In the magical world, especially in the British magical world, maintaining the nobility and purity of bloodlines is not an easy task.

Most pure-blood magical families are related to each other, after all, if a wizard only wants his children to marry pure-bloods, their choices are quite limited.

Because of this, apart from the Sacred Twenty-Eight, still ancient, noble, and on the verge of extinction, many wizarding families have gradually begun to compromise. Although many wizards still resist marrying Muggles, as long as the other half is a wizard—whether a half-blood or a Muggle-born—it is barely acceptable.

However, in the current era, the marital relationships between wizards in the magical world are still quite strong.

For example, Mrs. Weasley is actually Sirius Black's cousin, and Lucius Malfoy is Sirius Black's cousin-in-law, although they would never appear in each other's family introductions.

"You know, Boggo... what's truly deadly is this sentence."

The goblin Douglas flicked the cigar in his hand and gently recited a sentence on the parchment in front of him.

"For all wizards who have exhausted their investment opportunities, each time they successfully invite ten wizards to participate in the investment, they can gain an additional investment opportunity... This is what's truly terrifying. The blood ties between various families in the magical world will make the spread of this business more rapid than any plague."

"Gringotts... is it possible to survive this..."

"Not a chance," Douglas shook his head, leaning heavily back in his chair, looking up at the darkening sky, and sighed, "That's a full six hundred million Galleons. As one end of the leverage, it can not only drain the entire magical world's wealth, but also burn the flesh and blood of every goblin in Gringotts."

"Gringotts Wizarding Bank must proactively choose to surrender before it runs out of ammunition and supplies, stopping this terrifying fission."

"If the Council of Elders and the current departments choose to persevere to the end?"

Boggo swallowed and asked cautiously.

"Persevere... to the end? Heh... Elder Leos will not allow this to happen."

Douglas took a deep breath, his fingers trembling as he stubbed out the cigar in his hand on the ground, looked at the goblin Boggo whose expression was constantly changing, smiled sadly, and said with a gloomy expression.

"You know, I knew it from the moment I saw this plan. The initial purpose of this plan was not to buy Gringotts at all, or rather, what we see now is only half the plan—although I don't know the details of the complete version, I can be sure that it definitely ends with the complete extinction of goblins."

"All it takes is to make all the Galleons disappear overnight at the final moment—not hide them, but truly disappear—then the meaning of the existence of goblins and Gringotts Wizarding Bank will cease to exist."

"Six hundred million Galleons... six hundred million..."

"So, Mr. Douglas, what should we do now?"

Looking at Douglas, whose face was a bit ferocious, Boggo was silent for a moment before slowly saying.

"Simple, don't let everything drag on for too long..." Douglas smiled, opening his mouth to reveal his sharp teeth, and said coldly, "Just as we said before, crush the Gringotts system in the shortest amount of time, and surrender to the forces of Eileen Kaslana one step ahead before the situation becomes焦灼..."

"But, after Miss Kaslana takes over Gringotts, won't she also face the same problems?"

"That's not a problem we need to consider. The wizards' affairs are solved by wizards."

Douglas shook his head, answering meaningfully.

If that half-blood little witch really has the ability to turn the situation upside down and then, with ease, turn her hand again to eliminate all crises without a trace, then Gringotts with an extra empress would become the biggest winner.

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April 2, 1992.

This was just an ordinary day, with no festivals, no major events.

At this time, not many people realized how far-reaching impact this day would have on the magical world and even the non-magical world... and the horrifying destructive power.

Everything started with a flyer and a bronze Knut.

In this innocent age where financial fraud had barely sprouted, the "A-pyramid" scheme, which had not yet been named, quietly spread in the magical shopping street in London.

Of course, the first batch of lucky ones were naturally the merchants who had established fixed shops in Diagon Alley.

As some of the few wizards in the magical world with some business acumen, they realized something was wrong at the first moment, and then, under the temptation of shiny Galleons, they threw the danger to the back of their minds and gradually participated in this exciting game.

Just as Eileen had predicted...

At first, it was just one or two Knuts and Silver Sickles; then, it was part of the daily turnover; then, it was all of it; then, it was the gold piled up in the Gringotts next door, and even some loans...

However, the strict investment limit made everyone's idea of getting rich in silence fall through.

As the times for their wives and children had been used up, the merchants of Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley unanimously set their sights on the endless stream of customers. Normal business couldn't compare to making money in this way.

A few days later...

Knockturn Alley, Borgin and Burkes.

This is a well-known second-hand magical goods store in the magical world, but compared to the regular stores in Diagon Alley, everything in Mr. Borgin's store seems to hide some unknown dangerous power.

And for some magical families and those who are on the edge of the magical world's law, this is also the safest pawnshop and place to sell stolen goods. Anything that is related to illegality and prohibition can gain Mr. Borgin's favor.

Lucius Malfoy is a regular customer of Borgin and Burkes.

However, after dealing with some troublesome magical items as usual this day, Mr. Borgin did not put away the items and end the conversation as quickly as usual, but instead mysteriously stopped Lucius Malfoy who was about to leave.

Mr. Borgin grinned, revealing a few yellowed teeth, and stuffed a flyer into Lucius's hand.

"Dear Mr. Malfoy, have you heard of bckcross?"

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Chapter 2! OMG!