The next morning, close to noon, to be exact.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the orderly business atmosphere of the past, has long since disappeared completely.

For more than half a month, the entire Gringotts has been surrounded by an inexplicable atmosphere of panic, and this uneasiness can even be clearly reflected on the faces of every person who enters and exits the bank.

Whether it's wizards queuing up to withdraw money, or goblins busy in the bank, most of them already have a vague sense of the terrible maelstrom that Gringotts is falling into...... Although Gringotts gave the explanation for restricting withdrawals that the cart going to the vault below was damaged, resulting in a slow business, the rumors continued to spread like a plague.

The venture capital department, the sales department, and the elven elders' council, located deep underground in the hall of Gringotts Bank, have already fallen into a deeper level of despair and anger, and the bad news comes one after another, gradually devouring the light in the goblin's eyes.

As soon as the two elf elders, who had been urgently recalled from the financial markets of the former Soviet Union, entered the bank gate, they already felt this solemn atmosphere, and the manager of the investment department, who rarely appeared in the hall on weekdays, personally led them downward.

"Seventh Elder, Eleventh Elder, you can be counted as back. The other elders of the Council of Elders of the Goblins had already sat down in the central conference room below, and in addition, the core level of each department had all temporarily put down their work and were all summoned to the conference room, and the meeting had been going on for almost an hour. ”

As a rule of thumb, it's close to noon when the Gringotts Wizarding Bank is running at high speed, and most of the elves are in their respective positions, creating a steady stream of revenue for Gringotts, rather than putting aside their work for a while and gathering together for a general meeting.

The two elven elders, who had been stationed outside for a long time, glanced at each other, nodded silently, and followed the investment manager towards the magic elevator that led to the central conference room below, there was no doubt that Gringotts had reached the most critical moment.

Before the two elven elders could enter the door of the conference room, they heard the sound of slamming the table inside.

Immediately after, there was the shrill roar of Groin, the chief elder of the Council of Elven Elders.

"Waiting for the situation to turn around?This is the plan given by all our think tanks in Gringotts?Wait for death?!"

Over the years, as Gringotts has gradually taken control of the situation in the non-magical and magical worlds, it is rare for the elves to see members of the Council of Elders, especially the Chief Elder, lose control of their emotions like this.

It's just that this time the disaster came too suddenly and too terrible.

In the face of the torrent that thundered like a tsunami and a landslide, the giant ship that the goblins were once proud of now looked like a small leaky sampan, with not even the slightest room for a decent struggle.

"But...... We really can't do anything about it. The complete breakdown of cash flow is no longer something that can be made up or covered up by any means or economic tricks. There have been four or five cases of wizards storming Gringotts in the past two days, and although the Aurors and guards have temporarily eased it, we are almost unable to complete the payment just through the withdrawal request from the Ministry of Magic......"

At this time, the senior executive who is responsible for coordinating Gringotts' regular deposit and withdrawal business, as well as most of Gringotts' external cash payment business, is in charge of the bank's sales department, and the head of the bank's business department, Walit, is the goblin.

Although most of the work is done by the goblin clerks and vault keepers, the most important overall management is directly responsible for Walit, only it can see the expenditure of various data most intuitively, at this time, Walitt's judgment and prediction are the most intuitive and cold.

Because these numerical predictions can even be accurate to every Yinsike and every withdrawal.

"Originally, according to the previous preparations, the newly minted gold gallons could barely fill the vacancy, but the run was so serious that Gringotts' daily newly minted gold coins were not even a tenth of the outflow. Tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, we won't be able to pay any more gold Galleons to the wizards...... Unless...... The situation has taken a turn for the better......"

"What a turnaround?!Is Kim Garon flying back with wings?!"

Cloin sneered, glanced at the two foreign affairs elders sitting beside him, turned his head to stare at Walit, panting heavily, the expression on his face becoming more and more hideous.

"The American Magical Federation Congress Reserve that suddenly appeared in Tumbledown Alley is obviously coming for us Gringotts, whether it is an American goblin or a wizard behind them, they have burned at least more than 400 million gold Galleons in the past half month...... So, do we need to pray for it to stop suddenly at the last moment?!"

"Traitors in the Americas, there shouldn't be so much money ......"

At this moment, Elder Eleven, who had just sat down, shook his head slowly, and said in a solemn voice.

"These days, the Seven Elders and I have been fighting with all over the world in the financial market of the former Soviet Union, and now it has completely reduced to a meat grinding ground that can only enter but not leave, and it is impossible for the American goblins to have the spare energy to devote themselves to the strategy here, otherwise the pressure of two-front combat will make them out of the game ahead of schedule, who already lack capital——"

"That's easy, right? Those golden gallons can only come from ...... Hogwarts. ”

Thirteen Elder Leos, who was sitting at the end, cleared his throat, picked his nails carelessly, looked around at the goblins whose faces were gradually becoming ugly, grinned, and whispered unhurriedly.

"Since you don't want to say this, then I'll tell you all about it - as for the solution, it's not obvious, just take Hogwarts Castle, get the gold back, and let the wizard's funds break. Don't forget, what we paid out at the beginning was a full 700 million gold Galleons......"

The competition in the financial market needs to be resolved by means of war, which can be said to be the worst news for Gringotts.

With Leos' voice, the entire conference room fell into an unspeakable silence.

All goblins know that if there is a real war with human wizards, it doesn't even take many wizards to dispatch, and Albus Dumbledore alone, plus a few elite Aurors, can slaughter the Gringotts goblins who lack top-level combat power.

The previous peace was only due to the checks and balances of the order of the human wizard society, and if the goblins dared to take the initiative to provoke war, then the wizards would definitely not be merciful - house-elves are the best example.

After a long moment, Chief Elder Groin opened his mouth, and a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

Actually, there is another way...... Since we're going to have to deal with the wizards anyway, we might as well let them mess with themselves first. Hold a press conference and tell you about Dumbledore's mortgage on Hogwarts......"

"Alas...... It may have been ...... It's too late. ”

Leos sighed heavily, took the initiative to interrupt Groin's words, and shook a thin letter in his hand.

"Have you all noticed this public trial of the Dark Lord's minions, issued this morning by the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts......

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Chapter 3!!!