Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Anyway, judging from the current known situation, Zuo Sai will definitely stay in prison for the rest of his life.

Under Aiwen's control, the two of them left the stone room where "Jade Records" was stored, got on the trolley again, and went down to a deeper depth underground.

Ahead of them was a narrow passage, at the end of which was the vault.

Ai Wen blinked, and he actually saw an extremely strange monster at the end of the corridor.

He'd only seen a picture of it in The Monster Book of Monsters, a sphinx.

Its body was that of a monstrously large lion: huge paws, a long yellow tail with a tuft of hair at the tip, but it had the head of a woman.

When Ai Wen and Zuo Sai walked over, she turned her long almond eyes towards them.

Ai Wen raised his wand, hesitating whether to go over, this guy must have seen that he was using the Soul Reaper to control Zuo Sai.

Sphinx is a very troublesome monster. Its strength is similar to that of dragon and manticore, but it is more difficult to deal with.

Because it has extremely high intelligence, it will not attack recklessly.

Aiwen may be able to defeat it, but it will definitely attract the attention of Gringotts goblins.

At that time, how should I explain this matter to the goblins? Even if I tell everything, those goblins will definitely not stand by him.

They don't care about what Zuo Sai has done, goblins are naturally very disgusted with human wizards.

Ivan carefully looked at Sphinx. The development of the plot will soon turn into a situation where he fights against all the goblins in Gringotts in Egypt, and then flees in a hurry. At that time, he may be wanted by the entire magic world.

Without enough evidence, no one would believe what Ivan said.

In front of Ivan, Sphinx did not squat down and prepare to pounce, but just walked around to block his way.

Then she spoke, her voice low and hoarse.

"Hello, stranger, this is the best Imperius Curse I've ever seen."

"Thank you!" Ivan looked at, without putting down his wand. This sphinx didn't seem to be with the goblin.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. I have been imprisoned here by the goblins and guarded their wealth for a long time." Sphinx said, nodding his head towards his footsteps.

Aiwen saw the heavy shackles on his hind legs, and the thick chains on them were connected to the huge stakes driven deep into the stone ground.

Goblins have the habit of using monsters to guard important vaults. The goblins in Gringotts in the UK use fire dragons. This sphinx is very Egyptian. Ivan is very glad that he met a caretaker who can communicate.

"Do you need my help to untie these shackles?" Ivan said, waving the wand in his hand.

"That would be great, I've always wanted to go back to my hometown and have a look." Sphinx said, continuing to walk up and down, "But according to my agreement with the goblins, I won't let you go easily unless You can answer my riddles. Once you guess correctly, I will let you pass. If you fail, I will pounce on you and notify all the goblins. If you don’t answer, I will let you go away without hurting you.”

Chapter 839

"Riddles?!"

This is really very characteristic of the Sphinx, this kind of monster has the habit of guarding treasures.

Ivan recalled the description of the Sphinx in "The Monster Book of Monsters": For more than 1000 years, they have been used by wizards to protect their precious items and secret places.The sphinx is a very intelligent animal that loves riddles and anagrams.

They are happy to communicate with wizards, and usually only become dangerous when what they guard is threatened.

Don't look at the other party talking to him gently, Ivan has no doubt that if the answer is wrong, the result will become very bad.

Fight against the enraged Sphinx, and face the pursuit of at least 100 goblins...

Under the current circumstances, he has no other choice but to answer, hoping that the other party's riddle will not be too difficult.

"I choose to answer." Ivan said, "What is your riddle?"

Sphinx sat on her hind legs, blocked the middle of the road, and looked at Ivan with a smile, "There is an animal in the world, this animal has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night. The more legs you have, the more legs you have. , the weaker the strength, what kind of animal is this?"

She blinked and looked at Ivan with a mysterious smile on her face.

This is the famous riddle of Sphinx, also known as the riddle of human life. Anyone who has heard the story of Sphinx has heard of this riddle.

The correct answer is people!

In the morning of life man is a delicate infant crawling on all fours.

At noon, that is, when a person is young and middle-aged, he walks on two feet.

In his later years, he was so old and weak that he had to rely on the support of crutches as a third foot.

The monster on the opposite side of Aiwen gave him water. Many people know the answer to this riddle that has been passed down for thousands of years.

"The answer to the mystery is people!" Ivan paused and continued to ask, "Why?"

