Chapter 1353 ?
In Diagon Alley, a fire broke out, debris burned violently, and thick black smoke billowed into the sky, and the smoke could be seen from several kilometers away. Some high spiers were surrounded by flames, and then broke and collapsed. Aurors rushed to the scene in large numbers to rescue them. The wind was filled with heat waves, ashes, the sound of collapse, screams, and spells...
Many wizards who rushed over looked at the fire burning from top to bottom starting from the floating ships docked on the roof dock, worried about the loss of the warehouse, and shouted anxiously. The Aurors tried their best to cast spells to save them Damaged buildings, try to keep the situation from getting worse.
Josephine and Sirius stood together on the roof of a house that had not been spread by the fire, observing the direction of the fire dragon.
"When the fire dragons were raging, fortunately it was already off-duty time, so no one should have died... Otherwise, our Department of Management and Control of Mythical Creatures would have been more responsible." Josephine straightened her wide-brimmed hat, and took out a bag from her pocket. Put the Firebolt that was painted black, "I will chase after it first, and ask the people below to follow."
"Owen must go to question those goblins, you go and accompany him to deal with those goblins..." Sirius pointed to Owen who was leading the Aurors into Gringotts, "I will lead the team to chase..." Sirius Holding her mouth shut, she satirized in a low voice, "Don't let the dragon's breath set you a vampire on fire..."
"So, it's only been a few days, do you think you can beat me?" Josephine raised her eyebrows, curled up and stretched her long and white fingers one by one.
"No, as a lady, you should maintain the necessary restraint!" Sirius took out a Firebolt as he spoke, and he complained thoughtlessly after giving up trying to persuade Josephine to leave, "My face The wound on my body needs to be healed with white moss, and it didn't take long to recover..."
Owen led Lun and the others into Gringotts, and saw that the original magnificence of Gringotts, which had been ravaged by fire dragons, was gone. It was a scene of survivors after a catastrophe, with burnt and shattered gray floors, collapsed walls, and broken walls. A big hole in the roof...
The entrance to the underground vault before Gringotts had already collapsed a lot due to the violent actions of the fire dragon. Albert, the new head of the Auror Office, personally led the team, and led people down into the cave after clearing the passage. The goblins in those halls were gathered in a sorted out space, and Lun was leading several strikers from the Department of Legal Enforcement to lower their heads and personally take notes on the goblins.
"Where is the President? The fire dragon came out to wreak havoc on Diagon Alley. Didn't Gringotts say anything?" Owen just walked in and asked the goblins.
Although the voice of the Minister of Magic was not harsh, the goblins who stayed in the hall before were just ordinary employees. They couldn't say anything in front of Owen. They couldn't defend Gringotts at all, and they didn't know What happened, many people are still rejoicing for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.
Just when Owen attracted the attention of Gringotts wizards and goblins, Lun stopped his notes, slightly adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, turned his head and nodded to the empty place beside him.
Victor, who was in the invisible state, acted immediately. With no leader in Gringotts and the remaining security forces under control, no one noticed that Victor, who was wearing a time-limited invisibility cloak made by invisible beasts, sneaked into the Go into security.
And soon, the goblins who were trapped below were released by Albert and the others and rescued. Although they were ashamed and bruised, none of these goblins suffered much damage. Dazed, Nagnak was helped out of the hole by the pull ring. His neat suit and white shirt were all scratched and torn during the rescue, and he looked like a beggar who had been wandering for a long time.
Len approached Owen and muttered a few words.
"President Nagnack, may I ask how Gringotts is managed to let the fire dragon come out and wreak havoc?" Owen narrowed his eyes and asked, "You don't need to look at Diagon Alley to know that the loss is heavy. supplies, and destroyed many ancient buildings in Diagon Alley...Even when the mysterious man was at its most powerful, Diagon Alley never suffered this kind of ordeal! You should pray to Ravenclaw that no one should die!"
Dazed Nagnack was awakened by the scolding, and only then did he realize that the man in front of him was Owen Harris, the Minister of Magic who often appeared on TV, although he felt dizzy and didn't even know that Gringotts What is going on in such a situation, but since the other party is so aggressive and incriminating, I immediately know that the other party must have enough excuses.
Holding Nagnack's Griphook, he looked at Owen with a hostile expression at this time, and he was full of resentment: The Dark Lord is obviously unable to deal with Harris, and he is so crazy, even more moody than the rumors, not to mention, he obviously agreed to cooperate. Let the fire dragon ruin Gringotts into such a miserable state...
Griphook was desperate for his compatriots to place their hopes on such a lunatic who had been proven unable to deal with Harris, and the wizard minister in front of him obviously wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the competitors of Harris Bank and further retaliate against Gringotts— As they had been doing for some time now, he began to blame the wizards for causing his people to make such a desperate decision.
"President Nagnack, please explain, what happened to Gringotts?" Lun put away his pen and stood up at this time, his eyes swept over the cameras in the lobby that were not damaged, and his voice was condensed Asked, "Gringotts installed surveillance? I think the Ministry of Magic needs to check today's surveillance video, please cooperate with our investigation..."
"Gringotts, it is the responsibility to keep all the secrets of the wizards who come here for business... This involves customer privacy, so I am sorry that we cannot provide the information, we don't need to do this... Gringotts is responsible for this incident All responsibility..." Nagnack immediately admitted all responsibility, and then he added, "Minister Harris, the fire dragon we keep to guard the vault has gone crazy...we feel sorry for what happened. Sorry, we will compensate for today's losses... If there are unfortunate casualties, I am willing to bear the legal responsibility for it..."
"Griphook, take someone to count the losses we have caused internally..." Nagnok didn't wait for the Ministry of Magic's response, and immediately ordered the disgraced goblins to point their fingers on a few goblins, "Borg Rhodes, you guys go to count the losses in Diagon Alley, don't be vague about our responsibility!"
The other goblin executives also reacted, the fact that the Dark Lord took Bella into the vault naturally cannot be discovered by the wizarding world, otherwise it will be immediately confirmed that the Dark Lord's Horcrux is indeed hidden in Gringotts as Harris said before Vault, and Gringotts' actions not only endangered the wizarding world as Harris declared, but also did the same.
What's more, the leaked video of the vault's vulnerable security in front of the Dark Lord will further damage Gringotts' reputation in the hearts of wizards. In the UK, their Gringotts is no longer an opponent of the wizard's bank in the floating city. Other countries must not lose more confidence in Gringotts.
The goblins have received some news that the Ministry of Magic of other countries has seen the benefits of Britain's control of the economy and wants to follow suit-this is why these goblins are eager.
Griphook and the others, who obviously wanted to understand, nodded heavily, and quickly dispersed. The Ministry of Magic obviously had no reason to hinder the goblins who so readily admitted their guilt and tried to take responsibility.
In fact, as soon as he left the sight of these wizards, Griphook quickly went to the monitoring room. He understood what the governor just meant, and he wanted to destroy the monitoring as soon as possible, so as not to give the Ministry of Magic an opportunity. There were also some goblins who went separately to find the wizard employees who saw the Dark Lord in the underground vault, and used the threat of unemployment and the gold coins they looked at as temptations to sign an unbreakable oath to seal their mouths.