Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Third, he seems to hate foreign wizards, especially wizards from Europe and the United States, and targets them everywhere.

This made the eight European curse-breakers in the excavation team very embarrassed and excluded by other Arabs.

Fourth, he knows nothing about excavation and spell-breaking work, but he always likes to express his opinions.

Moreover, he represented the Egyptian Ministry of Magic, and this identity made the excavation team have to listen to him for many things.

Lavie told Ivan that it was because of Mr. Said that the normal excavation work was slow.

These are the details of the Gringotts No. 19 excavation team, which is very troublesome, but it has nothing to do with Aiwen.

He doesn't plan to stay in this excavation team for a long time, and he will leave after finding what he wants...

Chapter 1193 Grit

Using the port key issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Magic, a group of people came to the city of "Bael-Ramesses" where the sun ruins were located.

This is a lost city of wonders, a dream place for ancient Egyptian archaeologists and adventurers alike.

In the undulating yellow sand, Aiwen saw a huge city ruins presented in front of him.

They were standing on what looked like a city wall, and several wizards were retching from the discomfort of the Portkey travel.

Below their feet, countless ruins and ancient ruins stood in the desert.

Magnificent and mysterious huge stone pillars and statues carved from granite can be seen everywhere. The years have left obvious traces on them, and they seem to be telling the world the glory of the past in a silent language. In a blink of an eye, A gust of wind and sand blew past, covering everything in front of me again, like a dream...

"Peer-Ramesses!" Lavie said, walking to Ivan's side, she was also looking at the ruins of the city in front of her, "It means the palace of Ramses, is it spectacular, isn't it? This city It was the capital of ancient Egypt during the reign of Ramses II. It has countless palaces, temples, and treasures left by ancient wizards. However, less than one-tenth of the area has been discovered so far, and most of the buildings and treasures are still Buried under thick gravel."

"Then why not dig them all out?" Ivan asked.

He felt a strange magical reaction here, which was interfering with his magical operation.

Aiwen has encountered this situation before, indicating that there is a powerful magic or magic item at work in this area, which affects the magic power.

"Because these damned gravel itself is a kind of curse!" Hearing Ivan's question, the goblin pendulum said in a sharp voice, "It is said that after the death of Ramses II, yellow sand covered this city, It's a magic, until the pharaoh returns from his deep sleep, his capital will never see the light of day again. Well, lavier, hurry up and pack up, that guy Saeed is complaining again, we still have a long way to go Come on, Apparition doesn't work well here."

Lavie went to help, and Ivan followed the others down the damaged city wall.

As the pendulum says, the grit here is weird, with an extra unreal feel to step on.

Before taking a few steps, his body was sinking.

The fall was rapid, as if falling into a bottomless swamp or the mouth of a monstrous monster.

Ai Wen hurriedly pulled out his wand, and before he could use magic, he was dragged out of the sand.

"Be careful, little one!" A burly dark-skinned wizard shook Aiwen's body easily, as if Aiwen had no weight.

His name is Benny, he is in charge of the logistics of the excavation team, and he is moving materials down below.

This guy is almost as tall as Hagrid, and Ivan can be sure that he definitely has giant blood.

"Thank you!" Ivan panted, motioning for the other party to put him down, and the guy shook him dizzily.

"It's nothing. People who come here for the first time will make this kind of mistake, but you must be careful, don't make mistakes again. Many people die in the sand every year." Benny said, pointing to the rocks on the ground , "This is not the kind of place where you can go wherever you want, only these reinforced roads can be walked."

The ground is paved with huge stones, extending to Yuanchuan.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Ivan, I forgot to tell you!" Noticing the situation below, Lavier sprinted down from the city wall, and she was now carrying a large backpack, "These gravels are magical, step on them People who go up will always sink down, which is why the excavation work at Peer-Ramesses is progressing slowly. On the surface, it is difficult to know what is under the gravel, and it is impossible to determine the exact location of the ruins worth digging. It's also difficult to get rid of the sand, it just keeps coming. By the way, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Ivan said, but he was a little dizzy from being shaken by Benny just now. He looked at the endless yellow sand, "Well, there is a very special magic on these gravel, and the Quicksand Curse seems to have a similar effect."

To be able to cast the Quicksand Curse on such a large city and last for such a long time, the power of those ancient warlocks is simply terrifying.

Ivan squatted on the ground, put his wand on the gravel next to him, and used a spell.

In the blink of an eye, the gravel was rapidly solidifying, but soon dissipated and turned into sand again.

"Yes, they can be solidified into the stones we are standing on now, but it won't last long, and special personnel need to be reinforced on a regular basis. In order to maintain the entire Sun Ruins and such a road, the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts hired three Hundreds of wizards specialize in doing this." Lavier explained, "And the reinforcement will not help at all to know what is under the sand, and any detection magic will not work. If you want to know what is underneath, you can only dig The gravel is reinforced on the side of the pit, and those ruins are usually buried very deep..."

