The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 660 Massacre
Gringotts Wizarding Bank has been described as "one of the safest places in the wizarding world", where wizards store their money and other valuables in heavily guarded vaults miles deep underground.

In 1865, the Ministry of Magic agreed to give the goblins full control of the bank, handing the financial reins of the wizarding world to the goblins, as it had been run by goblins for centuries.

Only goblins know where the winding underground passages lead, and where the magic and creatures that prevent trespassing lie.

Since the establishment of Gringotts, many thieves have coveted the wealth hidden here, trying to get rich overnight through the internal security of the bank.But the goblin will protect the treasure in the vault at all costs, and thieves who break into it will be severely punished.

For these thieves who tried to occupy wealth that did not belong to them, it would be the best end for them to fall into the hands of goblins after they missed their hands.

In the long history of Gringotts, there have only been two successful break-ins.

Once it was Quilinus Quirrell, who didn't steal anything, and Hagrid took out the Philosopher's Stone in advance; another time, Ada and the twins, they successfully took the gold cup from Lestrange's vault.

It may really be a bad year. Since Quirrell in 1991 and Ada and the twins in 1992, Gringotts ushered in another uninvited guest in 1997-Voldemort.

Voldemort, dressed in black, walked through the underground passages miles deep, and in front of him was a bank goblin clerk who guided him.Without goblins to lead the way, even Voldemort would get lost in the maze.

In the darkness, the goblin led the way tremblingly. Whenever he walked slowly, Voldemort behind him would punish him.

Under Voldemort's death threat, the goblin could only shake the jingle to drive back the guarding fire dragon, and brought the Dark Lord to the Lestrange family's underground vault.

The vault of the Lestrange family is one of the most guarded vaults in Gringotts. Not only is it guarded by a vicious fire dragon, but even the vault door is a mechanism to defend against thieves.

If there is no goblin to open the door, once the thief touches the door, he will be sucked into the door and trapped in it.And the goblins of Gringotts will clean up these anti-theft magic doors about once every ten years.

After the goblin opened the vault door, he stood aside respectfully with his head bowed and hands down, hoping that for his cooperation, the Dark Lord would spare his life.

Voldemort stood at the door of the vault, wanting to sense his Horcrux. Even though there were too many soul fragments causing instability, he could still feel the Horcrux at such a close distance.

However, Hufflepuff's gold cup has long been destroyed, how could Voldemort sense it?

Voldemort's figure shook slightly. If his body had blood pressure, no matter what brand of blood pressure monitor it was, it would be overwhelmed by his soaring blood pressure at the moment.

Although he knew in his heart that another Horcrux was lost, Voldemort refused to admit it. He kicked the goblin into the vault, and then followed him.

The poor goblin landed on a pile of gold and silver treasures, and the goblin's screams suddenly sounded in the vault.

The treasures here have been cast with the Fire Curse and the Duplication Curse. The goblin was burned red all over by the Fiery Curse, and the copied property was about to drown him.

Voldemort left the goblin alone, his scarlet eyes darting across the vault.

Whether it was the eyes or the resonance of the soul, Voldemort could not find the little golden cup.Even if he didn't want to believe it anymore, Voldemort had to admit that he had lost another Horcrux.

If he could enter Gringotts and Lestrange's vault as quietly as himself, it would be clear at a glance who took the gold cup.

Anger and panic haunted Voldemort again.Before sneaking into Gringotts, he had already been to Gaunt's old house. The magic circle protecting the Horcrux was completely destroyed, leaving only a dilapidated old house.

The locket in the cave, the ring from Gaunt's old house, the gold chalice from Gringotts, the three Horcruxes are not where they should be.

The three Horcruxes were taken away by three people - Regulus Black, Albus Dumbledore, and Esmeralda Drizzt.

Do they know more?Voldemort asked himself over and over again in his heart.

Voldemort did not want to believe that anyone but himself could find Hogwarts' deepest secret, the hidden room.

But the uneasiness and fear in his heart told him that they had already found it.They found the room and the Ravenclaw diadem hidden inside.

Just as Voldemort would never believe it, in his opinion "Hogwarts' deepest-buried secret" is known to every house-elf in the school.

It was with the help of Dobby the house elf that Harry was able to find the Room of Requirement.

There was a series of crackling sounds in the vault, hot replicas covered the ground, and the air sucked into the lungs was scorching hot, the entire vault was like a blazing furnace.

Voldemort turned and walked out of the vault. The goblin who had led him had been scalded to death by the hot gold.

Without going back the same way, Voldemort couldn't tell where these dark passages led, but he still had a way to get out of here.Voldemort, who was insane, walked towards the dragon trapped in chains, and he released the pale dragon.

The dragon was unaware of his freedom, but when Voldemort's spell hit his tail, the pain-eating dragon let out a painful roar, and flapped its wings to lift its huge body off the ground.

Finally, the dragon realized that the chains binding him were gone!

The dragon opened its mouth and spewed flames, blasting the tunnel, and the roof of the cave crumbled and collapsed.The giant dragon grabbed and planed with brute force, and rushed out all the way.

With the dragon opening the way, Voldemort easily left the vault buried deep underground.

The dragon broke through the corridor and entered the marble hall. Voldemort below it raised his wand, and the majestic power was released, directly opening a big hole in the roof of Gringotts.

As if longing for the sky, the dragon spewed deadly flames in the hall, and then spread its wings into the air, rushing to the vast sky.And Voldemort stood in the hall, looking indifferently at everyone present.

When the smoke and dust caused by the dragon cleared, the goblins and security personnel at Gringotts could see who was standing at the edge of the pit. No need for any explanation, everyone knew it was Voldemort!

Without any hesitation, the goblins turned around and ran away, scrambling to escape.The wizards were on the run, even the people in charge of bank security were on the run, and only a handful of Aurors remained.

These Aurors were stationed at Gringotts by the Ministry of Magic. If they hadn't been watching, the goblin would have taken the order of the Ministry of Magic as air and allowed the Death Eaters to enter and exit Gringotts openly.

However, whether it was wizards and goblins who fled, or Aurors who stayed behind to resist, Voldemort would not let them go away alive.

Voldemort in his rage needs to vent his anger. Is there any better way to vent his anger than killing?
The wand was raised high, the ceiling in the foyer fell straight down, and those who crowded in the foyer and tried to escape were smashed right on the ground.What made people even more desperate was that the metal door of Gringotts was also closed, and the metal hinges on the door turned into a big snake the size of a bucket, hissing and spitting out letters.

The green light came on, and the Aurors guarding Gringotts began to fall. Voldemort seemed to be in no man's land, and no one could block his attack.Soon the marble hall was filled with corpses, wizards and goblins alike.

This is a massacre, a massacre to prove that Lord Voldemort is still powerful.

(End of this chapter)