Chapter 243: Ancient Potions (3)
There are some secrets that you can never forget after you know them, and there are some games that you can never regret after you participate in them. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoQualifying for the tournament is certainly the envy of all students, but only when you really become a warrior will you know the pressure.
As all the warriors began to study the potion formula, Shea received news from the puppet that Minister Fudge had decided to work with the Muggle Prime Minister to establish a comprehensive secret magical program. This plan will completely change the future development plans of the whole United Kingdom, and if successful, the United Kingdom could once again become the most powerful country in the world.
There are also countries with such opportunities, but the American countries are known as the freest countries in the world, but they cannot tolerate the open development of wizards, many elves can live in secret in the Americas, and wizards who have mastered magical powers are persecuted by various anti-wizard groups.
The living conditions of wizards in the Americas that the Magic Congress wants to reform, but the reality makes the wizards of the Unpopular Congress extremely cautious. In the land of the Americas, the forces are more complex and complex, including free goblins, wandering elves, werewolf mercenaries, vampire hunters, etc., all kinds of different forces have taken root in this vast land, competing with each other, crowding each other, and developing together.
This is completely different from the current form in Europe. The resurgence of Gellert Grindelwald has surprised everyone. The Wizard Army recovered from Germany and Italy, and with the help of Gellert Grindelwald's powerful magic, it quickly consolidated its power in both countries.
However, the Dark Lord, who once shrouded the sky over the European continent as a nightmare, will inevitably have a less smooth path to rise again than the last time, and in the early days of the formation of the wizarding army, there were constant opposition from wizards. The opposition began as a simple quarrel and spit, but as the wizarding army grew stronger, this struggle between them inevitably became a direct war between magic.
At this time, the European continent was under the calm outside, and the undercurrent was surging. Due to the economic problems of Muggle society, various social contradictions began to come to the fore, and in the wizarding field, the long period of isolation and the special nature of magic made the entire wizarding society extremely loose and almost on the verge of death. Wizards in many countries never leave their huts from birth to death, they study magic in their own houses, use spells to maintain their lives, and they do not leave their little worlds except when they have to buy food regularly.
In such a situation, the organized wizard army, once it has formed a scale, can easily achieve a great victory. The wizarding army attacked the other nations before they could gather enough Aurors from their ministries of magic. Lightning-fast attack tactics caused several ministries of magic to fall quickly.
However, successful lightning tactics did not mean that it would be done once and for all, and the wizards who had reacted had already begun to fight back, and Gellert Grindelwald focused most of his energy on continuing to 'regal' at night, in which case the wizarding army had to stop its expansion and temporarily stabilize its control in central and northern Europe.
After the last combat test, Gellert Grindelwald's understanding of 'royal' has reached a new level. The spell worked even better than Gellert Grindelwald had predicted. The only downside is that this spell really needs to consume too much mana, and the last fatal blow even had to sacrifice a few important wands, and the elder staff, one of the Death Saints, disappeared.
But none of this stopped Gellert Grindelwald from continuing his research, believing that one day he would figure out the secrets of magic once and for all, push his limits to reach a realm that wizards had never reached.
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After receiving news from Lord Earl, Xie An took advantage of the weekend to leave Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Through Hogsmeade's clothing store, he returned to London using Floo Net. Xie An walked alone on Diagon Alley, wearing a cloud-patterned double-layer gray wizard's robe designed by Luna and a pointed wizard hat, appearing in one of the safest places in the wizarding world: Gringotts!
Gringotts has a long history and is controlled by goblins. Almost half of the wealth of the wizarding world is concentrated here, and Gringotts is pouring out on the outside, but there is no sense of tilting when you enter it. At the gate stood three wizard guards, all with wands around their waists, ready to fight. I haven't heard of any attacks on Gringotts lately.
While the Ministry of Magic allows goblins to wield enough wealth, they never allow goblins to wield enough force. This is the same as with elves, and elves cannot have wands.
Fortunately, the Golden Galleon is common in the wizarding world, and the elves can use the Golden Gallon to hire wizards as guards. Xie An walked down the steps without the slightest abnormality, preparing to enter Gringotts.
Xie An had also been to Gringotts before, but due to different purposes, Xie An had never looked at this building carefully, and this time Xie An deliberately observed.
The inscription on the gate reads: Please enter, stranger, but beware of the consequences of greed. For those who only know how to take and do not know how to give, they will definitely receive the most severe retribution. So if you are here to find wealth hidden under the earth that does not belong to you. Thief, then you have to be careful to find more than treasure.
Xie An sneered slightly, this kind of boring threat is also useful for those ordinary wizards. Xie Ji inadvertently touched the door, it was very interesting, the material of the gate was made of a material that isolated magic, if it was closed, I am afraid that ordinary spells would not be able to open this gate.
Upon entering the hall, it was very quiet, only the sound of quills rustling across the parchment could be heard, several wizards were doing on several tables, as if waiting for something, only one table had two goblins and wizards sitting together, as if they were signing some contract.
The roof was high, apparently using a contraction spell, and after two white pillars, there were two rows of tall tables. This kind of table is more than two meters high, and the elves can only reach their desks through a simple lifting device. Xie An slowly walked along the granite floor, and several goblins looked at Xie An condescendingly, with a look of disdain in their eyes.
Feeling that his magic seemed to be running slowly, Xie An knew that the entire hall of Gringotts should be protected by an enchantment, and ordinary wizards could not easily cast spells in this hall.
After feeling that if he cast magic, he might consume twice as much magic power as usual, Xie An was slightly surprised. Leprechauns are not very popular in the wizarding world, and they are ugly and greedy compared to hard-working elves. For a sufficient price, you can get anything from goblins, which is almost common sense for wizards.
