Chapter 200 Re-entering Gringotts (Dog Meat Tycoon 20,000 Rewards and Extra Updates)

At the station, Mike, who had said goodbye to Penelope, set out on the road to the Leaky Cauldron alone with his suitcase.

At this time, London, as one of the world's top metropolises, was already very modern, with a very good transportation system. Buses, subways and taxis had already appeared, so even if Mike had no one to pick him up, he could still find the Leaky Cauldron.

Standing in the busy King's Cross Station, Mike walked out of the majestic station without much hesitation, stopped a taxi, told the driver the name of the place, and sat in the back seat.

At this time, London's taxis were still a black model similar to classic cars. This type of taxi, called Black Cab, was born in 1948. Like taxis in later generations, this type of taxi was equipped with an odometer and could be stopped at any time.

In fact, this type of black taxi in London at this time was not mainstream. Because the price of this type of taxi was too expensive and the number was very small, and the drivers often ripped people off, everyone preferred to use a type of taxi called Mini Cab.

This kind of mini taxi requires you to call the taxi company, report your departure and destination, and then the other party will directly quote a price. If you can accept it, the taxi company will send a car to pick you up.

The advantage of this kind of car is that it is available on call, and the price is much cheaper than that of a black taxi. If you are not satisfied with the price quoted by a taxi company, you can even negotiate with other companies to get a lower quote.

Of course, Mike, who is not short of money, will naturally not choose this method, so he saw a black taxi parked on the roadside next to the station waiting for business and got in the car directly.

Mike, who only brought a small suitcase, arrived at his destination easily and comfortably. After paying a total of 30 pounds in fare and tips, he got off the car with the driver's respectful farewell and walked into the Leaky Cauldron.

After a year, I came to the Leaky Cauldron again, and the people drinking and chatting here have not changed much.

Mike even saw several people who were watching the show when he had a conflict with the rude pure-blood wizard here. However, although Mike still remembers them today, they no longer remember Mike.

It's not that their memory is too bad. In fact, wizards' memory is much better than that of ordinary people. It's just that Mike's development speed in this year is too fast. Both his temperament and appearance are completely different from two years ago.

After sighing a little, Mike didn't have much contact with the people in the bar. He went directly to the backyard and entered Diagon Alley through the passage on the wall.

Since today is the summer vacation of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley is much busier than usual. Many students have been in school for a whole year. After the vacation, they directly dragged their families to Diagon Alley for shopping. And their parents will try their best to meet all their children's requirements when facing their children who have not seen them for a long time. Of course, students who did too poorly in the exams are naturally exceptions. Therefore

, in Diagon Alley today, the most popular stores are not the Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and the Transformation Ink Stationery Store, which were the most popular before the start of school, but the Jumping and Playful Magic Joke Shop and the Quidditch Boutique Store, which specialize in all kinds of weird prank props. Of course, Madam Primpenier's Beauty and Magical Potion Shop, Madam Malkin's Robe Shop, and the Tufan Clothing Shop, which specializes in all kinds of high-end clothing, also have very good business. After all, the money of women and children is always the easiest to make in this world. Children may come here only once in a while because they have to go to school, but women are different. They will come as long as they have money.

Mike's purpose of this trip is completely different from those children of the same age, so he did not stay in front of those shops, but walked on the path paved with cobblestones to Gringotts.

Looking at this towering white building and the gleaming bronze door, Mike's heart was also touched, and he couldn't help but stop.

Two years ago, when he just came to the wizarding world, he was just a poor Muggle student. I didn't expect that after just two years, I would have become a powerful wizard when I returned to the old place.

The goblin guard wearing a scarlet gold-studded uniform beside the bronze door squinted at the boy who was standing in front of him and watching Gringotts, and the contempt in his eyes was not concealed at all.

He had seen many people like Mike, most of whom were poor people from Muggle families. They would never look at such people straight in the eye.

This was not to say that the goblin guard was also a blood-discriminator. In fact, all goblins were equal in terms of blood and even race. They only discriminated against one kind of people, that is, poor people.

In other words, if you were rich enough, even if you had just killed their entire family, they would still want to recognize you as their godfather.

This was a goblin, a creature that was greedy to the point of having no bottom line.

After exhaling a breath of foul air, Mike, who had come to his senses, walked slowly into Gringotts.

Although the goblin guard despised Mike, his excellent professionalism still made him bow to Mike and open the door behind him. After all

, even if he was a poor person, as long as he came to Gringotts to do business, it would bring them benefits. Although the money was a little less, it was still money, wasn't it?

The goblin guard opened the silver door with warning words engraved on it, and what appeared in front of Mike was a vast hall with many counters in the hall. There were about a hundred goblins busy receiving visiting guests at the counters.

Some of them were scribbling something on a large account book that was bigger than them, some were weighing gold with a scale, and others were identifying gems with a magic eyepiece.

Mike found a counter and sat down at it. The goblin opposite him immediately stopped what he was doing and enthusiastically offered his worthless greeting with a signature fake smile.

"Sir! Good afternoon. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I want to save money." Mike put the suitcase in his hand on the counter in front of him and said lightly.

The goblin who received Mike had a slight flash of contempt in his eyes after seeing Mike's suitcase. Based on his many years of work experience, a young wizard of Mike's age could not take out many gold galleons at all, and Mike's suitcase made it even more certain of this. After all, such a small suitcase could not hold many gold galleons at all.

But after Mike opened the suitcase, the goblin could no longer maintain the fake smile on his face, because in front of him appeared a dozen bags of Traceless Extension Spell.

The goblin naturally knew the price of the bags of Traceless Extension Spell, so his attitude immediately became much more sincere, rubbing his hands and asking in a somewhat obscene manner:

"Sir, how many gold galleons do you want to deposit!"

