"So that's it," Douglas glanced at the "Execution Order" in his hand with some irony, and then looked at the magic battle in the vault that was coming to an end - the goblins wanted his life, and the wizard
Instead, I wanted to save him.
"Is this part of your plan, Mr. Leos?"
Following Douglas' question, all the goblins present turned their heads and looked at the old goblin they had never seen through. They fell into silence for a while. After a while, Leos sighed and shook his head.
"Plan? No...this is the fate of the Gringotts goblins."
Leos tapped his fingertips lightly on the parchment filled with the signatures of the thirteen elf elders, and his tone was a little tired.
“Whether it’s the Council of Elf Elders or the general trend of the world, all I can do is guess, predict, and prepare for the worst in advance—unfortunately, most of these preparations have been in vain.
Effect. If nothing else, this is the goblin’s last chance to fight for equality and freedom.”
"It sounds a bit tempting..."
Douglas took out the last cigar from his arms, rubbed it with his fingernails, and lit the cigar with some magic sparks. He exhaled a stream of smoke leisurely, and the white smoke quickly dispersed, shrouding him and Leos in it.
"But at what cost?"
The sound echoed in the smoke, as if it had hit some invisible barrier.
"All this, the entire Gringotts Wizarding Bank!"
Feeling the smoke lingering around him, Leos' eyes flashed with satisfaction and the corners of his mouth raised.
"Times have changed. The decadent Goblin Council of Elders can no longer allow us to continue. The goblins must make some changes. I hope you can use this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to swallow up Gringotts in turn."
"If you cooperate with us internally and externally, and add external funds, it will really not be difficult to do..."
Facing Leos with scorching eyes, Douglas raised his eyebrows noncommittally and asked with some confusion.
"But, if we choose this path, what's the difference between us and the traitors in America who surrendered to wizards? It's just that we have changed our allegiance, and we still can't escape the fate of becoming slaves."
"No, you are only loyal to Elena Kaslana."
Leos grinned, raised his finger, shook it slightly, and said meaningfully.
"When the day comes that we meet again, I hope you can bring back an absolutely dictatorial queen to Gringotts and the goblins, instead of some complex human force that is scattered and arguing endlessly."
"You said...let a human wizard become the Queen of Gringotts?"
"For so many years, there is no one more suitable than her. She has been protected by Grindelwald and Dumbledore at the same time. She has controlled the power to mobilize thousands of wizards, and has easily manipulated wealth that can subvert a continent. The most important thing is
The thing is, she is younger, crazier, and has a better chance of changing the world than everyone else. As for what you are worried about..."
The old goblin coughed lightly and thoughtfully pinched the light pink lady's wallet in his hand.
"Jealousy, greed, suspicion, fear... these are things we have seen when dealing with most human beings for thousands of years. The other half of the Veela blood flowing in her body will inevitably be attacked at some point.
The focus. Inevitability——"
A dangerous smile appeared on Leos' face, and his voice became softer.
"This is her innate attribute that can never be changed. In order to protect herself, she has only two choices: stand on our side and use divided wizard forces to fight against wizards, or...become a real
,Queen.”
When the smoke cleared, Leos took the initiative to end the conversation.
Reasonable and smart people know how to change themselves to adapt to the environment. Only those stupid and crazy people will try to change the environment to adapt to themselves. However, history has always been created by the latter type of people.
He is already too old. Instead of brazenly competing with young people for the ticket to the new world, it is better to stay in this wooden building that is about to collapse, smash the dangerous crossbars that are hollowed out, and let the flames burn.
More vigorous.
…………
Most of the wizards who infiltrated Gringotts were from the elite who were sealed in the Nikolayev Shipyard not long ago.
Except for Gilderoy Lockhart, who temporarily joined the "Destiny Group", they were all veterans of the magic world who had experienced the first wizarding war that year, and their loyalty and abilities were unquestionable.
According to Elena's classification, she is roughly at the forefront of Hogwarts' professor level.
Even the once somewhat unreliable Lockhart, after three months of high-intensity magic practice and the training of dozens of old wizards, now seems to be a completely different person, exuding an friendly smile.
With a trace of confidence and ability that I never had before.
Therefore, as the attack signal was sent out, the Gringotts goblin guards and executives who were caught off guard did not even have time to put up any decent resistance, and were all firmly controlled by the wizards using magic.
Thanks to the confidentiality work over the past few months, before Lockhart could speak, the wizards had already begun to consciously clean up the traces of the battle, isolate external alarms, and then get together to discuss the false memories that should be implanted, and
The location of the time period that needs to be erased, the whole process is smooth and smooth, without any confusion.
After a while, Leos and the two goblin executioners left the "goblin prison".
In the vault behind them, more than a dozen "goblin corpses" who had been executed were lying quietly on the ground. The guards who stayed behind skillfully cleaned up the blood stains and piled the "remnants" of these prisoners in the vault.
Together, they pushed it to the fire dragon raised in the vault next door, which saved the expense of a small meal of meat.
Since the execution ended, Leos has seemed particularly silent.
Returning to the Goblin Elders Council Hall located in the heart of Gringotts, after briefly reporting on the "cleaning work" with the two Black Leopards, the goblin elders nodded with satisfaction and comforted and encouraged Leo with kind words.
With these few words, I finally let go of the uneasiness that had been lingering in my heart.
After this series of events, the power and influence that Leos once left in the Venture Capital Department has almost been eliminated. Even if this financial war is still coordinated by him, there will no longer be a situation that the Council of Elders cannot control.
Already.
Half a day later...
Located on the top floor of Gringotts' underground vault, it is the lowest level and has no other protection except a key. In the Weasley family's vault, a light pink lady's wallet appeared silently.
Arthur Weasley, who worked in the Ministry of Magic's [Department for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Items], did not choose to go home after work. Instead, he came to Gringotts in Diagon Alley through the Ministry of Magic's Floo Network and took money from the vault.
I bought a gold Galleons, thirty silver Sickles and an ordinary lady's wallet, then went to the nearby Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore and bought a copy of Gilderoy Lockhart's "Gilderoy Lockhart Teaches You How to Clean."