Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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In the next second, the brick he knocked on shook and began to move. A small hole appeared in the middle, and the hole became bigger and bigger. After a while, a winding corridor appeared in front of them. The floor was covered with marble. An ominous green light.

They went into the underworld and followed the passages to the crypt below.

This place is not as dark as imagined, but the light is more abundant than Murderer's Bar.

This is a hollow circular area, divided into upper, middle and lower layers, standing on the top can see the bottom layer at the diagonal.

Each floor has many passages extending around, leading to deeper caves, or connecting with other caves.

This is the central area of ​​the underground world, and it is more lively than the Knockturn Alley above.

Along the circular corridor, many wizards are setting up dilapidated small stalls, and there are bursts of cries from time to time, and there are all kinds of things sold on them, not only limited to black magic items, Ivan even Saw crucibles for sale.

The price of the crucible is much lower than the crucible sold in Diagon Alley, obviously the source is not legal...

Chapter 1266 Goodbye Greyback

"I finally know where Mundungus got all those illegal cauldrons," said Hermione, looking at the wide variety of cauldrons. "They seem to be very popular in this place."

"It's not just the crucible, all unknown and illegal things are very popular here." Ivan said.

The central trading area of ​​the underground world is a place where stolen goods are sold.

The quality of the things sold here is not guaranteed, good and bad are mixed, but the price is very low, about one-third of the normal price.

Not only that, but you can also bargain, and there will always be someone willing to buy.

The only thing to note is that it is illegal to buy these things without being discovered by others.

Therefore, the wizards here all wear hoods like Ivan and the others to cover their faces.

Affected by the current situation, this place is similar to Knockturn Alley, and there are almost no people outside the business.

Seeing Aiwen and the four of them coming, many wizards gathered around and enthusiastically sold their products.

In addition to the daily sundries, there are also many strange things.

For example, there are more than 20 varieties and hundreds of cockroaches sold.

They are housed in carefully woven cages, making constant rustling sounds, and crawling around in the cages, which make people's scalp tingle.

The point is that this guy not only sells, he also recycles cockroaches...

Ron asked for a long time before this paving, to find out the price of each cockroach.

If Hermione hadn't stopped him, he would definitely have bought a few cockroaches to go back.

Because the other party told Ron that he could buy rare species of cockroaches from him to reproduce, and he would recover these cockroach eggs or larvae at a certain price.

"This deal is a good deal, as long as you invest ten silver Sickles, you can make money continuously." Ron said, "Cockroaches have a strong reproductive ability, as long as you put them there, they will reproduce by themselves. All I need to do is give them some bread crumbs on time every day."

"That's a nice idea," said Hermione sarcastically. "Are you going to keep them in your bedroom?"

"No, you can find a classroom with no one."

"First of all, the professors won't allow you to do this. Secondly, you can't guarantee that this guy didn't lie to you. If you come back with a lot of cockroaches, what are you going to do if he doesn't give you money?" Hermione said, " In the end, it was really disgusting to do that, and I don't think Lavender would have dared to go near you if he knew about it."

Facing Hermione's question, Ron didn't know how to answer, he looked at Ivan and Harry for help.

What on earth does this guy think, does he think that Ivan and Harry will support him in raising cockroaches?

"Hermione is right, there are many liars in this place, we must be vigilant." Aiwen said.

Harry nodded, glad Hermione stopped Ron, he didn't want a lot of cockroaches in his bedroom.

To be honest, just thinking about this kind of thing is disgusting enough...

Next to the roach merchant, a wizard is selling a bunch of junk he got from nowhere.He sold them in bundles, and he sold them in bundles for a copper knut, and he told them that jewels and gold had been found in them.

If you want to make money, you can try it.

But the strange thing is that he couldn't explain clearly, if he packed the rubbish himself, why didn't he find those jewels and gold?

"It's all a scam," Hermione concluded.

This sentence may be a bit general, the goods here are not all deceptive, there are many genuine items, as long as you can afford it, you can buy them.

Moving on, they saw many vendors selling spell-casting ingredients, magic artifacts, and dark creature babies.

These are the main commodities in the underground world, and they are all illegal items that cannot be bought above.Among them, there are mostly black magic products. Although the types and quantities of black magic products here are far less than those in Knockturn Alley, the price is also much lower.

