotts vaults are located directly below Gringotts.In fact, according to the description of the Gringotts vaults in the original book, the entire underground of Diagon Alley should be empty.

Mike and Griphook supported the wall and walked down cautiously. After a while, a winding railway appeared in front of them.

Griphook got on a small mining cart that could only accommodate two adults, and waved for Mike to get on too.

Looking at the mine cart without any protective measures in front of him, Mike hesitated in his heart, so he asked:

"Don't you have any other better means of transportation?"

"I'm sorry Mr. Townley, even if Mr. Fudge (the current Minister of Magic) is here, he can only sit down here." Griphook spread his hands and made a helpless gesture.

Now that Mike has no other choice, he can only reluctantly step into this small mine cart, but in his heart he has already scolded the goblins bloody.

Mom Hot Fake!As the only bank in the entire British wizarding world, it still has the right to mint coins, and the means of transportation that take customers to the vault to withdraw money are so backward!If you were not a monopoly enterprise, your service attitude would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Although his heart was turbulent, Mike still looked calm on the surface, but before driving he took out his wand and put on a protective armor for himself just in case.

That's right, he only put it on himself, and he didn't put it on the ring.

Griph didn't care about Mike's narrow-minded behavior, and still had that respectful look on his face.

"Are you ready, Mr. Townley?"

"drive……."

Before Mike could say the last word, the pull ring had already started the minecart. The moment the minecart started, Mike felt a strong push back, and he was directly pressed against the minecart. on the mine hopper.

Fortunately, with the protection of the armor body, Mike did not feel any discomfort except for the feeling of pushing his back. Even the hurricane brought by the high-speed movement was perfectly resisted by the transparent shield of the armor body.

Mike originally wanted to criticize Griphook for his bad behavior of driving ahead of time, but when he saw the face of Griphook sitting in front of Mike who was distorted by the wind because he was not protected by armor, Mike's mood changed. Much better.

This underground passage with railways is like a labyrinth. The minecart that Mike and Griphook are riding on is galloping, turning right for a while, turning left for a while, and crossing a fork in a while. This small minecart is like its own It is like knowing the road, driving at an extremely fast speed, and there is no need for a pull ring to control it.

This series of turns made Mike couldn't help but grabbed the handle on the mine cart, but even so, Mike was thrown into a daze.

I don't know how long it took, but Mike's eyes suddenly became clear. It turned out that they finally drove out of the narrow underground passage and came to a wide underground space.

From the corner of Mike's eyes, he saw a fire coming from under him, so he instinctively looked towards the source of the fire.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at Mike's arm, goosebumps appear instantly.

I saw that there was an abyss under them. At this moment, they were driving on the steep rock wall. The trembling track in front of them made Mike very worried whether the mine car they were on would suddenly fall.

And the source of that flame turned out to be a fire dragon, a bony fire dragon with pale scales and armor all over its body.

This unnamed fire dragon is currently locked by six thick chains. One end of the chain is connected to the rock wall, while the other end is tied to the fire dragon's limbs, tail and neck.

These chains should have bound it when it was a child, so now it has grown directly into its flesh.

In addition, Mike also noticed that the eyes of this fire dragon also showed an extremely unhealthy pale color like the body, which is obviously a sign of degeneration of the eyes after staying in a dark environment for too long.

Perhaps due to the degeneration of eyesight, this dragon's hearing is very well developed.After hearing the sound of the mine car that Mike and Griphook were riding on the track, the fire dragon immediately reacted, roared angrily, and opened its mouth to spit out a large ball of flames in the direction of Mike.

Because the distance was too far and the fire dragon was very weak, the flame dissipated within a short distance.

"These damned beasts!"

Griphook in front also noticed that the underground fire dragon was trying to attack them. After cursing, he pulled out two pieces of iron from his arms against the wind, and shook them wildly towards the fire dragon below.

These two pieces of iron should also be magic props, and the sound they made when shaken was extremely penetrating, and it was still transmitted to the ears of the fire dragon below from a long distance away.

And the fire dragon felt like convulsions after hearing the crisp sound, roared and struggled hard, looking extremely painful.

The six thick iron chains were danced by the fire dragon, twitching wildly for a while, and being pulled straight again for a while, making a dull sound.

After a while, blood stains appeared on the place where the fire dragon was bound by iron chains, and large streams of dragon blood flowed down its limbs, gradually forming a stream under its body.But the fire dragon didn't seem to feel any pain, and was still struggling frantically.

It wasn't until Griphook stopped what he was doing and put away the iron sheet that Fire Dragon calmed down.

"I made you laugh at Mr. Townley, these fire dragons are always rebellious."

Griphook managed to squeeze out a smile against the strong wind and explained to Mike, but Mike didn't reply. The way the Gringotts goblins deal with fire dragons is really shocking, leaving him speechless.

Seeing that Mike didn't reply, Griphook was not angry, and turned his head to continue looking ahead.

After a while, the pull ring pulled a switch on the mine car, and the mine car suddenly slowed down, and the metal wheels wiped out sparks on the rails.

In the end, the mine car stopped on a small platform, and Mike and Griphook got off the car and stepped onto the platform one after another.

"Mr. Townley, this vault numbered 688 is currently the best secondary vault in our location." Griphook said enthusiastically as soon as he got out of the car, "Look, the fire dragon that is the guard is right under this vault , I believe you just saw how powerful that fire dragon is, once an intruder wants to harm your vault, the fire dragon will burn him to ashes."

