Volume 8: In this Hogwarts without the Dark Lord Chapter 514 The Missing Gold Cup
In the deepest vault of Gringotts.
Of course, there is also extremely powerful anti-Apparition magic as a barrier. In addition to the wizard's Apparition, even the special magic of the house-elves can be resisted.
But the special apparition of Phoenix is not also included.
Apart from the fact that it is more difficult to break the Phoenix's Apparition, the main reason is that in the entire magical world, there is only one Phoenix that can obey the orders of wizards, and that is the Dumbledore family.
And if Dumbledore wanted to sneak into Gringotts, it would be the same for him with or without the help of the Phoenix.
Therefore, Gringotts did not take any precautions against this, which led to John getting in very easily.
Following the information Dumbledore helped him confirm, he quickly found the door of the vault belonging to the Lestrange family. It was protected by special protective magic and could not be opened by conventional means without the corresponding vault key, but this was not a difficult task for John at all.
He directly touched the vault door with his ring-wearing hand. The next second, all the magic power attached to the door was absorbed, and the entire vault door disappeared.
Because the door itself is made of magic.
Before Jon lay a cavern filled from floor to ceiling with gold coins and goblets, silver armor, the skins of various exotic animals with spines or wings, potions in phials , and a skull that still wore its crown.
Faced with these rare treasures, Jon didn't even blink. He just stretched out his hand and waved his fingers lightly. Without him even touching them, everything in the vault floated up!
They floated past Jon's eyes in a line like soldiers being reviewed, and then gathered again in the center of the treasury.
It took him less than 10 minutes to check every item here, but none of them looked like the golden cup he had seen in the headmaster's office in Hogwarts Castle.
After spending some time again, Jon searched again, but the result was still the same.
Seeing this, his face turned completely ugly.
Sure enough, just as he had guessed at the beginning, the newly appeared Voldemort was the result of an accident with a Horcrux, and now it can be confirmed that the Horcrux with the problem is the Hufflepuff's gold cup.
The bad news is that the last Horcrux that could solve the problem directly is now missing. The good news is that at least the Voldemort in this world is probably no longer related to the original Voldemort.
This made the task of destroying the Horcrux, which John originally thought was easy to accomplish, become complicated.
From the Death Eaters they encountered today, it can be seen that Voldemort in the golden cup has already begun to act. It will take more than a day or two to gather his men. No one knows how long they have been away.
Thinking of this, John began to ponder, and then he simply dealt with the protective magic on the treasures in the vault, and then directly emptied the Lestrange family's treasure vault and put them into the pocket cast with the Traceless Extension Charm.
No matter how precious they are, Jon actually has no shortage of these things. It's just that he has some conflicts with people with the last name Lestrange, no matter which world the Lestrange is from.
After doing all this, he used Apparition, but did not immediately go back to find Dumbledore and Harry. Instead, he returned to a secret street , where he changed his identity and returned to Gringotts.
Soon, he took advantage of the Lestrange family treasures that were not even warm yet and told the goblins that he wanted to rent a vault with a very high level of protection. These goblins, who were greedy for money, would of course serve this big client well. The goblin supervisor who had just received Dumbledore to vault No. 713 met with John in a private room again. He wanted to confirm with him whether to buy insurance for his vault, as well as discuss issues such as rent and lease term.
John responded casually with a few words, and after making sure that there were no other means of surveillance or eavesdropping in the room, he immediately decided to use the Imperius Curse on the goblin.
Obviously, Jon is not obsessed with the dark arts. Although he rarely uses the Unforgivable Curses now because of Lily's advice, he will not be stingy when he needs to use these spells.
The goblin became Jon's puppet and he could manipulate him at will.
"Has anyone been to the Lestrange vault recently?"
The goblin was silent for a moment, and then under the control of the Imperius Curse, his body naturally answered Jon's question.
"Billa, sir, he was the last person to check the protective magic in the Lestrange vault."
"Where is he now?"
"He's missing."
Jon's brow furrowed.
"When did it happen?"
"After last Christmas."
The goblin said like a puppet.
But after hearing the time, Jon was slightly stunned, and soon he continued to ask.
"Was that also when he checked the vault?"
"It's the day after Christmas, when the treasury is counted every year."
After getting this answer, John pondered for a long time, and after taking a deep breath, he had no intention of staying any longer. The Imperius Curse on the goblin would be lifted by itself soon, so he used Apparition to return to Dumbledore and Harry.
Meeting the two men's gazes, Jon spoke bluntly.
"The golden cup has not been found. I have learned something from the goblins. The person who ordered the two Death Eaters to go to the Gaunt mansion to look for the ring today is most likely the Voldemort in the missing golden cup."
His words made Harry freeze and mutter.
"So… Voldemort is really back?"
Dumbledore was lost in thought, his blue eyes meeting John's.
"If there is something wrong with the Horcrux, then why did it happen at this time, when you and Lily appeared in this world?"
Jon shook his head.
"Not at this time. The real problem with the golden cup should have been half a year ago, a few days after Christmas last year. During those days, many major events happened in the world where Professor Potter and I were. I suspect it is related to these events."
Dumbledore asked.
"What's the big deal?"
Jon said calmly.
"On Christmas Eve, the Voldemorts from two different worlds merged together."
Harry took a breath, and Dumbledore's expression became more serious.
"Then I killed the fused Voldemort once. This should be the first time he was resurrected with the Horcruxes of this world."
