Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 652 London Has Fallen Diagon Alley ([-])
There was a huge golden disc on the table,

The goblin was teasing a button-sized golden beetle inside the disc.

The beetle rolled around in the golden disc, round and round, with a strange cuteness.

Harry didn't know what the passage to Diagon Alley meant with goblin and troll handles.

This is strange.

He couldn't help pulling the hood attached to his robe again to cover up his appearance, especially the scar on his forehead.

"who!"

The goblin's reaction was very slow, and it was only when Cedric and the others walked in front of him that this guy woke up from his boring doze...

He hurriedly stood up, drew out a dagger-like knife and screamed loudly.

The two giant monsters in front of the goblin also raised the thick black iron rods in their hands, grinning hoarsely and threateningly.

"We're going to Diagon Alley!" said Digory, stepping forward.

"At this time...where are you going?"

The goblin stared at a few people with a very strange look, seeming to be very suspicious of them.

Harry's heart immediately became tense, and he tightly held the wand in his hand.

Digory took out a gold Galleon very familiarly and put it on the gold plate.

There was a crisp crash.

The goblin immediately shuddered, put away the knife, and fixed his eyes on the gold coin.

He struggled to snatch the gold coin from the tentacles of the golden beetle...

He held it in front of his eyes and blew on it, wiped it off, and carefully put it in his coat pocket.

"Sir, I have some questions..." Cedric Diggory said to the goblin very familiarly.

"Whatever... you say?" The goblin's eyes were narrowed, with greed gleaming in his eyes.

"What happened to Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron? Why did you send trolls here to guard?"

The goblin sneered mockingly and with a hint of fear: "What else? The wizards of the entire city of London, as well as Squibs, as well as werewolves, goblins, house elves, vampires, ghouls,...even various underground dark creatures...all gathered here in Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley."

"Have you also seen what the Muggle city looks like outside? If you are more vigilant and use magic to screen out those infected Muggles and idiots, here... may also become the same ghost outside." The goblin said.

"It's just right, why don't you come and test it too? See if any of you have been infected..."

"We are entering the dilapidated bar, and we have already been tested once..." Chen Xiaolong replied bluntly.

"That's to check whether you have been bitten... This is the real test to see if you have been infected with that curse..."

"Just after I finish testing you, I will go to the Leaky Cauldron to check those wizards..."

The goblin pointed to the golden beetle on the plate with his long and thin fingers, and said.

"What's the use of this thing?"

"Who would know? It was sent by Bill Weasley, the Curse Breaker from Gringotts, Egypt... at Scrimgeour's request."

"It is said that this thing can detect the existence of this curse. It was originally used to detect the existence of Muggles, but now the city outside is in a terrible state... It is no longer needed, so it was assigned to us. At least to ensure the safety here..."

"The world sucks, doesn't it?"

The goblin rubbed her hands together, revealing a mouth full of rotten yellow fangs.

This guy seemed very malicious, which made Harry somewhat resist this guy's inspection.

After speaking, he picked up the golden beetle with his fingers.

"Stretch out your hand!"

Cedric Diggory hesitated, but he still opened his palms.

The goblin put it in the palm of Digory's hand.

After the golden beetle circled around it twice, it raised its bulging head, and its tentacles clicked.

"Well, it's all right... next," said the goblin.

Then came Chen Xiaolong, Krum... and finally Harry.

Harry was relieved to see that he was also fine.

"Can we leave now?" It was still Digory who was in charge of negotiating.

"Yes, yes... But, are you really going to Diagon Alley?"

"For the sake of Jin Gallon, I would like to remind you... Diagon Alley is not the street in your impression. If you want to ask for help in it, you want to leave through here..."

"I can only give you one warning... You'd better stay in this bar."

"Since we're here, we must go and have a look. Why can't we go?" Digory shrugged.

"That's okay?! As long as you don't regret it!... However, it is not so simple for you to come back..."

The goblin rubbed her hands together again.

Digory seemed to understand something, his expression suddenly enlightened, he asked Krum next to him for two Galleons, and handed them to the goblin again.

"You understand very well!...Okay, as long as you want to come back later, Master Chalun will open the door for you."

The goblin said so, he turned sideways, and then waved, the two giants shook their huge bodies and moved to the sides.

Finally, the ordinary red masonry wall was exposed.

Cedric Diggory drew his wand, and tapped lightly on one of the bricks on it.

Immediately the bricks began to rotate, and a small hole appeared in the middle, which grew wider and wider until it formed an arch leading into a narrow cobbled street.

This is Diagon Alley.

The streets are quiet, but equally crowded.

There were faint sighs and sobs everywhere, no one dared to speak loudly, and the people here seemed to be afraid of alarming something.

It was completely different from the winding, bustling, bustling cobblestone commercial alleys that Harry and Cedric Diggory remembered.

Most of the magic shops on both sides are sealed with thick wooden boards. Even if there are no... there are some big and round wizards watching closely, and some goblins and wary wizards are waving their wands and directing the wooden boards to seal the shop...

And Harry saw the glass of some stores shattered, the inside of the store was in chaos, and all kinds of different products were scattered all over the floor...

The few of them even saw that the white walls of Gringotts were covered with black scorched marks, as if someone had set a fire there...

Harry and the others exchanged glances, the indescribable surprise and vigilance in each other's gaze.

—Could it be?
—Someone robbed Diagon Alley?

"What's going on here?" Harry didn't know how many times he asked this question today.

Many people in ragged clothes and Muggle decorations crowded the doorways of various shops.

They panicked, curious, and looked at everything around them in awe, carefully avoiding the sight of every wizard and goblin.

Not only that, what the goblin said was right... The further you leaned back, some trolls, goblins, vampires, dwarfs... even ogres with fangs full of fangs appeared in the street.

They stood on both sides of the street, whispering to each other.

But surprisingly, at this moment... it seemed as if the difference in identity between them no longer existed.

Everyone was terrified and waited in place in a daze.

(End of this chapter)