The goblin's subtle expression changes just now naturally did not escape Mike's eyes, so he did not answer the goblin's question, but pretended to think for a while, and then said lightly:

"I can't remember, you count it yourself."

Hearing this, the goblin, with greed in his eyes, could no longer suppress his inner desire. He could not wait to pounce on the bag and opened it one by one to count the gold galleons inside.

Since the currency of the wizarding world has its own magic of counting quantity, the goblin did not spend too much time to count the gold coins Mike brought this time.

"Sir, you need a vault!" The goblin shouted in a shrill voice, "A total of 35,643 gold galleons, enough for a second-level vault. If you agree, I will provide you with a vault for free, free of charge!"

The goblin did not explain to Mike what a second-level vault was, because in its opinion, anyone who could have such a large fortune would definitely know what a second-level vault was.

In fact, it guessed correctly. Due to occupational disease, Mike had just come to the wizarding world and did an in-depth study of Gringotts. His current understanding of Gringotts was not only richer than those goblins who worked in Gringotts every day, but also definitely exceeded the average level of the wizarding world.

Gringotts' vaults are divided into three levels, and the security levels of these vaults are different according to the different levels.

The first-level vaults are dedicated to those ancient families and have the highest security level.

There are no so-called keyholes on the doors of these vaults. There is only one way to open them, that is, a goblin knocks on the door through special techniques, and each vault has its own unique knocking password. These passwords are strictly confidential and only known by a few high-level goblins.

At the same time, these vaults are protected by special guards, and those guards are the fire dragons and sphinxes enslaved by the goblins.

Unlike in the movie, there is not only one fire dragon under Gringotts. To be exact, no one knows the number of fire dragons Gringotts has, but it is certain that the number of these fire dragons must be more than double digits. There

is no need to say more about the fire dragon. The Sphinx is a magical creature from Egypt. This creature has a lion's body and a human face. It loves to give people puzzles. If you can't answer it, it will eat you.

When British wizards rated the magical creatures around the world, they classified this mythical creature as a beast because it eats people.

Due to its characteristics, it is often captured to guard the secret room or treasure house.

In the Harry Potter movie that Mike had seen in his previous life, these creatures did not appear in the scene where Harry and others sneaked into Gringotts. That was because the Sphinx was a mythical beast in the minds of the Egyptians and had a very high status. If it was broadcast rashly, it would inevitably affect the box office of the Harry Potter movie in Egypt.

The Sphinx in reality is so miserable that it was used as a watchdog by wizards. There were many who were beaten, scolded, or even killed.

Back to the point, the security level of the second-level vault is much weaker than that of the first-level vault. The way to open it is still the conventional key and door lock. Although it is also within the protection range of the fire dragon and the Sphinx, it is on the edge.

It is conceivable that if there is any accident in Gringotts, these vaults will definitely be more dangerous than the first-level vault.

The third-level vault is the vault with the lowest security level.

It is not protected by the fire dragon and the Sphinx, and the way to open it is only a key.

The second-level vault is specially prepared by Gringotts for customers with savings of more than 10,000 gold Galleons, while the lower limit of the third-level vault is 1,000 gold Galleons. As for those customers with savings of less than 1,000 gold Galleons, there is no exclusive vault at all, and their money is stored in the public vault.

Then some people will ask, why can the Weasley family have their own vault when they are so poor in the original book.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Although the Weasley family is poor, they are also one of the sacred 28 families and have a very high status, so it is not surprising to have a vault. After all, their ancestors were also rich, but now they are in decline.

The goblin's voice is very loud, so it attracts the attention of other goblins and wizards who are doing business around.

These people were originally dissatisfied with the goblin's loud voice, but when it reported the amount of money Mike brought, their eyes looking at Mike immediately changed from dissatisfaction to surprise.

Under the gaze of everyone, Mike closed his suitcase again, made a gesture expressionlessly, and signaled the goblin to lead the way.

The goblin immediately understood what he meant, lowered his head and quickly wrote something on the account book in front of him. After a while, he tore off a piece of parchment, called out to a goblin named Griphook, and handed the parchment to it.

"Sir, please come over here. I will take you to choose a vault." Griphook quickly glanced at the parchment, and then said flatteringly, "Do you have a favorite number between 600 and 700? If so, you can ask for it. If the vault is empty, I can take you to see it first."

"I don't have a favorite number here, as long as it's not 666."

"Okay, sir, please follow me."

Griphook bowed deeply to Mike after hearing this, and then respectfully began to lead the way.

It was very polite, and gave up half of its body to let Mike walk in the middle, so that others could see at a glance that Mike, who was walking behind, was the real boss, and Griphook in front was just a guide.

It was not until the two disappeared at the entrance of the vault that the wizards who were doing business in the hall began to discuss.

"Who is that blond young man? Thirty thousand gold Galleons!"

"I don't know. He must be the son of a big family."

At this time, a young wizard in old clothes suddenly joined the conversation and said affirmatively: "You are all wrong. He must be a Muggle-born wizard. Didn't you hear him just say that he doesn't want vault number 666? 666 is a very unlucky number in the Muggle world, so most Muggles don't like it."

"Who are you kidding? How can a mudblood have more than thirty thousand gold Galleons?"

"Yeah, you have to make a draft before you can lie to people!"

Everyone laughed at him, but no one noticed that when the young wizard in old clothes heard the word "mudblood", his hands, which were invisible to others, were clenched into fists under the counter.

He didn't lie, because he was also a Muggle-born wizard.

Boss Xu, you said you have this money to reward me, why don't you treat me to barbecue? Isn't the barbecue of two hundred yuan delicious?