Everyday Players at Hogwarts

Chapter 472 Gringotts

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

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

"The Malfoy family got the diary."

"The Black family was fortunate to participate in the test of the protective magic that hides the locket - Kreacher."

"And how could Bella, who is the most trusted, and Lestrange not have Horcruxes?"

"Gringotts is the most guarded place in the UK besides Hogwarts, and the vault of pure blood is even more so."

"They would only put the Horcrux in their vault when they knew they might be arrested." Riddle said, and couldn't help laughing.

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

"Do you really want it?"

"Really."

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Gringotts Wizarding Bank, also known as Gringotts Bank and Gringotts, 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 door of Gringotts Bank faces Diagon Alley, and it is also very eye-catching compared with the surrounding shops - a snow-white building that stands tall above the surrounding shops.

In addition to depositing money and keeping valuables of male and female wizards, the bank 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 the circulation of Muggle society.

As a bank run by goblins who once could fight wizards, it is 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 just to enter the marble hall of Gringotts, two doors are needed.

On the outside, facing Diagon Alley, a goblin in a scarlet and gold-studded uniform stands next to the bronze door led by a white stone staircase.

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

The door is engraved with the GG of Gringotts, which has been heard by almost all wizards: Come in, strangers beware of the evil consequences that may come to you instead of treasure.

Going further inside, there is a tall marble hall.

Hundreds of goblins sit on high stools behind a long row of counters, weighing coins with copper scales, examining gems with eyepieces, or making hasty 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 is very narrow and dim, lit by torches.

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

The carts to the vault are managed by the goblins of the bank.

These small carts take customers down hundreds of miles underground in London, "rushing along the maze-like winding corridors", and finally arrive in front of the vault.

The cart was moving so fast that you could feel the cold air whirring past you when you sat on it, which hurt your eyes and even made you feel like you were going to vomit.

The vaults themselves were different in size and had different levels of security.

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

The vaults closer to the ground seemed to be smaller and had fewer security measures.

The deep vaults required goblins to touch the vault door to open, while the shallow vaults only required a key.

It was said that the deepest and most secure vaults were guarded by dragons.

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

In front of the four or five deepest vaults thousands of miles away from London, a tall and thin figure suddenly emerged from the 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 people in front of him.

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

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

But as long as it slightly stretched its neck, or spit out the dragon fire that melted gold and burned iron, it could take life.

The figure drew out the magic wand and poked at the stone door without a keyhole in front of him.

If there were goblins here, they would be surprised.

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

And each stone door without a key is bound to a goblin, and only when the goblin touches it will the stone door open.

Other people or wizards will be sucked in.

In addition, goblins have the habit of checking the vault almost every few decades.

It is very common to see strange and dried bones in the vault.

And the dragon they raised was the largest Ukrainian Iron Belly.

It had a magical sense of smell that was better than its eyes.

Unless it was the goblin who trained it, or the person holding the jingle piece, anyone else who approached would be attacked by it like a storm.

But the figure in front of him did all the taboos of approaching the dragon and touching the stone door with his wand, but he was safe and sound.

Now, even his Apparition here was not surprising.

"It's really interesting, the magic of the goblins." The figure laughed.

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

The door of the vault disappeared, revealing a hole.

The hole was filled from the ground to the ceiling with gold coins and golden wine cups, silver armor, furs of various exotic animals with spines or wings, potions in vases, and a skull still wearing a crown.

This vault almost satisfied everyone's desires.

Those who are obsessed with wealth have these gold coins.

Those who are obsessed with alchemy will chase the alchemical creations like silver armor inside.

Those who like beasts with various supernatural powers will be crazy about the fur and organs of these exotic animals.

Scholars who are obsessed with potions will also be intoxicated by the rare potions in these vases.

But the man in front of him remained calm, and even the half face exposed under the hood did not smile at all.

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

The figure seemed to have expected this, and he pointed his wand slightly in the air, and a sphere shining with white light appeared, allowing everything in the vault to see the light again.

The figure began a long search in the vault.

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

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

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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 a handsome and fierce face.

It was Tom Riddle.

The professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

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