Moreover, there are many things in it that are prohibited from circulation by the Ministry of Magic.

There is a minimum standard for products that can be sold in Knockturn Alley, but there are no restrictions here.

The dangerous goods don't stop there, even Muggle guns and weapons are sold here.

They are known as powerful Muggle weapons and, if used correctly, can have the effect of a Killing Curse.

The disadvantage is that it is easily restricted by other magic, and the operation is more complicated, requiring special training to use it.

The sales of guns are mediocre, and any dark wizard who can spend money on this thing can cast Avada Kedavra at will.

If a law enforcement team from Mr. Weasley's department came here, most of the merchandise on these vendors would be confiscated.

Of course, the underground world has a strict early warning system, and it is more likely that he will not be able to catch anything.

By the time he came down with his people, these traders had already got the news and ran deeper underground to hide.

On the walls around the central area, there are passages at intervals.

These passages are the entrances to other crypts deep underground, and the structures inside are intricate.

Without a lot of manpower, material resources and time, it is impossible to find the wizard hiding inside.

This place has not existed for a day or two, and the Ministry of Magic does not have so much energy to manage them now.

"Seriously, am I the only one who thinks this place is pretty good? Everything is very cheap, and barter is accepted." Ron said, "We can buy things here when we start school..."

"These are all illegal!" Hermione reminded, "and the quality is not guaranteed."

"That's the charm of them. Mundungus has made a lot of money relying on this place..."

"Okay, you two, we're not here for shopping." Harry said quickly, "We need to find out where the werewolves are in the crypt before we can find Malfoy, so hurry up and ask someone..."

"Don't be so troublesome." Ivan said, raising his wand high, "They have come to find us."

The bar owner must have tipped off the news. It took less than 5 minutes for the four of Aiwen and the others to come in. More than [-] wizards rushed out of a passage at the bottom, and Greyback was the leader.

It was the first time Ivan had seen this werewolf since the attack a few years ago.

He was stronger than other wizards, with shaggy gray hair and beard, pointed yellow teeth, and his face was full of abscesses and corroded marks, which made him look particularly hideous and terrifying.

He exuded a terrifying aura all over his body, and there was also a strange smell mixed with dust, sweat, and blood.

"My God, it's Greyback, the king of werewolves!" the wizards exclaimed, "Run away."

It was obvious that all wizards were afraid of him.

Seeing Greyback, the vendors who had gathered around Aiwen quickly dispersed.

With horrified expressions on their faces, as if seeing a ghost, they hurriedly turned and ran away, not even caring about their own goods...

Chapter 1267 Leave

For werewolves, wizards' attitudes and common practices are discrimination, hatred and oppression.

In front of wizards, werewolves are a relatively disadvantaged group and the one being bullied. Wizards treat werewolves the same way they treat house elves, calling them dirty, corrupt animals, and long-haired monsters with low IQs.

It probably never occurred to wizards that werewolves were once among their own.

But only Greyback is an exception. His cruelty is well-known throughout the wizarding world, and many wizards are afraid of him.

"Blood is what a werewolf deserves, and a werewolf should take revenge on normal people." This is the philosophy he insists on.

The fear of werewolves even surpassed death itself. Infection and becoming a werewolf was a punishment more terrible than death. Not to mention, Greyback specially dealt with the children of those who offended him, increasing and prolonging the pain. It is a more emotionally unacceptable thing.

Originally in the underground world, Greyback and his werewolf legion were existences that could not be ignored.

They occupy several caves and use them as strongholds to escape the pursuit of Aurors.

Greyback works exclusively for powerful wizards such as Malfoy, doing things for them that they are inconvenient to do, such as the attack on Hogsmeade a few years ago, or biting wizards they need revenge and many more.

This dreadful threat works well in the vast majority of situations.

Gold plus enough threats, this is also the secret of Malfoy's ability to control many Ministry of Magic officials.

Greyback had been terrible then, but he wasn't in the position to turn and run away at the sight of him as he is now.

He was at best a thug of the family of pure-blood wizards, and he was only thought of when needed.

This situation changed quickly, and Greyback immediately declared his allegiance after Voldemort returned from his resurrection.

Although Voldemort also discriminated against werewolves, but needed their power.

