Vaults with numbers below 100 will not be opened
Although the chief goblin has explained that this is for safety, but if this is really the case, why doesn't Gringotts simply suspend all services? Even if it is not disguised as a ruins like the Darkling Pavilion, at the moment, closing down the business seems to be a reasonable choice.
However, not only did Gringotts not do that, but they only restricted the number of vaults within 100... Doesn't this seem a bit cover-up
Remember that the smaller the Gringotts vault number, the larger the vault and the more important it is. Vaults with numbers below 100 are usually owned by wizarding families who have accumulated large amounts of wealth. These families usually store many valuable but not very practical collections here, and they generally don't use them very much.
Obviously, if Maka hadn't been in need today, Mr. Parkinson wouldn't have come to open the family treasury. And this means that no one will notice it at all.
Presumably, the goblins of Gringotts had such considerations, so they used the appearance of providing normal services to cover up the situation, instead of choosing to seal the entire underground vault. Because in that case, it will be true afterwards.
Of course, the premise is that Gringotts is really planning something secretly.
"Shouldn't it be opened within the 100th number?" Maka thought for a while and quickly said, "Forget it then, go to my vault instead! No. 213—"
As he spoke, he took out his vault key from his waist and put it on the counter.
When I first came to Gringotts to rent a vault, because Macca didn't have much money at the time, I only used the smallest model numbered above 1000. It wasn't until he earned more gold galleons later that he changed it to a medium-sized vault located deeper underground.
Now Maka is a little lucky. Since the vaults further down were occupied by others, when he changed vaults at that time, he could only change vaults with numbers above 200. If he had moved him to a position within 100 at that time, he would probably have to sneak in with Mr. Parkinson today.
"Oh... No. 213, um... OK."
The chief goblin picked up the key and looked at it, paused for a moment, and then nodded.
"Gripphook, take Mr. McClain and Mr. Parkinson to No. 213... you know, take the track to the Thief-proof Falls!"
"Yes, Your Excellency."
On the seat not far away, one of his assistants jumped down from the high stool, walked around the counter and gestured to Maka and the others:
"You two, please go this way."
Maka shrugged, put away the staff in her hand, and immediately followed the chief assistant named "Gripphook" to the side passage. Parkinson behind him saw this. Although he looked a little confused, he quickly put down his key and quickly chased after him.
The two followed Griphook from the side corridor to the back of the hall, and passed through three safe passages guarded by goblin guards before arriving at a place that looked like a Muggle subway station.
There are many minecart rails arranged quite densely here, and underneath the criss-crossing rails is a huge bottomless pit.
Just standing on the edge and looking down, it feels like the bottom is straight to hell. People with a fear of heights will definitely not like this kind of place.
It is worth mentioning that the underground vault of Gringotts is definitely much deeper than that of Darkling Pavilion - the deepest depths of the two may be almost the same, but Darkling Pavilion itself is underground after all, which is undoubtedly due to their respective locations. decision difference.
"this way please."
Pulling the ring pointed to the second rail on the right, stepped forward, raised his leg and kicked the rail. Immediately, they saw a mine cart suddenly fall from above their heads and land accurately on the railroad tracks.
Then, he turned over and climbed in first.
"Let's go, Mr. Parkinson."
Maka tilted her head and motioned for the other party to follow, and then he also got on the slightly narrow mine cart. After Parkinson also came up, Griphook immediately pushed the middle lever forward hard, and the mine cart suddenly slid forward along the track carrying the three people.
As the minecart was speeding all the way, sometimes spinning and sometimes diving, the pull ring was also constantly turning the pull rod left and right to switch roads, causing the minecart to shake very violently.
In some places, there is even a section of railway track missing, and the mine carts rely on inertia to fly over.
To be honest, if any Muggle amusement park dares to build a roller coaster like this, it will definitely lose money.
During this time, they also passed a huge waterfall. The rushing water curtain looked very real, but when the minecart passed through the middle, it didn't hit any water splash.
This is the anti-thief waterfall in the underground vault of Gringotts. It is said that all vicious curses with lasting effects will be washed away when passing through. In the past, there were even interesting stories about wizards who suffered powerful curses who got rid of the curses here for free. story.
When Maka passed by there, she had to secretly cast magic to block it, lest some of the permanent magic she left on the outside was washed away.
Not long after, when he tilted his neck slightly to look deeper into the huge pit, Griphook suddenly pulled the metal rod back hard. Immediately afterwards, with a puff of sparks and a harsh "crunch", the mine car stopped immediately.
"Vault No. 213 has arrived, please get out of the car."
Seeing that Griphook was about to jump onto the rock platform next to him, Parkinson subconsciously wanted to move, but Maka, who was sitting next to him, gently pulled him.
"Mr. Parkinson, do you remember the specific location of your family's vault?"
"ah?"
When the other party heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
"Oh... no, actually I rarely come to Gringotts, and you see, these railway tracks are so messy that most people really can't remember them."
"Then there's no way."
Maka nodded, and suddenly looked at the fairy Griphook who had moved to the rock platform, with some power of soul rules flashing in his eyes.
"There is no need to open my No. 213, now take us to the vault No. 83!"
"Oh, that's not possible, we can only... we can only..."
Griphook said in a daze, his expression becoming more and more hesitant, as if he had encountered some problem that caused him to have psychological conflicts. But in the end, he nodded slowly,
"...Okay, No. 83... But we may meet President Argot down there. The president... he won't let you in."
"Really?" Maka nodded slightly, "What is he doing there? Are you planning to take the largest treasury as your own?"
"'Appropriately'? No, no..." Griphook said in a daze, "We are just cleaning out some large vaults that no one has inherited... They are no longer claimed. They are abandoned properties. Whoever finds them can To whom."
When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but shake her head, and then said to Parkinson beside her: "It seems that at least your family's treasury should be fine."
After saying that, he turned to Griphook and asked:
"One more question - why did you choose this time to clean out the treasury? Could it be that... you want to run away?"
Before he finished speaking, Griphook immediately replied:
"Whether we run or not depends on the situation... We have just received notice from our fellow Darkling Pavilion members. We, Gringotts and Darkling Pavilion, have unanimously decided not to participate in the struggle outside... So, if Diagon Alley is still there, we We won’t run away; and if we can’t even defend Diagon Alley, we will immediately retreat to the ruins of the old underground country.”
"Old underground country?"
When Maka heard this, she suddenly raised her eyebrows, and her heart couldn't help but move slightly.
Yes, he also knew that goblins once had their own kingdom, but the goblin kingdom recorded in history was located on the ground like humans. They just naturally like to dig out caves to live in.
But later on, no matter how tenacious the goblins were, their land was constantly being compressed and eroded by wizards. In particular, several wizarding wars implicated the goblin country, eventually leading to their complete annihilation.
And this is actually what happened hundreds of years ago.
Judging from what Griphook said, the Goblin Kingdom might not have been completely destroyed at the time, but chose to go deep underground to preserve its power in order to avoid the war.
It's no wonder that after the war subsided, many goblins emerged from every nook and cranny, and took advantage of the chaos after the war to sneak into the wizarding society.
However, Maka is not interested in the survival of the Fairy Kingdom. What he is most concerned about now is actually how big is the so-called "underground ruins of the old kingdom" mentioned by Griphook
Depending on the current situation, that might become their last escape route in their fight with Haierbo!
"Well, anyway," Maka shook her head and said, "Griphook, take us to Vault 83, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
It is obviously too early to consider those things. Although it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day, there are obviously more and more urgent things to do at the moment.
Soon, Maka asked Griphook to get on the mine cart again and continue driving deeper into the underground vault.