He wanted to know why the other party came up with such a simple riddle. Although Aiwen promised the other party to help her unshackle her feet, doing so was not in line with Sphinx's character, and she couldn't let Aiwen pass for no reason.

If that was the case, the goblins would not let the Sphinx guard the vault, it would be too dangerous!

Whenever a wizard comes and promises to help her unshackle, she will let him go. What kind of guard is this, it's better not to have one.

"Because I'm really homesick, and you showed up just in time." Sphinx smiled more kindly, she stood up, stretched her front legs, and stepped aside, "One more thing, I can feel you There is no malice in your heart. And the goblin beside you, I happen to know him too, he has done many evil things and deserves to be punished."

Sphinxes are kind-hearted magical creatures that themselves represent benevolence and nobility.If it weren't for this, she wouldn't appear in so many legends, let alone let the ancient Egyptian spellcasters build a huge sphinx to commemorate this creature and show the pharaoh's benevolence.

"Thank you." Ivan said, tapping the shackles on Sphinx's hind legs lightly with his wand.

With his movement, the shackles shattered and the Sphinx was free!

"It should be me thanking you. I have been here for more than ten years, and I can finally go back to my hometown to have a look."

"Do you need me to help you out?" Ivan continued to ask, he had a good impression of this monster.

"No, I can leave here by myself. There is an underground river below to leave this place." Sphinx said, "I can hear the sound of water flowing, and those goblins can't find me."

"Well, where is your hometown?"

"In the depths of the Sahara Desert, if you are free, you can come there as a guest. Goodbye, human wizard, and thank you for helping me again." After finishing speaking, the Sphinx ran away along the corridor ,Disappearing.

Alvin waved his hand and turned around.

At the end of the corridor, there is a semi-circular hall, where you can see the thick doors of a treasury.

Aiwen controlled Zuo Sai to look at one of the doors, and pressed his hand on it.

The vault door then disappeared, revealing an opening.

Inside the cave are treasures beyond imagination, stuffed from floor to ceiling with gold coins and goblets, silver armor, beautifully crafted scarab amulets, pure gold coffins of pharaohs and statues of various gods. cave.

If Ivan hadn't seen Nico?Perhaps he would have been surprised at the cave of solid gold where Flamel kept the Book of Abraham.

But now I don't feel much, I just regret that I came late, all the really valuable things were packaged and sold to Malfoy by Zuo Sai, and now there are only a pile of useless gold and non-magical cultural relics left here. I understand why those goblins are so obsessed with these things.

Nevertheless, there are still many ancient Egyptian rare treasures among them, which have extremely high artistic and collection value.

They were all stolen by Djoser, or secretly hidden during the normal excavation process. Behind each item was a bloody and dark crime. He had no right to own these items and should be turned over to the Egyptian Ministry of Magic.

These alone are enough to keep this goblin in prison for a lifetime.

"Remove the magic on it, and pack all these things." Ivan said, kicking the box on the ground with his foot.

These boxes have all been expanded by the No Trace Stretch Curse, and can hold a lot of things.

While Zuo Sai was stuffing things inside, Ai Wen was not polite. He walked into the stone room and bumped into his pockets when he saw things he was interested in. There were many priceless decorations and some stone slabs written in hieroglyphs , books, etc.

Although all those with research value were sold by Zuo Sai, there were still many who slipped through the net.

After sorting it out carefully, it still brought a lot of surprises to Ivan.

He is going to go back and study the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, and maybe he can learn some secrets from these stone tablets.

Egypt, the ancient country loved by the gods, has too many secrets waiting to be discovered.

It is impossible for Ivan and Hermione to explore all of this trip, they can only feel part of it.

But with these things obtained from Zuo Sai's treasury, it is enough to make Ivan's trip very valuable, and its significance is not weaker than the trip to Sicily, Italy.

After waiting for more than an hour, the two of them sorted out all the treasures.

"Let's go, go back!" Ivan said, waving his wand, "Take these things and go back and surrender."

Not surprisingly, waiting for the ending of Zuo Sai will be ruined.

In front of these things, no matter how much he quibbles, it is useless.

At that time, Ivan will not need to control it at all, what the natural way of Aurors should do, and the goblins of Gringotts will not be able to help him...

Looking at this astonishing treasure, Ivan felt that the Ministry of Magic should award him a first-class Medal of Merlin, in recognition of his contribution to the protection of ancient Egyptian cultural relics and the fight against unknown evil forces.