He handed over the Underworld to Greyback as a reward for the loyalty of Greyback and the other werewolves.

So far, Greyback has become a veritable overlord here.

The wizards fled in all directions, and Ivan, Harry, Hermione, and Ron followed them into a passage.

I don't know where it leads here, and I can see that there are many narrower passages ahead, and the wizards entered in a panic. Before Ivan and the others decided whether to follow them in, Greyback's terrifying roar sounded behind him.

"You bastards, hurry up, catch those four people, I saw them running over there."

His voice sounded scary and creepy, like the growling of a real beast.

If he knew that Ivan and Hermione were here, Greyback would definitely be even more violent, but this is enough for now. Hearing his shout, knowing that Ivan and the others are the targets of Greyback's pursuit, the wizards in the passage accelerated to flee, Stay away from the four of them.

In a blink of an eye, there were only Ivan, Harry, Hermione and Ron left here.

"The pleasant sightseeing time is over." Ivan said, raising his wand, "Are you going to fight them, or go back? Or find a crypt to hide, but those werewolves will definitely find us, so it's best Make a decision now."

"Of course I'm going back!" Hermione said quickly, holding Ivan's left hand.

"But Malfoy..."

"Don't think about Malfoy, Harry, even if you find him now, you won't know what he and the werewolves are going to do." Hermione said, "We've been here too long, don't forget, Mrs. Weasley Still waiting for us."

"Well, you're right." Harry and Ron glanced at each other, and stepped forward to grab Ivan's arm.

It is unwise to confront the werewolves head-on here, they are only here to investigate intelligence, not to fight.

If possible, it would be good to just leave like this, at least without revealing your identity.

In a blink of an eye, Ivan apparated, and the four of them disappeared from the spot and returned to Fred and George's shop.

The store is still very lively, in stark contrast to the gloomy underground world.

Mrs. Weasley had already discovered that they were missing, and in the face of her questioning, they insisted that the four of them had been staying in the back cabin, and she just didn't look for it seriously, and Fred and George covered them for them.

But Mrs. Weasley was still panicking, and they quickly left Diagon Alley and returned to the Burrow.

The four of them had been discussing this for the last part of the summer vacation, thinking about what Malfoy had done in Knockturn Alley.

Harry was most concerned about this matter. The smug expression on Malfoy's face when he left the store, and the werewolves headed by Greyback made him feel uneasy. He knew Malfoy too well to make Malfoy It's not a good thing to be so happy.

What conspiracy are Malfoy and the werewolves planning? Could it be related to Hogwarts?

Harry talked about it every chance he got, and speculated that Malfoy had joined the Death Eaters instead of his father...

But Ivan, Hermione, and Ron were not as curious as Harry, and Ivan probably guessed what was going on.

He wasn't going to interfere, was going to let Malfoy go ahead with his plan, Malfoy wasn't going to succeed, there was no chance.

Dumbledore was not injured either, and Ivan couldn't see any reason for him to sacrifice himself for Malfoy.

If this continues, Malfoy will only become more and more desperate because of the inability to complete the task. Lucius will also have doubts and despair under Voldemort's persecution and pressure. This may be an opportunity for the Malfoy family to break with Voldemort.

Or, Malfoy can be properly helped to complete his ideas, so as to devise a plan.

Led Voldemort and the Death Eaters to Hogwarts, to the encirclement of the Order of the Phoenix, just like last year at the Ministry of Magic, but this time, they will be fully prepared, Voldemort has no chance to escape at Hogwarts .

Although Hermione and Ron didn't know the specific reason, they were not as curious about Malfoy's behavior as Harry was, and they didn't believe that Malfoy had become a Death Eater. The two of them got tired of it after a few days. I don't want to talk about it anymore.

In Ron's words, it's possible for Malfoy to go to Borgin's black magic store to buy anything.

He then went to the underground world to find Greyback, and maybe he also planned to entrust him to find some dark magic artifacts.

"Think about those cockroaches. You can really buy anything in the underground world. Greyback is the overlord there now. If Malfoy wants to find something, he must help him." Ron said, "No matter what he wants to buy Black magic items, I am not surprised, people like them have the habit of collecting these things. My dad searched his house last time, but he couldn't find many prohibited items."

Hermione probably thought so too, she didn't want Harry to think too much about Malfoy.