After walking through an uncomfortable hall, Xie An faced a table more than two meters high.
"It seems that the goblins like to look at wizards condescendingly. Xie An said calmly.
The goblin manager, who was writing something with his head down, hurriedly raised his head, followed the sound, and saw a mixed-race young man standing not far away, tilting his head slightly, looking at himself.
"You're really joking, goblins don't dare to despise the wizard. The eyeblin-eyed elf smiled.
"Well, I hope your fellow citizens think the same way as you do. Xie An looked around and found that there were all goblins, but not a wizard's, Xie An's heart sneered, I don't know how much the Ministry of Magic considered the magic bank controlled by the goblins that was established at the beginning. "I'm going to the Li family's vault. "As a newly rising wizard family, the Li family is not yet the top wizard family, but its wealth is definitely among the best in the wizarding world.
The financial system of the wizarding world does not have at all, and in this case, it means that the more gold gallons there are, the more places are needed, and in such a situation, the elves have to dig more and more space underground.
"Please show your keys. The goblin said calmly.
Xie An took out a finger-sized, pure gold key, Xie An didn't hand it to the goblin, he didn't like the feeling of being looked down on, and threw it lightly into the goblin's hand.
The goblin didn't know what method to go by, and quickly came out firmly, and the key was valid. The goblin glanced at Xie An again before saying, "Pull the ring, take this gentleman and go to No. 589." ”
From behind the counter came a skinny leprechaun who looked young, "Please follow me." ”
Xie An followed behind the ring, and the two quickly entered a dock-like place, where several cars that looked like roller coasters were parked, and the ring got into the car first, and Xie An sat in the back.
Driven by the magic power, the car quickly ran according to the trajectory, "Please sit down, and if you feel uncomfortable for a while, you can close your eyes." The driver in front of him turned his head and smiled maliciously.
Xie An didn't say anything, and continued to observe the surroundings, and there was another goblin who was accompanying an old witch to get into the car. The speed of the car soon reached a dangerous speed. Ra Ring originally wanted to see the joke of this young wizard, but found that this wizard did not have the slightest look of fear at this moment, and asked very calmly about the vault under Gringotts.
Lahua replied a few words in a vicious voice, and pretended to be deaf, and Xie An no longer asked, but observed it himself. I found that the layout here is more second-class, whether it is the starting point or the middle position, there are different anti-theft devices, but Xie An strangely found that there is no prohibition on stationary flying here, presumably because the goblins can't imagine that wizards can fly.
After more than ten minutes, he finally arrived at the Li family's vault, Xie An waited for the ring to open the door of the vault with a key, and the gold coins inside were neatly stacked into a small hill, and on the shelves on both sides of the vault, there were still a lot of precious magic props, Xie An didn't look at it, but grabbed a handful of gold coins directly from the gold galleon pile, and then pulled the ring consciously, and left.
On the way back, Xie An silently calculated the distance, and found that the road back was not the same as the road when he came, thinking that it was a rule set by the goblin to prevent thieves.
Xie An's purpose was not to withdraw money, but to observe Gringotts' various prohibitions. Coming out of Gringotts, I found Queen Anne already waiting outside. Diagon Alley was too narrow to run a carriage, and Queen Anne, who was used to sitting in a carriage, frowned slightly at this time, and when she saw Xie An coming out, she hurriedly pulled Xie An out of this crowded place.
The two apparitions returned to their London apartment, and after answering the apartment, Queen Anne felt a little more comfortable.
"I didn't expect that after getting used to the quiet and lonely, I was really unaccustomed to the downtown area. Queen Anne said with a smile.
"It's the weekend, the wizard's should be a little more, all a little crowded. ”
"I understand Andrew, how did you feel about entering Gringotts?"
"Gringotts' treasures are the custody of each wizard, divided into separate treasury. In this case, unless we know which room it is, it is impossible to find what we are looking for. The anti-theft measures are okay, some spells can't be cast, and all spells cost double the mana, but I found that the flying spell is not within the forbidden range, maybe the goblin thinks the wizard will never fly. ”
"That means we have to try it out if we want to find the altar? ”
"I really didn't expect that from the sect's inheritance, I could really find the curse method, through Horcruxes, to control Voldemort. However, whether this altar thing really exists, we still need to investigate. With the help of Queen Anne, Xie An accidentally discovered a very strange spell, this spell is called "Bone Erosion", which is specially used to curse the soul of a wizard.
After Queen Anne saw it, she was also very surprised, but this spell has been lost for a long time, and to release this spell, there must be a treasure to cooperate, this treasure seems to be a heritage of the Soul Sect, Xie An next to this spell, saw a line of small words, I don't know if it was written by Crouch's grandfather: It is rumored that the altar was left in an empty vault in Gringotts, and it is a pity that I could not see it.
Xie An, who was very interested in this kind of spell and altar, had the idea of looking for an altar. Once the altar can be found, through this spell, you may be able to strip the soul from the diary, and then control Voldemort through the magic pattern formation.
After some exploration, it was found that Gringotts was completely a paper tiger, and it looked very strong on the outside and difficult to break through, but after walking around inside, it was found that in addition to the ban, it was still a ban. This method of relying solely on forbidden defense is easy to break through once a loophole is discovered.
In contrast, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has many more means of defense, including war statues, magical enchantments, and magical town guards, as well as Xie An, a guardian who is not a guardian, and so on.
"There are too many vaults in Gringotts, it's too much trouble to determine them one by one, I think it's better to find other clues, since this altar is so magical, I don't think there can be no other place to have information about it. Queen Anne said.