A day at Hogwarts

The size of this cave was beyond everyone's expectations. The interior was like one room after another, and each room was larger than the cafeteria of Hogwarts Castle. Climbing up and down, there seemed to be traces of battle all around.

Charles narrowed the range of lighting to ensure that he would not kick stones when walking. The glasses he wore had night vision and thermal imaging functions, which made it easy to spot living creatures.

But there were no traces of goblins ahead, and there were many small animals such as mice. The puppets searching in the dark did not find anything new.

Continue walking forward, and there is a cave in front of you as big as the door of a classroom, and opposite it is a wider space.

Charles stopped and said in a deep voice: "This cave is the only way. If I were a goblin, I would definitely ambush behind it."

Voldemort looked around. The only light illuminated only the part around the cave. The huge rock was just a dark shadow, weighing on people's hearts.

He took two steps and protected Charles in front of him.

Charles waved his wand, and all the puppets hid on the rock wall above the cave. One puppet folded its wings, surrounded by several glowing butterflies, and walked into the cave.

According to his idea, if there are enemies behind the cave, they will attack the bait first, so he will lure them to this side of the cave, and then it will be a one-on-one fight or a group fight depending on the situation.

“Boom!”

The puppet walking through the cave was hit on the top of his head with a club. The sound was so loud that it echoed in the cave for a moment.

Charles felt a little distressed. There was a big dent on the doll's head and its two eyeballs had fallen out.

Four goblins walked out of the darkness and stood in front of Charles and others.

They were wearing armor with dark red patterns on them, and holding weapons like axes and swords, which, judging from the patterns, were magical products.

Voldemort suddenly said to Charles: "Catch him alive."

He had found a lot of strange armor in a cave in the mountains north of Hogwarts Castle a long time ago, and had given them to the troll to wear when he asked Quirrell to let the troll into the castle.

Now the armor on these goblins is very similar to that on the giant monsters, so they must be captured and interrogated clearly.

Charles shouted to the goblins: "You have been surrounded, put down your weapons and surrender!"

The goblins burst into laughter when they saw a Hogwarts student, a man wearing a hat and an old man in Muggle clothes across from them.

One of the goblins said, "Wizard, this is a secret vault built by the goblins. This is our property. You are the invaders!"

Charles shrugged and said, "It seems that we have no choice but to take action."

For thousands of years, the goblins of Britain have been accustomed to wizards using wands to fight, and the idea that wizards without wands are useless has become a mark of the goblins' thinking.

To this end, goblins invented weapons specifically designed to counter wizards' wands.

"Wand grabber!"

The four goblins were not panicked at all. A goblin as fat as a pumpkin raised the new weapon he invented.

As the name suggests, this weapon can take away the spell from the hands of wizards, but Charles thinks this thing looks a bit like a vase.

The fat goblin said to Charles and the others triumphantly, "It's not too late if you beg for mercy now."

Dumbledore and others behind Charles looked solemn. They could not believe that goblins could actually develop such weapons.

Fudge asked Dumbledore nervously, "What should we do?"

He was a little worried that his wand would be taken away by the goblin.

Dumbledore motioned for him to look at Scrimgeour and the others.

The Aurors began casting spells on each other, ropes appearing from their hands to tie their wands securely.

The fat goblin screamed and fell down.

The scene suddenly fell silent, no one expected this to be the outcome.

"You actually killed him!" a goblin wearing glasses shouted angrily, "How could you kill him!"

Charles said calmly, "Look behind."

The goblin said disdainfully: "I'll be fooled!"

He raised his axe and made a charging gesture with the other two goblins.

At this moment, the puppets hiding on the rock wall rushed forward, and the one in the front kicked the fairy to the ground, then held the fairy's hands and feet, and the puppets in high heels surrounded it and kicked the places without armor protection.

The goblins' screams echoed in the cave, and Dumbledore and the others felt a little sympathetic towards them.

Charles went over to retrieve his wand, cleaned it, and made sure there was no problem before asking the puppets to stop.

The puppets had a high combat IQ. After kicking for a while, they took off the armor on the fairies and kicked again. The three fairies were already dying from the beating.

Charles embedded them in the rock wall, leaving only their heads exposed.

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"How many of you are here?" he asked the goblin who was wearing glasses just now.

That goblin was quite stubborn, and looked like he would never tell a word even if he was beaten to death.

Charles turned to Voldemort and asked, "Can you read his examples to see how many of them are here, and whether there is anything hidden under the bed, in the cabinets, or in the secret compartments at home?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another goblin said, "There are only four of us!"

"We are here to scout on orders from Cloran. He said today is Christmas Eve and the wizards are going to hold a party, so no one will find us!"

Charles pinched his chin and said, "You are so proactive that it makes me wonder if you are lying."

At this point Voldemort said, "He did not lie."

Although he was just an empty shell and couldn't read the wizard's thoughts, the goblin was now in a state of panic and had no defense at all, so he could easily know what the wizard was thinking.

Voldemort continued, “He has something hidden under his bed…something he doesn’t want other goblins to know.”

Charles asked curiously, "What is it?"

Voldemort's face showed a twisted expression, and he shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's better if you don't know."

Before Charles could ask any more questions, Jack's voice came into his ears: "Ask him what the relationship between Cloran and Lanlock is."

The naming of goblins seemed confusing to wizards, but Jack was very sensitive to the names of the biggest villains of the year and realized that there should be a connection.

The goblin immediately said, "Lanlock is an ancestor that Cloran is proud of. He once worked hard to allow the goblins to rule the world. Although he failed in the last step, he left behind a valuable legacy."

Jack thought, it seems that Lanlock still had a backup plan.

There is nothing we can do about it. People who do big things will definitely have a backup plan, and it is hard to guard against.

Jack was thinking again, if they took advantage of his traveling around the world to cause trouble and he wouldn't have time to come back, maybe it would work.

I just don't know why the goblin had been quiet before, but suddenly took action recently.

The goblin continued, "Klolan always preaches the deeds of his ancestors, but we don't take it seriously."

"A few years ago, a wizard came to rob Gringotts and robbed a vault, so Cloran decided to repeat what his ancestors did. The wizard who was in the way hasn't appeared for many years and should be dead."

Jack didn't know what to say for a moment. It seemed that the only time that Gringotts was robbed in recent years was the time between him and Grindelwald.

The Aurors at the back found themselves hearing something quite extraordinary.

Everyone thought that the vault at Gringotts was safe, and no one would have thought that one of the vaults had been robbed a few years ago.

Only the top officials of the Ministry of Magic and a few other people like Dumbledore knew about that incident, and the common people had never heard of it.

At this time, Voldemort was obsessed with the power deep in the secret vault. He hated the goblins for trying to steal his things. He didn't ask who was so unlucky to have their vault robbed.

He urged Charles, "Come on, if we delay too long, Dumbledore will be here."