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Chapter 838: The Goblin’s Vault
🕑 Added 2023-08-15 13:41:21 +0000 UTCDeep underground, after modifying the goblin’s memory, Evan remembered the rumors that Bill had told him about Zoser.
If those crimes could be proved, he would spend the rest of his life in prison, so he would naturally not come to trouble him.
If he was going to do it, he wanted to do it thoroughly. Although Evan couldn’t kill him directly, it was not bad to let him stay in the wizarding prison.
Evan didn't know what monsters the Egyptian wizards used to guard the prison, but it was definitely not pleasant.
As for how to get Zoser to confess, it was not as complicated as Rawya thought, using Veritaserum and the Imperius Curse.
Sometimes simple methods were more effective, and Dark magic could make many things easier.
This process might not be legal, but as long as Evan was careful and erased all traces of magic afterwards, no one would notice.
What's more, he was now legitimately counterattacking in self-defense, and Zoser attacked him first.
If he could regret his actions, Zoser would never attack Evan again, and would never go deep underground with him alone.
"Tell out all the things you've done in the past, violating the law." Evan ordered.
"Yes, the most recent one was a month ago..." said Zoser in a dull voice, confessing one crime after another.
Listening to his account of his shocking crimes, Evan almost couldn't help giving him a Killing Curse.
"These are unforgivable crimes!"
What this goblin had done far exceeded Evan’s imagination, and also exceeded the rumors he’d heard from Bill.
In addition to being the Head of the Egyptian Gringotts and the chief Curse-Breaker, Zoser had many other identities.
He was the largest illegal antiquities dealer in Egypt and even in North Africa and Southern Europe. For decades, he had been involved in plundering pyramids, tombs, and ancient ruins, countless in number. He had connections with various Dark wizards and sold the excavated artifacts to them.
To Evan’s surprise, Lucius Malfoy was actually his partner.
They had a lot of dealings in reselling ancient Egyptian cultural relics. Lucius also helped him seek more benefits and status at the headquarters of Gringotts in England, so that he was able to become one of the heads of Gringotts in Egypt.
For the goblins, those powerful magical items of great significance were worthless. They needed gold and wealth.
If there was anything else they were interested in, it was weapons forged by other goblins.
Of course, the goblins didn’t mind selling these weapons to anyone who could afford enough Gold Galleons.
The Malfoy family obviously had this power, and they might be one of the richest pure-blood wizard families in the Wizarding World.
Evan had heard Draco Malfoy show off their family wealth more than once. They even had a manor in Romania dedicated to raising dragons as pets, which was beyond the reach of ordinary wizards. It showed the luxury and wealth of his family.
There was something else that really interested Evan. Not long ago, at the request of Lucius Malfoy, Zoser sold him all the excavated ancient magical items in exchange for a lot of gold.
Evan remembered that Caresius had told him that Voldemort had asked the vampires to search for ancient magical relics all over the world.
Obviously, these things were needed by Voldemort, and he wanted to find information about evil gods from here.
Evan pondered for a while. What exactly did Voldemort need?!
Things turned around and went back to Voldemort, who was Evan’s biggest enemy right now.
As for the evil gods, demons and what the Titan called the Final Battle, the end of the world, and so on, they were still far away from Evan...
"Okay, take me to your personal vault to have a look." Evan interrupted Zoser, who was still recounting his crimes.
He was no longer interested in listening to the goblin continue to talk. He would leave those things to the Aurors.
Anyway, judging from the current situation, Zoser would definitely stay in prison for a lifetime.
Under Evan’s control, the two of them left the stone room where the Emerald Tablet was stored. Then they got on the cart again and descended deeper underground.
In front of them was a narrow tunnel, and the vault was at the end.
Evan blinked, and he actually saw a strange monster at the end of the tunnel.
He had only seen pictures of it in The Monster Book of Monsters. It was a Sphinx.
It had the body of an over-large lion: great clawed paws and a long yellowish tail ending in a brown tuft. Its head, however, was that of a woman.
She turned her long, almond-shaped eyes upon Evan and Zoser as they approached.
Evan raised his wand, hesitating. This monster must have seen that he was controlling Zoser with the Imperius Curse.
The Sphinx was a very troublesome monster, similar in strength to dragons and the Manticore, but it was more difficult to deal with.
Because it had extremely high intelligence, it would not attack recklessly.
Evan might be able to defeat it, but it would definitely attract the attention of the Gringotts goblins.
Then, how could he explain this matter to the goblins? Even if he said everything, those goblins would definitely not stand on his side.
They wouldn’t care what Zoser had done. The goblins had a natural aversion to human wizards.
Evan looked at the Sphinx carefully, the development of the plot was about to become a situation where he would be fighting all the goblins in Gringotts, and then fleeing in a desperate manner. In that case, he would probably be wanted by the entire Wizarding World.
Without sufficient evidence, no one would believe Evan.
In front of Evan, the Sphinx was not crouching as if to spring, but pacing from side to side of the path, blocking his progress.
Then she spoke, in a deep, hoarse voice.
"Hello, stranger, this is the best Imperius Curse I have ever seen."
"Thank you!" Evan watched without putting down his wand. It seemed that this Sphinx was not in league with the goblin.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. I have been imprisoned by the goblins here for a long time to guard their wealth," said the Sphinx, nodding towards her chained hind legs.
Evan saw the heavy shackles on her hind legs, with thick chains attached to a massive stake deeply embedded in the stone floor.
The goblins had the habit of using monsters to guard important vaults. The goblins of Gringotts in Britain used dragons, while this Sphinx was quite fitting for an Egyptian-themed Gringotts. Evan was very fortunate that he had met a guardian who could communicate.
"Do you need my help to untie these shackles?" said Evan, waving his wand.
"That would be great. I always wanted to go back to my hometown for a visit,” said the Sphinx, continuing to walk back and forth. "But according to my agreement with the goblins, I won't let you pass easily unless you can answer my riddle. Answer on your first guess, I let you pass. Answer wrongly, I rush forward and notify all the goblins. Remain silent; I will let you walk away from me unscathed.”
