Chapter 1250: The Old Country of Fairies
Vaults numbered less than 100 will not be opened?
Although the chief goblin had already stated that it was for safety, if that was the case, why didn't Gringotts simply suspend all services? Even if it wasn't disguised as a ruin like the Dark Spirit Pavilion, for now, closing the business seemed like a reasonable choice.
However, Gringotts not only did not do this, but only limited the vaults within a hundred...... Isn't that a bit of a taste of wanting to cover up?
Remember that the smaller the number of the vaults in Gringotts, the larger the vaults and the more important, and the vaults with a number of less than 100 are usually owned by wizarding families who have accumulated a lot of wealth. These families usually keep a lot of valuable but not useful collections here, and they don't usually use them very often.
Obviously, if it weren't for Maca's need today, Mr. Parkinson's would not have come to open the family coffers. And this means that no one will notice it at all.
Presumably, it is precisely because of this consideration that the goblins of Gringotts will use the appearance of providing services normally to cover up the outside world, instead of choosing to seal the entire underground vault together. Because in that case, it will be true afterwards.
Of course, the premise is that Gringotts is really plotting something in secret.
"Won't it be opened within the 100th?" Maca thought for a moment and quickly said, "Then forget it, let's go to my vault instead!" No. 213"
As he spoke, he pulled out his vault key from his waist and placed it on the counter.
Originally, when I first came to Gringotts to rent a vault, because there was not much money for maca at that time, I only used the smallest model with a number of more than 1,000. It wasn't until he made more Galleons that he switched to a medium-sized vault located deeper underground.
Now Maca is a little lucky, because the vaults below are occupied, he can only change the vault at most with a number of more than 200 when he changes the vault. If he had been changed to within 100 at that time, he would have to sneak in with Mr. Parkinson today.
"Oh...... Number 213, hmm...... Good. ”
The chief elf picked up the key and looked at it, paused for a moment, and then nodded.
"Pull the ring, take Mr. McLean and Mr. Parkinson to number 213...... You know, take that track from Thief Falls! ”
"Yes, Your Excellency."
In a seat not far away, one of his assistants jumped down from the barstool, went around the counter and motioned to the maca:
"Two, please go this way."
Maca shrugged her shoulders, put away her staff, and followed the chief assistant named "Pull Ring" to the side of the passage. Seeing this, Parkinson, who was behind him, looked a little confused, but he quickly put away his key and chased after him quickly.
The two of them followed the ring from the side entrance corridor to the back of the hall, passing through three safe passages guarded by elven guards in a row, and then arrived at a place that resembled a Muggle subway station.
There are a number of minecart rails that are quite densely packed here, and beneath the criss-crossed tracks is a huge pit that has no bottom in sight.
Just standing on the edge and looking down at it makes it feel like you're going straight to hell below, and people with a fear of heights certainly don't like this kind of place.
It is worth mentioning that Gringotts' underground vault is definitely much deeper than that of Dark Spirit Pavilion, and the deepest part of the two may actually be about the same, but Dark Spirit Pavilion itself is underground after all, which is undoubtedly a difference determined by their respective locations.
"This way, please."
Pull Ring points to the second rail in his right hand and steps forward to kick the track with his leg raised. Immediately, a minecart suddenly fell from the top of their heads and landed exactly on the railroad tracks.
Then, he was the first to roll over and climb in.
"Let's go, Mr. Parkinson."
Maca tilted her head and motioned for her to follow, and he got into the slightly cramped minecart. When Parkinson also came up, the pull ring immediately pushed the middle lever forward, and the minecart slid forward along the track with the three of them.
As the minecart galloped all the way, sometimes spinning and sometimes diving, the pull ring was also constantly breaking the lever left and right to switch the fork, making the minecart shake very much.
In some places, there is even a section of railroad track missing, and it is all up to the minecart to fly over by inertia.
Seriously, if any Muggle playground dares to build a roller coaster like this, it will definitely lose money.