Chapter 840 He Was Conscience Discovered

When Ivan returned to the Gringotts lobby, Hermione, Bill, Fleur, Gabriel, and Lavier were still talking about the Sun Ruins.

Judging from the size of the city of Bael-Ramesses and the first floor of the ruins being excavated, the area of ​​the entire sun ruins is astonishingly large. Bill believes that there is still a lot of space behind the stone gate of the obelisk hall.

Considering that there may be a book of the level of the "Black Book of the Dead" hidden in it, the corresponding degree of danger is also unusually high.

While some defensive spells and curses will lose their effectiveness over time, the rest are the most dangerous spells.

Especially the ancient temples left by Pharaoh Ramses II in the heyday of Egypt like the ruins of the sun. The curses inside are beyond imagination. Ramses II is a god that exists in the world. This is not a simple sentence. A simple compliment.

"Considering that Zuo Sai is leading the team this time, and the danger of the Sun Ruins itself, I suggest that you three should not go..."

When Ivan walked over, he just heard Bill trying to persuade Hermione, Fleur, and Gabriel not to follow.

"Don't worry, the excavation of the sun ruins should be cancelled, we don't need to go there."

"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Ivan, what happened next?" Hermione asked hastily.

She was so familiar with Aiwen, she could tell from his expression that he must have done something.

"I just chatted with Mr. Zuo Sai down below. How to put it, he probably discovered his conscience and was ready to take the initiative to confess the things he did in the past." Aiwen said, sitting next to Hermione, "Killing, stealing Digging, reselling precious ancient items, and colluding with dark wizards, with these crimes, he will spend the rest of his life in prison, so naturally he has no time to lead us to dig any ruins."

"Conscience discovery?!"

Everyone looked at him in surprise, as if they didn't realize what Ai Wen would say.

How could the goblin have a conscience, that was as remote as the chances of Voldemort becoming a good man.

"Where is Mr. Zosey?" Lavier asked.

"He's in the back, those boxes are too heavy, maybe it will be slower..." Ivan looked at Bill and Lavie, and said seriously, "Okay, the situation is urgent. Congratulations on Mr. Zuo Sai's surrender While he's lost, there's still a lot to do. If I'm not mistaken, this could be the biggest case in Egypt in centuries. So, I suggest you go call the Aurors, as many as possible, Better hurry."

Bill hesitated for a moment, looked at Ivan's serious expression, and nodded solemnly.

As a member of the Order of the Phoenix, he knows what Aiwen has done, and he cannot be treated as an ordinary little wizard.

Since he said that Zuo Sai would surrender himself, it might be true, even though it sounds absurd...

Similarly, as a spellbreaker who has worked in Egypt for many years, Bill is also very aware of Zuo Sai's status and the meaning of this incident.

There will be an earthquake in the magic world of Egypt, the power of Gringotts will be contained, and the wizards who have connections with Zuo Sai will also be unlucky!

"I'll be right back with the Aurors, you wait here," he said quickly, Apparating away.

"What's going on here?" Fu Rong muttered, looking up and down at Ai Wen suspiciously.

"Monsieur Djoser..." Lavier suddenly called out.

Following her gaze, everyone saw the goblin Zuo Sai controlling several huge boxes and slowly walking out from the side door.

Those boxes were heavy, and even with the help of magic, it was difficult to move them.

A few goblins rushed forward to help, but Zuo Sai pushed them away, and went straight to hit the middle of the hall regardless.

"What did you do to that goblin?" Hermione asked in a low voice, leaning into Ivan's ear.

"Of course it's the Imperius Curse, otherwise he wouldn't be so obedient." Ivan said, seeing Hermione's wide-open eyes.

He hurriedly took Hermione's little hand to calm her down.

Ivan waved to Fleur, Gabriel, and Lavie who were sitting opposite, and asked them to come over and narrate what happened next.

"You said that goblin took the initiative to attack you, it's too hateful!" Gabriel said, looking at Ivan worriedly.

"So you robbed his vault and used Veritaserum to make him tell the whole story," Fleur said.

The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and she was very interested in what Ai Wen said about the goblin's vault.

"Those boxes contain Zuo Sai's criminal evidence..." Lavier said excitedly, his eyes fell on the box beside Zuo Sai.

If what Ai Wen said is true, then Zuo Sai is really doomed, which is what she has always hoped for.

But using the Imperius Curse and Veritaserum, this boy who is not as old as himself is too bold.