The thrilling journey just now made Mike feel the desire to vomit in his throat. He waved his hand to signal Griphook not to speak. Mike stood still for a while before suppressing this feeling.

"How often do you come to check the vault?"

"About 10 years!"

Hearing the sound, Mike nodded. Due to occupational diseases, he has been paying attention to the security arrangement of this wizarding bank from just now. Now it seems that, except for the goblins who are the staff, who are relatively lazy, they only come to check every 10 years. The vault beyond the vault is impeccable.

But these goblins are lazy for a reason. With such excellent security measures, it is meaningless for them to artificially check the vault.

"Okay, that's it." Mike said with a long sigh of relief, "Hurry up and let's get out of here, I don't want to stay here any longer."

"As you wish, sir!"

Griphook bowed again, turned around and took out a golden key to the door of the only vault on this small platform.

Inserting the golden key into the keyhole on the door and twisting it lightly, a burst of mechanism triggering sounds came from the door, and as the sound stopped abruptly, the vault door automatically opened.

What appeared in front of Mike was a cave about 50 cubic meters in size. The cave was very dry and the air was very fresh, unlike the pungent sulfur smell outside.

"This vault is equipped with constant temperature magic and various protection magic. No matter what you put here, it will be well protected. Even the fragile parchment can stay here intact for tens of thousands of years. Year."

Griphook once again introduced the situation of the vault to Mike, but Mike ignored him, opened the box directly, and poured the gold coins in the traceless stretching spell bag onto the floor of the vault.

As the crisp sound of gold coins colliding continued to resound, a hill made entirely of gold coins piled up in the vault.

After finishing all this, Mike put away all the traceless stretching spell bags again, then turned around and planned to leave.

However, when he turned around, he realized that Griphook was staring at the pile of gold coins with straight eyes, almost drooling.

"Griphook, Griphook!"

Mike called Griphook several times in a row before he woke up, wiped away the drool that didn't exist, and Griphook led Mike out of the underground vault directly.

Mike, who finally came to the Gringotts lobby again, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Mike, please follow me, you still have some documents to sign."

Griphook disappeared after bringing Mike into the hall, but then another goblin came up to him, holding a document and asking Mike to sign it.

Mike sat down on the counter, picked up the file and started watching.

In fact, there is nothing to see here, except for some procedures, it is the precautions for withdrawing money.

If you want to withdraw money after depositing at Gringotts, you will need proof.These certificates can be your own face, keys or exclusive magic signatures, and even if you have a family, the family crest pattern with special magic symbols can also serve as a certificate.

Mike naturally has no family, so he left a magic signature to serve as a voucher when using the check later.In the end, Mike cashed the check that Lockhart gave him, and put the 1500 Galleons back in his box as pocket money.

After finishing all this, Mike finally completed his task today, and walked out of Gringotts under the farewell of the goblins.

In the corner of the Gringotts hall, two middle-aged wizards saw Mike leave Gringotts, looked at each other and silently followed.

Because Mike's behavior was too ostentatious before, many people in the hall noticed this little wizard who was carrying a huge sum of money.And these two people just watched Mike cash a check for 1500 Galleons, so they became greedy.

After the two left, the Muggle-born wizard in tattered clothes also gritted his teeth and followed silently after hesitation.

It was dusk when Mike walked out of Gringotts, and he stayed in Gringotts for a whole afternoon.

At this time, Diagon Alley seemed very deserted. Most of the shops along the street had been closed, and only a few shopkeepers who lived in the shops were still open.Feeling the hunger in his belly, Mike quickened his pace.

He had an appointment with Professor Flitwick to go to the meeting at Raven's Nest tomorrow morning, so he had to go to Professor Flitwick's house first tonight.

Imagining all kinds of delicacies made by the house elf Lolo in his mind, the saliva in Mike's mouth is secreting rapidly, and he can't wait to go back to Professor Flitwick's house.

However, at this moment, the strange voice that belonged to Raven Pappy suddenly sounded in Mike's mind.

'There were three people following us, two at 100 meters from seven o'clock and one at 4 meters from four o'clock. '

Hearing the sound, Mike's movements froze suddenly, but he quickly returned to normal.

"There are people who are not afraid of death." Mike thought to himself, "I'm a little wizard, so you think I'm easy to bully?"

Mike continued walking calmly, but the direction of walking deviated from the main road and started walking towards Knockturn Alley.

The two middle-aged wizards behind them were overjoyed when they saw this. They didn't expect Mike, a young wizard, to be so stupid.If Mike went directly to the Leaky Cauldron and used the fireplace to leave them, there was really nothing he could do about him. Now that Mike ran into Knockturn Alley by himself, he was looking for death.

The heart of the young Muggle wizard who fell last was tugged.

Knockturn Alley is a dangerous and dark place. He and Diagon Alley are like light and shadow. Diagon Alley specializes in all kinds of ordinary magic props, while Knockturn Alley is full of various black magic shops.

It is the place with the highest density of dark wizards in the entire wizarding world, and even the Aurors dare not enter it rashly.Death is the norm here, and people without strength who enter here without authorization are looking for death.

As time passed, Mike had entered Knockturn Alley, and the two middle-aged wizards also quickened their pace, and the young wizards following them could see clearly that they had already drawn out their wands.

"If it's too late, they're going to attack that child!"

The young man clenched his fists tightly, and the image of Mike being killed by those two middle-aged wizards kept flashing in his mind. In the end, he finally made a decision.

I saw him put his hands together around his mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted with all his strength:
"That kid in front, run!"

(End of this chapter)