Aiwen nodded. Speaking of which, the process of discovering the sun relic was indeed not easy.

In order to find the ancient magic treasure, wizards and goblins also paid a great price.

"Let's go!" Mr. Said, the vice-captain of the excavation team, came down from the city wall and said darkly, "We didn't come to this damned place to let you foreign wizards study the sand here."

"Ignore him!" Lavie whispered, pulling Ivan to stand up.

Along the reinforced road, the excavation team started to head towards the Sun Ruins.

Walking forward for about 10 minutes, a huge square appeared in front of you. The ground here was all reinforced, and it was crowded with other excavation teams waiting to enter the sun ruins, adventurers, and some scattered people who wanted to make a fortune. The wizards who came here, and even many Muggle archaeologists and excavation teams.

"Hey, those Muggles..."

"Gringotts needs the help of these Muggles. They are very good at dealing with ancient Egyptian history and common cultural relics. Don't worry, Muggles' memories have been modified, and they won't remember anything related to magic." Veyer said, "The Sun Ruins are right below here. We don't need to line up, we can go in directly. Mr. Pendulum just said, let's go to the Dome of God first, there can help you have an overall understanding of the Sun Ruins."

"Wait, where is the sun relic?"

Ai Wen grasped all around, except for the people on and above the square, he saw nothing.

In the distance, there is an endless desert with no buildings, no plants, and nothing but sand.

It is not an exaggeration to use the word barren to describe this place.

"As I said just now, the Sun Ruins are right under our feet!" Lavier explained, "It is almost impossible to completely remove these magical gravels, so the wizards used magic to destroy the entire Sun Ruins Center. The upper layer of gravel in the area is reinforced, that is, the place we are standing now, and then digs down a little bit, through several paths to make key breakthroughs, one leads to the Dome of God, and the other is the one that our excavation team is in charge of. In this area, the goblins seem to be still studying new excavation routes, there is no gravel inside the ruins, as long as they can get in, they can start digging..."

Chapter 1194 Orbit

Following the excavation team, Ivan and the others entered a building located in the square.

The interior of the building is a long and narrow hall. A dozen goblins sit on high stools behind a row of long counters on both sides. Many distressed adventurers line up in front of the counter, holding various ancient Egyptian cultural relics in their hands. There were gems and such, and the goblins appraised them and scribbled them into the ledger.

At the very front of the hall is a dark hole.

This is the entrance to the interior of the Sun Ruins, guarded by two goblins and three wizards outside.

For unofficial excavation teams and adventurers, there is a strict inspection to enter, and all belongings need to be registered.

This is also the case when you come out, because everything found in the ruins must be turned in.

Depending on the value of the item, the Egyptian Ministry of Magic and Gringotts will also give rich Galleons as compensation.

This reminds Aiwen of those mines where gold, silver and other precious metals were mined in ancient times. Due to insufficient manpower, the owners of the mines allowed everyone to go in and mine, and then recovered the raw mineral stones they dug out at a certain price. , this behavior led to the birth of the Gold Rush.

It seems that no matter when, whether it's Muggles or wizards, the idea of ​​getting rich overnight always prevails.

Unlike these wizards who came to try their luck, there are many things about Aiwen that are not suitable for outsiders to know.

Fortunately, his official excavation team can enter the ruins without inspection.

Going down the dark and narrow hole, the oxygen in the passage is thin, the smell of soil and the pungent smell of the long-burning torches smash together, and there is a dark and mysterious atmosphere in the dark passage.

Except for the goblins, the rest of the excavation team walked very slowly and with great difficulty.

The size of this passage seems to be built according to the size of the goblin, low and narrow.

Not to mention those adults, even Ivan had to bend forward.

"Slow down, the slope here is too steep!"

"Damn it, can't those goblins expand this passage a little bit!"

"It will undoubtedly cost a lot of Galleons and manpower to maintain it. We only need to enter the sun ruins. The size of the passage doesn't make much sense." The pendulum sounded at the front, "Mr. Said, if it is really Difficult, I suggest you use the Shrink Potion, you only need five silver Sickles to buy a bottle of it."

What responded to him was an ugly curse, and Ivan followed Lavie silently.

Said and the Arab wizards kept cursing, and the half-giant Benny was even worse at the end of the team.

This guy just drank a bottle of shrinking potion brewed by goblins, otherwise he would never have come in.

Still, he now feels like he's shoved a hunk of meat down a tube.

Ai Wen was really afraid that he would be stuck like this, unable to enter or retreat.

They walked for 5 minutes along the narrow corridor extending downwards, and they came to a slightly spacious area.

But the height of the entire space is still very low, and everyone has to bend over.

Just like inside Gringotts, the goblins used their expertise to build two small railways here.

The railway stretches into the gravel, and here is a small platform, and many wizards are waiting to ride in small carts.

