Chapter 238: A Treasure Beyond Imagination
A millennium ago, the wizarding world was different from what it is now, when Britain was in a chaotic social background, the territory was not united, and the entire European continent was in the wilderness and darkness.
In addition to wizards, many races of magical creatures are also thriving.
They were not as reclusive as they are now, on the contrary, they were frequently seen in the wizarding world, communicating and trading with wizards, and even accepting the employment of wizards to directly participate in Muggle warfare.
Among the many magical creatures, goblins are definitely extremely special beings.
Because of their greedy nature and penchant for gold, they have the strongest connection to humans, and they set up shop directly in wizarding societies, providing wizards with a large number of well-made magic items, weapons, armor, and other services.
But the innate pride and cunning of the character make them not believe in human beings.
In the eyes of the elves, they and human wizards are only equal cooperation, with the same status. To put it more explicitly, it's all about the relationship between money and being used.
If they are not satisfied, they will start a rebellion and make a fuss.
In this environment, many powerful wizards and pure-blood wizard families did not believe in goblins, and they were skeptical of Gringotts, which was founded by goblins.
In their opinion, they would rather bury their family's treasures in their castles or in a hidden place than Gringotts, where the level of security is questionable.
This was prevalent in the Middle Ages and earlier, and this is the main reason why many precious magical relics have been discovered in later generations.
After centuries of excavation, the remnants of these magical relics have become very rare, and the ones that have not been found or successfully excavated are the relics left behind by very powerful wizards. For example, the pyramids of Egypt, Gringotts and the Egyptian wizarding authorities have a long-term cooperation, and they have been digging and cracking this ancient magical relic for a long time, where Ron's brother Bill Weasley works as a spell solver.
Egypt's rulers thousands of years ago, powerful pharaohs and sorcerers laid countless powerful spells and curses in the pyramids, and the work of cracking them was slow.
As with the pyramids, the same is true of the once-prominent Gryffindor and Hufflepuff families, who, instead of keeping their family's wealth in Gringotts, like Slytherin and Ravenclaw, hid elsewhere and have so far not been discovered.
How much fortune Godric Gryffindor had, Evan couldn't determine.
However, the description of Helga Hufflepuff in the relevant history of magic books is unmistakably clear: her hobby, in addition to cooking, was collecting gold.
With the strength of the Hufflepuff, the wealth she left behind is definitely an astonishing astronomical amount, but it is not known where it will be hidden by her, and even the descendants of the Hufflepuff family are not clear. An idea popped into Aven's mind, she wasn't going to hide all those things in the Hogwarts vaults, she was
Wait until he goes through all the hard work to open the secret treasure left behind by the Big Four, and then discovers that Hufflepuff has left him an entire room of gold!
Evan smiled bitterly and hurriedly removed the idea from his mind, although gold was good, it was useless in defeating Voldemort, and he couldn't directly use gold to smash Voldemort to death.
Evan observed for a moment, and he noticed that in addition to the statues of the family crest, there were many strange artifacts on the islands above the lava in the distance.
They are all made of metal, and they look extremely grandiose and magnificent, with strange shapes and shapes, like weapons left over from some ancient civilization.
Evan knew that those things were not weapons, but the tools that goblins used to forge and refine magical items.
Elves are known to be greedy and stingy, but they are also known for being good at crafting well-crafted monster equipment.
Historically, many legendary magic items have been crafted by elves.
The most famous of these is the Sword of Stone made by the archmage Merlin and the elves, the most famous magic sword in history that determined the British throne and the future of the wizarding world.
It was since then that many inhuman magical creatures have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.
And, of course, there's Gryffindor's sword, made by the elves, which was a sword that Godric Gryffindor bought from the goblins when he was alive. He cast a spell on it, and only a real Gryffindor could find it, and last semester in the Chamber of Secrets, Harry used the sword to kill the basilisk.
Aven withdrew his gaze, and beside him, Harry was still looking around, exclaiming, "It's incredible, how did they do it!"
"Elves have great magical powers, and they have their own unique magical civilization. Hermione exclaimed, "If you look closely, you can see that these islands are all floating on lava without being melted by lava, which requires extremely powerful magic to do. To be honest, I don't know how the elves managed to build such a huge project, and in my opinion, it is impossible to complete it."
"Nothing is impossible!" said Rachel proudly, "The elves have their own special magic, which is much more advanced than that of human wizards. ”
He took the key from Sirius and walked over to the carving marking number 68, on which was the Black family crest, most notably two leaping black dogs, carved entirely of obsidian.
The bronze gate below the statue has a narrow opening in it, and the ring walks over to put the key in and turns it gently.
His action seemed to have touched a mechanism, and there was a loud rumbling sound on the ground.
The door slowly opened, and a stone staircase appeared in front of everyone. The Black family's vault reveals its true face, with a large rectangular room in front of it.
Aven, Harry, and Hermione rushed in excitedly, they all wanted to see what the inside of the vault was like, and how shocking the Black family's wealth was!
Just take a look at the environment where this vault is located, the dangerously hot lava, and the insignia of the terrifying ancient pure-blood wizard family on the island.
All of this is enough to arouse all the interest of everyone.
They all wanted to know what was hidden in the Black family vault, even though Sirius had said before that it was boring and full of gold artifacts. But being able to fill an entire room with gold is, in a sense, a remarkable achievement.
Aven, Harry, and Hermione rushed in, expecting to see mountains of gold coins, silver bars, and other valuable antiques.
But there was nothing in front of them, and the vault was very empty, as if it had just been robbed, and not a single gold object could be seen.
It's shocking enough, but it's the exact opposite of what I imagined.
It's not so much a vault as it looks like a storage room for some evil dark wizard.
The shelves on both sides are filled with bizarre dark magic items of unknown use.
For example, on the shelf to the left of Aven, there is a black skull with a crown.
This slightly sunken bone is ornately carved with ornamentation, exuding an eerie aura that looks terrifying and disgusting.
In the corner of the room, there is a huge white skeleton of an unknown fire dragon, which has been reassembled with magic, standing there, each bone is also engraved with the family crest of the Black family, I don't know which ancestor in the history of the Black family left a bad taste collection.
What the hell is going on, the treasures of the Black family?!
Everyone turned their heads to look at Sirius, who had just walked in, waiting for his explanation. (To be continued.) )