During this time, they also passed by a huge waterfall. The curtain of water that was flowing looked very real, but it didn't make a splash as the minecart passed through the middle.
This is the Thief Proofing Falls in Gringotts' underground vaults, where it is said that all vicious spells that have a lasting effect will be washed away upon passage, and there are even interesting stories about wizards who have suffered powerful curses to exorcise curses here for free.
When Maca passed there, she had to secretly cast a spell to block it, lest some of the permanent magic she had left on the run be washed away.
Not long after, just as he tilted his neck slightly to look deeper into the crater, he pulled the ring and pulled the metal rod back hard. Immediately after, accompanied by a puff of sparks and a piercing "crunch", the minecart suddenly stopped.
"Vault 213 has arrived, please get out of the car."
Seeing that the ring was about to jump to the rock platform next to him, Parkinson also subconsciously wanted to move, but Maca, who was sitting next to him, gently dragged the other party.
"Mr. Parkinson, do you remember the exact location of your family's coffers?"
"Huh?"
When the other party heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
"Oh...... No, I rarely come to Gringotts, and you see, the rails are so messy that most people really can't remember them. ”
"Then it can't be helped."
Maca nodded, and suddenly looked at the fairy pull ring that had been transferred to the rock platform, and her eyes flashed with the power of some soul rules.
"I don't need to open No. 213, so let's take us to No. 83 vault!"
"Oh, that's not going to work, we're just going to ...... Can only ......"
Rahuan said in a daze, his expression becoming more and more hesitant, as if he had encountered some difficult problem that caused him to be psychologically conflicted. But in the end, he nodded slowly,
“…… Well, number 83...... But below we may meet Governor Argot, who is ...... He won't let you in. ”
"Really?" Maca bowed slightly, "What is he doing there?" Are you planning to keep the biggest coffers for yourself? ”
"'Take it for yourself'? No, no......" Pull Ring said in a daze, "we're just cleaning up some large vaults that no one has inherited...... They are no longer claimed, they are abandoned property, and whoever picks them up will go to whomever they find. ”
Hearing this, Maca couldn't help but shake her head, and then said to Parkinson's beside her: "It seems that at least your family's treasury should be fine." ”
With that, he turned to the ring and asked:
"One more question, why did you choose this time to clean up the vault? Could it be ...... Do you want to run away? ”
Before the words fell, he immediately replied:
"It depends on the situation whether you run or not...... We've just been notified by our fellow Darklingott that we, Gringotts and Darkling, have unanimously decided not to get involved in the fight outside...... So, if Diagon Alley is still there, we won't run; And if we can't even hold Diagon Alley, we will immediately retreat into the ruins of the old country underground. ”
"The Old Underground Country?"
When Maca heard this, she suddenly raised her eyebrows, and her heart couldn't help but move slightly.
Yes, he also knew that the elves used to have their own kingdom, but the kingdom of the elves recorded in history was located on the same earth as humans, and they just naturally liked to hollow out caves to live.
But later, no matter how tenacious the elves were, their land was always being compressed and encroached upon by wizards. In particular, several wizard wars involved the goblin country, which eventually led to their complete annihilation.
And this was actually just a few hundred years ago.
It's just that according to what Ra Huan said, the goblin kingdom may not have been completely destroyed at the beginning, but chose to go deep underground to preserve its power in order to avoid war.
It is no wonder that later, after the war subsided a little, many goblins emerged from various corners, and took advantage of the chaos after the war to blend into the wizarding society in one fell swoop.
However, Maca has little interest in the survival of the fairy kingdom, and what he is most concerned about now is actually how big the so-called "underground old country ruins" are in Rahuan's mouth?
Depending on the current situation, it might be the last way for them to fight Helbo!
"Well, anyway," Maka said, shaking her head, "pull the ring, take us to Vault 83, and you won't have to worry about anything else." ”
It's obviously too early to think about that, and while it's necessary to plan ahead, it's clear that there are more and more urgent things to do.
Soon, Maca reloaded the Ring into the minecart and continued to drive deeper into the underground vault.