Because the height is not enough, they are all sitting on the ground.

Everyone resents the weirdness of having to curl your legs and bend over whenever you want to stand up.

Only those goblins, all with malicious smiles.

Zhong Pendulum used to communicate with the goblin in charge of controlling the carts, and they could give priority to using the fifteen small carts that would come back later.

Just then, there was a rattling sound on the rails.

Aiwen saw three small carts come back and drilled directly out of the gravel. Unlike what he saw in Gringotts, these small carts were not open, but completely closed, looking like a jars so they can walk through the sand...

"Lavier, take the last car with Ivan, Benny and those supplies!" the pendulum ordered.

Seeing that they were going to jump in line, the situation was a little out of control. A few fierce-looking wizards were yelling loudly, asking Ivan why they didn't need to line up. The goblins were explaining casually, but it seemed that they didn't mind getting into a fight. .

These wizards can't even stand up now. If they fight, the outcome will be obvious.

It took a lot of effort for Benny to get into the last cart with a load of supplies.

He occupied the position of three people by himself, and he was curling up with his head down to make room.

Alvin and Lavie followed up, and then with a bang, the lid of the trolley closed, and the surrounding area was occupied by darkness.

They are like cans, they are packed in there.

After a violent shaking, the small cart started to set off.

"The goblins are very smart!" Lavier whispered, she and Ivan are now close together, "The ruins of the sun are deep in the ground, it is impossible to reinforce all the gravel, so they built built this railroad so we could walk through the sand."

"The idea is really good, but it's too boring!" Ai Wen said, he couldn't hear anything.

The shaking feeling also disappeared, and now the inside of the cart seems to be still, stuffy and hot.

It's like being stuffed into a can, and then the can is heated...

This is really a bad way to travel. After the Floo network, the door key, and Mr. Weasley's car, Ivan experienced another one.

"It's not comfortable, but we're going through a thick layer of gravel," LaVier said. "Keep going..."

"Not long ago, these carts broke down, and five carts full of people stopped on the way. When the goblin found them, all the people inside were starved to death!" Benny said suddenly, interrupting Lavie.

"This is just an isolated phenomenon, because there are too many people who have entered the Sun Ruins recently. Generally speaking, the things made by the goblins are still guaranteed." Lavier said hurriedly, but there seemed to be such a trace in her voice Not confident, "Besides, we still carry so many supplies in this car, if we encounter such an accident, we won't be starved to death. Well, Aiwen, you have to know that this railway can lead to Let’s go to the Dome of God first, then go to the obelisk, and then I will go to the cemetery with you if I have a chance.”

Probably because the environment was so bad, Ivan felt that time passed very slowly.

They were walking through thick sand that was very hot from the sun.

In the end, it was too hot for everyone to talk.

Ivan used his wand to create a little air conditioning, making the cabin less stuffy.

Even so, when the cart stopped, he was drenched in sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water, and so were La Vier and Benny.

"Thank goodness, we're here, Dome of God!" Lavier climbed down from the trolley.

Ai Wen also came down, and in front of him was a similar platform as before, but there were not so many people.

"I still have to move things to the area we are responsible for excavating!" Benny said pitifully.

Then, under the control of a goblin, with a bang, the lid of the cart was closed again!

Chapter 1195: Vault of God

Bang bang bang, the small cart slammed into the gravel in front of it.

This time, Ivan noticed that there was a layer of protective magic on the surface of these small carts, which allowed it to break through the sand easily.

No wonder I couldn't feel the vibration when I was inside before.

"These cars are so scary, I almost fainted. Just like the passage we walked down, the goblins always pay attention to cost, not comfort. In their eyes, the most important thing is gold , they don’t want to spend more money on things they don’t think are useful.” Lavier said, taking a big breath of air, “But it’s okay now, when I came here with Mr. Zosey’s excavation team last year, it was still Not having this railroad, but sliding down a tube, at least three thousand feet above the ground, would be an absolute nightmare..."

This kind of high-intensity friction between the skin and the pipeline is terrifying just thinking about it.

"The skin directly rubbed against the metal tube?"

"Yeah, that was the case at first, but then the objection was too great, and the goblins figured out a way to put a lot of lubricating fluid in that sealed narrow pipe. Believe me, it was a nightmare within a nightmare. Lubricating fluid friction, not to mention the sticky and disgusting feeling, the wizards who use the pipes have to use the bubble head spell to prevent themselves from accidentally drowning in the lubricating fluid." Lavier continued, trembling , obviously recalling something bad, "At the beginning of this year, a goblin really accidentally choked to death, you know, they were so short that Gringotts installed these railroad tracks here. I heard , they are very reluctant to do that because it adds a significant portion of the cost, so they charge for using the carts."

Aiwen remembered that on the platform just now, those wizards who were dissatisfied with their jumping in line yelled that they paid the money and so on.